Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 79

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Address, 37 Hodge Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.

HAZELTINE, Mayo Williamson:

Literary editor N. Y. Sun since 1878; born Massachusetts, 1841; was graduated from Harvard, 1865. Author of Chats About Books; British and American Edu- cation ; The American Woman in Europe. Address, 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.

HAZELTON, George Cochrane, Jr .:

Lawyer and author; born Boscobel. Wis .; son of ex-Congressman George C. Hazleton; studied at Greylock Institute, South Williamstown, Mass .; was gradu- ated from Columbian University, Wash- ington, D. C. (LL. B.), 1895, receiving LL.M. in 1896; acted three seasons on the stage with Booth-Barrett and Modjeska companies to perfect his knowledge of other writing; married Miss Byrd C. Quin. stagecraft with a view to dramatic and of Virginia; practiced law first in Wash- ington, D. C., with his father; later in Philadelphia, and. in 1901, went to New York and formed the firm of Hazleton & Hazleton with his brother, John H. Hazle- ton, who had been associated in the law with Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll; an active Republican in politics. Author: Mistress Nell, novel and play; Captain Molly, and The Raven, plays, and the historical work, The National Capitol, Its Architecture, Art and History, etc. Residence, 35 Chest- nut Lane, New Rochelle, N. Y .; office, 220 Broadway, N. Y. City.

HAZEN, Allen:

Civil engineer; born Hartford, Vt., Aug. 28, 1869, studied at Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology; 1888-93, in charge of State Board of Health Experiment Sta- tion, Lawrence, Mass .; in charge sew- age disposal, World's Columbian Exposi-

May, 1890; San Francisco, Nov. 15, 1890, ! tion, Chicago, 1893; in private practice, to Sept. 15, 1892 ; Baltimore, Sept. 15, 1892. | Boston, 1894-97; N. Y. since 1897; chief

engineer, Albany Water Filtration Plant, built 1898-99, and other purification works ; consulting engineer for water purification works for Washington, D.C .; member American Society Civil Engineers, Ameri-

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can Water Works Association, American Chemical Society, American Public Health Association, etc. Residence, 318 W. 87th St .; office, St. Paul Building, N Y City

HAZEN, Marshman Williams:

Lawyer, author, publisher; born Bever- ly, Mass., July 28, 1845; son of Greenlief Hazen (direct descendant of Israel Hazen, an English immigrant who settled in Row- ley, Mass., early in the eighteenth cent- ury) and Susan Perley Hazen, daughter of Captain Jacob Towne, a veteran of the war of 1812; entered Dartmouth College in 1862; paid his expenses by literary work and by teaching; gained Greek honor at junior exhibition; was graduated in 1866 third in his class; was a D. K. E .; re- ceived degree of A. M. in 1869; chose law as his profession, but believed that a broad education should include the foun- dation principles of the various profes- sions as well as of business, and before taking up his chosen work studied medi- cine and theology; principal of Pinkerton Academy for three years; master of the high school West Cambridge, Mass .; re- signed his position to take charge of the western house of Ginn & Co., of Boston; five years later became manager of the New England branch of D. Appleton & Co .; resigned in 1882 to engage in law; admitted to the Massachusetts Bar; at- torney for several N. Y. corporations. Has devoted himself mostly to corpora- tion law; president of the National Press Co., the Union Writing Machine Co., the Sheldon Loan and Trust Co., head of a publishing house, and director in several other corporations; contributor of articles to various magazines. Author: A History of the U. S., in two volumes; a work on the forms of the world's governments; has prepared twenty-one school books, in- cluding a series of spellers (Ginn & Co.), a series of readers (The American Book Co.), a course in language (Silver, Bur- dett & Co.), a History of the Republican Party from 1884, a First Year Book (The American Book Co.), and, jointly with two clergymen, a religious work called Jehovah and Lucifer; a thirty-third de- gree Mason, and member of the Old South Church, Boston; is actively engaged in charitable work, and has devoted a large part of his income to the poor; was never engaged in politics. Office, 27 Thames St., N. Y. City.

HEARD, Augustine A .:

General Passenger Agent of the Dela- ware & Hudson Co; born Paris, France,

1866; entered the railway service in 1883 in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio R. R. ; subsequently he, at different times, occupied important positions in connection with the passenger departments of about a dozen other companies, his career being one of steady advancement up to his latest appointment. Among the lines which he served acceptably are the Great Northern and the Missouri Pacific, while at one time he was secretary of the Central Pas- senger Association. Address, Albany, N. Y. HEARN, David William:

Roman Catholic priest; born Boston, 1861; was graduated from Boston College, 1880; took further courses, academic and ecclesiastical; is president of the College of St. Francis Xavier. Address, 30 W. 16th St., N. Y. City.

HEARST, William Randolph:

Newspaper publisher and Congressman; son of George Hearst, late U. S. Senator, and Phoebe A. Hearst; born San Fran- cisco, 1863; attended the public schools of San Francisco and subsequently went to Harvard College; became editor and pro- prietor of the San Francisco Examiner in 1886; in 1895 he purchased and became editor of the N. Y. Journal,, and in 1896 he established the N. Y. Evening Journal; founded the Chicago American in 1900, and the Chicago Examiner in 1902; is president of the National Association of Democratic Clubs; was elected as Denio- crat to the Fifty-eighth and re-elected to the Fifty-ninth Congress. Address, 27 WV. 35th St., N. Y. City.

HEATH, Frank:

Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army; born England and appointed from N. Y; gradu- ated from the Military Academy and pro- moted second lieutenant, Third U. S. Ar- tillery, June 15, 1868; served in garrison in Georgia, 1868-69, and at Fort Marion, Fla., 1869; at Fort Pulaski, Ga., 1869-70; assistant professor of mathematics at the Military Academy, 1871-76; promoted to first lieutenant, ordnance dept. Nov. 1874; at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., 1878-79; pro- moted to Captain, 1880; in Wyoming in command of Cheyenne Ordnance Depot, 1879-83; assistant ordnance officer at the Springfield Armory, Mass., 1883-86; and at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1886 to 1891; commanding U. S. Proving Ground, Sandy Hook, N. J., from 1891 to 1900. At pres- ent commanding Frankford Arsenal, Phil- adelphia; Major, July 7, 1898; Lieutenant- Colonel, 1903. Address, Ordnance Depart- ment, Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.

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HEATON, John Langdon:

Journalist; born Canton, 1860; son of Ira Wilmarth Heaton and Lucinda Lang- don Heaton; educated in the district schools, the Canton Village Academy and St. Lawrence University ; A. M. and mem- ber Phi

married, 1882, Eliza Osborn Putnam, of Danvers, Mass .; after a brief experience as a teacher in the Rutgers College Grammar School, in 1880-81, he entered journalism upon the Brooklyn Times, with which paper he was connected for fifteen years as an editorial writer; In

Beta Kappa;

1892 established the Daily News in Providence, R. I .; returning to N. Y., he joined the staff of the World, be- coming in 1900 an editorial writer; has traveled extensively in Europe and the East, acting as a correspondent, and has published: The Story of Vermont, Stories of Napoleon, a volume of poems entitled The Quilting Bee and numerous maga- zine articles. Address, 1025 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

HEBARD, George W .:

President of Manhattan General Con- struction Co .; vice-president and director of Westinghouse Electric and Manufac- turing Co .; director Bridgeport Gun Im- plement Co., Bryant Electric Co., Con- solidated Electric Light Co., Perkins Electric Switch Manufacturing Co., Rem- ington Arms Co., and Sawyer-Man Elec- tric Co. Residence, 109 McDonough St., Brooklyn, N. Y .; office, 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.

HECKER, John Valentine:

Flour miller; born N. Y., Dec. 25 1848; was graduated from Columbia College in 1869, and entered his father's business, becoming a member of the firm in 1874; in 1889 he was made president of the Geo. V. Hecker Co., in the milling busi- ness; member of the Chamber of Com- merce, and the Union League; in 1872 was married at Trinity Chapel to Miss Bell. Address, 205 Produce Exchange, N. Y. City.

HECKSCHER, August:

Merchant; president of the Development Co. of Cuba; president Commonwealth Real Estate Co .; treasurer and director of American Pig Iron Storage Warrant Co., director Eastern Steel Co., Empire Zinc Co., New Jersey Zinc Co., Robins Con- veying Belt Co. and Wetherill Separating Co .; married Miss Anna P. Atkins; mem- ber of Union, Lawyers, Tuxedo, N. Y. Yacht, Midday, Players, Strollers and Riding and Driving Clubs. Residence, Huntington, N. Y. and 6212 Fifth Ave. ;

office, 43 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.

HECKSCHER, John Gerard:

One of the organizers of, and a director in, the National Horse Show Association; born N. Y., 1837; during the Civil War, served for two years under General Mc- Clellan as first lieutenant in the Twelfth U. S. Infantry and was highly commended for gallant conduct on the field of battle; engaged in active business, but has given the greater share of his attention to the higher forms of gentlemanly sport; one of the founders of the Coney Island Jockey Club, and is now its vice-president; was one of the organizers of the National Horse Show Association and its present secretary. The institution has fully justi- fied his views concerning the influence of the horse show it conducts, and has bene- fited the breeding of the highest type of horses in this country, while it has been the example for the horse shows, now so frequent and popular in all parts of the Union. He still maintains his.official con- nection with the organization which owes so much to his efforts and counsels; mem- ber of the Jockey Club, as well as of the N. Y. Yacht Club, the South Side Sports- men's Club, and the Metropolitan, Union, Racquet, and Army and Navy Clubs, while he also belongs to the Military Order of the Legion; in 1862, married Cornelia Lawrence Whitney (deceased); in 1892 contracted a second marriage with Mary Travers, eldest daughter of the late Wil- liam R. Travers; of his four daughters by his first wife two survive; the elder, Georgiana Louise, is the wife of the Hon. George Brinton Mcclellan; his youngest daughter, Emeline Dore, is the wife of Egerton Leigh Winthrop, Jr. Address, 31 W. 75th St., N. Y. City.

HEDGES, Job Elmer:

Lawyer; born May 10, 1862, Elizabeth, N. J .; son of Job C. and Elizabeth W. Hedges; was graduated from Princeton University, 1884, and

Columbia Law School, 1886; single; secretary to Mayor Strong, 1895-97; city magistrate, May to Dec. 30, 1897; Deputy Attorney General of State, 1900. Member of Republican, Uni- versity, Princeton, Union League, State and City Bar Associations and Sons of American Revolution. Residence, 56 W. 33d St .; office, 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.

HEERMANCE, Martin:

Lawyer; born 1852, Lenawee County. Mich .; educated at De Garmo Institute, Rhinebeck, N. Y .; Supervisor, District At- torney of Dutchess County ; Chairman of State Board of Tax Commissioners, 1896-

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99 ; member of American and State Bar | HEGEMAN, John R .:

Associations, Holland Society, and a Ma- son. Residence, 60 Academy St .; office, 56 Market St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

HEERMANS, Forbes :

Author; born Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1856; son of Thomas (Beekman) and Annie (Forbes) Heermans; studied in schools of Syracuse, 1871-74; entered Cornell Uni- versity, graduating 1878, as mechanical engineer. Author of the following: Thir- ten Stories of the Far West (published by C. W. Bardeen, 1887) ; Love by In- duction and other plays (R. H. Russell & Son, The

1889). Silent Witness, four-act drama (R. H. Russell Son 1890), The Rancho of Heavenly Rest, Be- tween Two Foes, four-act drama (Penn Publishing Co.), 1899; The Vagabond, a play starred in by the late Felix Morris; Jess, of the Bar Z Ranch, four-act drama, produced in 1901; Down the Santa Fe Trail, four-act drama, 1903; The Investi- gators, a novel, 1905 ; is also a contributor to various magazines and scientific jour- nals. Address, 217 Highland Ave., Syra- cuse, N. Y.

HEES, James Ledlie:

Banker; born Jan. 24, 1862, Palatine Bridge, N. Y .; clerk in a N. Y. office, 1879- 81; married, Oct. 12, 1887, Adela S. Moore of Detroit, Mich .; entered the National Mohawk River Bank of Fonda, N. Y., in 1881, and has been its president since 1897; president of Herkimer, Mohawk, llion and Frankfort Electric R. R. Co. since 1895; president of Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville R. R. Co., and Cayandutta Electric R. R. Co. since 1897; Deputy State Treasurer, 1894-96. Address, Fonda, N. Y.

HEFFERNAN, John A .:

Appointed borough secretary of Brook- lyn, by Borough President Martin Little- ton; born in 1871; for twelve years has been an active newspaper worker in N. Y. City, and for the last four or five years of that period has been considered one of the best informed writers of political news in Brooklyn; is the son of an old-time news- paper man, his father having been a finan- cial writer for one of the metropolitan dailies for many years; married; is a member of the Brooklyn Club, the Demo- cratic organization in the Seventh Assem- bly District, a member of the Young Men's Democratic Club and of the Friday Club, a social organization made up of news- paper men. Address, 471

55th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

President of the Metropolitan Life In- surance Co. of N. Y .; born N. Y. City, April 18, 1844, and served the usual mer- cantile apprenticeship from 1860 to 1866, the latter part of the time in a N. Y. bank; joined the Manhattan Life as an accountant in Dec., 1866; in June, 1870, he was appointed secretary of the Metro- politan Life Insurance Co., in Oct. of the same year was elected vice-president, and in Oct., 1891, was made president; trustee Hamilton Trust Co. and Union Dime Sav- ings Bank; director National Shoe and Leather Bank, Lincoln Trust Co., and Trust Co. of America. Address, 19 Madi- son Ave., N. Y. City.

HEIDELBACH, Alfred Samuel:

Banker and stock broker; born N. Y., Nov, 17, 1851; was educated in grammar schools and University of Zurich, in Switz- erland; in 1876, was instrumental in es- tablishing the firm of Heidelbach, Ickel- heimer & Co .. In 1879 married Miss Picard. Address, 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.

HEINEMANN, E .:

Artist; born Brunswick, Germany, 1848; son of A. and Marie Heinemann; married; pupil of A. Closs and Brendeamour; came to U. S., 1872; awarded first prize in the school of the N. Y. T. V .; studied draw- ing and painting at the Art Students League, N. Y .; exhibited at Paris Expo- sition, 1900; bronze medal, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; member Salma- gundi Club. Address, Fort Wadsworth, S. I., N. Y.

HEINZE, Arthur P .:

Capitalist, lawyer and banker. Descend- ed on his father's side through nine gen- erations of Lutheran ministers, from Cas- par Aquila, born 1488, died 1560, who was first protestant bishop of Saalfeld and assisted Martin Luther in translating the Bible into German; on his mother' side related to the Lacey, Marsh and Silliman families of Connecticut ; born Dec. 18, 1864 at Brooklyn, N. Y .; educated in Ger- many and then was graduated from Col- umbia School of Art, Class of 1885; stud- ied law at Leipsic and Heidelberg, Ger- many, at both of which universities his uncles were professors, and finally was graduated from Columbia Law School, 1SS8, and was admitted to the Bar of N. Y. in 1889; began practice in the office of Chas. K. Hill, but soon after settling the estate of his father Otto Heinze, a greatly respected wholesale drygoods merchant of N. Y., he joined his younger brother F. Augustus in his copper mining enterprises

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in Montana, founding the Montana Ore | of Seneca C. and Lucy (Francis) Hemen- Purchasing Co .; together and subsequently the two brothers with a third brother, Otto C., branched out into British Colum- bia, building a smelter and a railroad there in the wilderness. These interests they sold to the Canadian Pacific when their mining titles in Butte were attacked by the Boston Copper Range Co .. This fight has gradually developed into the most gi- gantic legal battle in the history of min- ing litigation in the United States, Arthur acting as advisory counsel in the litiga-

tion. At present over 165 actions are pending and the Heinzes have retained counsel all over the United States. They are the chief opponents of the Amalga- mated Copper Co. and they have up to date prevented the trustification of the copper industry on the lines planned by the Standard Oil Co. Mr. Heinze is vice- president of the United Copper Co .; presi- dent of the Aetna Indemnity Co. of Hart- ford, Conn. and a director of the Nipper Consolidated Copper Co., and partner of Otto Heinze & Co., bankers and merchants. In 1899 married Miss Ruth Meiklejohn Noyes, daughter of John Noyes, one of the pioneers of Montana, and they took up their residence at 220 Madison Ave., N. Y. City. Mr. Heinze is fond of music and while at college was devoted to the study of languages, no less than seventeen hav- ing been more or less mastered. Member of Hamilton, Crescent Athletic, Down Town, the German Clubs and the Strollers, also of the Silver Bow of Butte, the Mon- tana of Helena, and the Karlsenhensia of Heidelberg. Residence, 220 Madison Ave .; office, 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

HELLMAN, Mrs. Theodore:

Author; daughter of the late Joseph Seligman, and widow of Theodore Hell- man; born N. Y., 1852; has published three books, translations of Heine's Lyric and Ballads, Kinkel's Tanagra, and Leroy Beaulieu's Israel Chez les Nations; Mrs. Hellman has served as school inspector and is interested in many charitable and educational institutions, acting as di- rector on many boards. Address, 36 W. 75th St., N. Y. City.

HELME, George A .:

Vice-president and director of California Products Co .; director of American Snuff C., Hudson Valley Ry. Co., and of First National Bank of Jamesburg, N. J. Resi- dence, Helmetta, N. J .; office, 175 5th Av., N. Y. City.

HEMENWAY, John Francis:

way; received education in the common schools of Onondaga County, continuing studies by private tutors; first obtained employment in a country store; after- wards turned his attention to telegraphy, and for some time was in the service of the old Atlantic and Pacific, the Western Union, and the Chicago & Western R. R. Cos., and at different times gave some at- tention to railroading. Receiving a fa- vorable opening for a woolen mill concern at Marcellus, N. Y., Mr. Hemenway took a position as bookkeeper, afterwards was similarly employed at Auburn, N. Y., for the Empire Wringer Co., of which estab- lismment he subsequently became man- ager, and maintained that connection un- til that enterprise was consolidated with the American Wringer Co., and as assist- ant general manager devoted seven years to the development and betterment of the consolidated organization; continuing as a director, he then withdrew from the management of that enterprise, and or- ganized in N. Y. the Smith & Hemenway Co., manufacturers and importers of hard- ware specialties and cutlery, into which was merged Smith & Patterson, Bindley Automatic Wrench Co., the Maltby-Henley Co., and the Windsor Hardware Corpora- tion; connected also with Ericsson Tele- phone Co., of N. Y., making a specialty of importing telephone appliances made by L. M. Ericsson & Co., of Stockholm, Sweden, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Lon- don, England. He is secretary, treasurer and director in the Ericsson Telephone Co., the Smith & Hemenway Co., treas- urer and director in the Schatz Hardware Manufacturing Co .; in the Winfield Tele- phone Co., director in the American Wringer Co., director and president of the Imon Petroleum Co .; is member of the Union League and Hardware Clubs. Ad- dress, 296 Broadway, N. Y. City.

HEMSTREET, Charles:

Author; born N. Y., Sept. 20, 1866; son William and Jennie Hemstreet; educated in N. Y. public schools; married Marie Mumford Meinell, April 29, 1898 ; in active newspaper work in N. Y. sixteen years. Author of Nooks and Corners of Old N. Y., The Calendar of Old N. Y., Story of Manhattan, Reporting for the News- papers. When Old N. Y. was Young, Lit- erary Landmarks of N. Y. Address, 335 W. 14th St., N. Y. City.

HENDERSON, Charles R .:

Banker; president Henderson Estate Co. Manufacturer; born Amber, N. Y .; son and Matteawan Manufacturing Co .; di-

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rector Guaranty Trust Co. and Fidelity Bank; trustee Bowery Savings Bank, Mu- tual Life Insurance Co., and Title Guar- antee and Trust Co. Residence, 27 E. 65th St. ; office, 24 Nassau St., N. Y. City. HENDERSON, Norman:

Banker; was graduated from Columbia College in 1883; treasurer and director of Matteawan Manufacturing Co .; treasurer and trustee of Henderson Estate Co .; di- rector of National Mills Sugar Co., Water Paint Co., Dry Milk Co., Consolidated Ry. Electric Lighting and Equipment Co., and Casein Co. of America ; member of Union, St. Anthony, Morristown, Down Town, Morris County Golf and Racquet Clubs. Residence, Morristown, N. J .; office, 24 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

HENDERSON, William James:

Musical critic; author; born Newark, N. J., Dec. 4, 1855; son William and Ettie Henderson; was graduated from Prince- ton, 1876, A. M .; married, 1880, Ella, daughter of Samuel J. Carter, Nashville, Tenn. ; married May 9, 1904, Julia, daugh- ter of Frederick A. Wall, of New York; on staff N. Y. Times, 1883-1902 ; music critic N. Y. Sun; associate editor of The Standard Dictionary, 1892-94. Author: The Story of Music, Preludes and Studies, Sea Yarns for Boys, Afloat With the Flag, Elements of Navigation, The Last Cruise of the Mohawk, What is Good Music, How Music Developed, The Orchestra and Or- chestral Music, Richard Wagner-His Life and His Dramas, Modern Musical Drift; member Princeton Club. Address, Editor- ial Rooms, The Sun, N. Y. City.

HENDRICK, Michael J .:

Consul; born Penn Yan, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1847; was educated in the public schools and at the Penn Yan Academy; from 1871 until 1884 was engaged in mercantile pursuits, afterwards until 1893 in the com- mission business; appointed Consul at Belleville, Ontario, in 1893. Address, Belleville, Ontario.

HENDRICKS, Francis:

Insurance superintendent of N. Y .; born Kingston, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1834; obtained education in the public schools and at the Albany Academy; established a photo- graph supply house in Syracuse, N. Y., which is one of the largest in the State; in 1877 was appointed fire commissioner, and was president of the board two years; was Mayor of Syracuse in 1880 and 1881; served in the legislature as a member of the Assembly in 1884 and 1885, and was elected State Senator in 1885, serving three consecutive terms from 1886 to 1891,

and was chairman of a special committee appointed to investigate municipal af- fairs in N. Y. City; was appointed Col- lector of the Port of N. Y. in 1891; which position he resigned in 1893; entered upon the duties of his present position in Feb., 1900. Address, 11 Broadway, N. Y. City.

HENRY, Edward Lamson:

Artist; born Charleston, 1841; studied Philadelphia, N. Y., Paris and London; elected associate of the Academy of De- sign, 1869, and academician in 1870; mar- ried Frances Livingston Wells, of Johns- town, N. Y., 1875; work, genre and Am- erican historical; among best known paintings are City Point, Va., and Grant's Headquarters, owned by Union League N. Y .; The Dutch Church, now in Albany, and The First Railway Train in America. in the Metropolitan Museum; has received numerous medals. Residence, Cragsmoor: address, Century Club, N. Y. City.

HENRY, Nelson H .:

Physician; at present Adjutant General S. N. Y .; born April 27, 1855, Staten Island, N. Y .; was educated in the public schools and College City of N. Y., College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1879; member of Assembly, legislature 1899, 1900, 1901; Adjutant General S. N. Y., 1902, 1903, 1904; Chief Surgeon, rank of Major, in U. S. Vols., Spanish-Ameri- can War, 1898; married, Sarah Rodgers Sloan, April 30, 1901; Republican. Ad- dress 59 W. 9th St., N. Y. City.

HENSLEY, Mrs. Sophia Almon:

Author; born Nova Scotia, 1866; daugh- ter Rev. Henry Pryor Almon and Sarah Frances de Wolfe, descendant of Cotton Mather through Rev. Mather Byles; mar- ried Hubert Arthur Hensley, 1889; edu- cated by governesses, then St. Denis School, Warminster, Wilts, England; also in Paris, France; studied literature under Professor Charles G. D. Roberts; came to N. Y. in 1900; lecturer on literary topics; also on social and moral topics before women's clubs; is identified with the or- ganization of mothers, and helped organ- ize the N. Y. City Mothers Club, of which she is president; is in sympathy with all movements that are progressive; is a rad- ical and fearless speaker and thinker. Douglas Sladen, in his "Younger Amer- ican Poets," makes special mention of her poem: "There is No God," in his in- troduction; is president of the Society for the Study of Life, an organization designed to instruct young women in their duties as wives and mothers, and to study the laws regarding the origin and main-

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 79

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