Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 80

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tenance of life; she believes that the po- |his studies in Germany, completed them in litical enfranchisement of women will fol- low their social enfranchisement. Au- thor: A Woman's Love-Letters, poems ; Love and Company, Limited, novelette ; has a novel, The Lost Sard, ready for publication; also a work on social and moral problems to be published this win- ter. Address, New Rochelle, N. Y.

HENSON, Poindexter Smith:

Baptist clergyman ; born Fluvanna Co., Va., Dec. 7, 1831; was graduated from Richmond College, 1848; University of Virginia; studied law; ordaned 1856; held pastorate in Philadelphia and Chicago; since 1902 pastor of Hanson Place Baptist Church, Brooklyn; editor Baptist Teacher. Address, Hotel St. George, Brooklyn.

HENSZEY, Samuel A .:

President and director of Raleigh and Western Ry. Co .; president, treasurer and director of Egypt Ry .; vice president and director of Montgomery Palace Stock Car Co .; director Chatham Coal and Iron Co., and Southeastern North Carolina Ry. Co. Residence, 32 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, S. I .; office, , 52 Broadway, N. Y. City.

HEPBURN, Alonzo Barton:

President Chase National Bank, New York; born Colton. N. Y., July 24, 1846; was graduated from Middlebury, Vt, College, 1871; member N. Y. legis- lature, 1875-80; superintendent banking department, State of N. Y., 1880-83; U. S. bank examiner, 1889-92; Comptroller of the Currency, 1892-93; president 3d National Bank, New York, 1893-97; vice- president National City Bank, New York, 1897-99. Member: Chamber of Commerce, New England Society, and Union League, Metropolitan, Lawyers, Barnard and City Clubs. Address, 205 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.

HEPPENHEIMER, William C .:

Lawyer; president and director of Trust Co. of New Jersey; Peoples Safe Deposit and Trust Co., and Bergen and Lafayette Trust Co .; director of Colonial Life In- surance Co., Phoenix Horse Shoe Co., Public Service Corporation, and United Electric Co. of New Jersey. Residence, Hoboken, N. J .; office, 229 Broadway, N. Y. City.

HERBERMANN, Charles George:

Professor of Latin language and liter- ature of College of City of N. Y. Born Dec. 8, 1840, Saerbeck in Westphalia ; was twice married; first to Mary Theresa Dieter; second to Elizabeth Schoeb; began

the College of St. Francis Xavier, in 1858; was instructor in English, Latin, and Philosophy at his Alma Mater until 1869. Appointed professor of the Latin language and literature at the College of the City of N. Y., on Oct., 1869, which chair he holds now. Librarian of the ¡college in 1873. Was president of the Catholic Ciub 1874; first president of the Alumni Association of College of Xavier (1878); president of the U. S. Catholic Historical Society since 1898, and editor of its Historical Records and Studies. Pub- lished: Business Life in Ancient Rome; Sallust's Jurgurthine War; Sallust's Bel- lum Catilina; Torfaeus' History of Vin- land, (translated), papers on education in Ancient Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, and Greece : also the Origins of Geography ; Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim; The Norse Discovery of America; The First Map with the name of America, etc. He also edited for the Catholic Historical Society : Unpublished Letters of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton; Forty Years in the United States of America, by Rev. A. J. Thebaud, S. J. In 1905 he was appointed editor-in- chief of the Catholic Encyclopædia. Ad- dress, care of the College of the City of N. Y.

HERENDEEN, Edward Gideon:

Lawyer; born Oct. 19, 1857, Macedon, N. Y .; was graduated from Hobart Col- lege, 1879; member of Kappa Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities ; married : admitted to the Bar, 1882. President of Herendeen Manufacturing Co. of Geneva, N. Y. Director, Merchants National Bank, Elmira Rolling Mill Co. and Elmira Build- ing Co. Trustee of Hobart College .. Mem- ber of State and American Bar Asso- ciations. member Elmira City and Coun- try Clubs. Address, Elmira, N. Y.

HERING, Daniel Webster:

Educator; born Wahington Co., Mu., March 23, 1850; son of Joshua and Su- sannah Harmon Hering; was graduated from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, Ph. B., 1872; C. E., 1878; Ph. D., Western Md. College, 1895. Fellow Johns Hopkins University in engineering, 1876-78; mar- ried, 1881, Mary Hollis Webster. Balti- more; professor mathematics, Western Md. College, 1880-84; professor physics, Western University of Pennsylvania, 1884- S5. Fellow N. Y. Academy Sciences. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Phy- slcal Society, American Social Science

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Association. Contrbutor to scientific per- | Despotism ; and tympanum of Ethnological iodicals. Address, University Heights, N. Y. City.

HERING, Rudolph:

Hydraulic and sanitary engineer; born Philadelphia, 1847; took up professional studies in Germany; graduating in 1867 from the Dresden Polytechnic Institute. In 1868 he was engaged on the Fair- mount Park work in Philadelphia, on which he remained about three years ; in 1872 astronomer of the first ex- pedition sent out by the government to lay out the Yellowstone National Park; he later spent seven years as assistant city engineer of Philadelphia in special charge of design and construction of bridges and sewers. After doing import- ant work in Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleve- land Buffalo and other cities, he, in 1887, returned to New York and undertook an exhaustive examination of certain features of the sewerage of that city ; was also ap- pointed to make important investigations and designs for sewerage works at Wash- ington, D. C., New Orleans, La., Baltimore Md., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu and the Passaic valley district in New Jersey; the water supply investigations at New Orleans, Washington, Philadel- phia and New York; in the latter city was member of the Commission on Additional Water Supply appointed by Mayor Low : in addition to these commissions has been retained to design or to approve the plans for the water or sewerage works in a great many American and Canadian cities ; has given careful attention to the technical side of quarantine duties and the disposal of the garbage and other wastes of cities. examinations of furnaces abroad and in this country and studying the so-called reduction system from a sci- entific rather than commercial basis; a few years ago entered into a partnership with George W. Fuller, whose work is along allied lines with his own. Resi- dence, Montclair, N. J .; office, 170 Broad- way, N. Y. City.

HERMON, Atkins MacNell:

Sculptor and teacher; studied in Massa- chusetts Normal Art School ; Julien Acad- emy and Ecole des Beaux Art, Paris, and Roman Rinehart scholarship for four years; taught at Art Institute, Chicago, Cornell University, Ithaca; is now teacher at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and Art Students' League, New York; has done important decorative work at Paris Ex- position, 1900, spandrils on U. S. building; Pan-American Exposition, 1901, group:

Building; St. Louis Exposition, 1304, main cascade; works located at Art Institute, Chicago; Peabody Institute, Baltimore; Cornell University, Ithaca; Portland, Ore., Chicago, Ill .; Montclair, N. J .; member of National Arts Society, Society of Am- erican Artists, National Sculptors' Socie- ty, Architectural League, Municipal Art Society; designers' medal at Chicago, sil- ver medal Paris, 1900, and Charleston Exposition, 1902; gold medal Pan-Amer- ican Exposition, 1901. Residence at Col- lege Point, Long Island; studio, 145 West 55th St., N. Y. City.

HERRESHOFF, John B. Francis:

Vice-president The Nichols Chemical Co .; member American Chemical Society, American Society Mechanical Engineers, Scientific Alliance, Brown University Al- umni; was graduated from Brown Uni- versity ; member of Canoe,

Hamilton ·(Brooklyn) Clubs. Residence, 40 W. 69th St. ; office, 25 Broad St., N. Y. City. HERRICK, Albert Bledsoe:

Consulting electrical engineer; born Bergen Point, N. J., March 31, 1862; was assistant in perfecting the incandescent lamp under Edison; took physical, chemi- cal and mechanical course, Stevens Insti- tute Technology, Hoboken; was patent expert for Brush-Swan Co .; chief electri- cian successively for Bergmann & Co., Edison Co., Edison General Electric. Co., General Electric Co. Edits "Data Sheets" in The Electrical Engineer; contributor to engineering journals. Office, 120 Liber- ty St., N. Y. City.

HERRICK, Clinton B .:

Surgeon; specialist; born Troy, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1859; married Minnie Slavin, March 19, 1903; was graduated from Al- bany Medical College, 1880; matriculated at Royal University, Vienna, Austra, 1887; has been professor of railway sur- gery at Albany Medical College; is at- tending surgeon to Troy Hospital, con- sulting surgeon to Leonard Hospital; sur- geon to House of the Good Shepherd, Troy ; surgeon to N. Y. Central, Boston and Maine and Rutland R. R .; member of N. Y. State Medical Society, N. Y. State Association of Railroad Surgeons, and other medical societies. Author: Railway Surgery, 1 vol., several monographs. Member Society War of 1812.

Address, 40 State St., Troy, N. Y.

HERRICK, D. Cady :

Jurist; born Esperance, N. Y., April, 1846; educated in public schools of Al- bany and Anthomy Classical Institute,

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afterward entered the law office of Tre- main & Peckham, then became a student at Albany Law School, from which he was graduated in 1868 and admitted to the Bar; elected district attorney of Albany County, 1880 and 1883; in 1886 appointed corporation counsel of the city of Albany; 1891 elected one of the judges of the Supreme Court of the State of N. Y .; 1894 appointed associate justice of the appelate division of the Supreme Court of the State of N. Y. 1904, nominated for Governor of the State on the Demo- cratic ticket and, although not elected, ran many thousand votes ahead of his ticket. Address, 151 Washington Ave., Albany, N. Y.

HERSHEY, Jacob Daniel Temple:

Caritalist; born East Bridgewater, Mass., Sept. 22. 1821; educated Wrenthanı Academy; married Mercia F. Pennell. manufactured straw goods, 1810-84; since then dealer in commercial paper, stocks and bonds; member New York Chamber of Commerce. Residence, 332 W. 22d St .; office, 621 Broadway, N. Y. City.

HERTER, Christian A .:

Physician ; born Glenville, Conn., Sept. 3, 1865; son of Christian and Mary Miles Herter; educated Columbia Grammar School, New York; was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1886; married, 1886, Susan, daughter of David Dows. Investigator in clinical pathology. Member N. Y. Acad- emy of Medicine, Association American Physicians, American Physiological So- ciety, American Neurological Society, New York Pathological Society. Author: Diag- nosis of Nervous Diseases; Lectures on Chemical Pathology : also numerous mono- graphs. Clubs: Century, Riding, N. Y. Zoological Society. Address, 819 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.

HERVEY, Walter Lowrie:

Examiner, writer and lecturer on edu- cational topics; born Mt. Vernon, O., Sept. 28, 1862; son of the Rev Dwight B. and Mary E. (Reeder); married Antoinette Bryant, 1887; was graduated from Prince- ton, 1886; honorary Ph. D., Princeton, 1892; taught in secondary schools 1886-89; dean and professor of the history and in- stitutes of education in N. Y. College for the Training of Teachers, 1889-91; acting president, 1891-92; president Teachers' College, 1892-97; dean of the Chautauqua School of Pedagogy, 1893-98. Author: Picture Work, (1896); of The Preparation of the Teacher, in Principles of Religious Education, 1900; and of articles on ed-

ucation in the New International Ency- clopedia, 1903 (Dodd, Mead & Co.); mem- ber National Council of Educaton, 1898; member Sunday School Commission of the Diocese of N. Y. since 1898; member committee of management and chairman educational committee of West Side Young Men's Christian Association since 1901; member of the executive board and coun- cil Religious Education Association since 1903 ; member N. Y. Board of Examiners since 1898. Residence, 351 West 114th St .; office, Hall of Board of Education, Park Ave. and 59th St., N. Y. City.

HERZOG, Felix Benedict, Ph. D., A. M., LL. B .:

Inventor, electrical engineer, patent-at- torney, painter; born New York; son of Philip and Henrietta (Benedict) Herzog ; was graduated from Columbia University, (collegiate, post-graduate and law- schools) 1881-83 ; wrote for press and "The Railroad Transportation Problem" ; presi- dent Herzog Teleseme Co .; director in other financial corporations; inventor of many well known electrical devices, in- cluding telephonic adjuncts, automatic switch-boards, the teleseme, police cal! systems, elevator signals, and chemical annunciator, receiving for same medals at Paris and Buffalo Expositions; also in- ventor of other devices in general usc; member American Institute Electrical Engineers (five years in council) ; Electro- Chemical Society, American Association Advancement of Science; member Electri- cal Congress; member International Jury of Award (Electricity) St. Louis Exposi - tion. Fellow Geographical Society; iden- tified with other societies of public activi- ty and social service. Has repeatedly been a delegate to local Republican con- ventions; active in art matters, painter, (pupil of Rondel and one of earliest mem- bers of Art Students League); governor National Arts Club; trustee and former treasurer Municipal Art Society; member of other art organizations. Interested in photography, technical and artistic; in- ventor of appliances ; exhibitor with Photo Secession; member Camera Club. Ad- dress, 51 West 24th St., N. Y. City.

HERZOG, Paul M .:

Lawyer; born New York, Aug. 24, 1874; son of Dr. Max and Louise Bluen Herzog; graduated from N. Y. Law School, B. A .; admitted to Bar, Oct., 1895; trustee Asso- ciation Improved Instruction of Deaf- Mutes; member Bar Association, Century, Country, Criterion Clubs. Address, 22 William St., N. Y. City,

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HESKELL, Ernest:

Artist; born June 30, 1876, Woodstock, Conn .; educated Woodstock Academy and Boston Latin School; married Jan. 30, 1903. Address, 6 Oakland Pl., West New Brighton, S. I., N. Y.

HESS, Henry E .:

Manager of the N. Y. Fire Insurance Exchange; born Detroit, Mich., 1851; en- tered fire insurance office in Indianapolis at the age of sixteen, and has ever since maintained a connection with the business ; in 1881 he took up field work as special agent for the merchants of New Jersey, in the middle department, and in 1882 and 1883, served the Royal Insurance Co., of North America, and Pennsylvania Fire as special agent in N. Y. State, under Man- ager C. R Knowles; in 1884 was appointed to the position of special agent for the Connecticut Fire Insurance Co., with headquarters at Boston; elected president of the New England Fire Exchange in 1887, and served as vice-president of that organization in 1896 and 1897; in June, 1899, elected to his present position. Ad- dress, 32 Nassau St., N. Y. Cty.

HESS, Selmar:

Publisher ; native of Bavaria ; born Nov. 26, 1847; educated at a high school, and at fourteen was apprenticed to a dry goods firm; emigrated to N. Y. in 1867; went into business in Omaha, then pre- empted lands in Nebraska; learned the publishing business in Buffalo, and in 1870 was made partner in the Philadelphia firm of McMenahy, Hess & Co. A branch was opened in N. Y. He has branches in twenty of the largest cities. In 1873 he married Miss Solomon. Address, 206 W. 46th St., N. Y. City.

HESTER, William, Col .:

Publisher; 25 years president Brooklyn Eagle corporation; born Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1835, where he was educated; well-known in Democratic politics. In- terested in several business enterprses. Member: Metropolitan, N. Y. Yacht, At- lantic, Larchmont and Shelter Island Yacht, Crescent Athletic, Brooklyn and Hamilton (Brooklyn). Address, 158 Rem- son St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

HETHERINGTON, John Edwin:

Apiculturist; born Cherry Valley, N. Y .. Jan. 7, 1840; son of James and Eliza Judd Hetherington; was graduated from Cherry Valley Academy, 1858; married S. Nor- walk, Conn., Nov. 20, 1879, Eva W. Booth. Served in 1st regiment U. S. Sharpshoot- ers, Nov. 23, 1861, to Sept. 20, 1864; made captain at Gettysburg; discharged by rea-

son of wounds. Apiculturist since 1856; inventor of numerous apiarian appliances ; expert in all apiarian matters. Address, Cherry Valley, N. Y.

HEWITT, Erskine:

Graduated from Princeton College, 1891, N. Y. Law School, 1893; special London Embassy, 1895; Spanish War captain and asst. adjutant general U. S. Vols., 1898; president and director of N. Y. & Green- wood Lake Ry .; vice-president and director of Metropolitan Fire Proofing Co., and Trenton Iron Co .; secretary and director of Bazin Iron Ore Co., Gauley Mountain Coal Co., Loup Creek Colliery Co., Mid- vale Water Co., Pequest Co .; Soho Park and Land Co .; manager Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co .; director of Andean Trad- ing Co., Cooper-Hewitt Electric Co., St. Nicholas Skating & Ice Co., Trenton Water Power Co., Union Sulphur Co., Guayaquil & Qinto R. R., Oriental Bank (vice-presi- dent), International Bank, International Banking Corporation, Alabama Cons. Coal & Iron Co., Shelby Iron Co., Deepwater R. R., and Lehigh & Oxford R. R. Co .; member of Union, University, Racquet, Down Town, Tuxedo Racquet and Tennis, Tuxedo, and Players Clubs. Residence, 9 Lexington Ave .; office, 17 Burling Slip, N. Y. City.

HEWITT, Herbert H .:

President of Hewitt Rubber Co .; presi- dent and director of Central Brake Shoe Co., St. Thomas Brass Co., Hewitt Steel Truck Co., and Magnus Metal Co .; director of Buffalo Cereal Co., and Feath- erstone Foundry and Machine Co. Resi- dence, Waldorf Astoria; office, 170 Broad- way, N. Y City.

HEYDECKER, Edward L .:

Lawyer; born N. Y., June 12, 1863; graduated from Cornell, B. C. E., 1874; and from the Law School, 1885; has been giving attention to life insurance, in con- nection with the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Milwaukee, Wis., of which he is an accredited agent. Author and editor of various legal works. Residence, 137 Franklin Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y .; office, 220 Broadway, N. Y. City.

HIBBARD, Horace Mack:

Civil engineer, manufacturer; born Nov. 29, 1853, Ithaca, N. Y .; son of Henry Fitch Hibbard and Susan Mack Hibbard; prepared at Ithaca Academy and was graduated from Cornell, B. C. E., 1874; practiced his profession six years in rail- road building on the Hoosac Tunnel route and other roads; treasurer of Ithaca Autophone Co. since 1880; supervisor

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1888; Democrat; member of City Charter Commission ; secretary and treasurer of City Board of Sewer Commissioners; treasurer of Cornell University Alumni Association several years; member of City and Town and Gown Clubs, Protective Fire Police; Knight Templar; Knights of Pythias. Residence, Ithaca, N. Y.

HICKEY, Charles:

Jurist; born April 18, 1857, Somerset, N. Y .; educated at Lockport Union School; admitted to the Bar, 1884; mar- ried, Nov. 25, 1886, Frances C. Lambert, of Lockport; city attorney, 1892-95; Coun- ty Judge and Surrogate of Niagara Coun- ty since 1896. Address, Lockport, N. Y. HICKEY, James B .:

Lieutenant colonel, U. S. Army ; born in Maryland; appointed from N. Y. ; Cadet at Military Academy July 1, 1867; second lieutenant Eighth Cavalry, June 12, 1871; first lieutenant April 23, 1879; captain Jan. 20, 1890; major First Cavalry Feb. 2, 1901, served in Spanish-American War; Nov. 30, 1904, lieutenant colonel First Cavalry. Address, 25 Third Ave., N. Y. City.

HICKOX, Charles Ralph:

Lawyer; born Bay Ridge, Long Island, Jan. 11, 1873; son of Charles Ralph and Helen B. Church; was graduated from Yale, 1893; Harvard Law School, 1896; ad- mitted to the Bar, 1897; served with Troop A, N. Y. Volunteer Cavalry, and also as second lieutenant, Second U. S. Infantry, during Spanish-American war; resigned commission after the war and has since been practicing law in N. Y .; one of the founders of the Yale Club; member also Squadron A, Association of the Bar, and the Adirondack League Club. Address, 5 Beekman St., N. Y. City.

HICKS, John D .:

President of Realty Associates; trustee of the Bowery Savings Bank, director of City Real Estate Co., Lincoln Trust Co., Madison Safe Deposit Co., and Title Guarantee and Trust Co. Address, 179 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

HIGBEE, John Henley:

Lieutenant colonel U. S. Marine Corps; born N. Y. City; appointed from New York; commissioned as second lieutenant, March 9, 1861; marine barracks, head- quarters, Washington, D. C., 1861; sloop Vincennes, West Gulf Blockading Squad- ron, 1861-62 ; commissioned as first lieu- tenant Sept. 1, 1861; Blackwater river ex- pedition, 1861; flag-ship Hartford, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-63 ; bat- tles of Vicksburg, Warrentown, Port Hud-

son and Grand Gulf March 14, 19, 21, 23,

25 and 28, 1863, bombardment of Port Hudson, May 27, 1863; brevetted captain for gallantry in battle, May 25, 1863; marine barracks Brooklyn, N. Y., 1864; commissioned as captain June 10, 1864; receiving ship North Carolina, 1864; ma- rine barracks, Norfolk, Va., 1865; flag- ship New Hampshire, 1865-6; marine bar- racks, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1866; marine re- cruiting rendezvous, New York, 1866-68 ; marine barracks, Philadelphia, Pa., 1869; fleet marine officer, Pacific Station, 1870- 73; marine barracks, Mare Island, Cal., 1871; marine barracks, Portsmouth, N. H., 1873-78 ; fleet marine officer, Asiatic Sta- tion, 1878-81; marine barracks, Boston, 1881-82; marine barracks, navy yard, Washington, D. C., 1883-86 ; commanded Second Battalion of Marines on Isthmus of Panama, April, 1885; marine barracks, Norfolk, Va., 1886; marine barracks, Portsmouth, N. H., 1888-90; commissioned a Major, Aug. 18, 1889; commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, July 11, 1891; com- manding marine barracks, Portsmouth, 1889-95; marine barracks, navy yard, N. Y., Oct., 1895-98; retired, June 1, 1889. Address, N. Y. Club, N. Y. City.

HIGGINS, A. Foster:

Insurance Broker; president, treasurer and director of Mexican Northern Ry. Co., president and director of the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre, and Pacific R. R., and Sierra Madre Construction Co .; vice-presi- dent and director of Compania Metalur- gic Mexicana and Sombrerete Mining Co .; director of Albany Trust Co .; Crock- er-Wheeler Co., International Metal Co., Knickerbocker Safe Deposit Co., Knicker- bocker Trust Co., Mexican Lead Co., and Mexican Ore Co .; member of Jekyl Island, City and Down Town Clubs. Residence, Greenwich, Conn .; office 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.

HIGGINS, Frank Wayland:

Governor N. Y. State; born Rushford, N. Y., Aug 18, 1856; son of the late Orrin T. Higgins; received his education at the Rushford Academy and at the Review Mil- itary Academy at Poughkeepsie, this be- ing supplemented by a course of commer- cial college business education; in 1875 engaged in mercantile business on his own account at Stanton, Mich., which he con- ducted successfully for three years; 1879, removed to Olean and assumed the man- agement of the extensive grocery business of Higgins, Blodgett & Co., and succeeded to the ownership in 1886; is one of the largest stockholders and a director in the

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Exchange National Bank; but, for the [ Club; member Empire State Society, Sons past ten years has given most of his at- of American Revolution ; Hamilton Col- lege Alumni Association; State Bar Asso- ciation; American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science; Larchmont Yacht Club; Republican Club of the City of N. Y .; Aurora Grata Consistory, and Kismet Temple; founder and first vice-president of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks; member of the Society of the Cayugas; married July, 1891, Chris- tina J. Haley. Residence, 68 West 40th St .; office, 45 Broadway, N. Y. City. tention to timber and iron properties in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and on the Pacific Coast; has been for years a trustee of the Western New York Home for Friendless and Dependent Children, a trustee of the Chautauqua Assembly, and connected with various other benevolent and charitable enterprises in western New York; 1893, he was unanimously nominat- ed for State senator of the Fiftieth dis- trict, and was elected by a large plurality; re-elected for three successive terms, 1896, HILL, David B .: 1898, and 1900; he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chi- cago in 1888, and has on a number of oc- casions served his city, county and dis- trict in a representative capacity; elected lieutenant-governor on Republican ticket in 1902 .; was the unanimous choice of his party for promotion to the office of Gov- ernor and was elected in 1904. Residence, Olean, N. Y .; office, Albany, N. Y.

HIGLEY, Warren:

Lawyer; son of Chester and Prudence Miller Higley, and a direct descendant of Captain John Higley, who came from Frimley. Eng., and settled at Windsor, Conn., in 1666; born Auburn, N. Y., and there received the early training of the common school and district library; at the age of eighteen he taught school; prepared for college at the Auburn Acad- emy and was graduated from Hamilton College, 1862; in Nov., 1861, while a senior in college, he was appointed by Governor Morgan school commissioner for the sec- ond district of Cayuga County, which po- sition he filled until the summer of 1863, when he was chosen principal of Cayuga Lake Academy, at Aurora, N. Y .; resigned to assume the duties of superintendent of the public schools and principal of the high school of the city of Auburn; four years later became principal of the West High school, Cleveland, O., and thereaf- ter superintendent of the public schools of Dayton, O .; in the fall of 1874 he was admitted to the Ohio Bar; was elected Judge of the City Court, Cincinnati, O., 1881; removed to N Y. City in 1884; in 1882 he was foremost in the organization of the American Forestry, Congress, since changed to "Association," has been twice its president, and is still an officer; one of the founders of the Ohio State Forestry Association and its president, until re- moval to New York in 1884; a founder of the Ohio Society of New York; of the Pa- tria Club; member of the Alpha Delta Phi Club; president of the Adirondack League

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 80

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