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DAVIS, Gwilym:
Surgeon; born in Altoona. Pa., July 20. 1857; educated at the Central High School. Philadelphia, and in the Medical Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania. Where he was graduated in 1879, winning the Henry C. Lea prize of $100 for the best thesis on the "Minute Anatomy of the Liver." He subsequently entered St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and was graduated at the Royal College of Sur- geons in 1880, with a certificate of mem- bership in that body; he further studied in the hospitals of France and the U'ni- versity of Göttingen, Germany, where. in 1881, he received the degree of M. D .;
he then returned to Philadelphia, where he became active in medical and surgical practice, both private and institutional. He was resident Physician to the Penn- sylvania Hospital May, 1SS1, to October, 1882; became Assistant Surgeon to the Orthopaedic Hospital in 1983, and after- ward Surgeon; Out-Patient Surgeon to the Episcopal Hospital in 1884, and later Surgeon; Out-Patient Surgeon to the Chil- dren's Hospital; Surgeon to St. Joseph's Hospital; Surgeon to the German Hospital and Associate Professor of Applied Anat- omy at the University of Pennsylvania, holding some of these positions temporar- ily, and others permanently. He now de- votes most of his time to his large surg- ical practice, including the treatment of deformities; he has made many important contributions to the literature of his pro- fession, and is a member of many medi- cal societies. Address. 255 South Six- teenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DAVIS, J. De Puy:
Lawyer; born in Allentown, Pa., in 1825; son of Charles Davis; moved to Reading with his father, and read law in the latter's office; then attended lectures at a law institute in Philadelphia, and was admitted to the Reading bar on Jan. 4, 1847. He served in the Mexican War as a private in the Third Regiment of Ken- tucky Volunteers, and was subsequently a Lieutenant in the Eleventh United States Infantry. During the Civil War he was Lieutenant Colonel of the 167th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and. upon the death of the commander of the regiment, Col. Charles Knoderer. killed in battle, succeeded to the coloneley. Colonel Davis returned to Reading at the close of the war, and entered upon the practice of his profession; in 1867 he was elected State Senator and served two terms; he went to Marshall, Tex., in 1874. to serve as Solicitor of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, then in course of con- struction: after holding this office six years, he returned to Reading. where he now resides, retired from active busi- ness. Address, Reading, Pa.
DAVIS, John D .:
Professor of Oriental and Old Testa- ment Literature; born March 5. 1854, at Pittsburg. Pa .: in 1879 he was graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), where he took degrees of Ph. D .. D. D., and from Washington and Jof- ferson College that of LL. D .: from
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1579 to 1SSO he studied at the University of Bonn; also at the University of Leip- zig from 1884 to 1886; in 1SS3 he was graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary. He married Marguerite Sco- bie of San Francisco June 13, 1889. He is author of "Genesis and Semitic Tradi- tion," "A Dictionary of the Bible,"; co- editor of "The Bible Student." Address, Princeton, N. J.
DAVIS, Joshua:
Manufacturer; born in Cambria County, Pa .. Feb. 6, 1843; when the war broke out he entered the Army as a boy sol- dier and served through the struggle, finally engaging in business in Ebens- burg, Cambria County, in 1867. In the same year he removed to Kane, McKean County, and established himself as general merchant; here, forseeing the fu- ture of the borough, he bought land in its vicinity, his investment yielding him a return of an unlooked for kind. The discovery of oil in the vicinity gave Kane a boom, and Mr. Davis took advantage of it by building largely on his property, while he became a heavy stockholder in many business enterprises, and a mem- ber of the Kane Gas Light and Heating Company, and the McDade, Davis & Co. Banking House. In 1886 he sold out his mercantile business, and entered into the manufacture of brush handles, and be- came a member of the firm of Howells, Moffit & Co., largely engaged in the man- ufacture of clothes' pins, which business has had a great development: he founded the La Mount Chemical Works. Mr. Davis is President of the Kane Board of Trade. and was made Chief Burgess of the Borough in 1894. Address, Kane, Pa.
DAVIS, Lemuel Clarke:
Editor; born Sept. 23, 1$35, on a farm on the site of the city of Sandusky, Ohio. His parents had been pioneers in Ohio, but in his infancy they moved to Mary- land. where his mother soon died and his father when he was sixteen; was edu- cated in a boarding school at Norristown, Pa .. and afterward at the Episcopal Acad- emy of Philadelphia, subsequently study- ing law, and at the same time doing edi- torial work on the Legal Intelligencer and the Morning Times. He continued en- gaged in legal and newspaper work till 1863, when he was made managing editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer. This con- nection he held for twenty years, leaving
it in 1SS9 to become associate editor of the Public Ledger. In 1893 he was made managing editor and subsequently editor- in-chief, holding his position under sev- eral ownerships to the present time. Mr. Davis in his earlier days contributed much to the magazines and published a novel called "The Stranded Ship." He married the notable novelist, Rebecca Harding, in 1863, and his eldest son, Rich- ard Harding has risen to distinction as an author. Address, 230 S. 21st St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
DAVIS, Lewis E., M. D .:
Born in Allegheny County, Pa., Oct. 6, 1855; son of James and Nancy (Burns) Davis; after attending public schools he studied at Curry University; also received private instructions; in 1881 was gradu- ated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and at once began to prac- tice in Wisconsin, where he remained a year; he then moved to Pittsburg and has resided there ever since. He is a member of the Allegheny County Medical Society, the Medical Library Association, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Association of Surgeons; he is a Knight Templar of the Masonic Order, and is also affiliated with the Royal Arcanum and Knights of Pythias. Married on April 12. 1883, Miss Anna Figley. who died June 15, 1885; on Oct. 20, 1887, he married Sarah D. Figley. Member of the Christian Church, and in politics is a Republican. Address, 319 Craig St., Pittsburg, Pa.
DAVIS, Rebecca Harding:
Author; born in Washington, Pa., June 21, 1831, daughter of Richard Harding, and descended from an English family which settled in the south of Ireland, during Queen Elizabeth's reign. Her mother also came of English ancestry through the Leetes of Virginia. In her infancy Miss Harding's parents removed to Alabama, and subsequently to Wheel- ing, then to Virginia. It was while re- siding here that Miss Harding wrote her popular novels: "Life in the Iron Mills" and "Margaret Howth," which were pub- lished as serials in the Atlantic Monthly and afterward in book form. She was married, in 1863, to L. Clarke Davis, later editor of the Public Ledger, and since that time has resided in Philadelphia. Her principal later works have been "Dal- las Galbraithe." "Waiting for the Ver- diet." Law Unto Herself." "Berry- town.' "John Andross." "Natasqua,"
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"Silhouettes of American Life," "Kent Hampden," "Doctor Warrick's Daught- ers," and "Frances Waldeaux." She was a regular editorial writer for the New York Tribune for a number of years, and has been a frequent and popular contribu- tor to the leading magazines. Mrs. Davis has two sons and one daughter. Ad- dress, 230 S. 21st St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DAVIS, Richard:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Fayette County; was born in Tioga County June 27, 1852; educated in the common schools and at Woodhull Academy, Steuben County, N. Y .; has resided in Fayette County for many years and is a resident of Everson. where he has served as Secretary and President of the School Board; has been prominently identified with various min- ers' organizations since 1SS3; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Everson, Pa.
DAVIS, Richard Harding:
Novelist; journalist; born Philadelphia, 1864; son of L. Clark Davis, editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, and of Re- becca Harding Davis, the well known au- thor; received his education at Lehigh and the Johns Hopkins Universities; after graduating from the latter institution he turned his attention to literary work; in 1$87 became reporter on the Philadelphia Record; he continued engaged in this line of literary labor for two years, part of this time being spent in England as correspondent to the home press. He then went to New York, under an engagement to write special articles for the Evening Sun; his first success in the purely liter- ary line was the story of "Gallagher"; in consequence of this he was offered and accepted, in 1890, the editorial manage- ment of Harper's Weekly, and held it successfully for a year, when he resigned in order to devote his time wholly to literary work of a more original and at- tractive class. Author of "Our English Cousins"; an historical work, "The Rulers of the Mediterranean," and "The Exiles." He has received from the Sultan of Tur- key the Order of the Medjidie, in recog- nition of the justice of his descriptions of Eastern affairs; 1996, present at corona- tion of Czar Nicholas II., reporting spectacle for Harper's Magazine: has traveled much, getting material for his books. Among his later books are "Cin-
derella and Other Stories" (1896); "Van Bibber and Others" (1893); "Soldiers of Fortune" (1897); "The King's Jackal," "Cuba in War Time" (1898). At present he is in Japan as special correspondent for Collier's Weekly. Address, Marion, Mass.
DAVIS, Robert C .:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet at the United States Military Academy from June 15, 1894, to April 26, 1898, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieutenant of Infantry, Seventeenth Infantry, April 26. 1898; served at Tampa, Fla., from May 20 to June 7, 1898; in the Cuban campaign, taking part in the battles of El Caney July 1. San Juan July 2, and other en- gagements, resulting in the capture of Santiago; left Cuba Aug. 14, and landed at Montauk Point, N. Y., Aug. 21; on sick leave Sept. 1 to Dec. 1; rejoined regiment at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1898; left Columbus Barracks for the Philippine Islands Jan. 15, 1899, by way of New York, Suez Canal, etc .; First Lieutenant of Infantry, Seventeenth Infantry, March 2, 1899; reached Manila March 10, 1899; served in Manila till March 23; in the lines near B. H. No. 5; on Rio Grande expedition May 14; reached San Fernando June 1; took part in attacks there; left San Fernando Aug. 9; took part in the fighting from there to Angeles Aug. 20, 1899; served in war with Filipino insur- gents; Adjutant, Third Battalion, Seven- teenth Infantry, March 23. 1999; Captain Nov. 28, 1902; on duty at Military Acad- erny, West Point, N. Y., since Aug. 10, 1901. Address, West Point, N. Y.
DAVIS, R. N .:
Principal of schools; principal of Dun- more High School; born in Wyoming County, Pa .. 1858; educated in common schools, Keystone Academy. and Wyo- ming Seminary, graduating in 1850: for thirteen years principal of Archbald High School and for the past seven years prin- cipal of Dunmore High School; is con- sidered authority upon the botany and geology of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Address, Dunmore, Pa.
DAVIS. Thomas:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Cambria County; born in Cambria Township, near Ebens- burg, Cambria County, Pa., Oct. 7, 1831;
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was educated in the public schools; en- gaged in farming and lumbering until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted as a private in the regular Army; was placed on the recruiting service. and in six weeks recruited more than 120 men; was promoted to First Sergeant of Com- pany C, Nincteenth United States In- fantry, in November, 1861; went with the regiment into active service in Kentucky and participated in thirty-two battles, in- cluding Shiloh, Sone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, and in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta; was promoted to Second Lieuten- ant in 1863, and to First Lieutenant in January, 1864; resigned from the Army at the close of the war on account of failing health: was elected to the House of Rep .. resentatives in 1900; re-elected in Novem- ber, 1902. Address, Ebensburg, Pa.
DAVIS, William Watts Hart:
Journalist; born July 29, 1820, at South- ampton Township, Bucks County, Pa .; was graduated from Norwich University in 1842. From 1842 to 1844 was instructor in the Military Academy at Portsmouth, Va .. and was admitted to the bar in 1846; entered Harvard Law School in 1846. but afterward left to enlist in Massachu- setts regiment for Mexican War: on July . 19, 1848, was mustered out with rank of Captain; practiced law in New Mexico. He served as United States District At- torney, Attorney General, and Secretary of Territory; Acting Governor, Superin- tendent of Indian affairs, and Superin- tendent of Public Bridges, from 1853 to 1857; published the Santa Fe Gazette for several years ( Spanish and English). Since 185$ has been engaged in journalism. He was United States Commissioner to Paris Exposition in 1878; also United States 1889. Member of the Pennsylvania Pension Agent at Philadelphia from 1885 to Geological Survey Commission: also Presi- dent of Bucks County Historical Society; member of the American Historical Soci- ety; Military Order Loyal Legion, etc. Author of "Spanish Conquest of New Mexico"; "History of the 104th Pennsyl- vania Regiment"; "History of the Hart Family"; "Life of John Davis," etc. Ad- dress. Doylestown, Pa.
DAVISON, Joseph Kirby:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion: Major Twenty-ninth New Jersey In- fantry Sept. 20. 1562; Lieutenant Colonel
Jan. 27, 1803; honorably mustered out June 30. 1863. Elected Nov. 7, 1883. Address, 718 Samson St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DAVISON. Joseph Kirby, Jr .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- hgion; eldest son of Companion Lieut. Col. Joseph K. Davison. Elected Nov. 12. 1890. Address, 718 Sansom St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
DAY, Frank Miles:
Architect; son of Charles and Anna (Miles) Day; born April 5, 1861, at Phila- delphia; received preparatory education at Rittenhouse Academy, Philadelphia; in 1883 was graduated (B. S.) from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania; studied architect- ure at the University of Pennsylvania; also three years in Europe. Married Anna Blakiston Nov. 5, 1896. Fellow and Vice President of American Institute of Architects. Member of the Academy of Natural Science, and of the American Philosophical Society. Address, German- town; office, 925 Chestnut St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
DEACON, Howard Ridgeway:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- sion; private Twenty-third Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 4, 1861; transferred to Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry Dec. 1, 1861: discharged for wounds Jan. 9, 1863; Second Lieutenant 197th Pennsylvania In- fantry July S, 1864; honorably mustered out Nov. 11, 1864. Elected Feb. 3, 1886. Address, 2110 South Broad St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
DEAL, Lemeul J .:
Chemist and surgcon; born in Philadel- phia Feb. 24. 1842; was educated in the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1860; subsequently studied for two years at the Union Theological Seminary; then studied medicine at the Jefferson Medical College, graduating, M. D., in 1865. From 1864 to 1866 he was Acting Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army; lectured on chemistry at the Franklin Institute in 1866. and at the Wagner Institute in 1866, 1874, 1876 and 1877. He was assistant demonstrator of Anatomy and chemical surgical assistant in the Jefferson Medical College, 1866-1874; Professor of Chemistry in the Missouri Medical College 1874-1876, and in the Pennsylvania College of Pharmacy 1877-
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1SS1. He has served as secretary of the Philadelphia County Medical Society and the Philadelphia Medical Club, and as President of the National Medical Society of Philadelphia. The Wagner Institute gave him the honorary degree of Ph. D. in 1872. Address, 2106 N. Hancock St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DEAN, George Washington:
Member of the Pennsylvania Cominand- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Thirty-eighth Pennsyl- vania Infantry (Ninth Reserve) Aug. 28, 1861; discharged Feb. 7, 1863; Acting Sec- ond Assistant Engineer (Ensign) United States Navy April 18, 1863; resigned and honorably discharged May 10, 1865. Elect- ed May 4, 1887. Address. 8 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DEAN, John:
Jurist; born in Williamsburg, Pa., Feb. 15, 1835; the grandson of one of the pio- neer settlers of that section of Pennsyl- vania during the times of Indian war- fare. Ile was educated at the Williams- burg Academy and at Washington College, and engaged in school teaching, studying law in his spare hours. He was admitted to the bar at Hollidaysburg in 1855, to the Huntingdon bar in 1861, and to the bar of the Supreme Court in 1871. In 1557 he was elected Superintendent of the Blair County School, but resigned in 1859 to form a law partnership with Hon. S. S. Blair, who, during the partnership, served two terms in Congress. The firm was dis- solved in 1864, and in 1867 Mr. Dean was appointed District Attorney, and elected to this office in October, 1867. In 1871 he was elected on the Republican ticket President Judge of the Twenty-fourth Judicial District, including IIuntingdon, Blair and Cambria Counties; was re- elected in 1891, and in 1892 was elected a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl- vania for a term of twenty-one years. Address, 454 City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.
DEAN, Richard C .:
Medical Director United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from New Jersey, April 17. 1876; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to sloop Dale, coast of Africa, 1857 to 1859; steamer Crusader, Home Squadron, 1860; steam sloop Wyandotte, 1561: steam sloop Tuscarora. special service, 1861 to 1863. Commissioned as Surgeon, Aug. 1. 1861; steam sloop Tuscarora, North Atlantic
Blockading Squadron, 1864; Naval Acad- emy, 1865 to 1366; steam sloop Sacramen- to, special service, 1867; steamer Michi- gan. on the lakes, 1868 to 1869; assistant to Chief of Bureau of Medicine, 1870 to 1874. Commissioned as Medical Inspector, June 8, 1873; frigate Congress, European Station, 1$78 to 1876; member of Ex- amining and Retiring Boards from 1877 to 1878; member of Board of Inspection in 1879. Commissioned as Medical Direct- or, June, 1880; Naval Hospital, Philadel- phia, from 1SS0 to 1883; Naval Hospital, New York, March, 1883 to 1886; member of Examining and Retiring Boards. from 1SS6 to 1SS7; Naval Hospital, Chelsea, from 1887 to 1891; member of Examining Board, January, 1891, to June, 1893; spe- cial duty in Europe, from June, 1893 to December, 1893; President Medical Exam- ining Board, from December, 1893, to May, 1895. Retired, May, 1895. Member Naval Retiring Board. Address, 1736 I St., Washington, D. C.
DEARDON, Robert R .:
Insurance journalist; born in Lowell, Mass., March 23, 1845; educated in public and private schools; was engaged for a few years in mercantile pursuits, cul- minating in the publishing business at Chicago in 1867. The following year be- came identified with the Northwestern Review of Chicago, which he purchased of its founder, the late W. F. Brewster, in 1869, and in 1875 removed to Philadel- phia, changing its name to The United States Review; has maintained continu- ous active connection with that paper since 1869. Mr. Deardon entered political life soon after taking up his residence in Philadelphia; was elected to the Penn- sylvania Legislature from a prominent district in 1882, and was re-elected in 1884, 1886, and 1SSS, covering four suc- cessive terms of eight years in all. He was Chairman of the House Insurance Committee in 1$$5, and of the Committee on Appropriations in 1887 and 1889; 1890. was unanimously chosen as a candidate for Receiver of Taxes of Philadelphia, on the Municipal League ticket. but he de- clined the nomination. Residence, N. 11th St., corner 69th Ave., Oak Lane; office address, 411 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DeARMIT, William P .:
Coal operator; born in Holidaysburg. Pa., in 1850; his father was of French descent and his mother was of Scotch- Irish parentage, being a daughter of the
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noted Col. John Piper, the Piper family being prominent in the Revolutionary War. After obtaining a good education, he entered the employ of the New York and Cleveland Gas and Coal Company in 1872 as a bookkeeper; two years later he was made Treasurer and in 1887 was eleeted to the Presidency of the company. At that time natural gas had made great inroads into the business, but by adopt- ing progressive methods and pushing the trade into new fields he was able to in- crease the business of the company in 1892 to over fifty per cent. more than had ever been sold, even before the ad- vent of natural gas; he is noted as a man who has studied every phase of the coal business, and who knows the needs of every branch of its operation; in July, 1901, he left the New York and Cleveland Gas Company, and was later made Pres- ident of the Empire Coal Mining Com- pany. A notable feature of his campaign for better conditions in the coal mining business has been his sturdy opposition to the so-called company or "pluek-me" stores. Address, 1226 Murray Hill Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
DECHERT, Henry M .:
Lawyer; born Mareh 11, 1832, at Read- ing. Pa .; son of Elijah and Mary W. (Por- ter, Dechert; was graduated at Yale in 1850; taught school near Pottstown, Pa .; admitted to Philadelphia bar in 1$54 and has since praetieed in Philadelphia; in 1862-1863 was First Lieutenant in Twen- ty-fifth and Fortieth Pennsylvania Regi- ments. Married at Philadelphia, Sept. 15. 1857, Esther S. Taylor. President of Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company of Philadelphia and of State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Penn- sylvania. Member of State Bar Associa- tion; Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. F. & A. M .; Grand Army Republie; Sons of Revolution, Naval Order; also University, Art. Lawyers, Penn. United Service and Belmont Clubs. Has three children: Henry T., a member of Philadelphia bar and Colonel commanding Second Regi- ment. N. G. P .; Edward P., a journalist in Boston, and Bertha M., wife of Charles H. Gale of Cleveland, Ohio; and three grand children, Robert, Esther and Mar- garet. Residence, 3930 Walnut St .; office, 1201 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DECHERT, Henry T .:
Lawyer; born Feb. 2. 1859. in Philadel- phin; son of Henry M. Dechert; educated at University of Pennsylvania; receiving
degrees of A. B., 1879; LL. B., 1881, and A. M., 1882; admitted to Philadelphia bar in 1881, and to bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1889. He has been active in the National Guard of Pennsylvania: enlisted in 1884 in First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry; 1890, commissioned Lieutenant in Second Regiment Infantry; Major, 1891; Lieu- tenant Colonel, 1893, and Colonel, 1893. In 1898 (Spanish-American War) served as Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Pennsylvania Infantry during its entire tour of duty, commanding five companies in the Department of the East. Married in 1895 to Virginia Louise Howard. Mem- ber of the firm of Melick, Potter & Dech- ert. Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, by inheritance from his uncle, Brig. Gen. Robert P. Dechert. Ad- dress, 32 South Broad St., Philadelphia.
DECKER, W. N .:
Principal of Schools; born near New Oxford, Pa., March 30, 1873; attended the public schools of Adams County: grad- uated as President of the class of 1895, from the State Normal School at Ship- pensburg. Pa .: took course in Ursinus College and American Business College, Allentown, Pa .; taught school in Adams and Laneaster Counties. In 1896 he went to Lehigh County, Pa., where he married and has since lived; at present is a teacher in the public schools of Al- lentown. Pa. He is active in church work, I. O. O. F. cireles, and the politi- cal affairs of his town .. Address, Macun- gie, Pa.
DEDRICK, Thomas S .:
Physician, Arctic traveller; born at Everittstown, N. J., November. 1866; son of Rev. T. S. and Phoebe (Newman) Dedrick; educated at publie schools at Hackettstown, N. J., and Hackettstown Collegiate Institute; journalistic train- ing: public school teacher 1995; editor and proprietor of the Warren Tidings. Washi- ington, N. J .. 1889-1893: graduate of Hahnemann Medical College. 1896: grad- uate of Maternity Hospital. Philadelphia; Graduate of Medico-Chirurgical Col- lege, Philadelphia, 1903-1904. Married at Washington. N. J .. 1596, Cora Norton Boyd. Assistant to Peary Arctic Expe- dition of 1898-1902: at the end of three years resigned, owing to strained rela- tions with the commander: upon volun- tary services being refused, he remained the fourth year without supplies among
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