Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 176

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Club of Washington, and Fort Orange | went to Cuba after the Maine disaster for Club of Albany. Residence, 3 East 60th St. ; office, 21 Cortlandt St., N. Y. City.


WILLCOX, William R .:


Postmaster, New York City ; born Smyrna, N. Y., 1863, and after he was graduated from the Normal School in Brockport, he won high honors in the University of Rochester. He served as principal in the Webster Academy and in the Spring Valley High School ; he came to New York and entered the


Columbia Law School, from which he was graduated with high honors in 1889. and in the following year was admitted to the Bar. Shortly thereafter he wrote sev- eral treatises on political and social econ- omy and became interested in educational progress on the East Side of New York City. In a short time he was known as an active member of the Union League Club and of the New York Bar Association, and took a wide interest in advancing clean politics inside the Republican organ- ization. His participation in active politics dates from his nomination for representa- tive in the Thirteenth Congress District, where he made the race against O. H. P. Belmont in 1900. The district was then overwhelmingly Democratic, and the nom- ination of a Republican was little more than a matter of form. Mr. Wilcox en- tered into the campaign with such energy and cut down the Democratic vote so sub- stantially that he amazed his friends as well as his opponents. His activities in other directions outside of politics attract- ed attention. After Seth Low was elected Mr. Wilcox was appointed park commis- sioner. In his new office he justified the soundness of Mayor Low's judgment. He took a deep personal interest in maintain- ing the public breathing spots and in add- ing to their beauty and attractiveness. In this he was aided by a natural love of botanical research. During his term of office he caused to be improved and laid the foundation for the improvement of many hundreds of acres of public grounds that came under his jurisdiction. Address, Post Office, N. Y. City.


WILLETTS, Gilson:


Author, journalist and traveler; born Willets Point, Long Island, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1870, of Quaker parentage; son of Gil- son Willets, author ; privately educated in New York and London. Managing editor Yonkers (N. Y.) Daily Herald, 1890; edi- tor Current Literature Magazine, 1892-93; editor Romance Magazine, 1894-95; pub- lisher of Romance Magazine, 1896-97. He


Collier's Weekly, Leslie's, McClure's, etc. ; special correspondent for Collier's, etc., during the Spanish-American War; jour- neyed through Cuba from Havana to San- tiago after war. In 1900 went to India to investigate the great famine as general correspondent for American Press; jour- neyed through Arabia and Egypt in some year. In 1903 he visited all the principal European countries as special correspond- ent commissioned to investigate the Am- erican commercial invasion of Europe; made a two months' journey during win- ter in sleds across northern Russia, Fin- land, Sweden and Norway. Married, 1896, Daisy Vanderveer, daughter of John R. Vanderveer, of New York. Author of the following novels, histories and general works : His Neighbor's Wife (1897), Anita, The Cuban Spy (1898), The Tri- umph of Yankee Doodle (1898), The Loves of Twenty and One (1899), The Rulers of the World (1900), The Bull Fighter (1900), Travels in India (1901), The Jewels of the Maharanee (1901), The Adventures of a Free Lance, The Workers of the Nation (1903), and The Commercial Invasion of Europe (1903) ; also numerous magazine articles and stories. Address, 529 West 148th St., N. Y. City.


WILLIAMS, Charles Miller:


Lawyer; was graduated from Univer- sity of Rochester in 1871; law student, Rochester, N. Y., 1872-75 ; attended Al- bany Law School in 1874; has practiced law at Rochester, N. Y., since 1875 ; school commissioner, Rochester, N. Y., 1879-81; trustee University of Rochester since 1888 ; secretary and treasurer, 1891-98 ; secretary and attorney, 1898 to date; president of Rochester Bar Association, 1902. Ad- dress, 710 Wilder Building, Rochester, N. Y.


WILLIAMS, Chauncey P .:


Lawyer; born Albany, N. Y,, Dec. 6, 1860; prepared at Albany Academy and graduated from Yale University and Al- bany Law School; colonel and assistant adjutant general, S. N. Y. Member of Sons of Revolution and Order of Founders and Patriots of America. Residence, 232 State St., Albany, N. Y.


WILLIAMS, Emmons Levi:


Treasurer of Cornell University ; born Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1854; son of Aaron and Rebecca B. Williams; educated at Binghamton High School and Lowell's Commercial College; married, March 5, 1878, Nettie S. Craus, who was educated at Wells College. He entered the business


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office of Cornell University in January, 1872,as assistant treasurer, and was pro- moted to acting treasurer in Oct., 1879, and treasurer in 1885; secretary of the board of trustees of same since 1893. Di- rector Ithaca Trust Co .; trustee Ithaca Savings Bank; president of Town and Gown Club. Member of Country Club, Knight Templar, Protective Fire Police. Residence, 608 State St .; office, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.


WILLIAMS, Francis C .:


Lawyer; was graduated from the Uni- versity of Rochester in 1888. Is at pres- ent practicing law at Corning, N. Y., con- tinuing practice of his father, Francis A. Williams, deceased. Address, Corning, N. Y.


WILLIAMS. Gardner Stewart:


Civil engineer; born in Saginaw City, Mich., 1866 ; son of Stewart B. Williams and grandson of Gardner D. Williams, founder and first mayor of that city. De- scended from Robert Williams, freeman, Roxbury, Mass. He was educated in Saginaw public schools, graduating from the High School in 1884 and from the en- gineering department of the University of Michigan in 1889. Married Jessie B. Wright, of Saginaw, in 1893. Was as- sistant engineer on waterworks construc- tion at Bismarck, Dak., in 1887; resident engineer on waterworks construction at Greenville, Mich., 1888, and engineer in charge of waterworks construction at Owosso, Mich., 1889; draughtsman and engineer for Russel Wheel and Foundry Company, of Detroit, from 1890 to 1893; civil engineer to Board of Water Com- missioners of Detroit from 1893 to 1898; engineer in charge of hydraulic labora- tory, and professor of experimental hy- draulics at Cornell University, 1898 to 1904; professor of civil, hydraulic and sanitary engineering, University of Michi- gan, 1904 to date. Received advanced degree of C. E. from University of Michigan in 1899, and Norman medal from American Society of Civil En-


gineers in 1902, and was appointed a representative of the United States upon the International Lake Level Com- mission by President Roosevelt in 1903. Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, New England Water Works Association, Detroit Engineering Society, Michigan Engineering Society, and hon- orary member of Engineering Society of the University of Michigan. Address,


Ann Arbor, Mich.


WILLIAMS, George Forrester:


Author, journalist; born on Rock of Gibraltar, 1841; boyhood in England and West Indies and Gold Coast of Africa. Joined staff of New York Times, 1860; served in Civil War as private to brevet major; present at battles of Yorktown, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Fredericks- burg, Chansellorsville, Gettysburg, Thor- oughfare Gap, the Wilderness and other important engagements ; severely wounded at Malvern Hill and the Wilderness ; acted as war correspondent, 1864-65; correspond- ent during Franco-Mexican War in 1867, and saw Maximillian executed at Quereé- taro; managing editor New York Times, 1870-73; managing editor New York Her- ald, 1874. Address, 452 West 20th St., N. Y. City.


WILLIAMS, Henry Smith, M. D., LL.D .:


Born Durand, Ill., March 4, 1863, but parents removed to Charles City, Ia., when he was seven years old; was educated at the Charles City High School, the State University of Iowa at Iowa City, and the Chicago Medical College in Chicago, sub- sequently spending four years in research work at the various universities, libraries and scientific institutions of Europe. Re- ceived the degree of B.Sc. from the State University of Iowa, the degree of M. D. from the Chicago Medical College, and the degree of LL.D. from the Western Reserve University. Married, Nov. 9, 1889, Florence Whitney, of Independence, Ia. Was assistant physician and pathologist of the State Hospital for Insane, at Inde- pendence, Ia., in 1887; assistant physician at the Manhattan State Hospital on Black- well's Island, 1888 ; second assistant phy- sician at the Bloomingdale Asylum, 1889- 92 ; medical superintendent of Randall's Island Hospital, 1892; lecturer at the Hartford School of Sociology, 1892-93, and has lectured elsewhere on various scientific and sociological topics. He has written numerous articles for the American Jour- nal of Insanity, the Medical Record, the North American Review, Harper's Weekly. Harper's Monthly, and numerous literary and scientific journals. Author of The


Story of Nineteenth Century Science (1900), The History of the Art of Writing (four volumes, 1902-03) ; A History of Science (five volumes, 1904; jointly with E. H. Williams, M. D .; editor of The Historiani, History of the World in twen- ty-five volumes (1904-05). Practice in nervous and mental diseases only. Res-


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idence, 105 East 19th St .; office, 41 East ville, N. Y .; entered St. Lawrence Univer- 29th St., N. Y. City. sity; upon completion of law studies in WILLIAMS, Herbert Upham: 1863 was admitted to the Bar, and estab- lished a practice in Watertown, N. Y. In 1884 he was elected justice of the Supreme Court; 1896-97, in Appellate Division, N. Y. City. Since Jan. 1, 1900 in Appellate Division, Rochester, N. Y. Address, Watertown, N. Y.


Physician ; born Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1866 ; studied literary department, Uni- versity of Michigan; graduated in medi- cine from the University of Buffalo, 1889 ; University of Pennsylvania, 1891. Profes- sor of pathology and bacteriology in medi- cal department, University of Buffalo. Member of American Association of Path- ologists and Bacteriologists, Association of American Physicians, and the Association of American Naturalists. Author of A Manual of Bacteriology, P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia. Residence, 221 North St .; office, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N. Y.


WILLIAMS, John R .:


Major, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from N. Y. City; cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1872; was graduated, June 15, 1876. Second lieu- tenan, Third U. S. Artillery, June 15, 1876; first lieutenant, March 15, 1881; captain, Seventh Artillery, March 8, 1898. Served in the Spanish-American War; major, Artillery Corps, June 18, 1902. Address, Military Secretary's Department. Manila, P. I.


WILLIAMS, Mornay:


Lawyer; born June 31, 1856, N. Y. City; was educated at Columbia School of Arts and Law School; president of N. Y. Ju- venile Asylum; director, Evangelical Al- liance, League of Social Service, and Federation of Churches. Member Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity, Quill Club, and City Bar Association. Residence, 305 West 88th St .; office, 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.


WILLIAMS, Oscar F .:


Consul general; born near Livonia, N. Y., June 29, 1843; was educated in the common schools, at the Wesleyan Sem- inary, Lima, N. Y., and was graduated from Cornell University, in 1869. From 1869 to 1889 he was a teacher, lecturer and author of text-books. Appointed consul at Havre, Oct. 9, 1889; retired, April, 1893; appointed consul at Manilla, Oct. 19, 1897; retired July 1, 1899; served in varied ca- pacities in Manilla for the departments of State, Navy, War and Treasury during war with Spain; appointed consul gen- eral at Singapore, Jan. 10, 1901. Ad- dress, Singapore Straits, Seulement. WILLIAMS, Pardon C .:


Jurist; born Ellisburgh, N. Y., in 1842; was prepared at Union Academy, Belle-


WILLIAMS, Stephen G .:


Lawyer; was graduated from Columbia University in 1881; was graduated from Columbia University Law School, 1882. Member of the Downtown Association, University Club, St. Anthony Club and of the Bar Association of the City of N. Y. Residence, 953 Madison Ave .; office, 30 Broad St .. N. Y. City.


WILLIAMS, Stephen Keyes:


Lawyer; born Vermont; received early education at Bennington, Vt., and at the High School in Palmyra, N. Y. At the age of fifteen he entered the Union College at Schenectady, and was so far advanced in his studies that he was admitted to the sophomore class. At the end of the course he was graduated with high hon- ors. He then studied law, and was admitted to the Bar. Shortly after- wards was elected district attorney, and served for three years. In 1864 he was elected to the N. Y. State Senate from the twenty-fifth district, and held that office for three successive terms. Mr. Williams has edited the U. S. Supreme Court reports for many years. He was married early in life to Miss Crane. daughter of Judge Crane, of Montclair. N. J .; they have four children. In 1886 Mr. Williams was honored by Union Col- lege, his Alma Mater, with the degree of LL. D., and for several years he was an active and influential member of the board of trustees of that institution. Ad- dress, Newark, N. Y.


WILLIAMS, Walter Long:


Veterinary surgeon; born Argenta, Ill., Feb. 26, 1865; son of Jackson Williams. He was educated in the common schools. 1860-72; attended Mt. Zion, Ill., Seminary, 1870-71; the University of Illinois 1875-77, and was graduated from the Montreal Veterinary College in 1879. He married, 1886, Mary E. Wilkinson. He was the assistant State veterinarian of Illinois, 1874-91; president of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, 1888-91; associate editor of the American Veterin- ary Review since 1890; professor of Vet- erinary Science of the Purdue University 1891-93 ; vice-president 1890-92, and presi-


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dent, 1893, of the American Veterinary | U. S. S. Adams, July, 1896, to Jan., 1898; Medical Association ; professor of veter- U. S. S. Monadnock, Jan., 1898, returning from Monadnock, Dec., 1898. Promoted to lieutenant commander, March 3, 1899 ; receiving-ship Wabash, April 8, 1899; and training-ship Dixie, Aug. 18. 1900, to June, 1902 ; promoted commander, November 7, 1902 ; commanding Topeka osince Nov. 20, 1903. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C. inary science, Montana Agricultural Col- lege, 1893-96; professor of Veterinary Sur- gery, obstetrics, zoötechnics and jurispru- dence, N. Y. State Veterinary College, Cornell University, since 1896. Member American and N. Y. State and honorary member of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Associations; member Sigma Xi. He is an extensive contributor to various veter- WILSON, Edmund B .: inary publications. Address, 115 Valen- tine Place, Ithaca, N. Y.


WILLIAMS, William Robert, M.D .:


Physician and surgeon; born June 13, 1867, Watertown, Wis .; son of Evan T. and Anne Roberts Williams; lived in St. Paul, Minn., until 1891; A. B., Williams College, 1889; A. M., 1892; Fellow in bi- ology at Williams College, 1891-92; M. D., Columbia University, N. Y., 1895. Interne in Nursery and Child's Hospital, Sloane Maternity Hospital, New York Hospital, to 1897; deputy attending physician to Hudson Street Hospital until 1902; as- sistant demonstrator histology, (Physi- cians and Surgeons), Columbia University, 1897-99; lecturer in hygiene at Cornell Medical College, N. Y .; instructor in medi- cine at Cornell Medical College, N. Y .; assistant pathologist at General Memorial Hospital. Residence, Hotel San Remo, Central Park West, N. Y. City. WILNER, F. A .:


Commander, U. S. Navy; born Ohio; ap- pointed from N. Y., June 22, 1869; was graduated, May 31, 1873; ensign, July 16, 1874; master, March 25, 1880; lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1883; lieutenant, May 13, 1886; Alaska, European Station, Aug. 5, 1873, to Oct. 13, 1873; Wabash, Key West, Oct. 13, 1873, to April 1, 1874, Congress, European Station, April 1, 1875, to Aug. 26, 1875; Hartford, return to the U. S., Aug. 26, 1875, to Oct. 16, 1875; Vandalia, European Station, Jan. 10, 1876, to Feb. 5, 1879; Nautical Almanac Office, May 21, 1879, to March 15, 1880; U. S. S. Constellation, March 17, 1880, to June 12, 1880; Irish Relief Cruise, U. S. receiving-ship Passaic, July 15, 1880, to Dec. 13, 1880; Washington Yard, Coast Survey, Dec. 15, 1880, to Sept. 25, 1883; in charge Hydrographic party on schooner Silliman, Dec. 9, 1882, to July 1, 1883; Coast Survey Office, July 2, 1883, to Sept. 25, 1883; U. S. S. Alert, Asiatic Station, Oct. 20, 1883, to Sept. 25, 1886; Naval Ordnance Proving Ground, Jan. 3, 1887; inspector of armor, June 8, 1893, to Oct., 1895; U. S. S. Philadelphia, Oct. 25, 1895;


Biologist; born Geneva, Ill., Oct. 19, 1856; son of Judge Isaac G. Wilson, of Chicago, Ill., and Caroline Clark Wilson; prepared for college at Antioch College, Ohio, and at Chicago University; was graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1878 ; received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University, 1882, and the degree of Doctor of Laws from the Uni- versity of Chicago and Yale University in 1901, and from Johns Hopkins in 1902. After studying at the Universities of Cambridge and Leipsic, in 1882-83, was lecturer in biology at Williams College, 1883-84; lecturer in biology at the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, 1883-84; professor of biology at Bryn Mawr Col- lege, 1885-91; professor of zoology at Co- lumbia University, 1892-1903; at present director of the department of zoology, Columbia University. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Naturalists (ex-presi- dent), the American Society of Zoölogists (ex-president), and other societies. Au- thor: The Cell in Development and Inher- itance; An Atlas of Fertilization and Ka- ryokinesis; Text-Book of General Biology (with W. T. Sedgwick), and of many special monographs, papers and essays. Joint editor, with H. F. Osborn, of the Columbia Biological Series; associate ed- itor of the Journal of Morphology, the Bi- ological Bulletin and the Journal of Ex- perimental Zoology. Address, Columbia University, N. Y. City.


WILSON, Floyd Baker:


Lawyer and author; born Watervliet, N. Y., June 23, 1845; son of William Henry and Evelyn Weaver Wilson, a member of the Scotch community in the North of Ire- land, emigrated to America about 1760, and settled at Watervliet, N. Y .; he after- wards served as a commissioned officer in the army during the War of the Revolu- tion. Young Wilson was educated at the Jonesville Academy, Saratoga County, and after teaching school to pay his way


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through college, he was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1871, and at the Ohio Law School (now Adelbert Col- lege) two years later as valedictorian of his class. In 1874 the university conferred upon him the degree of A. M. He began the practice of his profession in Chicago, Ill., and while there was called upon to deliver a number of lectures at Racine College on elocution and English litera- ture. In 1880 he removed to N. Y. City, where he has devoted himself to corpora- tion law and to the promotion of mining and other enterprises, which have taken him on trips through Europe, Mexico, Central America, and some of the South American Republics. He is president and counsel of the Santa Barbara Gold Placer Co., the Ruby Gold & Copper Co., the Golden Sands, The Santa Marganta Gold Mining Co., and of the Arizona Gold & Copper Co., the Fortuna Gold Placer Co .; counsel of the Salvator Mining and Milling Co., and is interested in various other enterprises. Mr. Wilson is the au- thor of Uphill, a novel, (1880), and has published a translation of the Spanish comedy, La Coja y el Encojido, besides contributing frequently to Harper's, Lip- pincott's, Godey's, Engineering Magazine, Metaphysical Magazine, Mind, etc., on subjects of travel and research. His lat- est metaphysical works are Paths to Pow- er (1901), and Man Limitless (1905). In recognition of his


literary achieve- ments he was made the alumni poet of the University of Michigan in 1880, and its orator in 1888, and received the honorary degree of LL. D. from Richmond College in June, 1901. He is president of the School of Philosophy of N. Y., a mem- ber of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club, the Masonic Order, the Scottish Rite Order, the Mystic Shrine, the New Shakespeare Society of London, the Lotos Club, and the Lawyers Club. Mr. Wilson is an active Republican in politics, having fre- quently spoken in political campaigns, and for many years holding membership in the N. Y. Club. He married, in Cleve- land, O., July 28, 1874, Esther Maria, daughter of Horace Gillette and Maria Cleveland, and has two daughters, Pearl Cleveland, who graduated with honor at Vassar College, 1904, and Beryl Madeline Wilson. Address, 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.


WILSON, Francis :


Actor; born Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 7, 1854; made first appearance on the stage


in minstrelsy; 1878, became a member of the Chestnut Street Theatre Stock Com- pany in Philadelphia. Engaged for leading comedy rôles at N. Y. Casino, and there created the character of Cadeaux in Erminie; left the Casino company in 1888, and organized a company of his own, playing leading comedy rôles in The Oolah at the Broadway Theatre, N. Y .; 1889, produced The Gondoliers in Phila- delphia; 1890, The Merry Monarch at the Broadway Theatre; 1891-92, produced the Lion Tamer; has also appeared in The Little Corporal, 1898-99; Cyrano de Ber- gerac, 1899-1900; The Monks of Malabar, 1900-01; The Strollers, 1901-02; The Torea- dor, 1902-03; 1904-05, associated with


Charles Frohman in producing comedy plays. He married, in 1882, Miss Mira Barrie. Mr. Wilson is not unknown as a writer, having contributed articles to the leading magazines; noted as a book col- lector, and has an extensive library. Au- thor: The Eugene Field I Knew; Recol- lections of a Player and Going on the Stage. Address, The Orchard, New Ro- chelle, N. Y.


WILSON, Frank E., M.D .:


Ex-member of Congress; born in the year 1857 at Roxbury, N. Y .; son of Robert F. Wilson ; lived at Roxbury until he was twelve years old, when his parents moved to Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; received his pre- liminary education at the Poughkeepsie Military Academy; was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- phia, in 1882, and practiced his profession in Dutchess County until 1889, when he removed to his present home in Brooklyn. Member of the Kings County Medical So- ciety, and is attached to the staff of the Bushwick Hospital; is affiliated with Ridgewood Lodge, F. A. M., and all the bodies of the Scottish Rite and Mystic Shrine, Kismet Temple; was foremost in the organization of Bushwick Council, Royal Arcanum, and assisted in the or- ganization of Court Bushwick Foresters of America, of which he has since been medical examiner; also a member of the Bushwick Club, the Empire Democratic Club, and the Horatio Seymour Demo- cratic Club of the Twenty-eighth Ward. He was elected to the Fifty-sixth Con- gress, and re-elected to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses. Address, 1242 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. WILSON, George:


Statistician; born N. Y. City, where he has always resided. Entered the Chamber of Commerce in 1858. Elected its Secre-


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tary in 1868 and has held that position since. Address, 65 Liberty St., N. Y. City.


WILSON, George T .:


Third vice-president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society; born N. Y. City, Sept. 23, 1859. While a student in the Col- lege of the City of New York, in 1875, he saw a newspaper advertisement for an office boy in the office of the Equit- able Life Assurance Society; applied for the position, received it, and went to work vigorously for the company. He later be- came general utility man in the company's offices, and known to all callers on busi- ness. His rise was rapid; he was succes- sively second assistant secretary, assist- ant secretary, fourth vice-president, and was elected third vice-president in the early part of 1900. Director of Equitable Life Assurance Society, Union Exchange Bank, Equitable Trust Co. Clubs : Union League, Princeton, New York Athletic, Lo- tos, New York Yacht. Residence,, 145 W. 58th St .; office, 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.


WILSON, Henry Randall:


President of the Lincoln Trust Co .; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1867; entered on financial career in Wall Street at age of twenty-one. Organized the firm of James N. Brown & Co., bankers, of which he was a member for five years. Upon retiring therefrom became senior member of the firm of Wilson & Stephens; was largely interested in various corporations as di- rector and officer, including consolidated Gas Co. of Baltimore, Erie Telegraph & Telephone Co., Sovereign Bank of Canada, Greenwich Bank, N. Y., Newtown & Flushing Gas Co., New York & Queens Electric Light & Power Co., etc. He has since relinquished many of these positions, devoting most of his time to the affairs of the Lincoln Trust Co., of which he was elected president on its or- ganization in Nov., 1902; also president of the Madison Safe Deposit Co. Member Aldine, Union League, Riding Club and Republican Clubs in N. Y., and Maryland Club, Baltimore; also member Chamber of Commerce, Metropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y. Historical Society, N. Y. Geo- graphical Society, Museum of Natural His- tory and N. Y. Zoological Society. Resi- dence, 19 East 71st St .; office, 208 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.




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