Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 84

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HOUGHTON, Charles Frederick:


Manufacturer; born June 1, 1846, Cam- bridge, Mass .; educated at Edward Hall's School, Ellington, Conn .; learned the manufacture of glass and in 1869 removed to Corning, N. Y., where he became vice- president of the Corning Cut Glass Co .; Republican; member of Assembly, 1872. Married, July 2, 1878, Helen Hall of Au- burn, N. Y. Address, Corning, N. Y. HOUGHTON, Clarence Sherrill:


Lawyer; born April 28, 1864, Peirmont, N. Y .; prepared at Phillips Andover


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Academy and was graduated from Am- |ial staff of The Evangelist and Chris- herst College, 1888, and attended Colum- bia Law School. Married. Assistant U. S. District Attorney. Member of Chi Psi Fraternity, City Bar and Amherst Alum- ni Associations. Residence, 678 West End Ave .; office, 84 P. O. Building, N. Y. City.


HOUGHTON, George Clarke.


Protestant Episcopal clergyman; born New York, Dec. 17, 1850 ; was graduated from St. Stephens College, Annandale, 1867; A. M., 1870; B. D., 1893 ; D. D., 1895; was graduated from General Theo- logical Seminary, 1870; priest, 1871; curate Trinity parish, New York, nine years and rector of Trinity Church, Hoboken, N. J., eighteen years until 1897, when he was called as rector to the Church of


the Transfiguration, New York (Little Church Around the Corner). Member Municipal Art Society, Sons of Revolution, Society Colonial Wars, Calu- met Catholic, and Arts Clubs. Address, 1 East 29th St., N. Y. City.


HOUGHTON, H. Seymour.


Physician; born New York, April 7, 1862 ; was graduated from Amherst, 1883, A. M .; Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1886. Member New York Academy Med- icine, Physicians, Mutual Aid Societies, University, New York Yacht and Repub- lican Clubs. Address, 301 West 88th St., N. Y. City.


HOUGHTON, James Warren:


Jurist; born Corinth, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1856; graduate of Canandaigua Academy, 1876; studied law and admitted to the Bar at Rochester, N. Y., 1879; married Elizabeth M. Smith, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 1884; county judge of Saratoga County, 1888-99; resigned and appointed to Supreme bench by Governor Roose- Telt, Dec., 1899; elected on Republican ticket, 1900, Fourth Judicial District, for full term of fourteen years, as justice of the Supreme Court of N. Y. Designated, Sept. 1903, to serve as associate justice Appellate Division Third Department. Address, 601 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.


HOUGHTON, Louise Seymour.


Editor, author; born Piermont, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1838 ; educated by private tutors and at Utica Female Seminary ; 1872-75 abroad; volunteer in the McAll Mission in France; director American McAll Asso- ciation and editor of its periodical; charter member of the King's Daughters Settlement (now Jacob A. Riis Neighbor- hood Settlement, New York) ; on editor-


tian at Work. Author of: The Sabbath Month, Fifine, Faithful to the End, Life of David Livingstone, the Bible in Pitcure and Story, the Life of Christ in Picture and Story, From Olivet to Patmos, in Picture and Story, Antipas and Other Children, the Log of the Lady Gray, the Life of the Lord Jesus (published by McAll Mission), the Cruise of the Mys- tery ; has translated several French and German books. Residence, 145 West 105th St .; office, 90 Bible House, N. Y. City.


HOURIGAN, Patrick William:


Lieutenant commander U. S. Navy; born in and appointed from New York. Cadet midshipman, June 24, 1876; was gradu- ated June 22, 1882; ensign (junior grade), March 3, 1883; ensign, June 26, 1884; lieu- tenant (junior grade), June 30, 1892; lieu- tenant, June 12, 1896; Dolphin, 1892-95; Naval Academy, 1895-97; Concord, 1897; Olympia, 1898; training-ship Alliance, April, 1901 to 1903. U. S. S. Kearsarge 1903; on duty at Naval Training Station, Narragansett Bay, R. I., which is present station.


HOVEY, Edmund Otis.


Geologist; born New Haven, Conn., Sept. 15, 1862 ; was graduated from Yale, 1884; Ph. D., 1889. Special studies at Hiedelberg University, Germany, 1890- 1901; superintendent of schools in Minne- sota, 1884-86; assistant of Mineralogical laboratory Yale University, 1886-87 ; on U. S. geological survey, 1890; principal high schools, Waterbury, Conn., 1888-92; in charge Missouri mineral exhibit, World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-93; assistant curator, 1894-1900, and since associate curator, geological department, Ameri- can Museum Natural History, N. Y. In May, 1902, sent to the West Indies as the representative of the museum to in- vestigate the eruptions of Mt. Pelée and La Soufriere. Compiled (with R. P. Whitfield) Catalogue of the Types and Figured Specimens of Geological De- partment, American Museum Natural History. Author: Martinique and St. Vincent and numerous geological papers. Residence: 115 West 84th St., N. Y. City.


HOVEY, Edward Hamlin:


Manufacturer, inventor; born Ypsilanti, Mich., Sept. 2, 1861; graduate of High School, Jackson, Mich .; pioneer in the economical production of steam power on chemically scientific lines, with absence of any objectionable smoke, using any kind of fuel; inventor of the "Hydro- Carbon" system, having an international


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reputation, which, after being installed on the former U. S. Army Transport, and now fast mail steamship Zelandia, though this ship is twenty-eight years old, broke her record by twenty-two hours between San Francisco and Hono- lulu; commended to Prince Henry and Emperor William of Germany, through courtesy of Howard Gould, bringing forth a command; recommended to the War Department by Mr. Gould and Colonel John Jacob Astor, for whom installa- tions have been made; the Frankford Arsenal, at Bridesburg, Philadelphia, equipped and first trip of U. S. Army Transport Logs showed saving of over two hundred tons of coal, with increased speed of twelve hours, on San Francisco- Manilla route. Equipments made by the Steam Boiler Equipment Co. of N. Y., of which he is president; director and officer in other corporations. Address, 114 Front St., Brooklyn, N. Y.


HOVEY. Henriette:


Formerly Mrs. Russell; pupil and as- sistant of Gustave Delsarte, Paris; teach- er of acting and Delsartean theory of art; married, 1893, Richard Hovey. Au- thor: Yawning, a book of short essays on education and art. Address, The Aris- ton, 55th St. and Broadway, N. Y. City.


HOWARD, Bronson:


Playwright; born Detroit, Mich., 1842; educated in New Haven; after leaving school entered journalism, working on the N. Y. Mail and the Tribune; began to write plays while still engaged in newspaper work, and, 1870, a comedy en- titled: Saratoga, was accepted by Au- gustin Daly; this had a long and success- ful run; in 1873 he wrote: Lillian's Lost Love, produced in Chicago, but not prov- ing a success he revised it, changing its name to The Banker's Daughter, pro- duced at the Union Square Theatre, New York, and ran for over one hundred and fifty nights; in 1878 he wrote: Old Love Letters; Young Miss Winthrop, (1882) ; One of Our Girls, (1885); Met by Chance, (1887); The Henrietta, (1887); Shenan- doah, (1889); Aristocracy, (1892). Mar- ried a sister of Charles Wyndham, the English comedian. Address, care Samuel French, 24 West 22d St., N. Y. City. HOWARD, John Galen.


Architect; born Chelmsford, Mass., May 8, 1864; was graduated from Boston Latin School, 1882; at Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology and Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and with H. H. Richardson ; Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, and McKin,


Mead & White. Among the buildings of which he was architect are the Hotel Renaissance, Hotel Essex, New York ; Ma- jestic Theatre, Boston; Public Library, Montclair, N. J .; Electric Tower, Pan- American Exposition ; on board of archi-


tects Pan-American Exposition, 1900; since 1901 supervising architect of Uni- versity of California. He is a Fellow American Institute Architects. Member Metropolitan Museum of Art, Municipal Art Society, Society Beaux Arts Architects, Architectural League, National Sculp- ture Society, Massachusetts Institute, Technology Society of New York, Cen- tury Association, National Arts, City, University (San Francisco), and Faculty (Berkeley ) Clubs. Address, 156 5th Ave., N. Y. City.


HOWARD, John Raymond:


Publisher and book editor; born Brook- lyn, N. Y., May 25, 1837; was graduated from University of Rochester, 1857, A. B .; 1860, A. M .; traveled in America, 1858; instructor at Brooklyn Polytechnic In- stitute, 1859; traveled and studied in Europe, 1859-61; served during Civil War as captain and aide-de-camp, U. S. Vol- unteers, Aug., 1861, to Feb., 1865; editor of reports with Adelberg and Raymond, mining engineers, 1865; editorial writer on N. Y. Times and N. Y. Examiner and Chronicle, 1866-67; since Dec., 1867, in publishing business (J. B. Ford & Co. and Fords, Howard & Hulbert). Author: Henry Ward Beecher: A Study, and many articles, chiefly in The Outlook; has edit- ed Patriotic Addresses, by H. W. Beech- er; Bible Studies, by H. W. Beecher; Ed- ucational Nuggets; Patriotic Nuggets; Historical Nuggets; with T. J. Ellinwood, A Treasury of Illustration, by H. W. Beecher; and, as managing editor (with Bliss Carman and others), The World's Best Poetry. Married Susan R. Merriam, of Springfield, Mass., 1871. Residence, 174 Hicks St., Brooklyn, N. Y .; office, 78 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.


HOWARD, Joseph, Jr .:


Writer; journalist; born Brooklyn, June 3, 1833; educated in Rensselaer Polytech- nic Institute; married, 1856, Anna Gregg, Boston. Since 1860 newspaper editor, correspondent and special writer for N. Y. Times, Tribune, Herald, Sun, World, Re- corder, Boston Herald, Globe, Philadel- phia Times, Press, San Francisco Chron- icle, Chicago News, Tribune, Times- Herald, etc., over signature "Howard"; editor and proprietor New York Star, 1868-76. Clubs: Lotos, Press, Dramatists


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(New York), Boston Press. Author: Life the Imperial Technical Society of Rus- of H. W. Beecher; History of the Union League Club; History Makers of the 19th Century. Residence, Sherman Sq. Hotel; office, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City.


HOWARD, Wendell Stanton:


Author and editor; born New York, Nov. 27, 1867, of early Virginia ancestry; preliminary education at home. Prepared for and admitted to Yale College, but went abroad for several years for special study in art and architecture; in 1893 be- came editor The Art Interchange, which he resigned in 1903. Was associate edi- tor of: Music of the Modern World. (D. Appleton & Co., 1899). While carrying on editorial work he found time to under- take musical and dramatic reviewing. which led him to write several plays and adaptations; one founded on the char- acter of Peg Woffington; is also musician, and has written a number of songs and two operettas: Priscilla and King Cupid. Though a contributor to various periodi- cals much of his work has been done anonymously. Is at present associated with John La Farge and August F. Jac- caci in the editorial work on: Noteworthy Paintings in American Private Collec- tions, 16 vols. (Merrill & Baker). Resi- dence, 80 Madison Ave .; office, 452 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.


HOWARD, Wesley O .:


Justice of the Supreme Court ; term ex- pires 1916. Address, Troy, N. Y.


HOWE, George Maxwell:


Educator; was graduated from Univer- sity of Indiana, A. B., 1894. and Cornell University, Ph. D., 1901. Single. In- structor in German in Cornell Universi- ty. Member of Beta Theta Pi Fraterni- ty. Address, 57 Cascadilla Place, Ithaca, N. Y.


HOWE, Henry Marion:


Professor of Metallurgy, Columbia Uni- versity; past president American Insti- tute Mining Engineers and president of Jury on Mines and Metallurgy, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. El- liot Cresson Medallist, Franklin Institute Philadelphia. Non-resident Fellow Am- erican Philosophical Society, Philadel- phia. Is Bessemer Medallist of Iron & Steel Institute and honorary member of Institution of Mining & Metallurgy in Eng .; Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur. Laureat de la Societe de'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale in France. Has received from Germany gold medal of the Verein zur Beforderung des Ge- werbfleisses and is honorary member of


sia, of Dallas Historical Society, and of Alumni Association Schools of Applied Science of Columbia University. Address, Columbia University, N. Y. City.


HOWE, Lucien:


Physician ; born Standish, Me., Sept. 18, 1848; was graduated from Bowdoin Col- lege, 1870; Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, 1871; Bellevue Hospital Medi- cal College, N. Y., 1872; professor of oph- thalmology, University of Buffalo; sur- geon in charge of Buffalo Eye and Ear Infirmary; member of Royal Microscopic- al Society, England. Address, 183 Dela- ware Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.


HOWE, Marshall Avery:


Botanist; born Newfane, Vt., June 6, 1867; son of Marshall Otis and Gertrude Dexter Howe; fitted for college at Glen- wood Classical Seminary, West Brattle- boro, Vt .; received degree of Ph. B. from the University of Vermont in 1890; sub- master of High School, Brattleboro, Vt., 1891; instructor in crytogamic botany in the University of California, 1891-96; pur- sued graduate studies at Columbia Uni- versity, 1896-98, receiving degree of Ph. D. in 1898. Curator of the herbarium of Columbia University. 1899-1901; assist- ant curator of the N. Y. Botanical Gar- den, 1901 to date; Fellow of the N. Y. Academy of Sciences and of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science; member of the Botanical Socie- ty of America and of the Society for Plant Morphology and Physiology; editor of Torreya, organ of the Torrey Botanical Club, and associate editor of the Bul- letin of the Torrey Botanical Club. Has written various papers and monographs on botany, making a specialty of studies of the marine algae. Member Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Delta Theta; unmarried. Address. New York Botanical Garden. N. Y. City.


HOWE, William Henry.


Artist; born Ravenna, O., 1846, where he was educated; pupil of Otto de Tho- ren and Vullefroy, Paris. Awarded gold medal 1888 Paris Salon, and at various expositions decorated by French gov- ernment. Officier d'Académie, 1896, and Cross of Legion d'honneur, 1898. Acad- emician National Academy Design. Mem- ber of American Fine Arts Society, Sal- magundi and Lotos Clubs. Address, Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N. Y.


HOWELL, Mary Seymour:


Lecturer and philanthropist; born Mount Morris, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1850;


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Address, 48 West 59th St., N. Y. City. daughter of Norman and Frances Hale (1902); Questionable Shapes, (1903), etc. Metcalf Seymour; married George Rogers Howell, State Librarian (died, 1899). Na- HOWLAND, Alfred Cornelius: tional lecturer for the W. C. T. U .; prom- inent advocate of


woman suffrage throughout the U. S .; campaigned with Susan B. Anthony through So. Dakota, 1890, Kansas, 1891, New York, 1893. Pub- lished, 1903, memoir of her husband and her son. Address, 32 Lancaster St., Al- bany, N. Y.


HOWELL, William Barberie:


U. S. general appraiser; born Freehold, N. J., July 5, 1865; son of William H. and Josephine V. Howell; was graduated from Spencerian Business College, Wash- ington, 1882; law school, Columbian LL. M .; admitted to District of Columbia


1888, Isabel S. Bar, 1891; married,


Lauck, Washington; passed first com- petitive civil service examination, 1883; clerkship in Bureau of Internal Revenue, 1884; special employee in customs ser- vice, 1891; private secretary to Assist- ant Secretarys Maynard, Tichenor, Spaulding and Hamlin; Assistant Secre- tary U. S. Treasury, 1897-99, when he was made U. S. general appraiser. Resi- dence, E. Orange, N. J .; office. 641 Wash- ington St., N. Y. City.


HOWELLS, John Mead:


Architect; born Cambridge, Mass., 1868; was graduated from Harvard, 1891, and studied profession six years in Europe; received the French government diploma, 1897; has since practiced in New York; member of Société des Architects Diplo- més par le Government. Address, Wood- bridge Building, 100 William St., N. Y. City.


HOWELLS, William Dean:


Author; born Ohio, 1837; in 1856 be- came a correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette; 1859, was made news editor of the State Journal; 1860, published his first book: Poems of Two Friends; 1861 was appointed U. S. consul at Venice, where he remained until 1865; upon his return he became an editorial writer on the N. Y. Times and a regular contributor to the N. Y. Nation; 1872-81 editor of the Atlantic Monthly; 1886-91 editorial con- tributor to Harper's Magazine; subse- quently editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Author: Their Wedding Journay, (1871); A Chance Acquaintance, (1874); Dr.


Breen's Practice, (1881) ; A Woman's Reason, (1884); April Hopes, (1888); The Quality of Mercy, (1893); The Landlord at Lion's Head, (1897); The Kentons.


Artist; born Walpole, N. H., Feb. 12, 1838; was graduated from Walpole Acad- emy in 1855, then went to Boston to study art, but two years later removed to N. Y. City, where he devoted his time for three years to drawing on stone in a lithographic establishment; thence went to Europe and spent a year in the Acad- emy of Dusseldorf, two years in the studio of Professor Flamm, in that city, and subsequently became a pupil of Lam- binet, in Paris; returned, in 1865, to New York; was elected to the Artist Fund Society in 1874, the Century Club in 1867; was made an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1874, and on the merits of the painting: Driving a Bar- gain (now in the Layton Gallery in Mil- waukee), was made a National Acad- emician in 1882. Among his important works may be mentioned: On the Road to Senlis (France); A Morning Stroll; Monday Morning; A Pastoral; The Pot Boiler (exhibited at Munich); Fourth of July Parade (exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition), and the Yale Fence, purchased by Chauncey M. De- pew and presented by him to the gym- nasium of Yale University; makes a


specialty of landscapes and genre sub- jects, having a preference for quaint New England characters; married, Jan. 26, 1871, Clara Ward, of N. Y. City, daughter of Oliver Delancey and Emily Potter Ward. Summer residence, The Roof- Tree, Williamstown, Mass .; address, 318 West 57th St., N. Y. City.


HOWLAND, Henry Elias.


Lawyer; born Walpole, N. H., June 30, 1835; was graduated from Yale, 1854; Harvard Law School, LL. B., 1857; ad- mitted same year to the N. Y. Bar; jus- tice marme court, 1873-74; alderman, 1875-76; president department of taxes, 1880; president Manhattan State Insane Hospital; also Home for Destitute Blind; captain 22d Regiment, N. Y. National Guard; served in Civil War, 1862-63. Member of Bar Association, Metropoli- tan Museum of Art, Munipical Art So- ciety. Clubs: University, Union League, Century, Meadow Brook, Mayflower So- ciety, Yale, New York. Address, 35 Wall St., N. Y. City.


HOXIE, Richard L .:


Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army; born New York; appointed from Iowa; was graduated from the Military Academy


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and promoted to second lieutenant, June. 1868; served at Willet's Point, New York, 1868 to 1870; promoted to first lieutenant, 1870; assistant engineer on the public works in the harbor at Boston, Mass., 1870 to 1872; under orders of Lieutenant Wheeler as assistant engineer on Western explorations, 1872 to 1874; chief engi- neer of the District of Columbia, 1874 to 1878; assistant to Major Lydeckr, 1882 to 1884; promoted captain, 1882; in charge of various river and harbor improve- ments, surveys, etc., in Georgia, Florida and Alabama, 1884 to 1889; in command of engineer company Jan., 1889, and in- structor of military engineering in School of Application, Willet's Point, N. Y., from Feb., 1889 to 1904; major, March 31, 1895; lieutenant colonel, April 23, 1904. Ad- dress, 812 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Md.


HOY, David Fletcher:


Registrar of Cornell University; born Oct. 6, 1863, Bovina Centre, N. Y .; re- ceived early education at Delaware Lit- erary Institute, Franklin, N. Y .; way graduated from Cornell, B. S., 1891; M. S., 1893; was president of Kappa Sigma Fraternity of U. S. 1900-1902; married Silence Howard, Aug. 6, 1895; assistant registrar of Cornell University, 1891-1895; registrar, 1895 to date. Editor. 1898, of Ten Year Book of Cornell University; Republican in politics. Address, Ithaca, N. Y.


HOY, Edwin F .:


Banker; born 1862, Friendship, N. Y .; received an academic education ; became cashier of the First National Bank of Sal- amanca, which position he held for sev- eral years until 1903, when he became president, which position he still holds. Republican. Married in 1885, Dora Johns. Address, Salamanca, N. Y.


HOYE, Stephen M .:


Lawyer and railroad president; born Mount Carmel, Conn., July 19, 1860; edu- cated by a privated tutor and at the crossroads school in Connecticut, where he was graduated as a mechanical en- gineer; was employed in the Cheshire Watch Works while preparing for his admission to the law school at Yale, from which he was graduated in 1888; before entering the practice of law he invented several contrivances in connection with the Winchester repeating rifle. He re- moved to Brooklyn for the practice of his profession ,and at once became conspic- uous by his legal attacks against the "'L" roads for damages to property along the line; in almost every instance he won a )


victory and has never been reversed by the Court of Appeals; is largely interest- ed in the New Jersey and Staten Island R. R. Co., of which he is the president; member of the Montauk and Columbian Clubs of Brooklyn, and is identified with several fraternal organizations; 1891, mar- ried Miss Rose C. Kerren, of Brooklyn. Address, Brooklyn, N. Y.


HOYT, Charles Albert.


Retired rubber manufacturer; born Bur- lington, Vt., July 27, 1839; was grad- uated from University of Vermont, 1857, A. M., 1861, also A. M., Georgetown (D. C.) University. More than thirty


years treasurer of corporations own- ing Goodyear rubber patents, now American Hard Rubber Co., of which he is director; also director in many corpora- tions, including German American Insur- ance Co. (founder). Member of Chamber of Commerce, Long Island Historical So- ciety, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Am- erican Museum of Natural History, Cin- cinnati. Member of Union League, Press Merchants Clubs. Residence, 15 Pierre- pont St., Brooklyn; office, 9 Mercer St., N. Y. City.


HOYT, Colgate:


Banker; born Cleveland, O., 1849; in 1882 made government director of the Union Pacific; 1884, company director; di- rector of Oregon & Transcontinental and Oregon Ry. and Navigation Co., of North- ern Pacific; first vice-president of Mis- souri, Kansas & Texas Ry .; is connected with other railway and finanical enter- prises; member of Union League, Metro- politan, N. Y. Yacht, and other clubs. Address, 36 Wall St., N. Y. City.


HOYT, George W .:


Deputy manager in New York for the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Co .; born Stamford, Conn., June 19, 1856; entered the service of the Liverpool, Lon- don and Globe at the age of fifteen years, and was appointed assistant deputy man- ager at New York at the age of twenty- two years, and became deputy manager in 1887. Address, 45 William St., N. Y. City.


HOYT, Gerald L .:


Banker; was graduated from Yale in 1872. Director of American Car and Foundry Co., Ellenville and Kingston R. R. Co., Omaha Water Co., Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Ry. Co., Rhode Island Perkins Horse Shoe Co., Wharton Valley Ry. and Wisconsin Central Ry. tury, Yale, N. Y. Yacht, Church and Down Town Clubs. Residence, 28 E. 36th St .;


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Co., Havana Electric Co., Windsor Trust [ Anthropological Work in State Institu- Co. Member Knickerbocker, Union, Cen- office, 52 William St., N. Y. City.


HOYT, John Sherman:


Capitalist ; was graduated from Colum- bia School of Mines in 1890; vice-presi- dent and director of the Nevada Central R. R. Co., Nevada Co., and Wyllys Co. Secretary, treasurer and director of Ber- wick Malleable Co., director of The Haynes Co., Manhattan Life Insurance Co., Standard Plunger Elevator Co., and The Woodbridge Co. Member University Club. Residence, Rowayton, Conn. ; office, 1 Broadway, N. Y. City.


HOYT, Ralph W .:


Colonel, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; was graduated from Military Academy and promoted to second lieutenant, 1872; served in Texas on frontier duty, 1872 to 1876, and at Cheyenne Agency, Dakota, 1876 to 1878, being engaged in the capture of a Sioux band in 1877; promoted first lieutenant. in Jan., 1879; regimental quartermaster, 1879 to May, 1886; at Bismarck, Dakota, June, 1886, to Aug., 1887; in garrison at Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., 1887; captain, Sept. 19, 1890; major, Tenth Infantry, May 16, 1899; lieutenant-colonel, Four- teenth Infantry, May 28, 1902; trans- ferred to Tenth Infantry, Oct. 18, 1902. Colonel, 25th Infantry, Dec. 3, 1903. Ad- dress, Fort Niobrara, Neb.


HOYT, William Ballard:


Lawyer; born April 20, 1858, East Au- rora, N. Y .; prepared at academy in his native place and Buffalo High School; was graduated from Cornell University, Ph. B., 1881. Member Phi Beta Kappa and Theta Delta Chi Fraternities. Admitted to the Bar, 1883. Married, Dec. 20, 1887, Esther Lapham Hill, of Buffalo. Assistant U. S. District Attorney, 1886-89. Democrat. trustee of Cornell University ; director of Third National Bank. Member of Buffalo, University and Country Clubs. Residence, 841 Delaware Ave .; office, D. S. Morgan Building, Buffalo, N. Y.




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