Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 120

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MYNDERSE, Wilhelms:

Lawyer; born Nov. 25, 1849, Seneca Falls, N. Y .; was prepared at Mt. Pleas- ant Military Academy, Sing Sing, N. Y .; was graduated from Williams College, 1871, and Columbia Law School, 1875. Member firm of Butler,

Notman & Mynderse; trustee Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn Hospital, Church Charity Foundation of Long Island, and Brooklyn Academy of Music; vice-chan- cellor of Cathedral of The Incarnation,

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Long Island; director Franklin Trust Co., | eral Joseph D. Bryant, Charles L. Tiffany. National Surety Co., Safe Deposit Co. of ex-Mayor Franklin V. Edson, Waldo Hut- chins, William Woodward, Jr., John W. Gates, John D. Flower, Anson R. Flower Governor Roswell P. Flower, Dr. William Tod Helmuth, and many other prominent New Yorkers. Address, 27 W. 67th St., N. Y. City. New York, Exchange National Bank, Sen- eca Falls, Columbia Insurance Co. and American and Foreign Marine Insurance Co .; member Sigma Phi Fraternity, Uni- versity, Grolier and Church Clubs, Hamil- ton Club of Brooklyn, and Down Town Association. Residence, 94 Joraleman St., NALL, George A .: Brooklyn; office, 54 Wall St., N. Y. City.

NADAL, Charles C .:

Lawyer; born Dec. S, 1855, Greencastle, Ind .; educated at Columbia Law School; member of firm of Nadal, Smyth, Carrere & Trafford; counsel for Fidelity and Casu- alty Co .; member of City, Fencers, and Democratic Clubs, Southern Society ,and City Bar Association. Residence, 142 E. 35th St .; office, 97 Cedar St., N. Y. City. NADAL, Ehrman Syme:

Author; born Greenbrier Co., Va., 1843 ; graduate of Yale, 1864; one of the sec- retaries of U. S. legation, London. 1870- 71, 1877-84; author of Impressions of London Social Life; Essays at Home and Elsewhere; Zwiebak; Notes of a Profes- sional Exile. Address, Century Associa- tion, N. Y. City.

NAEGELE, Charles Frederick:

Artist; born Knoxville, Tenn., May 8, 1857 ; portrait and figure painter ; son of Charles and Christina Russ Naegele ; mar- ried Lisette, daughter of Captain Edwin J. Stivers, U. S. Army; studied painting first under Charles Myles Collier; came to N. Y. City, 1880, and studied painting un- der William Sartain and William Mer- ritt Chase; in 1892 he was awarded gold medal by the committee of one hundred citizens, of N. Y. City, for designing and modeling a medal to commemorate the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the dis- covery of America by Christopher Colum- bus; won gold prize given by Samuel T. Shaw for the best design for an official seal for the Salmagundi Club; was award- ed gold medal for painting The Divinity of Motherhood (Boston, 1900) ; won gold prize given by Alexander C. Morgan for best design for prize diploma (1901) ; won gold prize at Salmagundi Club given by George Inness, Jr., 1901; elected member of National Institute, 1900 ; life member of Lotos Club ; awarded silver medal at Pan- American Exhibition at Charleston, S. C .; his portraits include those of Peter Coop- er, John McCullough, as Virginius; Major General Daniel E. Sickles, Judge John R. Brady, General Edwin A. McAlpin, Gen-

Lawyer; born March 18, 1868, Detroit. Mich .; educated at Cornell University and Cornell Law School; member of firm of Nall & Hatch; treasurer of Long Islan Free Library; director, Hardy & Co .; member of Delta Chi College fraternity, and Cornell Club. Residence, 60 South Oxford St .; office, 5 Beekman St., N. Y. City.

NANNY, Harrison Wheeler:

Lawyer; was graduated from Union College, 1868 ; president of village of Gosh- en; member of Sons of Revolution, and Union College Alumni Association. Ad- dress, Goshen, N. Y.

NAPIER, A. Milton:

Builder; born Feb. 13, 1870, New York. Educated at College of City of New York. Single. President Tide-Water Building Co .; director Century Bank. Member Crescent Athletic Club, Aldine Association, Architectural League. Ad- dress, 50 t. John's Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. NASH, Edwin A .:

Justice of the N. Y. State Supreme Court, Seventh District; also of the Ap- pellate division of fourth department. Ad- dress, Avon, N. Y.

NASH, James R .:

Broker; born Oct. 4, 1868, N. Y. City ; attended Trinity College (Conn.) ; was graduated from Williams College, 1889, and Columbia Law School, 1893 ; member of firm of Nash & Weed, 1895-01; member of University Club and Williams College Alumni Association. Address, 111 East 37th St., N. Y. City.

NASH, J. Burnet :

Lawyer; born June 17, 1872, Syracuse, N. Y .; son of Spencer M. Nash and Mar- garet Barber Burnet Nash; prepared at Syracuse High School; attended Yale Col- lege, class of 1895, and was graduated at N. Y. Law School ; married Cornelia Cogs- well Dana of Syracuse, N. Y .; member of Yale Club and Bar Association. Resi- dence. 329 \V. S3d St .; office, 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.

NASH, John McLean:

Lawyer; was graduated from Columnbia University, A. B., 1868, and L.L. B., 1870 ; member of firm of S. P. & J. M. Nash;

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treasurer of Columbia University since 1885; member Delta Phi Fraternity, Uni- versity, City, Union, University Glee and Church Clubs, and Century, City Bar and Columbia University Alumni Associations. Residence, 37 W. 53d St .; office, 63 Wall St., N. Y. City.

NASH, William Alexander:

Banker; born Hudson, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1840; president and director Corn Ex- change Bank, Lykens Ry. & Coal Co., N. Y. & East River Ferry Co .; vice-president and director Audit Co. of New York, Brooklyn Wharf & Warehouse Co., In- ternational Elevating Co., Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn; vice-president and trustee State Trust Co .; director C. R. I. & P. Ry., Home Life Insurance Co., Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance Co., Queens Insurance Co. of America; trustee Amer- ican Surety Co., Bowery Savings Bank, N. Y. Produce Exchange; member of Union League, Metropolitan, N. Y. Ath- letic (life), Hamilton (Brooklyn) Clubs; Ardsley Casino. Residence, 19 W. 73d St .; office, 11 William St., N. Y. City. NASON, Daniel:

Lawyer; born Kennebunk, Me .; was graduated from Amherst College, 1881, and attended Harvard and Columbia Univer- sities ; member of firm of Jerome & Na- son ; president of Jerome Park R. R. Co., and Eaton Gold Mining Co .; member of Harvard, Union, University, Lawyers, and Westminster Kennel Clubs, and City Bar Association. Residence, 60 W. 36th St .; office, 55 William St., N. Y. City. NATHAN, Gratz:

Lawyer; born May 25, 1843, N. Y. City ; was graduated from Columbia University, A. B., 1861, A. M., 1864; assistant cor- poration counsel, 1867-72; member Democratic Club, Columbia College Alum- ni Association, St. Nicholas, and New York Genealogical and Biographical So- cieties, N. Y. Law Institute, and Metro- politan Museum of Art. Residence, 64 W. 53d St .; office, 108 Fulton St., N. Y. City. NATHAN, Max:

President and trustee of Nathan Manu- facturing Co .; vice-president and director Tenement House Building Co .; treasurer and director The George F. Blake Manu- facturing Co., International Steam Pump Co., and The Ludlow Valve Manufactur- ing Co .; director Worthington Pumping Engine Co. Residence, 32 E. 72d St .; of- fice, 92 Liberty St., N. Y. City.

NAYLON, Daniel, Jr .:

Lawyer; born Jan. 2, 1860, Guilderland, N. Y .; was graduated from Union Col-

lege, 1884; district attorney six years ; clerk of Board of Supervisors five years ; corporation counsel and city attorney, 1900; director Union National Bank; member of Schenectady Club, Exempt Firemen's Association, Knights of Colum- bus, Elks, and Red Men. Address, Schen- ectady, N. Y.

NEEDHAM, Charles Austin:

Landscape artist; born Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1844; pupil of Art Students' League and of August Will, N. Y .; mem- ber N. Y. Water Color Club, honorable mention and medal, Atlanta International Exposition, 1895; 1st honorable mention N. Y. State Agricultural Exposition, Syra- cuse, 1898 ; bronze medal Paris Exposition, 1900; silver medal Charleston Exposition, 1902. Address, 145 E. 23d St., N. Y. City. NEERGAARD, Charles Frederick:

Merchant; born June 7, 1875, Brooklyn, N. Y .; was graduated from Yale Univer- sity, A. B., 1897; member of Yale and Crescent Athletic Clubs. Residence, 24 Monroe Place, Brooklyn; office, 118 Duane St., N. Y. City.

NEIL, Edward Wallace:

Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church ; born Newark, N. J., Dec. 3, 1858 ; educated at St. John's Academy and Burlington College and the Philadelphia Divinity School ; ordained deacon by Bish- op Scarborough, 1880, and priest by the same prelate, 1882; Assistant rector at the Church of St. Philip-in-the-Highlands, Garrisons-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., 1881-83 ; founder and first rector of the Church of St. Edward-the-Martyr, N. Y. City, 1883 ; received degree of Sc.D., 1887, and was elected Fellow of the Society of Science, Literature and Art, of London, England, the same year; author of Faithful Woman, sermons, etc. Address, 14 E. 109th St., N. Y. City.

NELSON, Abraham:

Lawyer; born Jan. 22, 1864, N. Y. City ; educated at College of City of N. Y., and was graduated from Columbia University, Ph. B., 1882, and L.L. B., 1885; examining counsel for Lawyers Title Insurance Co .; member of Democratic and Progress Clubs, and Saturday and Sunday Hospital Col- lection. Residence, 12 W. 92d St .; office, 30 Pine St., N. Y. City.

NELSON, Charles Alexander:

Librarian and author; born Calais, Me., April 14, 1839; son of Israel Potter and Jane Capen Nelson, of old New Hampshire and Massachusetts families; was gradu- ated from Harvard College, 1860, (M. A., 1863); began library work at Gorham

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(Me.) Male Academy in 1855; assistant in Harvard College Library and student of library economy, 1857-60, and 1863-64; Lawrence Scientific School, 1861-62 ; teach- er of classics and mathematics, 1860-61, 1863-64 and 1873-74; civil engineer and draughtsman, quartermaster department, U. S. Army, 1864-65, at Newbern, N. C .; superintendent of refugees, justice of the peace, superintendent of schools, and var- ious other civil offices, 1865-73; in book business, literary and library work, in Boston, 1874-81; professor of Greek and librarian, Drury College, Mo., 1877-78 ; catalogue librarian at Astor Library, N. Y., 1881-88 ; librarian at Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, 1888-91; assistant librarian at Newberry Library, Chicago, 1891-93 ; lecturer at Columbia College Li- brary School, 1887, and at N. Y. State Library School and Pratt Institute Library School, 1894-98; head reference librarian Columbia University since 1893 ; member and ex-secretary American Library As- sociation ; charter member, ex-secretary and twice president of N. Y. Library Club; charter member Chicago Library Club and N. Y. State Library Associa- tion ; member American Historical Asso- ciation, Chicago Literary Club, Biblio- graphical Society of Chicago, Booksellers' League, The Round Table and Corda Fra- tres ; charter member and secretary, Amer- ican Bibliographical Society ; author of Waltham, Past and Present and Its In- dustries ; The Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Beueathed to the Long Island Historical Society by S. B. Duryea; compiler and editor of the Astor Library Catalogue, 4 vols. (awarded diploma at the Pan-American and Charleston, S. C., Expositions) ; Catalogue, Avery Memorial Library; Books on Education in the Li- braries of Columbia University ; Libraries of Greater New York, Manual and His- torical Sketch of the New York Library Club: Catalogue Raisonne. Works on Bookbinding, Examples of Bookbindings of the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries; In- dex to the Educational Review, vol. 1-25 ; Columbiana : a Bibliography of Columbia University, and numerous professional ar- ticles in encyclopædias, annuals, and the Library Journal; one of the co-laborators on Poole's Index, the Annual Literary Index and the A. L. A. Index to Essays ; married, July 25, 1872, Emma Norris, of Slaterville Springs, N. Y. Address, 579 W. 161st St., N. Y. City.

NELSON, Edward Beverly:

Educator; born Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,

May 26, 1850 ; son of John Peter and Cor- nelia M. Nelson ; was graduated from Har- vard with the degree of A. B., in 1873, and received honorary degree of A. M., 1894; married to Jessie R. Weld, at Me- dina, N. Y., in 1877; served three terms of three years each on the board of health of Rome, N. Y .; has been principal of the Central New York Institution for Deaf- Mutes since Sept. 1, 1876 ; is a member of the National Geographic Society and the Central and Western New York Harvard Alumni Association; is prominent in the Masonic order, having attained to the thirty-second degree ; member of the Rome, Fort Schuyler (Utica), University (Al- bany), and Arcanum (Utica) Clubs. Ad- dress, Rome, N. Y.

NEUMULLER, Franz:

Manager of Hotel Hungaria and Union Square Hotel, N. Y .; born Sept. 28, 1852, St. Poelten (Austria) ; after finishing edu- cation in public and high schools, devoted himself to hotel business, traveling for years all over Europe and serving in the best hotels; came to this country in 1876, during the World's Fair in Philadelphia ; since 1878, manager of Hotel Hungaria, Union Square, N. Y., and since 1894 the Union Square Hotel, E. 15th street; for many years first vice-president of The Ex- celsior Brewing Company of Brooklyn; vice-president of American Exchange Ci- gar Co., and treasurer of the Kick Baking Co. Address, Hotel Hungaria, 4 Union Square, N. Y. City.

NEVILLE, Matthew F .:

Ex-member of Assembly; born Water- bury, Conn., Sept. 12, 1853 ; was gradu- ated from St. John's College, Fordham, and was a classmate of Judge Morgan J. O'Brien, Judge of the Supreme Court, Ap- pellate Division, First Department, and of Judge James A. O'Gorman, of the Supreme Court ; has been attorney for many of the largest estates and corporations in the City of New York in tax and assessment matters, to which branch of the law he has given his attention for more than twenty- five years; is a member of the Tammany Hall General Committee, is also a member of the Democratic Club, and for a long time has been an active worker for the Democratic party ; elected to Assembly in 1901 and 1902; in 1903, was appointed a member of the following Assembly com- mittees : Affairs of Cities, Public Lands and Forestry; November 9th, 1903, ap- pointed by the Appellate division, Supreme Court, First Department, Assistant Com-

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missioner of Jurors for N. Y. County. Ad- | 1901), and edited the American edition of

dress, 87 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

NEVIN, A. Parker:

Lawyer; president and director of In- ternational Securities Corporation; direc- tor Daniel Process Co., Faywood Lead Co., General Concentrates Co., General Corporation Co., Grapevine Lead Co., and Stanley Sanitary Garbage Disposal Co. Residence, 113 Waverley Place; office, 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.

NEVINS, Thomas A .:

Banker; president and director Haver- hill Gas Light Co., Haverhill Gas Secur- ities Co., Newark Consolidated Gas Co., and U. S. Gas, Coal and Coke Co .; vice- president and director of The Oil Fields of Mexico Co .; director Eastern Trust Co .; Orange Gas Light Co., and Union River Light and Power Co. Residence, E. Orange, N. J .; office, 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.

NEWCOMB, James Edward:

Physician; born New London, Conn., Aug. 27, 1857; son of James and Sarah Weaver Newcomb ; prepared for college at the Bulkeley School in New London ; en- tered Yale, graduating in 1880 with the de- gree of B. A .; received the degree of M. D. from Columbia, N. Y., in 1883, bing one of the honor men of his class; for eighteen months he was on the resident staff of the Roosevelt Hospital ; then engaged in pri- vate practice in N. Y. City, and of recent vears has devoted himself mainly to dis- eases of the nose, throat and chest; mar- ried, March 23, 1877, Elizabeth Wilmot, of N. Y. City ; member of the following so- cieties : N. Y. County Medical, Greater N. Y. Medical, N. Y. Academy of Medicine, Hospital Graduates' Club, West End Med- ical, American Academy of Medicine, Phy- sicians Mutual Aid Association, and is the secretary (1905) of the American Laryn- gological Association; is a life member of the New London County (Conn.) Histori- cal Society; is a trustee of the Calvary Baptist Church of N. Y. City; at present he holds the following positions in medical institutions : Instructor n laryngology, Cor- nell University Medical College, consulting laryngologist to the Roosevelt Hospital, both in N. Y. City ; besides publishing a considerable number of papers on his spe- cial medical work, Dr. Newcomb has con- tributed chapters to Twentieth Century Medicine, and Wood's Reference Hand- book of Medical Science; in collaboration with Drs. Burnett and Ingals he has writ- ten Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat (published by Lippincott Co., Philadelphia,

Grünwald's Atlas of Diseases of the Mouth, Pharynx and Nose (published by W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1903). Address, 118 W. 69th St., N. Y. City.

NEWMAN, Jared Treman:

Lawyer; born Nov. 4, 1855, Enfield, N. Y .; prepared at Ithaca Academy, and was graduated from Cornell University, Ph. B., 1875, and Albany Law School, 1879 ; member of Delta Upsilon College frater- nity ; admitted to the Bar, 1879 ; married, Oct. 7, 1886, Jane Edwards Williams; lec- turer in Cornell Law School, 1897-99 ; Re- publican ; special county judge of Tomp- kins County, 1882-86 ; city attorney, 1895- 99 ; director, First National Bank, Ithaca Street R. R. Co., and Business Men's As- sociation; trustee of Cornell University since 1895, and of Auburn Theological Seminary since 1898; president of Ithaca Conservatory of Music; elder in Presby- terian Church, and delegate to General Assembly, 1893; member of State Bar Association, Town and Gown Club, and Country Club. Residence, Ithaca, N. Y. NEWMAN, John Ludlow:

President of National Bank of Cohoes, N. Y. ; son of Henry and Mary A. Lymal, Newman; born Albany, Feb. 21, 1836; educated at the Albany Academy ; entered his father's wool store (established by his grandfather, Charles Newman, in 1770), and was identified with that busi- ness for twenty-six years; in 1866 he be- came a member of the firm of Charles and John L. Newman, under which name the old established business of his grandfather was conducted until 1880, when he with- drew and engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods at Cohoes, N. Y .; president of the National Bank of Cohoes, having been a director since 1878; vice-president since 1893, until his election to the presi- dency in Jan., 1895 ; being a descendant of ancestors who had fought in the French and Indian wars during the Colonial per- iod, and in the War of the Revolution; Major Newman recruited a company for the Union Army in the Civil War in 1862 and received a captain's commis- sion in the Forty-third Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers; this regiment was brigaded in the Third Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Army Corps (General Sedgwick) ; he served under General Mcclellan in the Army of the Potomac, and took part un- der Burnside in the battle of Fredericks- burg, Dec. 13-15, 1862, and under General Hooker in the Chancellorsville campaign, May 2-4, 1863, being wounded in the

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charge on Mary's Height on May 3; on this occasion was recommended for hon- orable mention in General Orders for gal- lantry and bravery ; on May 4, was at Sa- lem Church fight, and on the 5th in the engagement at Bank's Ford; on the 9th of June in another engagement at Fredericks- burg; Major Newman's regiment, the For- ty-third N. Y., commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Wilson, held an important po- sition on the right of the line at Gettys- burg, and participated in the terrible bat- tle of July 2-3, 1863 ; Nov. 7 of the same year he was in the batue of Rappahan- nock Station, and Nov. 27, at Locust Grove, and participated in the Mine Run campaign ; he was promoted major of the Forty-third regiment, and in June, 1864, was honorably discharged; received the Gettysburg Medal from the State of New York; he was one of the organizers of the Albany Zouaves, an organization which had the record of sending eighty commis- sioned officers to the Union Army; after the war he was elected president of the Old Guard Albany Zouaves; Major New- man is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U. S., the Society of the Army of the Potomac, and the So- ciety of the Sixth Army Corps, of which he was elected vice-president during the reunion at Gettysburg ; he was a charter member of George G. Dawson Post, No. 63, G. A. R., and was appointed ordnance officer on the staff of General T. Ellory Lord, Third Brigade, National Guard, N. Y .; is also a member of the Sons of the Revolution, through his maternal great- gradfather, Col. James Lyman; was form- erly a trustee of the Albany City Homeo- pathic Hospital, a trustee of the First Re- formed (Old North Dutch) Church, and secretary of the old Albany Club; he is vice-president of the Albany Young Men's Association, a trustee of the Albany Insti- tute and Historical Art Society, and is a member of the Fort Orange Club. and has always taken an active interest in the advancement and material welfare of Al- bany, his native city, where he has always resided; was married in 1872 to Miss Eve- lina Egberts Steele, daughter of Oliver Steele, Esq., of Albany, and Anna Egberts, a daughter of Anthony Egberts, descended from Governor Van Dam, one of the early Colonial Governors of the then Province of New York; has two children, Clarence Egberts Newman and Evelyn Newman. Address, Albany, N. Y.

NEWTON, Howard D .:

Lawyer; born Nov. 18, 1857; son of

Isaac S. and Jane Dunlap Newton ; was graduated from Yale in 1879; admitted to the Bar in 1883, and has been actively en- gaged in the practice of law ever since, generally in corporate work, and particu- larly as counsel for the N. Y., Ontario & Western Ry. Co .; in 1885, became director and cashier of the National Bank of Nor- wich, and since 1891 has been the execu- tive officer thereof; also vice-president Sherburne National Bank since 1905; president of the Norwich Water Works; prominently identified with many other manufacturing and commercial enter- prises both locally and in California; married in 1885, Jane V. Martin, daugh- ter of the late Cyrus B. Martin, and granddaughter of the late David May- dole. Address, Norwich, N. Y.

NEWTON, Richard Heber:

Protestant Episcopal clergyman and au- thor; born Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 3, 1840 ; son of Richard Newton and Lydia Gret- orex Newton ; was graduated from Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, 1861 ; Divinity School of Protestant Episcopal Church, in Philadelphia, 1863; D. D., Union Uni- versity, 1875; installed deacon, 1862; priest, 1866; assistant minister of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, 1862 ; Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia, 1863 ; min- ister in charge of Trinity Church, Sharon Springs, 1864-66; rector of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, 1866-69; general secretary American Church Missionary Society, 1869 : rector of All Souls' Church, N. Y. City, 1869-1902 ; select preacher to Leland Stanford University, Cal., 1903; au- thor of The Children's Church ; The Morals of Trade; Womanhood; Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible; The Book of the Begin- nings; Philistinism; Church and Creed ; Social Studies; Christian Science, and ar- ticles in the American Supplement of the Encyclopædia Britannica, and the lead- ing periodicals ; president of the New Thought Federation ; vice-president of the Congress of Religions ; director of the N. Y. State Congress of Religions, the Protes- tant Episcopal Congress, etc. Address, East Hampton, N. Y.

NICHOLAS, George S., Jr .:

Importer; born Dec. 22, 1870, N. Y. City ; was graduated from Columbia Col- lege, 1892. Member, Psi Upsilon fratern- ity, Union, Westchester, Country and N. Y. Athletic Clubs and Columbia Uni- versity Alumni Association. Address, 44 Park Ave., N. Y. City.

NICHOLS, Acosta :

Banker; born June 19, 1872, Brooklyn;

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educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Insti-|34 Irving Place, Brooklyn, N. Y .; office, tute, 1889, and Williams College, 1893;

member of firm of Spencer, Trask & Co .; Director Somerset Coal Co., Mexican Mineral R. R. Co., and Mexican Coke and Coal Co .; member of Metropolitan, Down Town, Country, National Arts

Clubs, Kappa Alpha Fraternity and Polytechnic Clubs, life member and Recording Secretary of N. Y. Historical Society, St. Nicholas, Colonial Wars So- ciety, Long Island Historical, and N. Y. Zoological Societies, Sons of Revolution, Society of Foreign Wars, Williams Alumni Association, Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art, and Co. K, Seventh Regi- ment, N. G. N. Y. Residence, 30 E. 58th St. ; office, 52 William St., N. Y. City. NICHOLS, Charles E .:

Ex-member of Assembly ; born Athens, N. Y., March 20, 1854 ; received early edu- cation at the public schools and afterward attended Fairfield Seminary, N. Y., and Fort Edward Institute, Fort Edward, N. Y .; went to Colorado in 1878 and studied law, afterward attending the law depart- ment of Washington University, at St. Louis, Mo., one year; admitted to the Bar of Colorado, practicing law there for about a year, then came back to Athens, N. Y., and read law in the office of Judge Sanderson and later in the year in the of- fice of Judge J. Rider Cady in Hudson ; was admitted to the Bar of N. Y. State in 1882, after which he practiced law at Athens for three years, going to Catskill as deputy county clerk, under his father Jan. 1, 1886 ; was deputy county clerk for three years and was then appointed clerk in the Surrogate's Court by County Judge and Surrogate John Sanderson, which of- fice he held for ten years ; was elected dis- trict attorney of Green County in the fall of 1888; in 1902 was elected member of the Assembly ; in 1903, appointed a member of the following Assembly committees : General Laws, Affairs of Villages, Revis- ion, and Privileges and Elections ; was re- elected fall of 1903. Address, Catskill, Greene County, N. Y.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 120

Author: Publication date: 1904- Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc. Number of Pages: 1100

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Publication date: 1904-
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc.
Number of Pages: 1100