Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 139

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ROBERTSON, Morgan:

Author; born Sept. 30, 1861, Oswego, N. Y .; educated at public schools and Cooper Union. Married Alice M. Doyle,

Author: Spun Yarn; Fu-

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tility; Where Angels Fear to Tread; Mas- ters of Men ; Shipmates; Sinful Peck; A Tale of a Halo Down to the Sea and Land Ho (in press). Address, 41 W. 24th St., N. Y. City.

ROBINSON, A. R., M.D .:

Professor of dermatology in N. Y. Poly- clinic; formerly professor of histology and pathological anatomy in the Woman's Medical College of the N. Y. Infirmary; born Canada, 1845; M. D. Bellevue, 1868; M. B., Toronto University, 1869; L. R. C. P. and L. R. C. S., Edinburgh, 1870. Member N. Y. Dematological Society ; American Dermatological Association; foreign corresponding member of the So- ciété Francaise de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie, etc .; president of the sec- tion of dermatology and syphilography of the Ninth International Medical Con- gress, Washington, 1887. Author: Man- ual of Dermatology and The Treatment of Cutaneous Cancers. Address, 159 West 49th St., N. Y. City.

ROBINSON, Beverley, M.D .:

Physician; born Philadelphia, Pa., March 22, 1844; A. B., University of Penn- sylvania, 1863; M. D., University of Paris, 1872; consulting physician to St. Luke's Hospital; consulting physician to Charity Hospital ; formerly surgeon to the Manhat- tan Eve and Ear Hospital; also pro- fessor of clinical medicine at the Bellevue University Medical College; member of the County Medical Society, the Practi- tioners Society, Clinical Society, Medical and Surgical Society, Medical Aid Asso- ciation; also the University, Century and Knickerbocker Clubs. Address, 42 West 37th St., N. Y. City.

ROBINSON, Bird M .:

President and director Brunswick & Birminghamn R. R. Co., Harriman & Northeastern R. R. Co., Hawkinsville & Florida Southern Ry. Co., National Mu- tual Building and Loan Association, Ten- nessee Ry. Co. ; vice-president and director Point Rock and Coal Co., Interstate Securities Co., National Finance Co .; director American Service Union, Guar- dian Trust Co. Residence, 482 Central Park West; office, 277 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ROBINSON, Charles Mulford:

Author; was graduated from the Uni- versity of Rochester in 1891. Was re- porter on the Post-Express, Rochester, N. Y., 1891-92; editorial writer, 1892-1902; contributor to The Century, The Book- man, to the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, etc., with intervals of foreign

I travel and continuous study of civic aes- thetics. 1902-04 secretary of the Am- erican Park and Outdoor Art Association, and honorary member of various civic improvement organizations in England and America. Author: The Improvement of Towns and Cities (G. P. Putnam's Sons, May, 1901, Nov., 1901, Sept., 1902); Modern Civic Art (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903, and illustrated edition, 1904). Ad- dress, 65 South Washington St., Rochester, N. Y.

ROBINSON, David C .:

Lawyer; son of Gov. Lucius Robinson; born 1846; was graduated from Union Col- lege, 1865; mayor of Elmira, 1892-94; private secretary to Gov. Robinson and aide-de-camp on his military staff, with rank of colonel, 1877; president for sev- eral years of Elmira Municipal Improve- ment Co., which owns the street railway system, gas and water works and Lyceum Opera House; director N. Y. Mutual Life Insurance Co .; trustec of Union College. Member Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity, Man- hattan and Lawyers Clubs, and Union College Alumni Association. Married, in 1875, Emma DeVoe. Address, Elmira, N. Y.

ROBINSON, Douglas:

President and director Douglas Land Co., Stuyvesant Real Estate Co. of N. Y .; director Astor National Bank, Lincoln Trust Co., Realty Associates ; Trustee Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co., Real Es- tate Trust Co. Married Miss Corinne Roosevelt. Residence, 422 Madison Ave .; office, 160 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ROBINSON, Frank Hurd:

Lawyer, district attorney, county judge; born Cuba, Allegany County, N. Y., May 23, 1855; son of Charles P. Robinson and Elizabeth Hurd Robinson. Married Miss Jennie M. Nichols, Aug. 21, 1878, and has five children: Charles P., James N., Frank H., Eilzabeth and Robert. Admitted to the Bar, May, 1876; was district attorney of Steuben County two terms and county judge two terms; now engaged in the practice of his profession at Hornellsville, Steuben County, N. Y. He is now the Grand Master of F. & A. M. of the State of New York. Address, Post Office Build- ing, Hornellsville, N. Y.

ROBINSON, Frank U .:

Lieutenant-colonel, U. S. Army; born in and appointed from N. Y. City-civil life. Second Lieutenant in the Forty-first U. S. Colored Infantry, Oct. 1, 1864; honorably mustered out, Dec. 10, 1865; second lieu- tenant One Hundred and Twenty-fifth

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U. S. Colored Infantry, April 26, 1866; hon- [ N. Y. City, Gorham Manufacturing Co .; orably mustered out, Dec. 20, 1867 ; second lieutenant, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, March 13, 1868; assigned to Second Cav- alry, July 14, 1869; first lieutenant, March 31, 1878; captain. Dec. 28, 1888. Served in Spanish-American War, Feb. 2, 1901; Major Lieutenant Colonel, Thirteenth Cav- alry, May 25, 1903. Address, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal.

ROBINSON, George, D. D .:

Chaplain, U. S. Army, retired; born March 19, 1841; related to Andrew Jack- son on father's side, and to the Living- ston family on mother's side. He was graduated from Union College in 1861, having been elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society; also a Delta Phi. Was first lieutenant of One Hundred and Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and aide-de-camp and acting assistant adju- tant general on the staff of General A. S. Williams, commanding the First Divis- ions in the Twelfth and Twentieth Corps, and also those corps; was in battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the At- lanta campaign, and the marches to the sea and through the Carolinas; was brev- etted captain. He was graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1868; the same years married the daughter of Professor Stephen Alexander, of Prince- ton University, a direct descendant of Lord Stirling of Scotland. After several years' pastorate in Lancaster, Pa., was appointed chaplain, U. S. Army, by Presi- dent Grant, in 1877; in 1886 was detailed by President Cleveland as superintendent of post schools in the army, with station at St. Louis, Mo., holding his position about two and a half years; in 1894 was assigned to the important army post of Fort Leavenworth; in the Spanish-Amer- ican War was chaplain of the Hospital Ship Relief, in both the Santiago and Porto Rico campaigns; 1901 was assigned to the First U. S. Infantry, joining this regiment in Samar, P. I .; was for several years the senior chaplain in the army, and had the longest service in the army of any chaplain ever borne on its roll. Was promoted major for exceptional efficiency, and retired March 19, 1903, with rank of lieutenant-colonel for in

service Civil War. Received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Union University in 1899. Author: Hospital Ship in War with Spain. Address, Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich. .

ROBINSON, George H .:

President and director S. S. Hepworth Co .; vice-president Silversmith's Co., of

trustee Bowery Savings Bank; director American Fire Engine Co., American Screw Co., John Watts Wire Co., Provi- dence, R. I., Manufacturing Trust Co., Providence, R. I., Narragansett Electric Lighting Co., Public Accountants Corpo- ration, Rider-Ericsson Engine Co., Wil- liam Miles & Co. Member Union League, Larchmont Yacht, Engineers, N. Y. Ath- letic, Republican, Barnard Clubs and

Sons of Revolution. Married Saah De Lamater. Residence, 128 West 59th St .; office, 889 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ROBINSON, Henry A .:

Lawyer and notary; director Bleecker Street & Fulton Ferry R. R. Co., Broad- way & Seventh Avenue R. R. Co., Cen- tral Park, North and East R. R. Co., Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery R. R. Co., Eighth & Columbus Avenues Con- necting Railway Co., Elm Street Connect- ing Railway Co., Forty-second Street & Grand St. Ferry R. R. Co., Fulton St. R. R. Co., Kingsbridge Railway, Metropolitan Street Railway Co., Third Avenue R. R. Co., Thirty-fourth St. Crosstown Ry. Co., Twenty-eighth & Twenty-ninth St. Crosstown R. R. Co., Twenty-third St. Ry. Co., Union Ry. Co. of N. Y. City. Member University, Larchmont Yacht Club. Residence, Yonkers, N. Y .; office, 621 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ROBINSON, James Harvey :

Author and teacher; born Bloomington, Ill., June 29, 1863; son of James Harvey and Latricia Maria Robinson. He was graduated from Harvard in 1887, and took post-graduate courses at Harvard and in Germany, receiving the degree of Ph. D. at Freiburg, in 1890. On Sept. 1, 1887, married Grace Woodville Read. He was lecturer on European history at the University of Pennsylvania, 1891, asso- ciate professor 1902-05; in 1905 became professor of history in Columbia Univer- sity; in 1900-01 was acting dean of Bar- nard College. He cooperated in editing and publishing Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History; associate editor of the Annals of the American Academy, and of Political and Social Science, 1891-95. Author: The German Bundesrath, (1891); Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters (in collaboration) (1899); Intro- duction to History of Western Europe, 2 vols. (1903) ; Readings in European His- tory, 2 vols. (1904-05) ; is also the author of numerous magazine articles. Member

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of the Century and Barnard Clubs. Ad- A. and European Stations, Nov., 1882, to dress, Columbia University, N. Y. City. Nov., 1885; receiving-ship Minnesota, N. ROBINSON, John Beverley: Y., Feb., 1886, to July, 1887; inspector of steel, new cruisers, Pittsburg, July, 1887, to April, 1888 ; Richmond, S. A. Station, Dec., 1888, to Sept., 1890 ; Atlanta, Squad- ron of Evolution, Sept., 1890, to Oct., 1891; hydrographic office, Dec., 1891, to May, 1894; Naval War College, June 1 to Oct. 1, 1894; Yorktown and Monocacy, Asiatic Station, Nov. 1, 1894, to May 21, 1897; Navy Yard Washington, Aug. 1897 to Apr. 1898; Minneapolis, Apr., 1898; in com- mand converted yacht Siren, June to Sept., 1898, on blockade north coast of Cuba ; Navy Yard, Washington, Sept. 29, 1898. Promoted lieutenant commander, March 3, 1899; Wilmington, S. Atlantic and Asiatic Station, Nov. 22, 1899, to June 2, 1902 ; U. S. Naval Observatory, Washing- ton, D. C., to 1894. He was promoted commander, Jan., 1903. Address, 2016 Hillyer Place, Washington, D. C.

Architect; deputy superintendent of school buildings; born June 10, 1853, Ja- maica, L. I., and is the son of Henry Barclay Robinson and Caroline Betts Robinson, and a direct descendant of the noted Col. Beverley Robinson, of Revolu- tionary fame. He was a student at Co- lumbia College in the class of 1873, and afterward took a special course in the School of Mines. Married, on July 1, 1885, Elizabeth Devereux Umsted, a de- scendant of the Connecticut families of Devereux and Johnson, and has three children, Beverley, Devereux and Eliza- beth Devereux. He practiced as an archi- tect until 1897, and built the New Mexico School of Mines, St. Luke's Home, and many other buildings. Since 1897 he has been connected with the architectural de- partment of the Board of Education. He was one of the founders of the Architec- tural League, and its president in 1886-87. He is the author of many articles in the Architectural Record, the Engineering Magazine and other professional periodi- cals, and of Principles of Architectural Composition. Member American Insti- tute of Architects, Columbia University Alumni Association, Fordham Field Club, and Columbia University Club. Address, Board of Education, 500 Park Ave., N. Y. City.

ROBINSON, John K .:

Second vice-president and director Stirling Co., Chicago; director and treas- urer The Diamond Match Co., New York; director and secretary and treasurer Butte County R. R .; director The Diamond Rub- ber Co, National Coal Co., United Box Board & Paper Co., American Strawboard Co .; director and president, Ox Fibre Brush Co. Address, 27 William St., N. Y. City.

ROBINSON, John Marshall:

Commander U. S. Navy; born N. Y .; appointed (at large) midshipman, June 23, 1869 ; was graduated May 31, 1873 ; promoted ensign, July 16, 1874; master, Jan. 2, 1881; lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1883; lieutenant, Dec. 13, 1886 ; Pensacola, Omaha and Saranac, South and North Pacific Stations, Sept., 1873, to Aug., 1875; monitor Passaic, N. A. Station, Jan. to July, 1876 ; Yantic, Palos and Alert, Asiatic Station, Sept., 1876, to April, 1879 ; Michigan, N. W. Lakes, July, 1879, to Nov., 1881; hydrographic office, Nov., 1881, to Nov., 1882; Kearsarge, N.

ROBINSON, Otis Hall:

Professor of natural philosophy, Uni- versity of Rochester; born Dec. 3, 1835; was graduated from the University of Rochester (A. B.), 1861; A. M., 1864; he took course in astronomy at Harvard Col- lege Observatory, 1875 ; law student, 1861- 63 ; lawyer, Rochester, N. Y., 1863-65; tu- tor of mathematics, University of Roch- ester, 1864-67; assistant librarian, 1866- 68 ; librarian, 1868-89 ; assistant professor of mathematics, 1867-69; professor of mathematics, 1869-84 ; professor of mathe- matics and natural philosophy, 1884-91; and professor of natural philosophy, 1891-1903 ; resigned, 1903; emeritus pro- fessor of natural philosophy, 1903. Re- ceived degree of Ph.D. from Ottawa Uni- versity, 1894. Address, 273 Alexander St., Rochester, N. Y.

ROBSON, Charles Wesley:

Educator; was graduated from the Uni- versity of Rochester in 1893; teacher of classics in the Bradstreet School, Roch- ester, N. Y., 1893-1900. Address, 209 Cut- ler Building, Rochester, N. Y.

ROBSON, Eleanor Elise (Miss) :

Actress ; born Wegan, Lancashire, Eng- land; daughter of Charles and Madge (Carr) Robson; was graduated from St. Peter's Academy, Staten Island, N. Y., 1897. Made professional debut at Cali- fornia Theatre, 1897 ; played in stock com- panies in San Francisco, Denver and Mil- waukee, 1897-99 ; made a hit as Bonita in Arizona, followed by her creations of Constance in In a Balcony ; Flossie Wil- liams in Unleavened Bread; Mlle. de la

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Vire in A Gentleman of France; Audrey in | being operated separately, with Mr. Rock- Audrey ; played Juliet to the Romeo of

Kyrle Bellew, 1903. Starred (season 1903-04) as Merely Mary Ann in the Zangwill comedy of that name, and un- der arrangements with Liebler & Co. Mr. Charles Frohman opened the leading Lon- don theatre this season (season of 1904- 5), Miss Robson being there starred in Merely Mary Ann, supported by a full London company. Following a three months' engagement in London she re- turns direct to America, to fill prior en- gagements. Address, care Liebler & Co., 1402 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ROBSON, James A .:

Justice of the Supreme Court of N. Y .; term expires Dec. 31, 1918. Address, Can- andaigua, N. Y.

ROCHE, William J .:

Lawyer; born 1853, Troy, N. Y .; edu- cated at St. Mary's Academy ; admitted to the Bar, 1874; married, June 15, 1880, Mary L. Campion, of N. Y. City ; city at- torney, 1883-86; city comptroller, 1886- 90 ; delegate to Constitutional convention, 1894; corporation counsel, 1890. Address, Troy, N. Y.

ROCHESTER, Thomas Moore, M.D .:

Physician ; was graduated from Univer- sity of Rochester in 1876, and from Buf- falo Medical College, 1878; physician, Brooklyn, N. Y., since 1878 ; visiting sur- geon to St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, 1885; assistant to the chair of physiology in Long Island College Hospital, 1879; gynecologist to the Brooklyn Central Dis- pensary, 1880; member of Kings County Medical Association, Kings County Medi- cal Society, New York Academy of Med- icine and New York State Medical Asso- ciation. Address, 2 St. James Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

ROCKEFELLER, John Davison:

Capitalist ; born Richford, N. Y., July 8, 1839; son of William A. and Eliza Rockefeller; received his education in the public schools ; went to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, where he entered the commission house of Hewett & Tuttle; shortly after- ward entered into business on his own ac- count, the firm being Clark & Rockefeller, commission and forwarding merchants; in 1865, the firm having been changed to Rockefeller & Co., they built the Standard Oil Works, Cleveland ; this was consoll- dated with others in the Standard Oil Company, 1870; other interests were later acquired and the Standard Oil Trust was formed in 1882, but dissolved in 1892; the various Standard Oil companies are now

efeller at the head of the entire business ; he has amassed an immense fortune has given very largely of his wealth for phil- anthropic and educational institutions, among these being the University of Chi- cago, Vassar, Mount Holyoke and Barn- ard colleges ; he has also contributed large sums for public improvements at Tarry- town, N. Y., where he has a fine estate; the American Baptist Missionary Union and Home Missionary Society and other relig- ious bodies have been benefitted largely by his generous contributions. Residence, 4 West 54th St .; office, 26 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ROCKEFELLER, John Davison, Jr .:

Capitalist ; born 1877; was graduated from Brown University; married Abby Green Aldrich; associated with his father in business enterprises ; director in num- erous corporations. Residence, 13 W. 54th St .; office, 26 Broadway; N. Y. City. ROCKEFELLER, William:

Capitalist ; born Richford, N. Y., May 31, 1841; son William Avery and Eliza Davison Rockefeller; educated at Owego, N. Y., and Cleveland, O .; married, 1864, Almira Geraldine Goodsell; president of The Standard Oil Co., of New York. Res- idence, 689 Fifth Ave. ; office, 26 Broad- way, N. Y. City.

ROCKWELL, Alphonso D .:

Physician ; born New Canaan, Conn., May 18, 1840; educated at Kenyon Col- lege, Ohio, degree of M. D. Bellevue Med- ical College, 1864; assistant surgeon and surgeon Sixth Ohio Volunteer Corps, Sher- idan's Cavalry Corps, Army of the Poto- mac, from April, 1864, to close of war; began the general practice of medicine in N. Y. City in 1866 ; in 1868 gave up gen- eral practice, choosing the specialty of nervous diseases and electrotherapeutics. With the late Dr. George M. Beard he was the pioneer in the development of the relation of electricity to medicine in this country ; he is the author of many articles devoted to this subject, and the diseases of the nervous system; his work on the Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity, including the X-Rays and the Finsen Light, is now in its tenth edition, has been translated in two languages and has long been regarded as the standard English au- thority; the nutritional value of electric treatment, upon which, in the main, is based its use in medicine, together with the methods of application to this end, were first enunciated and enforced in- this work; with Dr. Beard, is the author of a

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work on Nervous Exhaustion, and one on Sexual Neurasthenia; was one of the ad- visory committee of three appointed by the State in the interest of execution by electricity ; was for many years electro- therapeutist of the New York State Wo- man's Hospital, and professor at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School. Ad- dress, 616 Madison Ave., N. Y. City. ROCKWELL, Hosea H .:

Lawyer; born May 31, 1840, Law- renceville, Pa .; private Twenty-third Reg- iment New York Volunteers in Civil War; clerk in store; admitted to the Bar in Dec., 1869; married in September, 1871, Hattie Heckman, of Angelica, N. Y .; sec- retary Board of Education, 1870-72 ; city attorney ; past commander, G. A. R .; trustee, N. Y. State Soldiers Home at Bath, since 1883 ; major and judge advo- cate, N. G. N. Y., and judge advocate on staff of Department Commander Tanner, G. A. R .; member of Assembly, 1876; member of Congress, 1890-92. Address, Elmira, N. Y.

ROCKWELL, James, Jr .:

Lieutenant colonel, U. S. Army ; born and appointed to military academy, from New York; was graduated from West Point and promoted in the army to second lieutenant First Cavalry, July 15, 1870 ; at Fort Lanwai, Idaho, on frontier duty Oct., 1870, to July, 1871; Gila Bend, Arizona, July to Oct., 1871; at Benicia Barracks, Cal., in garrison, Oct., 1871, to Sept., 1874; adjutant general, Modoc Ex- pedition, Jan .- May, 1873 ; assistant pro- fessor of military tactics at the military academy, Oct. 12 to Dec. 5, 1874 ; promot- ed to first lieutenant ordnance, Nov. 1, 1874; assistant ordnance officer at Shef- field Armory, Mass., Jan., 1875, to Oct., 1876 ; at Rock Island Arsenal, Ili., Nov., 1876, to Aug., 1878; assistant instructor of ordnance and gunnery at the Military Academy, Aug., 1878, to Aug., 1881; com- manding Fort Abraham Lincoln, Ord- nance Depot, Dakota, Sept., 1881, to July, 1886; promoted captain ordnance, Dec. 4, 1882 ; assistant at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., July, 1886, to 1890; at Benicia Ar- senal, Cal., 1890 to 1892; Watervliet Ar- senal, N. Y., 1892-94 ; Springfield Armory, Massachusetts, 1894, to 1898 ; promoted to lieutenant-colonel, July 18, 1898 ; in com- mand San Juan Ordnance Depot, Puerto Rico, Oct., 1898 ; honorably mustered out, May 12, 1899 ; promoted to major ord- nance, May 5, 1901; commanding Colum- bia Arsenal, Tenn., July, 1899, to Feb., 1902 ; promoted lieutenant-colonel, Sept.

| 17, 1904. Address, Frankford Arsenal, Pa.

ROCKWOOD, George Gardner:

Photographer, writer, inventor, and lec- turer; born Troy, N. Y., April 12, 1832 ; was educated in the schools of Troy and at the University of Chicago, receiving the degree of Ph. D .; married to Arminta Bouton in Troy in 1853 ; engaged in pho- tography in 1855, and was the first to in- troduce into the art the carte de visite; has introduced many improvements in photography, and has earned distinction for his art studies of children; he is the author of the scientific hoax, Brain Pic- tures ; member of the Sons of the Revolu- tion. Residence, 259 W. 88th St .; office, 39th St. and Broadway, N. Y. City.

RODENBECK, Adolph J .:

Jurist; was graduated from University of Rochester in 1885; was a law student, Rochester, N. Y., 1885-87; resided in N. Y. City, 1887; Europe, 1888 ; lawyer, Ro- chester, N. Y., 1888 ; second assistant city attorney, 1892; first assistant, 1892-94 : city attorney, 1894-98 ; member N. Y. State Assembly, second district, Monroe County, 1899-1901 ; mayor City of Roches- ter, 1902-03 ; judge, Court of Claims, State of New York, since 1903; chairman Board of Statutory Consolidation, State of New York, 1904. Address, 739 Powers Build- ing, Rochester, N. Y.

RODENBOUGH, Theoph's F .:

Brigadier general, U. S. Army ; retired ; born Pennsylvania, 1838; appointed from Pennsylvania-civil life; actual rank, sec- ond lieutenant, Second U. S. Dragoons, March 27, 1861; first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; captain, Second Cavalry, July 17, 1862; colonel Eighteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, Jan. 1, 1865; honor- ably mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865; major, Forty-second U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866 ; unassigned, March 15, 1869; retired with rank of colonel, Dec. 15, 1870, and as brigadier general, April 23, 1904; editor Journal Military Service Institution, 1880- 90 and 1899-1904 ; assistant inspector general, State New York, 1879-82; chief bureau elections, N. Y. City, 1890-99 ; brevet rank, brevet major, Sept. 19, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Trevillian Station and Opequan, Va .; lieutenant-colonel, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services dur- ing the war; colonel, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Todd's Tavern, Va .; brigadier- general, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Cold

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Harbor, Va .; brigadier-general Volunteers April 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war; adjutant and A. A. Q. M., Carlisle Barracks, 1861-62; on staff of Major-general Dodge and A. I. G., in Kansas and the Territories, Dec., 1865, to May, 1866; service at Carlisle Bar- racks, Pa., to Jan., 1862; in the defenses of Washington, and commanding company in the Peninsular campaign, being cap- tured near Centreville, Va., and paroled and exchanged one week after; organizing company, from Oct., 1862, to Jan., 1863, performing picket duty, winter of 1862 and 1863, and in Sheridan's Cavalry cam- paign, 1864 ; on general recruiting service, Philadelphia, Nov., 1864, to April, 1865 ; member board to examine breech-loading arms, Springfield Armory, Massachusetts, Jan., 1865; assigned to duty according to his brevet rank and commanding brigade; District of Clarksburg, June to Nov., 1865; with regiment and president of board of examination, to May, 1867 ; com- manding post, Plattsburg, N. Y., and Madison Barracks, from May, 1867, tc 1869; unassigned, March 15, 1869; en- gaged at the battle of Beverly Ford, ac- tion of Upperville, battle of Gettysburg, actions of Williamsport, Boonsboro, Funkstown, Falling Waters, Manassas Gap and Brandy Station; battle of Todd's Tavern, actions of Culpepper Court House, Old Church; battles of Trevillian Station (wounded), Cold Harbor; and actions of Winchester (wounded and lost right arm). U. S. Medal of Honor, distinguished gal- lantry in action at Tredillian Station, Va., June 11, 1864, where he was severely wounded while handling his regiment with skill and valor as captain, 2d U. S. Cavalry. Address, Hotel Carlton, 203 West 54th St., N. Y. City.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 139

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

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