Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 135

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chief legislative achievement has been the passage of the present Election Law of the State and the well known Raines Liquor Tax Law, of which the receipts up to Sept. 30, 1901, from April 30, 1896, were $73,504,425.93. As the Republican candidate for Senator in 1898 he received 12,815 votes to 9,098 cast for Patrick J. White, Democrat; nominated for a fifth time for State Senator in 1900. In 1901 Mr. Raines was once more appointed chairman of the committee on Railroads, and was also appointed a member of the following committees: Finance, Insurance and Rules; and upon the death of Hon. C. R. Parsons, in 1901, he was chosen chairman of the committee on Insurance; re-appointed in 1902 chairman of the com- mittee on Railroads, and also was ap- pointed member of the committee on In-

surance, of the committee on Finance, and of the committe on Rules. He was elected to the present Senate by a plural- ity of 5,284 over George P. Price, Demo- crat. Mr. Raines as president pro tem. and Republican leader, by vote of the Senate was made chairman of the com- mittee on Rules and a member of the Finance Committee, the Cities Committee, and the Judiciary Committee. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1904. Ad- dress, Canandaigua, N. Y.

Clergyman; born Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 30, 1850; son of Rev. Marcus and Louisa (Dickson) Rainsford; educated in Eng- land; was graduated from St. John's Col- lege, Cambridge, 1872, (D. D., Trinity College, Hartford, .1886); married Emily Alma Green, Prince's Gardens, London. Curate of St. Giles, Norwich, England, 1873-76; then travelled in U. S. and Can- ada as missionary; assistant rector St. James Cathdral, 1876-83; since 1883 rector St. George's Church, New York. Author: Sermons Preached in St. George's; Good Friday Meditation; Reasonableness of Faith; A Preacher's Story of his Work. Address, 209 East 16th St., N. Y. City.

RALPH, Justus E .:

Secretary and treasurer of The Ameri- can Cotton Oil Co .; secretary and director of The W. J. Wilcox Lard & Refining Co. of N. J .; secretary, treasurer and director of the Kanawha Insurance Co. of Amer- ica, New Orleans Acid & Fertilizer Co., union Oil Co .; director of the N. K. Fair- bank Co. Residence, 2881 Broadway; office, 27 Beaver St., N. Y. City.

RALSTON, Thomas A .:

Sub-manager of the New York office of the Northern Assurance Co. of London; born Baltimore; educated in the public schools of that place and began business life as a clerk in a Baltimore branch of a New York commercial house; in 1879 moved to New York to accept a higher position in the head office. He entered the insurance business in 1883 as a clerk in the New York office of the London & Provincial Insurance Co. of England, and on the retirement of that company from the U. S. entered the service of the Unit. ed Fire Re-Insurance Co. of Manchester England. He remained with what com pany until 1889, when he was appointe chief clerk in the New York office of the Northern Assurance Co. of London; in 1896 was appointed to his present posi - tion. Address, 38 Pine St., N. Y. City.

RAMAKER. Albert John, A. B .:

Educator and author; was graduated from the University of Rochester, 1895; was graduated from Rochester Theologi- cal Seminary, 1886; pastor Case Avenue Baptist Church, Cleveland, O., 1886-89; professor German department, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1889 to date. Au- thor: Ein Uberblick uber die Geschichte der Deutschen Baptisten, (1897); Die Christliche Heidenmission, (1098). Ad- dress, 11 Tracy St., Rochester, N. Y.

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RAMSAY, Dick S .:

Vice-president and director of the Eastern Trust Co., Mercantile National Bank; secretary, treasurer and director of the Brooklyn Range Boiler Co .; treas- urer and director of the Stove Manufact- urers' Repair Association; director of the Hale Co., New Amsterdam Casualty Co., Standard Rope & Twine Co .; trustee East River Savings Institution, Kings County Trust Co. Residence, Clarendon Hotel, Brooklyn ; office, 191 Broadway, N. Y. City. RAMSDALE, William C .:

Lawyer; was graduated from University Rochester, 1879 ; practiced law at Al- bion, N. Y .; county treasurer of Orleans County, N. Y., 1890 ; member of Board of county judge and surrogate of Orleans Co., N. Y., 1896 ; member of board of education, Albion, N. Y., 1898-1903. Address, Albion, N. Y.

RAMSEY, Frank De W .:

Captain, U. S. Army ; born in and ap- pointed from New York; cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1881; was graduated, June 14, 1885. Second lieu- tenant, Ninth U. S. Infantry, June 14, 1885; first lieutenant, Second Infantry, Jan. 25, 1892; transferred to Fourteenth Infantry, Feb. 9, 1892, and to Ninth In- fantry, Aug. 12, 1892; captain, March 2, 1899. Address, 22 Jackson Place, Wash- ington, D. C.

RAMSPERGER, Samuel J .:

Ex-State Senator; born Buffalo, N. Y., April 25, 1862; early education received in St. Ann's Parochial School; subse- quently entered Canisius College, from which he was graduated in 1876; 1884, elected Alderman of the Fifth Ward of Buffalo on Democratic ticket, to which office he was elected three successive terms; for the past twelve years has been member of the Democratic General Com- mittee of Erie County, of which he was secretary, 1896 to Jan. 1, 1899; was elected to Senate of 1899-1900; re-elected, 1900 and 1902; in 1903 appointed member of follow- ing Senate committees: Cities, Canals, and Engrossed Bills. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.

RAND, Charles F .: .

Mine owner; born Canaan, Me., Aug. 17, 1856; married. Was financial officer of a railway company at Milwaukee, Wis., and now owner and manager of mines in Cuba and elsewhere. President of Span- ish-American Iron Co., of Cuba, El Cobre Mines and other corporations. Member Lawyers, Down Town, Engineers, Sea- wanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Essex County

Country, Union, of Cleveland, Riding and Driving; also Union of Santiago de Cuba, and Milwaukee Club, Milwaukee, Wis. Residence, 347 West End Ave .; office, 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.

RAND, Ezekiel C. M .:

Railway expert; born Louisville, Ky., 1855; educated in Franklin, Ind., at Frank- lin College. Was practically originator of the profession of "railway expert" and the first one to be recognized in the U. S. Was for seventeen years "railway expert" for Hon. Russell Sage and through that connection associated with practi- cally all the leading corporations which underwent reorganization between the years 1888 and 1903. Is president of the Corporate Rands Co., an organization of U. S. banks and financial institutions, establishing a Central Point of corporate records; ascertaining the intrinsic and actual values of securities and to take steps when necessary, to protect the in- terests of security holders in foreclosure and reorganization proceedings. Origina- tor of Rands Standard of Value and ele- ments governing steel. Has examined the physical condition of practically every railroad in the U. S. In the interests of above association has the most com- plete library extant in relation to cor- porate records, dating as it does back to 1831. He has made life study of U. S. corporations; also has been the sole man- ager of several important properties and adviser in the administration of the affairs of many of the largest railroads. Author of numerous articles on banking, securities and inter-state commerce sub- jects and laws as well as the application of the various State laws to corporate acts and requirements. Address, 30 Pine St., N. Y. City.

RAND, Jasper R .:

President and director of the Davis Calyx Drill Co., Imperial Engine Co .. Pneumatic Engineering Co., and Rand Drill Co .; vice-president and director of The Rendrock Powder Co .; director of The Bank of Montclair, Imperial Pneu- matic Tool Co., and Locke Steel Belt Co. Residence, Montclair, N. J .; office, 128 Broadway, N. Y. City.

RANDALL, Henry T .:

Lawyer; president and director of the John W. Stevens Building Co .; director of The Central Automobile Co., Greater N. Y. Baseball Association, and H. V. Williams & Co. (Incorporated). Resi- dence, E. Orange, N. J .; office, 50 Pine St., N. Y. City.

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RANDALL, William B .:

President and director of the Fairfax Realty & Improvement Co., and North N. J. Realty & Improvement Co .; second vice-president and director of the Cuba Eastern R. R. Co .; treasurer and direc- tor of the Ashtabula Water Co., Bruns- wick Construction Co., General Building & Construction Co., Good Land Cypress Co., Hoyt & Woodin Cypress Co., Lum- ber Securities Co., Old Point Comfort Improvement Co., Southern States Lum- ber Co., and West India Development Co .; director of the Globe Lithographing Co., Mount Vernon Trust Co., People's Bank of Brooklyn, Schenectady Trust Co., and Suburban Land Improvement Co. Resi- dence, Pelham Manor, N. Y .; office, 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.

RANDOLPH, Carman F .:

Lawyer; born Jersey City, N. J., 1856; studied at Harvard Law School; was a delegate from his native State to Demo- cratic National Convention in 1884, and a member of the New Jersey Constitu- tional Commission of 1894. Has written The Law of Eminent Domain, which has been characterized by a high authority as "the recognized standard text-book dealing with that branch of private law by which the land of the private indi- vidual may be taken for public purposes." He has published also a work on The Law and Policy of Annexation; is the author of a number of articles and mon- ographs, chiefly on questions of con- stitutional and international law. Ad- dress, 52 William St., N. Y. City. RANDOLPH, Edmund:

Stock broker; was graduated from Co- lumbia University, 1883. Member of firm of Edmund & Charles Randolph, and of New York Stock Exchange. President of Alabama Mineral Land Co. Director Continental National Bank, Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co. and Manhattan Trust Co. Trustee and chair- man of Executive Committee of New York Life Insurance Co. Trustee New York Scurity and Trust Co. Member Country, Racquet and Tennis, Turf and Field, Union, Knickerbocker, University and New York Yacht Clubs and Columbia Alumni Association. Residence, 6 East 48th St .; office, 25 Broad St., N. Y. City. RANDOLPH, George F .:

Vice-president and director of the Staten Island Ry. Co .; director of the Consolidation Coal Co., Fairmont Coal Co., Mogul Drainage & Transportation Tunnel, Mining & Milling Co., Rapid

Transit Ferry Co., and Somerset Co. Residence, 222 Lafayette Coal Ave., Brooklyn; office, 253 Broadway, N. Y. City.

RANDOLPH, John C. F .:

Consulting mining engineer; born Tren- ton, N. J., Dec., 1846; was graduated from Princeton, 1866, A. M .; was graduated from Columbia School of Mines, 1869, with degree E. M .; studied at universities of Göttingen, Tubingen and Vienna, 1869-72. In U. S. government service, 1872; Jap- anese government, 1874; Chinese govern- ment, 1885 ; government of Republic of Co- lombia, S. A., 1888; took expedition into Borneo for scientific purposes, 1890; in Peru and Chile, 1899; expedition into Nizam's States, India, 1900-01. Mem- ber American Institute Mining Engineers, Institute Mining and Metallurgy, Lon- don; North of England Institute Engi- neers. Member Down Town, Columbia University (New York); Morristown, (N. J.) Clubs. Author of numerous technical papers. Residence, Morristown, N. J .; office, 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.

RANDOLPH, John F .:

Secretary, treasurer and director of the Bates Manufacturing Co., Edison Man- ufacturing Co., Edison Storage Battery Co., and National Phonograph Co. Res- idence, Orange, N. J .; office, 83 Chambers St., N. Y. City.

RANGER, Henry Ward:

Artist; born Western N. Y., Jan., 1858; son of W. V. Ranger; educated public schools and Syracuse University. Stud- ied art outside of academies and during several years' residence in France, Eng- land and Holland. Represented by The Top of the Hill, in Corcoran Gallery, East River Idyl in Carnegie Gallery, and in some important collections here and in Europe. Associate National Academy of Design. Address, Studio Building,

51 West 67th St., N. Y. City.

RANKINE, Richard Francis:

Secretary and treasurer of Interna- tional Ry. Co .; treasurer of the Interna- tional Traction Co., Buffalo, N. Y .; born Feb. 4, 1862, Geneva, N. Y., and is of Scotch-English ancestry. His father, the late Rev. James Rankine, D. D., LL. D., was at one time president of Hobart Col- lege, and until his death was dean of the De Lancey Divinity School and rector of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, all of Geneva, N. Y. His mother was Miss Fanny Meek, daughter of Charles B. Meek, of Canandaigua, N. Y. He was prepared for college at Canan-

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daigua Academy, and subsequently was [ Trust Co., of New York and of the Cas- graduated from Hobart College, at Geneva, ualty Co. of America, and a director and member of the executive committee of the International Railway Company. Mr. Rankine is a trustee of the De Veaux and a life trustee 0 of Union Col- lege; a member of the Buffalo and University Clubs of Buffalo, and of the University, Metropolitan, Lawyers and Alpha Delta Phi Clubs, of N. Y. City; of the Bar Association of the City of N. Y., and of the N. Y. State Bar Association. Address, Niagara Falls, N. Y. N. Y., in 1882, with the degree of B. A. From 1883 to 1894 he was engaged in the banking business at Beatrice and at Omaha, in the State of Nebraska; from 1894 to 1899 was treasurer of the Niagara Falls Paper Co. In the summer of 1899 he went to Buffalo as secretary and treasurer of the various companies owned and controlled by and also as treasurer of the International Traction Co .; was also secretary and treasurer of the State Reservation at Niagara, from 1892 to RANSOM, George B .: 1894; is a trustee and treasurer of De Veaux College, at Niagara Falls. Mem- ber Buffalo, Ellicott Club, of Buffalo, Niagara Club, of Niagara Falls. He was married on June 26, 1886, to Miss Jane Wilson, daughter of the late James Wil- son, Esq., of Geneva, N. Y. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.

RANKINE, William Birch:

Lawyer; born Owego, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1858 ; educated at Hobart and Union Col- leges, was graduated from Union in the class of 1877 with the degree of A. B., and later receiving the degree of A. M. from both colleges. His father, the Rev. James Rankine, D. D., LL.D., of Geneva, N. Y., was prominent, during his life, in educational work, having been a professor at Trinity College, a trustee of Union and Hobart Colleges, president of Hobart Col- lege, and the rector of the Delancey Divin- ity School, of Geneva, N. Y. Admitted to the Bar in 1880, William B. Rankine was engaged in the general practice of the law in N. Y. City until 1890, since which time he has devoted his time particularly to the development of Niagara power and other interests on the Niagara frontier ; in 1899 he changed his residence to the city of Niagara Falls. He is the second vice-president and treasurer of the Niag- ara Falls Power Co., Niagara Junction Railway Co., and Niagara Development Co .; vice-president of the Canadian Niag- ara Power Co .; vice-president of the Fran- cis Hook & Eye & Fastener Co., of Niagara Falls; secretary and treasurer of the Cat- aract Construction Co .; director and chair- man of the executive committee of the Natural Food Co., of Niagara Falls, of the Cataract Power & Conduit Co., of Buffalo, of the Suburban Power Co., and of the Tonawanda Power Co .; secretary of the Tesla Co .; a director of the Bell Telephone Co., of Buffalo; a director of Ramapo Iron Works and Niagara Research La- boratories; a trustee of the Equitable

Commander, U. S. Navy; appointed from New York; cadet engineer, Oct. 1, 1871; assistant engineer, Feb. 26, 1875; passed assistant engineer, July 4, 1880; Ply- mouth, N. A. Station, 1875-76 ; Essex, S. A. Station, 1876-79 ; special duty, Chester, 1879-80. Naval Academy, 1880-83. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 1884-85; Omaha, Asi- atic Station, 1885-88 ; special duty, Uni- versity of Wisconsin, 1888-91; Pinta, special service, 1891-93 ; special duty, San Francisco, Oct., 1893-94; Navy Yard, New York, April, 1894. Promoted to chief en- gineer, May, 1895; Navy Yard, Ports- mouth, N. H., Feb., 1895 ; inspector of ma- chinery, Elizabethport, Nov., 1895; U. S. S. Boston, Mar., 1897; U. S. S. Concord and in Manila Bay battle May 1, 1898, Mar., 1898 to 1900. Promoted to lieu- tenant-commander, Mar., 3, 1899; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, June 23, 1900, to 1903. Promoted to commander, 1903. Address, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal.

RANSOM, Rastus S .:

Lawyer; born Mount Hawley, Ill., Mar. 31, 1839. In early boyhood his parents removed to Elmira, N. Y., where he was educated at the public schools and at the Elmira Free Academy, and where, within three weeks after the breaking out of the Civil War, he, as first lieutenant of Com- pany H, Fiftieth Regiment Volunteer En- gineers, enlisted and was mustered into the United States service, and was with the Army of the Potomac throughout the famous Peninsular campaign. Not long after the close of the Civil War he re- moved to New York, and became a law partner of Chester A. Arthur (afterward President of the U. S.) under the firm name of Arthur, Knevals & Ransom. In 1887 he was the candidate of the United Democracy (a union having been made between the County Democracy and Tam- many), when with Judge Abram R. Law- rence and Morgan J. O'Brien as nominees for Supreme Court judges, John R. Fel-

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lows for district attorney, Theodore W. ter Theological Seminary; pastor Second Myers for comptroller, and Rastus S. Ran- German Baptist Church, N. Y. City, 1886- 97; professor New Testament exegesis, German department, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1897-1902. Professor of Church History, Rochester Theological Seminary, since 1902. Address, 10 Shepard St., Rochester, N. Y. som for surrogate, the Democracy was completely successful in the metropolis, Mr. Ransom polling the majority of over 52,000. After serving a full term as sur- rogate, he, in 1893, resumed the practice of his profession, and has since had charge of some of the most intricate and impor- RAVEN, Anton A .: tant cases of litigation coming before the New York bench. Member Military Order Loyal Legion, G. A. R., and president of the Society of American Authors. Resi- dence, 338 West 77th St. ; office, 128 Broadway, N. Y. City.

RAPALLO, Edward S .:

Lawyer; son of Charles A. Rapallo, who for many years was a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals; born Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, in 1853. He was graduated from Columbia College in 1874, and from Columbia Law School in 1876. He has since then practiced law in N. Y. City, occasionally contributing to the press. Address, 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.

RASCOVER, James:

Advertising agent; president of the Al- bert Frank Co. Advertising Agency and the head of the N. Y. News Bureau. Member N. Y. Press and Lotos Clubs. Address, 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.

RATHBONE, Robert C .:

Insurance manager and broker, N. Y. City; born Ballston, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1825; came to New York at the age of fourteen years and was a clerk, first in a hard- ware and afterward in a dry goods house. In 1853 he began business for himself as an insurance broker in New York and as an agent for Mutual Life Insurance Co .; 1857 appointed assistant secretary of the Metropolitan Fire Insurance Co. of N. Y. and in 1861 went to the front for a short service with his regiment (the Seventh). He continues insurance brokerage busi- ness, however, taking in partners from time to time. In 1885 Mr. Rathbone ac- cepted the post of metropolitan manager for the Sun Insurance Office of London, which he retained until 1887; was presi- dent for ten years of the old board of insurance brokers, and also president of the second board, now extinct. At the present time his firm, R. C. Rathbone & Son, are managers of the National Stan- dard Insurance Co. and the Assurance Co. of America. Residence, 118 West 130th St .; office, 45 William St., N. Y. City.

RAUSCHENBUSCH, Walter:

Clergyman; was graduated from Uni- versity of Rochester in 1885, and Roches-

President and trustee Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co .; vice-president and trustee Metropolitan Trust Co .; director Fidelity & Casualty Co., Home Life Insurance Co., N. Y. Fire Insurance Co. Leather Manu- facturers' National Bank; trustee Sea- men's Bank for Savings, Atlantic Safe De- posit Co. Residence, 864 President St., Brooklyn ; office, 51 Wall St., N. Y. City.

RAY, Frank H .:

President and director Luhrman & Wil- bem Tobacco Co .; second vice-president and director Continental Tobacco Co., H. de Cabanasy Carbajal, Havana Commer- cial Co .; third vice-president Havana To- bacco Co .; director American Cigar Co., American School Furniture Co., Consoli dated Tobacco Co., F. Garcia Brother & Co., Greene Consolidated Copper Co., Harry Weissinger Tobacco Co., J. S. Murias y Ca., Spaulding & Merrick Tobacco Co., U. S. Realty & Construction Co. Member Country and Metropolitan Clubs. Resi- dence, 194 Riverside Ave. ; office, 111 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

RAY, George W .:

Jurist ; born Otselic, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1844 ; was brought up on a farm and educated in the common schools and at Norwich Academy ; was a private in Company B, Ninetieth N. Y. Volunteers, and brigade clerk, First Brigade, First Division, Nine- teenth Army Corps; was discharged a the close of the war. He studied law, and was admitted to practice in Nov., 1867, and practiced his profession until ap pointed judge of the Northern District oi New York. He has been chairman of the Republican County Committee of his coun- ty, and was a member of the Republican State Committee in 1880; was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress; is president of the board of education of Norwich Acad- emy and Union Free School, and manager of N. Y. S. W. R. C. Home at Oxford, N. Y. In July, 1899, he was offered the appointment as justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N. Y. in place of Justice David L. Follett, deceased, which position he declined; was elected to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses, and

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re-elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress, Mutual Life Insurance Co. for metropoli- which office he resigned Sept. 19, 1902, to become judge of the U. S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Address, Norwich, N. Y.

RAYMOND, Andrew Van Vranken:

President of Union College; born Vis- scher's Ferry, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1854. His father was a minister of the Reformed Church, a graduate of Yale College in the class of 1825, and of the New Brunswick Seminary in the class of 1828 ; his mother was Katherine M. Miller, of Little Falls, N. J. Prepared for college in the Troy High School and with a private tutor, entering the sopomore class at Union Col- lege in 1872, and was graduated, June, 1875, with the degree of A. B .; was grad- uated from the Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, N. J., in 1878, and was ordained the same year and installed pas- tor of the First Reformed Church of Pat- erson, N. J .; in 1881 became pastor of the Trinity Reformed Church of Plainfield, N. J., and in 1887 was called to the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Albany, N. Y. The trustees of Union College elect- ed him to the presidency in Jan., 1894, and he was installed the following June. His own college conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1887, and Williams College gave him the degree of LL.D in 1894; and South Carolina College the same degree in 1905; in 1901 he was elected president of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Middle States and Maryland, and has been a member of the Uniform College En- trance Examination Board from its organ- ization. Member Century and University Clubs of New York, and of the Adirond- ack League Club. Married Margaret M. Thomas, of Middleville, N. Y. Address, Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.

RAYMOND, C. H .:

General agent of the Mutual Life In- surance Co. in the City of N. Y .; is a na- tive of Albany, N. Y. His insurance ex- perience began with a clerkship in the N. Y. State Insurance department, where he became in time deputy superintendent ; went to the war in 1861 with the Albany Zouaves, and served in the Mississippi River campaign; on return to New York accepted the secretaryship of the Widows' and Orphans' Benefit Life Insurance Co., and on the resignation of ex-Governor Robinson, as president, succeeded him in that office. When the company was rein- sured in 1871, he became a partner of John A. Little, general agent for the

tan district, and later was appointed to full control of agency. He was the first president of the Life Insurance Associa- tion of N. Y. and was president of the Na- tional Association in 1892. Member Down Town, Lawyers, Union League, Westmin- ster, Kennel, and Morristown Clubs. Ad- dress, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y. RAYMOND, Charles Walker:

Brigadier general, U. S. A .; born Hart- ford, Conn., Jan. 14, 1842 ; was graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1861 (Ph. D., Lafayette College, 1875) ; grad- uate of West Point, 1865; special studies civil and military engineering; first lieu- tenant, June 23, 1865; captain, Mar. 21, 1867; major, Feb. 20, 1883; lieutenant colonel, May 18, 1898; engaged on explor- ation of Yukon River, Alaska, 1869 ; prin- cipal assistant professor natural and ex- perimental philosophy, West Point Mill- tary Academy, 1872-74 ; commanded U. S. expedition to Northern Tasmania to ob- serve transit of Venus, 1874; instructor military engineering, military signaling and telegraphing, West Point Military Academy, 1878; engineer commissioner, District of Columbia (1888-89) ; on en- gineering duty at New York and Philadel- phia; chairman board of engineers in charge construction of tunnels at New York for Pennsylvania R. R. Brigadier- General, retired, 1904. Married, Nov. 18, 1866, Clara Wise. Address, The Rich- mond, 17th and H Sts., N. W., Washing- ton, D. C.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 135

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