Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 169

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director Greenwich Bank; vice-president Standard Mortgage Co. Member Gen- eral Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, the Caledonian and Curling Clubs, the New York Scottish Society, New York Historical Society, the West End Asso- ciation, the Morningside Heights Asso- ciation and the West Side Republican Club. Address, 414 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.


WALKER, Charles A .:


Secretary, treasurer and director Al- gonquin Coal Co., Hudson Coal Co., Lang- cliffe Coal Co., Laurel Run Coal Co., N. Y. & Canada R. R. Co., Springbrook Coal Co. Director Albany & Susquehanna R. R. Co., Lake George Steamboat Co. Director Franklin Savings Bank; Trustee Lackawanna & Susquehanna R. R. Co .; Champlain Transportation Co., Chateaugay & Lake Placid R. R. Co., Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co., Cherry Valley, Sharon & Al- bany R. R. Co., Northern New York De- velopment Co. Office, 21 Cortland St., N. Y. City.


WALKER, Henry F., M. D.


Born Brattleboro, Vt., July 3, 1838; A. B., Middlebury, 1860; A. M., 1863; M. D., College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1866; clinical assistant at College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1876 to 1881; attending physician Demilt Dispensary, 1869-70; visiting physician Nursery and Children's Hospital, 1871-75; visiting physician at Bellevue Hospital, 1875-90; consulting physician, St. Luke's Hospital. Member County Medical Society, Academy of Medicine and Pathological Society; also University, Century, Grolier and South Side Clubs. Address, 18 West 55th St., N. Y. City.


WALKER, James Randolph:


Editor; born Oct., 1879; educated at Berkeley School, N. Y. City and private tutors. Has been for a year editor of the Twentieth Century Home and managing editor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine. In- dependent. Address, care Cosmoplitan Magazine, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y.


WALKER, John Brisben:


Born on the Monongahela, Pa., near the Virginia border, 1847. He spent ten years in classical schools, going from the Uni- versity of Georgetown to West Point. While at the Military Academy he re- ceived an offer to enter the Chinese Mil- itary service, and accompanied the Unit- ed States Minister, Hon. Ross Brown, to Peking, immediately thereafter entering upon his duties in the Chinese army. Re- turning home after two years he engaged


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in manufacturing and was nominated on Y. Address, 297 Sanford Ave., Flushing, the Republican ticket for Congress, but N. Y. failed of election. In 1876 he assumed WALLACE, Hamilton S .: charge of the Daily Chronicle, then one Major and paymaster, U. S. Army; born Washington, D. C., Oct. 25, 1862; grad- uate of Law Department University of Georgetown. Member Metropolitan and Chevy Chase Clubs. Washington, D. C. Pay Department, San Antonio, Texas. Address, Army Building, N. Y. City. of the two leading daily papers in Wash- ington City. In 1879 he removed with his family to Colorado. There he was the first to introduce alfalfa on an extended scale-a plant which has since become one of the chief resources of that state. At the same time he engaged in a series WALLACE, J. Eaton: of engineering operations which rescued a considerable portion of the Platte River in the very heart of Denver from over- flow. Returning East in 1888, he pur- chased the Cosmopolitan Magazine and established his publishing plant on the Hudson. Later on he issued the Twen- tieth Century Home. He has been a writer on educational and governmental topics, and has taken a constant interest in politics. He was a member of the Board of Governors which organized the Ardsley Country Club. Member Century Club; was in 1904 elected an honorary member Automobile Club of America in recognition of his services in introducing and advancing the automobile in Ameri- ca, and in 1904 was elected president of the Nineteenth Century Club, although at WALLACE, William H .: the time of his election not a member of the club. He holds the honorary degrees of Ph. D. and LL. D. Address, care Cos- mopolitan Magazine, Irvington-on-Hud- son, N. Y.


WALKER, William David:


Protestant Episcopal Bishop of West- ern New York; born New York, June 29, 1839; was graduated from Trinity School, 1855; Columbia, 1859; A. M., 1862; Gen- eral Theological Seminary, 1862; Racine, D. D., 1884; Columbia, S. T. D., 1884; Griswold, LL. D., 1886; Kings College, (Nova Scotia) D. C. L., 1892; Trinity College, Dublin, LL. D., 1894; Oxford, England, D. D., 1896. Ordained in 1863 and until 1883 rector of Calvary Chapel, N. Y. City, when he became missionary Bishop for North Dakota; made Bishop for Western N. Y. State in 1896. Mem- ber Churchman's Association and Columbia Alumni Association. Address, The See House, 314 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. WALKER, William H .:


Artist; was graduated from University of Rochester, in 1891; studied art at Art Students League, N. Y. City, 1891-94. Is an illustrator and caricaturist, and a regular contributor to Life. Member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity, falmagundi Club, New York and University Glee Club, N.


Clergyman; was graduated from Uni- versity of Rochester in 1873; teacher at Rochester, 1873-74; pastor of Methodist Episcopal Church, Sweden Centre, N. Y., 1873-74; Youngstown, N. Y., 1874-75; Mill- ville, N. Y., 1875-76; West Webster, N. Y., 1876-77; Pendleton, N. Y., 1877-79; New- fane, N. Y., 1879-81; Marilla, N. Y., 1SS1- 83; Hemlock Lake, N. Y., 1883-85; Hed- din Church, Rochester, N. Y., 1885-87; Hinsdale, N. Y., 1887-89; Rushford, N. Y., 1889-91; North Baptist Church, Rochester, N. Y., 1891-92; evangelistic work, 1892- 94; pastor Pittsford, N. Y., 1894; Kamona, N. Y., 1895-96; Lincoln, N. Y., 1896-98. At the present time, and since Sept., 1902, instructor in English in Santiago de Cuba. Address, Santiago de Cuba.


Vice-president and trustee Franklin Trust Co. Director Brooklyn Warehouse & Storage Co., Central Iron & Steel Co., Victoria Fire Insurance Co. of New York. Trustee Franklin Safe Deposit Co., Law, Union & Crown Insurance Co. of London, Phenix Insurance Co. of Brooklyn, State Fire Insurance Co. of Liverpool, Union Assurance Society of London. Office, 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.


WALLACE, William J .:


U. S. Circuit Court Judge for Second Judicial Circuit; born April 14, 1837, Syr- acuse, N. Y .; educated by private tutors and Hamilton College. Mayor of Syra- cuse; U. S. District Judge for Northern District of New York; and U. S. Circuit Judge. Married Alice Hayward Wheel- wright, April 16, 1878. Received degree of LL. D. from Hamilton College and Syracuse University. Republican. Ad- dress, 148 State St., Albany, N. Y.


WALLACK, Leopold:


President and director Westchester Heights Land Co. Vice-president, secre- tary, treasurer and director Moore Elec- trical Co. Director Cuba Eastern R. R. Co., Detroit Southern R. R. Co., Mount Vernon Trust Co., Patchogue Manufact- uring Co., People's Bank of Brooklyn, Safety Insulated Wire & Cable Co., South-


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ern States Lumber Co., West India De- velopment Co. Residence, 10 East 80th St .; office, 33 Wall St., N. Y. City.


WALLER, Elwyn:


Analytical and consulting chemist; borul New York, March 22, 1846; son of Joseph Fernando and Martha Brookes Waller; was graduated from Harvard, 1867; A. M., 1870; Columbia, E. M., 1870; Ph. D., 1875; married, 1880, Ella White (died) ; 1897, Margaret V. Dorsey. Private assistant to Dr. C. F. Chandler, School of Mines, 1870-71; assistant instructor, instructor, and professor analytical chemistry, School of Mines, Columbia University, 1871-93; health inspector and chemist, New York Health Department, 1872-85. Editor Quantitative Analysis, by F. A. Cairns. Member Society Chemical Industry, Am- erican Chemical Society, Chemical Socie- ties of London, Berlin and Paris, American Rose Society, American Institute Mining Engineers, N. Y. Academy of Sciences, Am- erican Association for the Advancement of Science, City, Harvard, Century and University Clubs. Residence, Morristown, N. J .; office, 159 Front St., N. Y. City. WALLER, Frank:


Artist; born N. Y. City, June 12, 1842; son of Joseph Fernando and Martin Brookes Waller a descendant (great- grandson) of General James Gordon, of Ballston. He attended the Free Acad- emy, leaving in 1861 on account of health; engaged in mercantile pursuits, 1865-68, and as an artist, 1868-88, study- ing under John G. Chapman (Rome) and Art Students League, New York. In 1888 adopted architecture. Was the first corporate president of Art Students' League, 1875-77. Member of Architec- tural League, honorary member of Met- ropolitan Museum of Art; Fellow of Na- tional Academy of Design. His can- vasses include Tombs of Caliphs (1874) ; Interior of My Studio (1878); Indian Burial Tree (1887); Interior of Metro- politan Museum of Art in 1879 (now owned by the museum); Temble of Kom Ombus (1881); Hop Picking (1885); is author of Report on Art Schools (1879), and First Report of Art Students' League (1886). Address, Morristown, N. J.


WALLER, Henry :


Musical director, composer; born Hele- naburgh, Scotland, 1864; was adopted by Mr. Scott-Siddons, the tragedienne; ed- ucated at Royal Academy of Music, Lon- don, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; student under Liszt Leschetizky, Bülow


and Metezdorff in Europe, and Victor Herbert and Anton Seidl in New York. His compositions include Tlie Ogallallas (Indian opera), Fra Francesco and Cleo- patra. Address, 72 E. 94th St., N. Y. City. WALSH, Blanche:


Actress; born New York, 1873; made her debut as Olivia in the Twelfth Night, in Chicago, 1889; since 1892 has played under the management of Charles Froh- man, and appeared in the leading role of Trilby in 1896 in 1903 played in Tol- stoi's Resurrection, creating the part of Maslova. Address, 144 Broadway, N. Y. WALSH, Henry C .:


Associate editor of Smart Set; born Florence, Italy, 1863; came to the United States at the age of nine years; was graduated from Georgetown (D. C.) Uni- versity; first work in journalism was on Philadelphia Times ; was subsequently editor of the Mansfield, Pa., Advertiser; was managing editor of the Catholic World Magazine, and later on the editor- ial staff of the International Cyclopædia, and subsequently literary editor of Lip- pincott's Magazine; during Spanish- American War he was war correspond- ent in Cuba for the N. Y. Herald and Harper's Weekly; 1902, became associate editor of the Smart Set. Residence, 11 West 28th St .; office, 452 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.


WALSH, James J., M. D., Ph.D., LL.D .:


Physician, medical editor, writer, lec- turer; born Archbald, Pa., April 12, 1865; educated at St. John's College, Ford- ham, N. Y., and at the University of Pennsylvania; spent the years 1896-98 in Paris, Vienna and Berlin, in special medical studies: lecturer on biology at the Champlain Assembly Catholic Sum- mer School of America at Cliffhaven, and on physiological psychology at St. Fran- cis Xaviers College, N. Y. City; lectures on the centuries from the thirteenth to sixteenth as the result of special studies made during vacations in Europe; edi- torial writer for the New York Inde- pendent and for the Journal of the Amer- ican Medical Association; member of editorial staff of the New York Medical News; collaborating editor in New York of the International Clinics; adjunct pro- fessor in General Medicine at the New York Polyclinic School for Graduates in Medicine; Fellow of N. Y. Academy of Medicine ; author of articles on great med- ical men, Morgangni, Laennec, Johann Mueller, Theodore Schwann, Pasteur, Ramony y Cajal, and of other profes-


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sional and literary pamphlets. Address, That Girl from Texas; Heavy Yokes; The 110 West 74th St., N. Y. City; summer address, Cliff Haven, on Lake Champlain, N. Y.


WALSH, Thomas:


Magazine writer of prose and verse; born N. Y. City, 1875; educated at pri- vate schools, Georgetown College, D. C., and Columbia University, N. Y. City, with degrees of Ph. B., A. M., and Ph. D. Contributed criticism, special ar- ticles and translations to Warner's Li- brary of The World's Best Literature; The New International Encyclopedia, and poems and criticism to The Book- man, Critic, Reader, Current Literature, Harpers, Century,


Ainslees, Atlantic, Lippincotts, Smart Set, Messenger, Scrib- ners, Everybodys, etc. Address, Mount Arlington, New Jersey, and 227 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.


WALTON, David S .:


President and director National Fold- ing Box & Paper Co., Virginia Manufac- turing Co., treasurer and director Mer- chants Safe Deposit Co., director Colonial Assurance Co., Essex Co. Trust Co., Mer- chants Trust Co., Union Bag & Paper Co. of New Jersey. Member of advisory committee American Lloyds (Under- writers), Great Western Lloyds (Under- writers). Residence, E. Orange, N. J .; office, 132 Franklin St., N. Y. City.


WALWORTH, Ellen Hardin:


Lecturer, writer; born Jacksonville, Ill .; daughter Gen. John J. Hardin; edu- cated at Jacksonville Academy and spec- ial instructors, graduate in law, tutors; married, 1852, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., M. T. Walworth; one of first three women elected to school board under N. Y. law as trustees ; director-general Woman's National War Relief Asociation, 1898; was at field hospital, Fortress Monroe, at Montauk, and remained in field hos- pital until close of Spanish-American War. Author: Battles of Saratoga; Pre- liminary Rules. Founder of various Saratoga societies; member of N. Y. State Historical Society, American His- torical Asociation, American Geographi- cal Society. Address, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.


WALWORTH, Jeannette Ritchie Hader- mann :


Author ; born Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 22, 1837; educated in the South ; married Ma- jor Douglas Watworth of Natchez, Miss. Author : Dead Men's Shoes; The Bar Sin- ister; The Man at Rossmere; At Bay; Southern Silhouettes; Forgiven at Last; 30


Little Radical; Uncle Scipio; Nobody's Business; Baldy's Point; The Silent Wit- ness; An Old Fogy. Address, N. Y. City. WARBASSE, James P .:


Surgeon ; born Newton, N. J., Nov. 22, 1866; son of Joseph Warbasse and Hariett Northrup. Educated at Co- lumbia University, N. Y., University of Gottingen, and University of Vienna. Served two years as interne in Seney M. E. Hospital, Brooklyn; also served in Chambers Street and Roosevelt Hospi- tals. Appointed assistant surgeon to M. E. Hospital and entered private practice 1892. Appointed attending surgeon to the German Hospital, 1903. Acting as- sistant surgeon U. S. Army, Seventh Army Corps, Spanish War, 1898; served in Florida and Cuba. Captain and assis- tant surgeon Thirteenth Regiment, New York Artillery, 1899. Chief medical ex- aminer New York City Civil Service Commision, 1903. Member of Kings County Medical Society (censor); Brook- lyn Surgical Society (president, 1900); Brooklyn Pathological Society (presi- dent, 1897) ; New York State Medical Society ; Brooklyn Medical Society; As- sociation of Physicians of Long Is- land; Association of Military Surgeons of the United States; Long Island Alum- ni of Columbia University (president, 1901); Association of Acting Assistant Surgeons, U. S. Army, of the Spanish- American War (secretary) ; Alumni As- sociation M. E. Hospital of New York (president, 1893); United Service Insti- tution of the United States; New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution; Council of Officers, Thirteenth Regiment, New York; Lincoln Club, Long Island Historical Society, Verein Alter Duet- scher Studenten in America, etc. Author of many original monographs on surgi- cal subjects published in current medical periodicals. One of the American au- thors of the International Text Book of Surgery, etc. Married, April 15, 1903, Agnes Louise Dyer, daughter of Henry Knight Dyer, of New York; one son, Henry Dyer Warbasse. Address, 68 Greene Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.


WARD, Delancey Walton:


Chemical engineer; born New York, July 8, 1866; was graduated from Colum- bia University School of Mines, 1888; Ph. D., 1895; married, 1898, Samantha New- house Nostrand of Whitestone, N. Y. Honorary assistant in chemistry or or- ganic chemistry, Columbia University,


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1888-94, and since professor dental chem- scopical Society; president Troy Scientific istry and metallurgy, New York Dental School. Author: Chemistry and Physics Association. Address, 53 Fourth St., Troy, N. Y.


(Students Quiz series), etc. Member American Chemical Society, New York Academy of Sciences. Address, Flushing, N. Y.


WARD, Edgar Melville:


Artist; born Urbana, O., Feb. 24, 1839; son of John A. and Eleanor Macbeth Ward; was graduated from Miami Uni- versity, A. M .; also student at National Academy of Design and Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. Now instructor in art at the National Academy, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. Member National Academy Design and Century Club. Address, 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.


WARD, John Quincy Adams:


Sculptor; born Urbana, O., June 29, 1830; son of John A. and Eleanor Mac- beth Ward; studied under Harry K. Browne; studied Indian life in the West. Among the statues of Washington, Sher- idan and Hancock in N. Y. City, Henry Ward Beechers in Brooklyn, Israel Put- nam in Hartford, Ct., General George H. Thomas in Washington and numerous others in Central Park, N. Y. City and elsewhere. Member Metropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y. Zoological Society, Ohio Society, Architectural League, Municipal Art Society, National Academy of Design, Lambs, Century and Union League Clubs. Address, 316 W. 84th St., N. Y. City. WARD, Richard Halsted:


Biologist, microscopist; born Bloom- field, N. J., June 17, 1837; son of Israel Currie and Almeda Hanks Ward; was graduated from Williams, 1858; A. M., 1861; College Physicians and Surgeons, 1862; married, 1862, Charlotte Allen Bald- win. Served during Civil War as acting assistant surgeon, 1862 ; since in practice of his profession at Troy, N. Y .; pro- fessor botany, histology and microscopy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1867-92 ; associate editor American Naturalist, 1871- 82; investigator, lecturer, and author of numerous papers, mostly on botanical and microscopical subjects ; since 1868, gov- ernor of Marshall Infirmary and San- itarium; representative of U. S. Com- mittee of patrons International Exposition of Microscopy, Antwerp, 1891. Fellow American Academy of Medicine, Ameri- can Association for Advancement of Sci- ence, Royal Microscopical Society ; hon- orary member Belgian Microscopical Soci- ety ; president American Postal Microscop- ical Club; ex-president American Micro-


WARD, Samuel B .:


Physician; born New York, June 8, 1842; son of Lebbeus B. and Abby Dwight Ward. He was graduated from Columbia College in 1861, and from the Medical De- partment of the Georgetown University in 1864; received the degree of Ph. D. from Union College in 1882; married on Oct. 10, 1871, Nina A. Wheeler, who died in 1883; second marriage was to Grace Fitz-Ran- dolph Scheneck, widow of Erastus Corn- ing (third), April 29, 1897. Entered the service of the Sanitary Commission in April, 1862, and served that summer on board the Daniel Webster, bringing sol- diers, sick and wounded, from Mcclellan's Peninsula campaign to Northern ports. In September, 1862, went into the U. S. service as acting medical cadet, and served in Georgetown, D. C., as such until Jan., 1863, when he was transferred to the Third Division General Hospital, Alex- andria, Va. In the autumn of 1863 he was made acting assistant surgeon U. S. Army, and in 1864 was appointed assist- ant surgeon U. S. Volunteers, having charge of Augur General Hospital until Oct., 1865, when he resigned. In the winter of 1865-66 he pursued his medical studies in Paris, at the University, and took up the practice of his profession in N. Y. City in Oct., 1866, where he remained for ten years. He was surgeon to the Pres- byterian Hospital from 1870-76. He was professor of anatomy at the Woman's Medical College of New York Infirmary 1867-70, and professor of surgery in the same institution, 1870-76; professor of surgery and pathology, 1876-84, and sub- sequently and at present professor of the theory and practice of Medicine at the Albany Medical College; he is an ex- president of the Medical Society of the State of New York; now president of the board of trustees of the Dudley Observa- tory, and ex-president of the Albany County Medical Society. Member Mili- tary Order of the Loyal Legion, the Cen- tury Association and University Club, N. Y. City ; and University and Fort Orange Clubs in Albany, N. Y., and was for two terms president of the latter. Attending physician to the Albany Hos- pital. Address, 281 State St., Albany, N. Y.


WARD, Thomas:


Brigadier-general, U. S. Army; born West Point, N. Y., March 18, 1839. Cadet


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at the U. S. Military Academy from July | in 1859. In 1859 he was married to Ellen 1, 1859, to June 11, 1863; was graduated M. Dickinson. He was ordained a Con- gregational minister, and was the direc- tor of the Wolfe Expedition to Baby- lonia, 1884. He is distinguished as an Assyriologist and has written numerous papers on Oriental archæology; was elect- ed president of the American Oriental Society on the death of Professor Whit- ney, declining re-election and remaining as vice-president and trustee. He is the author of Worlds Christmas Hymns number 16 in his class, and was promoted second lieutenant in the First U. S. Ar- tillery, June 11, 1863; joined his battery in the Army of the Potomac without delay and served against the rebellion of the seceding States until the close of the war. Brevetted first lieutenant, June 3, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va. Pro- moted first lieutenant, First Artillery, July 18, 1864. Brevetted captain, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious ser- vices during the Rebellion. Professor of military science and tactics at Union Col- lege, Schenectady, N. Y., from Aug., 1873, to 1877. Received degree of A. M., from Union College, New York, June 26, 1878. Member of the Phi Beta Kappa So- ciety, 1878, and of the Sibma Phi


Society (Alpha of New York), 1874. Member Military Order Loyal Legion, U. S., of the Army of and Society


the Potomac and Horse Artillery Brigade of that Army. Promoted to the rank of captain, First U. S. Artillery, Nov. 1, 1876. Appointed assistant adjutant-gen- eral, U. S. Army, with the rank of major, June 28, 1884, and assigned to duty in the adjutant-general's office, War Depart- ment, Washington, D. C., July 26, 1884. Adjutant-general, Department of the Co- lumbia, Oct. 9, 1889, to Dec 17, 1893; adjutant-general of the Department of the Colorado, headquarters at Den- ver, Col., Dec. 15, 1893, to Jan. 15, 1896. Assistant adjutant-general and inspector of small arms practice, De- partment of the East, Governor's Island, N. Y. H., Jan. 21, 1896 to March 20, 1897. As principal assistant in the adjutant- general's office, Washington, D. C., April 5, 1897, to Aug. 25, 1900. Colonel and as- sistant adjutant-general, Sept. 11, 1897. Adjutant-general, headquarters of the army, Aug. 25, 1900. Brigadier-general, U. S. Army, July 22, 1902; retired, July 22, 1902. Address, Rochester, N. Y.


WARD, William Hayes:


Author and editor; born Abington, Mass,. June 25, 1835; son of the Rev. J. W. and Hetta Lord Hayes Ward. His preparatory education was had at An- dover Academy, and he was graduated from Amherst College in 1856, from which institution he has received the de- grees of A. M., LL.D., and the degree of D. D. from Rutgers College and the Uni- versity of New York. He was graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary


(1883); Report of the Wolfe Expedition to Babylonia (1885); Biography of Sid- ney Lanier (1885); Notes on Oriental Antiquities, etc. Member of the Authors Club, the Oriental Club, and president of the Congregational Club; chairman of the board of trustees of the Congrega- tional Church Building Society, and is a member of the executive committee of the American Missionary Association. Has been instructor in sciences in Beloit College, professor of Latin in Ripon Col- lege, and has been editorially connected with The Independent, of which he is now editor, since 1868. Address, 130 Fulton St., N. Y. City.


WARD, Willard Parker:


Mining engineer; born New York, Oct. 12, 1845; son of Lebbeus Baldwin and Abbey Dwight Partridge Ward; was graduated from Columbia, 1865; Univer- sity State of New York,, Ph. D., 1875; special mining courses at Clausthal and Berlin, Germany; married, 1872, Ruby, daughter Judge John Erskine of Georgia. For many years interested in silver and gold mining in the West. Member of American Institute Mining Engineers, Columbia Alumni, Island Golf, N. Y. Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Dartmouth, Denver University (Denver), Tuxedo. Manhattan, and University Clubs. Res- idence, 164 W. 58th St .; office, 35 Wall St., N. Y. City.


WARDE, Frederick:


Tragedian lecturer; born Wardington, England, Feb. 23, 1851; son of Thomas Warde. Began stage career in England, coming to the U. S. about 1874; support- ed Edwin Booth and John McCullough and others. Member of Brooklyn Club. Residence, 183 Lefferts Pl., Brooklyn; and White Lake, N. Y.




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