Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 21

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BOORAEM, J. Francis :

Manufacturer; born July 27, 1869, Jer- sey City, N. J .; was graduated from Cor- nell University, M. E., 1891. Commission merchant and agent. Secretary, treas- urer and director American Enameled Brick and Tile Co. Member of Psi Upsi- lon, Crescent Athletic and Building Trades Clubs, American Society of Me- chanical Engineers and Squadron A., N. G., N. Y. Address, 171 Field Pt. Road, Greenwich, Conn.

Consulting engineer; born Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 30, 1538; son Henry Augustus and Cornelia (Van Vorst) Booraem; grad- uate of Mount Pleasant Academy, Sing Sing, N. Y., 1834; spent one year Toulon, France, two years Hamburg, Germany, studying languages and mathematics; was graduated from Polytechnic School, Carls- ruhe, Baden, 1859, M. E .; helper, drafts- man and head-draftsman at McLeod's South Brooklyn Works, following general machinery and building and erecting ma- chinery for U. S. government vessels, etc .; Nov. 7, 1867, married Elizabeth Wreaks; has two sons, John Francis (M. E.), Alfred Wreaks (lawyer); the war and tariff destroyed the business of marine en- gineering, ruining the position gained; 1872, draftsman, chief engineer and sup- erintendent Decastro & Donner Sugar Re- tining Co .; later in same capacities in Havemeyer's and Elder as well; 1882-98, consulting engineer to Board of Ameri- can Sugar Refining Co., Brooklyn, N. Y .; Vice-president American Enamel Brick & Tile Co .; member American Society Me- chanical Engineers, American Chemical Society, and others. Address, 204 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

BOORAEM, Robert Elmer:

Consulting mining engineer; born Jer- sey Clty, N. J., March 28, 1856; educated in Germany and was graduated from Columbia University School of Mines, 1878; mining engineer in practical field work in Colorado and Montana, 1879-91; in business in New York since 1891. Ad- dress, 267 5th Ave., N. Y. City.

BOOTH, General Ballington:

Commander-in-chief of the Volunteers of America; born Brighouse, England, July 2S, 1857; he is the son of Rev. Wm. and Catherine Booth; he has conducted extensive religious and philanthropic work in Australia and America since 1885; founded the Volunteers of America, March 9th, 1596, and arranged for the incorpor- ation of this body November 6, the same year. He is an ordained presbyter of the Church of God in General; married Miss Maud Charlesworth in April, 1887; Mrs. M. B. Booth is active in the Volunteer work, having the oversight of one of the largest branches; she is a public speaker and author. Address, 38 Cooper Square, N. Y. City.

BOOTH, Henry P .:

Shipping merchant; born July 1836, N. Y. City; was educatd at the Mechanics

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Institute, and allied himself with the com- mercial interests of the Port. Address, 94 Wall St .; Residence 326 West 56th St., N. Y. City.

BOOTH, Mrs. Maud B .:

Maiden name, Maud Charlesworth; wife of General Ballington Booth, commander- in-chief of the Volunteers of America; she is active in Volunteer work, con- ducting one of the largest and most im- portant of the philanthropic branches of that organization; as an orator she is said to stand first among the lady speak- ers in America Among her books are: Branded; Look Up and Hope; Sleepy- time Stories; Lights of Childland; and After Prison-What? Address, 38 Cooper Square, N. Y. City.

BOOTH, Robert Russell:

Minister in the Presbyterian Church, and author; born New York, May 16, 1830; son of Wm. A. and Alida R. Booth; was graduated from Williams College, Mass., 1849, and from Auburn Theological Seminary, 1852; A. M., Williams College, 1852; D. D., New York University, 1864, and LL.D., Lafayette University, 1895; in- stalled associate pastor First Presbyterian Church, Troy, N. Y., 1853; pastor First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Conn., 1857; pastor Mercer Street Church, N. Y. City, 1861; pastor of the University Place Church, 1870; pastor of the Rutgers Riv- erside Church, in N. Y. City, 1886; in 1896 retired, and was appointed Pastor Emeritus; chaplain of the Twenty-second Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., 1864-70; direc- tor Union Theological Seminary, 1863-92; director Princeton Theological Seminary, 1881, to date; senior trustee Williams Col- lege, Williamstown, Mass .; member of Board of Foreign Missions; and of Colo- nial, Union League and Century Clubs. Author of many pamphlets on topics of current theological interest, Denomina- tional Loyalty and Christian Union; The Place For Missions in the Christian Sys- tem; The Nation's Crisis and the Christ- ian's Duty; married, Oct. 26, 1853, Emma Louise, daughter of the Rev. L. E. Lath- rop, D. D., of Auburn, N. Y. Address, 277 West End Ave., N. Y. City.

BOOTH-TUCKER, Frederick St. George

Commander Salvation Army in the U. S .; born Monghyr, Bengal, India, March 21, 1853; son of William Thornhill Tucker; received education at Cheltenham College, England, and passed Indian civil service examinations, 1874; appointed to Punjab and held several positions of trust; re- signed to join Salvation Army in 1881;

established work of the Army in India, in 1882, and was in charge until 1891; was secretary for the international work of the Army in London 1891-96; since March, 1896, has been in charge of the Army work in the U. S .; married in 1888 Emma Moss Booth, daughter General WVm. Booth, of Salvation Army; she died as a result of injuries received in a rail- road accident, Nov., 1903. Address, Lon- don, Eng.

BOOTHBY, John William:

Lawyer; born July 21, 1848, in Rawdon, Yorkshire, England; when two years old came with his parents to Pittsfield, Pike County, Ill .; was graduated from Cornell University, 1873, and Colum- bia Law School, 1877. In 1881 he began practice in N. Y. City; member of City Bar Association, American Bar Associa- tion; Cornell and Church Clubs, Senior Warden of Trinity Church, New Rochelle; married in 1884, Lilla McDougall, daugh- ter of Senator James A. McDougall of California. Residence, "Overlook," New Rochelle; office, N. Y. City.

BORDEN, Matthew C. D .:

Merchant and manufacturer; born Fall River, in 1842; he was educated at Phil- lips Academy, Andover, and Yale College; he entered the dry goods business, and in time became the sole owner of the works of the American Printing Co., in Fall River; he is a director of the Man- hattan Co., Lincoln National, and Astor Place Banks; he married Miss Durfee of Fall River, and they had seven children. Address, 25 . West 56th St., N. Y. City. BORDEN, William C .:

Major, Surgeon, U. S. A .; born Water- town, N. Y .; educated Adams Collegiate Institute, Adams, N. Y .; medical depart- ment Columbia University, Washington, D. C .; commanded army general hos- pitals at Key West, Fla, and Washington, D. C., during Spanish-American War; professor military surgery, Army Medical School, Washington, D. C .; married Jen- nie E. Adams, Oct. 26, 1883. Address, caro, Surgeon General, U. S. Army, Wash- ington, D. C.

BORGLUM, Solon Hannibal:

Sculptor; born Ogden, Utah, Dec. 22, 1868; son of James Mothe and Ida Borg- lum; married Paris, Dec. 10, 1898, Emma Vignal; pupil, L. Rebisso, Cincinnati Art School; studied in Paris under Fremiet; special prize and home scholarship. Cin- cinnati Art School, 1897; honorable men- tion Paris Salon, 1899; silver medal, Ex- position Universelle, Paris 1900; silver

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medal, Buffalo Exposition 1901; gold med- Traders Bank; he married Miss Gold-

al St. Louis Exposition 1904. Member National Sculpture Society. Residence, 316 Second Ave .; studio, 30 East 14th St., N. Y. City.

BORNE, John Emil:

Banker; educated in N. Y. City and Germany; married in 1577 Nellie M. Law- rence; he engaged in the oil business at age of 21 years and has established ex- tensive petroleum works in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, and bullt one of the pipe lines and establishd offices In various parts of the world; president of Colonial Trust Co., and Borne, Scrymser & Co .; director in Merchants National Bank and Home Life Insurance Co .; member Union and Metropolitan Clubs, Down Town AS- sociation, and Hamilton and Crescent Athletic Clubs of Brooklyn. Residence, 205 West 57th St .; office, 220 Broadway, N. Y. City.

BORROWE, Hallet Alsop:

Was graduated from Columbia College 1886. Married Anna W. Corbin. Mem- ber of Lawyers, Delta Phl, Country and N. Y. Athletic Clubs. Address, 1037 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

BORST, Henry Vroman:

Jurist; born July 6, 1853, at Cobleskill, N. Y .; prepared at Brockport State Nor- mal School, and attended Cornell Univer- sity, 1873-75; admitted to the Bar, 1877; married (1st) in June, 1878, Mattie Barner; and (2d) in May, 1872, Alida Yerdon; practiced law at Ft. Plain, 1878- 87 and at Amsterdam since 1SSS; District Attorney, 1884-86, and County Judge and Surrogate of Montgomery County, 1SS8- 89. Residence, Amsterdam, N. Y.

BOSKOWITZ, George W .:

Eclectic physician; born N. Y. City, 1856; son of Herman B. (M. D.); educated Brooklyn Public Schools, Polytechnic Institute Cooper Union; was graduated from Eclectic Medical College, N. Y. City, 1877; married N. Y. City, April 10, 1891, Lena Toms. Has practiced in N. Y. City since 1877; member, Eclectic Medical So- ciety (County, State and National); dean and professor surgery Eclectic Review, 'I ransactions Eclectic Medical Society, State of N. Y .; Independent in politics. Address, 140 W. 71st St., N. Y. City. BOSKOWITZ, Ignatz:

Fur merchant; born Floss, Bavaria, Ger- many, 1837; ne came to America when sixteen years old, and was a clerk, and a bookkeeper in Chicago; in 1860, he came to N. Y. City, and engaged in fur trade, is now president of the Mechanics and libraries,

smith. Address, 40 Exchange Place, N. Y. City.

BOSS, Lewis:

Astronomer; born Providence, R. I., Oct. 26, 1846; son of Samuel P. and Lu- cinda Boss; educated public schools and lapham Institute, No. Scituate, R. I .; was graduated from Dartmouth College, .A. M., 1873, LL. D., 1902; married Wash- ington, 1871, Miss Helen M. Hutchison; astronomer Northern Boundary Com- u ission, 1872-76; superintendent Weights and Measures, for the State of N. Y., since 1883; director of Dudley Observatory since 1876; Republican; former associate of Royal Astronomical Society; member National Academy of Sciences, Astrono- Inische Gesellschaft, Leipzig; correspond- ing member British Association of Ad- vanced Science. Author: Declinations of Fixed Stars; Catalogue of 8,241 Stars;

Leipzig, (1890) (Astronomische Gesell- schaft); monographs, The Solar Motion, and related papers; Prize essay on the Physical Nature of Comets, Division Cor- rection of the Olcott Meridian Circle; 179 Southern Stars; Solar Motion and Re- lated Researches; Positions and Motions of 627 Standard Stars. Address, Dudley Observatory, Albany, N. Y.

BOSTWICK, Arthur Elmore:

Librarian; son of Dr. David Elmore and Adelaide (Mckinley) Bostwick; born Litchfield, Conn., March 8, 1860; is eighth in direct descent from Arthur Bostock or Bostwick, the emigrant ancestor of the family, who was of the Bostocks of Bos- tock Manor, near Chester, England, and came to this country about 1640; edu- cated at Litchfield Institute and Yale l'niversity; was graduated (B. A.) 1881; held Silliman Fellowship in Physical Sci- once (first incumbent)) 1881-84; degree of Ph. D., 1883; substitute instructor and proctor 1SS3-84; instructor in High School, Montclair, N. J., 1884-86; literary work in N. Y. City, 1886-95, being on staff of Apple- ton's Cyclopedia of American Biography 1856-88; assistant editor Forum, 1890-92; associate editor Standard Dictionary and office expert in physics, 1892-94; in charge science department Literary Digest since 1591; in library work since 1895, being chief librarian New York Free Circulat- ing Library, 1895-99, librarian Brook- lyn Public Library, 1889-1901, chief of

the circulating department New York

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those occupying the buildings erected in that institution, which, in 1893, award- with Andrew Carnegie's five million dollar gift in the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx and Richmond; member of Au- thors Club since 1892; president New York (city) Library Club 1897-99; president New York State Library Association 1902- 1903; also vice-president New Jersey Libra- ry Association; member American Library Association and chairman of its com- mittees on library training (1902) and on relations with the book-trade (1904-05); member advisory committee Public Edu- cation Association and of Library Coun- cil, N. Y. State University, (1904); author, Young Folks Cyclopedia of Games and Sports (with John D. Champlin) and contributions to periodicals, chiefly on scientific and literary topics; married, June 23, 1885; Lucy Sawyer. Residence, 1/6 Mountain Ave., Montclair, N. J .; office, 226 West 42d St., N. Y. City. BOSTWICK, Charles Dibble:

Assistant treasurer Cornell University; was born in Ithaca, N. Y., and was graduated from Ithaca High School, 1888, and Cornell University, A. B., 1892, and LL. B., 1894; member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity; engaged in practice of law, 1894-98; general and legal assistant to Treasurer of Cornell University, 1898- 1904; Assistant Treasurer, since 1904; married in 1904, Miss Cobb of Ithaca. Address, Ithaca, N. Y.

BOSTWICK, Charles Francis, Ph. B., LL.M .:

Member of the law firm of Quigg, Bost- Wick & Coleman; was born Tuckahoe, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1866, and is of old English and New England ancestry. His parents moved from Tuckahoe to N. Y. City when he was a child, and his education was be- gun in the schools of that city; he at- tended the College of the City of New York, and was graduated from Columbia College with the degree of Ph. B., and then entered Columbia Law School, grad- uating in 1886, and receiving the degree of LL. B. (Cum Laude). After graduat- ing, he traveled extensively, visiting not only the usual places in foreign countries, but made excursions into the then un- frequented districts of Russia, and the northeasternly countries of Asia; he was admitted to the New York Bar in 1887 and in 1893, on the invitation of the late Austin Abbot, his personal friend, he be- came lecturer at the New York Univer- sity Law School, and in 1894, he became professor of the Law of Corporations and lecturer of Special Statutory Procedure

ed him the degree of LL. M .; he resigned his professorship in 1900, as the demands for his practice, in which he is promi- nent in matters relating to corporation interests and corporate litigation, were so urgent. Mr. Bostwick is well known to the profession as author and contribu- tor of various legal articles and address- es; in 1885, he joined the Seventh Regi- ment of N. Y. City, serving actively for nearly fifteen years, and has a record of nearly twelve years' attendance without missing a roll-call. In 1898 he married Laura Bostwick, a daughter of Colonel Charles B. Bostwick and Annete H. Coc- burn, and they have a son, Charles Fran- cis, Jr., and a daughter, Catherine; he is a member of the N. Y. City Association of the Bar, the N. Y. Bar Association; the Fort Orange Club of Albany; the Colonial Club, the Amateur Comedy Club, the New York Phi Delta Phi Alumnus Club, and is prominent in Republican pol- itics. In 1900 he was candidate for the New York State Senate from a district hopelessly Democratic, and though de- feated, he cut down the usual Democratic majority of five thousand to less than twelve hundred; in 1902, he was elected to the New York Assembly and served during that session on the Judiciary Re- vision and Claims Committees, introduc- ing many important bills relating to tax- ation and corporation matters, but pro- bably his most important work in the assembly was the introducing and forc- ing the passage of what is now known as the Bostwick-Davls Bill, which provides for the enlargement of the Erie Canal System to a 1,000-Ton Barge Canal, which bill was passed and received the approval of the people; Mr. Bostwick was senior member of the firm of Bostwick, Morrell & Bates from 1889 to 1904, when he be- came a member of the present firm. Ad- dress, 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.

BOTSFORD, Elmer Francis:

Lawyer; born Burke, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1861; son of Henry and Jennie Bromley Botsford; was graduated from Dartmouth Conege in 1886; degree of A. M. con- ferred in 1892; chose the legal profession, admitted to Bar in 1889, and opened office at Plattsburgh, N. Y .; corporation Coun- sel, 1890-93; attorney for and director of the First National Bank of Plattsburgh; president, general manager, and director of the Joseph Ladue Gold Mining & De- velopement Co., of Yukon; vice-president of the Yukon Horticultural & Industrial

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Exhibition; Mr. Botsford has made six D .; delegate to World's W. C. T. U. Con- trips through Alaska and the Klondyke vention 1595; contributor to various pa- pers and magazines of poetry, songs and miscellaneous productions, worker in Wo- men's clubs; member of Fortnight Club of Brooklyn. Residence, 227 East 17th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. region, and was attorney for the late Joseph Ladue, founder of Dawson City, and is attorney for his estate and for the Dawson Townsite Co. at Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada; he is a member of the Plattsburgh Club, Zero club, Dawson, BOUGHTON, Willis: Y. T., the Transportatoin Club and New York Athletic Club of N. Y. City, the Dartmouth College Club, Psi Up- silon Club

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and Dartmouth Alumni

same place, Frontier Lodge No. 71, F. & A. M., Frank- lin, Vermont, De Soto Commandery, Plattsburgh, N. Y., Oriental Temple A. A. O. N. N. S., Troy, N. Y .; also a Fellow of the American Geographical Society and of the Alaska Geographical Society; married June 29, 1892, Katherine L., only daughter of Emory M., and Mary B. Lyon. Address, 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.

BOTTOME, Margaret:

Writer, author, president International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons, and of the women's branch of Internation- al Medical Mission; born N. Y. City, Dec. 29, 1827; educated Prof. Greenleaf School, Brooklyn Heights, N. Y .; widow of Rev. F. Bottome, D. D .; on editorial staff of The Ladies Home Journal. Author. Crumbs from the King's Table; A Sun- shine Trip to the Orient; Death and Life; Seven Questions After Easter. Residence, 225 East 17th St .; address, Headquarters of The Kings Daughters, 156 5th Ave., N. Y. City.

BOUCK, James Barnes :

Broker; born Feb. 16, 1840, in N. Y. City; prepared at Utica Free Academy, College Hill, Poughkeepsie, and Pension at Haccius, Geneva, Switzerland, and was graduated at Union College, 1859; widower; Deputy Receiver of Taxes, Brooklyn Borough; member of Produce Exchange; member of Democratic, Lin- coln, Andrew Jackson, and Bedford Dem- ocratic Clubs of Brooklyn and Union Col- lege Alumni Association. Residence, 394 Grand Ave., Brooklyn; office 19 Whitehall St., N. Y. City.

BOUGHTON, Martha A .:

Writer; born Corunna, Mich., Feb. 18, 1857; daughter of J. M. Arnold D. D. of Detroit; educated in Detroit High School and was graduated from Michigan Uni- versity Ph. B. 1880; taught four years in Detroit High School and elsewhere; married, July, 1884, Willis Boughton, (q. v.); author: Memoir of J. M. Arnold, D.

Educator; born Victor, N. Y., April 17, 1854; son of Myron and Jane M. Farnam Boughton; was graduated from Universi- ty of Michigan, 1881; Dickinson College, A. M., 1891; Ohio University Ph. D., 1900; "higher diploma," Teachers College Col- umbia University, 1902; married 1884, Martha E. Arnold; after a year on editor- ial staff of Ann Arbor Courier and a few years of business at Ann Arbor, adopted teaching as a profession at Cincinnati, 1889; professor of English and history, Ohio University, 1890-91; lecturer, English University of Pennsylvania and Philadel- phia Secretary of American Society for Extension of University Teaching 1891-92, When he returned to Ohio University as professor of rhetoric and English Litera- ture, 1892-99; assistant in Department English Erasmus Hall High School, Brook- lyn, 1899; chairman of that department, 1900-03. Author: Mythology in Art; History of Ancient Peoples; (joint author) Allen's History of Civilization; Joint edi- tor Journal of Pedagogy, contributor to various magazines. Editor Irving's Life of Goldsmith and Tennyson's Idyls of the King. Lecturer on English Literature be- fore the county institutes and in the De- partment of Education, New York City; vice-president of High School Teachers Association of N. Y. City, 1904-05. Ad- dress, 227 East 17th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. EOURNE, Frederick Gilbert:

President of Singer Manufacturing Co .; director, Bank of Manhattan Co., Cen- tral R. R. Co., of N. J., Long Island R. R. Co., Knickerbocker Trust Co., Bab- cock & Wilcox Co., Diehl Manufacturing ('o., and Atlas Cement Co .; member of Chamber of Commerce, Racquet and Ten- nis, Lawyers, Riding, New York Athletic, New York Yacht, Seawanhaka, Corinthian Yacht, South Side Sportsmans, Lakewood Golf, Westbrook Golf, Robin's Island and Penaquit Corinthian Yacht Clubs, New England Society and Metropolitan Muse- um of Art; married in 1875 Emma Kee- ler. Residence, Oakdale, L. I .; office, 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.

BOUTELLE, Frazier A .:

Major U. S. Army; born N. Y. City, Sept. 14, 1840; appointed from the army;

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actual rank, quartermaster-sergeant, Com- president of the General Convention, held pany A, 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry; in Meriden, Conn., in 1885), Bar Associa- tion of the City of New York, and the Bar Association of the State, Columbia Alumni and Law School Alumni and va- rious associations and country clubs. Ad- dress, 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City. June 4, '61, to Nov. 4, '62; second lieuten- ant, 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry, Nov. 5, '62; first lieutenant, April 2, '64; in Cavalry Corps Army of the Shenandoah and Army of the Potomac, 1862 to 1865; honorably mustered out, Aug. 31, '64; BOWDOIN, George Sullivan: captain 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry, Banker; born New York. Member firm of J. P. Morgan & Co .; interested as offi- cer or director in many corporations, in- cluding Mutual Life Insurance Co., N. Y. Life and Trust Co .; member American Fine Arts Society, New England Society, Sons American Revolution, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, etc. Clubs: Metropoli- tan, Union League, Knickerbocker, Play- ers, N. Y. Yacht, Tuxedo, Century. Resi- dence, 39 Park Ave .; office, 23 Wall st., N. Y. City. Jan. 10, '65; on Pacific coast, at various ports from 1866 to 1884; in Montana from 1884 to 1891; Arizona 1892; in department of the Columbia 1893 and 1894; on De- partmental Staff; winter of 1894-1895 in Montana; retired, Aug., 1895; Superin- tendant Yellowstone National Park, 1888- 89; Adjutant 1st Co., 1875 to 1877; Ad- jutant General, State of Washington, from 1895 to 1897, engaged in principal In- dian wars in actions when serving; Brevet 1st Lieutenant for gallantry in action against Indians at Lost River, Oregon, BOWDOIN, Temple: Nov. 29, 1872, and conspicious gallantry, Banker; born Wolferts Dell, Irvington, N. Y., July 14, 1863; son of George S. Bowdoin; was graduated from Columbia College, 1885; member Metropolitan and University Clubs; New England Society, Columbia Alumni and New York Yacht Clubs. Office, 104 East 37th St., N. Y. City. meritorious conduct during the whole In- dian war; honorably mustered out, July 19, '65; private, corporal and sergeant, Com- pany F. and sergeant major, 1st U. S. Cavalry from Feb. 12, '66, to Feb. 12, '69; second lieutenant, 1st U. S. Cavalry, Jan. 2, '69; first lieutenant, July 31, '73; cap- tain, April 24, '86; retired, Aug. 27, 1895. BOWDOIN, William Goodrich: Address, Heisson, Wash.

BOUTON, Archibald Lewis:

Professor English Department N. Y. University; born Cortland, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1872; educated at State Normal School, Cortland, Amherst College, graduate stu- dent Columbia University; married Caro- line Jessie McNair, 1901; English De- partment of N. Y. University, 1898. Ad- dress, University Heights, N. Y. City. BOUVIER, John Vernou Jr .:

Lawyer; son of John V. and Caroline Ewing Bouvier; born Aug. 12, 1865, at Torresdale, Pennsylvania; early training in schools in France and England; en- tered Columbla College School of Arts, graduated with B. A. therefrom in 1886, receiving degrees of M. A., in 1887; graduated from Columbia College Law School in 1888; called to the bar in June, 1888. At college was valedictorian of class, winner of the Chanler Historical Prize Senior Essay, and elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Associated with the firm of Hoadly, Lauterbach & Johnson for ten years, as managing clerk and subsequently as trial lawyer. Member of the Union, University, Colum- bia University Clubs, Delta Kappa Epsi- lon Society (of which latter was the

Editor; born South Hadley Falls, Mass., Sept. 4, 1860. Educated in the public schools of his native State, and in those of New York and New Jersey. First newspaper work done while at school for The Holyoke (Mass.) Transcript. Later was connected with The True Democratic Banner of Morristown, Mor- ris County, N. J. Visited Europe in 1897. Upon returning to this country in the fall of the same year, began con- tributing to The New York Times Sat- urday Review of Books and Art, under Francis Whiting Halsey. Two years later became a regular contributor to The In- dependent under Hamilton Holt. In 1900 represented the N. Y. Sun, The N. Y. World, The Brooklyn Eagle and The Chicago Tribune at Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on an expedition to observe the total eclipse of the sun that occurred on May 28th of that year. In 1901, went to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras carnival as the representative of The Commercial Advertiser (New York) and The Woman's Home Companion (Springfield, Ohio). Was subsequently a member of the ed- itorial staff of The Women's Home Com- panion, in New York City, until March 28th, 1903. On March, 30th, became an

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 21

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