Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 89

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JELLIFFE, Smith Ely:

Physician; born New York, Oct. 27, 1866; son of William M. Jelliffe and Susan E. Kitchell; attended the public schools of Brooklyn and was graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic, from which insti- tution he received the degree of A. B .; subsequent study in Columbia University yielded the degree of M. D., in 1889, and the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. in 1900, In December, 1894, he married Helena Dewey Leeming, and in Jan., 1895, began

practice in the City of N. Y. ; his hospital training consists of three years in the hospitals of New York, Brooklyn, and foreign European hospitals, Vienna, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Munich and London. Is visiting neurologist at the City Hospital and instructor in pharmacology and ther- apeutics at Columbia University; also editor of the Medical News and managing editor of the Journal of Nervous and Men- tal Disease. Made an extensive collection of the plants on Long Island, on which he published an octavo of 200 pages (1900) ; has also written two works on botany in conjunction with Dr. H. H. Rusby, of New York, entitled : Essentials of Vege- table Pharmacognosy, (1895), and Mor- phology and Histology of Plants, (1899) ; later anatomical researches in the study of plant drugs resulted in the publication of Notes on Pharmacognosy, (1902-03). He specialized along lines of therapeutics and nervous diseases and has published revisions of Butler's Materia Medica, (1902-04) ; also several minor text-books; in nervous diseases has published a chap- ter on this subject in Butler's Diagnos- tics, (Appleton, 1902) ; articles on Idiocy and Imbecility ; Death by Electricity and Lightning, in the Text-Book of Legal Medicine, by Peterson and Holmes, (W. B. Saunders, 1903), and a revision of Shaw on Nervous Diseases (Saunders, 1904) ; has been actively engaged as med- ical editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia Americana. Member of American Neuro- logical, American Medical and American Pharmaceutical Societies; also of the New York State Medical Society, New York State Medical Association, of Coun- ty Medical Society, West End Medi- cal Society, Academy of Medicine, Med- ical Society of Greater New York, New York Neurological Society, Torrey Botan- ical Club, etc. Address, 64 West 56th St., N. Y. City.

JENKINS, Arthur:

Journalist; born Buffalo, N. Y., 1851 ; was educated at the public schools of Milwaukee, Wis .; left school at the age of fifteen, and for the next four years worked at printing. In 1871 came to Syracuse; 1874 he married Miss Emma Hogan in Syracuse; January, 1877, issued the first copy of the Syracuse Herald, a small daily paper; in June, 1878, the Herald Co. was formed with Mr. Jenkins as presi- dent and principal stockholder; the news- paper began to increase in popularity, business and importance from that day, and in 1892 it moved into one of the best

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equipped newspaper offices of any of the Jamestown, 1607, and Hotel Association moderate sized towns of the U. S. Ad- of New York. Address, 297 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City. dress, 317 Warren St., Syracuse, N. Y.

JENKINS, E. Fellows:

Secretary and Superintendent of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ; born Weedsport, N. Y., July 28, 1844; his father was the late John S. Jenkine, author of many histori- cal and other works; his mother was Minerva Porter Fellows, of the well known Fellows family of Cayuga County, New York, and originally from Sheffield, Mass .; he comes from Revolutionary stock, as his great grandfather was Brigadier General John Fellows, who was one of the commanders of the minute men at Lexington in 1775, and was afterwards one of Washington's generals at the sur- render of Burgoyne. Mr. Jenkins also has served his country faithfully; re en- listed in 1861 at the age of sixteen years and was unanimously elected a non-com- missioned officer of his company ; he served with but a short interval until the close of the war, being promoted during that time to the rank of first lieutenant ; when the New York Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children was talked of in 1874, Mr. Henry Bergh proposed Mr. Jenkins for general superintendent, and when the organization was completed in 1875, he was elected its secretary and superintendent ; all the early work of sys- tematizing the efforts of the society, and, in fact, the whole policy and manage- ment of it, was left to him until 1879, when the Hon. Elbridge T. Gerry was elected president to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John D. Wright, an aged Quaker gentleman, who was the first president of the society ; since Mr. Gerry's election all the details of the work have been left in the hands of Mr. Jenkins. The society with which he is connected is one of the strongest and most influential societies in the world, for the prevention of cruelty to children ; he is a recognized authority on humane matters throughout the world; has visit- ed Europe several times and aided in or- ganizing societies in England, France, Germany and Italy; member of the Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Empire State Society Sons of the Revolu- tion, Larchmont Yacht Club, New York Athletic Club, New England Society, an officer of the Old Guard of New York, the Society of the Cayugas, Order of

JENKINS, John G .:

President and director of Amphion Academy Co., First National Bank of Brooklyn and Williamsburg Trust Co .; vice-president and director of Cypress Hill Cemetery; director of American Malt- ing Co., Broadway Trust Co., Brooklyn Heights R. R .; Brooklyn Rapid Transit R. R., Coney Island and Bath Beach Bank, Fuse Wire and Manufacturing Co., and National Surety Co. Address, Broad- way, corner Kent Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

JENKINS, Mary Emma:

President of the Syracuse Herald Co .; born Syracuse, N. Y., May 5, 1879, the only child of Arthur Jenkins, the founder of the Herald, and also its principal owner and publisher. She was educated in the public schools of the city and was grad- uated from its high school. On the death of her father she succeeded to his post as president of the Herald. Address, Syracuse, N. Y.

JENKINS, William T .:

Physiclan; born Holly Springs, Miss., Oct. 25, 1855 ; was graduated from Univer- sity of Miss., B. A., 1878; University of Virginla, M. D., 1879 ; post-graduate course at New York University, 1880; director Merchant Marine Hospital Service for Foreign Sailors ; health commissioner, N. Y. City ; health officer of port, 1892-94; coroners' physician, 1881-92. Member of County Medical Society, and Medical As- soclation. Address, 1 State St., N. Y.

JENKS, Almet Francis:

Jurist ; born Brooklyn, N. Y., May 21, 1853 ; was graduated from Yale University and Columbia Law School; admitted to the Bar, 1877; assistant district attorney of Kings County, 1884-86 ; corporation- counsel, Brooklyn, 1886-93 ; judge advo- cate general, New York, 1891-95 ; member of constitutional convention, 1895; assist- ant corporation counsel of Greater New York, 1898; justice of the Supreme Court, 1898 to date. Appointed to Appellate Di- vision, 1900; term expires 1912. Address, 8 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

JENKS, Jeremiah Whipple:

Professor political economy and politics, Cornell, since 1891; born St. Clair, Mich., Sept. 2, 1856 ; was graduated from Univer- sity of Michigan, 1878, A. M., 1879 ; Ph. D., the University of Halle, Germany, 1885 ; LL. D., University of Michigan, 1903 ; stud- ied law; admitted to Michigan bar; in-

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structor of Greek, Latin and German, Mt. Morris College; professor political science and English literature, Knox College, 1886-89 ; professor political economy and social science Indiana University, 1889-91 ; consulting expert of U. S. Department of Labor, and expert agent of U. S. Indus- trial Commission on Investigation

of Trusts and Industrial combinations in U. S. and Europe, 1899-1901; special com- missioner War Dept., U. S., to investigate questions of currency, labor, internal tax- ation and police in the Orient; 1891-92, member of Commission on International Exchange, constituted by Act of March 3, 1903, in compliance with request of the governments of Mexico and China for co- operation of the United States in bringing about a fixed relationship between money of gold standard countries and silver us- ing countries. On return of the Commis- sion from Europe in September, 1903, Mr. Jenks was designated as the representa- tive of the Commission to China; he sail- ed in December, 1903, and returned in August, 1904, making his report October, 1904; Author: Henry C. Carey als Na- tionalökonom, Jena; Road Legislation for the American State; The Trust Problem, Vol. XVIII Report Industrial Commission, Industrial Combinations in Europe ; Re- port on Certain Economic Questions in English and Dutch Colonies in the Orient ; editor and part author: (Reports U. S. Industrial Commission) Trusts and Indus- trial Combinations (Vol. I, XIII) ; com- piler, (Vol. II), Statutes and Digested De- cisions of Federal, State and Territorial Law Relating to Trusts and Industrial Combinations; part author and compiler Reports of Commission on International Exchange (2 Vols.) ; frequent contributor to periodical literature on economic and political questions. Clubs: Century (N. Y.); Cosmos (Washington) ; T. and G., and Country of Ithaca. Address, 220 South Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.

JENKS, Tudor:

Author ; born Brooklyn, May 7, 1857; son of Grenville Tudor and Persis Sophia Smith Jenks; was graduated from Poly- technic Institute, Brooklyn, 1874; Yale University, A. B., 1878 ; Columbia, LL. B., 1880 ; married Mary Donnison Ford ; prac- ticed law in New York, 1881-87 ; on staff of St. Nicholas Magazine, 1887-1902. Author of Century World's Fair Book; Imagina- tions or Truthless Tales; Boys' Book of Explorations; Galopoff; Gypsy; In the Days of Chaucer; In the Days of Shakes-

| peare, etc. Address, Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N. Y.

JENNINGS, Edwin E .:

Civil engineer; author, public speaker ; born N. Y., 1855; practiced engineering in N. Y. City, Buffalo, N. Y., Springfield, Mass., etc. New York delegate National Anti-Trust Conference, Chicago. Author : People and Property and Trusts; Democ- racy and Trusts; The Lord of Life. Ad- dress. Park Row Building, N. Y. City.

JENNINGS, Frederick Beach:

Lawyer; born Bennington County, Vt., Aug. 6, 1853 ; graduate of Williams Col- lege, 1872, A. M., 1875; Harvard Law School, 1874; N. Y. University Law School, 1875 ; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1875 ; member of law firm of Stetson, Jennings & Russell. Interested as officer or direc- tor in various corporations, including Chi- cago & Erie R. R. Co., Continental Trust Co., International Paper Co .; married Laura Hall Park, of North Bennington, Va., July 27, 1880. Member of Bar As- sociation, Metropolitan Museum of Art,

N. Y. Zoological Society, the New

England Society, William Association, Century, University, Union League, Met- ropolitan, Racquet, and Tennis, N. Y. Athletic, City, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Down Town Association, City, Midday, Westchester County, St. Andrews Golf, Garden City Golf, and Country Clubs. Residence, 86 Park Ave .; office, 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.

JENNINGS, John Joseph:

Editor, dramatic critic; born St. Louis, Mo., March 1, 1853; was graduated from Christian Brothers College, St. Louis, 1873; A. M., 1875; on editorial staff St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1886-89 ; since edi- tor of N. Y. Evening World. Author of Theatrical and Circus Life; Widow Ma- googin. Address, Evening World, N. Y. JEROLMAN, John:

Lawyer; born New Jersey, 1845; edu- cated Princeton and Albany Law School ; with N. J. volunteer cavalry during Civil War; with Gen. Sheridan in Shenandoah Valley ; law firm of Jerolman & Arrow- smith; justice Civil Court, 8th judicial district, and president board of aldermen, 1895-98. Democrat. Residence, 258 West 34th St .; office, 229 Broadway, N. Y. JEROME, William Travers:

District Attorney of the County of N. Y .; born N. Y. City, April 18, 1859; son of Lawrence R. and Katherine (Hall) Jerome; was educated at Williston Sem- inary and Amherst College (honorary A.

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M.) ; was graduated from Columbia Law School, 1884; married Miss Lavinia Howe, Elizabeth, N. J., May 9, 1888 ; ad- mitted to Bar, 1884; justice of the Court of Special Sessions from 1895 to 1902; elected, Nov., 1901, district attorney of the county of N. Y. for four years from Jan. 1, 1902 ; Democrat. Member of Bar Association of New York, City, Civic, Union, and Manhattan Chess Clubs. Res- idence, 3 Rutgers St .; office, Criminal Court Building, N. Y. City.

JESUP, Morris Ketcham:

Banker and philanthropist; born Con- necticut, 1830. He is descended from an old English family; obtained employment in 1843 with Rogers, Ketcham and Gros- venor at Paterson, N. J .; he was ad- vanced until he had full charge of the New York office and remained with the firm until 1852, when he started in busi- nes for himself under the firm name of Clark & Jesup. After four years he or- ganized the firm of M. K. Jesup and Co .; he retired from active business in 1884, but continued to be a special partner in the firm. He is one of the original founders of the Young Men's Christian Association ; has been president of the Five Points House of Industry since 1860, and of the N. Y. City Mission Society since 1881; also of the American Museum of Natural History in Central Park since 1881, to which he donated a collection of the woods of the trees of the U. S .; he is a trustee of the Union Theological Seminary of N. Y. City, and donated a building known as Jesup Hall to it. Is president of the Chamber of Commerce; director in Western Union Telegraph Co .; president Sailors' Snug Harbor, American Sunday School Union ; director in the Met- ropolitan Trust Co .; Atlantic Mutual In- surance Co .; member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C., Rittenhouse Club of Philadelphia, Pilgrims Society, Jekyl Island Club, University Club, the Metropolitan, City and Country Clubs, and Sons of the American Revolution ; and also a trustee of the Half-Orphan Asylum, and New York Society for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. Ad- dress, 197 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.

JEWETT, Charles:

Physician ; born Bath, Me .; was gradu- ated from Bowdoin, 1864; A. M., 1867; Sc. D., 1894; was graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons ; now professor gynecology and obstetrics and surgeon, Long Island College Hospital and on staff

of Kings County Hospital, Bushwich Hos- pital, St. Christopher's Hospital. Mem- ber Medical Society County of Kings, Brooklyn Pathological Society, Brooklyn Gynecological Society, British Gynecolog- ical Society; New York Obstetrical Soci- ety, New York Academy of Medicine, Medical Society State of New York ; Amer- ican Gynecological Society, American Academy of Medicine, Medical Association of Greater New York; Associated Physi- cians of Long Island. International Peri- odical Congress Obstetricians and Gyne- cologists; married Abbie E. Flagg, of N. H., in 1868. Author of Essentials of Ob- stetrics; Manual of Child-Bed Nursing ; editor : Practice of Obstetrics by American Authors ; also special articles for medical text-books ; editor-in-chief American Gyne- cology ; collaborator American Journal Gynecology and Obstetrics; clubs : Union League and University of Brooklyn ; L. I. College Alumni, L. I. Hospital Alumni, Bowdoin Alumni. Private hospital, 307 Gates Ave .; residence, 330 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

JEWETT, Edgar Boardman:

Banker ; born Dec. 14, 1843, Ann Arbor, Mich,; son of John Cotton Jewett and Priscilla Boardman Jewett; educated in schools of Buffalo; married, Oct. 3, 1865, Elizabeth Foster Danforth of Ann Arbor: sergeant, Co. C, 74th Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers in Civil War. Brigadier General, N. G., N. Y., 1884; president of Columbia National Bank, John C. Jewett Manufacturing Co. and Jewett Refrigera- ter Co. Vice-president of Cary Safe Co. Police Commissioner, 1894, and Mayor of City of Buffalo, 1895-97. Member of Buf- falo and Ellicott Clubs, Sons of Ameri- can Revolution and Order of Founders and Patriots of America. Address, 210 Sumner St., Buffalo, N. Y.

JEWETT, Edward Hurtt:

Clergyman, theologian; born Notting- ham, England, 1830; was graduated from Hobart College, 1855, A. M., 1856, LL. D., 1891; General Theological Seminary, New York, 1856 ; D. D., 1890 ; S. T. D., Racine College, 1875 ; ordained priest, 1875 ; held pastorates at Boonville and Forrestport, N. Y .; Dayton, Ohio, and Norwich, Conn., until 1889, when he became professor of pastoral theology in Central Theological Seminary ; married Sophia Seymour Mil- ler of Utica, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1863 ; author of Communion Wine; Diabolology (Bish- op Paddock Lectures, 1889) ; The Two Wine Theory Discussed. Address, Garden City, L. I.

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JEWETT, George L .:

Member of Century, Church, Reform and National Arts Clubs. Married Miss Cara G. Gilbert. Address, 20 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

JEWETT, John Howard:

Journalist, writer, (nom de plume Han- nah Marner) ; born Hadley, Mass., Jan. 19, 1843; was graduated from Hopkins Academy, Hadley, 1861; joined Co. C, 10th Massachusetts Volunteer

Infantry and served in Civil War until 1864, resigning with rank of assistant quartermaster and ordnance officer. On the editorial staff of Transcript of Holyoke, Mass., 1867-73; was business manager and then publisher of Worcester Gazette, 1873-99 ; editor : The Profession Magazine, New York, 1901-02; married, in 1861, Sarah Hart Phelps, of Northampton, Mass. Author of

The Bunny Stories ; More Bunny Stor-

ies ; the Easter Story ; Song Stor- ies for Children; Also Bedtime Stories (serial in Women's Home Companion), and juvenile tales in St. Nicholas, Youth's Companion, etc. Songs: Missing None; Triflers All, etc. Club : Authors. Ad- dress, 156 5th Ave., N. Y. City.

JOHNSTON, Alexander:

Director New York School of Philan- thropy ; born Ashton Under Lyne, Lanca- shire, Eng., 1847 ; educated private schools Manchester and Paris (France) and Owen's College, Manchester; secretary Associated Charities, Cincinnati; secre- tary Charity Organization Society, Chi- cago; secretary State Board of Charities, Indiana ; superintendent Indiana School for Feeble-Minded Youth; Grand Master I. O. O. F., Indiana, 1903-04; President National Conference of Charities and Correction, 1897; now general secretary of the same; married Eliza Johnston, 1872. Flood Relief, Cincinnati, 1884; or- ganized Board of State Charities of Ind., being the first secretary; reorganized the School for Feeble-Minded Youth, at Ft. Wayne, Ind., being there ten years; Inde- pendent Democrat. Address, 105 East 23d St., N. Y. City.

JOHNSON, Bradish:

President of estate of Bradish Johnson : president of Bradish Johnson Co. of Louisiana ; director of American Cotton Oil Co., The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States; The Equit- able Trust Co., Greenwich Savings Bank and Lincoln Trust Co. Member of Mid- day, City, Riding, Knickerbocker and Union Clubs. Married Miss Aimée Gail-

lard. Residence, 102 5th Ave .; office, 39 Cortlandt St., N. Y. City.

JOHNSON, Burges:

Publisher : born Rutland, Vt., Nov. 9, 1877 ; son of Rev. James Gibson Johnson, D. D., and Mary Rankin Johnson; B. A. Amherst, 1899. Reportorial work, New York evening papers, 1899; literary ad- viser to G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900-02; Mexican tour, winter of 1902-03; literary department, Harper & Bros., 1903 to date; married in 1904, Constance F., daughter of Hon. Everett P. Wheeler, of N. Y. City. Writer of verse and special arti- cles for leading magazines; author of Rhymes of Little Boys (T. Y. Crowell, 1905) ; member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Residence, 227 E. 72d St .; office, Franklin Square, N. Y. City.

JOHNSON, David:

Artist; born New York, May, 1827 ; ed- ucated common schools; married, 1869, Maria Louise West; represented in many public galleries and private collections ; has been awarded many medals, acad- emician National Academy of Design. One of the founders of Artists Fund So- ciety. Address, 69 W. 131st St., N. Y. JOHNSON, Eastman:

Artist; born Lovell, Me., 1824; educated public schools, Augusta, Me .; studied art at Royal Academy of Düsseldorf ; his portraits include those of Ex-Presidents Arthur, Cleveland and Harrison, W. H. Vanderbilt, Commodore Vanderbilt, Sec- retary Folger, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, Wm. B. Astor, John D. Rockefeller, W. D. Sloane, Mrs. Alex- ander Hamilton, Mrs. Dolly Madison (from life), Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Bur- den, Mrs. W. T. Blodgett; College Presi- dents McCosh, Noah Porter, Barnard and Andrew White, Charles O'Conor,

Wheeler H. Peckham, Longfellow, Haw- thorne, Emerson, Bishop Potter, Morris K. Jesup; has been awarded medals at many expositions and his pictures are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Lenox Galleries, New York; Corcoran Gallery, White House and Treasury Build- ing, Washington ; Capitol at Albany ; Knickerbocker, Century and Union League Clubs, Chamber of Commedce, Board of Trade, etc., New York; member : National Academy of Design; Metropolitan Mus- eum of Art, American Fine Arts Society ; clubs : Union League, Century, Players. Address, 65 W. 55th St., N. Y. City. JOHNSON, Edward Payson:

Clergyman ; born Peru, Ind., Jan. 26,

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1850; was graduated from Wabash Col- Poems and Songs for Young People ; Our Familiar Songs; Tears for the Little Ones. Author of The Roddy Books; Ra- leigh Westgate; Woman and the Republic. Member of the Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women. Ad- dress, Amagansett, L. I., N. Y.

lege, 1871, A. M., 1875; Auburn, (N. Y.) Theological Seminary, 1875; D. D., Rut- gers, 1896 ; married Miss Clara Brownell, of Troy, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1878 ; was or- dalned by Presbytery of Troy, 1875 ; held pastorates Sandy Hill, N. Y., Marshall, Mich., Woodlawn Park, Chicago. Since 1891, pastor First Reformed Church, Al- bany. Member Founders and Patriots of America, and Arsenal Golf Club. Ad- dress, 2 First St., Albany, N. Y.

JOHNSON, Evan Malbone, Jr .:

Captain, United States Army ; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1861 ; son of the Rev. Evan M. Johnston; enlisted in the army, June 11, 1882 ; commissioned sec- ond lieutenant Tenth Infantry, Aug. 18, 1885 ; promoted first lieutenant, June 28, 1892 ; promoted captain, March 2, 1899; major Twenty-ninth United States Vol- unteer Infantry, July 5, 1899; May 10, 1901, graduated from Infantry School, Leavenworth, Kan., class of 1889. Cam- paign against the Apache Indians, July, 1885, and from Nov., 1885, to Aug., 1886; battle of Montalbon, P. I., Dec. 27, 1899 ; expeditions against Insurgents under General Tinio In Provinces of Union and Benguet, P. I., Jan. to April, 1900, against General Callies in Laguna Province, P. I., April, 1900. In command of expedition against insurgents on the island of Tab- las, district of Romblon, resulting in the capture of the same, June 1, 1900; com- manding the District of Romblon, P. I., as major, Twenty-ninth Infantry, United States Army Professor military science and tactics, Mount Union College, Ohio. 1891-94. Assistant inspector Ohlo Na- tional Guard, 1892; R. Q. M. Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, 1895-98, 1902-1903; com- manding Province of Adjuntas, P. R., 1899; District of Romblon, P. I., 1900 ; civil governor of Province of Romblon, P. I., 1901; adjutant of the Nineteenth Infantry, 1903 ; inspector Oregon National Guard, 1903 ; master of science pro merito Mount Union College, Ohio. Porto Rican expedition under General Miles, July 1898; Captain, Eighth Infantry, 1904; Member of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the Revolution, and Society of De- scendants of Colonial Governors. Ad- dress, Fort Jay, N. Y. City.

JOHNSON, Helen Kendrick:

Author, educator ; born Hamilton, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1843; educated at The Oread, Worcester, Mass .; married, 1869, Rossiter Johnson, Edited American Woman's Journal, 1893-94; The Nutshell Series ;

JOHNSON, I. Samuel:

Lawyer; born Oct. 28, 1840, Centerfield, N. Y .; educated at Genesce Wesleyan Seminary ; first lieutenant, Co. D, 136th Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers in Civil War. Admitted to the Bar, 1864. Was mar- ried, May 5, 1865, to Mary E. McFarland, of Twinsburg, Ohio. District Attorney of Wyoming County, 1877-86. Member of Assembly, 1890-91. Delegate to Consti- tutional Convention, 1894 : Republican ; Knight Templar, Shriner, Knight of Py- thlas and Odd Fellow. Residence, War- saw, N. Y.

JOHNSON, J. Augustus :

Lawyer; born Boston, Mass., 1836 ; member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court. the State and federal courts of New York, and of several other States and of the District of Columbia; for twelve years In the consular and dip- lomatic service as consul, consular judge, and consul general and as a spec- lal commissioner to investigate and ad- just troubles between the U. S. consuls at Cyprus and Jerusalem and the Turkish authorities and American residents; re- ceived thanks of President Lincoln through the Department of State in 1862 for procuring arrest, condemnation and execution in Cilicia of the Turkish assas- sin of the American missionary, Rev. Mr. Coffing. While residing abroad was elect- ed an honorary member of the New York Historical and Geographical Societies ; preferring an American career to a fur- ther continuance under a precarious civil service tenure, he resigned office in 1870 and entered on the practice of law in New York, where he became counsel for and director in many railroad, financial and other corporations. Is a director in the Legal Aid Society and chairman of its Seamen's Branch; manager of Prot- estant Episcopal Missionary, Society for Seamen and is chairman of its committee on legislation. During the movement for good government in New York was mem- ber of Committee of Seventy, president of Good Government Club E, and also presi- dent of the Confederated Council of (21) good government clubs, and member of the City Club, and of the Civil Service Reform Organization. Is now a member

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 89

Author: Publication date: 1904- Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc. Number of Pages: 1100

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Number of Pages: 1100