Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 34

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CHAPIN, William Viall:

Banker; born Jan. 1, 1855, in Provi- dence, R. I .; son of Gen. Walter B. Cha- pin and Ann Frances Lou Viall Chapin; prepared St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H .; was graduated from Trinity Col- lege; married, 1890, Mary Worth, daughter of Loomis L. White; member of Delta Psi and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities, St. Anthony and Knickerbocker Clubs and New England Society. Residence, N. Y. City.

CHAPLIN, Stewart:

Lawyer; born July 10, 1859, Abington, Mass .; was graduated from Brown Uni- versity, 1882 ; Columbia Law School, 1886 ; admitted to the Bar, 1886; lecturer on Wills and Administration in Metropolis Law School, 1892-94 ; lecturer, Columbia Law School, 1898-99. Author : Suspension of the Power of Alienation (1891) ; mem-

Lawyer and editor of The American Lawyer, and law editor of The American Banker; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1875; nephew of D. D. Whitney, ex-mayor; educated in Halsey Collegiate School; N. Y., and University Law Schools, (LL.M); married, April 7, 1900, Mary Campbell Iber of Lawyers Club and City Bar Associa-

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tion. Residence, East Orange, N. J. ; office, 17 Battery Place, N. Y. City.

CHAPMAN, Carlton T .:

Artist; born New London, O .; pupil National Academy Design and Art Stu- dents League, New York, and of Acad- emy Julian, Paris; member Society American Artists and American Water Color Society; awarded silver medal Bos- ton, 1893, and medal at following exposi- tions: World's Columbian (1893), At-

lanta (1895), Pan-American, Buffalo (1901), Charleston (1902); member Inter- national Jury of Awards, St. Louis, 1904; war correspondent and artist for Harper's Weekly, Spanish-American War, 1898; Associate National Academy of Design; clubs: Century, N. Y. Athletic, Lotos and Players, Ohio Society, American Fine Arts Society. Address, 58 West 57th St .. N. Y. City.

CHAPMAN, Charles H .:

Merchant; was born Sept. 16, 1865, Springboro, Ohio; educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; member of Sigma Psi Fraternity, Collie, Metropolitan Ken- nel, and Crescent Athletic Clubs. Resi- dence, 160 Hicks St., Brooklyn; office, 427 Broadway, N. Y. City.

CHAPMAN, Frank Michler:

Ornithologist; born Englewood, N. J., June 12, 1864; associate curator of de- partment of ornithology and mammalo- gy, American Museum Natural History since 1887; president Linnæan Society N. Y. C .; member of N. Y. Zoological Society, Fellow American Ornithologists Union; married, 1898, Fannie Bates Em- bury; associate editor of The Auk and editor of Bird Lore; author: Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: Bird Life, a Guide to the Study of Our Com- mon Birds; Bird Studies with a Camera; A Color Key to North American Birds; The Economic Value of Birds to the State (N. Y.); Residence, Englewood, N. J .; office, American Museum Natural His- tory, N. Y. City.

CHAPMAN, George:

President Century Bank, N. Y. City; born February 13, 1870, Florence, Italy; prepared at St. Paul's School, Con- cord, N. H .; was graduated from Harvard College, 1892; engaged in the office of the Astor estate; and as president and gener- al counsel, Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western Ry. Co., 1896-1901; member of University Club and Harvard Club. Resi- dence, 172 West 58th St .; office, 2717 Broadway, N. Y. City.

CHAPMAN, Henry T .:

Stock broker; born June 19. 1837, N. T. City; educated in Brooklyn, England and France: member of Fine Arts Club and Brooklyn and Rembrandt Clubs. Resi- dence, 340 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn; office, 52 Broadway, N. Y. City.

CHAPMAN, John Jay :

Lawyer, writer; born N. Y. City, 1862; son of Henry G. Chapman; was graduat- ed from Harvard, 1884; admitted to N. Y. Bar and has ever since practiced; mar- ried, first, 1889, Minna Timmins, Boston; second, 1898, Elizabeth W. Chanler, New York; member Century (N. Y.), Tavi- stock (Boston) Clubs; author: Emerson and Other Essays; Causes and Conse- quences; Practical Agitation. Residence, 325 W. S2d St .; office, 56 Wall St., N. Y. City.

CHAPMAN, Joseph H .:

Secretary; born N. Y. City; educated at High School: president of Kensington Coal & Iron Co .; secretary, Atlantic Mu- tual Insurance Co .; trustee, Franklin Savings Bank and Atlantic Trust Co .; director, Randolph Water Co .; member of G. A. R. Address, East Orange, N. J. CHAPMAN, J. Wilbur:

Presbyterian clergyman; born Rich- mond. Ind., June 17, 1859; son of A. H. and Lorinda Chapman; educated Rich- mond. Ind., and Oberlin, O .; was gradu- ated from Lake Forest (Ill.) University, 1879; Lane Theological Seminary, 1882; D. D., Wooster University, O .; LL. D., Harriman University, Tenn .; married, in 1882, Irene E. Steddom (deceased) ; sec- ond, Albany, N. Y., 1888, Agnes Pruyn Strain; evangelist in all parts of the U. S .; held pastorates at Albany, N. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and Fourth Presbyte- rian Church, N. Y. City; since 1903 execu- tive Secretary Com. Evangelical Work, Gen'l Presbyterian Assembly. Author: Received Ye the Holy Ghost; And Peter; Kadesh Barnea; The Lost Crown; The Secret of a Happy Day; The Surrend- ered Life; Spiritual Life in the Sunday School; From Life to Life; Present Day Parables; Life of D. L. Moody; Present Day Evangelism. Address, 631 West End Ave., N. Y. City.

CHAPMAN, William Allen :

Civil engineer; born Oct. 16, 1852, in Canajoharie, N. Y .; educated at Rutgers College. Member of Delta Kappa Epsi- lon Fraternity, Engineers and University Clubs of N. Y. City, Sons of Revolution and Rutgers College Alumni Association. Address, Hillburn, N. Y.

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CHAPMAN, William H .:

President of the Williston & Knight Co., born Sept. 24, 1834, Easthampton, Mass .; educated at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. Member of Colonial and Republican Clubs, New England So- ciety, West End Association and Cham- ber of Commerce. Residence, 116 West 85th St .; office, 540 Broadway, N. Y. City. CHARD, J. Alfred:

Merchant; born May 24, 1869, Brook- lyn, N. Y .; educated at Brooklyn Poly- technic Institute and Amherst College, 1892; senior partner of the firm of Chard & Howe, manufacturers of oils and greas- es. Member Alpha Delta Phi, Montclair and Salmagundi Clubs. Residence, Mont- clair, N. J .; office, 253 Front St., N. Y. City.

CHARLOUIS, Jean I .:

Journalist; born Feb. 25, 1844, in Havre, France. Educated at St. Cyr, Paris. Married. Secretary of the publishing firm of E. L. Kellogg & Co. Member of the N. Y. Press Club and Pen and Pencil Club of Philadelphia. Residence, 243 W. 98th St .; office, 61 East Ninth St., N. Y. City.

CHASE, Austin C .:

Manufacturer; born Nov. 16, 1834, Whitefield, N. H. Educated in public schools. President of Syracuse Chilled Plow Co .; vice-president of Syracuse Sav- ings Bank; trustee of N. Y. State Ag- ricultural Society, N. Y. State Experi- ment Station, Onondaga Orphan Asylum, St. Joseph's Hospital

and Onandaga County Homeopathic Hospital. Mem- ber Citizens Club and Syracuse Athletic Association and Republican Club, N. Y. City. Address, Syracuse, N. Y.

CHASE, Emory A .:

Justice of Supreme Court of N. Y., 3d Judicial District; term expiring 1910; born Greene County, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1854; elected to Supreme Court, 1896; since 1900, also associate judge of the Appel- late division of the Supreme Court, Third Department. Address, Catskill, N. Y. CHASE, George: .

Jurist; born Portland, Me., Dec. 29, 1849; was graduated from Yale, 1870; Co- lumbia Law School, N. Y. City, 1873; as- sistant professor of municipal law at Co- lumbia, 1875; professor of criminal law, torts and procedure, 1878; 1891, dean of N. Y. Law School, which position he still holds; published American Students' Blackstone, (N. Y., 1876); edited Stephen's Digest of the Law of Evidence (1886);

Chase's New York Code of Civil Pro- cedure (1901); Chase's Cases on Torts (1904). Address, 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

CHASE, William Merritt:

Artist; born Franklin, Indiana, Nov. 1, 1849; studied art in Indianapolis, 1868, under B. F. Hays, portrait painter; 1860 at National Academy, N. Y. City, and with J. O. Eaton; 1872, continued work in Europe at Munich Academy under Wag- ner and Piloty; spent one year at Ven- ice, studying, particularly, works of Tin- toretto; returned to U. S., 1878; received honorable mention at Paris Salon, 1882; his studio is in N. Y. City; works: por- traits of the five children of Piloty; Ven- etian Fish Market; The Dowager (1875); Boy Finding a Cockatoo; Broken Jug (1877); Ready for a Ride; The Appren- tice (1878); Interior of St. Mark's in Venice; Court Jester; Interior of An Art- ist's Studio (1883); The Coquette (1884); also portraits of Duveneck (1879), Gen- eral Webb (1880), and Peter Cooper (1882). Residence, 234 E. 15th St .; office, 303 5th Ave., N. Y. City.

CHAUNCEY, Elihu :

Treasurer; born Aug. 17, 1840, in Phila- delphia, Pa .; was graduated from Har- vard College, 1861. Married, in 1871, Mary Jane Potter, daughter of Bishop Horatio Potter. Resident of N. Y. City for many years. Treasurer of the House of Mercy of the General Theological Sem- inary and Clergyman's Retiring Fund Society. Member of University, Grolier, Harvard and Church Clubs, Century As- sociation, Society of Colonial Wars, New York Historical, American Geographical Society and University Club of Boston. Address, 11 West 38th St., N. Y. City. CHESSMAN, Timothy Mattach, Jr., M. D .:

Bacteriologist; born N. Y. City; A. B. Columbia 1874; A. M., 1877; M. D., 1878; assistant in Bacteriology, Columbia; house surgeon, Bellevue, 1879; professor College of Physicians. 105 East 18th St., N. Y. City. assistant

Address, CHENEY, Charles Edward:

Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church; born Canandaigua, N. Y., Feb., 1836; was graduated from Hobart, 1857; studied for ministry of Protestant Epis- copal Church; ordained and made rector of Christ Church. Chicago, 1860; instru- mental in organizing Reformed Episcopal Church, 1873, consecrated Missionary Bishop of Northwest, Dec. 14. of that year; 1878, made Bishop of Chicago; mem- ber of Sons of the American Revolution;

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of the Illinois Society of Mayflower Des- cendants; of Art Institute and Citzens' League, Chicago; also of University and Chicago Literary Clubs, and of the Chi- cago Historical

Society. Author: The Evangelical Ideal of a Visible Church, A Word to Oldfashioned Episcopalians; A King of France Unnamed in History, etc. Address, 2409 Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. CHENEY, William H .:

Insurance official; born Glens Falls, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1850; educated in the schools of his native town and the Alexander Mili- tary Institute, White Plains, N. Y .; was graduated from Dartmouth College, 1873. Soon afterwards he entered the employ of the Glens Falls Insurance Co., where he remained until April, 1881, resign- ing to become assistant State agent of the Home Insurance Co. He was ap- pointed one of the assistant secretaries of the Home in April, 1898, and was made secretary in 1900. Office address, 56 Cedar St., N. Y. Ctiy.

CHENOWETH, Alexander Crawford:

Civil engineer and contractor; born Baltimore, Md., June 5, 1849; was gradu- ated Dickinson College, 1868; received de- gree of A. M .; studied engineering at Rensslaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y .; served as an engineer on Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1871; assistant engineer Brunswick & Western R. R., Ga., 1873; assistant engineer Public Works, Wash- ington, D. C., 1874-75; engaged in mining works in U. S. of Colombia, 1882; con- sulting engineer to General Mariano Y. Prado, president of Peru, 1884; prepared the foundatons for the statue of Liberty Bedloe's Island; 1889, appointed resident engineer in charge of Croton aqueduct; 1895, engaged in general engineering and contracting business. Member of Zeta Psi Fraternity, of the Chamber of Com- merce of the City of N. Y .; Society of Colonial Wars, War of 1812, veteran of the 7th Regiment of New York; awarded the John Scott bronze medal by the City of Philadelphia in 1889 for improvements relating to placing electrical conductors underground; awarded the Edward Long- streth silver medal by the Franklin In- stitute of Philadelphia, for improvements in constructing concrete drainage con- duits in 1890; received an award for plans to reclaim land under water in the City of Newark, N. J., by the Board of Water and Street Commissioners, after a pub- lic competition; devoting much time to archæological investigation in North and South America, made a collection of In-

dian remains which he discovered on Manhattan Island, the only one in exist- ence, now in the Museum of Natural History. Member of the Academy of Sci- ence, married Catharine Richardson Wood, daughter of the late Hon. Fer- nando Wood. Address, 7 East 31st St., N. Y. City.

CHENOWETH, Mrs. Catharine Richard- son :

Founder of Society of Daughters of Hol- land Dames, descendants of old New York families; born N. Y. City; daughter of the late Hon. Fernando Wood; edu- cated at the French School. Married, Al- exander Crawford Chenoweth; has trav- eled in Europe, especially in Holland, studying its history and seeking for his- torical material relating to the Dutch period in New York's history; collected funds for the hospital ship Maine for wounded English and Boer soldiers in the South African War; member of the Red Cross Society appointed by London comi .. ittee. Address, 7 East 31st St., N. Y. City.

CHERRIE, George Kruck:

Field naturalist; born Knoxville, Ia., Aug. 22, 1865; educated at Knoxville, Ia., and State Agricultural College, 1880-84; married Stella M. Bruere, Knoxville, Ia., 1895. Taxidermist at U. S. National Mu- seum, American Museum (N. Y.); taxi- dermist and curator National Museum, Costa Rica; Assistant Curator Field Co- lumblan Museum, Chicago; curator Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science since 1899. Wrote: Central American Birds for Auk and Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu- seum, (1890-96). The Ornithology of Santo Domingo, Publications; Field Columbian Museum, Chicago (1896). Member Orni- thologists Union. Address, Museum Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N. Y.

CHESTER, Alden:

Justice of the Supreme Court of N. Y .; born Westford, Otsego County, Sept. 4, 1848; educated in the district school in his native place and at the Westford Literary Institute; 1869 entered the Co- lumbia College Law School, taking the full course while that school was under the charge of Judge Theodore W. Dwight and Dr. Francis Lieber; admitted to the Bar, 1871, and commenced practice of law at Albany in partnership with his cousin, Andrew S. Draper, now Commissioner of Education of the State of New York; continued in practice with him for six- teen years; deputy clerk New York As-

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sembly, 1874 and 1876; assistant United [ eal Diseases (Keyes & Chetwood). Resi- States Attorney, northern district of New dence, 120 E. 34th St .; office, 109 E. 34th St., N. Y. City. York 1882 to 1885; president Board of Public Instruction, Albany, 1884; assistant CHEW, Beverly : corporation counsel of the City of Albany in 1894 and 1895; appointed by Gov. · Mor- ton a member of the commission to pre- pare a uniform charter for cities of the second class, and in Nov., 1895, he re- signed from the commission on being elected a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York in the Third Judicial District; he was the first

Republican elected to that office in that district in over thirty years, and had a majority of nearly five thousand. From his location at the capital of the State he has been called upon to deter- mine many controversies of great im- portance; among these are what is known as the Ice Trust, the Coal Trust and the Beef Trust cases. Has also presided over a large number of murder trials, promi- nent among which was that of the Van Wormer brothers, which resulted in the conviction of all three of murder in the first degree. In Nov., 1902, he was desig- nated by Governor Odell to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department of the State. He is a trustee of the Albany Medical College; the Albany Female Academy; the Graceland Cemetery, and of the Albany Exchange Savings Bank; special lecturer on the Federal Judicial System in Albany Law School of Union University, and is an elder-of the First Presbyterian Church in Albany; he married, Oct. 5, 1871, Lina Thurber, daughter of the late Ezra R. Thurber, of East Worcester, N. Y., and has one daughter, Mrs. Amy Chester Mer- rick, the wife of Charles Van Merrick, an architect in N. Y. City. Residence, 139 Lake Ave .; office, County Building, Al- bany, N. Y.

CHETWOOD, Charles Howard:

Physician, surgeon; born Elizabeth, N. J., Oct., 1866; son of Bradbury C. and Eleanor Keyes Chetwood; educated in the public schools, New York; one year at Princeton College; was graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1887; married, 1891, Jeanette Campbell Mecke, Philadelphia. Was interne Bellevue Hos- pital, 1887-89; professor (genito-urinary) surgery, New York Polyclinic and Hos- pital, 1897; visiting surgeon Bellevue Hospital, 1899. Member American and N. Y. State Medical Associations; Fellow N. Y. Academy of Medicine. Author: Com- . pend of Genito-Urinary Diseases; Vener-

Banker; born March 5, 1850, Gen- eva, N. Y .; son of Alexander Lafayette Chew and Sarah Augusta Prouty Chew; prepared at Peekskill Military Academy and was graduated from Hobart College. Married in 1872, Clarissa Taintor Pier- son of Ionia, Mich., who died in 1889. 2d vice-president of Metropolitan Trust Co. President of Grolier Club, four years. He is owner of a notable private library. Member Sigma Phi, Phi Beta Kappa Fraternites, Players, University and Church Clubs; Colonial Order, and Cen- tury Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; The Pil- grims. Vice Chancellor of Colonial Order and secretary N. Y. Society Library. Residence, 47 West 43d St .; office, 37 Wall St., N. Y. City.

CHILDS, Henry A .:

Justice Supreme Court, N. Y .; born Gaines, N. Y., 1836; son of Levi L. and Ann M. Wright Childs; married Nov. 16, 1859, Julia B. Freeman, of Onondaga, N. Y .; at twenty-one began to study law with Judge B. F. Besack, of Albion, N. Y .; admitted to Bar four years later; has since been actively engaged in his pro- fession; in politics became affiliated with the Republican party; 1865 elected dis- trict attorney, serving three terms; 1874 formed partnership with Senator Pitts; elected one of the Supreme Justices in Western District of New York; 1887, the degree of LL. D. conferred upon him by Williams College; 1897 unanimously re- elected to the Supreme Court, having been regularly nominated by both Demo- cratic and Republican parties.

Address, Medina, N. Y.

CHILDS, John Lewis:

Florist and seedsman of Floral Park, Long Island; born North Jay, Me., 1856; by ceaseless activity and industry he has built up a flourishing business which is known in floricultural circles throughout the world. Publishes a monthly maga- zine; The Mayflower, which has a cir- culation of over three hundred thousand copies among floriculturists, horticultur- ists and farmers. Married Carrie Gold- smith, of Washingtonville, N. Y., a lady of rare culture, and one who, while a skilled housewife, is an artist and writer of ability. In 1893 he was nominated for State Senator and was elected; he served two years as Senator, retiring from poli-

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tics in 1897, he has pushed his seed and and started the town of Rumford Falls, bulb growing business until now his organizing a power company; this gardens at Floral Park occupy over 300 town now has two large paper mills acres. Address, Floral Park, Long Island. and a paper bag mill, besides

CHIPMAN, Richard Harrison:

Member of the Sons of the Revolution; son of Rev. Richard Manning and Mary Ann (Harrison) Chipman; born in Har- winton, Litchfield County, Conn., Jan. 19, 1837; educated at private schools and at Williston Seminary; appointed paymas- ter's clerk in the U. S. Navy, June 15, 1862, and assigned to the bark Roebuck; engaged in the blockade service in the Gulf of Mexico; 1863 on duty on the gun- boat Hendrick Hudson, stationed at the Charlestown navy yard; June, 1864, com- missioned A. A. Paymaster, U. S. N., serving until the close of the war; first assigned to U. S. S. Isonomia, as pay- master in the North Atlantic Squadron, off Fort Fisher, N. C .; ordered thence to the East Gulf Squadron, with headquar- ters at Key West, Fla., was soon after transferred to headquarters of Admiral Theodorus Bailey; discharged duties of paymaster on sloop-of-war Dale, steam- er Nita, Marigold, schooner Beauregard and the famous Wanderer, used as guard ship; on Oct. 20, 1865, he retired; then engaged in the railroad business; was five years chief clerk of transportation of the Philadelphia. Wilmington and Balti- more R. R .; then terminal freight agent of the N. Y. Ontario and Western R. R .; later, general freight agent, passenger agent and purchasing agent of the N. J. Midland R. R. Co .; Jan., 1878, he en- gaged in wholesale coal business; in 1887 he became general manager of the Coal- dale Mining Co., successor to his own firm, later becoming president of compa- ny. Member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Is past master of Lodge of the Temple, Free and Accepted Masons, of Jersey City; past district dep- uty grand master of Seventh Masonic District of N. J .; was R. and S. C. of En- terprise Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M., of Jer- sey City; captain-general of Hugh de Payen's Commandery, and has advanced to the eighteenth degree in the Scottish Rite. Married, Oct. 10, 1857, Fannie Ellen Brooks, of Guilford, Conn. Address, 31 Broadway, N. Y. City.

CHISHOLM, Hugh J .:

Capitalist; born Canada 1847, settled Portland, Me., became interested in the manufacture of paper; recognizing the value of the water power at Rumford Falls on the Androscoggin river, planned

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industries; its population is 7,000,

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holm's interest in the town has been the establishment in one section, of Strath- glass Park, where he has erected several scores of model dwellings for mill oper- atives; aside from his large interests at Rumford Falls, Mr. Chisholm controls the Portland and Rumford Falls Ry. and the Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Ry .; Mr. Chisholm was a prime mover in the organization of the International Paper Co. in 1898, and is now its presi- dent. Residence, $13 Fifth Ave .; office, . 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.

CHITTENDEN, Hlram M .:

Captain. United States Army; born New York. October 25. 1858; appointed from New York: cadet Military Acad- emy, July 1, 1880; second lieutenant en- gineer June 15, 1884; first lieutenant Dec. 31, 1586, captain Oct. 22, 1895; volunteer service lieutenant colonel; chief engineer May 9, 1998; honorably mustered out, Feb. 25, 1899; major, January 23, 1904. Address, Custom House, Sioux City, Iowa.

CHITTENDEN, Jonathan Brace :

Lawyer, professor of mathematics; born Milford, Conn., May 13, 1864; son of Rich- ard H. and Lucy Brace Chittenden; edu- cated Brooklyn Polytechnic, was gradu- ated from Harvard, 1889, A. M., 1890; Kirkland Fellow, 1891; Parker Fellow, 1892; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, M. E., C. E., 1888; A. M., Ph. D., Konigsberg, Prussia, 1892; married N. Y. City, 1900, Evelyn Louise Betts; instructor of mathe- matics, Princeton, 1892-94, Columbia, 1894- 99; professor of mathematics, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute since 1899; also pro- fessor of mathematics, Cooper Institute, N. Y. City. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1901, and has since practiced, making a spec- ialty of engineering law; member Amer- ican Mathematical Society; member Am- erican Association for the Advancement of Science, Sons of Revolution, Harvard Club of N. Y., Crescent Club of Brook- lyn; author of Functions of Law (1893), and of articles on mathematics, (Ency- clopedia Americana, 1904). Residence, 144 Montague St., Brooklyn; office, 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

CHIVERS, Elijah Eynon:

Baptist clergyman; born Maesteg, Gla- morganshire, South Wales, Oct. 8, 1850; son of John M. and Ann Chivers; educat-

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ed Swansea, So. Wales; was graduated [ must be familiar to all students of the from Haverfordwest, So. Wales; D. D., Hamilton Theological Seminary, Colgate University; married Waterford, N. Y., 1871, Jane E. Shires; held pastorates in Waterford and Buffalo, N. Y .; District Secretary American Baptist Missionary Union, 1894-97; when he became editor of Baptist Union and general secretary of Baptist Young People's Union and served until 1901; when he became pastor of Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyn, and since 1903 field secretary American Baptist Home Mission Society. Address, 312 4th Ave., N. Y. City.

CHOATE, Joseph H .:

United States Ambassador to England since 1899; born Salem, Mass., Jan. 24, 1832; a descendant of one of the oldest and most respected of New England fam- ilies, many of his relatives and ancestors having gained distinction in various fields of effort, particularly at the Bar. Mr. Choate entered Harvard when sixteen years of age, and was graduated in 1852; thence he passed to the Dane Law School, having decided to enter the profession so honorable in the family records, and was graduated in 1854; admitted to prac- tice at the Massachusetts Bar in 1855. In 1856 Mr. Choate came to N. Y. City, to whose Bar he obtained admission; from that date to this he has been en- gaged in the practice of law in N. Y. City with a reputation equal to that of the finest advocates in the country. He has been engaged in many famous cases, in most of which he has borne a leading part, due to his forensic ability and thor- ough knowledge of the law; his distinction as one of the leaders of the Bar of New York is not his only legal claim to con- sideration; he is as popular as he is able, and may be considered as decidedly the leading lawyer of the city in this regard; his populartiy is not confined to his clientage and to the people at large, but extends to the profession as well, it being doubtful if any other lawyer in the city has as many professional friends and well-wishers as Joseph H. Choate; this populartiy is due, in a large measure, to his personal gifts of courtesy and gen- ialty. Among the most celebrated cases in which he has been engaged may be named that of General Fitz-John Porter, whom he served as counsel in his pro- tracted suit for reinstatment in his mili- tary rank, of the rights of which he had been deprived by sentence of a court- martial; the origin of this celebrated case

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 34

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

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