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Banker; born Dec. 25, 1858, at Belfast, N. Y .; engaged in banking in 1879; moved to Olean in 1880; became cashier of Ex- change National Bank in 1885, and has been its president since 1895; married, July 15, 1886, Fannie E. England. Ad- dress, Olean, N. Y.
BARTLETT, Franklin:
Lawyer; born Worcester Co., Mass; at- tended Brooklyn Polytechnic School; was graduated from Harvard College, A. B., 1869; and Ph. D. and A. M., 1878, and Columbia Law School, 1873, and was also a student in Oxford University, England; married; director, Sun Printing and Pub- lishing Association; member of Congress; Colonel, National Guard, N. Y .; member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, and University, Union, Manhattan, Knicker- bocker, Players, Harvard, Democratic and Coney Island Jockey Clubs, Sons of Revolution, New England and New York Historical Societies, Colonial Wars Soci- ety, Naval and Military Society of Span- ish-American War, and Royal Historical Society. Residence, 26 West 20th St .; of- fice, 11 Pine St., N. Y. City. BARTLETT, Henry Faine:
Banker and broker; born 1850, New- buryport, Mass .; prepared at Brown High School and attended Trinity Col- lege; member of Chamber of Commerce, Calumet Club, Down Town Association, New England Society, Trinity College Alumni Association, Church Club, N. Y. Yacht Club and Car Club, of Stamford, Conn. Residence, Stamford, Conn .; office, 41 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BARTLETT, Homer Lyman, M. D .:
Consulting physician; born Vermont, Oct. 17, 1830; son of Elias and Eliza (Wheelock) Barlett; educated at Bak- ersfield Academical Institute; was grad- uated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y .; married Harriette F. Moore; consulting physician to
Kings County Hospital; author: Sket- ches and Legends of
Long Island, History of Initiation, History of the Heal- ing Art; Symbolism; contributor to med- ical periodicals. Residence, 635 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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BARTLETT, Homer Newton:
Musical composer, organist and teach- or; born Olive, N. Y., Dec. 2S. 1846; sun of Henry B. and Hannah C. (Hall) Bart- lett; studied under Mills, Pease, Gulgon, Brann, Jacobsen; organist Madison Ave. Baptist Church; compositions: Concert Polka (piano); Tocata (organ), Concerto (violin and orchestra), L'Amour (song for tenor), The Last Chieftain (cantata), ete .; member Manuscript Society. Al- dress, 2 W. 98th St., N. Y. City.
BARTLETT, Murray :
Clergyman; born Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March 29, 1871; educated at Harvard (1. B., 1892, and A. M., 1893) and General Theological Seminary (1896) ;
married Blanchard Howard, 1903; curate at Grace church, N. Y., 1896; rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Rochester, since 1997; trustee of Church Home and Young Wo- men's Christian Association, Rochester: member of Genesee Valley, Country and Humdrum Clubs of Rochester. Address, 13 Vick Park B, Rochester, N. Y.
BARTLETT, Myron E .:
Jurist; born May 7. 1531, Orangeville, N. Y .; educated at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and Irvinsburg Institute, Ohio; admitted to the Bar, 1861; nmarried, Nov. 23, 1853, Cordelia Elvira McFarland of Irvinsburg, Ohio; he has practiced law in Warsaw since 1861; County Judge and Surrogate of Wyoming County, 1527. Ad- dress, Warsaw, N. Y.
BARTLETT, Philip Golden:
Lawyer; born Nov. 25. 1559, Washing- ton, D. C .; was graduated from Yale, 1881; married; member of Psi Upsilon and Skull and Bones Fraternities, Century, University, Yale Clubs, City and State Bar Associations. Society of Mayflower Descendants, and St. Andrews Golf Club. Residence, 814 Madison Ave .; office, 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
EARTLETT, Willard :
Jurist; born Oxbridge, Mass., Oct. 14, 1846; was graduated from Columbia Col- lege, 1869; and from the University Law School; LL.D., from Hamilton College, 1894; associated in practice of law 1869- 93 with Hon. Elihu Root; justice of Su- preme Court, second judicial district since 1894; present term expires 1911; member of Century Association. Univer- sity (N. Y.), and Brooklyn and Hamil- ton Clubs (Brooklyn). Address, 1 West 54th St., N. Y. City.
BARTLETT, William C .:
Captain, retired (major), U. S. Army; born New York, June 2, 1539; appointed. cadet at large at the U. S. Military Acad- emy, July 1, 1855; was graduated June 17, 1862; actual rank, captain A. D. C. Volun- teers, March 19, 1864; accepted, Aug. 10, 1864; honorably mustered out, Nov. 16. 1864; lieutenant-colonel Second N. C. M. Infantry, Nov. 17, 1864; honorably mus- tered out, Aug. 16, 1863; second lieuten- ant Third U. S. Artillery, June 17, 1862: first lieutenant, Oct. 14, 1864; transrerreu to Third U. S. Infantry, Feb. 5, 1872; cap- tain, Sept. 12. 1SS5; brevet rank, brevet first lieutenant, Sept. 17, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam, Md .; brevet captain, Nov. 10, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Campbell's Station, Tenn .; brevet major, Sept. 1, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services during the At- luiti campaign; brevet brigadier general volunteers, March 13, 1865, for meritori- ous services; service, in the field during the War of the Rebellion, 1862-65; in the Antietam campaign, 1862, and in the Atlanta campaign of 1864 with General Sherman's army; in Dakota and Mon- thina, from 1871 to 1892; battles, skirmish- (s, etc., in battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862; battle of Fredericksburg; actio.] at Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16. 1563; siege of Knoxville, 1563; in battles of Atlanta campaign, 1864; campaign against hostile Sioux Indians, 1890-91; re- tired, Nov. 29, 1892. Address, 183 W. 22d St., N. Y. City.
BARTLEY, Elias Hudson:
Physician and chemist; born Bartley - ville, N. J., Dec. 6, 1849; early life spent on farm in Illinois; educated at Prince- ton, Ill., high school; graduate of Cor- nell, 1873; instructor at Cornell, 1874-75, professor of chemistry, Swarthmore Col- lege, 1875-78; winter of 1877-78 lectured at Philadelphia, before Franklin Institute. removed to Brooklyn, 1879; was graduated from Long Island College Hospital 1879, lectured on physiological and practical chemistry in this college, 1SS0-85; then became professor of chemistry and tox. icology; Pediatrist Bushwick Hospital. Consulting Pediatrist Bushwick and East Brooklyn Dispensary, and Bedford Dis- pensary; 1901 elected professor of Ped- istries; 1882 chief chemist of Brooklyn Health Department, also consulting san- itarian to hospital for nervous diseases
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and visiting physician to Sheltering Arms | Navy Union, Army and Navy Club, Or- Nursery; dean and professor of organic der of Philippine War, Order of the Caraboa, Town and Gown, and Country Clubs, of Ithaca; Sierra Club. of San Francisco. Address, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. chemistry in Brooklyn College of Phar- macy since 1892; member of medical and scientific societies; president American Society of Public Analysis; contributed articles to Wood's Handbook of the Med- BARTON, Stephen Emory: ical Sciences and Jewett's Obstetrics; au- thor: A Text Book of Medical and
Pharmaceutical Chemistry (1885); A Manuel of Clinical Chemistry (1898). Ad- dress. 65 South Portland Ave., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
BARTON, Clara:
Philanthropist; born Oxford, Mass., about 1830; received education at Clinton, N. Y .; taught school, subsequently found- ing free school, Bordentown, N. J .; 1854- 1861, clerk in patent office; during war attended wounded soldiers; 1864, appoint- ed by General Butler "lady in charge" of hospitals of army of James; 1865 at An- dersonville. Ga., engaged in identifying graves of Union men; later in charge of search for missing Union soldiers; 1866- 1867 lectured on war experiences; 1870 as- sisted in establishing military hospitals for wounded of Franco-German war; 1871 in charge of supplying work to poor at Strasburg; 1872 of distribution of supplies to poor of Paris; 1881 president of Red Cross Society of America; 1883 appointed superintendent, treasurer and steward of reformatory prison for women, Sherburne, Mass .; 1884 in charge of relief expedition for flood sufferers of Ohio and Mississippi rivers; also delegate to Red Cross Confer- ence, Geneva, Switzerland; distributed re- lief during Russian famine, 1892. Ameri- cin massacres, 1896, Cuban war, 1898, and Galveston disaster, 1900. Address, 19 East 58th St., N. Y. City.
BARTON, Frank Arthur:
Captain U. S. Army; born July 23. 1869, in Washington, D. C .; son of William Tenry Barton and Harriet Garrison Barton; prepared at Washington High School; was graduated from Cornell Uni- versity, M. E., 1891, and attended U. S. Infantry and Cavalry School. Ft. Leaven- worth, Kan .; married, April 20, 1898, T.ouise Wilkeson. of Buffalo, N. Y .; 2d lieutenant 24th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1891; 2d lieutenant 10th U. S. Cavalry, June 1, 1892; 1st lieutenant 3d U. S. Cav- alry, Oct. 28. 1898; captain 3d U. S. Cav- alry, Feb. 2, 1901; served in Spanish- American War and three years in Phil- ippines; expert rifleman; mason; member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Army and
Insurance Official; Red Cross Official; born Oxford, Mass., Dec. 24, 1848; son of Capt. David and Julia (Porter) Barton; educated public schools. Married, 1870, at Hastings, N. S., Joyce Willmot; served in Department of South and Army of the Potomac during Civil War; served four years on Atlantic cables, 1867-71; since 1870 general agent fire insurance. One of incorporators in 1881 American National Red Cross and its second vice-president since its organization; chairman Central Cuban Relief Committee, 1898-99. Res- idence, Youngs Hotel, Boston; office, 58 William St., N. Y. City.
BARUCH, Simon:
Physician; born Schwersenz. Germany, July 29, 1840; son of Bernard and To- resa (Green) Baruch; educated Royal Gymnasium, Posen, Germany; was gradu- ated from Medical College of Virginia. 1862; married in New York, 1867, Isabel Wolfe, of Winnsboro, S. C. Surgeon in the field in Gen. R. E. Lee's army, C. S. A .. 1862-65; on close of war practiced his profession at Camden, S. C .; removed to New York, 1881; consulting physician in chronic diseases; professor hydrotherapy, N. Y. Post-Graduate Medical School. Member Southern Society, N. Y. Academy of Medicine. N. Y. Physicians Mutual Aid Association; physician to several hos- pitals. Author of Uses of Water in Modern Medicine and The Principles and Practice of Hydrotherapy. Contributes to medical journals. Originator of Free Cleansing Baths for the Poor. Address, Hotel Majestic, N. Y. City.
BASCOM, George Jonathan:
Merchant; born April 14, 1845, Brook- lyn, N. Y. Major, 171st Regiment, N. G. N. Y. Captain, 71st Regiment N. G. N. Y. Member of New York and Atlan- tic Yacht Clubs, Riverside Yacht Club of Connecticut, Mecox Yacht Club of L. I., Society of Colonial Wars, Saratoga Club, Saratoga Golf Club, Old Guard, Army and Navy Club, Ancient and Honorable Ar- tillery Co. of Boston, 71st Regiment, Veterans Association, Masonic Veter- ans Association, Mystic Shrine, and Lon- don Numismatic Society. Address, N. Y. City.
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BASSETT, Carroll Phillips:
Civil engineer; børn Brooklyn, Feb. 27. 1863; son of Allan Lee and Caroline Phillips Bassett; educated Lafayette Col- lege and special study abroad. Member Phi Beta Kappa; life member American Society of Civil Engineers; in various ca- pacities with Essex-Union Water and Light Co. and Lakewood Water, Light and Power Co., N. J. Director of various banks. Member of Lafayette College Al- umni; American Society Civil Engineers, Baltusrol Golf Club. Author of The Conservation of Streams; Inland Sewage Disposal. Address, Summit, N. J., and University Club, N. Y. City.
BASSETT, Ebenezer Don Carlos:
Diplomatist; born Litchfield, Conn .. 1833; educated at Connecticut Normal School; taught fourteen years in Philla- delphia; 1869 U. S. minister to Hayti; since 1879 Haytian consul in N. Y. City. Address, 35 South William St., N. Y. City BASSETT, Edward M .:
Lawyer; born Brooklyn. Feb. 7. 1863: educated in Brooklyn public schools and Watertown, N. Y., high school; graduated from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., 1884; was graduated at Columbia Law School, N. Y, City, in 1556, and ad- mitted to the Bar in that year; practiced law in Buffalo, N. Y., 1856-92, and since that time in N. Y. City; Brooklyn Board of Education, 1999-02: member of House of Representatives, representing the Fifth Congressional District, Borough of Brook- lyn, State of New York. Office, 135 Broadway, N. Y. City; residence, 1716 Newkirk Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. BASSETT, Frederick Brewster:
Lieutenant U. S. Navy; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1869; and appointed from 3d Congressional District, N. Y .; naval cadet, May 19, 1SS4; ensign, July 25, 1$30; lieutenant (junior grade), June 5, 1898; lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Richmond, 18SS- 90; Ranger, 1890-91; Charleston, 1891-93; Coast Survey, 1893-91; Naval Academy; 1894-96; Thetis, 1896; Alert, 1896; Mari- etta, July, 1896-99; Torpedo Station, 1899; Bureau of Ordnance, 1899-01; Puritan, Aug. 1, 1901, to 1903; U. S. S. Bancroft 1903-04. Address, Naval Academy, An- napolis, Md.
BATCHELLER, George Clinton:
Merchant, manufacturer; born Grafton, Mass., Sept. 27, 1834; son of Moses Leland and Sarah Ann (Phillips) Batcheller; educated at Grafton Grammar School; was graduated from Barre, Vt., Academy, 1855; married, Dec. 26, 1859, Sarah Ada-
line Cummings; became member firm Nic- holls & Batcheller, manufacturers, 1857- 65, when he formed firm of Langdon, Batcheller & Co, now George C. Batchel- lor & Co., with factory at Bridgeport, Conn. Press Crown Perfumery Co. (Lon- don, Paris and New York); Crown Corset Co. (New York); Connecticut Clasp Co. ( Bridgeport, Conn.); B. Duplex (New York, Paris). Enthusiastic rare book and art collector. Member Chaniber of Com- merce; New England Society; (charter member), Patriots and Founders of Am- erica; Merchants, Colonial, Patria, Re- publican Clubs, American Institute of Civil Engineers, N. Y. Historical Society. Residence, 237 W. 22d St .; office, 345 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BATES, Alexander B .:
Rear admiral U. S. Navy; born N. Y .; appointed third assistant engineer, 1863; Sangamon, North Atlantic Station, Feb., 1563, to Sept., 1563; Mattahasset, North Atlantic Station, Oct., 1863, to May, 1865; promoted to second assistant engineer, May, 1864; Ticonderoga, European Sta- tion, Aug. 1565, to Oct., 1866; commis- sloned, July 25. 1566; Franklin, European Station. Dec, 1565; Galena, North Atlan- tic Station, April, 1569, to May, 1869; Dic- tator, North Atlantic Station, June, 1869, to July, 1870; Mare Island, June, 1871, to April, 1573; League Island, April, 1873, to November, 1573; Dictator, North At- lantic Station, Nov, 1573, to Dee, 1874; promoted to first assistant engineer, Jan. 1874; Adams, June, 1575, to July, 1875; Montauk, North Atlantic Station, Nov., 1875, to July, 1876; Mare Island, July, 1876, to Aug., 1878; Lackawanna, Pacific Station, Aug., 1578, to Sept., 1881; Ex- perimental Board New York. March, 1852. to Oct., 1852; Vandalia, North Atlantic Station, Nov., 1583, to Aug., 1884; Ports- mouth, N. H., yard, April, 1885, to Feb., IS$6: Vandalia, Pacific Station. Feb., 1886, to Jan., 1859; Mohican, Pacific Station, Jan., 1889, to April, 1889; Minnesota, May, 1889-91; special duty, Nov., 1891, to Oct., 1892; Yorktown, special service squadron, Oct., 1892-95; commissioned chief engi- neer, June, 1892; U. S. S. Bennington, 1895; sick leave. June, 1895; U. S. receiv- ing-ship Franklin, Nov., 1895-97; U. S. S. Texas, Sept., 1897, to June, 1899; pro- moted to commander, March 3, 1899; navy yard, League Island, Sept. 5, 1899, to 1903; commisioned captain Sept. 17, 1902; retired with rank of rear admiral, 1903. Address, Riverside Drive, Bingham- ton, N. Y.
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BATES, Charles Austin:
Advertising agent and writer; born In- dianapolis, Ind. ; married Belle Branden- burg, Chicago, 1890. Wrote: Good Adver- tising; Short Talks on Advertising; The Art and Literature of Business, 6 vols .; contributor to trade journals. Clubs: Colonial, Hardware, Columbia Yacht. Residence, 109 Riverside Drive; office, 132 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
BATES, Frank Greene:
Professor of history and political sci- ence, Alfred University, Alfred, N. Y .; born Sept. 22, 1868, Shawomet Beach, R. · I .; educated English and Classical School, Providence, R. I .; Cornell University, B. I ... 1891; Columbia University, Ph. D., 1899; State Librarian, Rhode Island, 1901- 03; married Jessie May Palmer, Hornells- ville, N. Y., June 25, 1900; graduate stu- dent Cornell 1893-96; Examiner in Amer- ican History 1894-95. Fellow in Ameri- can History, 1895-96; Fellow Columbia University, 1896-97; professor Alfred Uni- versity, 1897-1901; 1903, member Ameri- can Historical Association, R. I. Histor- ical Society. Author: Rhode Island and the Formation of the Union; joint author, Report on Public Archives of R. I., for Public Archives Commission of Ameri- can Historical Association; Republican. Adress, Alfred, N. Y.
BATES, Frederick E .:
Born May 4, 1842, Caroline, N. Y .; he was educated at the Ithaca Academy and Charlotteville Seminary. Soldier in Civil War, 1861-65. Married, Sept. 27, 1893, Juniata Breckenridge of New Wind- sor, Ill. Supervisor of Caroline several years. Member of Assembly, 1896 and 1897. President of Tompkins County Ag- ricultural Society, 1904. Residence, Ith- aca, N. Y.
BATES, Herbert:
Educator, writer;
born Hyde Park, Mass., June 29, 1868; son of Joseph C. and Harriet A. (Pearson) Bates; was graduated from Harvard, 1890; married, July 9, 1894, Eda Tibbles, Lincoln, Neb. Was member of faculty of University of Nebraska; engaged in journalism in Cin- cinnati; now in Manual Training High School, Brooklyn. Author of Songs of Exile (verse). Editor (School edition) : Coleridge's Ancient Mariner; Lowell's Vi- sion of Sir Launfal; Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies.
Address, 857 Union Brooklyn, N. Y. St., BATES, James A .:
Major (Lieutenant Colonel retired) U. S. Army; born Scotland and appointed
from N. Y. City; private company F, 12th N. Y. State Militia; first lieutenant 12th N. Y. Infantry, Dec. 10, 1861; captain, Dec. 14, 1862; captain veteran reserve corps, March 15, 1865; captain 43d In- fantry, July 28, 1866; brevetted lieutenant colonel, March 2, 1867; retired Dec. 15, 1870. Present address, 201 T St. N. E .. Washington, D. C.
BATES, William Graves:
Lawyer; born July 14, 1860, N. Y. City ; was graduated from Columbia University, A. B., 1880, and LL. B., 1882; married ; member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity, Union League Club, Bar Association, Columbia University Club, Colonial War, Sons of the Revolution, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Military and Naval Order of the Spanish-American War, Society of the War of 1812, Columbia University Alumni Association ; Colonel of the 71st Regiment. Residence, 2 East 15th St .; office, 128 Broadway, N. Y. City.
EATHON, Wingrove:
Editor and author; born Baltimore, Md .. Sept. 26, 1876. Special preparation in literary studies; was graduated from Calvert Hall College.
Contributor to leading magazines. Assistant editor Cosmopolitan Magazine, Feb., 1902. Man- aging editor Cosmopolitan, Feb., 1903. Staff writer New York Sunday World, Nov., 1903. Became literary critic Col- lier's Weekly Snort Story Contest, April to October, 1904. Independent in poitics. Address, Tarrytown, N. Y.
BATTEN, Loring W .:
Educator and minister; born Gloucester County, N. J., Nov. 17, 1859; educated in the public schools, private tutor, Harvard College (A. B., 1885), Philadelphia Divini- ty School (1887) University of Pennsylva- nia (Ph. D., 1893); rector of St. George's Church Philadelphia, 1887; instructor
in Hebrew, Philadelphia Divinity School, 1888; instructor in English Bible, 1890; professor of Old Testament Literature and Languages, 1891-99; rector of St. Mark's Church, N. Y. City, 1899; clubs and societies; Oriental Clubs of Phila- delphia and of N. Y .; American Orien- tal Society, Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Harvard Club of N. Y .; The Century Association, The Club, The Clericus: principal writings; Contributions to The Bible as Literature, Crowell & Co., (1896,) Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible, Scribner's; and to numerous scientific periodicals. Author of The Old Testa- ment from the Modern Point of View, Jas. Pott & Co., (1899). Address, 232 E. 11th St., N. Y. City.
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BATTERMAN, Henry :
Merchant and banker; born Nov. 5, 1849, Brooklyn, N. Y .; son of John F. and Sophie Batterman; educated at Ren- vine's Commercial College, N. Y. City; has been engaged in business in Brooklyn since 1867 and prominently connected with several important financial institu- tions; president Broadway Bank of Brok- lyn; director Brooklyn Hospital and many charitable organizations; Brooklyn Bridge Commissioner; member Hamilton, Union League, Riding and Driving and Germania Clubs of Brooklyn. Address, Brooklyn, N. Y.
BATTERSHALL, Fletcher Williams:
Lawyer, author; born Ravenswood, N. Y., 1866; son of Rev. Walton W. Batters- hall; educated Albany Academy; graduate of Cornell; studied law and admitted to N. Y. Bar; married 1897. Maude Good- rich Flero; author, A Daughter of This World; Mists. Address, Albany, N. Y.
BATTERSHALL, Walton Wesley:
Clergyman; born Troy, N Y. Jan. 8, 1840. His father was Ludlow Andrew Battershall, who was a prominent mer- chant of Troy, for many years president of the Union Bank of Troy, and one of the founders and trustees of the Troy University. His mother was Eustatia Ward Battershall of Albany Co., N. Y. He was graduated from Kimball Union Academy in 1858. After studying two years at Troy University, he entered the junior class at Yale University, from which he was graduated in 1864. He studied for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church under the Rev. Henry C. Potter, and was ordained deacon in St. John's Church, Troy, by the Bishop of New York, on June 16, 1865. Afterwards he entered the General Theological Semi- nary in N. Y. City, from which he was graduated in the class of 1866; on Nov. 30, of this year, he was advanced to the Priesthood by Bishop Horiatio Potter and was for two years assistant minister of Zion Church on Madison Avenue, N. Y. His first rectorship was St. Thomas' Church, Ravenswood, Long Island, which he held one year and from which he was called to the rectorship of Christ Church, Rochester; he remained there five years, during which he was a member of the Standing Committee of the diocese of Western New York. On Aug. 1, 1874, he accepted the call to St. Peter's Church. Albany, N. Y .; he is still rector of this historical and influential parish. In 1877,
Union University conferred on Mr. Bat- tershall the degree of Doctor of Divinity; during his rectorship at St. Peter's, Al- bany, he has been continuously a member of the Diocesan Board of Missions and a delegate to the Triennial Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States. For about twenty years he was one of the trustees of Hobart Col- lege, Geneva, N. Y. The last two years he has been archdeacon of Albany; for the last eight years, during July and Aug., he has had charge of St. Andrew's Dune church. at Southhampton, Long Island. In 1897, he published Interpretations of Life and Religion, (A. S. Barnes & Co., N. Y. and in 1899. the initial chapter of The City of Albany, in Historic Towns of the Middle States, (C. P. Putnam's Sons, N. Y.); he has contributed occasionally to the North American Review and other periodicals and has delivered Baccalaure- ate sermons before Hobart, Union and Trinity colleges. Yale Bicentennial Sun- day, Oct. 20, 1901, he preached in Trinity Church, New Haven, a sermon entitled, The Old Faith and the New Knowledge; married, Oct. 13, 1864. Anna Davidson, (daughter of Fletcher Williams) who died Sept. 25, 1872. leaving three children, viz., Fletcher Williams, who married Maude Goodrich Fiero; Cornelia Smith who mar- ried Dr. Harry Seymour Pearse, and Anna Davidson, who married Russell Ag- new Griffin. Address, Albany, N. Y.
BATTLE, George Gordon:
Lawyer; born North Carolina; graduate of University of Virginia; admitted to Bar, 1891; has been assistant district attorney of New York County; member Calumet and other clubs. Office, 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BAUSCH, Edward:
Manufacturer, inventor; born Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1854; son of Jacob J. and Barbara Bausch; graduate of Cor- nell University; married, Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1878, Matilda G. Morell; mem- ber of firm Bausch & Lomb, manufac- turers of scientific and optical appara- tus; member Royal Academy Science, Fellow A. A. A. S .. American Microscope Society; author: Manipulation of the Mi- croscope. Address, Rochester, N. Y. BAWDEN, H. Forth:
Professor of philosophy; born Sept. 28, 1871; educated in Dennison University and University of Chcago; instructor in Denison University, State University of Iowa, and professor in Vassar College;
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married Miss Susie C. Talbot, June 8, of N. J. State Sanitary Association, and 1896. Address, Vassar College, Pough- keepsie, N. Y.
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