Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 123

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Editor; born Sand Lake, N. Y., 1856; was graduated from Williams College, 1877; subsequently studying theology at New York and Andover; 1891, appointed to the staff of N. Y. Evening Post; Feb., 1903, became editor. Residence, Summit, N. J .; office, 206 Broadway, N. Y. City.

O'GORMAN, James A .:

Jurist; born New York, 1860; was a student in College of the City of N. Y .; subsequently studying law at the uni- versity of the City of New York, gradu- ating, 1882; admitted to Bar the same year, and practiced law in N. Y .; in 1893 became justice of the District Court, N. Y .; 1900, justice of the Supreme Court. Address, 318 W. 108th St., N. Y. City.

O'HARA, Edward H .:

General manager Syracuse Herald. Born at Skaneateles, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1853. Ed- ucated in the common schools of that town; learned printing business in office of Skaneateles Democrat, and afterward took special course Syracuse University. Since spent life in all capacities on Syra- cuse newspapers except brief residence in California. Married, and has three child- ren. Succeeded Arthur Jenkins, founder and publisher of The Herald, on Mr. Jen- kins' death, which occurred in West Baden, Ind., Nov. 8, 1903. Address, Syra- cuse, N. Y.

OLCOTT, Chauncey :

Actor; born Buffalo, N. Y., July 21, 1859; educated in Buffalo schools; at age of nineteen became connected with a minstrel troupe as a ballad singer; went to Europe at age of twenty-three, and returning, became manager and treas- urer of the Standard Theatre, San Fran- cisco; soon after joined Denman Thomp- son in the Old Homestead, then the Duff Opera Co., and a year later Mc- Caull's Opera Co .; after this he went to London and studied for two years, while there playing at the Prince of Wales and Criterion Theatres; he made his appear- ance as a star in the Fourteenth Street Theatre, N. Y. City, in 1893; his greatest success has been in Mavourneen; The Irish Artist, and Sweet Inniscarra; he is a member of the Dramatics, Lambs, and Players Clubs, of New York; and the Buffalo Club, of Buffalo. Address, Fruit- vale, Cal., and Saratoga, N. Y.

OLCOTT, Eben Erskine:

Consulting mining and metallurgical en- gineer; born New York, March 14, 1854;

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educated at College City of New York and Columbia; was graduated from Col- umbia School of Mines, E. M., 1874; mar- ried, New York, 1884, Kate, daughter of Commodore Alfred Van Santvoord; in- augurated movement for tri-centennial celebration, in 1909, of entrance of Hen- ry Hudson into Harbor of New York, Sept. 11, 1609; president American Insti- tute Mining Engineers, 1901-02; member American Society Civil Engineers, Presi- dent Hudson River Day Line and Mary Powell Steamboat Co .; director Lincoln Bank and Safe Deposit Co., etc. Resi- dence, 38 W. 39th St .; office, 36 Wall St., N. Y. City.

OLCOTT, Frederic P .:

President Central Trust Co. and Gal- veston, Houston & Henderson R. R. Co .; director Bank of America, Continental Insurance Co., and N. Y., Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co. Residence, Bernards- ville, N. J .; office, 54 Wall St., N. Y. City. OLCOTT, George M .:

Senior member of firm Dodge & Olcott, importers of drugs; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1835; son of Charles M. and Maria C. Olcott; studied in private schools in Brooklyn and New York until 1851, when he left Columbia College Grammar School and began business life (as a clerk) with Osgood & Jennings, wholesale drugists in New York; three years later went with Dodge & Colvill, importers of drugs, etc., in which firm he was admitted to partnership in 1857, the name of the firm later changing to Dodge, Colvill & Olcott, and on the re- tirement of John Colvill, in 1862, to Dodge & Olcott, of which he is now senior member; he is also president of the Phenix Chemical Works, now clos- ing up its affairs; vice-president of the Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance Co., and of the First National Bank of Ridgefield, Conn .; a director of the Market & Ful- ton National Bank of New York, and of the Federal Insurance Co .; trustee of the Franklin Trust Co. of Brooklyn, and of the Franklin Safe Deposit Co., and was a trustee of the Bowery Savings Bank from 1882 until he resigned, 1895; is a member of the Hamilton and Rembrandt Clubs of Brooklyn, both of which he served for a number of years as presi- dent, and of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, of which he was for- merly a director; of the Board of Trade and Transportation, of which he is chair- man of the arbitration committee of the Drug Trade Section, and of the Down Town Association; married Jennie Ar-

nold, of Poughkeepsie, and has three children: (Mrs.) Cornelia, wife of Dr. J. Arthur Booth; Miss Mary Olcott and University. Residence, 146 Remsen St., Brooklyn, and Casagmo, Ridgefield, Conn .; office, 86 William St., N. Y. City.

OLCOTT, George N .:

Lecturer in Roman archæology, Colum- bia University, since 1898; born Brook- lyn, Sept. 19, 1869; educated at Brook- lyn Polytechnic Institute, 1880-88; was graduated from Columbia College, 1893, Ph. D., Columbia Univ., 1899; university Fellow in Latin, Columbia, 1894-96; Hen- ry Drisler Fellow classical philology, Columbia (with privilege of study at Rome), 1896-97; Fellow American School of Classical Studies, Rome, 1897-98 ; mar- ried, July 19, 1902, Zita Ledderucci; edi- torial contributor on Numismatics, Ameri- can Journal Archaeology, since 1898; author of Studies in the Wood-for- mation of the Latin Inscriptions- Substantives and Adjectives-with spec- ial reference to Vulgaris, Leipzig, the Latin Sermo 1898; also wrote:

Some Unpublished Inscriptions from Rome, American Journal Archæology, 2d series, vol. iii, 1899. Address, 438 W. 116th St., N. Y. City.

OLCOTT, William M. K .:

Lawyer; born New York, 1862; was graduated from College of the City of New York, and after taking the law course at Columbia was admitted to the Bar, 1883; was member of the Board of Aldermen, 1895-96; district attorney of N. Y. County, 1896-98; judge of the City Court, 1898-99; is now practicing law in New York, and is director and secretary of Lawyers' Engineering & Surveying Co. Residence, 58 W. 84th St .; office, 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.

OLIVER, Robert Shaw:

Assistant Secretary of War; General Oliver served throughout the civil war as a volunteer, and later as an officer in the regular army; he has also served in the National Guard of New York, at- taining the rank of Brigadier-General Commanding, and as chief of police of Albany; his principal interests are in the iron manufacturing business at Albany, though he has other large business con- nections. Address, Albany, N. Y., and Washington, D. C.

OLMSTEAD, Jerauld A .:

Major, U. S. Army; born N. Y., July 28, 1846; appointed from N. Y. cadet at U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1866; was graduated, June 15, 1870; second

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lieutenant, Fourth Cavalry, June 15, 1870; transferred to Thirteenth Infan- try, June 13, 1872; first lieutenant, July 1, 1872; transferred to Ninth Cavalry, Aug. 1, 1881; captain, April 14, 1884; re- tired with rank of major, Oct. 16, 1898. Address, Des Moines, Iowa.

OLMSTED, Charles Tyler:

Protestant Episcopal bishop; born Co- hoes, N. Y., 1842; was graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1865, and subsequently studied theology at St. Steven's College, Annandale, N. Y .; was professor of mathematics at same, 1866- 68; ordained to diaconate, 1867; priest- hood, 1868; has been assistant of Trini- ty parish, N. Y .; rector of Grace Church, Utica; vicar of St. Agnes Chapel, Trinity Parish, N. Y .; 1902, bishop co-adjutor ; July 11, 1904, bishop of Central New York. Address, Utica, N. Y.

OLMSTED, Everett Ward:

Educator; assistant professor of Ro- mance languages at Cornell University; born Galesburg, Illinois, May 12, 1869; his parents were Silas and Emily Ward Olmsted; was graduated in 1891 from Cornell University, and in 1897 took the degree of Ph.D. at Cornell University; in 1898 he was made assistant professor at that institution, which position he now holds; married, Buffalo, N. Y., June 19, 1895, Bula Hubbell, daughter of Dr. Alvin Allace and Evangeline Fancher Hubbell; editor: A Selection from the Comedies of Marivaux (1901); Le Malade Imaginaire of Molière (1904) ; is a mem- ber of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, of the Modern Language Association of Amer- ica, the Cornell branch of the Alliance Française, the Association of Descendants of Andrew Ward, and trustee of the George Junior Republic Association; independent in politics. Address, 730 University Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.

OLNEY, George W .:

Journalist and statistician; born in Charleston, S. C., June 5, 1835; son of George W. Olney; preparatory education was obtained in the schools of Charles- ton, and at the University Grammar School, Providence, R. I .; he was grad- uated from Harvard with the degree of LL.B. in 1855, and entered journalism as one of the publishers of the N. Y. Daily Day Book in 1858; he returned to the South at the breaking out of the Civil War, and was the war correspond- ent of the Charleston Courier and of the Richmond Enquirer from 1861 to 1863: was dramatic writer for the N. Y. Herald in 1866, and editorial writer on the N. Y.

World from 1868 to 1876; he entered in- surance journalism as editor of the Spectator in 1873; he was managing ed- itor of the Weekly Underwriter from 1878 to 1899, and has been editor of the same since 1899; is editor of the Almanac published by N. Y. World, vice-president of the Underwriters' Printing and Pub- lishing Co., and secretary of the Society of the Cincinnati, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society of Great Britain, and of the American Statistical Association. Author of several statistical works. Ad- dress, 58 William St., N. Y. City.

OLYPHANT, Robert M .:

Chairman, Executive Committee, and Manager of the Delaware & Hudson R. R. Co .; was graduated from Columbia University in 1842; director in the Al- bany & Susquehanna R. R. Co., New York & Canada R. R. Co., the Chateau- gay & Lake Placid Ry. Co., Coopers- town & Charlotte Valley R. R. Co., Champlain Transportation Co., Lake George Steamboat Co., Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co., Bluff Point Land Improve- ment Co .; is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, American Geographical Society, Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art and National Acadamy of Design. Residence, 160 Madison Ave .; office, 21 Cortlandt St., N. Y. City.

ONDERDONK, Andrew Joseph:

Lawyer; born Manhasset, L. I., March 23, 1847, being descended from the early Dutch settlers of Manhattan; eldest son of the late Horatio Gates Onderdonk, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, un- der the former Constitution of the State of N. Y .; graduate of Albany Law School; admitted to the Bar, May 4, 1868; married, Oct. 12, 1880, Annie Louise, eld- est daughter of Samuel H. Frost, State Senator, of New York; has been contin- uously engaged in this city in the prac- tice of his profession; has been director in several bank, railroad and other cor- porations; one of the founders of the Stuyvesant Bank; he has traveled ex- tensively at home and abroad, and has been active in Democratic politics; on the death of his father he inherited a fortune and became head of the family ; member of State Bar Association, Law- yers, Riding and Driving, Atlantic Yacht and Manhasset Yacht Clubs; N. Y. Gen- ealogical, Long Island Historical, St. Nicholas, and Holland Societies of New York. Residence, 171 Park Place, Brook- lyn, N. Y .; office, 71 Wall St., N. Y. City.

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O'NEILL, James:

Actor; born Ireland, Oct. 14, 1847; came with his parents to the U. S. in 1850, settling in Buffalo, N. Y .; educated in the public schools; 1865, studied under an actor playing in the National Theatre, Cincinnati; made his first appearance in The Colleen Bawn, at the National Theatre; in 1870 was playing leading parts in Baltimore; 1871, engaged as lead- ing man at the Academy of Music, Cleve- land, O .; 1874, formed the Hooley Com- edy Co., Chicago; 1876, became leading man at the Union Square Theatre, N. Y. City; went to Chicago in 1871 under management of A. M. Palmer; 1881, ap- peared at Booth's Theatre, N. Y., in Enoch Arden; 1882, produced An Amer- ican King; 1883, Monte Cristo; he has also produced When Greek Meets Greek; The Dead Heart, and Fontenelle, besides reviving Hamlet; The Three Guardsmen, and Virginius. Address, care Liebler & Co., N. Y. City.

O'NEIL, Joseph P .:

Captain, U. S. Army; born N .. Y .; ap- pointed from Nebraska; second lieu- tenant, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, Feb. 4, 1884; first lieutenant, Sixth Infantry, April 20, 1891; transferred to Twenty- fifth Infantry, July 20, 1891; captain of Infantry, Sept. 16, 1898; assigned to Twenty-fifth Infantry, Jan. 1, 1899. Ad- dress, Fort Niobrara, Neb.

OPDYCKE, Leonard Eckstein:

Lawyer; born Warren, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1858; son of the late General Emerson and Lucy Wells Stevens Opdycke; was graduated from Harvard College in 1880, and from the Harvard Law School in 1883, receiving at the same time the de- gree of A. M .; was admitted to the Bar in 1884; is a member of the University, Century and Down Town Clubs; a direc- tor of the N. Y. Juvenile Asylum, and the secretary and a manager of the N. Y. Association for Improving the Condi- tion of the Poor; translator, Tales from the Aegean (1894, McClurg); The Book of the Courtier (1901, 1903, Scribners). Address, 119 E. 69th St., N. Y. City. OPDYKE, Howard:

Professor of Physics, Union College, Schenectady, N. Y .; born N. Y. City, 1872 ; educated at Williams College, also Uni- versity and Polytechnikum of Zürich, Switzerland; Republican. Address, Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.

OPDYKE, William S .:

Lawyer; born N. Y. City, Oct. 6, 1836; son of George (Mayor, 1862-63) and Elizabeth Stryker Opdyke; was gradu-

ated from N. Y. University, 1856; Al- bany Law School, 1859; has since prac- ticed law in New York; partners, suc- cessively, Livingston K. Miller, William Peet, Benjamin H. Bristow, David WIll- cox, William W. Ladd, Jr., and others; N. Y. councilman, 1864; member Assem- bly, 1873; member council N. Y. Uni- versity since 1883, and its secretary for four years; general counsel of Fourth National Bank and Delaware & Hudson Co .; married, Oct., 1863, Margaret E. Post, daughter of Alfred C. Post, M. D., LL.D., prominent surgeon of New York. Member Metropolitan, University, Re- form, and the National Arts Clubs. Ad- dress, "Gray Crags," Alpine, N. J.

OPERTI, Albert (Jasper Ludwig Rocca- bigliera) :

Artist, sculptor, and illustrator; born Turin, Italy, March 17, 1852; son of Giu- seppa Operti; he was educated in the high schools of Dublin, Ireland, and Glasgow, Scotland; was graduated from the Naval School at Portsmouth and en- tered the British Naval Marine service, resigning therefrom in 1868; he then be- gan the study of painting and sculpture; a few years later he came to this country and was engaged as caricaturist and scenic artist n N. Y. theatres : he made two voyages to the arctic regions with Lieutenant R. E. Peary, the arctic ex- plorer, and was the special correspond- ent of the N. Y. Herald while on those explorations; he made for the N. Y. Mu- seum of Natural History the first casts of North Greenland Eskimos ever pro- duced; among his more important histor- ical paintings are: Farthest North, and Rescue of the Greely Party, for the Navy Department at Washington; The Schwat- ka Search; Finding De Long in the Leana Delta; Dr. Kane, and other pic- tures of less note; he was selected by the U. S. Government as its representa- tive artist at the World's Columbian Ex- position; he is a Fellow of the American Geological Society; vice-president of the Arctic Club, and an honorary member of the Indian War Veterans of California; he has received a decoration from the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia; has writ- ten numerous articles for magazines; of late years has given some attention to the invention of devices for public amusement. Address, 65 W. 36th St., N. Y. City.

OPPENHEIM, Nathan:

Physician, medical author; born Al- bany, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1865; graduate of

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Harvard, 1888; College Physicians and president of the Old Dominion Land Co., Surgeons (Columbia), 1891; married, N. and director of the First National Bank of Newport News; Mr Orcutt was mar- ried, in 1872, to Harriet M. Willett, of South Granville, N. Y .; he is a member of the Lawyers' Club, of N. Y. City; the Congregational Club, and of the Thou- sand Island and Chippewa Yacht Clubs. Residence, Elizabeth, N. J .; office, 1 Broadway, N. Y. City. Y., June 15, 1897, Bertha Elsberg; at- tending physician, children's department, Sydenham Hospital, and N. Y. City Children's Hospital and Schools; spe- cialty in diseases of children; mem- ber American Medical Association, N. Y. County Medical Association, N. Y. Academy Medicine, N. Y. County Medical Society, Metropolitan Medical Society, ORCUTT, William H .: Deutsche Medical Gesellschaft; author: The Development of the Child (1899 M1); The Medical Diseases of Childhood (1900 M1); The Care of the Child in Health (1901 M1); Mental Growth and Control (1902 M1). Address, 50 E. 79th St., N. Y. City.

OPPER, Frederick Burr:

Illustrator; born Madison, O .; left school at age of fourteen, working in a village store, then for a year on a vil- lage paper; came to New York, and after working in a store a short time began selling sketches to comic papers; mem- ber of art staff of Frank Leslie's three years; member of art staff of Puck eigh- teen years, and a stockholder in the cor- poration; member of art staff of W. R. Hearst's newspapers since May, 1899; besides cartoons and humorous social pictures has illustrated Mark Twain, Dooley, Bill Nye, Eugene Field, Mother Goose, etc., and a book of his own verses, The Folks in Funnyville, published by R. H. Russell, N. Y .; member Players' Club, N. Y. Residence, Intervale Farm, Stanford, Conn .; office, The Journal, N. Y. City.

ORCUTT, Calvin B .:

Capitalist and shipbuilder; born Wy- oming, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1847; educated at Middlebury Academy, Wyoming; began business life in wholesale drug house in New York, later entering the banking house of Fisk & Hatch, where he gained valuable business knowledge; in 1878, was placed by the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. in charge of the marketing and ship- ment of its coal, and subsequently was put in charge of Mr. C. P. Huntington's interests at Newport News, the Eastern terminal of the railway; under his direc- tion there was established at this point one of the finest shipbuilding plants in the world; organized the First National Bank of Newport News, and the Newport News Light and Water Co .; is president of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co .; president of the Chesa- peake Coal Agency Co .; president of the Newport News Light and Water Co .; 22

Jurist; born Nov. 15, 1847, Boston; was graduated from Harvard College, 1869; attended Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the Bar, 1875; practiced at Boston, 1875-82, and at Buffalo, since 1882; Judge of District Court, Middle- sex County, Mass., 1882; married, June 4, 1889, Leafie Sloan, of Buffalo. Residence, Buffalo, N. Y.

ORDRONAUX, John:

Lawyer; born New York, Aug. 3, 1830; graduate of Dartmouth College, 1850, LL. D., 1895; Harvard Law School, 1852; National Medical College, Columbian Un- iversity, 1859, LL. D., Trinity College, 1870; served as surgeon in Union Army in Civil War; lecturer on medical juris- prudence, Columbia College Law School. since 1861; same in Dartmouth College, University of Vermont, and Boston Uni- versity, 1865-73; N. Y. State commis- sioner in lunacy, 1872-82; member Dart- mouth College Alumni Association; club: Republican; author of works on medical jurisprudence. Residence, Roslyn, L. I .; office, 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.

ORDWAY, Edward Warren:

Born Townsend, Mass., Oct. 19, 1864; was graduated from Harvard, 1887, Har- vard Law School, 890; married, 1895, Mary C. Kingsley; secretary N. Y. Anti- Imperialist League, 1898-1904, Philip- pine Independence Committee, 1904; now secretary Filipino Progress Association; secretary Outdoor Recreation League since 1899; interested in social reform work. Residence, 1093 Dean St., Brook- lyn; office, 150 Nassau St., N. Y.

ORDWAY, Samuel H .:

Lawyer; born in N. Y. City, June 8, 1860, of New England ancestry; moved to Providence, R. I., with his parents, in 1866. and resided and was educated there, graduating from Brown University in 1880; attended Harvard Law School, 1880-83, graduating latter year; moved to N. Y. Chy in 1883, and has resided there since that date; was admitted to the Bar of N. Y. in 1884, and has prac- ticed profession since then in N. Y. City;

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formerly as a member of the firm of |Sept., 1864, when he was sixteen years Stickney & Shepard, afterwards as a member of the firm of Stickney, Spen- cer & Ordway, and at present as a mem- ber of the firm of Spencer, Ordway & Wierman; member of the University Club, Bar Association, Harvard Club and Brown Club; married, May 30, 1894, Frances Hunt Throop, of N. Y. City. Address 123 E. 71st St., N. Y. City. O'REILLY, Daniel:

Lawyer; born N. Y. City; educated at public school and Columbia College; as- sistant district attorney; married Marie F. Meakim, Dec. 26th, 1894; appeared for prosecution in case of People vs. Ken- nedy, 1st trial conviction for State; in Olga Nethersole, Sapho Case; Nan Pat- terson, etc .; Democrat. Residence, 19 W. 130th St .; office, 61 and 63 Park Row, N. Y. City.

ORNDORFF, William Ridgely:

Educator; chemist; was graduated from Johns Hopkins University, A. B., 1884, and Ph. D., 1887; Fellow, 1886-87; professor of organic and physiological chemistry in Cornell University; single; member of Sigma Xi. Residence, 108 Cascadilla Place, Ithaca, N. Y.

ORR, Alexander E .:

Retired merchant; born Ireland, 1831, settled in N. Y. City, 1851; in 1858 became a clerk in the firm of David Dows & Co., and three years later was admit- ted into partnership; is a member of the Produce Exchange and has been its pres- ident several times, as well as member of the Nu Sigma Nu College Fraternity; member of the Deutsche Chemische Ge- sellschaft and of the American Chem- ical Society; member of the Internation- al Jury of Awards, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo., 1904; student Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg, 1897-1898; special agent U. S. Census, 1890; president of the N. Y. Chamber of Commerce; is a director of various financial corpora- tions; vice-president of the Rapid Tran- sit Commission, under which the Sub- way has been constructed. Residence, 102 Remsen St., Brooklyn; office, 102 Produce Exchange Building, N. Y. City. ORR, Charles Alvin:

U. S. pension agent; born Holland, N. Y., June 28, 1848; educated in the select and public schools of Holland; in 1862, at fourteen years of age, he offered him- self as a volunteer in the Union Army to serve đuri, Civil war, but was rejected on of his youth; tried three times to enlist, but it was not until, Buffalo Press Club, Independent Order

of age, that he succeeded; he entered the One Hundred and Eighty-seventh N. Y. Volunteers as a private, and served un- til the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865; with his reg- iment he took part in the engagement at Hatcher's Run, Oct. 27, 1864, and for gal- lantry in action was awarded the Con- gressional medal of honor; he also took part in the Weldon R. R. raid, Dec. 6 to 11, 1864; the second battle of Hatcher's Run, Feb. 5 to 7, 1865; the battle of Dabney's Mills, March 29, 1865, and Five Forks, Apr. 1, 1865, and all of the most important engagements which marked the overthrow of the Confederacy. At the close of the war he engaged in the lumber and milling business in Holland; has always been an active Republican; served as supervisor of the town of Hol- land on the Erie County Board; in 1876 was elected as member of the N. Y. State Assembly, declining a renomin- ation; for two years he acted as ser- geant-at-arms of the Assembly, and on Jan. 1, 1880, he was appointed special deputy county clerk of Erie Co., which position he held for six years; Nov., 1885, was elected county clerk, and was reelected in 1888; Jan. 3, 1893, he was appointed U. S. pension agent for West- ern New York by President Harrison, but was displaced on the accession of President Cleveland. In 1895 he was ap- pointed state examiner of Courts and Trust funds by State Comptroller James A. Roberts, and in 1898 he was restored to the office of U. S. pension agent by President Mckinley, which position he now holds; appointed by President

Roosevelt a member board of trustees State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Bath. Is also chairman of the executive committee of the Logan Veteran Legion and junior vice-commander of the Medal of Honor Legion. In 1886 he was elected senior vice-commander of the New York Department, G. A. R .; was for three terms chairman of the me- morial and executive committee, G. A. R., of Buffalo, and has been a member front New York of the National Council of Administration, G.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 123

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