Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 56

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EDWARDS, Charles Jerome:

Manager Equitable Life Assurance Society; born Wayne County, N. Y., May

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8, 1866; agent of The Equitable Life As- |EDWARDS, James Thomas:

surance Society 1886, later general agent, and since 1898, manager for that Co .; vice-president Merchants' Bank and on officer or director in various other banking and business corporations ; identified with the politics of Brooklyn and N. Y. since 1892 as an Independent Democrat, was an "anti-snap" delegate to the National Dem- ocratic Convention, 1892 ; delegate to the National Democratic Gold Convention, 1896; commissioner of elections, Brook- lyn, 1895-98; said to have been youngest man ever holding similar high office in history of N. Y. City; member Society Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Manufacturers' Association, Brooklyn

League, and other patriotic and civic bodies. Address, 204 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

EDWARDS, George B .:

Vice-president Germania Fire Insur- ance Co. of N. Y .; born in U. S .; edu- cated partly in Germany and England. After eight years' business education in a New York, China and South American importing house, he entered, in 1874, the employ of the Germania Fire Insurance Co. and gradually advanced to the posi- tion of special agent in the Eastern field. after seventeen years' experience, was promoted, in April, 1892, to the second vice-presidency, and, in 1897, to the vice- presidency of the Co. Address, 62-64 William St., N. Y. City.

EDWARDS, George Wharton:

Artist, writer; born Fair Haven, Ct., 1860, where he received his early educa- tion, studied also at Antwerp and Paris; married, 1886, Anne Johns, daughter of Gen. John C. Cox, of Quincy, Ill .; in charge of art department of Collier's Weekly from 1898 to 1903. Awarded many medals at expositions, including Pan American and South Carolina Expositions. Author : Thumbnail Sketches, P'tit, Matin- ic Monotones, The Rivalries of Long and Short Codiac, Break o' Day, and other stories, etc .; illustrator: O. W. Holmes Last Leaf, Austin Dobson's Sun Dial, Spencer's Epithlamion, Old English Love Songs, Old English Ballads; member of American Water Color Society, National Sculpture Society N. Y .; Ex-Libris So- ciety (London), Amsterdamsch (Neth- erlands), and N. Y. Water Color, National Sculpture Society, Grolier, Authors, Play- ers, and National Arts Clubs. Residence, 345 Franklin Pl., Plainfield, N. J .; 86 Trinity Pl., N. Y. City.

Educator; born Barnegat, N. J., Jan. 6, 1838, son Rev. Job and Susannah Hay- wood Edwards; graduate of Wesleyan University, 1860, A. M., Wesleyan; D.D., L.L.D., Allegheny College ; taught natural science in American Seminary, N. Y., 1860- 61; married, 1862, Emma A. Baker, Som- erville, Mass .; Lt. and Adj. U. S. A., 1862- 63; principal of East Greenwich Sem- inary, R. I., 1864-70; presidential elector, 1868; president of R. I. State Teachers' Association, 1869-70 ; president of Cham- berlin Institute, N. Y., 1870-92 ; field sec- retary, Chautauqua System of Education, 1892-93 ; principal McDonough School, near Baltimore, Md., 1893-98 ; senator R. I. leg- islature, 1865-69; N. Y. legislature, 1892- 93 ; author of University Bill and Bill for First Traveling Libraries; chairman of educational committee in Rhode Island and N. Y. Senate; director Department of Physics and Chemistry, Chautauqua University (summer schools), 1883-93; member Congress of Religions, 1893, American Academy of Science; delegate to centennial Methodism, 1884; delegate general conference M. E. church, 1884-92. Author: The Grass Family, The Silva of Chautauqua Lake, Pen

and Picture Rhymes from a Reclining Chair. Ad- dresses ; Educational, Political, Scientific, Religious, The Edwards Family. Address, Randolph, N. Y.

EDWARDS, Julian:

Composer; born Manchester, Eng., Dec. 11, 1855; studied music under Sir Herbert Oakley (Edinburgh), Sir George McFarren (London); became conductor Royal English Opera Co .; came to U. S. July, 1888 ; married Phillippine Diedie,

in 1889. Compositions, grand operas, Victorian, Elfinella, Corinne; also Jupi- ter and Goddess of Truth (comic op- eras), Friend Fritz (musical comedy), King Rene's Daughter (lyric drama), Brian Boru, all of which have been pro- duced. Author of Sunlight and Shadow (song collection). Memebr of Manuscript Lambs, Players, American Dramatists. Address, care Players' Club, N. Y. City. EDWARDS, Samuel:

Jurist; born Glenville, N. Y., April 24, 1839; son of Samuel B. and Ruth L. Rogers Edwards; prepared for college in academies in Schoharie and Washington Counties and was graduated from Union College in 1862; admitted to the Bar in Dec., 1864, and practiced in Hudson, N. Y .; in Jan., 1887, was appointed by Gov-

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ernor Hill, a justice of the Supreme N. Y. City; summer home, Lake George, Court, and in November of that year N. Y. was elected for the full term of fourteen EGGLESTON, Joseph E .: years; in 1900 was appointed by Gov- ernor Roosevelt, associate justice of the appellate division of the Supreme Court and served until expiration of term on Dec. 31, 1901; not now in active prac- tice. Address, Hudson, N. Y.

EGAN, John:

Major U. S. Army; born in Vermont, appointed from Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., cadet at Military Academy, July 1, 1858; second lieutenant, First Artillery, June 17, 1862, ; First Lieutenant, May 19, 1864 ; Captain 11th Infantry, July 28, 1866 ; assigned to 23rd Infantry, Sep- tember 1, 1869; tranferred to Artillery, January 1, 1871; Major, First Artillery, January 25, 1889; retired September 1, 1896; served throughout the Civil War. Address, 47 West 12th St., N. Y. City.

EGGLESTON, George Cary:

Author; born Vivay, Ind., Nov. 26, 1839; son of Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane (Craig) his wife; educated Indiana Asbury University Greencastle, Richmond College, Virginia, and Brock- enbrough's Law School, at Lexington, Va .; practiced law in Virginia, and served in Confederate Army from first Bull Run to Appomattox; entered journa- lism, N. Y., July, 1870; editor in chief of Hearth and Home from 1871 to 1874;

the Evening Post literary editor of

from 1875 to 1881; editor-in-chief N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, 1884-89; edi- torial writer on N. Y. World, 1889-1900; since 1900 has devoted himself exclusive- ly to the writing of books; has written for all the great magazines from 1874 till 1890; books: How to Educate Your- self (1872); A Man of Honor (1873); A Rebel's Recollection (1874); How to Make a Living (1875); The Big Brother (1875); Captain Sam (1876); The Signal Boys (1877); Red Eagle (1878); The Wreck of the Red Bird (1882); Strange Stories from History (1885) ; Juggernaut (with Dolores Marbourg, 1891); Southern Soldier Stories (1898); The Last of the Flatboats (1900); A Carolina Cavalier (1901) ; Camp Venture (1901); Dorothy South (1902); American Immortals

(1902) ; The

Bale Marked X

Circle (1902); The Master of Warlock (1903), The First of the Hoosiers (1903) ; Run- ning the River (1904), and A Captain in the Ranks (1904) ; married, 1868, Marion Craggs. Residence, 188 West 135th St.,

Jurist; born Nov. 1, 1847, Cortland, N. Y .; educated at Academy and State Nor- mal School, Cortland; director, Second National Bank; trustee of State Firemen's Home Association ; County Judge and Sur- rogate of Cortland County. Address, Cort- land, N. Y.

EGLESTON, Melville :

Lawyer; graduate of Williams College, 1870; member of Delta Phi Fraternity; admitted to the Bar April, 1872; member of American Historical Association; lec- turer in New York University Law School; A. M. (honorary), Yale Univer- sity, 1886; married, May 3, 1882, Jane Shelton Dunbar. Residence, 707 N. Broad St., Elizabeth, N. J .; office, 26 Cortlandt St., N. Y. City.

EIDLITZ, Cyrus Lazelle Warner:

Architect; born N. Y. City, July 27, 1853; studied at New York, Geneva, Switzerland, and Stuttgart Polytechnic Institute; has made designs of Michigan Central Ry. station, Detroit, 1880; Dear- born station, Chicago, 1883; Buffalo li- brary, 1886. Married Miss Jennie T. Dudley. Member of Union, Racquet, Cen- tury, Barnard and Colonial Dames Clubs. Address, 347 West 86th St., N. Y. City.

EIDLITZ, Leopold :

Architect; born Prague, Bohemia, March 20, 1823; studied Vienna and Prague Poly- technic School; came to N. Y. City, there practising as architect; 1875, a commis- sioner to overlook work already done in State capitol, Albany; has also designed buildings of Christ Church, St. Louis, St. George's Church, N. Y. City; Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dry-dock Bank and Continental Bank, N. Y. City; author of The Nature and Function of Art (1881). Address, 309 West 89th St., N. Y. City. EILERS, Frederic Anton:

Metallurgist; born Laufenselten, Nas- sau, Germany, Jan. 14, 1839; studied at mining school of Clausthal and Göttin- gen University; came to U. S., becoming, 1869-76, deputy U. S. commissioner of mining statistics; later had charge of construction and management of lead and silver smelting works in Utah and Col- orado; general manager and president of Colo. Smelting Co.'s Works, South Pue- blo, Colo., 1883-89; has made many im- portant improvements in the smelting of ores, and written numerous scientific pa- pers; since 1899, director and technical

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member of executive committee of Amer- ican Smelting & Refining Co. Residence, 751 St. Mark's Ave., Brooklyn; office, 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.

EINHORN, Max:

Physician; born Russia, Jan., 1862; re- ceived his education in Germany, where he studied medicine at the University of Berlin, graduating in 1884; in 1885 he came to America and settled in N. Y .; invented several new instruments which are in general use in the medical pro- fession; connected with the N. Y. Post- Graduate Medical School, where he holds the position of professor of medicine; with the Beth Israel Hospital and the German Hospital as visiting physician ; author of Diseases of the Stomach and Diseases of the Intestines, and a great number of original essays on diseases of the digestive tract; besides being a mem- ber of many medical societies, he holds the position of co-editor of the Archiv fur Verdanungs Krankheiten (Berlin), and Zeitschrift fur Diatetische und Phy- sikalische Therapie (Leipzig). Address, 20 East 63d St., N. Y. City.

EINSTEIN, David Lewis:

Manufacturer; born Cincinnati, Ohio, May 20, 1839, but is a resident of N. Y. since childhood. Fortune is derived part- ly from woolen goods, but mainly from real estate transactions; he is interested in the Rariton Mills, and has other cor- porate interests; married Miss Fatman in 1870. Residence, 39 West 57th St .; office, 14 White St., N Y. City.

EINSTEIN, Edwin:

President of the Swan Incandescent and Electric Light Co .; born Cincinnati, Nov. 18, 1842 ; came to N. Y. when four ; edu- cated at the Free Academy, and Union College; when only thirty he became a mill owner; is interested in the Rariton Woolen, and the Inanho Iron Mills; in 1878 was elected to the 46th Con- gress; in 1895 became Commissioner of Docks; was married in 1877 to Miss Hen- dricks. Address, 524 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

EINSTEIN, Lewis :

Writer; born N. Y. City, March 15, 1877; third secretary of American Embas- sy, Paris; has written Luigi Pulci and the Margante Maggiore (Berlin, 1902); The Italian Renaissance in England, 3d edition (New York, 1903); The Relation of Literature to History (New York, 1903) ; edited, Leonardo da Vinci Thoughts on Art and Life; general editor of the Humanists' Library, Boston; member of

the N. Y. Historical Society, Societé de Etudes Italiennes. U. S. Naval Institute, etc. Address, American Embassy, Paris; residence, 39 West 57th St., N. Y. City.

ELDER, Joseph Freeman:

Clergyman; born Portland, Me., March 10, 1839; graduate of Portland High School, 1856, and Waterville (now Col- by) College, 1860; studied at Rochester, N. Y. Theological Seminary, graduating, 1867; May, 1867 to Dec., 1869, pastor of North Orange Baptist Church, Orange, N. J .; Jan., 1870 to May, 1890, pastor Baptist Church of the Epiphany, N. Y. City ; 1885, president of N. Y. Baptist City Mission ; pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Albany, N. Y., Sept., 1890, to March, 1902 ; since 1895, member of executive committee American Baptist Missionary Union, Bos- ton, Mass. Address, 201 West 100th St., N. Y. City.

ELDERKIN, John:

Editor; born Setauket, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1841; son of John and Renelcha Hallock Elderkin; educated at common schools, Setauket, N. Y., Presbyterian School, N. Y .; studied classics with Rev. F. M. Noll; married, 1876, Helen L. Reed-Chap- man, N. Y .; formerly on editorial staff N. Y. Ledger; American Booksellers' Guide, 1868-72; for 20 years president of Rem- brandt House Co .; author: Turf and Trotting Horse of America; Brief His- tory of Lotos Club; John Elderkin, One of the Founders of Connecticut; joint editor After Dinner Speeches at the Lo- tos Club; member New England Society, Founders and Patriots, Sons American Revolution, Municipal Art Society, Sculp- ture Society ; clubs ; Lotos, Union League, Press, Patria, West Side Republican. Ad- dress, 58 West 57th St., N. Y. City.

ELIOT, Walter G., Ph. D., LL. D .:

Assistant engineer in N. Y. Civil Ser- vice; born N. Y. City, Nov. 16, 1857; member of well known family, of which the Earl of St. Germans is head; Hon. Andrew Eliot, of E. Coker, Eng., his first ancestor in United States, settled in Bev- erley, Mass., in 1665, and was for five years a member of the general court; many descendants have been distinguish- ed in the annals of Massachusetts; his father, Augustus G. Eliot, M. D., a dis- tinguished obstetrician of New York, was graduated from Yale, 1839 and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, 1841; prepared for Harvard in 1873, but entered the school of mines of Columbia College in 1874, and took degrees of C. E., M. E. and Ph.B. in 1878; practiced sanitary

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engineering; appointed assistant sanitary ergineer on the N. Y. Board of Health, also served that board for many years as inspector of tenements, assistant chem- ist and inspector of foods; in 1881 he had been appointed engineer agent of the Tenth U. S. Census on Water Works of Unites States Cities; for his report was made Ph. D. by Columbia; connected with various business corporations until May, 1890, when he took charge of The University Magazine, as one of its pro- prietors and managing editor, and quick- ly put it on a profitable basis; he has held many offices; has served on the board of managers of his Alumni Asso- clation ; has held offices of vice-president of the Zeti Psi Fraternity, and president or director to many corporations; contrib- uted on special subjects to many period- icais; author: History of the Eliot Fam- ily; Noted Physicians of New York; Col- lege Presidents of United States; made LL.D. by St. Francis Xavier College in 1892; was prominently named for the presidency of Rutgers College as a suc- cessor to President Gates; has traveled in every State of the United States; is an Independent Democrat; he married, Feb. 2, 1892, Maud, daughter of Hon. John A. Stoutenburgh; has been at var- ious times member of University, Down Town, Rockaway Hunt, Zeta Psi and Church Clubs; society of Colonial Wars, Society of Municipal Engineers, Company K of Seventh Regiment, N. G., N. Y. Seats, Cedarhurst, L. I. and Hyde Park- on-Hudson, N. Y .; address, 1 West 54th St., N. Y. City.

ELKINS, Stephen Benton:

U. S. Senator; coal mine operator; born Perry Co., O., Sept. 26, 1841; grad- uate of University of Missouri, 1860; ad- mitted to Missouri Bar, 1863; went to N. Mexico, 1863; became successively mem- ber Territorial legislature, 1864-65; Ter- ritorial District Attorney, Attorney Gen- eral and s.

U. District Attorney; delegate in Congress, 1873-77; removed to West Virginia; largely interested in coal mining and railroads; vice-president of West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Ry .; Secretary of War, United States, 1891-93; U. S. Senator from West Vir- ginia since 1895; Republican; member American Geographical Society, Ameri- can Museum Natural History, Metropoli- tan Museum of Art; member of Union League, Metropolitan, Ohio Society, Re- publican (N. Y.), Army & Navy, Chevy Chase Hunt (Washington) Clubs. Res-

idence, Elkins, W. Va .; office, 1 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ELKUS, Abram I .:

Lawyer; born N. Y. City; received his early training in the city schools and Columbia University, and from the latter institution entered the practice of law; about a decade ago he formed a co-part- nership with the late Colonel Edward C. James and Edward P. Schell, under the name of James, Schell & Elkus; a few of the important cases with which he has been connected were: The Anderson Will Case, involving the estate of John Ander- son, the late millionaire tobacconist; James vs. Work, arising out of the Grant and Ward failure, in which Mr. Elkus was associated with Mr. Choate, the present ambassador to England; Ward vs. St. Vincent's Hospital, interesting be- cause of the novel points of law in- volved, and the size of the verdict se- cured by Mr. Elkus; Gracie vs. Stevens, in which Colonel James and Mr. Elkus secured a verdict for $112,500 for broker's service in selling the ferries between New York and Hoboken; married Miss Ger- trude Hess, 1897; president of

the Freundschaft Club, and member of the Democratic, Manhattan, Lotos, Lawyers, Harmonie clubs and Bar Association ; his sole appearance in politics was a delegate to the Sound Money National Convention in Indianapolis, in 1896. Residence, 640 Madison Ave .; office, 50 Pine St., N. Y. City.

ELLINWOOD, Frank Field:

Presbyterian clergyman; D. D., LL. D .; born New York, 1826; secretary Board of Foreign Missions; professor compara- tive religions, N. Y. University; author of Questions and Phases of Modern Mis- sions; member of Presbyterian Union. Address, 156 5th Ave., N. Y. City.

ELLINWOOD, Truman Jeremiah:

Stenographer, educator, author; born Smithfield, N. Y., June 11, 1820; son of George W. and Cyrina P. Ellinwood ; educated at common school, Oneida Academy, Cazenovia Seminary and N. Y. Central College; married, 1854, Sarah M. Thompson (died, 1900); 1902, Eliza- beth S. Jennings; instructor successively in country district schools; in Brooklyn Adelphi Academy (of which he was part owner) ; and in his own shorthand acad- emy, Brooklyn ; one of the founders of and officer and teacher in Martha's Vinyard Summer Institute; private stenographer for Henry Ward Beecher, 1858-87; from his stenographic notes of Mr. Beecher's

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discourses he has complied the following | Co .; publisher of The Evangelist, and is works: Faith; A Book of Prayer (from president of the Church Economist Pub- lishing Co .; has written two novels, one of which, The Bassett Claim, a Story of the Public Ministrations of Henry Ward Beecher) ; The Hidden Manna and the White Stone; Bible Studies; Metaphors Washington Life (1885), attracted much attention; The Common Chord, a Story of the Ninth Ward, appeared in 1886; married Miss Elizabeth Johnston, of Washington, D. C., in 1887. Address, Room 1,503, 31 Union Square, N. Y. City. ELLIOTT, Maxine (Mrs. Nathaniel C. Goodwin) : and Similes; Autobiographical Reminis- cences of Henry Ward Beecher, and (in connection with John K. Howard) ; A Treasury of Illustrations (figures of speech) by Henry Ward Beecher ; also has contributed to magazines and other period- icals various articles reminiscent of Mr. Beecher, and on educational topics. Sum- mer residence, Cottage City, Martha's Vin- yard, Mass. Residence, Brooklyn, N. Y. ELLIOT, George Thomson, M. D .:

Born New Orleans, Dec. 20, 1855; A. B., Yale, 1877; M. D., University of Lou- isiana, 1881; consulting dermatologist, St. Luke's Hospital, also Columbus Hospi- tal and N. Y. Lying-in Hospital; profes- sor of dermatology, Cornell University Medical College; member N. Y. County Medical Society, Dermatological Society, Pathological Society, Society Dermatol- ogy and Genito-Urinary Surgery, Hospi- tal Graduates' Club, Medical and Surgi- cal Society, New York Academy of Med- icine, American Dermatological Associa- tion, American Academy of Medicine, American Association for Advance of Science, Corresponding member Sociétè Francaise de Dermatologie et de Syphili- graphic; Physicians' Mutual Aid Asso- ciation. Address, 36 East 35th St., N. Y. City.

ELLIOT, Henry Rutherford:

Author; born Woodbridge, Conn., April 21, 1849; attended public schools at New Haven, Conn., the Hopkins Grammar School and Yale, graduating in the class of 1871; was one of the founders of the Yale Courant; after graduation, entered journalism, which has been his principal occupation; served in the U. S. Navy for a time as fleet paymaster's clerk, and while on the Asiatic Station resigned to enter the educational department of the Japanese government, remaining in Tokio for two years; while there was corres- pondent for the N. Y. Evening Post, and on his return to America served that paper for six years as Washington cor- respondent; was assistant secretary of the American Copyright League and was ac- tive in securing the present International Copyright Law; connected editorally with the Commercial Advertiser and the Evening Sun; of late years has made a specialty of trade and class journalism; was secretary of the Textile Publishing

Actress; born Rockland, Me .; first ap- peared with E. S. Willard; has starred for several seasons in connection with her husband; now at the head of her own company, taking the leading role in Her Own Way, under the management of Charles Frohman. Address, 35 East 33d St., N. Y. City.

ELLISON, Luther E .:

Lawyer; born St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., 1868; educated in common schools of the county; studied law, and passed examination for the Bar, 1890; practiced eight years in Chicago, and in Winthrop, N. Y., since 1900. Address, Winthrop, N. Y.

ELLSWORTH, James William:

Capitalist; bibliophile; born Hudson, O., Oct. 13th, 1849 ; son of Edgar Birge and Mary H. Dawes Ellsworth; educated at public schools, Hudson and Western Re- serve Preparatory School; married, 1874, Eva, daughter of Oliver M. Butler, of Chicago (died 1888); 1895, Mrs. Julia M. Fincke, daughter of Benjamin G. Clarke, of New York; owner and operator of coal mines since 1869; member Board South Park Commissioners, Chicago, 1SS9-99; member Board Directors World's Exposition, 1892-94; connois- Columbian

seur in Chinese porcelains, ancient Greek statuettes, oriental rugs and tap- estries; philanthropist, engaged in found- ing a model coal mining town, Ellsworth, Pa., the land to be owned by the min- ers; interested as officer and director in large corporations, Postal Telegraph Ca- ble Co., B. & O., and Chicago Railway Co., etc .; member Chamber of Commerce,

New York; member Bibliographical and Dürer Society, London; Numismatic Society, American Fine Arts Society, Municipal Art, American Museum of Natural History, Shakespeare Society, New York; Bibliographical Society and Club of Odd Volumes, Boston; Philobib- lion Club, Phila .; National Sculpture So- ciety, Dunlop Society, American Institute Architects, National Geographic Society

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(Washington, D. C.), and American As- Gardener (1889); The Story of My House sociation for the Advancement of Science (Washington, D. C.), and American Insti- tute of Mining Engineers (N. Y. City), Public Art Club (Washington, D. C.), Caxton Club (Chicago), and Metropol- itan, Union League, Players, Grolier, Cen- tury, Manhattan, Lambs, Lotos, Brook (N. Y.), Duquesne (Pittsburgh) Clubs. Resi- dence, 18 East 53d St., N. Y. City.

ELLSWORTH, Samuel Stewart:

Financier; born Dec. 25, 1839, Penn Yan, N. Y .; was graduated from Hamil- ton College, 1860; read law but never en- tered the profession; delegate to Nation- al Democratic Convention, 1872; super- visor, 1882-83; member Bcard of Educa- tion, 1875-77; quartermaster general, Governors Military Staff, 1875-76; pres- ident Sodus Point and Southern R. R., 1869, and Wilkesbarre & Seneca Lake Coal Co., 1872; trustee of Hamilton Col- lege since 1870; married Dec. 12, 1866, Hebe Parker Magee; director Fall Brook Coal Co., 1868-80; president Lake Keuka Ice Co., 1891; trustee Magee Estate. Ad- dress, Penn Yan. N. Y.

ELLSWORTH, William Webster:

Secretary Century Co. since 1881; pub- lisher ; born Hartford, Conn., Oct. 30, 1855; son Oliver Ellsworth great-grandson of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth and of Noah Webster; educated in Boston pri- vate schools; married, Hartford, Conn., 1878, Helen Yale Smith; lecturer on Am- erican history; member American Fine Arts society, American Museum Natural History, Sculpture Society, Municipal Art, Dunlap Society; clubs: Century, Barnard, Players, Aldine, Groliers. Ad- dress, 33 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.

ELLWANGER, George Herman:

Director and Secretary of the Ellwang- er & Barry Nursery and Realty Cos .; born Rochester, N. Y., July 10, 1848; son of George Ellwanger, horticulturist, and Cornelia Brooks Ellwanger, daughter of General Micah Brooks, of Brooks- grove, N. Y .; educated in America, and during a five years' sojourn in Europe with a private tutor, studied at the Uni- versity of Heidelberg and the Sarbonne at Paris; degree of A. M. conferred by the University of Rochester; member of the Pundit Club of Rochester, the old- est literary club in America; honorary member of the National Rose Society of England; married, 1873, Harriet Lawton, daughter of Rev. Jerome B. Stillson, de- ceased. Author: The Garden's Story, or Pleasures and Trials of an Amateur

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 56

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