Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 121

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NICHOLS, Charles M .:

Manager for Massachusetts of the American DeForest Wireless Telegraph Co .; born Nov. 22, 1847; Providence, R. I. ; educated in Brooklyn; merchant un- til 1890 ; successfully financed the building of New Jersey Electric Railroad from Singac to Hoboken; member of Union League, Montauk, and Aurora Grata Clubs, and Long Island Wheelmen. Residence,

1154 Old South Building, Boston, Mass. NICHOLS, Charles Wilbur deLyon:

Author, philanthropist; born Nichols, Conn., Dec. 17, 1854; was graduated from Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., 1874 ; entered Yale, 1874, but withdrew be- cause of ill health; student Johns Hopkins, 1877-80; student in philosophy, Seabury Divinity School, 1882-84 ; graduate of Gen- eral Theological Seninary, N. Y., 1887 ; or- dained priest, P. E. Ch., 1888; Vicar St. Thomas, New Haven, 1887-88; rector St. Stephens, Staten Island, 1888-92 ; chaplain, Department Public Charities and Correc- tions, N. Y., 1893-97; vicar St. Luke's N. Y., 1897-99 ; became Roman Catholic, 1899 ; took lectures in moral theology and dogma, Gregorian University, Rome, 1899- 1900; originator of the Sunday Kinder- garten Association, art and humanitarian movement among tenement house children in which he is now engaged; author of The Greek Madonna, 1894 D1; The De- cadents, 1899 O4; contributor to maga- zines and newspapers. Address, 120 mad- ison Ave., N. Y. City.

NICHOLS, Edward Leamington:

Professor physics, Cornell, since 1887; born of American parentage, at Leaming- ton, England, 1854; was graduated B. S., from Cornell, 1875; studied at Universities of Leipzig, Berlin and Gottingen, Ph. D., 1879; Fellow Johns Hopkins, 1879-80; with Edison at Menlo Park, N. J., 1880- 81; professor physics and chemistry, Cen- tral University, Ky., 1881-83 ; professor physics and astronomy University of Kan- sas, 1883-87; member National Academy Sciences ; Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, A. A. A. S .; past president Kansas Academy of Science; member American Institute Electrical Engineers.

American Physical Society. Address,

Ithaca, N. Y.

NICHOLS, Erickson Norman:

Broker ; born and educated in N. Y. City ; member First U. S. Volunteer Cav- alry Regiment (Rough Riders), in Spanish- American War; Master of Hounds of Richmond County Hunt ; member of

Union, New York Athletic, Richmond County Country and Staten Island Polo Clubs, and Squadron A, N. G. N. Y. Res- idence, 52 E. 78th St .; office, 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.

NICHOLS, Ernest Fox:

Professor of experimental physics in Co- lumbia University, N. Y .; born Leaven- worth, Kan., June 1, 1869, was graduated

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fron' Kansas Agricultural College in 1888 ; M. Sc. and D. Sc., Cornell University, 1893 and 1897; honorary D. Sc., Dart- mouth College, 1903 ; professor of physics in Colgate University, 1892-9S; Dart- mouth College, 1898-1903 ; member of a number of scientific societies, vice-presi- dent of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1903, and a col- laborator on the editorial staff of the As- trophysical Journal; awarded Rumford medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1904; author of numerous papers published in America and abroad, dealing with investigations and discoveries mainly in the field of radiation. Address, Columbia University, N. Y. City.

NICHOLS, George Livingston:

Lawyer; born May 9, 1860, Brooklyn ; was graduated from Williams College, 1881, and Columbia Law School, 1883; mar- ried Mary Chickering ; member of firm of Masten & Nichols; city civil service com- missioner of Brooklyn four years; vice- president of Chickering & Sons; director, Phoenix National Bank, Lalance & Gros- jean Manufacturing Co., Tinplate Decorat- ing Co., and Woodhaven Water Supply Co .; member of Union, Metropolitan, Gro- ller, University and Hamilton Clubs; St. Nicholas, New York Historical, Zoological, Long Island Historical and New York Geo- graphical Societies; American, State and City Bar, Down Town, and Williams Col- lege Alumni Associations, Sons of Revolu- tion, Societies of Foreign Wars and War of 1812, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bo- tanical Gardens, and American Museum of Natural History. Residence, 66 E. 55th St .; office, 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.

NICHOLS, Harry Peirce :

Protestant Episcopal clergyman ; born Salem, Mass., Sept. 3, 1850; son of Chas. Saunders and Amelia Ainsworth Nichols; was graduated from Harvard College, 1871; graduate of Andover Seminary and Philadelphia Divinity School ; was ordained deacon, 1876, and priest, 1877; rector of Free Church of St. John, Philadelphia, 1876; of St. Paul's, Brunswick, Me., 1877- 83; assistant minister at Trinity Church, New Haven, 1883-92; rector of St. Mark's, Minneapolis, 1892-99; rector Holy Trinity, N. Y., 1899; member Appalachian Moun- tain Club and American Alpine Club. Ad- dress, 18 W. 122d St., N. Y. City.

NICHOLS, John F .:

Clergyman ; educated at Cambridge and Berlin, Germany; at the time that he be- gan studying for the ministry of the Prot-

estant Episcopal Church he was in busi- ness in New York, under the firm name of J. F. Nichols & Co .; was successively curate of Emmanuel Parish, Boston; rec- tor of Grace Church, Watertown, N. Y .; Christ Church, Waterbury, Conn. ; St. Barnabas Church, Reading, Pa .; special preacher at Church of the Incarnation, Philadelphia, from which, in May, 1903, he went to Christ Church, Hudson, N. Y., in succession to Right Rev. Bishop Griswold. Address, Hudson, N. Y.

NICHOLS, Maury:

Captain, U. S. Army ; born District of Columbia ; appointed from New York ; was graduated from Pennsylvania Military Col- lege, 1881; second lieutenant, Sixteenth Infantry, Nov. 21, 1883 ; first lieutenant, Fourteenth Infantry, Apr. 17, 1891, trans- ferred to Seventh Infantry, July 20, 1891; captain of Infantry, Sept. 8,1898 ; assigned to Third Infantry, Jan. 1, 1899. Address, Fort St. Michael, Alaska.

NICHOLS, Othniel Foster:

Civil engineer; born Newport, R. I., July 29, 1845; son of Thomas Pitman and Lydia Foster Nichols; married Jennie Swa- sey, Nov. 21, 1876. C. E. Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute, 1868; chief engineer, Brooklyn Elevated R. R., 1SSS-95 ; general manager same, 1892-95; engineer Will- iamsburg Bridge. President of Brooklyn Engineers Clubs. Member: Brooklyn In- stitute of Arts and Sciences; American Geographical Society; American Society Civil Engineers; American Society Me- chanical Engineers; Institution Civil En- gineers of Great Britain; Railroad, Cres- cent Athletic and Municipal Clubs. Ad- dress, 84 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y.

NICHOLS, William E .:

Bank stock specialist; born N. Y. City, Aug. 27, 1862; boyhood passed at East Haddam. Conn .; educated Seabury Insti- tute, Saybrook, and Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn .; was graduated from Yale University in 1886. Organized and founded the East Haddam Free Pub- lic Library, and was first president of the Connecticut Amateur Press Association ; editor The Fovorite, and contributor to various periodicals; vice-president N. Y. Net & Twine Co., and director and member executive committee, Empire State Trust Co .; has been located in Wall Street since 1893, the firm of William E. Nichols & Co., with David B. Helm as junior part- ner, having been formed in Sept., 1301. Member Lotos, Lawyers, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and National Arts Clubs, Cres -

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cent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, Sons of | on the judiciary committee and on the Revolution, and Yale Alumni Association. Address. 15 Wall St., N. Y. City.

NICHOLS, William H .:

President and director, Chemical Trad- ing Co., Nichols Chemical Co. of Canada, Ltd., and General Chemical Co .; director, Baker & Adamson Chemical Co., The Corn Exchange Bank, General Trading Co., Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelt- ing & Power Co., Ltd., N. Y. Glucose Co., Read Phosphate Co., State Realty & Mortgage Co., Thomson Chemical Co., Pulaski Mining Co .; trustee Title Guar- antee & Trust Co., and U. S. Wood Preserving Co. President and trustee Nichols Chemical Co. Address, 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.

NICKERSON, James D .:

Major, U. S. Army; born Illinois; ap- pointed second lieutenant Seventeenth Infantry, October 15, 1875; first lieuten- ant, June 26, 1882; captain, May 23, 1896; retired July 9, 1900; promoted ma- jor, April, 1904. Address, 246 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

NICOLI,, De Larcy:

Lawyer; born Bayside, L. I., 1854; ed- ucated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and Princeton, where he was graduat- ed in 1874 and from Columbia Law School. 1876 ; he was for a time in the law office of the late Clarkson N. Potter, brother of Bishop Potter, and afterward in the law office of Jullian T. Davies; admitted to the Bar, 1876, and the next year opened an office for himself at the corner of Nassau and Liberty streets. In 1879 Mr. Nicoll formed a partnership with Walter D. Ed- wards; later on he entered the firm Eaton, Lewis & Nicoll; assistant district attor- ney, 1886, had charge of "boodle" alderman cases. Mr. Nicoll had practic- ally full charge of that memorable cam- paign against corruption in New York. On his shoulders fell the full burden of organizing and bringing to light that astonishing array of evidence which for so long kept the road to Sing Sing warm with the footsteps of departing statesmen. Was elected district attorney of N. Y. County in 1890, serving for term of three years; two of the notable con- victions during Mr. Nicoll's term as Dis- trict Attorney were those of Buchanan and Carlisle Harris, the only two in- stnaces in the criminal practice of New York where men have been convicted of murder by poisoning; both of them were executed; member Constitutional Con- vention, 1894, and served with distinction

suffrage committee, having much to do with framing the laws that now sur- round the ballot with safeguards. Mar- ried, 1890, Miss Maud Churchill; has two children: De Lancey, aged twelve, and Josephine, aged ten. Residence, 23 East 39th St .; office, 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

NICOLL, J. C .:

Artist; born N. Y. City, 1847; educated at Quakenbos School, N. Y. City ; married, 1873, Cora A. Noble. Founder, and ten years secretary, American Water Color Society (now president) ; several years secretary, National Academy of Design ; president, Artists' Fund Society. Has held office in leading art associations and received various medals and other awards. Address, 51 West 10th St., N. Y. City. NIEHAUS, Charles Henry:

Sculptor ; born Cincinnati, Jan. 24, 1855; son of John C. and Sophia Niehaus; edu- cated in public schools of Cincinnati; art education was obtained at the Royal Academy, Munich, Germany. Married Regina Armstrong, 1900; 1884, made an associate of L'Associazione Artistica In- ternazionale di Roma; elected associate National Academy of Design in 1892; won award at World's Columbian Ex- position. 1893; gold medals at Pan-Am- erican Exposition. Buffalo, 1901; South Carolina and Interstate Exposition. Charleston, S. C., 1902; St. Louis, 1902. Made the Garfield statue in Cin- cinnati; the Allen, Garfield, Morton

and Ingalls statues in Statuary Hall in the Capitol at Washington; stat-

ues of Gibbons and Moses in the

Congressional Library and of Hah- nemann at Scott

Circle, Washington. Designed and executed the historical doors of Trinity Church, N. Y. City; the pedi- ment to the Appellate Court House, N. Y. City; statues of Hooker and Davenport for the Connecticut State House; statue to Drake, erected at Titusville, Pa .; two large groups, Mineral Wealth, Pan-Ameri- can Exposition; statues of Lincoln, Farra- gut and Mckinley, Muskegon, Mich .; of Lincoln at Buffalo, and an equestrian statue of General Forrest at Memphis, Tenn .; he also designed and executed the Apotheosis for the St. Louis Exposition of 1904. Member: National Sculpture So- ciety, Architectural League of America, National Arts Club, Municipal Arts So- ciety, American Scenic and Historic Pres- ervation Society, National Academy of De- sign, and the Ohio Society of New York.

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Residence, Quaker Ridge Road, New Ro- chelle, N. Y .; studio, 148 West 36th St., N. Y. City.

NIEHAUS, Mrs. Charles Henry (Re- gina Armstrong) :

Author; born in Virginia; has contrib- uted poetry and prose to current litera- ture, the latter including stories, critical aricles on art, etc. Address, Quaker Ridge Road, New Rochelle, N. Y. NISSEN, Ludwig:

Merchant and capitalist; born Dec. 2, 1855, Hosum, Schleswig-Holstein, and was educated in public schools of that place ; became assistant secretary in the Imperial District Court. Came to America at an carly age, and after various business ven- tures entered firm of Schilling & Nissen, diamond setters and importers, the firm later changing to Ludwig Nissen & Co. Is an ex-president of the Jewelers' Asso- ciation and board of Trade; president of the Stuyvesant Heights Bank of Brooklyn; member, N. Y. Chamber of Commerce ; director, N. Y. Board of Trade and Trans- portation ; trustee of the Jewelers' Asso- ciation ; trustee of the Brooklyn Bank, the Dime Savings Institution, and of the Guardian Trust Co. of N. Y. Was ap- pointed by the Tennessee Centennial Ex- position as one of the judges of awards in the art goods, jewelry, minerals and pre- cious stones department; was commission- er for Brooklyn to the Atlantic Exposition of 1895, and the Nashville Exposition of 1897. Member and director Hanover and Union League Clubs of Brooklyn, and a member of the Parkway Driving, Riding and Driving, Municipal, and Marine and Field Clubs. Was appointed. by Gov. Black head of the N. Y. State Committee to the Paris Exposition of 1900. Address, 182 Broadway, N. Y. City.

NIXON, Lewis:

Shipbuilder; born Leesburg, Va., 1861; cadet midshipman, U. S. Navy, June 21, 1878; was graduated from U. S. Naval Academy, 1882 ; naval constructor, July 1, 1884; resigned, May 1, 1891; June, 1891, to

1895, superintending constructor at Cramp Shipyard, Philadelphia ; 1895, es- tablished Crescent Shipyard at Elizabeth, N. J., and there has built, among other vessels, the sub-marine torpedo boat Hol- land, the monitor Florida and the cruis- er Chattanooga; 1888, president of East River Bridge Commission. Member Tam- many Hall, and in 1901 succeeded Richard Croker as leader; president and director, U. S. Shipbuilding Co .; director Guardian Trust Co., Trust Co. of the Republic, U. S.

[ Long Distance Auto Co., International Smokeless Powder Co. Member, Demo- cratic, Union, N. Y. Yacht, and Atlantic Clubs of New York; Metropolitan and the Army and Navy Clubs, Washington, and other organizations. Residence, Park Ave. and 61st St .; office, 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.

NIXON, S. Fred .:

Speaker of the Assembly, representing the Second Assembly District of the Coun- ty of Chautauqua; born Westfield, Dec. 3, 1$60, and educated at the High School in that place; was graduated from Hamilton College, 1881. Entered public life, 1884, when he was elected trustee of the village of Westfield; elected supervisor of the town of Westfield, 1886, and has been su- pervisor continuously since that time. In 1887 was elected assemblyman from the district he now represents; and was re- elected, 1SS8, 1889, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903. Has been speaker of the Assembly for last five terms and will continue to fill the of- tice for 1904. Address, Westfield, N. Y.

NOBLE, William Nelson:

Lawyer ; born Trumansburg, N. Y .; pre- pared at Trumansburg Academy, and was graduated from Amherst College, 1870 ; Columbia Law School, 1872; treasurer of Ithaca Glass Works; trustee of Congre- gational Church; president of Hamilton Club; Republican. Married Mrs. Chaun- cey H. Van Houter. Address, East Sen- eca St., Ithaca, N. Y.

NCREIS, Miss Delle Fay :

President Vassar Students' Aid Society, N. Y. City Branch. The Vassar Students' Aid Society was organized principally for the purpose of bringing former non-grad- uate students into touch with the college, that the Aid Society might be to the non- graduate what the Alumnæ Association is to the graduate. Realizing that the alumnæ had done much for their alma mater, and desiring to show some appre- ciation of the benefits derived from the college, the Vassar Aid Society directed its energies to the raising of money for loans to young women who might desire a higher education, but had not sufficient means to avail themselves of the privilege; this money has always been loaned without interest and without restriction of any kind. The New York branch, organized in 1890, raised a scholarship of $200 in 1891, and since that time has always maintained one or more scholarships at the college; [one or more schoolarships at the college;

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1902, five scholarships, in 1903, six. Any | University. former student, graduate or non-gradu- ate, of any department of Vassar College, and any woman who is or has been a teacher in Vassar College, is eligible for active membership. Any other woman, interested in the aims of the society, may, on the recommendation of the committee on admission, together with a majority vote of the active members present, be- come an associate member. The General Society embraces thirteen branches, sit- uated in different localities in the United States. Address, 35 West 50th St., N. Y City.

NORRIS, Zoe Anderson:

Writer of short stories and author of The Color of His Soul (Funk & Wag- nalls) ; born Harrodsburg, Ken., but lived for many years in the West where in 1898 she commenced to write short stories of pioneer life. The first of these was published by George W. Cable in his mag- azine The Symposium of that years. Has since contributed to many magazines among which are Success, The Woman's Home Companion, Demorest, Munsey, The Smart Set, Ainslie's and The St. Louis Mirror. During a stay of two years abroad Mrs Norris wrote sketches of Pa- risian life and dramatic criticism for The Criterion, then a weekly magazine; also wrote a résumé of her travels in the shape of short stories for The American Press Association and the Daily Short Story Publishing Co., and a bright book of travel in Italy called The Quest of Polly Locke. In addition to her short story work, she is a free lance newspaper wom- an, contributing regular Sunday specials to The N. Y. Sun, The N. Y. Times and The N. Y. Herald. Club, The Woman's Press Club of N. Y., founded by Jenny June. the pioneer newspaper woman of N. Y. Address, care N. Y. Sun, N. Y. City.

NORTH, Frank Mason:

Clergyman ; born N. Y. City, Dec. 3, 1850; son Charles Carter and Elizabeth Mason North; was graduated from Wes- leya University in 1872; M. A. 1875 ; D.D., 1894. Ordained minister, April, 1873 ; has had charge of churches at Amenia, Cold Spring-on-Hudson, White Plains, Middle- town, Conn., and N. Y. City. Correspond- ing secretary of N. Y. City Missionary and Church Extension Society since April, 1892. Editor of the Christian City, N. Y .; secretary of National City Evan- gelization Union; trustee of Wesleyan

Address, 121 West 122nđ St., N. Y. City.

NORTHRIDGE, William Albert:

Physician ; born Brooklyn, N. Y., July 27, 1860; son William J. Northridge and Arabella Nash Northridge; educated in public schools and Polytechnic Institute ; was graduate in Chatauqua four years' college course and from the Long Island College Hospital in 1882. £ Professional positions : Interne, Sea Side Home for Children ; surgeon, Prospect Park and Co- ney Island Railroad; attending pediatrist and attending physician heart and lungs and surgeon, Brooklyn Central Dispen- sary, 1882-92 ; acting assistant obstetrician and instructor in obstetrics, Long Island College Hospital, 1890-93; visiting pedia- trist, chief of clinic out-patient depart- ment and assistant to chair diseases of children, Long Island College Hospital ; visiting pediatrist, St, Christopher's Hos- pital for Babies, and president of its medical board; visiting physician to the Sea Side Home for Children. Author of published medical essays. Residence, 21 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

NORTHRUP, Ansel Judd:

Lawyer, author; born Madison Co., N. Y., June 30, 1833; graduate of Hamil- ton, 1858 (A. M., LL. D.) ; studied at Col- umbia Law School, 1858-59; admitted to Bar, 1859; has since practiced in Syra- cuse, except when judge; U. S. Circuit Court Commissioner, 1870-97; U. S. Com- missioner since June, 1897; judge Onon- daga Co., 1882-94; commissioner to re- vise the statues and code of N. Y., 1895- 1901. Residence, 207 Greene St .; office, 12 Syracuse Savings Bank Building, Syr- acuse, N. Y.

NORTHRUP, Milton Harlow:

Journalist ; born Apr. 3, 1841, Smithfield, N. Y .; prepared at Peterboro Academy and was graduated from Hamilton College, 1860. Principal of Preparatory Depart- ment, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Teach- er and conducted a private school in Syr- acuse till 1863 ; admitted to the bar, 1863 ; clerk of Board of Suprvisors, 1863. Cap- tain and aide-de-camp N. Y. State Na- tional Guard, 1864.

Journalist, 1865 to present time. In 1870 returned to Syracuse as part proprietor of Courier and in 1879 became business manager. Postmaster of Syracuse, appointed in 1888 and 1893. Editor of Evening News, 1894. President N. Y. State Associated Press, 1892-93. Delegate to National Democratic Convention, 1872. Author of "Life of Samuel Sullivan Cox," and a

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contributor to magazines. Married, Oct. | N. Y. Homeopathic College and Hospital 25, 1871, Elizabeth McCammom. Ad- dress, Syracuse, N. Y.

NORTHRUP, Seaman F .:

Lawyer ; born Beaver Dams, N, Y,, May 22, 1876; after a preparatory course at Cook Academy, Havana (now Montour Falls, N. Y., entered West Virginia State University, at Morgantown, W. Va., from which received degree of LL.B. in 1897; was admitted to W. Va. Bar same year; went to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1898, taking graduate course at University of Buffalo ; was an attache of the district attorney's office of Erie Co., at Buffalo while taking college lectures. Admitted to Bar, State of N. Y., in 1899, and opened an office for the practice of law at Watkins, N. Y., the county seat of his native county ; in Sept., 1899, was nominated by the Republi- can party for district attorney of Schuy- ler Co., and was elected in Nov., 1899, taking office Jan. 1, 1900, and after serv- ing three years was re-nominated and elected in Nov., 1902, for a second term, which office he is now holding. Address, Watkins, N. Y.

NORTHRUP, William Perry :

Physician ; born Peterboro, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1851; son Rensselaer and Clarissa Judd Northrup; was graduated from Ham- ilton College, 1872; tutor of Greek in Knox College (Ill.), 1872 to 1876; was graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia), 1878. Married An- toinette Stebbins, Ithaca, N. Y., daughter of Professor Alfred Stebbins. Began prac- tice of medicine 1880, serving in Roose- velt and Chambers Street Hospitals, 1878 to 1880; professor of pediatrics in the N. Y. University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, Member N. Y. Academy of Medicine, N. Y. State Medical Society, Association of American Physicians, Am- erican Pediatric Society; visiting physi- cian to Presbyterian and Foundling Hos- pitals, consulting physician to Willard Parker and Riverside Hospitals and N. Y. Infant Asylum. Republican ; member of Century, Barnard Clubs. Editor, Ashby & Wright's Diseases of Children, (1900) ; Northnagel Encyclopedia of Practical Medicine (vol. III., 1902). Author of art- icle on diphtheria (in vol. III.). Address, 57 East 79th St., N. Y. City.

NORTON, Arthur B .:

Oculist ; born New Marlboro, Mass., Sept. 15, 1856 ; son Salmon K. and Sarah J. Norton ; educated at the New Marlboro Academy and at the Great Barrington High School; was graduated from the )

in 1881, and from the College of N. Y. Ophthalmic Hospital in 1882. Married, Nov. 25, 1885, Leah L. Pixley. Is profes- sor of ophthalmology at N. Y. Homœo- pathic Medical College and Hospital and in the College of N. Y. Ophthalmic Hospi- tal; oculist to Flower, Hahnemann and Laura Franklin Free Hospitals; surgeon N. Y. Ophthalmic Hospital. Member and ex-president of the N. Y. Homeopathic Medical Society; member of the N. Y. State Homeopathic Medical Society, Am- erican Institute of Homeopathy, and many other kindred organizations. Is

corresponding member of British Homœo- pathic Medical Society and honorary men - ber of the Connecticut Homeopathic Medi- cal Society ; also a member of the Meis- sen, Unanimous, Twilight and Republican Clubs. Author: Ophthalmic Diseases and Therapeutics, (1902). Editor of the Hom- œopathic Eye, Ear and 'Inroat Journal, and contributor to various homeopathic publications. Address, 16 West 45th St., N. Y. City.

NORTON, Charles S .:

Rear-admiral, U. S. Navy ; born N. Y. City ; appointed from N. Y. to Naval Acad- emy, Oct. 3, 1851; was graduated, June, 1855; attached to the frigates Potomac and Wabash, Home Squadron, 1855-57. Promoted to passed midshipman, 1858; frigate Wabash, European Squadron, 1858- 59. Promoted to master, 1858; steam sloop Seminole, Brazil Squadron, 1860-61; steamer Seminole, on Charleston, S. C., promoted to lieutenant, 1860; block- ade; Potomac Flotilla and Hampton Roads, Va., 1861-62 ; several engagements at Potomac River and Hampton Roads : battle of Port Royal, S. C. Promoted to lieutenant-commander, 1862 ; U. S. steam- ers Maratanza, R. R. Cuyler, Fort Jack- son, Mercedita, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-64; steamers Lackawanna, Richmond and Albatross, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-65; command- ed Maratanza, Mercedita and Albatross tor, 1878-81; commanding receiving-ship afloat during the entire war, except two months in the hospital from exposure on duty, and three months waiting orders; steamer Shamrock, European Squadron, 1866-68 ; Portsmouth, N. H., Navy Yard, and receiving-ship Vermont, N. Y. Navy Yard, 1868-69; iron-clad duty, New Or- leans, 1869-71. Promoted to commander, 1870; lighthouse inspector, 1872-75; com- manding sloop Shawmut, and ironclad Passaic, North Atlantic Squadron, 1875-

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 121

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