Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 174

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Electrical engineer and contractor ; born Milroy, Pa., Aug. 29, 1861; son of Rev. John W. and Mary ( Beaver) White; was graduated from Pennsylvania State Col- lege in 1882, and from Cornell University (Ph.D.) in 1885; instructor in physics, University of Nebraska, 1885-87; presi- dent of the Western Engineering Com- pany, 1887-90 ; with Edison United Manu- facturing Company, New York, during 1890; from 1890 to date, contracting and practicing profession in the United States, and from 1899 to date, abroad also. President, J. G. White & Co., Inc .; chair- man, J. G. White & Co., Ltd., 22A College Hill, London, E. C. Member of Univer- sity, New York Athletic, Engineers, Law- yers and Cornell Clubs, N. Y., Maryland

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Merchants Club, Baltimore ; Ranelagh York, Washington

Arch, University of Club, London. Residence, 440 West End Ave. ; office, Wall Exchange Building, 43 Exchange Place, N. Y. City .

WHITE, James Terry:

Author, editor and publisher ; was born Newburyport, Mass., July 3, 1845. After receiving an education in his native town he removed to San Francisco at the age of seventeen, where he entered the employ of H. H. Bancroft & Co., booksellers and stationers, as a porter, but within six months he became the head of the book department. After ten years, service he resigned, and in 1873 established the pub- lishing house of James T. White & Co., which became general agents and mana- gers for D. Appleton & Co. for the Pacific coast. The success of the business made it necessary to transfer its headquarters to New York City, where it has been es- tablished since 1886, and of which Mr. White is still the head. In 1884 he in-

vented White's physiological manikin, which has had a sale of over 50,000 to schools and physicians. In 1889 he con- ceived the plan of publishing The Na- tional Cyclopedia of American Biography," assuming the chief editorial management. He is the author of Flowers from Ar- cady and Captive Memories, besides contributing to the current magazines. On Jan. 28, 1869, he married Florence C. Derby, a niece of his employers, and has four children, the eldest, George Derby, being the junior partner in the publishing house. Residence, N. Y. City ; office, 7 East 16th St., N. Y. City.

WHITE, Matthew, Jr .:

Editor ; born, New York, Sept. 21, 1857 ; received academic education in N. Y. City ; studied two years in France and Germany ; dramatic editor Munsey's Magazine, and Editor of the Argosy. He is unmarried. Author of One of the Profession (1896) ; The Affair at Islington (1897) ; A Born Aristocrat (1898), etc. Address, Hotel Algonquin, 59 West 44th St .; office, 111 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

WHITE, Stanford:

Architect ; born in New York, Nov. 9, 1853 ; educated, University of New York, A. M .; architectural training with Charles D. Grambrill and H. H. Richardson ; chief assistant of the latter in construction of Trinity Church, Boston; traveled and studied in Europe, 1878-80 ; since 1881, of firm of McKim, Mead & White. Designed Villard's (now Whitelaw Reid's) house, Madison Square Garden, Century and Metropolitan Clubs, University of New

Virginia, pedestals for principal statutes of Saint Gaudens (q. v.), etc. Fellow American Institute of Architects, etc. Residence, Gramercy Park, N. Y. City, and St. James, Long Island; office, 160 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

WHITE, Stephen V .:

Stock broker; born in Chatham County, N. C., Aug. 1, 1831; son of Hiram and Julia White. He moved to Illinois in his infancy, and was graduated from Knox College in 1854. He studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1856, practicing for ten years at Des Moines, Ia. He married in 1857 Miss Eliza M. Chandlers. He moved to New York and became a stock broker, joining the open board of Brokers in 1865, and the Stock Exchange in 1869, as a member of the firm of Mar- vin & White. He afterwards operated alone until 1882, when he organized the firm of Stephen V. White & Co. He was for a time park commissioner of Brook- lyn ; was elected to Congress in 1887 ; has been treasurer of Plymouth Church, Brook- lyn, since 1869 ; familiarly called "Deacon" White because of his activity and promi- nence in that organization; he has been president of the American Astronomical Association since 1865. Residence, Brook- lyn ; office, 7 Wall St., N. Y. City.

WHITE, Stewart Edward:

Author; born, Grand Rapids, Mich., March 12, 1873 ; son of T. Stewart and Mary E. Daniell White; was graduated from University of Michigan, Ph. B., 1895; studied law at Columbia Law School. Author: The Westerners, The The Claim Jumpers, The Blazed Trail, Conjuror's House, The Forest. Member of Sons of the American Revolution and Players Club. Residence, 2 Waverly Place ; address, Players N. Club, Y. City.

WHITE, Truman C .:

Justice of the Supreme Court; born at Perrysburgh. N. Y .. April 30. 1840; ad- mitted to the Bar at Buffalo in Novem- ber. 1867; elected judge of the Superior Court of Buffalo in 1891; transferred into the Supreme Court by the constitution of 1895; elected a justice of the Supreme Court in 1899; served from September, 1861 to July. 1865, in the Tenth N. Y. Volunteer Cavalry. Address, 150 West Utica St .. Buffalo. N. Y.

WHITE, Wilbert Webster:

Presbyterian clergyman ; educator; born Ashland, O., Jan. 16, 1863 ; son of John M. and Martha Ann Campbell White; was.

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graduated from University of Wooster, Naples. 1SS1; was graduated from Xenia Theo- logical Seminary, 1885; Yale University, Ph. D., 1890 ; married, 1884, Ella Hender- son, of St. Clairesville, Ohio; ordained, 1885; professor Hebrew and Old Testa- ment literature Xenia Theological Semi- nary and in Bible teaching in India and England until 1900. Since president Bi- ble Teachers Training School, New York. Author: Thirty Studies in the Gospel by John: Thirty Studies in the Rev- elation; Inductive Studies in the Minor Prophets; Thirty Studies in Jeremiah;

Studies in

Old Testament Characters ; Availing Prayer; Thirty Studies in the Gospel by Matthew. Residence, Montclair, N. J .; office, 541 Lexington Ave., N. Y. City.

WHITEHEAD, Ralph Radcliffe:

Son of Francis Frederick and Isabella (Dalglish) Whitehead; born Saddle- worth, Yorkshire; M. A., of Balliol Col- lege, Oxford, 1877. Married Jane Byrd, daughter of the late Peter MacCall of Philadelphia. He is a follower of John Ruskin and William Morris, whose prin- ciples he has embodied in the organiza- tion of artistic handicrafts on a tract of land called Byrdclffe. This is situated at Woodstock, Ulster County. In connec- tion with the workshops is a summer school of painting and decorating. Ad-

dress, Woodstock, N. Y.

WHITEHOUSE, George M .:

Banker and broker; senior partner of Whitehouse & Co., member of New York Stock Exchange and New York Produce Exchange. Born Brooklyn, N. Y., May 8, 1844; son of Edward and Julia E. (Cam- mann) Whitehouse. Married Helen, daughter of Dr. Ferdinand W. Ostrander, a direct descendant of Pieter Ostrander, who came to New York in 1659. He was educated in private schools. Member Players Club and St .. Nicholas Society. Residence, New Brighton, N. Y .; office, 27 William St., N. Y. City.

WHITEHOUSE, Henry Remsen:

Diplomat, author; born New York, Aug. 17, 1857; son of J. H. and Mary Schenck Whitehouse; educated England, Germany, Switzerland and U. S .; mar- ried, Boston, 1892, Margaret McBurney. In diplomatic service U. S., 1882-96, then being Charge d' Affairs at Rome, Italy. Received decoration of Cross of Com- mander of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus from King Humbert of Italy. Author: Sacrifice of a Throne (Life of Amadeus of Savoy); Collapse of the Kingdom of

Member Societe des Etudes Historiques (Paris). Address, The Larches, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y.

WHITEHOUSE, William Fitz Hugh:

Explorer; born Elmhurst, Ill., Sept. 6, 1877; son of Fitz Hugh and Frances Sheldon Whitehouse. Made exploration and hunting expeditions in East Africa, particularly the lake region South of Abyssinia. Contributed : Through the Country of the King of Kings, (to Serib- ners, Sept., 1902). Member American Geological Society. Fellow Royal Geo- logical Society, Racquet, Knickerbocker, Yale and University Clubs. Address,, Knickerbocker Club, N. Y. City.

WHITEHOUSE, Worthington:

Real estate broker; senior member of the firm of Whitehouse & Porter, which has transacted much business in the renting and selling of residential proper- ty in New York (particularly in the Fifth Avenue and the Murray Hill sec- tions), and also at Newport and other fashionable watering places where they have agents. He is prominent socially and a noted cotillion leader ; has summer home at Worthington, N. Y. Member of Knickerbocker, Racquet and Tennis, and the Knollwood Country Clubs. Address, 573 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

WHITFIELD, Robert Parr:

Geologist and palæontologist; curator geological department American Museum Natural History since 1877. Author of numerous articles on geological subjects ; born New Hartford, N. Y., May 27, 1828 ; son of William Fenton and Margaret Parr Whitfield; A. M., Wesleyan, 1882. Mem- ber American Association Advancement of Science, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum o Natural History, Academy Natural Science, N. Y., and N. Y. Mineralogical Club. Address, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, N. Y. City.

WHITING, William Henry:

Rear-admiral, U. S. Navy; born N. Y. City. July 8, 1843; appointed from Wis- consin, Sept. 21, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-63. Promoted to ensign, Oct. 1, 1863; attached to flagship Hartford, West Gulf Squadron, 1863-65; honorable men- tion by Admiral Farragut in squadron general orders, for gallant conduct at the burning of the blocade-runner Ivan- hoe, under the guns of Fort Morgan, on the night of July 5, 1864; honorable men- tion by the captain of the Hartford at the battle of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864; at the surrender of Fort Gaines, Aug. 8,

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1864; hauled down the Confederate flag | Medical School, Columbia University ; as- and hoisted the U. S. flag; bombardment sociate surgeon Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled ; orthopedic surgeon to Hospital St. John's Guild. Author: A Treatise on Orthopedic Surgery. Member British Orth- opedic Society, American Orthopedic As- sociation, N. Y. Surgical Society, &c. Ad- dress, 283 Lexington Ave., N. Y. City. and surrender of Fort Morgan, Aug. 24, 1864; steam sloop Kearsarge, European Squadron, 1865-66. Promoted to master, Nov. 10, 1866; steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 1866-68. Commissioned as lieutenant, February, 1867 ; commissioned as lieutenant-commander, March WHITNEY, (Mrs.) Belle Armstrong: 12,

1868; steam sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1868-69; Swatara (fourth rate), N. A. Squadron, 1869-71; Benecia (sec- ond rate), N. P. Station, 1872-75; Navy Yard, New York,

1875-76; Torpedo School, Newport, R. I., 1876; Constitu- tion, special service, 1878-79; Navy Yard, New York, 1881-84. mander, July, 1882;

Promoted to com- commanding train- ing-ship Saratoga, 1884-86; Navy Yard, New York, 1886-89; commanding Kear- sarge, N. A. Squadron, 1889; Navy Yard, New York, Feb., 1890 to Oct., 1892; com- manding Alliance, Oct., 1892, to Oct., 1893; commandant Navy Yard, Pensaco- la, Jan., 1894, to July, 1896; command- ant Port Orchard Naval Station, Aug., 1896, to June, 1897. Promoted to cap- tain, June 19, 1897, commanding Monad- nock, Pacific Station, June, 1897, to Nov., 1898; took the Monadnock

from San Francisco to Manila; commanding

Charleston from Dec., 1898, to May, 1899; took part on the breaking out of the insurrection at Manila, on the night of Feb. 4, and the following day, Feb. 5; also in the battle of Caloocan; com- manding Boston, May, 1899, to July, 1899; commanding Independence, March, 1900, to 1902; commandant Naval Sta- tion, Hawaii, July 24, 1902; rear-admiral, 1903; commandant Naval Training Sta- tion, San Francisco, Cal., since 1903, which is present station.

WHITLOCK, Thomas C .:

Lawyer; born Virginia, Jan. 21, 1874; was admitted to the Bar in Kings County in 1897. In 1892 he was elected State Senator; was appointed a member of the following Senate committees in 1903 : Codes, Penal Institutions, and Revision. Residence, 180 South Ninth St .; office, 26. Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

WHITMAN, Royal:

Surgeon; born Portland, Me., Oct. 24, 1857; son of Royal E. and Lucretia S. Whitman; was graduated from Harvard Medical School, 1882, and from Royal College Surgeons, England, 1889; mar- ried, Washington, 1886, Julia L. Armitage. Clinical lecturer on orthopedic surgery,

(Dinah Sturgis), editor, writer; born

Boston, Sept. 27, 1861; daughter of

Thomas Ainsley and Sarah Sophia Armstrong Whitney; married Dr. Charles Alvano Whitney, of N. Y. City. Presi- dent The Morse-Boughton Co., publish- crs L'Art de la Mode. Member Authors Guild, American Academy of Political and Social Science, National Society of New England Women. Address, 120 E. 34th St .; office, 3 E. 19th St., N. Y. City.

WHITNEY, Caspar:

Editor of Outing, writer; born Balti- more, Sept. 2, 1861; educated at Har- vard; was graduated from St. Mathews College, California; married, 1897, Cora Chase. Author: A Sporting Pilgrimage; On Snow Shoes to the Barren Grounds ; Hawaiian America ; Jungle Trails and Jun- gle People. Member N. Y. Zoological So- ciety, Canoe, Racquet and Century Clubs. Residence, 129 E. Thirty-eighth St .; of- fice, 239 5th Ave., N. Y. City.

WHITNEY, Edward Baldwin:

Lawyer; born New Haven, Conn., Aug. 16, 1857. Son of Professor William Dwight Whitney of Yale, and descendant of Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Was graduated from Yale, class of 1878. Studied law in Yale and Columbia Law Schools; was admitted to New York Bar in April, 1880, and practiced there ever since. Was one of executive com- mittee of the old Young Men's Demo- cratic Club of New York, up to the time of its transformation into the present Democratic Club, and was one of the organizers and first secretary of the Na- tional Association of Democratic Clubs in 1888. Was one of the organizers and first secretary of the so-called Anti-

Snapper Democratic organization in New York State in 1892. Was assistant attorney-general of the U. S. from 1893 to 1897 and argued many of the consti- tutional and international law cases of that period at the U. S. Supreme Court. including the Income Tax case. Alsc obtained the first victory over an indus- trial trust under the anti-trust law,

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the Addyston Pipe Co. case at Circuit years, and is supervisor at the present Court of Appeals at Nashville; after- time for the town of Halfmoon. Was elected to the Assembly in 1902 ; re-elected in 1904 and in 1903 he was appointed a member of the following Assembly com - mittees: Insurance, Public Education, and Soldiers' Home. Address, Mechanics- ville, N. Y. wards affirmed by the Supreme Court. Lecturer on International Law at New York Law School; counsel to New York State Tenement House Commission of 1900, and drew Tenement House Law of 1901 ; counsel to the citizens' organizations which secured the "free transfer" right on WHITNEY, Harry Payne: street railroads and successfully opposed the gas and street railroad franchise grant bills in 1903-94. Contributor of articles to reviews and law journals on constitutional subjects, among them being: Philippine Constitutional Question (Columbia Law Review, 1900); Insular Decisions, (id., 1902); Latest Development of Interstate Commerce Power (Michigan Law Review, 1903); Parasite Corporations, (before the American Social

Science Association, 1902, and on the Northern Securities Co. (Yale Law Journal, 1902). Married, 1896, Miss Josepha Newcomb, daughter Professor Simon Newcomb, U. S. Navy. Residence, 321 West 77th St .; office, 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.

WHITNEY, George H .:

Republican Assemblyman, representing Saratoga County in the Assembly; born Stockbridge, Mass., Aug. 19, 1863; is a direct descendant of John Whitney, Puri- tan emigrant, who came from London, Eng., to Watertown, Mass., in 1635; his grandfather, George Whitney, was a rep- resentative in the Masachusetts Legis- lature in 1824. His early life was spent on the farm of his father, George Fenn Whitney, at Stockbridge, Mass .; received his education in the public schools of Stockbridge. At the age of eighteen he secured a position as clerk in a drug store in Castleton, N. Y .; continued at this occupation in Hudson, N. Y., and New Haven, Conn., until he passed the New York State pharmacy examination in 1884. In the spring of 1885 he became manager of a drug store in Mechanics- ville, N. Y., for his brother-in-law, Byron Stedman, and in 1887 succeeded him in the business, which he still conducts. During his residence in Mechanicsville he has been treasurer of the village on two differ- ent occasions; was next nominated for supervisor in the town of Halfmoon by the Republicans, but was defeated by a small majority. On being nominated a second time in 1898 for the same office he was elected by a large majority over the one who had defeated him previously. Has now held the office for five consecutive

Capitalist; born New York, April 29, 1872; son of the late William C. Whitney; was graduated from Yale, 1894. He is a director in various corporations, promi- nent in turf affairs. Married, August, 23, 1895, Gertrude Vanderbilt, daughter of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt. Member Met- ropolitan, Knickerbocker, Country, Mid- day, New York Yacht, Lawyers, Meadow- brook, Sons of the Revolution, Racquet, Riding, Turf and Field, and other clubs. Address, 2 West 57th St., N. Y. City.

WHITNEY, Helen (Hay) :

Author; born New York; daughter of John Hay, U. S. Secretary of State and Clara L. Stone Hay; married, 1902, Payne Whitney. Author: Some Verses; Beasts and Birds; The Little Boy Book; The Rose of Dawn (poem). Address, 11 East 61st St., N. Y. City.

WHITNEY, James Amaziah:

Lawyer, author, agricultural chemist; born Rochester, N. Y., June 30, 1839; son of Amaziah and Margaret Scotland Tay- lor Whitney; educated at public schools; Union College, A. M., 1870; Iowa College, LL. D., 1880; married, 1876, Eda Annie, daughter of John Wickham Copley, N. Y., (died, 1895). Served in Civil War, 39th Regiment, National Guard, State N. Y., retiring as engineer with rank of captain. Prior to 1872 professor Agricultural Chem- istry, American Institute; 1872, admitted to practice as patent lawyer; admitted to U. S. Circuit Court practice, 1876. Au- thor: The Relationof the Patent Laws to the Development of Agriculture; The Chinese and the Chinese Question; Son- nets and Lyrics; The Children of the Lamech (poem); Poetical Works (2 vols.); Shobab, a Tale of Bethesda (verse). Resi- dence, Maryland, N. Y .; office, 5 Beekman St., N. Y. City.

WHITNEY, Josiah Dwight:

Journalist ; born Beloit, Wis., Nov. 11, 1878; son of Professor Henry M. Whit- ney of Beloit College. Was graduated from Yale College in 1898. Connected with the New York Evening Post for five years (1899-04), during the last two of which he was assistant city editor. Joined

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the general staff of the World in Sept., tury and West Chester Country Clubs. 1904. Address, care N. Y. World, N. Y. Residence, 16 East 11th St .; office, 59 Wall St., N. Y. City. City.

WHITNEY, Mary W .:

Professor of astronomy, Vassar Col- lege; born Sept. 11, 1847, Waltham, Mass .; educated at Vassar College; University of Zurich, Switzerland. Address, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

WHITNEY, Payne:

Capitalist; born N. Y. City; son of the late William C. Whitney. Was graduat- ed from Yale in 1898. Married Miss Helen Hay, daughter of John Hay, United States Secretary of State. Mr. Whitney is a member of the Knickerbocker, Rac- quet, New York Yacht, Strollers, Coun- try, Metropolitan and University Clubs. Address, 11 East 61st St .; office, 51 Wall St., N. Y. City.

WHITON, James Morris:

Editor; author; Congregational clergy- man; born Boston, April 11, 1833; son of James M. and Mary E. (Knowlton) Whit- on; was graduated from Yale, 1853; Ph. D., 1861; married, 1855, Mary Eliza, daughter of William Bartlett, Portland, Me. ; until 1891, held pastorates in Lynn, Mass., Newark, N. J., and in New York; professor ethics, Meadville, Pa., Theological School, 1893-94. Now on The Outlook editorial staff; chairman N. Y. State Conference of Religion. Author: Se- lect Orations of Lysias ; Is Eternal Punish- ment Endless? Six Weeks' Preparation for Reading Caesar; Beyond the Shadow, or the Gospel of the Resurrection; The Evo- lution of Revelation; Early Pupils of the Spirit; Three Months' Preparation for Reading Xenophon; The Divine Satisfac- tion ; Turning Points of Thought and Con- duct; Auxilia Vergiliana; The Law of Liberty; New Points to Old Texts; What of Samuel? Gloria Patri, or Talks on the Trinity and the New Trinitarianism. Re- considerations and Re-enforcements; Mir- acles and Supernatural Religions; also Latin and Greek Text-books. Residence, 28 W. 128th St .; office, 287 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City.

WHITRIDGE, Frederick W .:

Lawyer; born New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 8, 1852; educated at Amherst College and Columbia Law School; admitted to Bar in 1879. President Washington Coun- ty Ry. Co .; director Niagara Development Co., Cataract Construction Co., and Chi- sago Terminal Elevator Co. Member Uni- versity, Knickerbocker, Metropolitan, Re- form, City, Down Town, Players, Cen-

WHITTELSEY, William Balley: Lieutenant-commander, U. S. Navy; born in and appointed from New York; cadet midshipman, June, 1878; naval ca- det, Aug., 1882; U. S. S. Hartford, until 1884. Commissioned ensign, July, 1884; U. S. S. Tallapoosa, till wrecked off Mar- tha's Vineyard; U. S. S. Ranger till 1887; Hydropraphic office till 1889; U. S. S. Monocacy till 1892; Navy Department till 1894. Commissioned lieutenant (junior grade), June, 1894; U. S. S. Essex till 1896; U. S. S. Puritan till 1897. Commis- sioned lieutenant, Dec., 1897; ordnance in- spector, Bridgeport, till 1899; U. S. S. Lancaster, till 1901; U. S. S. Alabama, Nov., 1901; Cincinnati, Feb., 1902. Retired as lieutenant commander, 1903. Address, 43 Court St., Plattsburgh, N. Y.

WHITTEN, Robert Harvey :

Sociology librarian and editor Legisla- tion Bulletin, New York State Library, since 1898. Born South Bend, Ind., Oct. 9, 1873; was graduated from University of Michigan in 1896; 1895 received Giles prize of $150 for essay on The Best Method of Making Public Improvemnts in Chica- go by Special Assessment; studied po- litical science at University of Chicago, 1896-97, and at Columbia University (as Fellow in administrative law), 1897-98, receiving Ph. D. degree. Married at Al- bany, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1900, Elizabeth Gil- bert. Member American Political Science Association, Societe de Legislation Com- paree, National Association of State Li- brarians, American Library Association. American Academy of Political and So- cial Science, American Economic Asso- ciation. Author: Public Administration in Massachusetts (Columbia University Studies); Trend of Legislation in the U. S .; Taxation of Corporations in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and

New Jersey; also of articles in political science journals. Address, 276 Quail St., Albany, N. Y.

WHITTINGTON, (Miss) Ida Augusta:

Concert and church singer, contralto soloist and teacher; studied with Leo Kofler and William Courtney; sung in many New York and Brooklyn Churches; soloist and musical director for three years of St. Patrick's Church, Richmond, Staten Island. Address, 54 East 59th St., N. Y. City.

WICKER, Cassius Milton:

Railroad manager and banker; born

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North Ferrisburgh, Vt., Aug. 25, 1846. and general manager of the Brooklyn, Son of Cyrus Washburn and Maria De- light (Halladay) Wicker, and a descend- ant of William Wicker, a Scotch-Irish Protestant, who was forced out of Rox- bury by the Puritan council in 1720 and settled in Leicester, Mass. His son, Ja- cob Wicker, married Abial Washburn, a sister of Colonel Seth Washburn, an of-

ficer on General Washington's staff throughout the Revolution. By this mar- riage Mr. Wicker is a lineal descendant of Mary Chilton, who, historians declare, was the first woman to set foot on Plym- outh Rock. He has also three other May- flower ancestors: James Chilton, William Latham, and Elder Brewster. He was educated at the little red schoolhouse at North Ferrisburgh, and the academies at Williston and Middlebury, Vt. When twenty-one years of age he began his railroad career as check clerk of the Star Union line at East St. Louis. During the next three years, he was cashier of the People's Dispatch fast freight line and Chinese emigrant agent of the North Missouri Ry. His territory embraced the Great West from Chicago, St. Louis and Memphis, to the Pacific coast. He was assistant general freight agent of the North Missouri Ry., 1869-71, and was as- sistant general freight agent of the Chi- cago and Northwestern Ry., 1871-76, with the additional duty of settling the claims for losses resulting from the Chicago fire in 1871. During 1876-80 he was success- ively general agent, assistant general freight agent and traffic manager of the Baltimore and Ohio Ry's. trans-Ohio di- visions. He was in charge of mining property in Northern Michigan, 1880-83, and later general manager of coal mines at Springfield, Braidwood and Tracy, operated by the Central Illinois Coal Co. He was commissioner of the Chicago freight bureau, 1883-87, with full charge of the transportation interests of the wholesale merchants and manufacturers of Chicago, of the stock yards, the lumber interests and of the Chicago board of trade. Subsequently he again became in- terested in railways and took up his res- idence in N. Y. City. Mr. Wicker then successively filled the following offices: from Aug. 1, 1887 to March 1, 1902, vice- president Colorado Eastern Ry .; from Aug. 15, 1889, to March 1, 1900, president of the Zanesville and Ohio River Ry .; from 1889 to July, 1901, vice-president of the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Ry .; from Nov., 1893, to Dec., 1897, vice-president

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 174

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