Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 88

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JACOBI, Abraham:

Physician; born Hartum, May 6, 1830; M. D., 1851, at University of Bonn; pro- fessor of diseases of children in N. Y. Med- ical College, 1860; in the medical depart- ment, University City of N. Y., 1865; in College of Physicians and Surgeons since 1870; physician to German Dispensary and Hospital since 1857 ; to Roosevelt Hos- pital, 1899; consulting physician to Wo- men's Infirmary, Bellevue, Babies' Orth- opædic and other hospitals; ex-president of N. Y. Obstetrical and N. Y. Patholog- ical Societies ; president of Medical Society of County of N. Y., of State of N. Y. ; also of the N. Y. Academy of Medicine, etc .; member of City, Century and Barnard clubs. Address, 19 E. 47th St., N. Y. City. JACOBI, Mary Putnamı:

Physician ; born London, Eng., Aug. 31,

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1842; studied at Philadelphia Woman's plication of photography to astronomical Medical College; was graduated from N. Y. College of Pharmacy, and from Ecole de Medicine, Paris, France, 1871; married Abraham Jacobi, M. D., 1873 ; first woman to become member N. Y. Academy of Med- icine, and to be sent as delegate thence to the State Medical Association ; served suc- cessively as dispensary physician, Mt. Si- nai hospital; professor Woman's Medical College of N. Y. Infirmary and of Post- Graduate Medical School; author: The Value of Life; Cold Pack and Massage in Anæmia; Hysteria, Brain Tumor, and Other Essays; Studies in Primary Educa- tion ; Common Sense Applied to Woman Suffrage ; Studies in Primary Education ; Manual of Nursing. Address, 19 E. 47th St., N. Y. City.

JACOBS, J. W .:

Theatrical manager ; born July 26, 1862, Syracuse, N. Y .; was educated at Syra- cuse; Democrat in politics. Address, Lyric Theatre, N. Y. City.

JACOBY, Harold:

Professor of astronomy, Columbia Uni- versity ; born N. Y. City, March 4, 1865 ; father is Max Jacoby, merchant, who was born in Germany (1832) and came to the U. S. in 1850; mother was Eve M. Jack- son, born at New York in 1842 ; early edu- cation was obtained at various private schools in New York, principally Gibbens and Beach's school; was graduated from Columbia College in 1885, and has been connected with Columbia ever since; be- came adjunct professor of astronomy in 1894, full professor and acting head of the department in astronomy at Columbia University in Jan. 1903, which position he now holds; married Annie Mary, daughter of the late George Maclear, astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, December, 1890; Prof. Jacoby was assistant astronomer, U. S. Eclipse Expedi- tion to West Africa in the U. S. S. Pensa- cola, 1889-90; is Fellow of the Royal As- tronomical Society, London; member of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, Leipzig ; Fellow and former councillor and secre- tary, N. Y. Academy of Sciences; one of the founders, and for years treasurer and editor, American Mathematical Society ; member Century Club, N. Y .; has pub- lished many articles for the popularization of astronomy, especially in the N. Y. Ev- ening Post, and other newspapers and magazines; in 1901, published Practical Talks by an Astronomer (Scribner's) ; Professor Jacoby's principal contributions to astronomical research deal with the ap-

measurements of precision ; in 1892 he issued The Rutherfurd Photographic Meas- ures of the Group of the Pleiades, in which was demonstrated for the first time the complete equality of measurements made upon celestial photographs with the older form of direct measurements on the sky; in 1896; appeared Sur la Réduction des Cliches Astrophotographiques, published by the Paris Académie des Sciences, and containing mathematical formulas for the complete discussion of photographic ob- servations; in Photographic Researches near the Pole of the Heavens, published by the St. Petersburg Academy of Scien- ces, 1898, Professor Jacoby has given a mathematical discussion for determining the fundamental constants of stellar as- tronomy by photographing the stars close- ly surrounding the celestial pole; in addi- tion to the above he is also the author of many technical articles on stellar-parallax, star clusters, variation of terrestrial lati- lished by various academies and scientific Journals. Address, 333 W. 76th St., N. Y. City.

JACOBY, Henry Sylvester:

Professor of bridge engineering, Cornell University ; born near Springtown, Pa., April 8, 1857; son of Peter Landis and Barbara (Shelly) Jacoby ; after attending the district school and private summer school, was prepared for college at the Excelsior Normal Institute of Carversville, Pa., and the preparatory department of ·Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa .; was graduated with the degree of civil en- gineer at Lehigh University in 1877; in 1878, stadia rodman on the Lehigh Topo- graphical Corps of the second geological survey of Pennsylvania; 1878-79, transit man on surveys, discharge and sediment observations relating to the improvement of the Red River, Louisiana : 1879-85, chief draftsman in the U. S. engineer office, Memphis, Tenn .; 1886-90, instructor in civil engineering, Lehigh University; 1890 to date, professor of bridge engineering in Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y .; Fellow of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science; secretary of Section D in 1885 and vice-president and chairman of Section D in 1901; associate of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; mem- ber of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, being secretary of the society, 1900-02 ; member of the hon- orary Scientific Societies of Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi; 1888-90, editor of Journal of Engineering Society of Lehigh University ;

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author of the following books: (1892) | JAMES, D. Willis:

Notes and Problems in Descriptive Geom- etry, published by the author; (1895-96- 97) Outlines of Descriptive Geometry, in three parts, published by the author ; (1897) Text-Book on Plain Lettering, pub- lished by the Engineering News Publishing Co. of N. Y .; joint author with Mansfield Merriman, 1890-98, of text-book on roofs and bridges, in four parts, published by John Wiley & Sons of N. Y .; also author of numerous articles in engineering pe- riodicals and journals. In 1880, married Miss Laura Louise Saylor, of Bethlehem, Pa. Address, Ithaca, N. Y.

JAMES, Arthur Curtiss:

Metal machinist; philanthropist; born N. Y .; married Harriet Eddy Parsons; was graduated from Amherst College, 1889 ; member of firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co .; director Ansonia Brass & Copper Co., El Paso & S. W. R. R .; Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co., and United Globe Mines; member: Chamber of Commerce, American Institute of Mining Engineers, American Geological Society, N. Y. Bo- tanical Garden, N. Y. Zoological Society; clubs : Metropolitan, Quill, University, Cen- tury, Riding, N. Y. Seawanhaka Corin- thian, Atlantic Yacht, Amherst. Resi- dence, 92 Park Ave .; office, 99 John St., N. Y. City.

JAMES, Clinton R .:

First vice-president and director Brook- lyn Real Estate Exchange and N. Y. Mortgage and Security Co .; director of Title Insurance Co., N. Y. Union Bank, Brooklyn; United Cities Realty Corpora- tion and Wood-Harmon Warranty Cor- poration; trustee of Brooklyn Savings Bank; director of the Prospect Park Bank. Address, 193 Montague St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.

JAMES, Darwin Rush:

Merchant; born May 14, 1834, Williams- burg, Mass., where he received part of his education ; spent four years at Mt. Pleas- ant Boarding School, Amherst, Mass .; im- porter of indigo and spices from the East Indies since 1857 ; was park commissioner of Brooklyn for six years and a member of Congress for four years; chairman of U. S. Board of Indian Commissioners and member of same since 1889; is a director in various religious, educational and finan- cial societies; married Miss Mary E. Fairchild, of Stockbridge, Mass., January 14, 1858. Residence, 226 Gates Ave., Brooklyn; office, 123 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.

Importer and wholesale dealer in met- als, of the firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co .; born April, 1832; president Ansonia Land and Water Power Co .; vice-president Northern Securities Co. and U. S. Trust Co .; director Ansonia Clock Co., Northern Pacific Railway Co. and First National Bank; member Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Design. Residence, 40 E. 39th St. ; office, 99 John St., N. Y. City. JAMES, George Wharton:

Explorer, ethnologist; born Gainsbor- ough, England, Sept. 27, 1858 ; spent much time in geological, geographical, etnologi- cal and archæological researches in west- ern part of the U. S .; has lectured on these subjects; member of Havasupai tribe; has been Fellow of various histor- ical, astronomical and geological societies of U. S. and England; has published the following books: Traveler's Handbook to Southern California; Nature Sermons; The Missions and Mission Indians of the Southwest ; Indian Basketry ; How to Make Indian and Other Baskets; In and Around the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona; Indians of the Painted Desert Region ; Practical Basket Making ; In and Out of the Old Missions of the Southwest, etc. Is one of the editors of The Craftsman Magazine, Syracuse, N. Y. Address, Pasadena, Cal., also 171 Broadway, N. Y. City.

JAMES, Mary E. (Fairchild) :

President Woman's Board of Home Mis- sions of Presbyterian church ; born Stock- bridge, Mass., July 21, 1834; was grad- uated from Maplewood Institute, Pitts- field, Mass .; married Darwin R. James, Stockbridge, Mass., in 1858; has devoted herself much to social, philanthropic and religious work; in 1885 was instrumental in procuring night schools for colored peo- ple in Washington ; inaugurated movement which resulted in preventing Brigham H. Roberts (of Utah) taking seat in 56th Congress ; vice-president, 1881-86 ; Mrs. James has been active in movement for constitutional amendment against poly- gamy, and officer in various charitable philanthropic, religious and educational in- stitutions and associations; speaker and writer on reforms. Address, 226 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

JAMES, Thomas L .:

Ex-postmaster general; born Utica, N. Y., March 29, 1831; educated at the pub- lic schools up to the age of fifteen, when he was taken from school and appren-

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ticed to a printer for five years; at the age Passing of Thomas and Other Stories; In of twenty he moved to Hamilton, Madison Great Waters; The Christmas Kalends of Provence; member : Folk Lore Society, London ; Felibrige and Century Clubs. Address, The Century Club, N. Y. City. County, and became the partner of Francis B. Fisher in publishing the Madison Coun- ty Journal ; in 1854, was appointed canal collector at Hamilton; 1861, came to N. JANVRIN, Joseph E .: Y. City and became inspector of the port Physician ; born Exeter, N. H., Jan., 1839 ; Phillips Exeter Academy, 1857 ; act- ing surgeon, U. S. Army, Aug., 1861-63; assistant surgeon, Emory Hospital, Wash- ington, D. C., until 1865 ; settled in N. Y. City, 1865; physician to Demilt Dispen- sary, N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hospital ; president Obstetrical Society; member of Union League, Society of Colonial Wars, Mayflower Descendants and Loyal Le- gion ; president American Gynecological Soclety. Address, 191 Madison Ave., N. Y. City. of N. Y .; was soon promoted to the po- sition of weigher of teas in the warehouse department and later deputy collector of the third warehouse division ; was appoint- ed postmaster at N. Y., March 17, 1872, by President Grant and reappointed by Pres- ident Hayes; in 1881, appointed postmas- ter-general by President Garfield; resigned this position on account of political diffi- culties and became president of the Lin- coln National Bank, N. Y., Jan., 1882; president Lincoln Safe Deposit Co. Mem- ber Union League, Republican, and Trans- JARROLD, Ernest : portation Clubs. Address, 32 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.

JANEWAY, Edward G .:

Physician; born Middlesex County, N. J., Aug. 31, 1841; A. B., Rutgers, 1860; M. D., Columbia, 1864; acting medical curator, U. S. Army Hospital, Newark, N. J., 1862-63 ; curator, Bellevue Hospital, 1866-92; visiting physician, 1872-92; Charity Hospital, 1868-71; visiting physi- cian, Mount Sinai Hospital, since 1885; consulting physician, Presbyterian Hos- pital, since 1888 ; consulting pathologist, Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled, since 1875; professor of pathology anatomy, Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1872- 76; demonstrator of anatomy, 1876-79; member of commission of conference, health department and Academy of Med- icine, 1887, and of advisory committee, Chamber of Commerce, during cholera of 1892; author of Pathological Report of Autopsies Made in Bellevue Hospital ; Leucocythæmia, and numerous other pa- pers; member of City, Century, Tuxedo and National Arts Clubs. Address, 36 W. 40th St., N. Y. City.

JANVIER, Thomas Allibone:

Author; born Philadelphia, July 16, 1849; common school education ; mar- JARVIS, Samuel M .: ried Catharine Ann, daughter of Henry Vice-president of the National Bank of Cuba, and one of New York's most prom- inent financiers ; born McDonough Coun- ty, Ill., Jan. 31, 1853, being a descendant of the early settlers of Virginia; married in 1873. Priscilla Wear; was admitted to the Bar in 1876, but soon turned his at- tention to finance; closely identified with the development of the West: was one of the organizers and the first president Sandwith Drinker, Philadelphia, 1878; editorial staff of Philadelphia Press, Bul- letin and Times, 1870-81; spent 1881-87 in travel and study in Mexico; afterward in Provence and England; author ; Color Studies; The Mexican Guide; The Aztec Treasure House; Stories of Old New Spain ; The Uncle of an Angel and Other Stories ; An Embassy to Provence; In Old New York; In the Sargasso Sea; The of the North American Trust Co .; imme-

Writer; born Brentwood, Eng., 1850 ; educated at public schools, Rondout, N. Y .; author: Odds and Ends (with John Ernest McCann) ; Mickey Finn Idylls; Tales of the Bowery; contributor of short stories to the N. Y. Sun, Evening Sun, Harper's Weekly and other periodicals and papers ; married Ella Clark, of Peekskill, N. Y., In 1871. Address, 262 Kosciusko St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

JARVIE, James N .:

Coffee merchant; director of the Bank of America, Bloomfield Trust Co., Central Realty Bond and Trust Co., Commercial Trust Co. of New Jersey, Guaranty Trust Co .; Morton Trust Co .; Mutual Alliance Trust Co., and National Bank of Com- merce; trustee of London Assurance cor- poration and Mutual Life Insurance Co .; member of the Metropolitan and Down Town Clubs. Residence, Glen Ridge, N. J .; office, 71 Water St., N. Y. City. JARVIS, Nathan S .:

Captain U. S. Army; born Maryland ; appointed from N. Y. assistant surgeon, Oct. 14, 1887; captain assistant surgeon, June 29, 1901; retired, July 1, 1901; served during Spanish-American War as major brigadier surgeon. Address, 142 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.

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diately on the American occupation of |1900, graduating at the N. Y. University Santiago during the Spanish-American War, he opened there a branch of the trust company and rendered important assist- ance to the U. S. government ; was offered the post of fiscal agent of the U. S. in Cuba by President Mckinley, but asked and obtained the appointment for the company instead; later accepted the vice- presidency of the National Bank of Cuba, the fiscal agent and government depos- itary of the Republic of Cuba ; is connected with many important corporations and has traveled extensively abroad; is a member of the Southern Society, the Colonial, Law- yers' and Republican Clubs, the Columbia and Manhasset Bay Yacht Clubs, the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of the American Club of Havana and of the Pil- grims of London. Address, 111 Broadway, N. Y City.

JASPER, Robert T .:

Commander, U. S. Navy; born N. Y .; entered Naval Academy, July 21, 1864; was graduated, 1868; Nipsic, North Atlan- tic Fleet, 1868-70; promoted to ensign, 1869 ; and to master, 1870; T. and N. Sur- veying Expedition, 1870-71 ; Wabash, flag- ship, European Fleet, 1871-73 ; commis- sioned as lieutenant, 1872 ; South Atlan- tic Station, 1874-76 ; Naval Academy, 1876- 80, Powhattan, special service, 1880-83 ; Naval Academy, 1883-86; training-ship Jamestown, 1886; training-ship Constel- lation, 1886-89; Coast Survey office, 1889- 90; commissioned lieutenant commander, July, 1893; U. S. S. Bennington, May, 1893-95; receiving ship Franklin, July, 1895; Naval Academy, June, 1896, to April 1898 ; promoted to commander, May 3, 1899; retired, September 21, 1899. Ad- dress, Charleston, W. Va.

JAWOROWER, Alfred B .:

Lawyer; born Roumania, about thirty- five years ago; came to this country when a child; was educated in public schools and high school of the City of N. Y. studied short-hand and became steno- grapher for Lewisohn Bros., the copper kings, and afterwards became the private secretary of Leonard Lewisohn; remained with Mr. Lewisohn until 1877; then be- coming interested in an important action to which Mr. Lewisohn was a party, he began the study of law and resigned from Lewisohn Bros. and became a clerk in the office of Sidney J. Cowen; remained with Mr. Cowen until 1890; thereafter entered the office of ex-Alderman James W. Hawes and became admitted to the Bar in

Law School; among the prominent law matters handled by Mr. Jaworower are the Weinberger failure, in which hundreds of people on the east side lost their money, and for a greater number of whom Mr. Jaworower appeared and succeeded in re- covering large amounts; also the divorce case of Dora De Feldau against Baron De Feldau, who subsequently married the daughter of A. T. Smith, a millionaire re- siding in Yonkers; also the bankruptcy failure of the Metropolitan of Binghamton, N. Y., in which there were about 500 cred- itors, ninety per cent. of whom were Broadway houses; all united in selecting Mr. Jaworower as counsel, and he success- fully carried the matter through both the Bankruptcy and Supreme courts in the face of determined opposition, recovering for the creditors a very large dividend. Mr. Jaworower has never been very active in poltics, though the last few years he has been identified with the German-American Reform Union; he has been at various times appointed referee in important mat- ters by the Justices of the Supreme court; appears frequently before the U. S. and State Courts in litigations of consequence, and is largely interested in real estate; is president and treasurer of the Jaworower Realty Co. and counsel to a number of insurance organizations. Address, 119 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

JAY, John C .:

Physician; born Rye, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1844 ; studied at Columbia ; was graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1865; acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, 1864-65 ; attending physician, N. Y. Dispensary and N. Y. Hospital ; member of N. Y. County Medical Society ; studied at Universities of Prague and Vienna; in hospital service on Randall's Island and in Marion Street Lying-in Asylum; mem- ber of Century Association; served as pri- vate in Company F, Seventy-first Regi- ment, N. Y. S. M .; U. S. Army in 1862, in Maryland and Virginia campaigns; a translator of Ziemmssen's Cyclopedia of Medicine; specialist on diseases of child- ren. Address, 155 W. 58th St., N. Y. City. JAY, William:

Lawyer; was graduated from Columbia College in 1859; married Miss Lucie Oelrichs, president and director of N. Y. Cab Co .; director American Horse Ex- change, Commercial Cable Co., Manhat- tan Storage and Warehouse Co., N. Y. Mortgage and Security Co. and Windsor Trust Co .; member of Metropolitan, City,

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Lawyers, Brook, Century, Knickerbocker for the Advancement of Science ; and Meadow Brook Clubs. Residence, Bedford House, Katonah, N. Y .; office, 48 Wall St., N. Y. City. the American Philosophical Society of Phila- delphia; of the Department of Archæol- ogy, University of Pennsylvania ; Buffalo JAYCOX, Walter H .: Society of Natural History. Since coming to New York was made an honorary mem- ber of the Scientific Alliance of the Amer- ican Museum of Natural History. Ad- dress, 474 Central Park West, N. Y.

Lawyer; born Wassaic, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1863; studied law in the office of Hon. Wilmot M. Smith at Patchogue; admitted to Bar, September 13, 1889. Elected dis- trict attorney of Suffolk County, 1893 ; re- elected, 1896 ; admitted county judge, Nov., 1902. Address, Patchogue, Suffolk Co., N. Y.

JAYNE, Benaiah Gustin:

Lawyer; born Scott Township, Pa., May 26, 1831 ; son of Benaiah Jayne; educated in public schools; attended law school, Columbian College, Washington, D. C., 1864-66; married, Oct. 23, 1896, Florence E. M. Palmer; was a clerk in the War Department, 1862-68. Special agent, Unit- ed States Treasury Department, from April, 1869, to Aug., 1875. He prosecuted var- ious large firms for defrauding the gov- ernment of revenue; was extensively en- gaged in raising volunteers for the Union Army, 1861-65, having raised the first company of volunteers enlisted for the war. Residence, 16 West 84th St. ; office, 120 Liberty St., N. Y. City.

JEFFERIS, William Walter:

Banker; born Westchester, Pa., Jan., 12, 1820 ; son of Horatio F. and Hannah Paul Jefferis; educated at the public schools, West Chester; succeeding his father in the National Bank of Chester County ; married Anna E. Elmore, of Fort Edward, Wis. Is a mineralogist of prom- inence. His life interest and work out- side business hours has been mineralogy and botany; he has been referred to by Professor Dana, L. A. Genth, Shepard and others, in their published works, as having given them valuable information and assistance. He had one of the finest individual collections in this country and spent as lavishly of his means as he did of his time in building up a marvelous collection, with the eye of a connoisseur ; this fine collection has recently been sold to the Carnegie Museum, at Pittsburgh, Pa., with the understanding that it is to be known in perpetuity as the Wm. W. Jefferis Mineral Collection of the Carnegie Museum. In 1876 he was unanimously elected by the committee on teachers and instruction as Emeritus Professor of Min- eralogy of the State Normal School, West Chester, Pa .; is also a member of the fol- lowing societies : the American Association

JEFFERSON, Charles Edward:

Congregational clergyman; born Cam- bridge, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1860; son of Dr. Milton and Ella S. Jefferson ; was grad- uated from the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- sity, 1882, and from Boston University School of Theology, 1887. Principal of Public School, Worthington, Ohio, 1882- $4; pastor of Central Congregational Church, Chelsea, Mass., 1887-98; pastor of Broadway Tabernacle since 1898. Au- thor of Quiet Talks with Earnest Peo- ple in My Study; Quiet Hints to Grow- ing Preachers in My Study; Doctrine and Deed ; Things Fundamental; received the degree of D. D. from Union College, 1898 ; Oberlin, 1898; and Yale, 1903. Ad- dress, 121 West 85th St., N. Y. City.

JEFFERSON, Joseph :

Actor ; born Philadelphia, 1829 ; his par- ents were strolling players, who edu- cated him in their profession ; in his youth he played with most of the famous theatrical stars of the day and intended to become a tragedian; it was not until he chanced to read Wash- ington Irving's Sleepy Hollow Tales that he decided to change his character work to comedy; about forty years ago the play of Rip Van Winkle was written and the leading role offered to him; he has lost sight of the number of times he has impersonated the hero of the twenty years' sleep; the actor tires of the part at times, but the public, never. Next to "Rip," the character he enjoys most is "Bob Acres" in The Rivals. Besides be- ing the head of his profession, the vet- eran actor is a painter and lecturer of no mean ability; when not employed upon the stage, he puts in his time with his family and friends at Buzzard's Bay, Mass .; member of the Lotos, Century, Players, Authors and Colonial Clubs and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; he has a beautiful cottage at Palm Beach and also a magnificent home in Louisiana. Address, 1440 Broadway, N. Y. City.

JEFFERY, Edward Turner:

President Denver & Rio Grande R. R. Co., and its affiliated companies since Oct. 1, 1891; born Liverpool, England,

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April 6, 1843; came to U. S., 1850; in 1856, entered service of Illinois Central R. R. Co., was its general superin- tendent, 1877 to 1885; general manager, 1885-89; resigned; was Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1889, on behalf of the executive committee of the citizens of Chicago, for the purpose of studying and reporting upon the exposition ; chairman, grounds and buildings committee, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, until Sept., 1891. Address, 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.

JEFFERY, Frank Moore:

Printer, inventor, manufacturer, broker; and writer; born New York, Aug. 11, 1855; early life spent in New Haven, Conn., Hamilton, Md., and Jersey City, N. J .; established the printing business of Jeffery & Johnson, New York, but re- tired to engage in the manufacturing business, from which grew the firm of Jeffery & Co., Jersey City, N. J., manu- facturers of springs and wire goods; char- ter member of Crocker-Wheeler Co., and secretary and treasurer. In 1900 resigned to establish his present business of in- vestment securities. Director of the East Orange National Bank for many years; one of the organizers of the City Trust Co. of Newark, N. J .; for several years a director of that company; also of Empire Steel and Iron Co., Alabama and Georgia Iron Co., and Mount Hope Mineral R. R. Co. of New Jersey, the Citizens' Light and Fuel Co. of South Amboy, N. J., and Citizens' Light and Fuel Co. of Albert Lea, Minn. He is a member and ex-vice-president of the Mosaic Club of East Orange and the Republican Club of the same place; he has contributed to periodicals : A Day in a Work-shop; some papers on music and a number of poems besides being the composer of several vocal and instrumental songs and an- thems. Mr. Jeffery is the inventor of automatic spring-making machinery and important electrical devices. Address, 35 Nassua St., N. Y. City.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 88

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