*S TZ&T &ttLWWSK: ! BS* ^SKK^ MSy^ s^fe^^M^M^w^^^^^ k \%^fSs 6 / DISTINGUISHED SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS OF OUR DAY CONTAINING BIOGRAPHIES of PROMINEMT AMERICANS NOW LIVING NOTEWORTHY AS HAVING ACHIEVED SUCCESS IN THEIR CHOSEN AVOCATIONS IN THE VARIOUS CIVIL, MILITARY, EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND OTHER LINES OF HUMAN EFFORT MEN OF THOUGHT AND MEN OF ACTION WHO HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR COMMONWEALTH, PROMINENT CITIZENS IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO ARE REALLY THE FOUNDERS, MAKERS AND BUILDERS OF OUR GREAT REPUBLIC AS MANIFESTED IN AMERICA S GREAT INSTITUTIONS OF FINANCE, COMMERCE AND TRADE, AND ITS UNPARALLELED PROGRESS IN EDUCATION, LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NATION IN ALL LINES OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR. Edited from STANDARD BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS and original sources. One thing is forever good; That one thing is Success. Emerson. CHICAGO, ILL. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 1912. <\ ! ( ; V o Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. 262767 PUBLISHERS NOTE MISTAKES WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE FOUND IN THIS VOLUME, BUT THEY EXIST NOT FOR WANT OF PAINSTAKING EFFORTS TO AVOID THEM, BUT GENERALLY FROM IMPERFECT MANU SCRIPTS OR CONFLICTING STATEMENTS OF STANDARD AUTHORITIES. WHAT IS WORTH RE CORDING AT ALL, IS WORTH RECORDING CARE FULLY AND CORRECTLY; AND WHEN MISTAKES ARE DISCOVERED, A MEMORANDUM OF THE ERRORS SHOULD AT ONCE BE SENT TO THE PUBLISHERS FOR CORRECTION IN FUTURE EDITIONS OF THIS WORK. PREFACE OUCCESSFUL AMERICANS is thoroughly ^ National,- covering every part of the United States, and puts in enduring form something of the history of great American merchants, manufacturers, railroad builders and other great men who have played an important part in the country s history. It is not insisted that the work is fully comprehen sive, but it is thought that it occupies a place of im portance in a field which has not heretofore been occupied. This most admirable collection of contemporary biography of America s foremost leaders of life and thought will be an invaluable acquisition to the world s libraries and historical archives. The sketches of the leaders of life and thought now at the helm of America s Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, Industrial and Commercial lines of human activity have been selected with the greatest of care from current historical works and publications and from various other sources. As Builders and Merchants they have built cities and illumined the marts of trade ; in the field of science and medicine they have obtained great prominence; in the arena of states manship they have produced men of thought and men of action, while at the bar and in the admini stration of Justice they have shown erudition and wisdom. As clergymen, educators and lecturers they have occupied high places; and as musicians, com posers, artists, authors and poets they have contrib uted profusely to social life. This volume is submitted to the public in the confidence that the careers herein described will be found stimulating to patriotism; and a potent factor in cheering and inspiring the efforts of rising gen erations. INDEX Abbott, Edwin M 128 Abbott, Frederick 40 Abernethy, Alonzo 437 Abney, John Rutledge. 147 Adams, Charles Frederick. . .243 Adams, Francis A 273 Adams, Jay Elmer 579 Adams, Marion A 243 Adams, Samuel Shugert. . . .243 Adams, William C. T 491 Adreon, Edward Lawrence. .421 Ahern, William B 190 Aigner, Martin 222 Aiken, Wyatt 67 Ailshie, James Franklin 346 Albertson, Charles Carroll. . .372 Albin, John Henry 607 Albright, Isaac H 147 Allen, Charles Herbert 394 Allen, Frederick Hobbes 184 Allen, George H 598 Allen, Henry Tureman 186 Allen, John Jervis 244 Allison, Henry Hearten 103 Ambler, Benjamin Mason... 345 Ameiss, Frederick C 429 Amey, Harry Burton 620 Amidon, Charles Fremont. . .245 Anderson, Charles W 183 Anders- n, James H 642 Anderson, Winslow 245 Andrews, Lucius C 385 Andrus, John Emory 336 Ansel, M. F 246 Appel, John Bridge 614 Appel, Peter 184 Armstrong, Harry Gloster..200 Armitage, Thomas L. F 616 Armstrong, Aur^lius L 599 Arnette, V. Glenn 114 Arnquist, Otto W 248 Ashmead, Henry G 586 Aycock, Charles B 227 Avery, Alphonso C 405 Ayres, I-rvin W 180 Babbott, Frank Lusk 171 Baggett, John Robert 622 Bailey, Edward 162 Bailey, Frank 172 Bailey, Mark Trafton 561 Bailey, Warren Worth 158 Baird, Richard Loper 370 Baker, Bernard N 348 Baker, James Hutchins 476 Baker, Robert Breckenridge.564 Bakke, Dyre B 611 Balch, Galusha Burchard. . . .397 Ballou, Walter Seymour ... .246 Banks, Charles 348 Barbour, John Baxter 117 Barclay, William Franklin .. .473 Barhydt, Theodore Wells. . . .434 Barnard, Charles 388 Barnes, Vischer Vere 563 Barnes, William, Jr 247 Barry, William Wesley 605 Barton, Edgar R 608 Baruch, Emanuel de Marnay.228 Bascom, Florence 208 Bassettt, Carroll Phillips 548 Beardsley, Morris Beach.... 465 Becker, Philip August 399 Bell, Alfred W 187 Bell, George W 79 Bell, James Dana 248 Bell, James Stroud 606 Beltzhoover, F. E 350 Belzner, Theodore 375 Benecke, Louis 247 Bennett, Charles G 622 Bentley, Harry T 47 Benze, Gustav Adolph 609 Berliner, Emile 248 Berry, James Henderson. .. .249 Beyer, Samuel Walker. ..... .249 Bibb, John M 38 Bierkamp, William 250 Bigarel, Frank D 113 Birrell, Henry 220 Bissonnet, George E 509. Bitting, William Coleman. . . .428 Blackader, Alexander D 531 II INDEX Blackman, Wilbur Fisk 250 Blackmer, Lucian Richmond. 396 Blair, Robert W 554 Blomfield, Sidney J 417 Boarman, Aleck 508 Boas, Emil Leopold 435 Bodine, Samuel Taylor 156 Boeschenstein, Charles 5 1 2 Bogart, John Bion 393 Bogert, Walter Lawrence .... 127 Bohmer, John George 412 Bolton, J. Gray 544 Bonynge, Robert W 275 Booth, David S... 83 Boothby, Frederic E 392 Bopp, Charles W 251 Bostwick, Arthur E 514 Boswell, Russell Thomas 484 Boughton, Daniel H 615 Bouton, Arthur Frisbe^ 486 Bovard, Freeman D 363 Bowron, Robert Henrv 75 Boynton, Edward Briggs 141 Bradbury. William Fvothing- ham 251 Breitung, Edward 457 Brennan, Martin S 606 Brenner, Victor David 221 Brevoort, James Renwick 452 Brewster, Eugene V 1 76 Breyfogel, Sylvanus C 182 Briscoe, John Parran 408 Brittain, John E 236 Britton, Roy F 614 Brock, Robert Alonzo 251 Brooker, Charles F 253 Brooks, Edward F 87 Brooks, Edward Ulysses A.. .241 Brooks, Floyd W 337 Brothers, Samuel F 123 Brown, Augustus Cleveland. 130 Brown, Benjamin F 187 Brown, Earl Wesley Ill Brown, Elmer Ellsworth. .. .252 Brown, Frank 112 Brown, George 253 Brown, George McLaren. ... 168 Brown, George Warren 454 Brown, John B 487 Brown, James A 618 Brown, James Curns 118 Brown, John D 253 Brown, Philip King 284 Brown, Roland Graeme 48 Brown, Thomas Jefferson 254 Brown, William Listen 492 Brush, Charles Francis 482 Bryan, Enoch Albert 339 Bryant, Wilson J 116 Buchanan, J. P 254 Buchanan, John Ross 88 Buckles, Abraham Jay 255 Buford, F. G 601 Bull, Henry Adsit 178 Bulson, Albert E 256 Burchard, John Ely 577 Burke, Maurice Francis 255 Burkett, Charles William. .. .257 Burnett, William H. C 420 Burns, Louis N 434 Burpee, Washington Atlee..l43 Burrage, Albert Cameron 257 Burrows, Lansing 496 Burton, George Dexter 258 Burton, Hiram Rodney 258 Butler, Hugh 520 Butz, George Samuel 130 Byrnes, James Williamson. .436 Byron-Curtiss, Arthur L 132 Caille, Auguste Arthur. .. .443 Calderhead, William A 414 Caldwell, John Curtis 353 Calhoun, John Caldwell. .. .516 Calkins, George C 189 Callahan, Ethelbert 259 Camden, Johnson N 441 Campbell, John Shaw 259 Candler, John Slaughter. .. .260 Carey, Robert D 185 Carl, S. C 191 Carpenter, Philip 385 Carpenter, William Henry.. 596 Carr, Clarence A 358 Carr, Julian S 569 Carrel, M. Drew 490 Carrington, Augustus B....389 Carson, John Fleming 188 Carson, John Miller 319 Carter, John Ridgely 575 Carter, Solon Augustus 259 Gary, William Joseph 224 Cassedy, William Fraser. . . .615 Cassel, Henry Burd 596 Chadbourne, Thomas L 490 Carter, Solon Augustus 259 Chalenor, Louis E 105 INDEX III Chamberlain, John Thomas.. 79 Chambers, Walter Boughton211 Chancellor, Eustathius 499 Chandler, William M 260 Chancy, John C 263 Charlton, George James.... 130 Chester, Frank Dyer 456 Childs, James Edmund 155 Childs, Thomas Spencer. .. .260 Chittenden, Hiram Martin.. 261 Chute, Horatio Nelson 474 Clare, Israel Smith 142 Clark, Elias S 262 Clark, E. M 262 Clark, George W 485 Clarke, Charles W 314 Clearwater, Alphonso T 600 Clemens, William M 585 Cline, Cyrus 378 Clover, George Frederick. . . .391 Cochrane, Alexander 481 Coffin, Henry N 263 Cole, Cornelius 263 Collier, George Kirby 80 Collins, Chester L 193 Collins, J. Ross 237 Collins, William W 73 Connelly, Everett 264 Connors, Maurice S 238 Converse, John H 115 Conwell, Russell H 505 Cook, Fayette L 486 Cook, Thomas A 344 Cook, Thomas B 349 Cooke, Abbot S 604 Coons, Edward Sherwood. . .381 Corinth, Albert Bonafon. . . . 106 Coshow, Oliver P 556 Coughlin, Robert Emmet .... 95 Coulter, John Merle 459 Covert, John C 502 Coyle, Robert M 144 Craig, John Guthrie 543 Crawford, David Francis.... 34 Creighton, George W 97 Gulp, John M 64 Cunningham, John L 209 Curran, Richard J 35 Curry, Elmer W. B 243 Curtis, Bracey 356 CushingJ. Stearns 617 Cutler, James G 262 Cutler, John C 264 Danforth, Isaac Mosely 336 Daniel, W. W 152 Dannemiller, Edward 86 Darnall, George D 194 Davis, Charles Henry 597 Davis, Gilbert Asa 446 Davis, Irby D 546 Daw, George Weidman 613 Debevoise, Thomas McElrath 77 Decker, Oliver John 122 Decker, William N 353 Deems, Edward Mark 264 Denegre, Walter D 495 Denn,iston, Henry Martyn..265 Detmer, Julian Francis 196 Devanter, Willis Van 223 Dinkins, James 294 Ditson, Charles Healy 475 Dittenhoefer, Abram J 139 Dixon, B. F 342 and 346 Dixon, Lincoln 265 Dohan, Edward George 559 Donnelly, Charles H 266 Donovan, John J 644 Donovan, Joseph W 266 Dortch, Josiah H 193 Doster, William E 165 Dougherty, C. Bow 162 Dougherty, Hugh 582 Douglas, Walter 70 Douglas, William Lewis.... 347 Downing, Joseph R 140 Draper, Charles A 60 Draper, William H 395 Dreer, Edwin Greble 221 Drexel, George W. Childs... 164 Duane, James May 87 Duell, Charles Holland 266 Duff, Thomas 196 Dunn, Horace B 598 Dunn, Reuben Wesley 114 Dunton, Minnie Priest 402 Dyer, Charles 462 Dyer, George Rathbone. . . .587 Eakins, Thomas 567 Edwards, David M 555 Eaton, Levi F 409 Echlin, Henry Magifford. . .362 Ehrhardt, Frederick C 267 Ellis, DeLancey Montrose.. 55 Ellis, Edgar Clarence 266 Ellis, Edward E 100 Elrod, Morton John 42 IV INDEX Eisner, John 506 Elton, Thomas J 107 Emery, Walter E , 37 Enricht, Louis 210 Ensign.J. D 267 Erlanger, Mitchell L 84 Estes, William Lawrence 268 Evans, Britton Duroc 45 Evans, George E 39 Evarts, Allen W 157 Everman, John W 156 Everts, Silas E 187 Eyman, Frank P 65 Eyre, Wilson 132 Faber, John Eberhard 476 Fahnestock, Allen Lewis 463 Fairbanks, Charles Warren.. 268 Fales, Charles Sumner 78 Farlow, William G 588 Farmer, William M 269 Farquhar, Fergus G 117 Farnsworth, Chas. Stewart., 42 Faulkner, Charles James 269 Fell, Thomas 610 Felton, Samuel Morse 133 Ferguson, James Atkinson.. 92 Fernald, James C 478 Field, Archelaus G 354 Field, D. M 351 Finck, Edward Bertrand 348 Finley, John Huston 270 Fisher, Irving 270 Fitch, James Seely 444 Fleischmann, Julius 612 Flint, Charles Ranlett 507 Floaten, A. H 487 Floy, Henry 192 Focht, Benjamin K 231 Foote, Henry Gould 612 Foraker, Joseph Benson. .. .271 Fordham, Herbert Latham.. 225 Fosdick, Lucien John 354 Foster, Scott 161 Fouse, Levi Garner 169 Fowler, Edward Payson. . . .577 Fox, Charles James 350 Fox, Fred C 97 Frankel, Lee K 359 Fracker, George H 197 Fraser, Elisha Alexander. . . .571 Frazier, John Wesley 568 Frear, Walter Francis 198 French, Daniel Chester 341 French, George Hazen 339 Friedenwald, J ulius 98 Friedrich, Charles E 613 Frohman, Charles 213 F"rost, William Goodell 561 Fuller, William Oliver 269 Gaffy, Loring E 317 Gamble, Daniel 482 Gannett, William H 272 Cans, Joseph 194 Gardiner, Joseph Warren... 335 Garretson, Arthur S 451 Garrison, Frank Lynwood. . .234 Garrison, Oliver Lawrence. . .426 Gary, Elbert Henry 271 Gates, John 199 Geddes, William M 272 Gehrung, Eugene Charles. . .445 Geiger, Jacob 272 Genest, Louis Omer 141 Giegerich, Leonard A 619 Gilbert, D. B 621 Gilbert, Richard Henry 610 Gilbert, Newton W 479 Giles, Joseph S 273 Gill, Samuel Ekin 202 Gillett, Hezekiah M 536 Gillette, Clarence P 244 Gillis, Kenneth C 200 Glass, Arthur Lorenzo 69 Gobble, Aaron Ezra 149 Godfrey, Edward Settle 503 Golden, William Augustine. .374 Goodrich, Joseph Parshall. . .407 Gordon, Milton J 181 Gould, George Milbry 274 Grace, John Patrick 468 Graham, James M 46 Graham, Loyal Young 235 Graham, W. A 278 Grant, Andrew J 542 Grant, H. Horace 449 Grant, John P 273 Gray, Carl Raymond 101 Gray, Charles Oliver 537 Greeley, Edwin Seneca 275 Gre en, Ernest Le Roy 126 Greene, William Stedman. . .279 Greenwood, Moses, Jr 439 Gregg, William Henry 447 Grier, Thomas A 548 Griffin, Thomas R 278 Griggs, John M 345 INDEX Gross, Francis Anthony. .. .576 Grosvenor, Edwin Augustus. 281 Grumme, August 431 Gunnison, Royal A 323 Hackstaff, Alexander G 382 Haffen, Louis F 57 Hale, Eugene 565 Hale, Frank Judson 416 Hall, Edward Channing 49 Hall, Frederick James 373 Hall, Granville Stanley 477 Hall, Henry Clay 74 Hall, James Parker 282 Halloran, Patrick M 80 Halls, William, Jr 204 Hamlett, Barksdale 625 Hammer, Frederick 504 Hammond, William A 596 Hand, Alfred 205 Hanna, D. Blythe 90 Hanrahan, John David 494 Hard, Anson Wales 588 Hardenbergh, Daniel B 71 Hardenbergh, James E 56 Hardesty, Edmond C 279 Hardison, G. L 283 Harker, Joseph Ralph 408 Htrker, Oliver Albert 282 Harris, John Andrews 53 Harris, W. John 491 Harsh, James B 281 Harsh, Willard M 52 Hart, William Octave 201 Hartigan, William C 72 Hartman, Alexander W 618 Hartwich, Herman 110 Harvey, William M 409 Hascall, Wilbur 85 Haslerud, Peter K 76 Hastings, Frank W 203 Haugen, Gilbert N 283 Hayes, Doremus A 575 Hays, Charles Melville 204 Hayward, William C 400 Head, Franklin H 527 Head, John B 284 Headland, Isaac Tavlor.... 71 Heckel, George Baugh 125 Hedge, Frederic Henry 283 Hedinger, Charles 416 Heinberg, Israel 237 Heinz, Henry J 467 Henry, Albert M 403 Hendry, James G 203 Hering, Rudolph 412 Herrick, Addison E 284 Heselton, George W 285 Hesseltine, E. Adelbert 290 Heston, John William 351 Hener, Harry Dohrman.... 36 Hicks, Josiah D 286 Hicks, Thomas L 138 Hiddleson, Clifford S 285 Hill, Edson George 292 Hill, Frank Pierce 555 Hill, James J 290 Hill, John Fremont 287 Hill, John Weslev 66 Hill, Joseph Morrison 65 Hill. Judson Sudborough. . . .289 Hinds, Charles Gilbert 464 Hinebaugh, William H 164 Hines. Mrs. E. Remington.. 53 Hirschfelder, Joseph 94 Hitchcock. Edward 469 Hoard, William Dempster. .214 Fohbs, William J 373 Hodges, Harry Marsh 209 Hoffman, Frank Sargent. . .419 Holbrook. Charles C 299 Holley. Marietta 153 Holt, Et-a^tus Eueene 64 Holt, William Grattan 165 Holt. William Henry ?10 Holton. Henrv D 210 Hook. Charles The^Hore. . . .547 Hooner, Franklin William... 35 Hookins, James Love 40 Horn. Tohn C 415 Homer, Harlan Hoyt 364 Hornor. Wm. M^cn^erson .. 89 Horr, Georee Edwin 512 Hoea. RanVne] Moore 161 Hoskins. William Horace... 276 Houofh, Warwick Massey. . . .425 Houston, Joseph D 5?5 Howard, Jnsiah 254 Howard. William Lee 77 Howell, Benjamin Franklin. .392 Howell, Frank W 280 Howland, Lucien B 101 Hubbard, Thomas Hamlin..213 Hubbard, William Henry. . . . 146 Hubbell, William Stone 212 Hudgins, Charles Buckner..552 VI INDEX Hudson, Charles 1 604 Hudson, Charles R 369 Hughes, Charles Hamilton. .578 Hughes, Louis C 38 Hughes, William Edgar 214 Hugo, Trevanion W 617 Hulbert, Henry C 82 Humphrey,Chauncey Benton 41 Humphrey, George S 415 Hurd, Albert Arthur 118 Hurlbut, W. D 277 Hurry, Edmund Abdy 216 Hurty, J. N 458 Hyde, Miles Goodyear 217 Hyland, Aquila Jackson 61 Iglehart, Ferdinand Cowle.. 44 Iliff, John W 456 Ingersoll, Raymond V 46 Inman, Samuel Martin 592 Intemann, Ernest August George 215 Irish, Edwin M 278 Iverson, Samuel Gilbert 560 Jackson, John Price 167 Jackson, Thomas E 611 Jacobson, William 240 Jaeggi, Albert M 276 James, Edward F 644 Jenkins, E. Fellows 413 Jenkins, Oliver P 76 Jenkins, William Dunbar 34 Jennings, T. Albert 488 Jepson, Lowell E 625 John, Sam W 343 Johnson, Ben 226 Jo|hnson, Charles E 629 Johnson, Edward Tracy.... 73 Johnson, Karl J 402 Johnston, Rienzi M 72 Joiner, George A 337 Jones, Benjamin Lee 164 Jones, David Newton 608 Jones, Paul 68 Jones, Richmond L 94 Jones, W. A. Fleming 331 Jones, Wilie 166 Joy, Charles Frederick 274 Joyce, Frank Melville 510 Judson, Frederick Newton.. 219 Junghans, Charles F 430 Katz, Mark Jacob 502 Kaufman, Abraham Charles. 219 Keep, Charles Hallam 270 Keifer, Joseph Warren 497 Keller, Columbus Alonzo. . . .570 Keller, Herbert P 470 Kelley, Edgar Stillman 105 Kellogg, John Harvey 410 Kelly, John F 221 Kelly, Melville Clyde 107 Kelly, William 220 Kelsey, Frederick Wallace.. 59 Kenan, Thomas S 335 Kendall, Joseph Brown 626 Kendrick, John E 178 Kent, Charles W 285 Kerfoot, Samuel Fletcher. .167 Kerr, Mark Brickell 472 Kerr, William Jasper 280 Kestler, Fred 62 Keyser, Naaman Henry.... 159 Kieffer, Alonzo Rouse 425 Kimbrough, Allen McC 289 Kimbrough, E. R. E 289 Kindred, John Joseph 33 King, Joseph Elijah 46 King, Morris K 76 Kingsbury, David Lansing.. 67 Kingsley, Norman W 63 Kinkaid, Moses P 38 Kirchner, Otto 622 Kirk, John R 288 Kixmoeller, Herman W 640 Klapp, James 40 Klar, Adolph Julian 51 Kline, David C 68 Knapp, Sheppard 584 Kneule, Albrecht 230 Knight, Harry French 418 Knowland, Joseph Russell.. 428 Koch, Louis Karen Jan 620 Koehler, Hugo Arthur 436 Koontz, George W 395 Kretz, Hermann 635 Kroeger, Ernest R 524 Kurtz, Charles M 147 Lacy, William H 589 Ladd, Eugene Frederick. .. .228 Ladinski, Louis J 45 Lamar, William H 287 Lamb, Charles Rollins 83 Lamb, George Harris 160 Lamb, James Hart 106 Lamb, John 63 Lamberton, John Porter 173 Landis, Charles 1 175 INDEX VII Landis, John H 288 Langdon, Cavour S 639 Langdon, William H 90 Langf itt, Joseph A 286 Larpenteur, Auguste Louis.. 60 Larrinaga, Tulio 230 Latham, George Robert 291 Latrobe, Ferdinand C 235 Lauchheimer, Charles H....624 Lauck, William Jett 85 Lauder, William 53 Laughlin, Julian 47 Lauterbach, Edward 592 Laux, Jacob 291 Law, James D 134 Lawrence, Florus F 43 Lawrence, Robert M 62 Lawson, John Davison 293 Lawson, Victor Fremont. .. .233 Leavitt, Charles Wellford.. 96 Leavitt, Roger 591 Le Baron, John Francis P. ..232 Lee, Edward Trumbull 131 Lee, Edwin 73 Leithhead, Leslie W 607 Leslie, Mrs. Frank 48 Leonard, Charles Henri.. ..531 Leutze, Eugene Henry C...292 Levering, Joshua 473 Levi, Charles S 138 Levin, Judah L 214 Levy, J. Leonard 61 Lewis, Sanford C 580 Lewis, Vivian M 169 Lindberg, Conrad Emil 381 Lindeke, Albert W 623 Little, Joseph J 634 Little, William N 479 Lloyd, James Tighlman 101 Lloyd, John U 420 Loeb, James 233 Logan, Robert Samuel 137 Lohman, Henry William. .. .441 Lord, Livingston C 399 Loud, John Hermann 115 Loveland, Frank 292 Lowell, Daniel Ozro Smith.. 233 Lowry, Hiram Harrison. .. .421 Lyon, A. Maynard 150 Lyon, William Henry 427 Maas, Anthony J 422 MacDougall, Clinton D 330 MacFarlane, Will C 166 Macrae, Donald 321 Magill, Lawrence 294 Main, James Porteus 437 Majette, Mark Marsden 234 Maloney, Andrew P 71 Manchester, William C 438 Mangham, James Clarence.. 91 Manning, James Henry 84 Mansfield, Ira Franklin 513 Marcy, Henry Orlando 290 Marks, Marcus M 361 Marpole, Richard 174 Martin, John H 332 Martin, Wesley 486 Martin, William Alex. P 242 Mason, Amos L 583 Maxwell, Guy Everett 626 Mayer, Levy 538 Maynard, C. H 162 McAfee, Robert 299 Mc.Calmont, Daniel B 498 McCawley, Charles L 296 McCleskey, L. L 151 McConchie, William 460 McCormick, Alexander H... .638 McCready, E. Bosworth. . . . 129 McCurdy, Charles W 515 McDonald, James D 141 McDonough, John James . . . .295 McGillivray, James J 295 Mclntyre, Harry H 621 McKee, William James 298 McLin, B. E 296 McMichael, Charles B 616 McMillan, Frank G 489 McNally, Michael 509 McNeal, Joshua Vansant.... 63 Mead, Albert E 296 Mead, Elizabeth Storrs 236 Mead, John Abner 600 Meek, P. Gray 116 Meeker, Stephen Jones 623 Meighan, Burton C 229 Meinel, Edward 168 Mekeel, Charles Haviland... 41 Mellon, James Ross 119 Mellor, John H 206 Mercur, Rodney Augustus. .179 Merry, William Topping. .. .555 Merton, Ernst 335 Meserve, Frank P 331 Meservey, Edwin C 484 Metcalf, Edwin D 239 VIII INDEX Metzger, M. C 478 Meyer, Edwin John 450 Michaels, John Randolph. . .135 Michener, Louis Theodore. .238 Migdalski, Reynold F 241 Miles, Arthur Wellington. . .297 Millard, Jacob F 619 Miller, Charles 297 Miller, D. M 297 Miller, James A 640 Miller, James Henry 303 Millikin, Charles W 37 Millsaps, Reuben Webster.. 517 Mishler, John D 519 Moeller, Herman Frederick. .102 Mottit, John T 297 Moftitt, Nathaniel Lyon....419 Mondell, Frank Wheeler. .. .364 Montgomery, Edmund Dun can 355 Montgomery, Edward Em met 423 Montgomery, William Alexander 298 Moore, Ernest R 581 Morehead, John Motley ... .352 Morgan, Charles Hill 346 Morgan, James Appleton. . . .120 Morgan, John Harcourt A. ..450 Morgan, William Sacheus. . .390 Merrill, Harold E 74 Morris, Effingham B 54 Morris, John < . L 301 Morris, Robert Tuttle 355 Morse, Amos Addison 112 Morse, Waldo Grant 368 Moser, Jetferson F 628 Morton, Charles 69 Morton, John W 299 Moseley, L. L 173 Mossell, Nathan F 223 Mullin, William J 109 Mumford, Charles C 170 Munroe, Addison P 634 Murdock, William Edwards. 590 Murphy, Franklin^ 522 Neill, Richard Renshaw . . . . 163 Nelson, John Mandt 183 Nelson, Julius E 92 Nelson, Thomas Hiram 250 Nevins, William S 578 Newark, Hyman 215 Newsom, John F 362 Nicholls, Charles Chamber lain 413 Nicholson, Timothy 337 Nixon, William C 367 Norcross, George 239/ Norden, Norris Lindsay. .. .365 Norton, Romeo A 602 Norton, Thomas Herbert 300 Nottingham, C. W 301 Nye, Frank Mellen 380 Oades, Walter Henry 537 O Brien, William H 602 Ochs, George Washington. .225 Ockerson, John Augustus. . .630 O Connell, John J 302 O Connell, William Henry.. 170 O Fallon, Charles Pope 438 Ogden, Isaac Governeur. . . .109 Oliver, Robert Shaw 171 Olmsted, Marlin Edgar 145 Olmsted, William Beach 582 Olsen, John C 356 O Neill, Edward Joseph 440 Orahood, Harpe^- M 300 Orman, James Bradley 361 Oster, George W 301 O Sullivan, Sylvester f 140 Otis, Charles Rolling 521 Otis, Edward Osgo<->d 526 Palmer, George Herbert 62.5 Palmer, Samuel Sterling 170 Parker, John Henry 363 Parkhurst, Charles H 197 Pastorius, Charles S 352 Patterson, Thomas MacDo- nald 367 Paul, John Rodman 200 Payne, Christopher H 576 Peabody, George Foster. .. .643 Peachy, John Robert 60 Pearce, Henry Allen 304 Peck, George Bacheler 641 Pelletreau, Robert 2l7 Pepperman, W. Leon 302 Perkins, George Henry 302 Perkins, Willis B 303 Perry, T. B 305 Peterson, S. D 543 Pettingill, Frank Hervey. . . .527 Peters, William Richmond. . 188 Peyton, Carlton Preston ... .110 Pinnell, Ethan Allen 304 Plummer, Stanley 303 INDEX IX Poindexter, Miles 305 Polk, Jefferson Scott 371 Pollock, John C 306 Pope, Winfield Scott 277 Porter, Edward W 227 Porter, Eugene Hoffman. .. .357 Porter, Gen. Horace 528 Porter, James G ! 79 Potter, Charles Nelson 307 Potter, Edwin Graham 464 Potter, William 306 Potts, Jesse Walker 152 Potts, Templin Morris 455 Powell, James L 557 Powell, Thomas Carr ..218 Powers, Gorham 601 Powers, James Knox 36 Price, George M 211 Prime, Ralph Earl 307 Prince, Le Baron Bradford . .429 Prouty, Charles Newton 306 Pulsifer, Nathan TrowbridgelSl Pyne, Moses T 371 Quinby, Henry B 368 Rackley, Edwin H 45 Rainsford, William S 624 Ramaley, Francis 427 Rand, Stephen Randolph, George F 530 Randolph, Tom 3 Rathburn, Charles M 99 Raven, Anton Adolph 532 Raynor, Isidor 304 Redmond, J. W 480 Reed, Henry Thomas 307 Reed, N. F 367 Rees, R. R 308 Reeves, Arthur J 627 Reeves, James Haynes 372 Reinhardt, Caleb S 346 Remington, Arthur 312 Richards, Joseph Thomas.. 581 Richards, George 635 Richardson, Charles Albert.. 377 Richardson, Harris 629 Richardson, Royal 374 Richardson, William 15 Ridgway, Craig 14 Riley, Henry C 309 Rine, Edwin M 137 Roach, Richard P I/O Roberts, Ellis Henry 308 Robertson, E. B 309 Robinson, Alexander Kelly.. 310 Robinson, Fred Austin 418 Robinson, John Buchanan. .338 Roddy, Joseph Stockton. ... 122 Rodenberg, William A 333 Rodgers, Raymond P 308 Rodney, Robert Burton 145 Roeschlaub. Frank S 501 Rogers, William Evans 359 Rollins, Charles Leonard ...368 Rook, Charles Alexander. .. .533 Rosenthal, Herman 198 Rowe, Stewart Everett 631 Rumer, James F 309 Ruppert, Jacob, Jr 226 Russell. Linus E 310 Ryan, John J 50 Ryan, Thomas 376 Ryan, Thomas Fortune 535 Sanborn, Arthur Loomis. . . .347 Sanders, Jared Y 310 Sanford, Stephen 560 Sanger. Henry H 417 Sapp, Dexter Taylor 311 Sapp, William Frederick. .. .311 Sargent, Charles Sprague. . .177 Satterlee, Francis Le Roy.. 639 Savage, Minot Judson 431 Sawyers. John Lazelle 599 Sayre, William L 45 Scanlan, Lawrence 435 Scarborough. William 537 Schenck, Bm amin RoHnson 398 Schieren, Charles Adolf 538 Schmidt. Carl Ernest 407 Schutt, John 377 Sc^uvler, Aaron 311 Schwab. Charts M 593 Scott, James Hutchison 52 Scriver, Hiram A 632 Scriber, Hiram A 632 Seamans. Clarence Walker.. 481 Search. Theodore Carson... 433 Seargeant. Mi ner 192 Seay. James W 314 Seeeer, Albert H. F 388 Seehorn, Thomas J 339 Sevmour, Jo^n Sammis 386 Sevmonr, William W 598 SV-ackleford. Dorsey W 312 Shannon, John B 469 Shanklin. Charles S 312 Sharp, Frank J. -502 X INDEX Shaw, Charles Gray 376 Shelton, William H 442 Shepard, Edward Martin. . . .378 Sherman, James Schoolcraft.313 Shippen, Joseph 383 Shiras, Oliver Perry 391 Shriver, Alfred Jenkins 336 Sikes, John C 624 Simmons, George Welch.... 454 Simpson, Charles T 449 Simpson, Edward 501 Sims, Edwin W 329 Singer, Isidor 387 Skaggs, Andrew E 315 Skeel, Frank 54 Skiffington, Alfred J 411 Skinner, Clarence Edward.. 448 Slater, Samuel Scott 157 Slayden, James L 317 Smart, Isabelle Thompson. .379 Smith, Artemas B 369 Smith, B. Decatur 315 Smith, David Stanley 196 Smith, Edward Robinson. . . .380 Smith, Francis Marion 571 Smith, Frank 377 Smith, George P 383 Smith, George T 594 Smith, Jane Luella Dowd...447 Smith, Jared Gage 512 Smith, Jay Herndon 432 Smith, Lyndon A 540 Smith, Martin Snyder 316 Smith, Milton 382 Smith, Walter Scott 338 Smith, Wickliffe R 347 Smith, William Orlando 314 Smyth, Andrew Woods 256 Sniffin, Culver C 285 Snively, L. E 88 Snowden, Llewellyn 62 Snyder, Edward Eugene. ... 154 Snyder, George W 382 Snyder, Martin L 344 Snyder, Jonathan L 349 Sobel, Isador 205 Soper, George A 541 Southard, Frank Bishop.... 85 Spalding, George Burley 471 Speed, James B 461 Speed, John James 419 Spencer, Daniel S 121 Spencer, Stanhope Reid 207 Spenzer, John George 399 Spofford, Paul N 383 Sprague, Austin V. W 640 Spring, Leverett Wilson 537 Springer, John Wallace 597 Stackhouse, James Alonzo.,562 Stafford, George A 218 Stanford, Henry L. D 632 Starkweather, John L 316 Staude, Edwin G 317 Steele, Frederick Morgan... 636 Steele, O. B 340 Stephens, M. Bates 315 Sterling, John A 318 Stetson, Augusta E 144 Stetson, Willis Kimball 393 Stevens, Cyrus Lee 163 Stevens, Frederick Clement.. 466 Stiness, John Henry 318 Stirling, Yates 603 Stoffel, Remy Joseph 457 Stone, Eugene Potter 553 Stone, George 332 Stone, Mason S 171 Stookey, Lyman B 448 Storch, Joseph A 181 Story, William 487 Stowe, Andrew David 633 Straus, Oscar S 423 Street, Jacob Richard 48 Stuart, J. C 151 Sullivan, Frank Hugh 433 Sundberg, Bengt E 338 Surface, Harvey Adams 119 Sverdrup, George 562 Taggart, Thomas 318 Talcott, James 461 Talcott, John Butler 252 Tanner, J. Mack 319 Tanner, Willard B 319 Taussig, B. J 319 Taylor, George Edwin 394 Taylor, George Washington. 396 Taylor, Robert 352 Taylor, William R 100 Teall, John Henry 91 Teasdale, Howard 604 Ten Broeck, Floyd G 174 Tench, Frederick 384 Terry, Albert Todd 430 Terry, Nathaniel Matson 323 Terry, Will Albert 139 Thomas, Arthur Lloyd 638 INDEX XI Thomas, E. Perry 401 Thomas, Frank W 129 Thompson, George G 93 Thompson, John A 386 Thompson, Josiah Van Kirk. 544 Thompson, Robert William. 475 Thomson, John 322 Thomson, William Holmes.. 422 Thorington, William Sewell.320 Thome, William V. S 50 Threadgill, John 320 Throop, Benjamin H 401 Thurston, John Mellen 398 Tibbets, Addison S 642 Tiffany, Nelson 58 Tihen, John Henry 555 Tilford, Frank 402 Tingey, Charles S 316 Townsend, J. Fred 93 Townsend, Samuel D 57 Trewin, James Henry 323 Trimble, South 321 Tromly, Theodore 334 Troyer, Chauncey H 440 Tuller, Edward Pratt 403 Tutherlv, Herbert Everett. . .546 Tyler, Bayard H 20*1 Tyrrell, J. Boyd 299 Ulmann, Albert 186 Untermeyer, Samuel 630 Updegraff, Milton 328 Upham, Warren 44 Vale, Ruby Ross 637 Van Devanter, Willis 223 Van Home, William Cor nelius 103 Van Zandt, K. M 516 Vogdes, Anthony W 321 Voliva, Wilbur Glenn 404 Wadsworth, H. E 404 Wadsworth, James Walcott.405 Waldo, Frank 83 Walker, Alexander 159 Walker, Charles C 81 Walker, Jefferson Davis 559 Walker, James Wilson 517 Walker, John 485 Walker, Thomas Barlow 548 Walsh, John Henry 94 Wanner, Peter D 406 Ward, David L 326 Ward, Horace B 635 Ware, Charles 78 Warfield, Edwin 323 Warner, Charles Mortimer. .470 Washburn, Jed L 552 Washburn, William Drew... 626 Washburn, William D. Jr.... 415 Waterbury, Edwin Stevens.. 324 Watkins, Jabez Bunting 444 Watkins, Jesse M 102 Watres, Louis A 325 Watrous, Jerome Anthony.. 406 Watson, Henry Winfield. . . .104 Watson, John Jay 185 Ways, Charles Edward 108 Weaver, Edgar 628 Webb, Edward Allyn 39, Webb, Henry P 344 Webster, Albert Lowry 594 Weeks, John Elmer 195 Weller, Luman Hamblin 327 Wellhouse, Fred 328 Wells, George Clark 82 Wells, Myron Ellsworth. .. .175 Welsh, Herbert 632 Werner, William E 329 Wescott, Charles R 128 West, Charles L 328 West, Thomas Henry 432 Wetterau, George Henry. . . .443 Whalen, Patrick 345 Wheeler, Benjamin Ide 333 Wheeler, George W 176 Wherry, John 639 Whipple, William G 326 White, Archibald S 498 White, Benjamin F 327 White, Charles Harry 573 White, James W 491 White, John J 536 Whitehouse, Henry Remsen.411 Wbitfield, James B 178 Whitham, Jay Manuel 136 Whitney, Henry Howard. . . .558 Wierman, Victor 55 Wilcox, William Alonzo. . . .366 Wildman, Edwin 351 Wiley, Ariosto Appling 324 Wiley, William Halsted Ill Willard, William D 627 Willcox, William R 325 William, Charles Edward ... 56 Williams, Pardon Clarence. .322 Williams, Sherman 66 Wills, Charles T 636 XII INDEX Wilson John A 577 Wilson, Walter John SO Winborne, Benjamin Brodie.326 Wolz, George F 595 Wood, Edwin O 488 Wood, George Warren 453 Wood, Henry A. Wise 38^ Woodford, Arthur Burnham.334 Woodman, Frank 450 Woods, William Stone 631 Woodward, Frank R 334 Worman, James Henry 566 Wormley, William G 405 Worrall, John Byard 459 Worthington, B. A 189 Wright, Ernest 46 Yencer, Martin Washington. 574 Yoder, Albert Henry 342 Young, D. H 410 Young, William James 490 Ziegler, Charles Calvm 424 Zimmerman, Martin von.... 216 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN JOSEPH KINDRED, Physician and Congressman, Was born in Southampton county, Virginia, July 15, 1864. He was educated in the Suffolk Military academy (Va.), paying practically all his expenses from his sav ings by clerking in a country store; at Randolph-Macon college, and at the University of Virginia. He completed his medical studies at the hospital course in Louisville, Ky, graduating as an M.D. in 1889. Removing to New York in 1889, without friends or money, he served as phy sician in many hospitals and institutions for mental and nervous diseases, including Bloomingdale asylum (New York), Hudson River State hospital. He also took post-graduate courses in medicine in New York, spending some time abroad in study. He was grad uated in the department of mental diseases in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and served as extra assistant physician in the Royal asylum, Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland. A year later he es tablished a sanitarium in Stamford, Conn. In 1896 he established the River Crest sanitarium at Astoria, Bor ough of Queens, New York City, for mental and nervous diseases, one of the largest private institutions of the kind in the country. He is recognized as an authority in the treatment of mental and nervous diseases and has lectured and published many articles on these subjects. He has al ways taken an active interest in public affairs, devoting all possible time to effect the betterment of conditions and the higher efficiency of public officials, keeping posted on state and national issues. His nomination and election to congress came without any solicitation on his part, 34 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS DAVID FRANCIS CRAWFORD, Railroad Manager, Was born Dec. 4, 1865. He was educated at Pennsylva nia Military academy. Entered railway service 1885 as apprentice Altoona shops Pennsylvania road, since which he has been consecutively, December, 1889, to February, 1892, inspector test department same road at Altoona, Pa.; February, 1892, to July, 1895, assistant master me chanic Pennsylvania Co. at Fort Wayne, Ind. ; July, 1895, to Nov. i, 1899, assistant to superintendent motive power; Nov. i, 1899, to Aug. i, 1903, superintendent motive pow er same company; Aug. i, 1903, to date, general superin tendent motive power Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts- burg. WILLIAM DUNBAR JENKINS, Civil Engineer, Was born Sept. 18, 1849, in Adams county, Mississippi. He was educated in the military schools of France and Belgium; in 1869-72 studied civil engineering in Lex ington, Va. ; and then engaged in active practice. He has done some important bridge work, including; the Ran dolph bridge over the Missouri river at Kansas City, Mo.; has done work on the Mississippi levees; was chief engineer of railroads in the south and southwest, and was chief engineer of the Aransas Pass harbor and jetty works of Texas. In 1898-99 he was major of the volun- f^er engineers and chief engineer officer in the first divi sion of the second army corps. He is now chief engineer of the Chattanooga Station company of Tennessee. He is a member of the American society of civil engineers, S. R. Mississippi Historical society, the American Forestry association and the National Geographical society. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 35 RICHARD J. CURRAN, Railroad Manager, Was born Aug. 22, 1861, at Louisville, Ky. Entered rail way service 1879 as messenger local freight office Louis ville & Nashville road at Louisville, Ky., since which he has been consecutively November, 1881, to July, 1884, clerk same office; July, 1884, to November, 1886, rate clerk general freight office same road ; November, 1886, to December, 1887, rate clerk general freight office Chesa peake, Ohio & Southwestern road; December, 1887, to May, 1888, assistant chief rate clerk general freight office Louisville and Nashville road; May, 1888, to January, 1892, chief clerk general freight office Louisville South ern railway; January, 1892, to 1894, contracting freight agent same road; 1894^0 1899, contracting freight agent Southern railway; 1899 to March i, 1905, commercial agent same road; March i, 1905, to date, assistant general freight agent same road at Louisville, Ky. ; June i, 1906, general agent, Louisville Ky., N., C. & St. L. railway to date. FRANKLIN WILLIAM HOOPER, Institute Instructor, Was born Feb. u, 1851, in Walpole, N. H. In 1867-71 he studied in Antioch college of Ohio; in 1875 received the degree of A.B. from Harvard; in 1875-76 took a post graduate course in biology; and in 1897 was awarded the honorary degree of A.M. In 1877-80 he was principal of the high school at Keene, N. H.; in 1880-89 was P ro ~ fessor of natural science in the Adelphi college; and since 1899 has been director of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. He is a director on geology and biology; since 1890 has been director of the Brooklyn Art asso ciation; in 1892-99 he was a member of the Brooklyn board of education; in 1895-1904 was director of the Brooklyn public library; and in 1901-05 was president of 36 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS the Antioch college of Ohio. He is the editor of year books, the Annual Prospectus, and the Bulletin of Brook lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; has been vice-president of the American Bison society; since 1892 has been treasurer and director of the New England societv of Brooklvn; and since 1905 has been director of the Vermont societv of Brooklvn. HARRY DOHRMAN HEUER, Railroad Manager, Was born Sept. 8, 1873, at St. Louis, Mo. Entered rail way service as abstract clerk auditor s office St. Louis and San Francisco railway, and held various positions in that office until June, 1891 ; June, 1801 to Nov. 12, 1894, en ~ eral accountant St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal railway; Nov. 12, 1894, to date, secretarv same road: April, IOOT, to date, also assistant auditor same road and Terminal Railroad association of St. Louis; is also secre tary Madison, Illinois and St. Louis railwav. JAMES KNOX POWERS, Educator, Journalist, Was born Aug. K, 1851, in Florence, Ala. In 1873 he graduated from the Universitv of Alabama with the de cree of A.M. and received the hiehest grade ever made in the historv of the universitv. In 1897 he received the decree of LL.D. from the Universitv of Alabama. In 187? he was professor of mathematics and in 1888-07 was president of the state normal school of Florence, Ala. In 1897-1901 he was president of the Universitv of Alabama. Since 1901 he has been southern representative of the R. TV Tohnson Publishing companv of Richmond. Va. In 1892 he wae editor of Southern Education. In 1886-88 he was prrand dictator of the KniVbts of Honor of Alabama. In IOOO-OT he was nresident of the Association of South ern Colleges and Preparatory Schools; is a member of SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 37 the National Education association, and a member of the National Geographical society. He is one of the authors of a series of arithmetics, and is the author of numerous addresses and papers on educational subjects, and resides in Florence, Ala. WALTER E. EMERY, Railroad Manager, Was born Dec. 5, 1863, at Calcutta, India. Graduated from Government Civil Engineering college at Calcutta, India. Entered railway service in India in 1882, since which he has been consecutively to 1884, permanent way inspector East Indian railway; 1884 to 1887, inspector on construction Central railway of Queensland, Australia; 1887 to 1891, division engineer on construction of Trans- andine railway and of a branch of the Central Argentine railway; also maintenance of way engineer on Northeast ern Argentine railway of South America; 1891 to 1892, general inspector on construction Cape Government rail ways Orange Free State and Cape Colony, South Africa; 1893, engineer in charge preliminary surveys F. H. & A. road; 1893 to November, 1896, supervisor Buffalo divi sion and acting division engineer Pittsburg division West ern New York and Pennsylvania railway; 1896, engineer National Transit company at Oil City, Pa.; 1896 to 1907, roadmaster Chicago and Northwestern railway at West Chicago, 111.; maintenance engineer for Chicago and Al ton railway, 1907 to 1908, at Kansas City, and chief en gineer Peoria and Pekin Union railway to date. Also secretary-treasurer Roadmasters and Maintenance of Way association 1906 to 1911. CHARLES W. MILLIKIN, Lawyer, Congressman, Was born Aug. 15, 1827, in Graves county, Kentucky. For five years he was attorney of Simpson county, Ky. ; 36 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS the Antioch college of Ohio. He is the editor of year books, the Annual Prospectus, and the Bulletin of Brook lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; has been vice-president of the American Bison society; since 1892 has been treasurer and director of the New England societv of Brooklvn; and since 190^ has been director of the Vermont societv of Brooklvn. HARRY DOHRMAN HEUER, Railroad Manager, Was born Sept. 8, 1873, at St. Louis, Mo. Entered rail way service as abstract clerk auditor s office St. Louis and San Francisco railway, and held various positions in that office until June, 1891 ; June, 1801 to Nov. 12, 1894, en ~ eral accountant St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal railway; Nov. 12, 1894, to date, secretary same road: April, TOO?, to date, also assistant auditor same road and Terminal Railroad association of St. Louis; is also secre tary Madison, Illinois and St. Louis railwav. JAMES KNOX POWERS, Educator, Journalist, Was born Aug. K, iS/jr, in Florence, Ala. In 187? he graduated from the Universitv of Alabama with the de cree of A.M. and received the hiehest grade ever made in the historv of the universitv. In 1897 he received the decree of LL.D. from the Universitv of Alabama. In 187? he was professor of mathematics and in 1888-07 was president of the state normal school of Florence, Ala. In 1897-1901 he was president of the Universitv of Alabama. Since 1901 he has been southern representative of the "R. TV Tohnson Publishing companv of Richmond. Va. In 1802 he wa editor of Southern Education. In 1886-88 he was pra.nd dictator of the Knio-hfs of Honor of Alabama In TOOO-OI he was nresident of the Association of South ern Colleges and Preparatory Schools; is a member of SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 37 the National Education association, and a member of the National Geographical society. He is one of the authors of a series of arithmetics, and is the author of numerous addresses and papers on educational subjects, and resides in Florence, Ala. WALTER E. EMERY, Railroad Manager, Was born Dec. 5, 1863, at Calcutta, India. Graduated from Government Civil Engineering college at Calcutta, India. Entered railway service in India in 1882, since which he has been consecutively to 1884, permanent way inspector East Indian railway; 1884 to 1887, inspector on construction Central railway of Queensland, Australia; 1887 to 1891, division engineer on construction of Trans- andine railway and of a branch of the Central Argentine railway; also maintenance of way engineer on Northeast ern Argentine railway of South America; 1891 to 1892, general inspector on construction Cape Government rail ways Orange Free State and Cape Colony, South Africa; 1893, engineer in charge preliminary surveys F. H. & A. road; 1893 to November, 1896, supervisor Buffalo divi sion and acting division engineer Pittsburg division West ern New York and Pennsylvania railway; 1896, engineer National Transit company at Oil City, Pa.; 1896 to 1907, roadmaster Chicago and Northwestern railway at West Chicago, 111.; maintenance engineer for Chicago and Al ton railway, 1907 to 1908, at Kansas City, and chief en gineer Peoria and Pekin Union railway to date. Also secretary-treasurer Roadmasters and Maintenance of Way association 1906 to 1911. CHARLES W. MILLIKIN, Lawyer, Congressman, Was born Aug. 15, 1827, in Graves county, Kentucky. For five years he was attorney of Simpson county, Ky. ; 38 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS was appointed in 1867 commonwealth attorney for the fourth judicial district of Kentucky to fill a vacancy, and elected the following August to serve out the unexpired term, and re-elected in 1868 for a full term of six years, but resigned in 1872. He was elected to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses as a democrat. JOHN M. BIBB, Superintendent Bridges and Buildings, Was born Dec. 11, 1850, in Jefferson county, Alabama. Educated in the common schools. Entered railway serv ice 1872 as bridge carpenter Louisville and Nashville road, since which he has been consecutively, May, 1882, to May, 1886, bridge foreman; May, 1886, to date, super intendent bridges and buildings same road. MOSES P. KINKAID, Congressman, From the sixth district of Nebraska, was born in Monon- galia county, West Virginia. In 1876 he was president of a law class in the University of Michigan; and in 1883 was chairman of the judiciary committee of the Nebraska state senate; was district judge for thirteen years; and is now serving his fifth term in congress, ending in 1913. He is the author of one section in the Homestead law, known as the Kinkaid act. LOUIS C. HUGHES, Journalist, Lawyer, Jurist, Governor, Was born May 15, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa. He served in the civil war in company A, One Hundred and First regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and in Knapp s Pitts burgh battery. After the civil war he was a leader in the labor reform movement in Pittsburgh, Pa. He assisted in organizing and was a member of the first lodge in the United States of the A. O. U. W. He began the practice of law in Tucson, Ariz.; was district attorney two terms; and was probate judge, and attorney-general of Arizona. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 39 In 1893-96 he was governor of Arizona. In 1867 he es tablished the Tucson Star, the first daily journal in Ari zona. In 1898-1900 he was chancellor of the University of Arizona; is a leader in the woman s suffrage move ment, and now practices law in Tucson, Ariz. GEORGE E. EVANS, Fourth V ice-President Louisville and Nashville Road, Was born May 2, 1856, at Cambridge, O. Entered rail way service 1871, since which he has been consecutively to 1873, telegraph operator Baltimore and Ohio road at Cambridge; September, 1873, to 1880, telegraph operator Louisville and Nashville road; 1880 to 1882, chief oper ator and train dispatcher Louisville division; 1882 to 1885, master of trains same division; January, 1885, to 1886, superintendent same division; May 17, 1896, to July i, 1900, superintendent of transportation; July i, 1900, to Jan. i, 1905, general manager; Jan. i, 1905, to date, fourth vice-president; all on Louisville and Nash ville road. TOM RANDOLPH, Bank President, Was born Nov. 13, 1854, in Rome, Tenn. He received a thorough education in private schools, and early in life entered the banking business. He has been president of the Merchants and Planters National bank of Sherman, Texas; president of the Commonwealth Trust company of St. Louis, Mo., and vicepresident of the National Bank of Commerce of St. Louis, Mo. He has been a director of the Equitable Life Assurance society of New York; a director of the St. Louis Southwestern railway; a direc tor of the Commonwealth Trust company and various other corporations, and is prominently identified with the financial and business affairs of St. Louis, Mo. He is now vice-president of the National Bank of St. Louis, Mo. 40 JAMES O. KLAPP, Manager Wisconsin Car Service Association, Was Born Feb. 5, 1872, at Columbus, Ind. Educated at Butler university, 1890-1891. Entered railway service 1892 as inspector Illinois Car Service association, since which he has been consecutively chief clerk same associa tion; 1899 to 1900, contracting freight and passenger agent Chiago and Alton railway at Peoria, 111.; 1901 to date, manager Wisconsin Car Service association. JAMES LOVE HOPKINS, Lawyer and Author, Was born July 20, 1868, in St. Louis, Mo. He received a thorough education, and graduated from the Washing ton university with the degree of LL.B. He is a success ful lawyer and law-writer; makes a specialty of trade mark and patent cases; and is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of St. Louis, Mo. He is the author of Hopkins on Unfair Trade; Hopkins on Trademarks; Hopkins Judicial Code; Hopkins on Patents, and numerous essays and monographs on legal and medico-legal subjects. FREDERICK ABBOTT, Professor in State Normal School at Warrensbur^, Mo. Was born April 20, 1865, in London, Ontario, Canada. He was educated at the Collegiate institute of London; the New York School of Expression; and at Columbia university of New York. He is a successful educator; an independent in politics; and a member of the New York teachers of oratory; a member of the National As sociation of Speech Arts; and a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, and various other orders and associations. In 1894-99 he toured the United States and Canada under the direction of the London entertainment bureau; and in 1899-1902 was director of the department of expression SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 41 and vocal music in the state normal school at Alva, Okla; from 1902-05 he resided in New York City, where he maintained a private studio in Carnegie hall; was instruc tor in public speaking at the 23d street branch Y.M.C. A.; Y. M. H. A.; Lexington avenue and 72d street; lec turer, board of education lectures to the people; and spe cial instructor in elocution at Wesleyan university. Since 1905 he has been head of the department of dramatic ex pression and speech arts in the second district state normal school of Missouri. He is an authority on oral English; a writer of acknowledged worth and a composer of con siderable reputation. He resides in Warrensburg, Mo. CHARLES HAVILAND MEKEEL, Philatelic Expert and Journalist, Was born Dec. i, 1863, in Westchester county, New York. He was educated at the Union College of Law and at the Washington university. He has been an officer and direc tor of various corporations, and is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of St. Louis, Mo. He has attained success in the business world as a stamp deal er and publisher, and is a philatelic expert and journalist. He is now editor of the Philatelic Journal of America, and has contributed valuable articles to many of the lead ing American newspapers and magazines. CHAUNCEY BENTON HUMPHREY United States Army Officer, Was born in Kansas. In 1893 he was appointed from Kansas as a cadet to the United States military academy at West Point, N. Y. In 1898 he was appointed second lieutenant in the third infantry; served in the Santiago campaign, in the Leech Lake Indian campaign and the Philippine insurrection of 1899-1902. In 1903 he was transferred to the twenty-second infantry. In 1902-05 he was connected with the United States military academy; 42 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS and in 1903 did work in Venezuela, Columbia and Pana ma. In 1903 he attained the rank of captain ; and in 1909- 10 was stationed on Island Mindanao, P. I.; and since 1909 has been stationed at Zamboanca, Mindanao, P. I. CHARLES STEWART FARNSWORTH, United States Army Officer, Was born Oct. 28, 1862, in Lycoming county, Pennsylva nia. In 1883 he entered the United States military acad emy as a cadet, graduating in 1887 and became second lieutenant in the twenty-fifth regiment, United States in fantry, attaining the rank of captain; and in 1894 he be came first lieutenant. In 1899 he was transferred to the seventh regiment, United States infantry. Since 1910 he has been major in the sixteenth regiment, United States infantry. He served in Dakota and Montana territories; and in the states of Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Illinois, Washington, California, Michigan and Kansas; during the Spanish-American war served with distinction lin Cuba and the Philippine Islands; has participated in numerous battles and skirmishes, and is now stationed at Fort Gibbon, Alaska. MORTON JOHN ELROD, Professor of Biology in the University of Montana, Was born in Pennsylvania, April 27, 1863; son of John Morton Elrod and Mary (Elliott) Elrod. He was edu cated at the Monroe (Iowa) High school; at Simpson college, from which he received the degrees of B.A., M.A,. and M.S.; and at the Illinois Wesleyan university, from which he received the degree of Ph.D. He was principal of the high school at Corydon, Iowa, 1887-8; ad junct professor of natural science in the Illinois Wesleyan university, 1888-9; professor of biology and physics in the same institution 1891-7; professor of biology in the University of Montana since 1897; and director of the SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 43 University of Montana Biological station since 1899. He was also an instructor for eight sessions at the Des Moines Summer School of Methods. He is a member of the ex ecutive committee of the Missoula Chamber of Com merce. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity; of the American Microscpoic society; of the American Forestry association; of the National Geograph society; he is a fellow of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science; secretary of the Montana Horti cultural society, and also secretary of the Montana Acad emy of Sciences. He belongs to the Missoula Business Men s club. He was editor of the first volume of the Illi nois Wesleyan magazine and is a contributor to scientific and other magazines and journals. His favorite recrea tion is mountain climbing. He married at Corydon, la., May 31, 1888, Emma Hartshorn; and they have one daughter, Mary, born in 1889. Residence, Missoula, Montana. Has written several bulletins on Montana nat ural history, contributed to scientific magazines and pa pers. FLORUS FREMONT LAWRENCE, Surgeon, Was born March 16, 1863, in Wadsworth, Ohio. In 1881- 84 he was a student in the Baldwin university of Berea, Ohio; in 1884-85 studied in the medical department of Wooster university; in 1891-93 attended the Columbus Medical college, from which institution he received the degree of M.D., and took post-graduate work in Phila delphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore, London and Edinburgh. He has received the degrees of D.Sc. and LL.D., and since 1885 has been in practice in Columbus, Ohio. Since 1900 he has been chief of staff and surgeon in the Lawrence hospital, and since 1900 has also been clinical lecturer at the Starling, Ohio, medical college. In 1894 ne was president of the Central Ohio Medical 44 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS society; in 1905 was president of the Columbus Academy of Medicine; in 1908 was first vice president of the Mis sissippi Valley Medical association, and in 1909 of the Ohio State Medical association. In 1900 he was secre tary of the section on obstetrics of the American Medical association, and in 1900 was vice-chairman. WARREN UPHAM, Librarian of the Minnesota Historical Society, Was born March 8, 1850, in Amherst, N. H. In 1871 he graduated from Dartmouth college; and has received from that institution the degrees of A.M. and D.Sc. In 1874-94 he was assistant on geological surveys of New Hampshire until 1879, of Minnesota until 1885, and again in 1893-4; and in 1885-95 on the geological survey of the United States. In 1895 he was librarian of the Western Reserve Historical society at Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author of The Glacial Lake Agassiz; Greenland Ice fields, Minnesota in Three Centuries, Volume I; many geological and historical papers; and has edited Volumes VIII. to XIII. of the Minnesota Historical society col lections. Since 189$ he has been secretary and librarian of the Minnesota Historical society; resides in St. Paul, Minn. FERDINAND COWLE IGLEHART, Clergyman and Author, Was born Dec. 8, 1841;, in Warrick county, Indiana. He graduated from the DePauw university, from which in stitution he has received the degrees of A.B., A. M. and D.D. In 1870-82 he filled pastorates in Indiana, and has since filled pastorates in Bloomington, 111.; in Buffalo, N. Y. ; in Newark, N. J.; in New York Citv and Brook- Ivn, N. Y. ; in Newburgh, Tarrvtown and Peekskill, N. Y. ; and since 1906 has been district superintendent of the SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 45 New York Anti-Saloon league. He is the author of The Speaking Oak, and a constant contributor to the Christian Herald, Review of Reviews and other American publica tions. BRITTON DUROC EVANS, Physician, Surgeon, Was born Aug. i, i8c8, in Bridgetown, Md. In 1885 he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Md. For manv vears he was a physician to the Pennsvlvania Railroad companv and the Penn Mu tual Insurance companv, and was assistant superintendent of the Marvland hospital for the insane and also medical c unerintendent of the Marvand Institution for the Feeble Minded. Since 1893 ne has been medical director of the New Tersev state hospital at Morris Plains. He is a mem ber of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a member of the American Medical Psycholog ical association; and a member of numerous other medical and scientific societies. LOUIS I. LADINSKI, Physician, Was born Oct. it;, 1862, in Russia. Since 1887 he has practiced medicine in New York City; and is director of the Business Men s Realtv company. He is consulting gvnecologist to the Jewish hospital, and has contributed to medical literature. EDWIN H. RACKLEY, United States Army Officer, He served in the Spanish-American war and participated in various battles and skirmishes. He is now in active service as a second lieutenant of the Philippine scouts ; and is stationed at Manila, P. I. 46 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOSEPH ELIJAH KING, College President, Was born Nov. 30, 1823, in Laurens, N. Y. He was edu cated at the Wesleyan university of Connecticut, and has received the degrees of A.B., D.D. and Ph.D. In 1840 he began teaching, and in 1848 was ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. Since 1854 he has been president of Ft. Edward collegiate institute. He is president of the Ft. Edward national bank; and a trustee of the Wesleyan university since 1848. ERNEST WRIGHT, United States Army Officer, Was born in the United States. He received a thorough education and after entering the United States army saw service at various posts. He soon attained the rank of sec ond lieutenant and was sent to the Philippine Islands, where he has served with distinction. He has recently been promoted to the rank of second lieutenant of the Philippine Scouts, and is stationed near Manila, P. I. RAYMOND V. INGERSOLL, Lawyer, Was born April 3, 1875, m Corning, N. Y. In 1897 he graduated from Amherst college with the degree of B.A. ; and in 1900 graduated from the New York Law school with the degree of LL.B. In 1900 he was elected city magistrate, and in 1906-07 was counsel to the registrar of Kings county, New York. He is a director in the United Neighborhood Guild and Legal Aid society, and is also a member of the Reform club and of the City club. JAMES M. GRAHAM, Congressman From the Twenty-First District of Illinois, Was born April 14, 1852, in Ireland; came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1868; when of age began teaching in 47 the public schools of Champaign county, Illinois, and continued teaching for about seven years; while teaching began the study of law; was admitted to the bar in 1885; was elected and served one term as a member of the house of representatives in the thirty-fourth general assembly of Illinois for the twenty-ninth district, and was elected to the office of state s attorney of Sangamon county in 1892. serving four years; since then Mr. Graham has given his entire time to the practice of law; was elected to the sixty- first congress from Illinois as a democrat, and re-elected to the 6zd. He resides in Springfield, 111. HARRY T. BENTLEY, Railroad Manager, Was born June 4, 1862. Educated at Dulwich college. Entered railway service 1877 with the London and North western railroad of England, since which he has been consecutively to 1887, apprentice machinist, and 1887 to 1892, foreman engine house same road at Chester, Eng land; 1892 to 1895, machinist Chicago shops and foreman shops at Boone, la., Chicago and Northwestern railway; 1895 to 1898, foreman at Belle Plaine, la.; 1898 (for seven months), general foreman at Clinton, la.; April i to Dec. 30, 1899, master mechanic Madison division: Jan. i, 1900, to Aug. 31, 1902, master mechanic Iowa division same road; Aue. 31, 1902, assistant superintendent motive power and machinery same road at Chicago; now prin- cioal assitant superintendent M. P. and M. of C and N. W. railway. JULIAN LAUGHLIN, Lawyer and Author, Was born Sept. 27, 18152, in Bath county, Ky. In 1867-71 he was a student in the Transylvania university, and in 1877 began the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo. He is president of the Arkansas Land company, and a racial 48 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS expert for naturalization for the Mutual State s govern ment. He is the author of "History of Civilization." ROLAND GRAEME BROWN, Railroad Manager, Was born June 9, 1865, in New York City. Educated in the Chicago high schools. Entered railway service 1882 as clerk in claim department Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad, since which he has been successively to April i, 1902, rate clerk, chief lerk, traveling freight agent, as sistant general freight agent same road; April i to July, 1902, out of railway servie; July i, 1902, to May 2, 1903, general northwestern freight agent Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railway at Minneapolis, Minn.; May 2, 1903, to date, assistant general freight agent same road at Min neapolis; Jan. i, 1910, to Jan. i, 1911, general freight agent Kansas City, Mo.; Jan. i, 1911, assistant general freight agent Minneapolis, Minn. MRS. FRANK LESLIE, Journalist and Publisher, Was born in 1851 in New Orleans, La., of a French creole family. She married Frank Leslie, the New York pub lisher, who died in 1880. She succeeded to his business, then badly involved; personally managed it and put it on a paying basis. She is president of the Frank Leslie Pub lishing house, and editor of Frank Leslie s Monthly. JACOB RICHARD STREET, Educator, Was born at Palmyra, Ontarit), Canada; s. Joseph Lock- wood and Hannah (Teeple) Street; ed. St. Thomas Col legiate institute, Ontario; grad. Victoria university; To ronto, Canada, A.B.; Toronto university, A.M.; gradu ate study Clark university, Worcester, Mass., Ph.D.; m. Belleville, Ontario, Jan. i, 1885, Rose Northcott; chil- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 49 dren: Lockwood N., William Walter, John Northcott. Master modern languages, Walkerton High school; prin cipal Caledonia High school, Ontario, 1887-95; prof, education, Mt. Holyoke college, 1898-1900; head of de partment of science of education, Syracuse university, 1900-06; dean Teachers college, Syracuse university, since 1906. Literary editor Journal of Pedagogy, 1903- 04. Member board of education for city of Syracuse since Jan. i, 1906; public lecturer state education depart ment at Teachers institutes. Author: Adolescence; The Mind of the Child; A Genetic Study of Immorality, etc. Has in preparation a volume on the Child and His Home and School Training. Republican. Member M. E. church. Member National Educational association, Re ligious Educational association (one of executive secre taries), Society for Scientific Study of Pedagogy, Phi Beta Kappa; member and president Current Events Club, Syracuse. Recreations: Yachting, gardening. Address: 755 Comstock avenue, Syracuse, N. Y. EDWARD CHANNING HALL, Railroad Manager, Was born Nov. 29, 1867, in Davenport, Iowa. He was educated in the high school and at a business college. In 1883-1901 he was in railroad service in various operating and accounting positions in Albuquerque, Denver and Los Angeles. In 1903-08 he was successively auditor, as sistant to general manager, and superintendent of the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal company at Orbisonia, Pa. In 1908-09 he was a real estate and investment bro ker at Los Angeles, Cal.; in 1909-11 was examiner of ac counts, interstate commerce commission, with headquar ters in Washington, D. C.; and since 1911 has been gen eral manager of the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal company of Orbisonia, Pa. 50 WILLIAM V. S. THORNE, Capitalist, Was born Millbrook, N. Y. ; s. Samuel and Phebe (Van Schoonhoven) Thome; grad. Yale Sheffield Sch., 1885; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 16, 1905, J. Theresa Keyser. Direc tor of purchases Union Pacific R. R. company, Oregon Short Line company, Oregon-Washington ;R. R and Navigation company, Southern Pacific company; direc tor Union Pacific R. R. company, Union Pacific Coal company, Wells, Fargo and company, Oregon Short Line R. R. company, Southern Pacific R. R. company, Ore gon-Washington R. R. and Navigation company, R. R. Securities company, Manhattan Trust company, and Fi delity bank. Manager and treasurer Presbyterian hospi tal; manager Manhattan Maternity hospital and Society for the Relief of Half Orphans and Destitute children. Clubs: Metropolitan, Universitv. Ridin^ Down Town, Morris County Golf club, Tuxedo club. Residence: 4 E. 72d street. Address: 120 Broadway, N. Y. City. WALTER JOHN WILSON, Physician and Pharmacist, Was born Feb. 6, 1876, in Detroit, Mich. In 1897 he graduated from the Detroit College of Medicine; and in 1897-98 was interne at the Harper and the Children s hospital. Since 1902 he has been lecturer on experimental pharmacology in the Detroit College of Medicine; and has also been editor of pharmacology and therapeutics in the Journal of the Michigan State Medical society. He was the founder and first president of the Detroit Medical club. Since 1900 he has been a registered phar macist. JOHN J. RYAN, Lawyer, Was born Nov. 14, 1857; s. Patrick and Mary (Leahey) Ryan; ed. Yates Acad., Orleans Co., N. Y. ; Ionia High SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 51 Sch., Ionia, Mich.; Rochester Univ., Rochester, N. Y. ; Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor, Mich., LL.B., 1883; m. Me dina, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1887, Alberta C. Davis; children: Paul D., b. 1889, lone G., b. 1891, Harold J., b. 1893, Al berta Clare, b. 1897. Admitted to practice of law in Michigan, Feb. 20, 1883 ; admitted to practice law, N. Y., June 6, 1884; at y for Village of Medina, 1897-98, 1905- 07. Delegate from Orleans Co. to Democratic state con vention, 1899; delegate from N. Y. to democratic na tional convention at St. Louis, Mo., Julv, 1904. Partner in firm of Ryan and Skinner, lawyers. Democrat. Mem ber board of education village of Medina, 1894-1903. Member Delta Upsilon fraternitv, Rochester universitv and University of Michigan; Odd Fellow and B. P. O. Elks, Medina, N. Y. Recreation: Camping. Address: Medina, Orleans county, N. Y. ADOLPH JULIAN KLAR, Civil Engineer, Was born April 7, 1867, in Berlin, Germanv. He was educated at Riga college of Russia, and Riga Polvtechnic, where he was graduated an M.E. He engaged in prac tice as mechanical engineer first in Europe and afterward in the United States. He traveled extensivelv in Russia. Holland, England, France, Spain, Italy and Eevpt, and has also traveled widely in America, as far as the Cana dian Rockies and through the Yukon valley. He joined the Thirteenth regiment coast artillery, national guard, New York, March 14, 1893; warranted corporal and transferred to non-commissioned staff Jan. 23, 1894; pro moted to commissary sergeant Aug. 14, 1894; battalion quartermaster-sergeant Oct. 22, 1895; honorably dis charged May 17, i! 52 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLARD M. HARSH, Railroad Manager, Was born Jan. 22, 1856, in Carrollton, Carroll county, Ohio. He was educated in the common schools, and en tered the railway service in 1877 as agent and operator of the Connotton Valley road, since which he has been con secutively ten years with the Connotton Valley and Cleve land and Canton roads; three vears general agent of the Lakeside and Marblehead road, and since 1890, superin tendent of the same road. JAMES HUTCHISON SCOTT, President Hutchison Scott Co., of New York Citv, Was born East Libertv. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. n, 1868: s. Thomas and Matilda Dallas (Sanders) Scott: ed. at La Rochelle, Paris, Gait, Philadelphia: Annapolis Revenue Cutter Acad. : m. Camden, N. T., Aucr. 10. 1801, Edith Graham: one dauo-bter, Elizabeth De Puv, b. i8qc. Re ceived presidential appointment as cadet. IT. S. Naval Acad.: was in merchant service three vears; U. S. Reve nue cutter service thirteen vears: with Pennsylvania R. R. companv, six vears; acrent for Harlan and Hollinesworth corporation. Traveled in France. England. Germanv, Spain, Portugal, South America. Southern Africa, India, Tapan. Recommended for bravery in ravine I. F. Moun tain. Lisbon Harbor. lulv /i. iRon: saving crew of schoon er Marv Barker, off coact of Maine. T^n. T? % 1801 : savin^ rrew and passengers of Portuguese bark Fraternidada, ofT Rlackstone reef, August, r8oq: received thanks of con- ore^ for frettin? line to U. S. S. torpedo boat Winslow while under action at Cardenas, Cuba, Mav n, 1808: presented with sword bv citv of Philadelphia: awarded gold and silver medal for bravery. Member Society of 53 the Carribbean, National Geographical society. Clubs: Railroad (N. Y. City), Markham (Philadelphia). Ad dress: 17 Battery place, N. Y. City. MRS. EARLE REMINGTON HINES, Actress, Author and Poet, Was born June 3, 1859, in Spencer, Ind. She is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific as the original Woman Tramp. She is a life member of the Actors Fund asso ciation. In 1910 she published a volume of poems enti tled "Footlight Rhymes." JOHN ANDREWS HARRIS, Clergyman and Author, Was born July 15, 1834, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was educated at Princeton university and at Jefferson college, and has received the degrees of A.B., A.M., D.D. and S.T.D. In 1859 he became a minister of the Protestant Episcopal church; and since 1864 has been rector of St. Paul s church, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Principles of Agnosticism Applied to Evi dences of Christianity; The Calvanistic Doctrine of Elec tion and Reprobation No Part of the Teaching of St. Paul; St. Peter and the Power of the Keys; and other works. WILLIAM LADDER, General Manager Colonial Iron Company, Was born in Scotland, Pa., Jan. 28, 1849. He is a son of James Lauder and Mary (Richardson) Lauder. He was educated in the public schools of Jersey City and school in Scotland. He married in Hopewell, Pa., July 29, 1894, Mary Ashcom, and they have six children: Mary, Edith, Helen, Edna, William and Robert. Mr. Lauder for over thirty years has been the general man ager of the Colonial Iron company and preceding com- 51 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS panics at Riddlesburg. He was presidential elector for Roosevelt in 1904, is a republican in politics and a Meth odist in his church relations. He has been school director for twenty-five years and was appointed on the commis sion to revise and frame a new educational code for Penn- lysvania by Governor Stuart. He is a Mason and Shriner. FRANK D. SKEEL, Physician, Was born Sterling Valley, Cayuga county, N. Y., 1851; son Harlow and Lucy L. (Deuel) Skeel; educated Falley seminary, Fulton, N. Y., Fairfield seminary, New York; Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., A.B., 1875; New York university (M.D.), 1 88 1; married 1883, Mary A. Robertson; one son: Henry Robertson, born 1886. Sur geon New York Eye infirmary; ophthalmic surgeon Deaf and Dumb institute, New York. Republican; Methodist. Member Medical Society Greater New York, Harlem Medical society, New York, County Medical society, New York State Medical society, Bronx Medical society, New York Ophthalmic society, New York Microscopic soiety. Clubs: Aldine, Salmagundi. Residence: 361 Mott avenue. Address : 147 West 57th street, New York City. EFFINGHAM B. MORRIS, Director Pennsylvania Railroad, Was born Aug. 23, 1856, at Philadelphia, Pa. Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania 1875, and engaged in the practice of law. Was general attorney for the Le- high Valley railroad for some years and solicitor for the Girard Trust company until his election to the presidency of that company in 1887, which position he still holds. Was chairman of the reorganization committee of the Pennsylvania Steel company, which was placed in the hands of a receiver in 1893, an d was president of that SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 55 company for the first year after the reorganization; is still chairman of executive committee of its board of di rectors, also chairman of executive committee of Cam bria Steel company, has been a director of the Pennsyl vania railroad since Dec. 31, 1896, and is a member of the finance and supplies committees of the board; director of Philadelphia National bank, Fourth Street National bank, Franklin National bank, Pennsylvania Fire Insur ance company, manager of Philadelphia Saving Fund so ciety, and director of sundry other corporations. Trus tee under will of Anthony J. Drexel, deceased. Clubs: Philadelphia, Rittenhouse, Union league, University, Racquet, and others. VICTOR WIERMAN, Division Superintendent, Pennsylvania Railroad, Was born Dec. 20, 1855, at Towanda, Bradford county, Pa. Graduated of Lafayette college. Entered railway service 1878, since which he has been consecutively to date with the Pennsylvania railroad as follows: 1878 to May, 1882, assistant supervisor, New York division at New Brunswick, N.J.; May, 1882, to December, 1884, super visor, same division; December, 1884, to January, 1886, assistant engineer, West Pennsylvania division; January, 1886, to October, 1894, assistant engineer, Pittsburgh di vision; October, 1894, to October, 1895, superintendent, Bedford division; October, 1895, to Jan. i, 1899, superin tendent, Frederick division at Lewistown, Pa.; Jan. i, 1899, to Feb. i, 1902, superintendent Frederick division at York, Pa. ; Feb. i, 1902, to date, superintendent Amboy division, same road, at Camden, N. J. DeLANCEY MONTROSE ELLIS, Real Estate and Insurance, Was born Owego, Tioga county, N.Y., Dec. 8, 1873; son of Edwin and Mary W. (Packard) Ellis; educated, Al- 56 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS bany academy, class of 1891; married, Batavia, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1899, Elizabeth Dorchester Dewey; two sons, Dewey Dorchester, born March i, 1900; Laurence Pack ard, born Dec. i, 1908. Engaged in real estate business, 1891-1895 ; chief of finance bureau, state department pub lic instruction, 1896-1902; director of education of New York state, Louisiana Purchase exposition, 1903-1904; executive office, New York state commission, Lewis and Clark exposition, 1905; chief, division of visual instruc tion, New York state education department, 1906-1909; in real estate and insurance business, as managing partner of E. DeL. Palmer, since 1909. Republican; Episco- exposition and commemorative diploma from Lewis and Clark exposition. Clubs: Fort Orange (Albany), Coun try club (Albany) . Treasurer, Albany Chamber of Com merce; trustee, Albany academy. JAMES EDWARD HARDENBERGH Journalist, Author and Poet, Was born Feb. n, 1869, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He has de voted most of his newspaper career to perfecting the bu reau system of news collecting, and is secretary and man ager of the New York City News association. He is the author of two books and numerous poems. CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMS, Real Estate, Lumber and Banking, Was born near Louisville, Ky., Oct. 26, 1859; son of Rob ert P. and Caroline M. (Slack) Williams; educated in common schools and at Northern Indiana Normal school, Valparaiso, Ind.; married at Hudson, Wis., Feb. 14, 1888, to Effie A. T. Seavey. Taught in country schools, 1883-87; engaged in general mercantile business for seven years; has been in lumber and banking business at Mora, Minn., since 1894. President State bank of Mora; man ager Mora Lumber company; director Times Printing SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 57 and Publishing company; vice president Plant-Callahan Mining company; owner and manager Mora Opera house, was sheriff of Kanabee county three terms, coun ty commissioner two terms, mayor of Mora and member council two terms, and has been secretary board of edu cation since 1894. Member I. O. O. F., and a number of beneficiary associations. LOUIS F. HAFFEN, Civil Engineer, Was born Nov. 6, 1854, m Melrose, now a part of the Borough of Bronx. He was educated in the Melrose pub lic schools; at Fordham college, from which he gradu ated in 1875 with the degree of A.B.; and subsequently the degrees of A.M. and LL.D. were conferred upon him by this institution of learning. In 1879 he graduated as a civil engineer and engineer of mines from Columbia university. For awhile he worked as an engineer in the mining regions of Colorado, Arizona and California. In 1883 he was appointed engineer in the department of parks of New York City; and in time became engineer in charge and superintendent of the new parks now within the Borough of the Bronx. In 1893 he was appointed commissioner of street improvements; was first president of the Borough of the Bronx, and until 1909 filled that high position. He is a member of the National Demo cratic club, the North Side Board of Trade, the Jefferson club and numerous other clubs and societies. SAMUEL D. TOWNSEND, President and General Manager Williamsport and North Branch Railroad, Was born Oct. 18, 1847, at Philadelphia, Pa. Entered railway service 1884, since which he has been consecutive ly, 1884 to Oct. i, 1892, auditor, and Oct. i, 1892, to Oct. T > ^93, general auditor in charge of all accounts Wil- 58 liamsport and North Branch railroad; Oct. i, 1893, to May 17, 1899, general passenger agent Eagles Mere rail road; May 17, 1899, to date, general manager Williams- port and North Branch railroad; June, 1904, to date, also president same road. FRANKLIN HARVEY HEALD, Manufacturer, Banker and Author, Was born Jan. 24, 1835, in Paris, Oneida county, New York. In 1856 he received the degree of A.B. from Ham ilton college of New York; and subsequently received the degrees of A.M. and LL.D. In 1858-66 he practiced law in Kenosha, Wis. ; for four years was engaged in ranching in Utah, and in 1872 located in Chicago, 111. Since 1890 he has been president of the Bush Temple con servatory; is vice-president of the Continental Casualty company; vice-president of the Protection Mutual Fire Insurance company, and vice-president of the S. S. Had- ley company bank of Cedar Rapids, Neb. He is a trus tee of the Newberry library; president of the Chicago Historical society, and has been twice president of the Union League club of Chicago. He is the author of Shakespeare s Insomnia and The Causes Thereof; A Not able Lawsuit, and other works. NELSON OTIS TIFFANY, Life Insurance Underwriter, Was born Lancaster, Erie county, N. Y., Feb. i, 1842; son Nelson Arnold and Martha Eliza (Whitney) Tif fany; educated public schools of Scotland, Ont., Canada, and one year in medical department University of Buf falo, Buffalo, N. Y.; married Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1868, Julia Charlotte Chase; children: Otis Whitney, born Nov. 13, 1868, Martha Eliza, born Aug. 13, 1870, Nelson Otis, Jr., born April 2, 1877. Gained mechanical knowledge of the furniture trade in the factory of his SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 59 uncle, William Whitney, in Scotland, Ont., with whom he lived after his mother s death, which occurred when he was five years of age; was for several years superintend ent of manufacturing in same line until 1883, when took the position of secretary and manager Masonic Life asso ciation, Buffalo, N. Y. ; later on became president and general manager, and is now active in that position. Pres ident Military Road Land company. Republican. Uni tarian. Member Buffalo Chamber of Commerce; and all branches of all Masonic bodies. Member Natural Sci ence society, Buffalo Historical society, president Society of Vermonters of Buffalo, N. Y. ; founder of and presi dent for seven years of the Fish and Game society of Buf falo. Recreations: Hunting, fishing, gardening, in which latter work he has always been active, both in the practical and experimental side at his summer home, Point Abines, out on the north shore of Lake Erie, twelve miles from Buffalo, N. Y. He planted with his own hands and cultivated successfully a cotton patch with good results, due to special fertilization and forcing. The plants grew over six feet high and were loaded with bolls. This is probably the farthest north that cotton has been successfully grown. FREDERICK WALLACE KELSEY, Merchant Nurseryman and Author, Was born April 25, 1850, in Ogden, N. Y. He has a suc cessful nursery business near New York City, and has traveled extensively abroad. He was chairman of the committee which framed the New Jersey shade tree com mission law of 1893 ; and was the originator of and chair man of the commission which framed the first park com mission act of Essex county, New Jersey. He is the au thor of The First County Park System; and is now presi dent of the F. W. Kelsey Nursery company. 60 JOHN ROBERT PEACHY, Traffic Manager, Mississippi Valley Transportation Company, Was born at Toronto,, Can. Educated at the University of Ottawa. Entered railway service 1883 as stenographer Michigan Central railroad, since when he has been con secutively May i to Dec. 31, 1884, with the West Shore line; Jan. i, 1885, to September, 1894, clerk and chief clerk general freight department Illinois Central rail road; September, 1894, to Oct. 10, 1904, assistant general freight agent same road at St. Louis, to July i, 1907; now traffic manager Mississippi Valley Transportation com pany at St. Louis, Mo. AUGUSTS LOUIS LARPENTEUR, Retired Merchant, Was born at Baltimore, Md., May 16, 1823, an d is a son of Louis Auguste and Malinda (Simmons) Larpenteur. He received a common school education ; came west to St. Louis, Mo., in 1841, and to where St. Paul now is, in 1843; married at St. Paul in 1841;, to Mary J. Pressley. Assisted in survey of St. Paul in 1847-48; entered a por tion of it, including where the new capitol now stands, at $1.25 per acre. Engaged in mercantile business in St. Paul until 1887, when he retired. Roman Catholic. He is a member of the Commercial club. CHARLES A. DRAPER, Purchasing Agent New York, Ontario and Western Railway, Was born Aug. 10, 1855, m Massachusetts. Entered rail way service 1883 as clerk New York, Ontario and West ern railway, since which he has been consecutively, 1883 to 1884, paymaster s clerk and paymaster; 1884 to 1886, chief clerk to purchasing agent and paymaster same road; 1886 to 1888, finance department New York Central and SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 61 Hudson River railroad; 1888 to Jan. i, 1902, purchasing agent and paymaster New York, Ontario and Western railway; Jan. i, 1902, to date, purchasing agent same road. JOSEPH LEONARD LEVY, Clergyman and Author, Was born Nov. 24, i86q, in London, England. In 1884 he received the degree of B. A. from the Universitv of London, nnd in 188^-86 studied in the University of Bris tol, England. In 1880 he came to the United States, and in TOO?, received the decree of D.D. from the Western Universitv of Pennsylvania. In i88<; he was ordained a rnhbi, and was pastor, in r88c;-co, in Bristol, England. In 1880-0^ he was rabbi at Sacramento, Cal.. and in 1893- IQOI at the Temple Keneseth Israel, of Philadelphia, and since 1901 has been rabbi of the Rodeph Shalon congrega tion at Pirtsburg, Pa. He is the author of "A Book of Prayer": "A Graduated Text-Book of Religion" "Nine teenth Centurv Pronhets": "Founders of the Faiths"; "Old Arrows from New Quivers," and also sixteen vol umes of sermons. AOUILA JACKSON HYLAND, Passenger Trainmaster Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad, Was born Aue. C. i8c.i, at Norfolk, Va. Educated in the public schools and under private tutors. Entered railwav service 187^ as milk agent Philadelphia. Wilmington and Baltimore railroad, now the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washino-ton railroad, since which he has been consecu- tivelv, October, 1871;, to January, 1877, passenger brake- man; January, 1877, to October, 1880, baegage master same road: October, 1880. to December. 1886, passeneer conductor; December, 1886, to September, 1901;, assist ant trainmaster same road; September, 1901;, to date, pas senger trainmaster same road at Wilmington, Del. 62 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ROBERT MEANS LAWRENCE, Physician and Author, Was born May 14, 1847, in Boston, Mass. In 1869 he re ceived the degree of A.B. from Harvard university, and in 1873 the degree of M.D. from that institution of learn ing. He is the author of "Historical Sketches of Some Members of the Lawrence Family"; "The Magic of the Horse Shoe"; "The Descendants of Major Samuel Law rence of Groton, Mass.," and other works. FRED KESTLER, Railroad Manager, Was born April 18, 1866, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was educated in the public schools and at Spring Garden in stitute of Philadelphia, Pa. In 1886 he entered the rail road service as telegraph operator for the Baltimore and Ohio road; in 1887-89 was telegraph operator and extra train dispatcher for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, and in 1889-1907 was dispatcher, chief dispatcher, master of trains and assistant superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Since 1907 he has been general superintendent of the Birmingham Southern railroad, with headquarters in Birmingham, Ala. LLEWELLYN SNOWDEN, Assistant Auditor Passenger Traffic Philadelphia and Reading Railway, Was born February, 1859, in Montgomery county, Penn sylvania. Entered railway service 1883, since which he has been consecutively to 1889, clerk in auditor s office Philadelphia and Reading railroad; 1889 to 1892, chief clerk same office; 1892 to 1908, assistant auditor passen- gei traffic; 1908 to date, auditor passenger traffic same road. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 63 JOHN LAMB, United States Congressman, Was born June 12, 1840, in Sussex county, Va. At the first alarm of war in 1860 he went to the front as a vol unteer in the Charles City troop, and served through the entire war with distinguished gallantry. He was captain and commanded the company three years, being wounded several times and once desperately. After the war he re turned to his native county and took up the business of farming; was soon elected sheriff of his county, and sub sequently served his people as treasurer, surveyor and chairman of the county democratic committee. He was elected to the fifty-fith, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty- eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a democrat. He was re-elected to the sixty-second congress from the third district of Virginia for the term of 191 1-13. JOSHUA VANSANT McNEAL, . Fourth Vice-President Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Was born June 11, 1846, at Baltimore, Md. He was ed ucated at Loyola college at Baltimore, Md. Entered railway service Feb. 26, 1871, since which he has been consecutively to April, 1872, clerk in general freight of fice; April, 1872, to October, 1872, traveling auditor; October, 1872, to January, 1880, chief clerk in auditor s office; January, 1880, to May, 1893, auditor Indianapolis, Decatur and Western railway; May, 1893, to Aug. 31, 1899, assistant treasurer Baltimore and Ohio railroad; Sept. i, 1899, to Aug. i, 1904, treasurer same road; Aug. i, 1904, to date, fourth vice-president and treasurer same road. NORMAN WILLIAM KINGSLEY, Dentist, Sculptor and Author, Was born Oct. 26, 1829, in St. Lawrence county, New York. He has received the degrees of D.D.S. and M.D. 64 S. He began dental practice in 1850 in Owego, N. Y. ; removed to New York City in 1852, and in 1866 founded the New York College of Dentistry. In 1884-85 he was president of the State Dental society. He has executed several works of statuary of Christ in marble; and a por trait bust in bronze of Whitelaw Reid. He is the author of Treatise on Oral Deformities; and also various mono graphs on dental subjects and the mechanism of speech. JOHN M. GULP, Vice-President Southern Railway, Was born April 28, 1849, at Harrisville, W. Va. En tered railway service Oct. 6, 1870, as clerk Louisville and Nashville railroad, since which he has been consecutively September, 1871, to January, 1872, chief billing clerk; January, 1872, to October, 1873, rate and division clerk in general freight agent s office; Nov. i, 1873, to Oct. 19, 1878, chief clerk same office; Oct. 19, 1878, to May 31, 1880, assistant general freight agent; June i to Sept. i, 1880, general freight agent territory north Montgomery, Ala., except the St. Louis and Evansville and Hender son and Nashville divisions same road; September, 1880, to Sept. i, 1891, general freight agent entire line Louis ville and Nashville railroad; Sept. i, 1891, to June 30, 1894, assistant traffic manager Richmond and Danville railroad; July i, 1894, to March 15, 1902, traffic manager Southern railway; March 15, 1902, to Oct. 15, 1904, fourth vice-president; Oct. 15, 1904, to Dec. 14, 1906, third vice-president; Dec. 14, 1906, to date, vice-president same road. ERASTUS EUGENE HOLT, Ophthalmologist, Otologist and Founder, Was born June i, 1849, in Peru, Maine. He was edu cated at Hebron academy and at Westbrook and Gorham seminaries. For five years he was in mercantile life; then SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 65 engaged in study and teaching; and has received the de grees of M.D., A.M. and LL.D. In 1886 he founded the Maine Eye and Ear infirmary, of which he has since been executive surgeon. In 1876 he founded the Portland Medical club. He was also the founder of the Maine Academy of Medicine and Science; and the founder and editor of Journal of Medicine and Science of Portland, Maine; and the author of scores of valuable medical pa pers. FRANK P. EYMAN, Assistant Freight Traffic Manager Chicago and North western Railway, Was born Oct. 5, 1856. Educated at Oberlin college, 1870 to 1872. Entered railway service 1873 as agent and oper ator Baltimore and Ohio railroad, since which he has been consecutively to 1879, cashier and agent Denver and Rio Grande railway at Antonio, Colo. ; 1880 to 1882, telegraph operator and agent Chicago and Northwestern railway; 1882 to 1887, traveling freight agent; 1887 to 1896, con tracting freight agent and local agent at Milwaukee, Wis. ; 1896 to Feb. i, 1900, general agent at Chicago, 111., and Feb. i, 1900, to Aug. i, 1909, assistant general freight n?erit same road ; Aug. i, 1909, appointed assistant freight traffic manager, present position. JOSEPH MORRISON HILL, Lawyer, Jurist and Author, Was born Sept. 2, 1864, in Davidson college, N. C. He was a student in the University of Arkansas, and in 1883 received the degree of LL.B. from the Lebanon Law school of Tennessee. In 1883-1904 he practiced law in Eureka Springs and Fort Smith, Arkansas; and in 1904- 09 was chief justice of the state supreme court of Arkan sas. Since 1909 he has been chief counsel for the state in the railroad rate cases. He is one of the compilers of Sandels and Hill s Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas. 66 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS SHERMAN WILLIAMS, Conductor of Teachers Institutes in State of New York, Was born on farm near Cooperstown, Otsego county, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1846; son Justin C. and Mary (Sherman) Williams; graduate Albany Normal school, Ph.D.; mar ried Pine Plains, Dutchess county, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1874, Margaret Wilber; children: Henry Wilber, born May ! 5) ^75, Paul Wilber, born March 15, 1879. Superin tendent schools, Flushing, L.I., eleven years; Glens Falls, N.Y., seventeen years; institute conductor eleven years. President Superintendents Council of State of New York. Author: Selections for Memorizing (Ginn and com pany) ; a series of Literature Readers; Choice Literature (Sheldon and company) ; Some Successful Americans (Ginn) ; Stories from Early New York History (Scrib- ner s). Vice-president and trustee State Historical asso ciation. Republican. Methodist. Vice president New York State Historical association, president Crandall Free Library, New York State Teachers association, National Education association (president library section) Ma sonic order. Address: Glens Falls, N.Y. JOHN WESLEY HILL, Clergyman and Lecturer, Was born May 6, 1863, in Kalida, Ohio. In 1887 he graduated from the Boston Theological seminary, and re ceived the degrees of A.B., D.D. and LL.D. He has filled pastorates in the Methodist Episcopal church in Fostoria, Ohio; in Harrisburg, Pa.; in Brooklyn, N.Y. ; and since 1907 in the Metropolitan temple of New York City. He is widely known as a civic and political speak er, and made his first appearance in the Blain campaign. In 1896 he took an active part in the McKinley campaign, and in 1908 delivered the prayer to the republican na tional convention held in Chicago. He accompanied SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 67 Candidate Taft on his northwestern campaign and spoke many times; and is also a platform and Chautauqua lec turer. In 1900 he was chaplain in the Pennsylvania state senate; and is past grand chaplain of the Masons in the state of New York. WYATT AIKEN, United States Congressman from the Third District of South Carolina, Was born Dec. 14, 1863. In 1884-1897 he was official court stenographer. He is a farmer. He served in the Spanish-American war in the Abbeville volunteers. In 1903-05 he was a democratic representative from South Carolina to the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty- first congresses. He was re-elected to the sixty-second congress from the third district of South Carolina for the term of 1911-13, and resides in Abbeville, S.C. DAVID LANSING KINGSBURY, Librarian, Was born at Marshall, Mich., Dec. 28, 1842; son of Lan sing and Frances Throop (Southworth) Kingsbury; came to Minnesota Nov. i, i8c6; was educated in the public schools of his native town and Minnesota, and in gram mar school, Minneapolis, 1857-58. Enlisted in the civil war, Aug. 14, 1862, as private of the Eighth Minnesota volunteer infantry, advancing to corporal, first sergeant and second lieutenant; engaged for two years in campaign against the Sioux Indians, 1862-64; one year in Tennes see and North Carolina, Twentv-third army corps. Was identified with the hardware business for nearly thirty vears previous to entering the present position as assistant librarian and member of council of the Minnesota His torical society, Sept. 9, 189?. Also recorder of the Mili tary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (commandery of state of Minnesota since 1898) ; secre- 68 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS tary of the Eighth regiment of Minnesota volunteer asso ciation; member of the Sons of the American Revolution, G.A.R., American Library association. Republican. Episcopalian. He married at St. Anthony, Minn., Oct. 26, 1869, Miss Anna Sawyer Braman. DAVID C. KLINE, Physician, Was born near Sunbury, Northumberland county, Penn sylvania, Sept. 22, 1855. He was educated in the public schools and at Bloomsburg state normal school and Dick inson seminary, Williamsport, Pa. He read medicine with Dr. F. B. Richstine, and was graduated from the Hahnemann Medical college, Philadelphia, as M.D. in 1883. He commenced practice in Columbia, Lancaster county, in 1883, but soon removed to the city of Reading, where he is still in active practice. Dr. Kline is an asso ciate member of the Reading Press club; and was pres ident of the Homeopathic Medical society of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1904. He is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, gynecologist to the Homeopathic hospital of Reading, and visiting physician to the Home for Friendless Children, being associated with both institutions from their inception, a period of twenty years. He is a republican in politics. Methodist in religion. Address: Reading, Pa. PAUL JONES, Superintendent Cleveland, Akron and Cincinnati Rail way Company, Was born Sept. 6, 1867, at Harford City, Ind. Attended Earlham college, Richmond, Ind., 1885-1888. Entered railway service June 18, 1888, as assistant on engineer corps Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, since which he has been consecutively, July i, 1893, to July i, 1898, lis and Vincennes railroad same lines; April 15, 1900, to SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 69 April 15, 1900, engineer maintenance of way Indianapo lis and Vincennes railroad sam lines; April 15, 1900, to June 20, 1901, engineer maintenance of way Richmond division; June 20, 1901, to April, 1903, engineer mainte nance of way Louisville division; April, 1903, to Dec. 12, 1904, engineer maintenance of way Indianapolis division; Dec. 12, 1904, to date, superintendent Cleveland, Akron and Cincinnati railway (Pennsylvania lines), entire serv ice with the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg. CHARLES MORTON, United States Army Officer, Was born March 18, 1846, in Ohio. In 1861-64 he served in the civil war as a private in company I, thirteenth and twenty-fifth regiments Missouri infantry, and in company H, first Missouri engineers. In 1865 he was appointed to the United States military academy; graduated in 1869; and was appointed second lieutenant in the third United States cavalry. In 1876 he attained the rank of first lieu tenant; was promoted to captain in 1883; in 1898 was made major of the fourth cavalry; in 1901 became lieute nant eighth cavalry; in 1903 became colonel eleventh cav alry; and the same year was transferred to the seventh cavalry. In 1907 he attained the rank of brigadier-gen eral in the United States army. In 1890 he was breveted first lieutenant for action against the Indians in Arizona in 1871 ; and in 1911 was retired from active service. ARTHUR. LORENZO GLASS, Railroad Manager, With office at Gainesville, Fla., was born June 16, 1867, at Mattoon, 111. He was educated in the grammar schools at Oakland, 111. He entered the railway service in 1882, since which he has been consecutively to 1883 operator of the Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis railway at East St. Louis and Charleston, 111.; 1883-85, telegraph operator 70 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS at the general office of the Southern Kansas railway at Lawrence, Kan.; 1885-87, telegraph operator at the gen eral office of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road at Topeka, Kan.; in 1887 was appointed private secretary and operator to the chief engineer of the same road, and continued in that position during the construction of the Chicago extension of the Santa Fe system, when he was appointed train dispatcher at Marceline, Mo.; 1891-92, train dispatcher of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor gia railway at Macon, Ga. ; 1892-93, train dispatcher of the Georgia Southern and Florida road; 1893-94, train dispatcher of the Florida Southern road; 1894 to Jan. 7, 1900, chief train dispatcher same road and Plant system; Jan. 7, 1900, to 1905, trainmaster of the Plant system, now controlled by the Atlantic Coast line, at Gainesville, Fla. ; 1905-08, division superintendent of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad; 1908-12, general manager of the Tampa and Jacksonville railroad at Gainesville, Fla. WALTER DOUGLAS, General Manager, Was born December, 1870, in Quebec, Canada. He was educated at the Royal Military college of Canada and Columbia university. In 1890-92 he was engineer of the Commercial Mining company and in 1892-94 was metal lurgist of the Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Re fining company; in 1894-95 ^ e was chemist in the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining company; in 1896-99 was superintendent of the Detroit Copper mining company, and was connected with various other concerns. He is now second vice-president of the El Paso and Southwest ern company; and is general manager of Phelps, Dodge and company. He is a member of the Engineers club, Rocky Mountain club and the Columbia university. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS. 71 DANIEL BAILEY HARDENBERGH, Physician and Surgeon, Was born March 13, 1866, in Port Jervis, N. Y. He grad uated with the degree of B.A. from Yale university, and received the degree of D.D. from Columbia university. He has traveled extensively in Europe for study and rec reation, and since 1894 has practiced in Middletown, N.Y. He has been president of the Young Men s Christian as sociation of this city; president of the Orange County Medical society, and president of the Orange Country Golf club. ANDREW P. MALONEY, Official of Public Utilities and Industrial Corporations, Was born in Scranton, Pa., March 16, 1861 ; son of John Maloney and Catherine Maloney. He was educated in the public schools and business college. Mr. Maloney is president of the State Construction company, and of the Coast Gas company; vice-president of the Maloney Land Improvement company; president of the Lakewood Gas company; vice-president of the Newbold Improvement company, City Gas Light company and Shore Gas com pany; director of the North Philadelphia Trust company, secretary and treasurer of the Hygeia Ice and Cold Stor age company, Philadelphia, and of the Pennsylvania Iron Works Operating company. He has six children: John C. Maloney, born in 1888; Joseph Maloney, born in 1891 ; Charles A. Maloney, born in 1893 ; Marie Maloney, born in 1895; Ruth Maloney, born in 1897, and Andrew Ma loney, Jr., born in 1906. ISAAC TAYLOR HEADLAND, Clergy, Missionary and Author, Was born Aug. 16, 1859, in Freedom, Pa. In 1888 he re ceived the degree of A.B. from Mt. Union college, from which institution he also received the degrees of A.M. 72 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS and Ph. D. In 1890 he sailed as a missionary to Peking; and since that year has been professor of science in the Peking university. He has made a large collection oJ Chinese paintings now in the Boston museum. He is the author of Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes; Chinese Boy and Girl; Chinese Heroes; Our Little Chinese Cousin; Tourists Guide to Peking; Court Life in China; Some By-Products of Missions, and other works. WILLIAM C. HARTIGAN, Superintendent Northern and Utica Divisions New York York, Ontario and Western Railway, Was born April 4, 1854, at Oswego, N.Y. Entered rail way service 1871 as telegraph operator New York and Oswego Midland railroad at Oswego, N.Y., since which he has been consecutively relief agent northern division same road; September, 1873, to 1876, night train dis patcher same division; 1876 to Jan. i, 1880, dispatcher Northern and Southern division at Norwich, N.Y. ; Jan. i, 1880, to December, 1887, chief dispatcher southern di vision at Middletown, N.Y. ; December, 1887, to May, 1890, assistant trainmaster; May, 1890, to April, 1893, assistant superintendent northern and Utica divisions; April, 1893, to date, superintendent same divisions; entire service with the New York and Oswego Midland rail road and its successor, the New York, Ontario and West ern railway, the reorganization taking place in 1880. RIENZI MELVILLE JOHNSTON, Journalist, Publisher and Statesman, Was born Sept. 9, 1850, in Sandersville, Ga. During the civil war he served two years in the confederate army. In 1878 he moved to Texas, and is now the editor and one of the largest stockholders in the Houston Daily Post. Since 1900 he has been Texas member of the demo cratic national committee; and in 1898 declined the nom ination for lieutenant-governor of Texas. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 73 EDWARD TRACY JOHNSON, Division Freight Agent Pennsylvania Railroad, Was born Feb. i, 1846, at New Berlin, Chenango county, N.Y. Entered railway service March i, 1866, isince which he has been consecutively to 1868, clerk to cashier at Buffalo station Buffalo and Erie railway; 1868 to Au gust, 1871, cashier same station; May 16, 1872, to August, 1873, paymaster construction Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia railroad; August, 1873, to Feb. 14, 1883, general freight agent; Feb. 14, 1883, to April 30, 1884, general traffic manager; April 30, 1884, to Nov. i, 1887, general freight agent same road; Nov. i, 1887, to August, 1900, general freight agent Wsetern New York and Penn sylvania railroad, successor to Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia railroad; August, 1900, to date, division freight agent Pennsylvania railroad at Buffalo, N.Y. WILLIAM W. COLLINS, Superintendent loiva and Dakota Division Chicago, Mil waukee and St. Paul Railway, Was born at Oconomowoc, Wis. Entered railway serv ice in the 6o s, since which he has been consecutively to date, with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway as telegraph operator, superintendent, clerk, assistant di vision superintendent; 1889 to 1891, superintendent northern division; 1891 to April 26, 1897, superintendent Prairie du Chien division at Milwaukee, Wis.; April 26, 1897, to Feb. i, 1900, superintendent Chicago division; Feb. i, 1900, to date, superintendent Iowa and Dakota division at Mason City, Iowa. EDWIN LEE, Chemist and Author, Was born Sept. 9, 1876, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1898 he received the degree of B.S., and subsequently the hon orary degree of M.Sc., from the Northeastern Ohio col- 74 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS lege. He also received the degree of M.Sc. from Mt. Union college and the degree of A.M. from Harvard. In 1908-10 he filled the chair of chemical research in the New York university, and since 1907 has been pro fessor of chemistry in Allegheny college. He has been a lecturer on scientific subjects before chautauqua and teachers associations. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of "Outline of Qualitative Chemical Analysis"; "A Textbook of Experimental Chemistry" and other works. HAROLD E. MORRILL, Superintendent Monson Railroad, Was born May 27, 1864, at Brownville, Me. Entered railway service March, 1884, since which he has been consecutively to 1886, fireman Monson railroad; 1886 to 1890, locomotive engineer; 1890 to September, 1904, mas ter mechanic; September, 1904, to date, superintendent same road. HENRY CLAY HALL, Lawyer and Lecturer, Was born Jan. 3, 1860, in New York City. In 1881 he received the degree of A. M. from Amherst college, and in 1883 received the degree of LL.B. from Columbia law school. In 1885-92 he practiced law in Paris, France; and in 1888-92 was counsel to the United States legation. On account of health he removed in 1892 to Colorado Springs, Colo.; in 1905-07 was mayor of that city, and has been first vice-president of the Colorado State Bar association. He has lectured on law in the Colorado col lege; and is also general counsel of that institution of learning and also of various other corporations. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 75 ROBERT HENRY BOWRON, General Superintendent Erie Division Erie Railroad, Was born June 10, 1858, at Stockton, England. Gradu ated from Gainford academy in England, 1874. Entered railway service 1877 as operator Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company at South Pittsburg, Tenn., since which he has been consecutively, 1881 to February, 1884, in railroad supply business; February, 1884, to August, 1886, chief clerk to superintendent Alabama Great South ern railway; August, 1886, to February, 1887, chief clerk to superintendent Mobile and Ohio railroad; February, 1887, to January, 1892, superintendent Chattanooga Union railway; April, 1892, to April, 1893, on prelim inary work for a projected line; October, 1894, to Aug. 31, 1895, chief clerk to general superintendent Montana Central railway; September, 1895, to December, 1896, trainmaster same road; December, 1896, to July, 1897, superintendent Montana division Great Northern rail way; July, 1897, to Dec. 1898, superintendent Wilmar and Breckenridge divisions; December, 1898, to October, 1899, superintendent Cascade division same road; Octo ber, 1899, to March, 1900, superintendent St. Louis Southwestern railway; March, 1900, to May, 1902, gen eral superintendent same road and vice-president and gen eral superintendent St. Louis Southwestern railway of Texas; July, 1903, to December, 1904, superintendent First division Denver and Rio Grande railroad; Decem ber, 1904, to May, 1905, superintendent northern and southern divisions Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton rail way; June to October, 1905, general manager same road and Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville railroad; Octo ber, 1905, to Aug. 6, 1907, general superintendent Erie division Erie railroad at Jersey City, N.J. 76 OLIVER PEEBLES JENKINS, Educator, Scientist and Author, Was born Nov. 3, 1850, in Bantam, Ohio. He received the degrees of A.B. and A.M. from Moores Hill college; and the degrees of M.S. and Ph.D. from the Indiana uni versity; in 1870-76 he was principal of high schools in Indiana, Wisconsin and California. For two years was a student in the Northwestern university; and in 1883 graduated from the Johns Hopkins university of Balti more, Md. Since 1891 he has been professor of physiol ogy and histology at the Leland Stanford, Jr., university of California. He is a fellow of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Bohemian club of San Francisco, Cal. He is the au thor of Indiana State Series of Textbooks on Physiology and other works. MORRIS K. KING, Railroad Manager and Business President, Was born Jan. 16, 1844, at New York City. Entered railway service September, 1877; to Oct. i, 1880, in serv ice successively of New York Elevated railroad and Manhattan railway, his position with latter company be ing that of purchasing agent; Oct. i, 1880, became gen eral manager Norfolk and Southern railroad; in Novem ber, 1904, also vice-president same road; since 1910 has been president of Lake Drummond Canal and Water company of Norfolk, Va. PETER K. HASLERUD, Real Estate Dealer and Banker, Was born in Numedal, Norway, Aug. 7, 1857; son of Knud P. and Ambjorg H. (Hvamen) Haslerud; came to America and located at Peterson, Minn., in 1879; attend ed the public school in winter for three years at Peterson and Ortonville, Minn.; was married at Madison, Minn., Aug. S I 93? to Miss Josephine Femrite. Taught one 77 term of school in 1883; acted as clerk in the auditor s office at Lac quie Parle county, 1883-84; was deputy au ditor, 1884-47; county treasurer, 1889-99; president of the Farmers State bank, 1899-1902. Has been engaged in making farm loans and in real estate business at Madi son, as Dale and Haslerud, since 1908; superintendent of farm loan agencies of northern Minnesota and North Dakota, of George W. Wishard and company, Minneap olis, since 1901. He is- also president of the Madison State bank. He is a republican and ex-chairman of the republican central committee of Lac quie Parle county. WILLIAM LEE HOWARD, Physician and Author, Was born Nov. i, 1860, in Hartford, Conn. He was edu cated in England and France; at the Williston seminary and Columbia and Oxford university of England, and re ceived the degree of M.D. from the University of Ver mont. He is a practical seaman and holds a master s certificate. In 1890-1906 he practiced medicine in Balti more, Md., and is now engaged in literary pursuits. He is a member of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science and vice-president of the Medico- Legal society and many other scientific societies. He is the author of The Perverts; Lila Sari; Red Flesh, and other works. THOMAS McELRATH DEBEVOISE, Lawyer, Was born New York City, April 2, 1874; son George W. and Katherine Price (McElrath) Debevoise; educated Yale university, New York Law school; married New Haven, Conn., Dec. 6, 1898, Anne Farnam Whitney. Member law firm Rounds, Hatch, Dillingham and De bevoise. Director Century Mortgage company, the De bevoise company, Marks and Hammacher company, Au- 78 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS tolyte Manufacturing company. Republican. Member New York State bar association, New York County Bar association, Association Bar City of New York, Ameri can Bar association, Holland society, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, National Municipal league. Clubs: Uni versity, Yale, Republican, Alpha Delta Phi, Quill, Down Town, Canoe Brook Country. CHARLES WARE, General Superintendent Union Pacific Railroad, Was born Jan. 31, 1863, at Jonesboro, 111. Educated at Southern Illinois Normal university at Carbondale, 111. Entered railway service 1882, since which he has been consecutively to 1890, telegraph operator, trick dispatch er and chief dispatcher Chicago and Northwestern rail way; 1890 to April 21, 1905, with Union Pacific railroad as, trick dispatcher and assistant superintendent; April 21, 1905, to 1910, superintendent Nebraska division same road; on March 9, 1910, he was appointed general super intendent of the Union Pacific Railroad company, with headquarters at Omaha, Neb., and on July i, 1910, was given the title of assistant general manager, U. P. R. R. company, which position he now holds. CHARLES SUMNER FALES, Railroad Manager, Was born Nov. 20, 18^, at Poultney, Vt. He was edu cated in the common schools. He entered the railway service in 1869 as telegraph operator of the Central Road of New Jersey: in 1871-89 was train dispatcher of the Delaware and Hudson road at Troy, N.Y. ; 1889-1900, chief train dispacher of the New York Central and Hud son River road at Albany, N.Y. ; 1900-02, trainmaster of the Copper Range road at Houghton, Mich.; 1902-04, superintendent, and 1904 to date, general superintendent of the same road. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 79 GEORGE W. BELL, Land Commissioner, Was born July 24, 1853, near Wautoma, Wis. He entered the railway service in 1874 as cl er k to the station agent of the Chicago and Northwestern railway at Oconto, Wis., since which he has been consecutively, from 1875 to 1877, clerk on the ore docks of the Chicago and Northwestern railway at Escanaba, Mich.; 1881 to 1882, clerk in audit ing department of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway; 1882 to spring of 1894, chief clerk to the master car builder ; April, 1 894, to May, 1 894, clerk in the land department; May 9, 1894, to May, 1896, act ing land commissioner, and May, 1896, to date, land com missioner of the same road. JOHN THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN, Master Car Builder, Was born May 21, 1849, at Eckington, England. He was educated in the New York public schols. He entered the railway service in 1868 as apprentice in the car build ing shops of the Atlantic and Great Western railway. Owing to sickness he returned to New York City about April, 1870, and subsequently finished his trade as car builder at the shops of the Boston and Albany road at Allston, Mass.; 1878 to 1885 he was foreman of the freight erecting and repair shops of the same road; 1885 to July, 1888, general foreman of the Allston car shops of the same road, having charge of the car department of the Boston and Worcester division under the general mas ter car builder; July, 1888, to April, 1890, general super intendent of the Burton Stock company at Wichita, Kan. ; April, 1890, to date, master car builder of the Boston and Maine road. From June, 1901, to June, 1902, he was president of the Master Car Builders association. In 1907 he retired from active service. 80 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE KIRBY COLLIER, Physician, Was born Wilmington, N. C, March 23, 1879; son Sam uel Probert and Emma Florence (Knight) Collier; edu cated Cape Fear academy, Wilmington, N.C.; St. John s college, Annapolis, Md. ; College of Physicians and Sur geons, Baltimore, Md., M.D., 1900; unmarried. Resi dent gynecologist, Baltimore City hospital, 1900-01 ; practiced medicine in Wilmington, N.C., 1901-02; since 1902 on medical staff (now assistant medical superintend ent), Craig Colony for Epileptics, Sonyea, N.Y. Epis copalian. Member American association, New York State Medical society, New Hanover county (N.C.) Medical society, National Association for Study of Epi lepsy and Care and Treatment of Epileptics, American Medico-Psychological association, National Conference of Charities and Corrections, Rochester (N.Y.) Academy of Medicine, Alumni Association of St. John s college. Member of Mount Morris lodge, F. and A. M-., No. 122; Mount Morris chapter; Royal Arch Masons, No. 137, and Cyrene Commandery of Knights Templar, No. 39, Damascus Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. PATRICK M. HALLORAN, Auditor and Treasurer Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway, Was born Nov. n, 1860, at Hamilton, Ont. Entered railway service July, 1875, since which he has been con secutively to May, 1879, clerk car accountant s office Great Western railroad; August to November, 1880, clerk for general car accountant Chicago and Northwestern railway; November, 1880, to December, 1882, in charge of car accounts Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western railway; December, 1882, to September, 1883, checked freight rates in auditor s office same road; September, 1884, to July, 1886, in charge of freight accounts same SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 81 road; July, 1886, to May, 1887, chief clerk and general bookkeeper; August, 1887, to November, 1888, station agent Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western railway at Hurley, Wis. ; three weeks of December, 1888, in car ac countant s office Colorado Midland railway; December, 1888, to January, 1890, chief clerk to master mechanic same road; January, 1890, to October, 1891, in other busi ness; three weeks October, 1891, in car accountant s office Wisconsin Central railroad at Chicago; six weeks on joint accounts in auditor s office same road, Dec. 16, 1891, to May 15, 1896, general freight and passenger agent Port Edwards, Centralia and Northern railroad; May 15 to July, 1896, in auditor s office Wisconsin Central rail way; July, 1896, to April, 1897, rate clerk same road at Manitowoc, Wis.; April, 1897, to date, auditor and treasurer Butte, Anaconda and Pacific railway. CHARLES C. WALKER, Superintendent Transportation Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Was born June 21, 1858, in Albemarle county, Virginia. He was educated at Oldfield school. Entered service 1873, since which he has been consecutively to 1876, messenger, receiving and delivering freight, brake- man and fireman Richmond and Danville railroad; 1876 to 1879, general operator Richmond, York River and Chesapeake railway at Richmond and Lester Manor, Va. ; Aug. 7, 1879, entered service Chesapeake and Ohio railway as clerk in claim office; was subsequently to Jan uary, 1897, assistant division superintendent; January, 1897, to J an - T ? T 9 OI > division superintendent at Rich mond, and Jan. i, 1901, to Jan. i, 1902, general superin tendent eastern division same road; Jan. i, 1902, to date, superintendent transportation same road. 82 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE CLARK WELLS, Assistant General Passenger Agent Eastern Lines Cana dian Pacific Railway, Was born April 15, 1866, at Brockville, Ont, Canada. Educated in the public schools at Brockville. Entered railway service 1882 as office boy general passenger of fice Grand Trunk railway at Montreal, since which he has been consecutively to May, 1892, assistant rate clerk and rate clerk same office; May 13, 1892, to June, 1895, rate clerk passenger department Canadian Pacific rail way at Montreal; June, 1891;, to January, 1898, chief rate clerk same department; January, 1898, to Nov. 22, 1904, chief clerk passenger traffic department same road; Nov. 22, 1904, to Nov. i, 1910, assistant general passen ger agent eastern lines same road; Nov. i, 1910, to date, assistant to passenger traffic manager same road. No vember, 1908, to date, has been lecturer on passenger service in the transportation department of McGill uni versity, Montreal. HENRY CARLTON HULBERT, Merchant and Philanthropist, Was born Dec. 19, 1831, in Lee, Mass. He was educated in the common schools at Lee academy. In 1847 he en tered the dry goods business, and in 1851 became con nected with White and Sheffield, paper dealers of New York City. In 1856 he was admitted as a partner; in 1858 organized the firm of H. C. and M. Hulbert; in 1872 organized the firm of H. C. Hulbert and company; and has now retired from active business. He has large and varied financial interests; is a vice-president and trus tee of S. Brooklvn Savings institution, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce of New York City. He is chairman of the executive committee of the Brooklyn So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 83 DAVID S. BOOTH, Soldier and Physician, Was born April 6, 1863, near Enterprise, Mo. He was educated in the public schools of Sparta, 111., and attend ed the Southern Illinois Normal university. In 1883 he was a member of the Illinois national guard. He is a lecturer on diseases of the nervous system at the Nurses Training school of St. Louis, and is an active member of the American Medical association. CHARLES ROLLINSON LAMB, Artist and Architect, Was born in New York. His specialty is memorial and historical art; and was architect of the Dewey arch erect ed in Madison Square in 1899. He has been president of the Municioal Art society; president of the Architectural league of New York; and president and vice-president of various other societies. FRANK O. WALDO, Auditor Michigan Central Railroad, Was born Dec. 11, 1854, at Hammond, St. Lawrence county, N.Y. Entered railway service 1869, since which he has been consecutivelv, 1869 to 1873, telegraph oper ator and clerk Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg rail road at De Kalb Junction; 1873 to Aug. 12, 1876, ticket agent and clerk general ticket office same road at Water- town, N.Y. ; Aug. 12, 1876,, to March i, 1887, clerk, gen eral bookkeeper and chief clerk auditor s office, Michigan Central railroad; March i, 1887, to Nov. i, 1892, ticket accountant same road; Nov. i, 1892, to Oct. 7, 1908, as sistant auditor same rate; 1908 to date, Auditor and also auditor T.H. and B. Ry. company and secretary and au ditor C.K. and S. Ry. company, and secretary and auditor D. and C.R.R. company. 84 JAMES HENRY MANNING, Superintendent Motive Power Delaware and Hudson Railroad, Was born Feb. 2, 1862. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service 1876, since which he has been consecutively to 1883, machinist apprentice and machin ist Union Pacific railway; 1883 to 1886, gang foreman; 1886 to 1890, general foreman; 1890 to 1898, master me chanic at Omaha, Neb.; 1898 to May, 1901, master me chanic at Cheyenne, Wyo. ; all with the Union Pacific railway and its successor, the Union Pacific railroad, with the exception of four months, when he was master me chanic Union Stock Yards company at Omaha, Neb., and three months in 1879 as air brake inspector Central Pa cific railroad; May, 1901, to March, 1903, engaged in foundry business; March 1903, to March, 1904, assist ant superintendent rolling stock Canadian Pacific rail- wav; March, 10.04, to date, superintendent motive power Delaware and Hudson railroad. MITCHELL L. ERLANGER, Sheriff New York County, Was born in Buffalo, N.Y. Son of Leopold Erlanger and Regina Lobenthal. Educated at Cleveland public schools; studied medicine; self-taught in the classics; LL. B., Columbia Law school. For two years librarian Co lumbia Law school ; read lectures on real estate law and equity to senior and junior classes; assisted Professor Dwight, dean of the college during that time. He was sheriff New York county 1894-1891;, and while in office inaugurated many reforms in the county jail. Elected justice of the supreme court of the state of New York in November, 1896, for a term of fourteen years, serving since Jan. i, 1907. Member board of directors Montefn ore Home for Chronic Invalids; Hebrew Immigrant Aid society; Hebrew Infant asylum. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 85 WILBUR FISK HASCALL, Composer and Author, Was born Dec. 15, 1854, in Shrewsbury, Mass. He was educated in the New England Conservatory of Music; at the Boston University College of Music; and under private tutors. Since 1888 he has been connected with the Fraternity Publishing company, of which he is now manager. He is a member of the New England chapter, American Guild of Organists. He is the author of many songs, among them being The Survivor, Oh, That We Two Were Maying, The Night has a Thousand Eyes, and numerous piano and sacred compositions. WILLIAM JETT LAUCK, Economist and Author, Was born Aug. 2, 1879, in Keystone, W. Va. He received the degree of A.B. from Washington and Lee university. In 1903-06 he was a fellow in the department of political economy in the University of Chicago, and in 1906-08 was instructor of economics and political science in the Washington and Lee university. Since 1908 he has been in charge of field work of industrial investigations of the United States immigration commission. He is the author of "The Causes of the Pane of 1893" and other works. FRANK BISHOP SOUTHARD, Auditor Passenger Accounts Union Pacific Railroad, Was born in Rutland, Vt. Educated in the public schools at Rutland, Vt. Entered railway service 1875, since which he has been consecutively to Jan. 31, 1880, clerk local freight office Central Vermont railway; Feb. i to July 31, 1880, chief clerk general freight office Indiana polis, Decatur and Sprinfield railway at Indianapolis, Ind.; Aug. i, 1880, to Jan. 20, 1882, local freight agent same road same place; Feb. 24, 1882, to Sept. 30, 1887, division clerk and chief clerk ticket auditor s office Bur- 86 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS lington lines in Missouri at St. Joseph, Mo.; Oct. i, 1887, to Feb. 28, 1888, chief clerk ticket accounts Southern Cal ifornia railway at San Bernardino, Cal.; March i to Dec. 23, 1888, division clerk and chief clerk general passenger agent s office same road at San Diego and Los Angeles, Cal.; Dec. 24, 1888, to Jan. 31, 1890, division clerk ticket auditor s office, Oregon Railway and Navigation com pany at Portland, Ore.; Feb. i to June 30, 1890, division clerk in office of auditor passenger accounts Union Pa cific railway at Omaha, Neb.; July i, 1890, to Jan. 6, 1893, chief clerk same office; Jan. 6 to Oct. 13, 1893, au ditor passenger accounts same road; Oct. 13, 1893, to Feb. i, 1898, auditor passenger accounts for receivers same road; Feb. i, 1898, to date, auditor passenger accounts reorganized company, the Union Pacific Railroad com pany. EDWARD DANNEMILLER, Merchant, Was born Canton, O., Oct. 17, 1850; son Benedict and Barbara (Scheiber) Dannemiller; educated parochial school, Canton (O.) High school; graduate Duff s (Pitts- burg, Pa.) Commercial college; married, Canton, O., June 10, 1873, Philomena Boesch; children: Albert T-, born 1879, Loretta, born 1881, Benedict, born, 1888, Ed ward I., born 1891. General manager Dannemiller wholesale grocery, Canton, fifteen years; now president Dannemiller Coffee company, Brooklyn. Has traveled through England, France, Italy, Switzerland and Ger many, 1888. Chairman board of education of Canton and of the waterworks trustees; charter member and trustee Aultman Charity hospital. Democrat. Catholic. Mem ber Knights of Columbus, Order of the Alhambra, Brooklyn board of trade, Brooklyn Citizens association, Canton society of New York City. Address: 6801 Ridge boulevard, Brooklyn, New York City. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS- 87 EDWARD F. BROOKS, Railroad Manager, Was born Sept. 30, 1848, in Cumberland county, NJ. He graduated from Rutgers college. He entered rail way service in 1872 as assistant to division engineer Penn sylvania road, Jersey City, N.J., since which he has been consecutively, 1877 to 1880, supervisor New York divi sion of the same road; 1880 to 1883, assistant engineer Philadelphia and Erie railroad; 1883 to 1893, engineer of maintenance of way of the Pennsylvania railroad at Jersey City, NJ.; 1893 to J une ? ^95, superintendent of the Maryland division of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad; June, 1895, to January, 1899, superintendent of the New York division of the Pennsyl vania railroad at Jersey City, N.J.; January, 1899, to date, general superintendent of the Philadelphia, Wil mington and Baltimore railroad and its successor, the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington railroad. JAMES MAY DUANE, Banker, Was born Honesdale, Wayne county, Pa., Aug. 21, 1851 ; son Richard Bache and Margaret Anne (Tarns) Duane; graduate Brown university, A.B., 1872; married New York City, April 27, 1886, Katherine E. P. Higginson; Children: Richard Bache, born 1887, Eleanor Franklin, born 1889, Katherine, born 1891. With United States branch, London Assurance corporation, 1872-87; Brown Brothers and company since 1887 (partner since 1895). Member board of managers, Lehigh Coal and Naviga tion company; director Lehigh and Hudson River Rail road company; Lehigh and New England Railroad com pany; trustee United States branch Sun Insurance office, London. Episcopalian. Member Sons of Revolution (N.Y.), Pennsylvania society, New York. Clubs: Uni versity, Church, Down Town association (New York City); Rittenhouse (Philadelphia). 88 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS L. E. SNIVELY, Commercial Agent Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Was born April 23, 1851, at Philadelphia, Pa. Educated in the public schools of Philadelphia Entered railway service 1870 as telegraph operator and agent Leaven- worth, Lawrence and Galveston railroad, now a part of the Santa Fe system, since which he has been consecu tively, 1875 to 1876, with Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf railroad at Kansas City, Mo.; 1876 to 1877, with Grand Trunk railway at Detroit, Mich.; 1877 to 1882, with Chicago and Grand Trunk railway at Chicago, 111.; 1882 to date, with Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, of which he is now commercial agent at Phil adelphia. JOHN ROSS BUCHANAN, Lawyer, Was born April 3, 1838, in Beaver county, Pa. He was educated at Muskingum college. Entered railway serv ice Jan. i, 1860, since which he has been consecutively to July i, 1861, telegraph operator and freight and ticket clerk of the Central Ohio railroad at Concord, O. ; July, 1861, to September, 1862, station agent of the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska railroad at DeWitt, la. In the civil war he was in the field part of the time and the remainder in the war department, Washington, D.C. November, City, Iowa; January, 1865, to October, 1869, station agent 1863, to November, 1864, station agent of luka, nowTama Chicago and Northwestern railwav at Watertown, Wis. ; 1871 to Januarv, 1873, general freight agent of the Mis souri, Iowa and Nebraska railroad; May. 1873, to De cember, 1876, eeneral superintendent of the Quincy. Mis souri and Pacific railroad. Received law studies in the Union College of Law, Chicago, until Mav, 1887, and then practiced law at Trinidad college until May, 1880; May i to November, 1880, chief clerk in charge of the SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 89 freight and passenger departments of the Ohio Central railroad; November, 1880, to September, 1881, traveling auditor and traffic agent of the Sioux City and Pacific railroad; September, 1881, to March i, 1903, general pas- renger agent of the Sioux City and Pacific, and Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley railroads; in July, 1892, he was chosen chairman of the Western Passenger asso ciation, but declined the position. He retired from the railway service April, 1903, removed to Waukesha, Wis., built a home on an acre grove of "Old Oaks" and larches, named the place of "Old Oaks." Took up again the pro fession of law. Member of county and state bar associa tions. Now practically retired from active business. WILLIAM MACPHERSON HORNOR, Lawyer, Was born April 10, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was educated by private tutors and at the academy of the Protestant Episcopal church in Philadelphia, Pa.; in 1882 received the degree of A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania and in 1884 the degree of bachelor of laws. In 1884 he was admitted to the bar; and in 1884-85 was a member of the board of examiners for admission to the bar. He is a subscriber to the publication fund and a member of the Historical society of Pennsylvania. In 1891-1904 he was one of the board of managers of the Pennsylvania society, Sons of the Revolution. In 1893 he was the founder and continuously since the treasurer of the Society of Colonial Wars in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and since 1904 treasurer-general of the general Society of Colonial Wars. He has devoted much time to the investigation and study of the colonial and revolutionary period of the United States. He has had marked success in the handling of real estate, and as an adviser in the care of estates. 90 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS D. BLYTHE HANNA, Railroad President, Was born Dec. 20, 1858, at Thornliebank, Scotland. En tered railway service 1874 as junior clerk and ticket agent Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock railway of Scotland, since which he has been consecutively, 1878 to 1882, freigh clerk Caledonian railway of Scotland; 1882 to 1884, clerk auditor s office Grand Trunk railway at Mon treal, Que. ; 1884 to 1886, clerk auditor s office New York, West Shore and Buffalo railway at New York, N.Y. ; 1886 to 1892, chief accountant Manitoba and Northwest ern railway; 1892 to 1896, treasurer, and 1893 to 1896, also land commissioner same road; 1896 to Oct. 27, 1902, general superintendent Canadian Northern railway; Oct. 27, 1902, to date, third vice president same road. Is also president Canadian Northern Quebec railway, Quebec and Lake St. John railway, Duluth, Rainy Lake and Winnipeg railway, Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific rail way, Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto railway, and third vice-president Canadian Northern Ontario railway, Halifax and Southwestern railway and second vice-presi dent Canadian Northern Steamships, Limited. WILLIAM HENRY LANGDON, Lawyer, Banker and Statesman, Was born Sept. 15, 1873, in Alameda county, Cal. He was educated in the public, grammar and high schools and at the state normal school. In 1894-1902 he was prin cipal of the Fresno schools; in 1897-1902 was a teacher and principal in the evening schools of San Francisco, Cal., and in 1902-05 was superintendent of schools of that city. In 1896 he began the practice of law; in 1905-09 was district attorney, and in 1906 was a candidate for gov ernor of California. Since 1910 he has been president of the First National bank and Modesto Savings bank of Modesto, Cal. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 91 JAMES CLARENCE MANGHAM, Railroad Manager, Was born March 24, 1863, in Mobile, Ala. He was edu cated at the Barton academy at Mobile. Entered railway service in 1885, since which he has been, consecutively to Nov. 30, 1889, clerk in the auditing department of the Atlantic System, Southern Pacific company, at New Or leans, La.; Dec. i, 1889, to Dec. i, 1890, revising clerk and cashier of local station of San Antonio and Aransas Pass railway at San Antonio, Tex.; Dec. i, 1890, chief rate clerk in the general freight department of same road; May 15, 1893, to May 15, 1897, chief clerk in same de partment; May 15, 1897, to April i, 1905, assistant gen eral freight agent of the same road; April i, 1905, to date, general freight agent of the same road. JOHN HENRY TEALL, Railroad Builder, Was born June 24, 1847, in Ontario, Canada. He was educated in the public and high schools of Vienna, the place of his nativity. Since 1890 he has been actively en gaged in railroad work, obtaining charters, subsidies and building and operating the same. For fourteen years he was a member of his county council, and has filled numerous positions of trust and honor. In 1895 ne con ~ structed the Tillonsburg, Lake Erie and Pacific railway. He purchased the right of way and material, and had sole charge of the construction of this road, to a connection with the Grand Trunk railway, south of the town of Til lonsburg, and in 1897-98 extended this railroad through the town of Tillonsburg to a connection with the Michi gan Central railway. In 1901-02 he again extended this road to Ingersol. He is now building the Erie, London and Tillonsburg railway. 92 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JULIUS E. NELSON, Merchant, Was born at Albert Lea, Minn., July 29, 1861; son of Even and Johanna Nelson; educated in the district school, public school in Albert Lea, Minn., and C. C. Curtiss Business college, Minneapolis, Minn. Was school teacher 1879 to 1882. Clerk John Smith s confectionary, Minneapolis, Minn., 1883 to 1886. Bookkeeper for John son and Nelson, wholesale and retail grocers, Albert Lea, Minn., 1886 to 1889. Entered partnership in general mercantile business as Johnson, Nelson and Nelson, suc ceeding Johnson and Nelson, 1889. Becoming Nelson Bros. 1891, and has continued without further change to the present time. Was director Security National bank. Member of Modern Woodmen of American. Repub lican. Lutheran. Deacon and trustee, Salem English Luthern church; superintendent Salem English Lutheran Sunday school. President Freeborn County Sunday School association of Freeborn county, Minn. Club: Commercial. Recreation: Driving. Married at Albert Lea, Minn., April 19, 1888, to Mattie Bjerkum; family of four children, three boys and one girl, Erwin Phile mon, Russell Clement, A Lydia Amelia and Lyman Ab- ner. JAMES ATKINSON FERGUSON, Business Man, Was born Oct. 29, 1857, in Canada. He was educated in the New Brunswick public schools in Bathhurst and St. John. He has been an officer in various coal corpora tions, and for awhile was vice-president and subseciuently president of the Pioneer Fuel company, which was merged into the Pittsburg Coal company, of which he is now northern sales agent at Duluth, Minn. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 93 GEORGE C. THOMPSON, Division Freight Agent Southern Railway, Was born May 4, 1867. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service 1884 as clerk in local office Rich mond and Danville railroad at Culpeper, Va., since which he has been consecutively, Oct. i, 1890, to July i, 1894, live stock agent same road; July i, 1894, to April i, 1900, soliciting agent Southern railway, successor to the Rich mond and Danville railroad, at Lynchburg, Va. ; April i, 1900, to Sept. i, 1904, division freight agent same road at Raleigh, N.C.; Sept. i, 1904, to Sept. i, 1905, division freight agent at Birmingham, Ala.; Sept. i, 1905, to date, division freight agent same road at Greensboro, N. C. J. FRED TOWNSEND, Traffic Manager, Was born in 1860 at Cleveland, O. Entered railway service 1879, since which he has been consecutively to 1889, freight clerk Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley and Wheeling railway, one year freight clerk and chief clerk Empire line, one year same positions with Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway and in general freight office Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling railroad; 1889 to March, 1893, general traffic agent same road; March 20, 1893, to Feb. i, 1897, assistant general freight agent Wheeling railroad; 1889 to March, 1893, general freight agent same road; March, 1893, to Feb. i, 1897, assistant general freight agent Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad; Feb. i, 1897, to Aug. 13, 1899, assistant general freight and passenger agent, and Aug. 13 to Nov. i, 1899, general freight and passenger agent same road; Nov. i, 1899, to date, traffic manager McKeesport Connecting railroad, Benwood and Wheeling Connecting railway and Lake Terminal railroad; is also traffic manager National Tube company and the Shelby Steel Tube company. 94 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOSEPH OAKLAND HIRSCHFELDER, Physician, Scientist and Author, Was born Sept. 8, 1854, in Oakland, Cal. In 1869-71 he was a student in the University of California; and in 1876 received the degree of M.D. from the University of Leipzig. In 1877-81 he was professor of material med- ica, and in 1881-82 professor of clincial medicine in the Medical college of the Pacific; since 1882 has been pro fessor of clinical medicine in the Cooper Medical col lege; and also since 1909 has filled the same chair in the Leland Stanford Junior university. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci ence and other medical and scientific societies. He wrote for the department of erysipelas in The Cyclopedia of Diseases of Children; a Monograph on Treatment of Tu berculosis by Oxytuberculine; and various other medical articles. JOHN HENRY WALSH, Railroad President, Was born May 12, 1860, in Quebec, Canada. He was educated at the Quebec Commercial academy. Entered railway service September, 1876, as junior clerk in con tractor s office, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental railroad, now a part of Canadian Pacific railway, since which he has been consecutively, 1879 to 1880, clerk in freight and ticket office at Quebec; 1880 to Jan. i, 1881, traveling auditor same road; Jan. i to June i, 1881, auditor Levis and Kennebec railway; June, 1881, to June, 1885, auditor Quebec Central railway; June, 1885, to De cember, 1905, general freight and passenger agent; Janu ary, 1906, to date, general manager same road; elected vice president of the Tenniscowata railway, September, 1901, and president of the same road in January, 1911. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 95 RICHMOND L. JONES, Soldier, Lawyer and Diplomat, Was born Feb. 17, 1840. In 1863 he was admitted to the bar, and is now general counsel for the United Power and Transportation company and the Interstate compa nies. In 1862 he enlisted as a private soldier, and in 1863 was made captain of a company of Pennsylvania volun teers. In 1866-67 he was a representative in the Pennsyl vania state legislature. ROBERT EMMET COUGHLIN, Physician and Surgeon,. Was born Bridgeport, Conn., March 10, 1868; son Pat rick and Sarah Frances (Gordon) Coughlin; educated Bridgeport public schools, Penfield s Commercial and Military institute, Bridgeport Business college, New York Medical college, M.D., 1892; married Rockville Center, L.I., Oct. 16, 1891;, Marietta Ayres; children: Sarah, born 1897, Robert Emmet, Jr., born 1902, Ruth, born 1907. Practicing medicine from graduation; ambu lance surgeon and house physician and surgeon, Norwe gian hospital, Brooklyn, 1893; now assistant physician same, and visiting physician to Bay Ridge dispensary, tuberculosis department. School inspector under Mayor Van Wyck, 1898; attending physician to Mutual Benefit society, attached to H. W. Johnson company; examining physician Mutual Reserve Insurance company and Pru dential Insurance company; also Ladies Catholic Benev olent association. Youna; Men s Christian association. Democrat; Catholic. Member Kings County Medical societv. New York State Medical society, Greater New York Medical association, Long Island Medical associa tion, Long Island Medical societv, Norwegian Alumni nssociation, Brooklyn institute, Science and Art, Roval Arcanum, Knights of St. John and Malta, Catholic Be nevolent Legion, Foresters of America, Medico-Pharma- 96 ceutical league. Author of numerous papers on medical and gynecological subjects. He is a member of the fol lowing clubs: University club, Ninth Assembly District Democratic club. Also chairman of the Borough Bank Depositors association. CHARLES WELLFORD LEAVITT, JR., Civil and Landscape Engineer, Was born Riverton, N.J., March 13, 1871; son Charles Wellford and Sara (Allibone) Leavitt; educated Gun nery school, Washington, Conn., finishing at Cheltenham (Pa.) Military academy; married Essex Fells, N.J., Oct. 26, 1899, Clara Gordon White; children: Gordon, born 1901, Kent, born 1903, Charlotte, born 1906, Dundas, born 1910. Assistant engineer in charge construction E. Jersey Water company; in charge construction Caldwell railway and engineer for town of Essex Fells, including water, sewer, roads, etc.; has directed and supervised lay ing out and construction of estates of William C. Whit ney, Foxhall Kenne, Daniel S. Lament, Empire City Race track and the race tracks at Saratoga, Sheepshead Bay, Belmont Park, Toronto, Winnipeg and Montreal; engineer Palisades Inter-State Park commission, Estates Long Beach, Garden City, Monument Valley, Park Col orado Springs, Colo., lieutenant governor s grounds, To ronto, Ontario, Rumson Country club; has designed and superintended the laying out of numerous grounds, pub lic and private, in various parts of the country. Repub lican; Episcopalian. Member American Society Civil Engineers, American Society Landscape Architects, Ar chitectural ieneue of New York, Chamber of Commerce, state of New York. Recreations: Farming, hunting. Clubs: Union, Citv Lunch, Transportation (New York City), Adirondack League club. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 97 FRED C. FOX, Railroad Manager, Was born Oct. 9, 1863, in Marysville, Ohio. He entered the railway service in 1880, since which he has been con secutively to July i, 1881, telegraph operator of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis rail way; July 4, 1 88 1, to September, 1890, telegraph oper ator, relief agent and freight and ticket agent of the New Mexico and Rio Grande divisions of the Atchison, Tope- ka and Santa Fe road at various stations; 1890 to June, 1893, chief train dispatcher of the Rio Grande division; June, 1893, to February, 1897, trainmaster of the same division; February, 1897, to Dec. 15, 1900, trainmaster of the New Mexico division; Dec. 15, 1900 to Jan. 21, 1901, superintendent of the western division at La Junta, Colo.; Jan. 21, 1901, to February, 1902, superintendent of the New Mexico and Rio Grande divisions at Las Ve gas, N.M.; February, 1902, to March, 1903, superintend ent of the New Mexico division at Las Vegas, N.M.; March, 1903, to April, 1905, superintendent of the mid dle division at Newton, Kan.; April to June, 1905, gen eral superintendent of the Western Grande division at La Junta, Colo.; June, 1905, to Oct. i, 1910, general super intendent of the Eastern Grande division, Topeka, Kan.; Oct. i, 1910, to date, general manager of the western lines and vice-president and general manager of the Eastern Railway of the New Mexico system and the Southern Kansas railway of Texas. GEORGE WISHART CREIGHTON, General Superintendent Eastern Pennsylvania Division, Pennsylvania Railroad, Was born June 22, 1856, at Philadelphia, Pa. Entered railway service January, 1878, since which he has been consecutively to October, 1879, rodman on engineer corps Madeira and Mamore railroad in Brazil; October, 1879, 98 to May, 1880, rodman surveys Pennsylvania railroad; May, 1880, to January, 1881, assistant supervisor Baltimore division Northern Central railway; January, 1 88 1, to May, 1883, supervisor same division; May, 1883, to November, 1885, assistant engineer Shamokin division Northern Central railway and Sunbury division Philadelphia and Erie railroad; November, 1885, to May, 1889, assistant engineer West Jersey and Camden and Atlantic railroads; May, 1889, to January, 1891, as sistant engineer Philadelphia division Pennsylvania rail road; January to February, 1891, superintendent Bedford division same road; February, 1891, to Oct. i, 1895, su perintendent Shamokin division Northern Central rail way and Sunbury division Philadelphia and Erie rail road; Oct. i, 1895, to Jan. i, 1899, superintendent mid dle division Pennsylvania railroad; Jan. i, 1899, to Aug. i, 1900, general superintendent Northern Central railway and Philadelphia and Erie road division Pennsylvania railroad; Aug. i, 1900, to Jan. i, 1903, general superin tendent Buffalo and Allegheny division Pennsylvania railroad; Jan. i, 1903, to date, general superintendent eastern Pennsylvania division same road. JULIUS FRIEDENWALD, Physician, Was born Dec. 20, 1866, Baltimore, Md. Son of Dr. Aaron Friedenwald and Bertha Bamberger. Educated at Baltimore Zion school and at City college. A.B. 1887, Johns Hopkins university; M.D., 1890, College of Phy sicians and Surgeons; A.M., 1898, Loyola college, Balti more. Pursued courses of study at Universities of Berlin and Vienna. Married Esther Lee Rohr. Professor dis eases of the stomach, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore. Visiting physician to Mercy hospital, Union Protestant infirmary and consultant in digestive diseases to 6t, Agnes hospital, Church Home and Infirmary and 99 Women s hospital, Baltimore. Associate member Asso ciation American Physicians, member American Medical Association, American Academy of Medicine, Medical and Chirurg. Faculty of Maryland, Phi Beta Kappa, Uni versity club, Johns Hopkins club. He is the author of Diet in Health and Disease, with Dr. J. Ruhrah, three editions; Dietetics for Nurses, two editions. Has writ ten numerous articles in various medical journals. Has been appointed by President Taft first lieutenant of the Reserve medical corps, U.S.A. CHARLES MARRIS RATHBURN, Railroad President, Was born Aug. 24, 1846, at Lower Horton, N.S. He was educated in the common schools. Entered railway serv ice in 1865, since which he has been consecutively to 1866, timekeeper in the car shops of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad at Aurora, 111. ; 1866 to 1868, clerk of car and store department, same road; September, 1868, to October, 1872, car repairer and builder, same road, at Aurora, 111.; October, 1872, to April, 1874, chief clerk of track department eastern division, same road, same place; May, 1874, to 1878, clerk and auditor of National Life Insurance company of the United States of America at Chicago, 111.; October, 1878, to Sept. 19, 1881, chief clerk of transportation department, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad; September, 1881, to 1888, assistant su perintendent and superintendent eastern and western divi sions, same road; Jan. i, 1889, to May i, 1903, superin tendent western division Missouri Pacific railway, and superintendent Central Branch Railway company; Jan uary, 1893, to August, 1894, also general superintendent Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern railway com pany; July 27, 1890, to date, president Atchison Union Depot and Railroad company; is also ticket agent, same company, since March i, 1904, 100 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EDWARD E. ELLIS, General Agent Southern Pacific Company, Was born Nov. 21, 1858, at St. Thomas, Ont. Entered railway service 1881, since which he has been consecutive ly to September, 1886, clerk to assistant general freight agent Grand Trunk railway at Detroit, Mich.; Septem ber, 1886, to January, 1887, clerk to division passenger and freight agent Canadian Pacific railway at Port Moody, B.C.; Jan. 30, 1887, to Feb. i, 1890, agent same road at Tacoma, Wash. ; Feb. i, 1890, to Jan. i, 1894, R en " eral agent Union Pacific railway at Tacoma, Wash.; Jan. i, 1894, to J une T ? *897, general agent Oregon railway and Navigation companv and Union Pacific railwav at Tacoma; also manager T. and L. C. Railway and Nav igation company; June i to Sept. 15, 1897, general agent Oregon Short line at Portland, Ore.; Sept. 15, 1897, to date, general agent Southern Pacific company, Oregon Railroad and Navigation companv, Oregon Short line and Union Pacific railroads and the Pacific Mail and Port land and Asiatic Steamship companies at Seattle, Wash. WILLIAM R. TAYLOR, Secretary Philadelphia and Reading Railway, Was born May 22, 1856, at Schuvlkill Haven, Pa. Edu cated in the public schools at Philadelphia to Jan. i, 1870. Entered railway service 1871 as junior clerk Philadelphia and Reading railroad, since which he has been consecu tively Jan. u, 1886, to November, 1896, secretary same road; Nov. 17, 1896, to date, secretary Philadelphia and Reading railway, successor to the Philadelphia and Read ing railroad; March, 1897, to date, also vice-p resident the Reading company, which owns the capital stock of the Philadelphia and Reading railway and is proprietor of all the companies embraced in the Reading system. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 101 JAMES TIGHLMAN LLOYD, United States Congressman from the First District of Missouri, Was born Aug. 27, 1857, in Canton, Mo. Since 1885 he has practiced law in Shelbyville, Mo. He was prosecut ing attorney of his county in 1889-93. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth congress, and was a member of the fifty- sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a democrat. He was re-elected to the sixty-second congress from the first district of Mis souri for the term of 1911-13; and resides in Shelbyville, Mo. LUCIEN B. HOWLAND, President Irondale, Bancroft and Ottawa Railway, Was born Sept. 2, 1865. Educated at Trinity College school at Port Hope, Ont, 1883. Entered railway serv ice 1887, since which he has been consecutively to fall of 1888, superintendent of masonry for contractors on Ca nadian Pacific railway; fall of 1888 to 1889 in Chile, S. A., on government contract work; 1889 to 1892, secretary and treasurer Irondale, Bancroft and Ottawa railway; 1892 to 1899, vice-president and treasurer, and 1899 to date, president and general manager same road. Decem ber, 1909, sold out all interest in I., B. and O. railway to Canadian Northern; March, 1911, managing director Imperial Traction company, as well as September, 1911, superintendent of construction Central Railway of Can ada. CARL RAYMOND GRAY, Railroad President, Was born Sept. 28, 1867, in Princeton, Ark. He was ed ucated in the preparatory department of the University of Arkansas. In 1883 entered railroad service with the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad company at Fay- 102 etteville, Ark. In same year he was night operator at Rogers, and day operator at Van Buren, Ark.; in 1884, day operator and agent at Pittsburg, Kan.; and was then transferred as agent to Girard, Kan. In 1885 was oper ator at Oswego, Kan.; and for one year was chief clerk and general western agent at Wichita, Kan. In 1887-90 was commercial agent. In 1 890-96 he was district freight agent at Carthage, Mo., and 1896-97 division freight agent. For three years was division superintendent and in 1900-04 was superintendent of transportation, and was then promoted to general manager. In 1904-08 was made second vice-president and general manager. In 1909 he was vice president operation and in 1911 senior vice pres ident; and is now also president of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railway and the Oregon Electric railway. JESSE M. WATKINS, Vice-President Mather Stock Car Company, Was born Oct. 10, 1868, at Fairfield, N.Y. Graduate of Amherst college. Entered service of Mather Stock Car company 1890, since which he has been consecutively, 1890 to 1893, clerk; 1893 to 1895, assistant to president, and 1895 to date, vice-president same company. HERMAN FREDERICK MOELLER, Railroad Manager, Was born Jan. 17, 1866, in Saginaw, Mich. He was edu cated in the public schools and at a business college. He has been a traveling and district passenger agent of the Pere Marquette railroad, and is now general passenger agent of the Pere Marquette railroad, with headquarters at Detroit, Mich. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 103 HARRY HEARTEN ALLISON, Railway Manager, Was born Oct. 6, 1867, in Knoxville, Tenn. He gradu ated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tenn., 1887. He entered the railway service in 1887 as agent and telegraph operator of the E. T. V. and G. rail road, now the Southern railway, since which he has been consecutively to 1890 in various clerkships in different departments. In 1890-92 he was assistant yardmaster of the Central of Georgia railway at Macon, Ga. ; in 1892 he was chief dispatcher and trainmaster of the Knoxville, Cumberland and Louisville railway at Knoxville, Tenn. ; in 1894-97 he was dispatcher and chief dispatcher with the National Railways at Laredo, Tex.; in 1897-1900 he was chief clerk and stenographer to the superintendent of the National Railways at San Luis, Pot., Mexico; in 1900- 02 was agent and commercial agent of the National Rail ways at San Luis Pot.; in 1904-07 was terminal superin tendent of the National Railways at Mexico City and Monterey, Mex. ; in 1907-11, he was superintendent on various divisions of the National Railways, now located in that capacity at San Luis Pot., Mex. WILLIAM CORNELIUS VAN HORNE, Railroad President, Was born February, 1843, in Will county, Illinois. En tered railway service August, 1857, since which he has been consecutively, August, 1857, to 1858, telegraph oper ator Illinois Central railroad, Chicago; 1858 to 1864, on Michigan Central railroad, Joliet division, in various ca pacities; 1864 to 1872, on Chicago and Alton railroad; six months ticket agent and telegraph operator, three years train dispatcher, one year superintendent telegraph, three years division superintendent; July, 1872, to July, 1874, general superintendent St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern railway; October, 1874, to October, 1878, gen- 104 eral manager Southern Minnesota railway; 1877 to De cember, 1879, president same company; October, 1878, to December^ 1879, general superintendent Chicago and Alton railroad; January, 1880, to Jan. i, 1882, general superintendent Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail way; January, 1882, to 1884, general manager Canadian Pacific railway; 1884 to 1888, also vice-president same road; 1888 to June 12, 1899, president, and June, 1899, chairman of board same road; June 1889 to 1910, presi dent of The Cuba company; also president Cuba railroad. HENRY WINFIELD WATSON, Lawyer, Was born in Bucks county, Pa., June 24, 1856; descend ant of an old English family. He was educated in pri vate schools of Philadelphia. He married, in 1897, An nie Masden, daughter of the late Dr. J. Franklin Vaughan. He read law under F. Carroll Brewster and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He is a republican in politics; served several times as state and congressional delegate; was president of the Newtown, Langhorne and Bristol Trolley Street Railway company, 1895-1898, and of the Langhorne Library association for a number of years. In 1900 he was appointed receiver of the Wash ington and Potomac Railroad company. He is president of the Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway company; director of the Bucks County Trust company; president of the People s National bank of Langhorne, and director of the Philadelphia Company for Guaran teeing Mortgages. He was elected alternate delegate to the national republican convention, held in Chicago, June, 1908. Address: 905 Girard building, Philadelphia. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 105 LOUIS E. CHALENOR, General Freight Agent Seaboard Air Line Railway, Was born June 6, 1863, at Boston, Mass. Entered rail way service 1882, since which he has been consecutively stenographer in office of New England agent Missouri Pacific railway at Boston; contracting agent and New England traveling agent same road at Boston; traveling freight agent Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg rail road, same place; chief clerk to general freight agent Norfolk and Western railroad at Roanoke, Va., and to June i, 1899, commercial agent same road at Pittsburg, Pa.; June i, 1899, to Aug. i, 1901, general freight and passenger agent Ohio River railroad at Parkersburg, W. Va. ; Aug. i, 1901, to Jan. i, 1902, division freight agent Baltimore and Ohio railroad same place; Jan. i, 1902, to date, assistant general freight agent Seaboard Air Line railway at Savannh, Ga. Assistant general freight agent, Seaboard Air line railway at Norfolk, Va., from Aug. i, 1906, to July i, 1909; general freight agent, Seaboard Air Line railway at Norfolk, Va., from July i, 1909, to date. EDGAR STILLMAN KELLEY, Musician and Composer, Was born April 14, 1857, in Sparta, Wis. He was organ ist in Oakland and San Francisco, Cal., and in 1890-91 conducted a comic opera company in the eastern states. He has taught pianoforte, organ and composition in va rious schools in California and New York, and in the New York College of Music. In 1902 he became act ing professor of musical theory at Yale, and is now con nected with the Western college of Oxford, Ohio. He is also director of musical theory in the Cincinnati Conserv atory of Music. He is the author of numerous composi tions, and music for Macbeth, Puritania, Alladin, Gulli ver, and other works. 106 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ALBERT BONAFON CORINTH, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Was born Jan. 2, 1854, at Philadelphia, Pa. Educated at Girard college at Philadelphia, Pa. Entered railway service 1872 as apprentice P. and E. division Pennsyl vania railroad at Renovo, Pa., since which he has been consecutively five years in charge cabinet shops Louis ville and Nashville railroad at Louisville; one year in charge freight car building Ohio Falls Car company at Jeffersonville, Ind. ; three years master car builder Geor gia division East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail road at Atlanta, Ga. ; three years in charge of freight equipment Chicago and Northwestern railway at Chi cago, 111.; for several years foreman car department Georgia Pacific division Richmond and Danville rail road at Birmingham, Ala.; foreman car repairs Southern railway at Knoxville, Tenn., to Feb. i, 1900; Feb. i, 1900, successively master car builder and assistant superintend ent motive power Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Office, Rocky Mt, N.C. Feb. i, 1900 to Feb. i, 1908, R.S.M.P.; Feb. i, 1908, to date, general inspector. JAMES HART LAMB, Clergyman, Was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. In 1869 he entered the P. E. Divinity school in West Philadelphia. On June 14, 1872, he was ordained deacon in Trinity church, Tren ton, N. J. At once he became rector of St. Peter s church, Clarksboro, N.J., and was there ordained priest on Dec. 3, 1873. In April, 1878, he became rector of Trinity church, Moorestown, N.J., and remained there until Easter of 1897. In the meantime he became financial secretary of the Clergyman s Retiring Fund society of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States, which position he resigned in November, 1901, and then took charge of the famous old historic church of St. Da- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 107 vid s, Radnor at Devon, Pa. Services have been held on this spot since November, 1700. The degree of doctor of divinity was conferred upon him by the University of Pittsburg, Pa. In addition to being rector of Old St. Da vid s, Dr. Lamb is also the chaplain of the St. Andrew s society, whose members are citizens of Pennsylvania, born in Scotland or of Scottish ancestry. THOMAS J. ELTON, Was born Aug. 5, 1861. Attended Oberlin college in 1878-79. Entered railway service 1887 in general office Manistee and Northeastern railroad; was elected assist ant secretary 1895; elected secretary, 1908; is also secre tary of the Buckley and Douglas Lumber company, Con- cordia Land and Timber company, Manistee Land and Timber company of Manistee, Mich., and is a director of the Triple "A" Machine company of Chicago, 111., and the Glengarry Upholstery company of Glengarry, Mich. CLYDE MELVILLE KELLY, Journalist, Lecturer and Publisher, Was born Aug. 4, 1883, in Muskingum county, Bloom- field, Ohio. He received his education in the public schools and Muskingum college, New Concord, Ohio. He taught school in Ohio, 1899-1900; engaged in news paper business in Braddock, Pa., in 1902; was editor and publisher of the Greater Braddock Leader, 1903-05; or ganized company and purchased Braddock Daily News, 1905; consolidated with Braddock Evening Herald, 1907. President of Braddock Daily News Publishing company, Inc., and managing editor of the Braddock Daily News- Herald. He was elected to the house of representatives in the state legislature in 1910 by the largest vote ever given in the district. In the 1911 session he sprang at once into prominence by his vigorous championing of progressive measures and in a few weeks became the lead- 108 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS er of the insurgent forces in the body. He introduced measures for the direct election of United States senators and the initiative and referendum for the first time in the history of the Pennsylvania legislature and the battle waged around them were the features of the session. Mr. Kelly is a republican in political faith and United Pres byterian in religious belief, and is a member of the board of trustees of the First United Presbyterian church of Braddock. He is also a member of Valetta Commandery Knights of Malta, Edgar Thomson Council, Royal Ar canum, Braddock s Field lodge, I.O.O.F., and Husband lodge, Knights of Pythias. Residence: 18 Corey street. Business address: 520 Braddock avenue, Braddock, Pa. CHARLES EDWARD WAYS, Assistant to General Freight Traffic Manager Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Was born at Frederick City, Md. Entered railway serv ice 1853, since which he has been consecutively, 1853 to 1859, telegraph operator Frederick Junction, Md., and Martinsburg, Va. ; 1859 to 1861, payroll clerk transporta tion department; 1861 to 1863, operator Baltimore and Ohio railroad and United States Military Telegraph of fice, Washington, D.C.; 1863 to 1865, chief operator Bal timore and Ohio Telegraph, Baltimore; 1865 to 1867, assistant manager United States Telegraph company, Bal timore, Md. ; 1867 to 1878, general agent Washington county branch Baltimore and Ohio railroad, Hagerstown, Md. ; 1878 to October, 1881, division freight agent main line and branches east of Ohio river Baltimore and Ohio railroad; Oct. i, 1881, to March 14, 1888, assistant gen eral freight agent; March 14, 1888, to March i, 1897, general freight agent main stem and branches and Phila delphia division same road at Baltimore; March i, 1897, to date, assistant to general freight traffic manager, same road. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 109 WILLIAM J. MULLIN, Railroad President, Was born April 28, 1863, at Milton, Pa. He was edu cated at White Hall school, Cumberland county, Pa., 1872-1878, and at Milton academy, Milton, Pa., 1879- 1881. Entered railway service in 1882 as telegraph oper ator at Pennsylvania railroad, since which he has been consecutively, April i, 1882, to Nov. i, 1883, extra agent of Eastern and Susquehanna divisions of the Philadel phia and Reading railroad and Northern Central lailroad of Pennsylvania railroad system; Nov. i, 1883, to Nov. 6, 1889, agent of Pennsylvania railroad at Selinsgrove Junction, Pa.; Nov. 6, 1889, to July 20, 1893, agent at Montgomery, Pa. ; July 20, 1893, to July i, 1897, agent of same road at Milton, Pa.; July r, 1897, to Sept. i, 1903, agent of Union line and district agent of Pennsylvania railroad at Scranton, Pa.; Sept. i, 1903, to Jan. i, 1904, southern and western agent of Delaware and Hudson company at Philadelphia, Pa.; Jan. i, 1904, to Feb. i, 190$, industrial agent of the same company at Albany, N.Y. ; Feb. i, 1905, to March i, 1907, assistant to second vice president of same company in charge of coal traffic; March i, 1907, to date, general traffic manager. ISAAC GOVERNEUR OGDEN, Vice President Canadian Pacific Railway, Was born Oct. 10, 1844, at New York, N.Y. Entered Railway service March, 1871, since which he has been consecutively, March, 1871, to 1876, paymaster and ac countant Chicago and Pacific railway; 1876 to March, 1 88 1, auditor same company under receiver; March, 1881, to July, 1883, auditor western division Canadian Pacific railway; July, 1883, to June 1887, auditor same road; June, 1887, to December, 1901, comptroller; De cember, 1901, to June, 1910, third vice-president same road; June, 1910, to date, vice-president same road. 110 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HERMAN HARTWICH, Artist and Painter, Was born July 8, 1853, in New York City. He was edu cated in the schools and academies of Jersey City, N.J.; received first instructions in drawing and painting from his father, and studied in the Royal academy at Munich, receiving a medal. His specialty is figure, landscape, portraits and animals. Since 1896 he has been located in Munich, Bavaria. He has received gold medals in Mu nich and Berlin; medals in Madrid and London; and in 1904 received a silver medal from the St. Louis exposi tion. CARLTON PRESTON PEYTON, Chief Engineer Elk and Little Kdnawha R. R., Was born Aug. 22, 1861, near Boonville, Mo. Educated at Roanoke college, Roanoke, Va., 1875-1879. Entered railway service June, 1883, since which he has been con secutively to March, 1885, rodman and assistant to resi dent engineer Danville and Western railroad; March to June, 1885, rodman Tennessee Midland railroad; June, 1885, to June, 1888, taught school; June, 1888, to March, 1890, assistant and resident engineer Lynchburg and Dur ham railroad; March, 7890, to November, 1893, resident engineer Norfolk and Western railroad; May, 1894, to January, 1903, maintained an office as civil engineer at Charleston, W. Va., during which time he had charge of location and construction of the following roads* Kel levj; Creek and Witcher s Creek branches of the Kan- awha and Michigan railroad, Charleston, Parkersburg and Western railroad (location only), Kanawha and Coal River railroad (location only), Dry Fork railroad, branch of Norfolk and Western railroad (location), Pittsburg, Bessemer and Like Erie railroad (construc tion), White Oak branch Chesapeake and Ohio railway (construction), Buffalo, Leatherwood and Little Beechy SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 111 branches of the Coal and Coke railroad; January, 1903, to August, 1905, chief engineer of the Imboden and Odell railr)ad and its successor, the Kanawha and Western Vir ginia railroad, the name having been changed on June i, 190$; August, 1905, to IOOQ, maintained an office in Charleston, W. Va u as a civil and consulting engineer; 1909 to Sept. 24, 1911, chief engineer of the Elk and Lit tle Kanawha railroad. This road is forty-five miles in length and is now under construction, and is financed by the Standard Oil company. EARL WESLEY BROWN, Railroad Manager, Was born April 7, 1871, in Waterloo, Ind. In 1887 he entered the railway service, and in 1906 became assistant trainmaster. Since 1908 he has been trainmaster of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad company at Ashtabula, O. WILLIAM HALSTED WILEY, United States Congressman from the Eighth District of New Jersey, Was born in New York City, July 10, 1842, and after preparation entered what is now the College of the City of New York in 1856, and received the degree of A.B. in 1861 ; entered the union army in the New York state vol unteers, and was mustered out in 1864 by the consolida tion of his regiment; matriculated at the Rensselaer Poly- tecnic institute, Troy, N.Y., in the fall of 1864, entering the advanced course, and graduated in 1866, receiving the degree of civil engineer; followed that profession for sev eral years, and then took a special course in mining at the Columbia college school of mines, and became superin tendent of a mine, remaining several years; at the request of his father, entered his business as a partner in 1876; 112 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS was elected to the township committee of East Orange, where he served three years, and was president of that body for one year; in the international exposition at Brus sels, in 1877, was president of one of the juries and a mem ber of the superior jury, for which he received the deco ration of the Order of Leopold from the king; was ap pointed by the governor of New Jersey a member of the commission for the Louisiana purchase exposition; was married, in 1870, to Miss Joanna King Clark; was elect ed to the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth congresses; was not a candidate for re-election to the sixtieth congress, but was nominated without opposition and elected to the sixty-first congress; and resides in East Orange, N.J. AMOS ADDISON MORSE, Special Representative Traffic Department Oregon- Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, Was born Nov. 21, 1842, at Elizabeth, N.J. Educated in the private schools. Entered railway service 1875 as clerk auditor s office Chicago and Iowa railroad, since which he has been consecutively, 1877 to 1886, agent same road at Rockford, 111.; 1886 to 1888, in manufacturing business at Nashville, Tenn. ; Sept. i, 1888, to Jan. 1,1904, contracting agent Oregon Railroad and Navigation com pany at Portland, Ore.; Jan. i, 1904, to April 30, 1906, general agent freight department; May i, 1906, to date, special representative traffic department at Portland. FRANK BROWN, Contracting Engineer, Was born in Altoona, Pa., Dec. 3, 1869; son of William H. Brown and S. A. Brown. He was educated in Prince ton university, class of 1890. He married in Middle- town, Dauphin county, Pa., Dec. 10, 1896, Edith Kendig, and they have one son : William H. Brown, born in 1899. He entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad com- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 113 pany, June, 1884, in engineering department; left the service to attend Princeton university; resumed his serv ice again in June, 1888, in engineering department; ap pointed assistant engineer of construction, October, 1890, in charge of new construction work, middle division, Pennsylvania railroad; appointed assistant supervisor Jan. n, 1893; resigned from the service of the Pennsyl vania Railroad company, June 24, 1896, and entered the employ of the Drake and Stratton company, contractors, as engineer; entered partnership with H. S. Kerbaugh in 1898 (H. S. Kerbaugh, Incorporated), doing very heavy railroad construction. He built Rockville bridge, west of Harrisburg, and New Brunswick bridge, New Bruns wick, N.J., two of the largest stone arched bridges in ex istence; also two-thirds of the new Pennsylvania railroad low grade freight line. He is director G. H. McAbee Powder and Oil company and treasurer Standard Pow der company. He is a republican in politics, and a Pres byterian in religious faith. He is a member of the Rac quet club of Philadelphia, Overbrook Golf club, Over- brook, Engineers club of New York City, Merion Crick et club and the Art club of Philadelphia. FRANK D. BIGAREL, Physician and Surgeon, Was born in Fowler, St. Lawrence county, New York, Aug. 1 6, 1860. He was educated in Ives seminary, Ant werp, N.Y., Albany Medical college, M.D., in 1900, be ing president of the graduating class; married at Ant werp, N.Y., in 1884, to Almeda Read ; has one son, Claude F., born in 1887. Engaged in medical practice at Port Leyden, N.Y., since graduation. President of the New York Tablet company; director of the Port Leyden Building and Improvement company; president of the village of Port Leyden, to which office he has been elect ed four times; has been twice nominated for member of 114 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS the assembly in Lewis county; member of the board of education, Port Leyden; member of the Lewis County Medical society. Recreations: Hunting and tishing. Member of the Knickerbocker club, Port Leyden. He is also a member of the American Civic alliance and a mem ber of the National Geographic society. Address: Port Leyden, N.Y. V. GLENN ARNETTE, Accountant, Director and Jurist, Was born April 6, 1885, in Marion county, South Caro lina. He was educated at the Union high schools, the Robeson institute, and the Massey business college of Richmond, Va. In 1907 he became connected with the Wilson Lumber company of Cades, S.C.; became officer and store manager in 1910, and was elcted secretary and treasurer of the company in 1911. He is also secretary and director of the Farmers and Merchants Drug com pany of Lake City, S.C. ; and in 1911 was appointed just ice of the peace for Williamsburg, South Carolina. REUBEN WESLEY DUNN, Manufacturer, Was born Feb. 8, 1847, in Fayette, Maine. He was edu cated in the public schools of Waterville, Maine; attend ed the Maine Wesleyan seminary at Kent s Hill, and in 1868 graduated from Colby college of Waterville, Maine. He has been vice-president and president of the Somset railway; a director in cotton and woolen manufacturing corporations; president, treasurer and manager of the Dunn Edge Tool company, and is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his community. His wife, Martha Baker Dunn, is a well known authoress and magazine writer. He is still treasurer and manager of the Dunn Edge Tool company, edge tool manufactur ers of Maine. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 115 JOHN HERMANN LOUD, Concert Organist, Was born Aug. 26, 1873, in Weymouth, Mass. He was educated in the public schools of Weymouth, attended the Berkeley school of Boston and graduated from the Thay- er academy of South Braintree, Mass. He has been or ganist and choir director in the First Congregational church at Springfield, Mass., in 1896-1900; at the Har vard church of Brookline, Mass., in 1900-05, and since 1905 has been organist and choir director in the First Baptist church of Newton Center, Mass. He is also a successful teacher of organ harmony and piano. JOHN H. CONVERSE, Manufacturer, Was born at Burlington, Vt, Dec. 2, 1840; son of Rev. John Kendrick Converse and Sarah (Allen) Converse. He was educated at the University of Vermont. He mar ried at Bay Ridge, L.I., July 9, 1873, Elizabeth Perkins Thompson. Mr. Converse was a member of the firm of Burnham, Williams and company, proprietors of the Baldwin Locomotive works, at Philadelphia until that firm was changed to a corporation in 1909, when he was president of the Baldwin Locomotive works until his death, May 3, 1910. In 1900 he was vice-moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States. He was interested in many charitable and religious concerts, was trustee of Princeton Theological seminary, and since 1893 has been a member of the Amer ican Philosophical society. Mr. Converse was a member of the Sons of the Revolution and of the Art, Manufac turers, Union league, University, Contemporary and Me- rion Cricket clubs of Philadelphia. J16 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS P. GRAY MEEK, Editor and Publisher, Was born in Half-Moon, Centre county, Pa., 1842; son of Reuben H. Meek and Mary Ann (Gray) Meek. He received a common school education. Mr. Meek married Susan M. Meek, and they have six children: Rachel Luella, Mary Gray, Elizabeth Breckenridge, George R., Eloise, and Winifred Baron. He purchased the Belle- fonte Watchman in 1861, and made it a leading, influen tial and prosperous paper. For expressing his disap proval of the action of government spies and provost mar shals who were hounding the people during the war, he was placed under arrest by the military, imprisoned in the political pen at Harrisburg, and afterward discharged "on parole" without trial or a knowledge of the charges, if any, that had been preferred. He has continued to edit and publish the paper, since 1861, making it a recognized leader among the Democratic papers of the state and an acknowledged power in the formation of party policies, as well as in the selection and support of Democratic can didates. Mr. Meek was a member of the legislature, 1868-1869-1871 and 1872; clerk of house of representa tives, 1883; member of the senate, 1891-1895; surveyor of customs, Philadelphia, 1894-1808; secretary of the dem- cratic state committee, 1872, 1883 and from 1902 to this time (1911). WILSON J. BRYANT, Lawyer, Was born in Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1873 ; son of James S. and Nancy (Wilson) Bryant; educated in the public schools in New York City and Columbia college law school, LL.B., 1892 (class historian) ; was engaged in the Otto guardianship and Walsh trusteeship before the court of appeals, Kittel bankruptcy in the United States su preme court,and in the Donohue mortgage cases and many SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 117 other important litigations in the New York state courts. Traveled in the west and south, representing mining in terests; counsel for Bronx Realty and Brokerage com pany, and other firms. Presbyterian. Deputy grand chan cellor of the Knights of Pythias; past-master of the Ma sons; member of the Webster Literary society. JOHN BAXTER BARBOUR, President Pittsburg Stock Exchange, Was born April 16, 1862, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was edu cated in the Franklin district school of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh high school. In 1881-90 he was bookkeep er for large petroleum brokers. In 1890-92 he was stock exchange representative and manager of the local depart ment of the stock and bond brokerage firm of Rea Broth ers and company, whom he succeeded in 1892 in the stock and bond brokerage business. He organized the Pitts burgh stock exchange; was one of its organizers in 1894; was its first secretary and treasurer; served six years as treasurer and four years as vice-president; and is now president of the same. In 1909 he organized the firm of John B. Barbour and company; and is now doing business under that title in the stock and bond brokerage business. He has been director of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh; director of the United States Glass company; director and treasurer of the Eleventh ward sub-district schools of Pittsburgh; and treasurer of the city repub lican executive committee of Pittsburgh. FERGUS G. FARQUHAR, Lawyer, Was born at Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 21, 184$; son of George W. Farquhar, a noted attorney of Schuylkill county (1828-1846). After a period of public school tution, he entered in 1860 the University of Virginia, but being obliged to leave there on the outbreak of the civil war, 118 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS he sought the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where he took a full course of study, graduating from its law department in 1865. He subsequently read law in the office of Hon. F. W. Hughes, and was admitted to the Schuylkill county bar in 1866. Since that date he has steadily practiced in the county courts, his practice em bracing every branch of law in the county, state and United States courts, and involving many cases of im portance. He was counsel for the Tax Payers association of Schuylkill county. JAMES CURNS BROWN, Postmaster, Was born in Miffinville, April 29, 1848; son of William N. Brown and Loretta (Yonker) Brown. He attended Dickinson seminary, graduating as A.B., first honors, class of 1868. He is a director of the White Milling com pany, and is a civil engineer by profession. He was ap pointed postmaster of Bloomsburg in 1902 and is now serving third term. Mr. Brown is a republican in pol itics, and a Methodist Episcopalian in his religious be lief, and is president of the board of trustees of the local church. He is trustee of the State Normal school, has been director of public schools for thirty-three years, and is trustee of the Joseph Ratti hospital. ALBERT ARTHUR HURD, Special Counsel Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Was born Sept. 27, 1849. Attended Northwestern uni versity, studied law at the Iowa State university and ad mitted to the bar 1870. Entered railway service 1872 as local attorney Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad for lines in western part of Kansas, since which he has consecutively 1879 to 1881, assistant attorney at Topeka, Kan.; 1881 to July, 1905, solicitor for Kansas same road; July, 1905, to date, special counsel same road. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 119 JAMES ROSS MELLON, Banker, Was born Jan. 14, 1846, in Pittsburg, Pa. He received his education in Jefferson college, Canonsburg, Pa. He married, in Leavenworth, Kan., June 3, 1867, Rachel Huey Larimer, daughter of General William Larimer, and they have three children: William Larimer, born in 1868; Thomas, born in 1880, and Lucille, born in 1890. He has been successful in banking and general business. He built and owns the Ligonier Valley railroad in West moreland county, Pa.; is president of the City Deposit bank, the Liberty Market company, and director of St. Clair Incline Place companv. He is also president of the Western Pennsylvania hospital, the Dixmont Insane hos pital, and of the Western Pennsylvania Alumni associa tion. He is trustee of Athalia Daly House for Young Working Girls ; president of the Allegheny County Train ing School and Industrial Farm, and a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. In politics he is a republican and in church relations a Presbyterian, and he is trustee of the East Liberty Presbyterian church. Mr. Mellon is a member of the Union, Golf, Duquesne, Country and Uni versity clubs of Pittsburg, and the Theta Delta Chi club of New York City. HARVEY ADAMS SURFACE, Naturalist and State Zoologist, Was born in Waynesville, Ohio, July 25, 1867; son of Daniel Surface and Maria J. (Thomas) Surface. He was graduated from Ohio State university, Columbus, Ohio, as B.S., 1891, M.S. in 1892 University of Illinois, Champaign, 111., graduate studies, Cornell university, Ithaca, N.Y. He married in Cleveland, Ohio, May 30, 1894, Ida May Bleasdale, and they have three children: Harley Bleasdale S., born in 1900; Violet May S., born in 1904; Priscilla Beatrice S., born in 1907. He was as- 120 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS sistant geologist of the Ohio State university, 1893-1894; professor of natural history, University of the Pacific, Cal ifornia, 1895-1897; graduate student and teacher in Cor nell University, 1897-1899; assistant on the United States and Pennsylvania state fish commissions, 1898-1903; di rector of nature study, Ithaca (N.Y.) public schools, 1898-1900; professor of zoology, Pennsylvania State col lege, since 1900, and state economic zoologist of Pennsyl vania, since 1903; reappointed state zoologist for a term of four year in April, 1907, and again in 1911 ; entomol ogist and ornithologist of the Pennsylvania state board of agriculture, since 1902. Mr. Surface has written exten sively on insects, birds, reptiles, fishes and mollusks and horticulture; editor of The Monthly Bulletin of the Di vision of Zoology of the Pennsylvania department of agri culture; is well known in all part of Pennsylvania, as a forceful speaker, writer and teacher. Mr. Surface is a republican in politics, and a member of the United Breth ren Church in Christ; member of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science, American Natural ist, American Ornithologists union, Wilson Ornitholog ical club, Delaware Valley Orinthological club, Associa tion of Economic Entomologists of America, Pennsylva nia Natural History society, Patrons of Husbandry, the Pennsylvania State Farmers alliance, and other societies. JAMES APPLETON MORGAN, Lawyer, Was born Portland, Me., Oct. 2, 1845; son Peyton Ran dolph (son Major Abner Morgan, of fourth regiment, Mass, continental line in war of the revolution) and Jo anna Dodge (Appleton) Morgan (daughter Brig. Gen. James Appleton, U.S.A., of war of 1812) ; educated Ra cine college, A.B., 1867, A.M., 1880, Columbia universi ty, LL.B., 1869, LL.D., 1891 ; married New Orleans, La., March 27, 1877, Olive Morse (died Jan. 14, 1895) ; two SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 121 children, died in infancy. Attorney Erie Railway com pany, 1869-71, and 1880-85; associate counsel Northern Pacific railway, 1885-88; lived in Europe (Paris, Vien na), 1872-80; practiced law in New York City; success fully defended Lambert, accused of murder on high seas, before Judge Benedict, U.S. district court, second district, N.Y., 1868, etc.; retired from active practice, 1886. Was major and judge-advocate of Washington continental guards, 1894-98. Founder New York Shakespeare so ciety, 1885, and its president, 1885-1909; presented with loving cup at Manhattan hotel, New York City, on Shakespeare s birthday, April 23, 1905, in honor of twen ty years service as president of that society; president New York and Palisade Railway company, 1885-1905, Palisade Construction company, The New York Street Cleaning and Machinery company, Shakespeare Press Publishing company, respectively. A founder and vice- president-general National Society War of 1812; presi dent New Jersey Society War 1812; treasurer, three terms, vice-president Pennsylvania Society of 1812, ten years. Author: The Shakespearean Myth; Shakespeare in Fact and in Criticism; A Study in the Warwickshire Dialect; Some Shakespearean Commentators; Digesta Shakespeareana, and other Shakespeare matter; edited the Bankside edition of Shakespeare, twenty-one volumes; The People and the Railways; The Law of Literature; also various legal works and The Morgan Family from A.D. 605 to Present Times, 1904. Republican. Episco palian. Mason. Member Order Descendants of Colonial Governors, Society Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolu tion, Aztec Club of 1827, Medico-Legal society, Maine Historical society. Recreations: Horseback exercise, automobiling, golf, tennis. Club: University. 122 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS OLIVER JOHN DECKER, Lawyer, Was born in Armstrong township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 2, 1879; son of John C. Decker and Julia (Fousel) Decker. He was graduated from Buck- nell university with the degree of bachelor of arts in 1899, and received the Latin Mathematics and English prizes at college, and from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania in the class of 1902. He was admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania, Oct. 27, 1902, and has since been engaged in a general law practice. In religious faith he is a Lutheran. During his college course he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He is a Knight Templar, a thirty-second degree Scottish rite Mason and a Shriner. He is a member of the Acacia club, the Press club and the University club, of which last club he has served two terms as president. JOSEPH STOCKTON RODDY, Clergyman, Was born in Mount Pleasant, Perry county, Pa., 1864. He was prepared for college at New Bloomfield acad emy, Perry county, Pa. He was graduated from Prince ton, as A.B., in 1891 ; was member of first revival of Olympic Games Athletic team, 1891; and is engaged as editor and newspaper correspondent; in 1894 was gradu ated from Princeton Theological seminary; received the degree of A.M. and 1908 the degree of Ph.D.; was or dained pastor of the Dexter and Earlham Presbyterian churches, June 27, 1894; was instructor in Dexter Normal college, Iowa, 1894-1896; since 1896, pastor of the Olivet Presbyterian church, Harrisburg, Pa.; from 1899 to 1905 was superintendent press work for the Pennsylvania C E. union; from 1901-1904 was editor of the Pennsylvania Endeavor. Has been a voluminous writer, both over his own name and a pen name for athletic, social and reli- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 123 gious publications. Dr. Roddy was moderator of the Pres bytery of Carlisle in 1903, a commissioner to the Penn sylvania synod in 1907, and a commissioner to the gen eral assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America at New York in 1902; organizer of "Roddy and MacWilliams," Harrisburg, December, 1908; pastor assistant Arch Street Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, Pa., since Sept. i, 1909. Co-proprietor and associate principle and business manager of the New Bloomfield academy, New Bloomfield, Pa., and president of the Penn.-Minn. Realty and Investment company of Minneapolis. Secretary Cuba Chautauqua Resort asso ciation of Varedero, Cuba, since 1907. SAMUEL F. BROTHERS, Physician, Was born in New York City, Oct. 29, 1864; son, Charles, retired lithograph printer and publisher, etc., and Mary (Eidelfeld) Brothers; educated in the public schools; graduated from the New York College of Pharmacy, Ph. G. (with honor), 1885; College of Physicians and Sur geons (Columbia university), M.D., 1890; married in New York City, April 3, 1892, to Fannie Ciner (gradu ate of Normal college, New York City, and since mar riage, of the Brooklyn Law school; children, Bertram S., born 1893 (died 1895) ; Sylvia H., born 1896 (died 1897). After graduation in pharmacy (having served as assist ant in analytical chemistry) opened his own pharmacy, until taking up medical course. Between college terms and after graduation, served as assistant pediatrist at Bellevue dispensary; assistant surgeon at Mt. Sinai hos pital dispensary; assistant ophthalmologist at German dispensary, and for briefer periods at other clinics. After graduation took charge of gyneological clinic at Beth Is rael dispensary (now at Jefferson and Cherry streets) for a time and in 1892 organized and incorporated the former 124 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Columbus dispensary, serving as gynologist for several years. One of the founders of the "American Medicine" (journal), of the Eastern Medical society of New York City, and of the former New York Post-Graduate Mid wifery school (at which he occupied the chair of profes sor of anatomy) ; was attending gyneologist at the Met ropolitan hospital and dispensary (now Beth David hos pital of New York City) . One of the founders and exec utive members and secretary of the American Medico- Pharmaceutical leageu; was a founder of the former New York County Medico-Pharmaceutical league; con tributor to current medical journals and owned and edited the Medico-Pharmaceutical Journal, 1898-1905; formerly member of the American Medical association, Mississippi Valley Medical association, New York State Medical association, New York County Medical associa tion (for one year member of the committee on legisla tion), of New York medical league, New York Society of Medicine Jurisprudence, former Medical Progress soci ety of the West Side German dispensary, and of the Med ico-Legal club. For brief periods as an examining phy sician for local lodges of Ancient Order of United Work men, Independent Order of Brith Abraham, Independent Order of Free Sons of Judah; for a short time member of the New York Typographical union No. 6 (being a com positor). Was a member of the Chinese Masons of New York City; about 1898, nominated for assembly from fourth assembly district, Manhattan, on the Good Gov ernment ticket, with the indorsement of the regular re publican organization and the independent labor party; appointed January, 1906, chief clerk of the municipal court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, sev enth district, by his brother-in-law, Justice Alexander S. Rosenthal ; member of Tyrian lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. Third vice president, Hearst Independence league of the twenty-second assembly district of Kings SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 125 county; member of the National Geographic society and of the Long Island Automobile club; formerly (for one season) member of the Neversink Fishing club, and of the former New York Playgoers , Recreation and Ama teur Photography clubs. Address, 96 New Jersey avenue, Brooklyn, NJ. GEORGE BAUGH HECKEL, Editor, Publisher and Writer, Was born in Chester county, Pa., March 13, 1858; son of Edward B. Heckel, M.D., and Harriet R. (Baugh) Heckel. He was educated at Ivy institute, Pughtown, Pa.; the academic department of Ursinus college, and the medical department of the University of Pennsylva nia and took a special course in chemistry. He married in Philadelphia, Pa., June 27, 1893, Ellie T. McCloskey, and they have three children: James Edward, born in 1894; George Victor and Francis Alfred (twins), born in 1896. During the medical course he practiced under his father and uncle; in 1881 moved to Chicago as west ern representative and correspondent of the Lockwood publications, including Musical and Dramatic Courier; and edited the United States Monthly magazine in 1882. Mr. Heckel moved to New York, 1883-1884, and helped found the American Journal of Railway Appliances, Power and Street Railway Journal (director of the com pany and associate editor and southeastern manager of the three papers), 1885, returned to Chicago and founded the Street Railway Gazette; dramatic editor of the Chi cago Photo; later literary editor of the publishing depart ment of Rand, McNally and company. He resigned in 1890, and became representative among architects for L. J. McCloskey and company (varnish), 1901, bought the Philadelphia Drug, Oil and Paint Reporter, and changed title to Drugs, Oils and Paints; of which he is still the owner, publisher and chief editor. He is a republican in politics, and a Roman Catholic in religious belief; secre- 126 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS tary of the Paint Manufacturers association of the United States, the National Varnish Manufacturers association, educational bureau of the Paint Manufacturers associa tion and the Paint Manufacturers club of Philadelphia; member of American (vice-chairman of committee Di) and International Societies for Testing Materials, Phila delphia Drug exchange, National Paint, Oil and Varnish association, Union League club, Marion Cricket club, St. David s Golf clb, Philadelphia; Chemists clubs of New York, Drug and Chemical club of New York. ERNEST LE ROY GREEN, Lawyer, Was born in Media, Pa., Aug. 4, 1881 ; son of Horace P. Green and Ida Virginia (Beatty) Green. He was grad uated from Media High school, in 1897, an ^ Swarthmore Preparatory school, 1898, received the degree of A.B. in 1902, from Swarthmore college, and the degree of LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania, with highest honors in class, in 1905. Mr. Green has been engaged in the practice of law since his graduation. He is a republican in politics. He is a member of the Delaware and Phila delphia county bars, and the bars of all the appellate courts of Pennsylvania; member of the Hare Law club, Delta Upsilon fraternity, and four alumni associations, Gentlemen s club of Media, Castanea Tennis club, Springhaven Country club, Belmont Cricket club, Me dia Athletic association, Media Fire company No. i. Mr. Green was formerly association editor and business man ager of the American Law Register, and is at present cor responding secretary of the Law Alumni association of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Media school board and secretary of that organiza tion. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 127 WALTER LAWRENCE BOGERT, Musician, Was born in Flushing, N.Y. He was educated at Flush ing institute, 1878-84; Columbia college, A.B., 1888; Co lumbia college, school of political science, A.M., 1889; Columbia law school, 1888-90; National Conservatory of Music, 1894-94 harmony, counterpoint, canon, and or chestration, under Max Spicker; Institute of Musical Ait, 1905-1909; studied singing with P. A. Rivarde, George Henscel, W. N. Burritt and A. Frem, and violin with Ed ward Mollenhauer. Admitted to New York bar in 1890; practiced law in New York City, 1890-94; became in structor of harmony at National Conservatory, 1898-1901, and at Institute of Musical Art, New York City, 1907- 1909; lecturer on music for New York City board of edu cation since 1900. Appointed lecturer on music for Uni versity Extension society, 1904-06; conductor of Mill- brook (New York) Choral society, 1902109; Flushing Choral society, 1905-06; of Amateur Concert club (New York City) chorus, 1909-10; of East Side Op eretta club, 1910-11. Musical director of People s insti tute, New York City, since 1910. President of the Fra ternal Association of Musicians of New York City, 1910- 1 1. Chairman of program committee of New York State Music Teachers association, 1911-12; member of execu tive board of the National Association of Teachers of Singing since 1909; treasurer of National Society for Promotion of Opera in English, 1911; chairman of mu sic committee of New York Association for Production of "Eager Heart." Member of admission, program and music committee of the MacDowell club. Musical di rector at the Pan-American conference of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church, Washington, D.C., 1903, and at open-air services (attended by over 30,000 people) held in honor of the archbishop of Canterbury, Washing ton, 1904. Independent in politics. Appointed by Mayor 128 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Van Wyck, trustee Queens Borough library (1900-05), reappointed by Mayor McClellan, 1906, resigned 1909, since 1901 member of the committee of three in charge of the erection of Carnegie libraries in the Borough of Queens. Member Delta Phi fraternity and MacDowell club of New York. Clubs : National Arts, Barnard, The Bohemians, and Musicians. CHARLES R. WESCOTT, General Superintendent Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway, Was born Sept. 23, 1855, at Norwich, N.Y. Educated at Norwich academy, 1865 to 1870. Entered railway service 1871, since which he has been to 1875, successively messenger and telegraph operator New York and Oswe- go Midland railroad, New York, Kingston and Syracuse railroad and Wallkill Valley railroad; 1875 to 1893, op erator, dispatcher, chief dispatcher and trainmaster New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad; 1893 to 1897, trainmaster North Hudson County (electric) railroad; 1897 to J u ly> I 93 chief dispatcher and trainmaster Southern railway at Knoxville, Tenn. ; July, 1903, to Feb ruary, 1907, trainmaster Illinois Central railroad at East St. Louis, 111.; February, 1907, to January, 1911, superin tendent Illinois Central railroad at Clinton, 111.; January, 1911, to date, general superintendent Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis railway at Springfield, 111. EDWIN M. ABBOTT, President Sagamore Club, Was born June 4, 1877, in Philadelphia, Pa. He gradu ated from the Central high school and the University of Pennsylvania; and is a successful lawyer of Philadelphia, Pa. He has been president of Bethlehem Lyceum; and a member of the Lawyers club, Century club, Young Re publicans, Law Academy and Law association, and has been a delegate to many conventions. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 129 FRANK WISTER THOMAS, Physician, Was born at Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa., April 7, 1858; son of Robert Thomas and Mary A. (Ritter) Thomas. He was educated at Germantown academy and the Central High school of Philadelphia, receiving de grees of A.B. in 1877, A.M. in 1882, and at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received the degree of M.D. in 1880. He married at Germantown, June 15, 1892, Maria G. Bedlock. Dr. Thomas is a member of the American Medical association and the State and County Medical societies; director of the Memorial Free library of Mt. Airy; member of the Medical club, Philadelphia; and White Marsh Valley clubs, and is also a director of the Pelham Trust company. E. BOSWORTH McCREADY, Physician, Was born in Allegheny, Pa., June 6, 1880. He was edu cated in Lafayette college, 1898-99; Medico-Chirugical college, graduating as M.D. in 1903. He married in Philadelphia, Nov. i, 1902, Ethelwyn Holmes of Mon treal, Canada. He engaged in the practice of medicine in Allegheny from Jan. i, 1904, to Aug. i, 1906, when he moved to Pittsburgh. He is a republican in politics, and a Protestant Episcopalian in religious faith. Dr. Mc- Cready is a member of the Allegheny County Medical society, Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, American Medical association, American Association for the Study and Education of Exceptional Children, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Theta Nu Epsilon and Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternities, Civic club, Church club of the dio cese of Pittsburgh and University club. 130 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE JAMES CHARLTON, Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago and Alton Railroad, Was born Sept. 19, 1860, at Hamilton, Ont. Educated in the public and private schools. Entered railway service 1875 as messenger boy general passenger department Chi cago and Alton railroad, since which he has been consecu tively to March, 1885, successively junior clerk, conduc tor s clerk, ticket stock clerk, rate clerk and ticket ac countant same department; March 14, 1885, to Jan. i, 1900, assistant general passenger agent, then general pas senger agent and passenger traffic manager of the same road; entire service with the Chicago and Alton railroad. AUGUSTUS CLEVELAND BROWN, Lawyer, Was born in York, Livingstone county, N.Y., October 2 3> 1839; he graduated from Williams college, A.B., 1861. Served as first lieutenant, company D, eleventh New York heavy artillery, and first lieutenant company M, and cap tain company H, fourth New York heavy artillery, in the civil war. Admitted to bar, June, 1863; successively member of the law firms of Rapallo and Spencer; Rapal- lo, Daly and Brown; Beach, Daly and Brown, and Beach and Brown; since Julv i, 1884, ^practicing alone. Inde pendent in politics. Presbyterian. Member of the New York State Bar association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Kappa Alpha fraternity, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Clubs: University, Lawyers and St. Andrews Golf. GEORGE SAMUEL BUTZ, Clergyman and Author, Was born at Allentown, Pa., Aug. 13, 1870; son of Reu ben D. Butz and Mary A. (Schwartz) Butz. He was educated in the public schools of Allentown, Pa., at Muhllenberg college, Allentown, Pa., at Franklin andi SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 131 Marshall college and the Theological seminary of the Reformed church in the United States, at Lancaster, Pa., receiving the degrees of M.A. from Muhlenberg college in 1894, and Ph.D. from the Franklin and Marshall col lege in the spring of 1907. He married at Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 26, 1893, Miss Catharine Russ, and they have three children: Harold Augustine, born in 1895; Charlemagne Alfred, born in 1902; and Catharine Heloise, born in 1910. Dr. Butz is pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, Littlestown, Pa. ; member of the Phi Gamma Delta frat ernity. In 1904 he attended the lectures of some of the most eminent professors in the universities of Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany. He has traveled extensively in Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, England and Scotland. Dr. Butz is the author of works of recognized merit: The Rise of Modern European Spirit, The Pre-Reformation Age, in Its Social, Scientific and Literarv Aspects, published by Sherman, French and company, Boston, Mass. EDWARD TRUMBULL LEE, Theologian and Author, Was born April ij, 1851;, in New Haven, Conn. He was educated at the College Grammar school of Brooklyn, N.Y., attended Williams college and the Union Theolog ical seminary of New York. He has filled pastorates in the Presbvterian church in Portland, Pueblo, Cincinnati nnd Philadelphia, and since 1006 has been pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Wilkinsburg Station, Pitts- burg, Pa. He is the author of Sheaf of Wheat; The Mind of the Master; God s Plan of a Christian: John Knox, Biographical; Brief History of the Making of English Bible, and other works. 132 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILSON EYRE, Architect, Was born in Florence, Italy, Oct. 30, 1858; son of Wilson Eyre and Louisa (Lear) Eyre. His early education was obtained in Italy, and later in the schools of Newport, R. I., Lenoxville, Canada, and Woburn, Mass.; and he took a special course in architecture in the Massachusetts In stitute of Technology, in 1876. He was associated with James P. Sims, architect, from 1876 to 1881; and since then he has been engaged in independent practice. He has been architect of many prominent buildings in New York City and Philadelphia, having offices in both cities. Among his works are the Detroit Club building, Detroit, and buildings for the Newcomb Memorial college, New Orleans, and many others. Mr. Eyre is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the American Social Science association, and a member of the T-Square club, and the Philadelphia Art club of Philadelphia. ARTHUR LESTER BYRON-CURTISS, Clergyman and Author, Was born in Frankfort, N.Y., Nov. 29, 1871. He was ed ucated at St. Andrews Collegiate institution, Syracuse, N.Y., and General Theological seminary, of New York City, 1890-94; member of St. Paul s cathedral, Syracuse. June u, 1896, married Wilhelmina Mary Hossfelt, of Rome, N.Y. ; children, Helen Eva, born July 22, 1897; Joseph Gustavus, born Sept. 12, 1899; Catherine Cecilia, born Aug. 28, 1906. Ordered deacon, 1892; priest, 1896, by Bishop Huntington, in the Episcopal church. Rector Christ church, Forestport, N.Y., 1892-93; assistant at St. George s church, Newburgh, N.Y., 1893-94; since 1894 rector of St. Joseph s church, Rome, N.Y. Author of Life and Adventures of Nat Foster, Trapper and Hunter of the Adirondacks, 1897; Mystery of the Ice Cave Mountani, 1899; The Church and Socialism, 1903; The SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 133 Mohawk Valley a Channel of Civilization, 1904; Apol ogia Pro Ritu, 1904; Societies for the Prevention of Cru elty, 1907. Member of the forty-first company, national guard, Syracuse, N.Y., 1890-94. President of the Gus- tavus Swan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil dren, of Rome, N.Y., since 1897; director Stevens Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of Rome, N.Y. Member of the United States volunteer life-saving corps and commodore of Utica (N.Y.) district; member of S. A. R. Chaplain of the New York Custodial asylum, Rome, N.Y., since 1895. Socialist; candidate for con gress from the twenty-seventh New York district on so cialist ticket, 1906 and 1908. SAMUEL MORSE FELTON, President Chicago and Alton Railway, Was born Feb. 3, 1853 at Philadelphia, Pa. Entered rail way service August, 1868, since which he has been con secutively to 1870, rodman Chester Creek railroad; 1870 to 1871, leveler and assistant engineer Lancaster railroad; summer of 1872, engineer in charge surveys Chester and Paoli railroad; 1873 to 1874, chief engineer Chester and Delaware River railroad; August, 1874, to September, 1881, general superintendent Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis railway; September, 1881, to January, 1882, general superintendent Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis, Little Miami and Cincinnati and Muskingum Val ley railroads; January, 1882, to February, 1884, general manager New York and New England railroad; Febru ary to November, 1884, assistant to president New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad, in special charge New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad; November, 1884, to January, 1885, general manager New York, Pennsyl vania and Ohio railroad; January to October, 1885, vice- president New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad company, in charge traffic department; October, 1885, to 134 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS November, 1890, first vice-president same road, in charge of traffic and operating department; Nov. 21, 1890, to March, 1892, president East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railway Nov. 21, 1890, to October, 1899, presi dent, and March, 1893, to October, 1899, also re ceiver Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific rail way; November, 1890, to 1895, also president Alabama Great Southern railroad; Oct. 14, 1893, to Feb. i, 1900, also receiver Kentucky and Indiana Bridge company; June i, 1897, to Sept. 7, 1899, also receiver Columbus, Sandusky and Hocking railroad; Sept. 7, 1899, to Dec. 12, 1907, president Chicago and Alton railway, Chicago and Alton railroad; Joliet and Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago, and Louisiana and Missouri River railroad; Dec. 26, 1907, to March i, 1909, president Mex ican Central railway; June i to Oct. i, 1909, chairman board Tennessee Central railroad; Aug. i, 1909, to date, president Chicago Great Western railroad. JAMES D. LAW, Author and Business Man, Was born at Lumsden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, April 6, 1865. He was educated in the public schools of his na tive village. He married in Scotland in 1886, Agnes Duff, and they have five surviving children : Duff C., born in 1887; Estella Maria, born in 1891 ; America, born in 1896; Russell Gordon, born in 1899, and Evelyn Agnes, born in 1901. He emigrated to the United States in May, 1886; was employed as bookkeeper in Camden, N.J., to 1890, then connected with the J. F. Portuondo Cigar Manufacturing company as correspondent and secretary until 1898; after that with the Havana Cigar company, Lancaster, Pa., until 1902; in Europe on important edu cational missions, 1903-1904; connected with F. W. Woolworth and company, 1904-1907; on the staff of the Philadelphia Record, 1907-1908; since then most of his SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 135 time has been devoted to inventions relating to moving pictures, in conjunction with his son, Duff C. Law. Mr. Law is not a professional, but an occasional writer, and is author of: "Dreams o Hame"; "The Seashore of Bo hemia"; "Lancaster, Old and New"; "Here and There in Two Hemispheres," etc. He is internationally recog nized as an authority on Burnsiana and general Scottish literature. He traveled extensively in the United States and the British Isles. Inventor of Law s universal time clock, that tells time synchronically in the world s chief cities. Founder and secretary of tne Motion Poster com pany of America; director of United Five and Ten Cent Stores company, etc. Mr. Law is an independent demo crat in politics. JOHN RANDOLPH MICHAELS, Division Superintendent, Was born March 19, 1859, at South Durham, Me. En tered railway service 1871 as telegraph operator Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, since which he has been consecutively to 1881, station agent, train dispatcher, su perintendent s clerk, chief dispatcher and trainmaster same road; 1881 to 1886, chief train dispatcher Minneap olis and St. Louis railway; 1886 to 1888, train dispatcher Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City railway, now the Chi cago Great Western railway; 1888 to 1902, train dispatch er and superintendent telegraph St. Paul and Duluth rail road 1902 to 1903, superintendent Tennessee Central railroad; August, 1903, to March, 1905, assistant superin tendent Minnesota division Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railway; March, 1905, to Nov. i, 1910, division superintendent same road at Thief River Falls, Minn.; Nov. i, 1910, to date, Superior, Wis. 136 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ALMY DOREMUS HAYES, Theologian and Author, Was born May 17, 1863, in Russelville, Ohio. He has re ceived the degrees of A.B. and A.M. from the Ohio Wes- leyan university, and the degrees of Ph.D. and S.T.B. from Boston university. He also studied in Berlin and Leipzig, and received the degree of LL.D. from the Mis souri Wesleyan university. In 1887-88 he filled a pastor ate in San Leandro, Cal. ; in 1888-91 was professor of Greek language and literature in the university of the Pa cific, and in 1892-95 filled a pastorate in Napa, Cal. In 1896-1901 he was professor of the English Bible; exege sis since 1901 ; and librarian since 1906 of the Garrett Bib lical institute of the Northwestern university. He wrote monographs for the Book of Acts, The Revival Its Pow er and Its Perils; and numerous articles in the Encyclo pedia Americana and other Biblical works. JAY MANUEL WHITHAM, Mechanical Engineer, Was born in Warren, 111., Aug. 24, 1858; son of John and Caroline A. Whitham. He was graduated in marine engineering and naval architecture, 1881, and again in 1883 from the United States Naval academy (A.M., St. John s college, Annapolis, Md. ; C.E. and M.E., Arkan sas Industrial university). He married, 1883, Rebekah Emmet Dashiell. He remained in the engineering corps of the navy till 1886; has been consulting engineer in steam and hydraulics in Philadelphia since 1891. Mr. Whitham is a member of the American Society of Me chanical Engineers, American Society of Naval Archi tects and Marine Engineers, American Society of Naval Engineers, New England Water Works association. He is author of Steam Engine Design, .1889; Constructive Steam Engineering, 1891, and is contributor of engineer ing papers to technical journals and proceedings. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 137 ROBERT SAMUEL LOGAN, Railroad President, Was born Feb. 13, 1864; at St. Louis, Mo. He was edu cated in the public schools at St. Louis. Entered railway service in 1885, since which he has been consecutively, to Dec. i, 1890, clerk in the office of general manager Wa- bash, St. Louis and Pacific railway; Dec. i, 1890, to July i, 1896, secretary to general manager Wabash railroad, successor to the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific railway; July i, 1896, to Jan. i, 1901, secretary to general manager Grand Trunk railway; Jan. i to March 15, 1901, assist ant to general manager same road; March 15, 1901, to March 17, 1902, vice president and general manager Cen tral Vermont railway; March 17, 1902, assistant to second vice president Grand Trunk railway; Jan. i, 1910, as sistant to president Grand Trunk and Grank Trunk Pa cific railway; Oct. i, 1911, vice president. EDWIN M. RINE, Superintendent Scranton Division Delaware, Lackaivan- na and Western Railroad, Was born Sept. 4, 1867. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service 1886 as telegraph operator Penn sylvania lines west of Pittsburg, since which he has been consecutively, 1887 to 1889, operator Pittsburg and West ern railroad at Allegheny, Pa.; 1889 to 1890, train dis patcher same road; January to August, 1890, train dis patcher South Carolina railroad at Charleston, S.C.; Au gust 1891, to 1892, train dispatcher Cleveland Terminal and Valley railroad at Cleveland, O. ; 1892 to 1895, chief dispatcher same road; 1894 to Oct. 10, 1899, also chief dispatcher Akron division Baltimore and Ohio railroad; 1895 to O ct - IO > ^99, also trainmaster same division, same road, and chief dispatcher Cleveland Terminal and Val ley railway; Oct. 10 to Dec. i, 1899, train dispatcher Del- ware, Lackawanna and Western railroad at Scranton, Pa.; 138 Dec. i, 1899, to Aug. 18, 1900, trainmaster same road; Aug. 1 8 to Dec. i, 1900, acting division superintendent; Dec. i, 1900, to March 15, 190$, superintendent Scranton division, same road, at Scranton, Pa.; March 15, 1908, to Dec. i, 1910, superintendent, Morris and Essex divi sion, same road, at Hoboken, N.J.; Dec. i, 1910, to date, assistant general superintendent, same road, at Scranton, Pa. CHARLES S. LEVI, Rabbi j Was born May 20, 1868, in London, England. He was educated in Boston, New York City and Cincinnati, and in 1889 graduated with the degree of B.A. In 1889-98 he was associate rabbi in the Plum Street temple, and also at the same time was assistant professor of history in Union college. In 1890-98 he was secretary of the Central con ference of American rabbis, and 1890-98 was also editor and compiler of conference year books. In 1899-1909 he was treasurer of the Central conference of American rab bis, and in 1905-11 was a member of the board of edu cation of Peoria, 111. Since 1898 he has been a rabbi of his church in Peoria, 111. THOMAS L. HICKS, Ex-Postmaster, Was born in Philadelphia, Feb. 18, 1852. He was edu cated in the public schools and afterward worked with his father in the plumbing business. In 1877 he was made receiver for the West Philadelphia Passenger Railway company, and in 1881 secretary and superintendent of the Fifth Street Market company. He early became inter ested in republican party affairs, and in 1884 was elected to the common council of the city, being returned at every election until 1895, when he resigned to accept the post of chief of the bureau of highways, under the director of public works. In this position he proved a very efficient public servant, making radical changes in the manage- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 139 ment of the bureau and bringing it from a state of disor der and confusion to that of a smooth running branch of the city administration. In 1897 he was appointed post master of the city of Philadelphia, holding this respon sible position until 1902. ABRAM JESSE DITTENHOEFER, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born March 17, 1836, in Charleston, S.C. He grad uated from Columbia college at the head of his class. In 1857 ne began the practice of law in New York City. In 1858 he was nominated for justice of the city court, and was later appointed judge of that court and served one term, declining renomination. In 1864 he was elected Lincoln elector, and declined the position of United States judge for South Carolina offered to him by President Lincoln. In 1866 he was a delegate to the republican na tional committee, and for twelve years was chairman of the general republican central committee. He has been prominent in many corporations and commercial cases as counsel, and is a recognized authority on the law relating to the drama and the stage. WILL ALBERT TERRY, Railroad Manager, Was born March 20, 1864. He entered railway service in 1879 as telegraph operator, Canada Southern railway, since which he has been consecutively, 1880 to January, 1883, in train dispatcher s office, Ft. Wayne and Jackson railroad at Jackson, Mich.; January, 1883, to September, 1884, with freight department, Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad at Marietta, Ohio; September, 1884, to July, 1885, train dispatcher, same road, at Cambridge, Ohio; 1885 to February, 1886, ticket agent at Marietta, Ohio; February, 1886, to September, 1890, out of service; Sep tember, 1890, to January, 1891, in master car builder s of fice, Pittsburgh and Western railroad; January, 1891, to 140 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS May, 1895, commercial agent of Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad at Pittsburgh, Pa., and also commercial agent for the Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie railroad for the year preceding May, 1895; May, 1895, to September, 1897, commercial agent, Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day ton railway, and Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling rail way, at Pittsburgh; September, 1897, to J anuarv ? J 9O3, assistant general freight agent of Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad, Pittsburgh, Pa.; January, 1903, to January, 1910, general freight agent, same road; January, 1910, to date, assistant freight traffic manager, New York Cen tral lines, west, at Chicago, 111. SYLVESTER J. O SULLIVAN, Vice President Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Was born in Prescott, Ont, Canada, June 19, 1846. He was educated in common schools and R. C. Separate school, Prescott; was married March 23, 1893; his wife died July i, 1899; settled in New York in November, 1865; was successful commercial traveler for over twenty years. Upon withdrawing from the road he entered upon various enterprises in New York City. He has been man ager of the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty company since its inception. He is a democrat; Roman Catholic; be longs to the Democratic, Manhattan (treasurer for many years, and City Lunch clubs. JOSEPH R. DOWNING, Hanker, Was born in Downingtown, Pa., May 26, 1841; son of Charles Downing and Ann (Trimble) Downing. He at tended The Friends Boarding school at Westtown, Pa., from 1852 to 1857. He was cashier of the Downingtown National bank from 1863 to 1889, and has been its presi dent since 1889. He is a republican in politics, and a member of the Society of Friends. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 141 EDWARD BRIGGS BOYNTON, President American Real Estate Company, Was born in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 28, 1866. He was ed ucated in the public and high schools of Hartford, Conn. He engaged in the real estate business in 1896 and was councilman in 1897-1899, and alderman in 1899-1901 of Hartford, Conn. He was grand regent of the grand coun cil of Royal Arcanum, state of Connecticut, 1904-1905. He is a member of St. John s lodge, Masons; Washington Commandery, Knights of Templar, Sphinx temple (shrine) ; B. H. Webb council, Royal Arcanum, all of Hartford, Conn. Clubs: Union League and Dunwoodie Country. LOUIS OMER GENEST, General Storekeeper Western Lines Canadian Pacific Railway, Was born Feb. 16, 1856, at St. Henri, County Levis, Que bec, Canada. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service May 4, 1882, since which he has been con secutively to June i, 1882, laborer Canadian Pacific rail way; June i to Sept. i, 1882, delivery clerk; Sept. i, 1882, to March i, 1883, receiving clerk; March i, 1883, to March 16, 1885, store foreman; March 16, 1885, to Oct. i, 1892, assistant storekeeper; Oct. i, 1892, to Jan. i, 1905, storekeeper; Jan. i, 1905, to date, general storekeeper, western lines; entire service with the Canadian Pacific railway. JAMES D. MCDONALD, Assistant General Passenger Grand Trunk Railway, Was born Aug. 27, 1855. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service 1868 as messenger Grand Trunk railway, since which he has been consecutively, 1870 to 1875, assistant ticket agent at Toronto, Ont. ; 1875 to 1896, ticket agent at Buffalo, N.Y. ; 1896 to May, 1902, city passenger and ticket agent at Buffalo; May, 1902, to 142 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS March, 1911, district passenger agent at Toronto; March i, 1911, to date, assistant general passenger agent, Chica go; entire service with the Grand Trunk railway; Janu ary, 1900, to May, 1902, also secretary Buffalo passenger committee; December, 1889, to May, 1902, also secretary Buffalo westbound passenger commitee. ISRAEL SMITH CLARE, Historian, Was born near Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 24, 1847. He was educated in the public schools of Lancaster county, Pa., and State Normal school at Millersville, Pa. He was the national party candidate for congress in 1878. He married at Mount Joy, Pa., Feb. 12, 1896, Mrs. Louisa Williams. Mr. Clare spent his early life in educational work in public schools and has since engaged in literary work, contributing to newspapers and magazines. He is the author of: Illustrated Universal History, 1876; Com plete Historical Compendium, 1884; Unrivaled History of the World (five volumes), 1890; Illustrated History of All Nations (fifteen volumes), 1906; History of the Brit ish-Boer War, 1900; Brief History of the Human Race, 1912; editor in chief and historical editor Cram s Mag azine (Chicago), 1899-1901; and editor of the Rostrum Magazine (Lancaster, Pa.), 1901-1902; contributed his torical maps to Cram s Universal Atlas and Cram s An cient and Modern Atlas, and to the Werner company s edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica; contributed to Landis s Life of Blaine (1884) and Brief Historv of Lan caster County, Pa. (1892); Member of the American Historical Association and of the National Geographic society. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 143 WASHINGTON ATLEE BURPEE, Seedsman, Was born at Sheffield, N.B., April 5, 1858; son of David and Ann C. (Atlee) Burpee, and grandson of Dr. Wash ington L. Atlee of Philadelphia. He was brought to Philadelphia by his parents in his childhood and was ed ucated in the Friends Central school and University of Pennsylvania. He married in Philadelphia, in 1892, Blanche Simons, and they have three children: David, born in 1893; Washington Atlee, Jr., born in 1894; an d Stuart Alexander, born in 1900. Mr. Burpee started in the seed business in 1876, and had two partners, but in 1878 he embarked alone under the name of W. Atlee Burpee and company, which business he has continued ever since, making the enterprise one of the largest and most successful in the seed business. Mr. Burpee is also director of the Market Street National bank, the North ern Trust companv, the Caldwell Land and Lumber com pany, and the Coalgate company. He was formerly pres ident of the American Seed-Trade association; is a direc tor of the Wholesale Seedmen s league; is vice-president of the National Sweet Pea societv of Great Britain; and ex-president of the National Sweet Pea societv of Amer ica; member of the Trades league of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia board of trade. He is a trustee of the Howard hospital, the Sanitarium association, and the Na tional Farm school; president of the Canadian society of Philadelphia, and a life member of the Roval Horticul tural societv of Great Britain, and of the Societe National Horticulture de France. Mr. Burpee is a republican in politics. He is a member of the Union League of Phila delphia, the Art. University, Citv. Racquet, Bachelor s Barge and Poor Richard clubs of Philadelphia, The Me- rion Cricket club, and the Nation Arts, City and Sphinx clubs of New York City. 144 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS AUGUSTA E. STETSON, Christian Science Teacher and Practioner, Was born in Waldoborough, Me., daughter of Peabody and Salome (Sprague) Simmons. She was educated in high school, Damariscotta, Me., Lincoln academy, New castle, Me., Blish School of Oratory, Boston, Mass., Met aphysical college, Boston, degree Christian science doc tor (C.S.D.) 1884; married in Damariscotta, Me., Capt. F. J. Stetson (now deceased). Began practice of Chris- tion science healing in Boston, 1884; preached on alter nate Sundays for Mrs. Eddv in the Mother Church, then occupying Chickering Hall, Boston, 1885; sent to New York by Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, 1886; organized First Church of Christ, scientist, New York City, 1887; ap pointed pastor, 1888, and first reader, 1895, when title of office was changed in all Christian Science churches; was and continues to be principal, New York City Christian Science institute, chartered 1891; raised $1,250,000 to build First Church of Christ, scientist, New York City, and dedicated it, free of debt, 1903. After twenty-five years of personal service in this church, she continues to be an active teacher and practitioner and spiritual head of the First Church of Christ, scientist New York City. Author ol book entitled, "Teaching and Practice in Christian Science as Taught by Mary Baker Eddy," also of book of "Poems," 1901. ROBERT M. COYLE, Fire Insurance Broker, Was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 17, 1860; son of James Huston Coyle and Susan (McCurdy) Coyle. He was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania. He married in Philadel phia, Jan. 25, 1902, Margaret, daughter of William Ivins. Mr. Coyle is known in fire insurance circles as the Wana- maker insurance broker, and twice a member of the exec utive committee of the Philadelphia Fire Underwriters SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 145 association. Mr. Coyle is a republican in politics, and a Presbyterian elder; member of the Philadelphia Board of Fire Underwriters, Chicago Board of Fire Underwrit ers, New York Fire Insurance Exchange, and British Fire Prevention committee of London, director of First Penny Saving bank of Philadelphia, and Independence Trust company, and member Union League, Racquet, Country, Down Town, and Bachelor Barge and Manufacturers of Philadelphia and Lawyers of New York. Residence: 1936 Locust street. ROBERT BURTON RODNEY, Union War Officer of the Navy, Was born Oct. n, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1862 he was appointed from Pennsylvania to the pay corps of the United States navy, and from that time was actively engaged in the civil war. He is a commander in the pay corps on the retired list, and claims to be de jure with the few other survivors of his class, having the rank of rear admiral. In earlv youth he wrote "Alboin and Rosa mond" and "Pav Dav at Babel," two volumes of verse. He copvrighted, in 1882, "The Original Limiting of For tunes Idea," eventually approved by President Roose velt; also, in 1904, the original bill to insert the name of God in the federal constitution. He is a writer of briefs in various public matters before congress, and has con ducted several practical philanthropies. MARLIN EDGAR OLMSTED, United States Congressman from the Eighteenth District of Pennsylvania, Was born in Ulvsses township, Potter county, Pa. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and subsequently attended Coudersport academy. Received the honorary degree of doctor of laws from Lebanon Valley college in 1903, and from Dickinson col- 146 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS lege in 1905. He is one of the leading lawyers of Penn sylvania, and has served as a member of select council of Harrisburg, Pa., and was elected delegate to a convention to revise the state constitution, which convention, how ever, was not held; has been counsel of his city; president and general counsel for the Beech Railroad company; also president of the Buffalo and Susquehana Railroad company. He is, or has been,, counsel for the Lehigh Valley Railroad company; the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company; Delaware and Hudson Canal company; Lehigh Coal and Navigation company; the Western Union Telegraph company, and many other corporations. He was a member of the fifty-fifth, fifty- sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fiftv-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a republican. He was re-elected to the sixty-first congress from the eighteenth district of Pennsylvania for the term of 191 1-13 ; and resides in Har risburg, Pa. WILLIAM HENRY HUBBARD, Clergyman and Publisher, Was born April 16, 1851, in Clark county, Kentucky. In 1871 he received the decree of A.B. from Amherst; in 1871-72 was a student in Andover Theological sem inary; in 1874 graduated from Princeton Theological seminary; and subsequently received the degree of D.D. from Berea college of Kentucky. He has filled pastorates in the Presbvterian church in Rutland and Merrimac, Mass.; in i88c-86 in Holyoke, Mass.: and since 1886 in Auburn, N.Y. In 1903-05 he was publish er of the Gospel Message; and in 1906-1000 was secretary of the general assembly s committee on systematic bene ficence of the Presbvterian church. In 1906-07 he was commissioner of charities of Auburn, N.Y. ; and in 1909 was editor and publisher of the Weekly Bulletin of the executive commission. 147 CHARLES M. KURTZ, Director of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy in 1905-1909, Was born in New Castle, Pa. He was editor of the Acad emy Notes, and his full biography can be found in Who s Who in New York. He died March 21, 1909, in Buf falo, N. Y. JOHN RUTLEDGE ABNEY, Lawyer, Was born in Edgefield county, S.C., 1850; son James M. and Martha (Livingston) Abney; graduate Wofford col lege, S.C., A.B., 1870, later A.M.; finished education Bonn university, Germany; married Washington, D.C., Nov. 21, 1896, Mary Lloyd Pendleton, daughter Hon. George H. Pendleton, former United States senator from Ohio and United States minister to Germany. Practicing law in South Carolina until 1883; since then before fed eral and state courts in New York. Was state solicitor in South Carolina before removing to New York in 1883 ; was on the staff of Gov. Wade Hampton of South Caro lina, delegate from South Carolina to national demo cratic convention, Cincinnati, 1880, and member of com mittee to notify its candidate of his nomination. Demo crat; Episcopalian. Member Association Bar City of New York; member S. R., Southern society (former president), Leicestershire Archaeological society of Eng land, Virginia Historical society, South Carolina His torical society. Clubs: Metropolitan, Church, Derby shire Archaeological and New York Golf. ISAAC H. ALBRIGHT, Clergyman, Was born in West Fairview, Pa., April 9, 1853. He was educated in the common schools, two select schools and Lebanon Valley college, Annville, Pa., receiving the de gree of A.B. in 1876, A.M. in 1879, and Ph.D. in 1892. 148 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS He married in Derry Church, Pa., Feb. 15, 1873, Cath erine A. Uhler, and they have five children: John W., born in 1873; Mary Bertha, born in 1875; George H., born in 1879; William O., born in 1886, and Isaac H., born in 1893. He entered the ministry in 1876, serving in Manheim, Pa., for three years; Florin, Pa., three years; Mt. Wolf, three years ; First church, York, Pa., five years ; Baltimore district as presiding elder, four years; Dallas- town, Pa., five years; Shamokin, Pa., three years; Zion church, Reading, Pa., two years; New Holland, Pa., in which he is now serving a sixth year. Dr. Albright has edited the True Believer, and also delivered illustrated lectures on "The Pioneers and Landmarks of the United Brethren Church," "The Battle of Gettysburg," "Christ in Art," and a number of others. He is the author of a book recently published, entitled "Landmark History of the United Brethren Church." He is anti-saloon in pol itics, and a member of the United Brethren church; mem ber of the Pennsylvania German society; conference his torical secretary; member of the general church erection board ; trustee of Lebanon Valley college and secretary of the board ; member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel ( lows, Ancient and Illustrious Order of Knights of Malta, and Junior American Mechanics. Address: J. H. Al bright. CRAIG RIDGWAY, Machinist, Was born in Monmouth county, N.J., July 17, 1829; son of Andrew Craig Ridgway and Eliza (Bishop) Ridg- way. He received his education in Morristown Acade my, N.J. He married in Bordentown, N.J., Jan. 29, 1852, Susan B. Hance, and they have five children: Wil liam H., born June 20, 1856; Andrew C. Ridgway, born Sept. 30, 1860; Eliza R. Baker, born Aug. 5, 1858; Ellis B. Ridgway, born Sept. 22, 1869, and Shessie W., born SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 149 June 13, 1872. He resided in Bordentown, N.J., 1852- 1863; resident of Coatesville, Pa., since 1862. Mr. Ridg- way was a member of the council, Coatesville borough, for several years; also school director of Coatesville bor ough, treasurer >f the school fund of Coatesville for twenty-eight year_ r president and treasurer of Craig Ridgway and Sons company; superintendent of public schools of Bordentown, N.J., for seven years; school di rector of Coatesville, forty-three years; also one of the charter members of Coatesville borough. He is a repub lican in politics, and a member of the Society of Friends in religious views. AARON EZRA GOBBLE, Educator, Clergyman and Philologist, Was born in Penn township, near Millheim, Centre coun ty, Pa., Feb. 14, 1856; son of Samuel and Sarah (Wil- laman) Gobble. He was educated in the public schools of Gregg township, Centre county, in Penn Hall acade my, and in Franklin and Marshall college, where he was graduated as A.B. in 1879, and A.M. in 1882; and he re ceived the degree of D.D. from Lebanon Valley college, June 20, 1892. He married in Pottsville, Pa., July 27, 1882, Katharine Krauskop, and they have one daughter: Sarah Grace, born Nov. 10, 1899. Dr. Gobble was pro fessor of Latin and Greek at Union seminary, New Ber lin, Pa., August to December, 1879, and its principal from 1880 to 1887, when the seminary became Central Pennsyl vania college, of which he was president, 1887-1902 ; since then he has been professor of Latin and Hebrew and sec retary of the faulty at Albright college. He was or dained minister of the United Evangelical church, and preaches and lectures in addition to work at college. Dur ing the summer of 1906 Dr. Gobble traveled in Europe, including Azores Islands, Gibraltar, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, France, and England. While in New 150 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Berlin he was school director for six years and chief bur gess for five years. He was secretary for four years, for Pennsylvania, of the American Society of Religious Edu cation. Dr. Gobble is a member of Union Lodge of Odd Fellows and is past grand and past district deputy grand master in the same order. A. MAYNARD LYON, Philanthropist, Was born in Brandon, Vt. He was educated in the high school at Brandon, Vt., and married Ann Maria Collins of Newton, Mass., in 1846. She died, and he married again. For many years he was a real estate dealer in New York, and A. T. Stewart, John Jacob Astor and other noted men as regular clients. Principal builder and first president of Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax rail road, which he financed; an extensive traveler; manager for fifty-six years, president from 1865 to 1872 and since 1890 of the Northwestern Medical dispensary of New York; member of the New York City Association for Improving the Condition r,f the Poor, from 1850 to 1868, and chairman and treasurer twenty-second ward commit tee, same. Member of New York City union defense committee to disburse city fund of $3,500,000 to families of needy union soldiers. For many years an official of Forty-second Street Presbyterian church. Now engaged in literary work as an author, and is a member of the Au thors club of London, England. He is author of The Inspiring Refrain"; "Holy Waves"; "Jewels"; "The Tolling Bell" and fugitive poems and hymns published in religious periodicals. At the present time he is en gaged in writing an epic poem entitled, On the Waves of the Wilderness." SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 151 J. C. STUART, Railroad Vice President, Was employed on the Chicago and Northwestern railway and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway from 1880 to March i, 1900; from January, 1888, to June, 1890, was chief train dispatcher, west division, Chicago and Northwestern railway; June, 1890, to June, 1892, as sistant superintendent, same division; June, 1892, to Feb. i, 1898, superintendent Galena division; Feb. i, 1898,10 March i, 1900, general superintendent Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway; March i, 1900, to Sep tember, 1901, general superintendent middle and north western divisions Baltimore and Ohio railroad; Sep tember, 1901, to December, 1902, general superintendent transportation, same road, at Baltimore; Jan. i, 1903, to Jan. i, 1904, general superintendent Erie railroad at Cleveland; Jan. i, 1904, to Nov. 23, 1910, general man ager, and on Nov. 23, 1910, was elected vice president and general manager. Mr. Stuart is also vice president and general manager of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad company, and a director of the Ber gen County Railroad company, the Erie and Black Rock Railroad company, the Hackensack and Lodi Railroad company, the Lake Keuka Navigation company, the Mid- dleton, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad company, the Niagara River and Erie Railroad company, the Southern Tier Development company, and the Suffern Railroad company. L. L. McCLESKEY, Railroad Manager, He entered railway service 1875, since which he has been consecutively to 1877, soliciting agent Port Royal rail road; 1877 to 1 88 1, traveling agent Atlantic Coast line; 1881 to 1883, soliciting agent Atlanta and Charlotte Air line; 1883 to 1886, assistant general freight and passenger 152 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS agent Atlantic and Charlotte Air line division Richmond and Danville railroad; 1886 to 1893, division freight and passenger agent Richmond and Danville railroad at At lanta, Ga. ; June, 1894, to Feb. 22, 1897, general agent Southern railway at Atlanta; Feb. 22, 1897, to Nov. i, 1898, commercial agent same place; Nov. i, 1898, to date, division freight agent same road at Atlanta; assistant gen eral freight agent Southern railway since June i, 1911. JESSE WALKER POTTS, Numismatic, Was born in Albany, N.Y., Nov. 4, 1848; son of Jesse Charles and Eunice U. (Walker) Potts; educated at Wrightson school, Albany academy^ Harvard, A.B., 1865 (Phi Beta Kappa) and A.M.; unmarried. Republican. Episcopalian; vestryman St. Peter s church, Albany. Life member American Numismatic society; member Circle of Friends of the Medallion; life Fellow American Geo graphical society; member American Museum of Natu ral History; life member National Geographical society; governor Albany hospital; trustee Albany Medical col lege; trustee and vice president Home for Aged Men; director Albany Institute and Historical and Art society. Collector of American coins and medals. Belongs to Fort Orange, University (Albanv) and Harvard (New York City) clubs. W. W. DANIEL, Was born Dec. 2, 1854, at Worthington, O. Entered rail way service May, 1872, since which he has been consecu tively to March, 1876, clerk freight office Pittsburg, Cin cinnati and St. Louis railway at Columbus, O. ; March, 1876, to Sept. i, 1883, clerk general freight office Colum bus and Hocking Valley and Columbus and Toledo rail ways; Sept. 3 to Dec. i, 1883, assistant general freight agent Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railway; SUCCESSFUL AMEEICANS 153 December, 1883, to Nov. 24, 1889, general freight and passenger agent Columbus and Eastern railroad, later the Columbus, Shavvnee and Hocking railway; Nov. 24, 1889, to Januarv, 1894, general freight and passenger agent Columbus, Shawnee and Hocking Valley railway; Nov. i, i892 A to January, 1894, also general freight and passenger agent Sandusky and Columbus Short Line rail way; January, 1894, to Nov. 15, 1895, general freight and passenger agent Columbus, Sandusky and Hocking rail road; Nov. 15, 1895, to Feb. I, 1896, general freight agent same road; Feb. i to Dec. i, 1896, out of service; Dec. i, 1896, to June i, 1897, general freight agent Co lumbus, Sandusky and Hocking railroad; June i, 1897, to Aug. i, 1899, general freight and passenger agent same road; Aug. i, 1899, to March, 1902, coal and coke agent Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Columbus, O. ; resigned to accept position with the Columbia company at Colum bus, O. MARIETTA HOLLEY, Author, Was born near Adams, N.Y. ; daughter John M. and Mary (Taber) Holley; educated at local schools and at home extremely fond of music, which she taught for several years, but decided to devote herself to literature, and early began to contribute to magazines. First book, Mv Opinions and Betsy Bobbett s, proved a success, hav ing large sale in this country and being republished in Europe. Author : Samantha at the Centennial ; My Way ward Pardner, 1880; The Mormon Wife (illustrated poem), 1880; Miss Richard s Boy, 1883^ Sweet Cicely, 1885; Samantha at Saratoga, 1887; Poems, 1887; Saman tha among the Brethren, 1890; Samantha Among the Col ored Folks, 1892; Samantha at the World s Fair, 1894; Samantha in Europe, 1896; serial: Around the World with Josiah Allen s Wife, 1900; Samantha at the St. 154 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Louis Exposition, 1904; Around the World with Josiah Allen s Wife, 1905; Samantha vs. Josiah, 1906; Samantha on Children s Right; Tosiah s Secret, a plav; Who Was to Blame? a booklet; Samantha at Coney Island and a Thou sand Other Islands, 1911. Has also contributed largely to magazines and periodicals. Address: Pierrepont Ma nor, Jefferson county, New York. WILLIAM LACY HENRY, Clergyman and Missionary, Was born Jan. 8, 1858, in Milwaukee, Wis. He was ed ucated in the Northwestern university, and has received the degrees of A.B., A.M., S.T.B., and D.D. In 1887- 94 he was a professor in the Anglo-Chinese college of Foochow; in 1891-1903 was superintendent of the Anglo- Chinese book concern; and since 1907 has been sole man ager of the Methodist publishing house in China. He is a director of the Woman s college of South China, and a trustee of the Anglo-Chinese college of Foochow, China. EDWARD EUGENE SNYDER, Physician and Surgeon, Was born Newark Valley, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1848; son Wil liam C. and Eliza (Simmons) Snyder; educated in schools of Tioga county, N.Y., Ohio Medical college of Cincinnati, O., and Hahnemann Medical college of Phil adelphia; post-graduate courses in medicine in London, Heidelberg and Vienna; married Emma Smith, of Otego, N.Y. ; children: William C., born 1881; Elizabeth, born 1885. Practicing physician at Utica, N.Y. Has prac ticed homoepathic medicine for thirty years; traveled in European countries while a medical student there. Has been member of phvsicians state examining board, con nected with the regents of State of New York. President and consulting physician of Glenmary county, a sanita rium for chronic diseases, mental and nervous cases, Owe- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 155 go, N.Y. ; consulting physician Binghamton City hospi tal; specialty, chronic diseases. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Member American Institute of Homoepathy, New York Homeopathic Medical society, Interstate Medical society. Southern Tier Medical society, Broome County Medical society. Recreations: Gardening, read ing, study. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, United States Congressman, Was born in Athens, Ala. He served as a soldier in the confederate states army during the civil war; and was severely wounded at Chicamauga. He was then elected to the Alabama house of representatives from Limestone county. In 1867 he began the practice of law; was coun ty judge for twelve years; and in 1890 was candidate for governor of Alabama. He was elected to the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty- first congresses as a democrat. He was re-elected to the sixty-second congress from the eighth district of Alabama for term of 191 1-13 ; and resides at Huntsville, Ala. JAMES EDMUND CHILDS, Railroad V ice-President, Was born July, 1848, at Neversink, N.Y. He entered the railway service April, 1865, as assistant engineer of the New York and Oswego Midland road, since which he has been consecutively from 1869 to 1870, assistant en gineer of the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore road; 1870 to 1871, resident engineer of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia road; 1871 to 1872, division engineer of the Rochester and State Line railway; 1872 to 1873, division engineer of the Wisconsin Central road; 1873 to 1875, assistant engineer of the New York and Harlem road; 1876 to 1881, chief engineer and superintendent of the Rochester and State Line railway, February, 1881, to 156 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 1886, general superintendent of the New York, Ontario and Western railway; also assistant general superintend ent of the New York, West Shore and Buffalo railway; June, 1883, to February, 1884, also general superintend ent of the Walkill Valley road; February, 1886, to date, general manager of the New York, Ontario and Western railway; Sept. 28, 1904, to date, also vice-president and director of the same road. JOHN W. EVERMAN, . General Superintendent Texas and Pacific Railway, . Was born Feb. i, 1861. Graduated from the public schools at Philadelphia, Pa., 1876. During 1877 a d 1878 was engaged in mining pursuits in Venezuela, S.A. Entered railway service 1879 in the ticket department of the Pennsylvania railroad, since which he has been con secutively, Jan. 28, 1880, to May 10, 1892, continuously with the Texas and Pacific railway in various positions; May 10, 1892, to April 24, 1894, assistant general superin tendent same road; April 24, 1894, to May 15, 1911, as sistant general manager same road; Mav 15, 191 1, to date, general superintendent same road. SAMUEL TAYLOR BODINE, Vice-President and General Manager, Was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 23, 1854. He mar ried at Germantown, Pa., Nov. i_ij, 1883, Eleanor G. War den, and they have one son and two daughters. He was educated at the Germantown academy and the University of Pennsylvania; from the latter institution he received the degrees of A.B. and A.M. For six years he was in charge of the commercial work of the engineering de partment and repair shops of the American and Red Star steamship lines. After this he became secretary and treas urer of the United Gas Improvement company, then gen eral manager and second vice-president, and finally first vice-president in the same corporation. He is a repub- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 157 lican in politics, and belongs to the Presbyterian church. He is a trustee of the academy of the Protestant Episco pal church in the city of Philadelphia; a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity; a member of the Sons of the Revolution; and of the Rittenhouse and the University club of Philadelphia and of the University club of New York. ALLEN W. EVARTS, Lawyer, Was born in New York City, Dec. 10, 1848. He gradu ated from Yale university, B.A., 1869, M.A., 1872; stu died law at Columbia college law school, 1870-71; un married. Member of the firm of Evarts, Choate and Sherman; president of the Garden City company; secre tary of the United Metals Selling company; member of the Association Bar, City of New York, Society of Med ical Jurisprudence, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Amer ican Museum of Natural History, New York Zoological society, New England society, Delta Kappa Epsilon fra ternity; trustee of Vassar college clubs, Union, Century, University, Yale. New York Athletic, Manhattan, Gro- lier Turf and Field, Whist, Garden City Golf, Metro politan (Washington, D.C.), St. Stephen s (London). SAMUEL SCOTT SLATER, Lawyer, Was born New York City, Jan. 24, 1870; son Samuel McLean and Tane (Scott) Slater; educated public schools, New York University Law school, 1888 (one year) ; graduated Cornell university, belles lettres, B.L., and law, LL.B. (editor, junior speaker; commencement day orator; law school debater; law thesis prize). Has practiced law in New York City since 1895. J omt au ~ thor of Alger and Slater s employers liability law. Mem ber New York assembly, 1899-1900 New York senate, 1901-02; in assembly, was author franchise tax law. While 158 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS at university correspondent for Chicago Tribune, Boston Journal, Philadelphia Press, New York World, New York Press. Director Cold Process company^ New York; director and treasurer United Cotton Gin com pany; director The Millington company; president and director Broadway Hotel company. Republican; Meth odist. Member Association Bar City of New York; life member Society Prevention Cruelty to Animals; Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Zeta fraternities. Clubs: Republican, Harlem Republican, Cornell, Phi Gamma Delta. WARREN WORTH BAILEY, Journalist, Was born in New Winchester, Ind., Jan. 8, 1855; son of Elisha Bailey and Elizabeth (Faught) Bailey. He at tended common schools of Kansas, 111. He married in Chicago, Aug. 12, 1894, Georgie Coffin. He was tele graph operator in Illinois for several years, until 1874, when he became a printer; several years associated with his brother, Edward H. Bailey, in publishing the Carlisle Democrat and later the Vincennes News, Indiana. In 1 887^6 went to Chicago, where he was first connected with the Chicago Mail and later for five years editorial writer on the Chicago News. Since 1893, he has been editor and proprietor of the Johnstown Daily Democrat with his brother. Has been identified with single tax movement since 1882 and published the first paper in United States advocating Henry George idea. Was pres ident Chicago Single Tax club for five years; is now vice- president of the National Single Tax league; is also a member of Chicago Press club. He is a Democrat in politics, democratic county chairman, member of demo cratic state committee, and an Elk. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 159 ALEXANDER WALKER, Banker and Real Estate, Was born in parish of Rafford, Morayshire, Scotland, June 25, 1852. He was educated in parish school of Raf ford, and on completion of studies served apprenticeship to stone cutter in Forres, Scotland. Coming to New York City, pursued his trade here, at the same time taking a course in the New York evening high school. Engaged in stone cutting business under firm name of Gillie and Walker and subsequently in the real estate business firm of Walker and Lawson; still engaged in real estate trans actions and large building operations. Connected with the Colonial bank of New York since its incorporation, and its president since 1893; also director of the Green wich bank, and trustee of Harlem Savings bank; vice- president Standard Mortgage company; member cham ber of commerce, St. Andrew s society; General Society Mechanics and Tradesmen, New York; Scottish Soci ety, New York; Historical society; West End association; Morningside Heights association; Caledonia, Curling, and West Side Republican clubs. NAAMAN HENRY KEYSER, Dentist, Was born in Germantown, Pa., Aug. 10, 1867; descend ant of Dirck Keyser, who settled in Germantown in 1688; son of Alexander Provest Keyser and Emma Rosina (Wolf) Keyser. He was graduated from Germantown grammar school, and from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery as D.D.S. in 1889. He was married in Germantown, Pa., Jan. 8, 1891, to Emma Rebecca Gess- leman, and thev have two sons: Clarence Naaman, born Oct. 10, 1892, and Pierson Dirck, born Sept. 16, 1898. He has been engaged in the practice of dentistry from 1889. H C was instructor in plate work and crown and bridge work, Pennsylvania Dental college, in 1893 and 160 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 1894; traveled extensively over the United States, and in 1904 made a trip to the Pacific coast. He is one of the authors of The History of Old Germantown, 1907; also author of Old Historic Germantown, published in vol ume fifteen of the Proceedings of Pennsylvania German Society (reprint limited to 300 copies), and a contributor of various articles to dental periodicals, the result of orig inal research. He is a republican (independent) in pol itics; member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Kevser is a member of the Pennsvlvania Association of Dental Surgeons (president, 1896-1898), a member of the executive committee of the Pennsylvania German so ciety; director of Site and Relic society of Germantown, 1901 ; member of the Germantown and Chestnut Hill Im provement association; Germantown Horticultural soci ety; Washington Council No. i, Junior Order of Ameri can Mechanics; Germantown Assembly, No. 36, Artisans Order Mutual Protection, Washington Camp, Patriotic Order of the Sons of America, Mitchell Lodge No. 296 of Masons. His recreations are the study of local history, travel and mechanics. GEORGE HARRIS LAMB, Librarian, Was born in Millbrook, Pa., Jan. 21, 18^9. He was grad uated from Allegheny college as A.B., in 188^, and A.M. in 1893. He married in Fowler, Ohio, July 28, 1885, Sarah Effie Viets, and they have two children: Harold Henry Lamb, born March 31, 1889, and Mary Lamb, born April 22, 1893. He was principal of McElwain in stitute, New Lebanon, Pa., 1885-87; principal of Mercer (Pa.) public schools, 1887-02* principal of grammar schools, Youngstown, Ohio, 1892-1900; superintendent of Braddock (Pa.) schools, 1900-03; librarian of Carnegie Free library, Braddock, since 1903, and superintendent of Carnegie club, Braddock, since 1903. Mr. Lamb is a re- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 161 publican in politics, and a Methodist Episcopalian in re ligious belief. He was one of the founders of the Penn sylvania School Masters club; is an Odd Fellow, a Ma son and a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. RAPHAEL MOORE HOSEA, Chief Engineer The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Was born Sept. n, 18^7, at Cincinnati, O. Graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1879 with dcp-ree of B.S. Entered railway service in 1879, since which he has been consecutively to 188^, assistant ono-; n pf r p^rj eneineer maintenance of wav Iowa division, Chicago, Burlington and Quincv railroad: 188^ to 1887, engineer and superintendent Whitebreast Fuel comnanv in Iowa; 1887 to 1888, superintendent Colorado Fuel company at Trinidad, Colo.; 1888 to 1892, chief engineer same company at Denver, Colo.; 1892 to date, chief engineer the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, the Colo rado and Wyoming railway and the Crystal River rail road. SCOTT FOSTER, Banker, Was born near Newburgh, New York, May 18, 1837. He was a dry goods clerk and merchant 18^2-82. He be came vice-president in 1882, and since 1884 has been pres ident of the People s bank. Presbyterian; an elder in Rutger s Presbvterian board of foreign missions. He is a member of Historical society, New York Zoological society, Metropolitan Museum of Art,American Museum of Natural History, New York Botanical garden, Presby terian union. He is a member of the Union League and Quill clubs; executor and trustee of a number of large estates; treasurer of the Northern Dispensary and the Northeastern Dispensary. 162 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EDWARD BAILEY, Banker and Iron Manufacturer, Was born in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 19, 1861 ; son of Charles L. and Emma H. (Doll) Bailey. He was grad uated from Yale as B.S. in 1881. He married in Harris- burg, Oct. 2, 1889, Elizabeth H. Reily, and they have two daughters and one son. President of Harrisburg Traction company, Harrisburg National bank and Harrisburg Trust company. Mr. Bailey is a republican in politics, and a Presbyterian in religion; trustee of the Pennsyl vania State Hospital for Insane, and is a member of the University club of New York and the University and Art clubs of Philadelphia. C. B. DOUGHERTY, Major-General Pennsylvania National Guard, Was born Sept. 3, 1860, in Wilkes Barre, Pa. He received a thorough education; and is identified with the business and public affairs of his native city. He is assistant man ager of the Susnuehanna Coal company. He is major- general commanding the national guard of Pennsylvania; and has filled various positions of trust and honor. C. H. MAYNARD, Commercial Freight Agent, Was born 186^. Since entering railway service has been clerk Atlantic Coast line; clerk Eastern railroad; clerk Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad; clerk Associ ated Railroads of Virginia and the Carolinas, clerk Vir ginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air line, chief clerk Mer chants and Miners Transportation company, traveling agent same company, and is now commercial freight agent Baltimore and Ohio railroad and agent Continental line at Boston, Mass. Appointed assistant agent M. and M. T. company at Boston May, 1907; agent, July, 1908, and now agent. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 163 RICHARD RENSHAW NEILL, United States Secretary of Legation, Was born in Philadelphia, Oct. 20, 184;; son of Major James P. W. and Alice Johnston Renshaw. He received an academic education; served for nine months in the Keystone light artillery of Philadelphia as corporal in the civil war; entered the United States Marine corps as second lieutenant in 1865 ; served on coast of Brazil ; made first lieutenant in 1871, and resigned in 1873. He has been secretary of the United States legation at Lima, Peru, since 1884, and has had charge of the legation as charge d affaires during the absence of the minister. He is a member of the Sons of Albion, Sons of the Revolution, Geographical society of Lima, Peru, Grand Army of the Republic (Pennsylvania society), and Order of the Cin cinnati (Delaware branch). CYRUS LEE STEVENS, Physician and Surgeon, Was born in Stevensville, Pa., March 10, 1851; son of Cyrus Stevens and Lydia Ann (Lacey) Stevens. He was graduated from Lafayette college, as A.C. in 1876, and A.M. in 1880, and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa, as M.D. in 1880. He married in Laceyville, Pa., 1880, Nettie Jackson. Dr. Stevens has been secretary of the Medical society of the state of Penn sylvania, since 1897; editor and publisher of the Pennsyl vania Medical Journal, since 1904. He was elected mem ber of the house of representatives in 1906. He is also secretary of the Athens United States pension examining board. Dr. Stevens is a republican in politics, and a Pres byterian in religious views; member of the American Medical association, American Academy of Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Geographic society, and also member of the Masonic order and Odd Fellows. 164 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS . WILLIAM H. HINEBAUGH, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born Dec. 16, 1867, in Calhoun county, Mich. In 1893 he began the practice of law; in 1900-02 was assist ant State s attorney of La Salle county; and since 1902 has been county judge of La Salle county, 111. He is chairman of the republican county central committee of La Salle county; and a member of the Hamilton club of Chicago. He is much in demand as a public speaker, and has always taken an active interest in public ques tions. GEORGE W. CHILDS DREXEL, Capitalist, Was born in Philadelphia, 1868; son of the late Anthony J. Drexel, banker and philanthropist. He was educated in private schools and by tutors. He married at Vincen- town, Burlington county, N.J., Nov. 18, 1891, Mary S. Irick. He became connected with the Philadelphia Ledger in association with the late George William Childs, whom he succeeded as editor and publisher of that paper, conducting it until 1903, when the paper was sold and he retired. Besides his town house at Locust and Eighteenth streets, Philadelphia, Mr. Drexel has country homes at "Wootton," Bryn Mawr, Pa., and North Islesboro, Maine. BENJAMIN LEE JONES, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born March 18, 1862, in Texas. He soon attained success in the practice of law; has filled several positions of trust and honor; since 1902 has been judge of the fif teenth judicial district court of Texas, and resides in Sherman, Texas. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 165 WILLIAM GRATTAN HOLT, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born July i, 1862, in Carbury, County Kildare, Ire land. He was educated in the private schools of Dublin and Philadelphia, Pa. He has built up a large law prac tice in Kansas City, Kan.; and numbers among his clients some of the largest railway, manufacturing and insurance companies in the state of Kansas. He was judge of the court of common pleas of Kansas for twelve years, resign ing before the expiration of his last term to resume his law practice. WILLIAM E. DOSTER, Lawyer, Was born in Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 8, 1837, his father be ing a woolen manufacturer at that place. He was educat ed at Bethlehem, and at Yale college, where he was grad uated in 1857, afterward graduated at Harvard Law school and studied law at Easton and at Philadelphia. He subsequently spent a year in the study of civil law at Heidelberg, Germany, and six months studying French law at Paris. Returning home when the civil waar began, he raised a cavalry company and went to the war as its captain. During the war he was promoted to colonel, and in 1864 was mustered out of the service as brevet brigadier general. He was admitted to the bar at Easton, but prac ticed for one year at Washington, D.C., engaged in trials before military commissions and court martials. He was engaged with Reverdy Johnson and Gen. Ewing and others for the defense in the trial of the conspirators against the life of President Lincoln, and also Azterott and Payne for the attack upon Secretary Seward. He re turned to Easton after the close of these celebrated cases, and practiced law there till 187?. when he removed to Bethlehem, where he has since remained. During his career he has been alone in his practice and has gained 166 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS wide reputation for high legal ability and attainment, being considered one of the best trial lawyers in the state. He served as register in bankruptcy from 1868 to 1879, and has been counsel for the Lehigh Coal and Naviga tion company twenty-five years, and for the Bethlehem Iron and Steel company twenty-three years. For twenty years he has been president of the New Street Bridge companv. Now president of the Lehigh Valley National bank of Bethlehem, and most extensive proprietor of farms in the county of Northampton. WILL C. MACFARLANE, St. Thomas Church, New York City, Was born England, 1870. Pupil of Duncan Macfarlane and Samuel P. Warren. Founder, A.G.O. Organist St. Thomas church, New York City, 1900. Organist Tem ple Emmanuel, New York City, 1898. Conductor Yon- kers Choral society, 1902-1910; F. Org. St. John s Meth odist church, New York City, 1885-86; oreanist St. James church, Danburv, Conn., 1 886-8^ organist Church of the Messiah, New York Citv, 1887-80; organist All Souls church, New York City, 1889-1900. Composer of songs, church and organ music (published by G. Schirmer, New York: Tohn Church comnanv, Cincinnati, O., and Oliver Ditson company, Boston, Mass.). WILIE JONES, Soldier and Banker, Was born in i8i;o. During the Snanish-American war he served in Cuba as colonel in command of the second South Carolina regiment. He is president of the Palmetto Na tional bank of Columbia, S.C.; since 1904 has been chair man of the South Carolina democratic executive commit tee; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 167 JOHN PRICE JACKSON, Educator, Scientific Investigator and Consulting Engi neer, Was born in Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1868. He was edu cated in public and private schools and the Pennsylvania State college; graduated Mechanical Arts, 1887, then B. S., 1889, an d received M.E. and E.E. for work from the same college. He married, Dec. 28, 1890, Margaret Bed- dow Jones. Mr. Jackson was director of the Industrial department of Fisk university, of Nashville, Tenn., 1889- 1890; electrical engineer with the Sprague and Edison Electric companies, 1890-1892; and has been connected with Pennsylvania State college since 1892, where he is now dean of the school of engineering and professor of electrical engineering. He is director of the state engi neering experiment station, maintained at State College, Pa. He has been and is consulting engineer and officer to various electric companies. He was a member of the jury of awards electrical at St. Louis. He is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, and many other scientific and social societies. Mr. Jackson is au thor, in collaboration, of: Alternating Currents and Al ternating Current Machinery, 1896; Elementary Elec tricity and Magnetism, 1902; contributor to scientific, educational and similar periodicals. SAMUEL FLETCHER KERFOOT, Clergyman and College President, Was born in 1865, in Mitchell, S.D. He has been pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in Minneapolis and Winona, Minn.; and district superintendent of the Meth odist Eniscopal church for the Mankato district of Min nesota. He is now president of the Dakota Wesleyan university at Mitchell, S.D. 168 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE MCLAREN BROWN, European Manager, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Was born Hamilton, Ont, Jan. 29, 1866; son of Adam Brown and Mary Kough; married 1890, Eleanor Gra ham, daughter of John Crerar, K.C., of Hamilton. Edu cation, private school at Shrewsbury, England, Hamilton grammar school, Upper Canada college. Became clerk in freight department of Northern and Northwestern railway in Hamilton; employed in G.T.R. system at Hamilton, 1883-87; became agent of the C.P.R. at Van couver, 1887; assistant general passenger agent of C.P.R. for western division, 1892-97; appointed executive agent of western lines, 1897; transferred to Montreal, 1902, as superintendent of dining and sleeping car services; ap pointed general passenger agent of Atlantic Steamship services, 1901;; general traffic agent (European business) 1908; European manager, 1910. Address: 62-65 Cha ring Cross, London, S.W., England. EDWARD MEINEL, Insurance Manager and Agent, Was born in Chicago, 111., Jan. 28, 1869; educated in the Chicago schools. Began insurance experience in 1884 in the employ of the Board of Underwriters at Chicago, later connected with the city department of the Northern As surance company of London at Chicago, as chief clerk and accountant; later special agent in the west and south of the Manchester Assurance comnany, 1892-96; special agent in New York state of the Continental Insurance company, 1896-98; assistant manager of the United States branch of the Manchester and assistant secretary Ameri can Fire Insurance company of New York, 1898-1900; secretary Eagle Fire company of New York, 1901 ; mem ber of insurance agency firm of Fred S. James and com pany of New York City. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 169 WILLIAM BEACH OLMSTEAD, Educator and Clergyman, Was born Feb. 26, 1864, in New York City. In 1887 he received the degree of A.B. from Trinity college; in 1908 received the honorary degree of A.M. from Yale uni versity; and in 1910 the honorary degree of L.H.D. from Trinity college. In 1887-07 he was master of St. Mark s school at Southboro, Mass.; and since 1807 has been head master of the Pomfret school at Pomfret, Conn. In 1908 he was ordained deacon and in 1909 was ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal church. VIVIAN M. LEWIS, Commissioner of Banking and Insurance of New Jersey. He received a thorough education, and has filled several positions of trust and honor. Since 1909 he has been com missioner of banking and insurance of New Jersey, for term ending in 1912; and resides in Trenton, N.J. LEVI GARNER FOUSE, President of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Com pany of Philadelphia, Was born at Clover Creek, Blair county, Pa., Oct. 21 1850; son of Adam Fouse and Susannah (Garner) Fouse. He attended Juniata Collegiate institute, 1866; Heidel berg college, Tiffin, Ohio, 1867, and Mercersburg (P.) college. He married at Mercersburg, Pa., Jan. 10, 1870, Mary B. Hause. After special studies in actuarial sci ence, Mr. Fouse in 1870 entered the life insurance busi ness in the capacity of solicitor. He organized the Fi delity Mutual Life Insurance company in 1878 and has been its president continuously. Mr. Fouse is author of numerous publications on life insurance, and has served in a number of companies as constulting actuary. Among these, the Army Officers association, investigating the records of the war department from its institution to 170 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 1896, establishing in an authentic way the record of war hazards, which have since been consulted and used by underwriters. He was the first in this country to formu late a plan adapted to the conditions as they exist in the United States, based on the actual experience of British offices, for insuring under-average or imnaired lives. He is a member of a number of scientific organizations, through which he has contributed articles of special in terest with reference to the economic and ethical features of life insurance. WILLIAM HENRY O CONNELL, Clergyman and Archbishop, Was born Dec. 8, iScQ, in Lowell, Mass. In 1881 he en tered the North American college of Rome, Italy; and in 1884 was ordained a priest in that city. In 1901 he was consecrated bishop of Portland, Maine. In 190$ he was named special papal envoy to the emperor of Japan. In 1906 he was named archbishop of Constance, and coad jutor to See of Boston. In IQO? he was made archbishop of Boston; and in 1911 was created cardinal. SAMUEL STERLING PALMER, Clergyman, Was born March 5, 1861. He received a thorough edu cation in the secular and theological schools. He has filled several important pastorates; and is now pastor of the Proad Street Presbyterian church of Columbus, Ohio. CHARLES C. MUMFORD, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born in 1860. He received a thorough education and has filled numerous positions of trust and honor. In 1905 he was elected associate justice of the state supreme court of Rhode Island, term for life, but resigned on March i, 1909; and resides in Providence, R.I. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 171 ROBERT SHAW OLIVER, Army Officer, Was born Sept. 13, 1847, in Boston, Mass. He was edu cated at Milton and Concord, Mass.; and at Churchill s Military school at Sing Sing, N.Y. In 1864 he was ap pointed second lieutenant in the fifth Massachusetts cav-" airy and in 1866 entered the regular army as second lieu tenant in the seventeenth regiment United States infan try. In 1867 he became first lieutenant in the eighth cav alry; and in 1869-1903 engaged in the business of stove manufacturing in Albany, N.Y., with Rathbone, Sard and company. In 1875 he became colonel in the tenth regi ment New York national guard; in 1880 was brigadier- general and inspector-general of the third brigade, retir ing at his own request in 1903 to accept the office of as sistant secretary of war. In i8qj.-qi; he was civil service commissionner of the city of Albany; for three years was police commissioner of the city of Albany, and in 1903 was appointed assistant secretary of war. MASON S. STONE, Educator, He received a thorough education, and has been promi nently identified with educational matters in Vermont. In 1892-1900 and since 1905 he has been superintendent of educatio nfor the state of Vermont; and resides in Montpelier, Vt. FRANK LUSK BABBOTT, Retired Manufacturer, Was born Waterville, N.Y. ; son Miller and Mary Eliza beth (Crandall) Babbott; graduate Amherst college, A. B., 1878, A.M., 1903; Columbia university LL.B., 1880; married Brooklyn, Feb. 18, 1886, Lydia Richardson Pratt; children: Mary R., Frank L., Jr., Lydia P., Helen L. Director Union Typewriter company, L. I. 172 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Loan and Trust company. Member Brooklyn board edu cation, 1895-1902; New York board education, 1902-06 (vice-president 1902-04) ; honorary vice-president Brook lyn Collegiate institution, Y.W.C.A. of Brooklvn, Brook lyn Savings bank, Brooklyn public library, Brooklyn Academy of Music; member board Home Missions Pres byterian church, general committee Citizens union; trus tee People s institute. Author: Classic English Odes; John Donne s Poems. Clubs: Century, Alpha Delta Phi, University, Montauk, Hamilton (Brooklyn) ; Nassau Country, Adirondack league. President Packer institute; trustee for Y.W.C.A., etc., as above; member Union Theological seminary. FRANK BAILEY, Capitalist, Was born Chatham, N.Y., 1865; son Dr. W. C. and Julia M. (Utley) Bailey; graduate Union college, A.B., 1885, Ars.D., 1908; married Brooklyn, July, 1906, Marie Lou ise Lambert; one daughter, Barbara Bailey, born 1906; one son, born 1909, Frank, Jr. Vice-president and trus tee Title Guarantee and Trust companv, Brooklyn; third vice-president and director Bond and Mortgage Guaran ty company; president and director Realty Associates; treasurer and director City Real Estate company; direc tor Brooklyn Academy Music, Bush Terminal company, Empire State Surety company, Kings County Electric Light and Power company, Livingston Realty company, Nassau National bank, N.Y., Estates of Long Beach. Edi son Electric Illuminating company; vice-president and director Long Island Safe Deposit company. Treasurer Union college, Schenectady, N.Y. ; trustee Polytechnic institute. Clubs: Brooklyn, Hamilton, Riding and Driving, Long Island Country, Adirondack league, Tri ton (Canada), Helena Shooting (N.C.). SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 173 JOHN PORTER LAMBERTON, Editor and Author, Was born in Philadelphia, Oct. 22, 1839; son of Robert and Jan (Porter) Lamberton. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, as A.B., in 1858, A.M., 1861. He married in 1874, Melvina Vandyke, daughter of Charles Vandyke. Mr. Lamberton was a teacher in Rev. Dr. Faires Classical institute, Philadelphia, 1859- 1870; principal Central institute, Philadelphia, 1870- 1872; classical teacher in other schools in Philadelphia, 1872-1879; since then he has been engaged in literary work. Assistant in library, University of Pennsylvania; member of American Academy of Political and Social Science; associate editor of American Supplement to En- cvclopedia Britannica, 1881-1890: reviser of Worcester s Dictionary, 1801-1891;; contributor on American subjects to Chambers Cvclopaedia and other works of reference. He is editor and chief writer of Historic Characters and Famous Events, 1894-1896; Literature of All Ages, 1897- 1899; Literature of the Nineteenth Century, 1900. He was associate editor of The Drama, 1903; and compiled a Union list of the Periodicals in the Principal Libraries of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity (Bulletin of the Free Library of Philadelphia No. 8) iqo8; and supplement to the same, 1910; contributor to various periodicals. L. L. MOSELEY, Traveling Freight A^ent Illinois Central Railroad, Was born Aug. 27, 1848, at Clinton, Mass. Educated at the Mississippi college. Entered service Southern Ex press company 1864 as messenger on New Orleans, Jack son and Great Northern railway, in which position he re mained until 1871; 1871 to 1872, storekeeper Mobile and Ohio railroad at Macon, Miss.; 1872, out of service; to October, 1873, bill clerk St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railway at St. Louis, Mo.; October, 1873, to 174 September, 1878, bill clerk Indianapolis and St. Louis railway at East St. Louis, 111.; September, 1878, to T anu ~ ary, 1888, clerk audit department Illinois Central rail road at Chicago; 1888 to date, traveling freight agent same road. 1888 to December, 1910, traveling freight agent. Retired on pension, December, 1910. I RICHARD MARPOLE, General Executive Assistant, Canadian Pacific Railway, Was born 1850, in Wales. Served seven and a half years on British railwavs in construction and traffic depart ments, and for thirty-nine years on Canadian railways, since 1881 with the Canadian Pacific railway successively as contractor, assistant manager of construction, Nipissing division, superintendent Lake Superior division and su perintendent Pacific division; Mav, 1897, to March, 1907, general superintendent same division at Vancouver. March, 1907, to date, general executive assistant for Brit ish Columbia, with head office at Vancouver; and since Julv, TO<X, vice-nresident, Esquimalt and Nanaimo rail way, Vancouver Island. FLOYD G. TEN BROECK, Mechanical Engineer, Was born Elmira, N.Y., Aug. 28, 1872; son William Russell and Clarissa Louise (Gunn) Ten Broeck; grad uate grammar and high schools, Elmira, N.Y. ; graduate Cornell universitv, M.E., specializing in electrical en gineering; married Elmira, N.Y.. Tan. 16. 180.6, Anna V. Daniels; children: William D., born i8q6; Delphine Leta, born 1902; Adria, born 1007. Consulting engineer and designer of pulp and p^ner mills and industrial plants; electrical developments, power plants, etc. Mem ber American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Che- mung County society of Greater New York. Recreation : Golf. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 175 CHARLES I. LANDIS, Jurist, Was engaged in the practice of law at Lancaster, Pa., un til 1899, when he was elected on the Republican ticket to the office of judge of the court of common pleas for the second judicial district, comprising the county of Lan caster, for the term expiring in January, TQIO. Upon the retirement of Hon. John B. Livingston, he was, on Feb. 13, 1004, commissioned presiding judge. In November, 1009, he was elected without opnosition for a second term of ten years. MYRON ELLSWORTH WELLS, Civil Engineer, Railroad Official, Was born May ij, 1861, in Hastings, Minn. In 1878- 79 he learned telep;raoh and station work at Cherokee, Iowa, on the Illinois Central railroad and in 1883 gradu ated from the Iowa State college of Ames, Iowa; and the same year was commissioned major of the Iowa national guard. In 1883-88 he was civil engineer in the Chicago and Northwestern and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroads; and in IQOI-CM; was p-eneral boiler inspector for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincv railroad. In 1898 was lieutenant of troop A, in the United States volunteer cavalry and was a member of the United Spanish War Veterans. Since 1905 he has been assistant master me chanic of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad: and was chairman of a monthly meeting of railroad men in Cleve land, working with the citv officials on reduction of smoke in that city. He is the author of the second prize oaper before the Pacific Coast Railway club on Care of Loco motive Boilers, and is author of several other railway oa- pers. He is a member of the American Railway Master Mechanics association and the Master Boilermakers as sociation. 176 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE W. WHEELER, Lawyer and Jurist, He received a thorough education, and soon attained a success at the bar. In 1893-1910 he was judge of the su perior court of Connecticut; and in 1910 was elected jus tice of the supreme court of errors of Connecticut for the term of eight years endine Sept. 8, 1918. RICHARD P. ROACH, Treasurer, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railways Company of Texas, Was born March 16, 1870. Educated in public schools. Entered railway service Feb. i, 1886, as mail distributor in freight claim deoartment Missouri Pacific railwav, since which time he has been consecutivelv. August, 1886, to Oct. 31, 1888, clerk general auditor s office same road: Nov. i, 1888, to Mav, 1891, clerk general auditor s office Missouri, Kansas and Texas railwav; Msv, 1891, to lulv ;. 1892, clerk general auditor s office Missouri Pacific railwav: Tulv 7. 1892, to Oct. 22, 1893, clerk general of fice Missouri, Kansas and Texas railwav: Oct. 23, 1893, to Aug. 7. iRor. cashier local treasurer s office same road; Aug. 7, 1892, to April 4, 1907, treasurer in Kansas same road; April 3, 1907, to date, treasurer the Missouri, Kan sas and Texas Railway comoany of Texas. EUGENE V. BREWSTER, Lawyer, Managing Editor "The Motion Picture Story Magazine; Editor "The Caldron Magazine," Was born Bavshore, L.I., N.Y., Sept. 7, 1869; son Henry D. and Clotilda Theresa (Smith) Brewster; descendant of Elder Brewster, of the Mayflower; educated public schools at Bayshore; Centenary Collegiate institute, Has- kettstown, N.J., three years; Pennington seminary, one year; Princeton university; married May 10, 1893, Emi- lie C. Churbuck; children: Ruth, born 1895; Raphael, SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 177 born 1897; Marie Theresa, born 1900. Writer on eco nomic subjects in newspapers and magazines, and for one vear edited legal column in Brooklyn Eagle. Interested in art, music, photography, and economics; also lecturer and public sneaker. Author: What to Do With the Trusts; etc. Independent Democrat; one of Bryan s ear liest friends and supporters. President Allied Art associ ation, and Brooklyn Grand Opera company, member Na tional Geographical society, American Forestry associa tion, and Municipal Art societv. Has painted pictures for exhibition and has some musical talent. Nominated by two labor parties for attornev-p-eneral in 1900, but de clined nomination. Club: National Arts. CHARLES SPRAGUE SARGENT, Professor of Arboriculture and Director of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. Was born on April 24, 184.1, in Boston, Mass., and was graduated from Harvard university in 1862. He was chairman of the commission for the preservation of the Adirondack forests and chairman of the committee of the National academy to report on a scheme of forest manage ment for the United States. From 1887-07 he was editor of Garden and Forest. He is the author of volume IX. of the Final Reports of the Tenth Census of the United States, being a report on the forests of the country, of the woods of the United States, of the silva of North Ameri ca, of a Manual of the Trees of North America, of Trees and Shrubs, and other works. He received the degree of LL.D. from Harvard, and is a member of the National Academy of Science, of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of the American Philosophical society, and of many foreign academies and societies. He resides in Brookline, Mass. 178 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN E. KENDRICK, Manufacturer and Statesman, Was born June 17, 1854, in Providence, R.I. He was ed ucated at Providence and at Wesleyan university of Mid- dletown, Conn. In 1874 he entered the employ of the Kendrick Loom Harness company, Providence, R. I., which later consolidated under the name of the American Supply companv. of which he is now president. He was a member of the first lieht infantry of Providence; in 1890 was a member of the Rhode Island state legislature; and for fifteen years a member and nine years president of the Providence city council; and for eighteen years has been a member of the state board of education. He served as United States marshal under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt. JAMES BRYAN WHITFIELD, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born Nov. 8, 1860, in Wayne countv, N.C. He was educated at the West Florida seminary and the University of Virginia. In 1886 he was admitted to the bar; and in 1888 was annointed private secretary to Governor Per ry of Florida. In 1888-89 he was county judge of Leon county, Fla. ; in 1889-97 was clerk of the supreme court of Florida; in 1897-1902 was state treasurer of Florida; and in 1903-04 was attorney-general of Florida. Since 1905 he has been chief justice of the state supreme court of Florida, and resides in Tallahassee, Fla. HENRY ADSIT BULL, Lawyer, Was born Buffalo, N.Y., 1873; son Henry and Fanny (Adsit) Bull; educated public and private schools, Buf falo; Harvard university, A.B., 189^; University of Buf falo, LL.B., 1898; married BufTalo/N.Y., 1901, Cornelia Rumsey, daughter Ansley Wilcox; children: Katherine, SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 179 born 1902; Henry Adsit, Jr., born 1901;; Marian, born 1906. In 1898 began practice in Buffalo; member firm of Wilcox and Bull since May i, 1903. Lecturer in Buf falo Law school, 1902-04. Member board of councilmen of Buffalo, 1908-1911. Republican district and general committeeman, 1899-1008. Entered sixty-fifth regiment, N.G., N.Y., as second lieutenant comronv A, December, 1895; captain, December, 1806; in United States volun teers, 1808; full and honorable discharge, IQOI. Direc tor First National bank of Hornell, N.Y. Episcopalian. Trustee Law library of eighth judicial district, 1903-1907. Associate counsel for state commission which investigated the national guard, 1907-8 (Wainwright commission). Active in politics as a progressive Republican; also in Y.M.C.A. work, especially with boys, and in Laymen s Missionary movement. Clubs: Saturn, University, Park, Ellicott. TAMES G. PORTER, General Manager Woodstock Railroad, Was born Oct. 2, 1841, at Hartford, Vt. Entered rail way service Aug. i, 1867, since which he has been con secutively to Tulv. 1871;, station agent Central Vermont railroad at Woodstock station, Hartford, Vt. ; Oct. i, 187^, to Sept. n;, 1899, superintendent Woodstock rail road; Jan. i, 1 88 1, to date, treasurer same road; Sept. 1$, 1899, to date, general manager, general freight and ticket agent and purchasing agent same road. RODNEY AUGUSTUS MERCUR, Lawyer, Was born Sept. 29, 1851, at Towanda, Pa., where he has always resided; eldest son of Chief Justice Ulysses and Sarah Simpson (Davis) Mercur. He was educated at the Hopkins grammar school, New Haven, Conn.; Phil lips academy, Exeter, N.H., and Harvard university. He 180 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS married June 12, 1879, Marv, daughter of James M. and Louise (Overton) Ward. Mr. Mercur studied law and was admitted to the Bradford county bar, 1871;; United States circuit and district court, 1876, suoreme court of Pennsylvania, 1878; and supreme court of the United States, 1901;, and has since been entered in active prac tice. From 1877 to 1870 he was a register in bankruptcy for the western district of Pennsvlvania. He is a senior warden Christ s church, and chancellor of the diocese of Bethlehem, Pennsvlvania, and was a lav deputv to the general conventions of the Protestant Episcopal church in 1886, 1880, 1802, i8oc- 1808, 1007 and IQIO. He is a renublican in politics. He is a director of the Towanda Gas company, and president of the Towanda Cemeterv association; trustee of Robert Parker hosoital, Savre, Pa.: member of the Societv of Colonial Wars, Pennsvlvania Societv of the Sons of the Revolution, the Societv of the War of iqi2. American Historical societv, Bradford Countv Historical societv, Tiorra Point Histor ical societv, National Geographic societv, American Bar association, the Pennsvlvania State Bar association, of which he was a charter member, and the Bradford Countv Bar association, of which he is the president, and he is a member of the Union League club of Pihladelphia. "^" T T T-- v-, -- IRVIN W. AYRES, Educator, Librarian and Lawyer, Was born in 1880, in California. He received a thorough education, and received the degree of M.A. from the University of Virginia. He is a member of the Califor nia bar; and in 1903-01; was librarian and instructor of Dublic speaking in the University of Nevada. Since 1907 he has been in New York City, representing family and other interests in important financial negotiations. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 181 NATHAN TROWBRIDGE PULSIFER, Manufacturer, Was born Newton, Mass., Oct. 27, 1851; son Charles S. and Eliza W. (Trowb ridge) Pulsifer; educated Newton public schools; married New York City, Oct. 13, 1880, Almira Houghton Valentine, daughter Lawson Valen tine; children: Lawson Valentine, Harold Trowbridge. He is president and director Valentine and company; di rector The Outlook company; treasurer and director of the Kaolin company, Connecticut; director American Writing Paper company; president the Outlook company; director Exter Manufacturing company; director Hough- ton Mifflin company. Republican. Clubs: New York Athletic, Suburban Riding and Driving, Automobile of America, Hardware, Dyker Meadow Golf, Storm King Golf, Ponfret Field. JOSEPH A. STORCH, Brigadier-General Nebraska National Guard, Com-. . manding First Brigade, He is also treasurer of the National Guard association of the United States. He is identified with the business and public affairs of Fullerton, Neb.; and has filled numerous positions of trust and honor. MILTON J. GORDON, Lawyer, Was born New York City, Jan. 3, 1882; son Harris and Sara (Cossak) Gordon; graduate New York university, L.L.B.; married Antoinette Koscherak on Aug. 22, 1910; son S. Byron Gordon. Real estate and corporation law yer; represents many leading corporations and real estate interests and recognized as an authority in bankruptcy law. The district attorney of New York county, recog nizing his ability in the handling of bankruptcy cases, re tained him to assist in criminal prosecution of Charles 182 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Kanter, prominent merchant in New York City, charged and convicted of obtaining merchandise on a raise state ment of his financial resources, which conviction was the first had in New York county on such a charge. Retained at different times as counsel in famous cases involving bankruptcy and real estate questions. President Lamont Realty company; vice-president Long Island Mortgage company; director Cortelyou Realty company, Home Contracting company. One of the banking firm of M. T. Gordon and company. Member advisory board, Young Women s Hebrew association, board of directors, Monte- fior league, board of governors, Beth-Israel hospital; member Jewish Publication society of Philadelphia, Jew ish hospital, advisory board of Training School for Nurses of Jewish Hospital; director Brooklyn Talmud Torah. SYLVANUS C. BREYFOGEL, Bishop of the Evangelical Association, Was born at Pleasantville, Pa., July 20, i8c;i; son of Seneca Breyfogel and Sarah (Ely) Brevfogel. He was educated in the public schools, including; Reading: high school, Central Pennsylvania college, and also studied at the Union seminary of Pennsylvania and Illinois Wes- leyan university, where he was graduated as Ph.B.; and in. 1801 he received the degree ojf D.D. from Otterbein university. In 1909 he received the degree of L.L.D. from the Ohio Northern university. He married, in Read ing, Pa., May 8, 1877, Kate E. Boas. He was ordained in the ministry of the Evangelical association in 1879, filled five pastorates and was elected presiding elder in 1886. In 1891 he was elected as one of the four bishops of this denomination in America, Europe and Asia, and he has traveled extensively, to visit distant conferences. Bishop Breyfogel is author of: Evangelical Landmarks; The Polity of the Evangelical Association; and Great SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 183 Sermons by Great Preachers. He was formerly editor of the Preachers Assistant, and he is a member of the pub lication committee of his denomination. He is the presi dent of the theological department of Schuvlkill seminary, Reading, Pa., and of a college and school of theology by correspondence, patronized extensively throughout the United States and Canada. CHARLES W. ANDERSON, Collector of Internal Revenue, Was born Oxford, Ohio, of African descent; worked his way through college while supporting a widowed mother and two sisters; afterward studied law, but was not admit ted to bar. Came to New York, took up newsoaper work and later drifted into politics; for several vears super visor of racing accounts in connection with the New York state racing commission; member republican state committee of New York; was chief clerk, state treasury, Albany. Member of Metropolitan Museum of Art. Member National Geographical societv; appointed, 1906, collector of internal revenue for second district, New York City and Island of Porto Rico. Active political worker amonp- voters of his race, and campaign speaker, and member New York state republican committee. JOHN MANDT NELSON, United States Congressman from the Second District of Wisconsin, Was born in the town of Burke, Dane county, Wis., Oct. 10, 1870; received a collegiate education, graduating from the University of Wisconsin in June, 1892; was elected superintendent of schools in Dane county in 1892 and re-elected in 1894; resigned to accept the position of bookkeeper in the office of the secretary of state, 1894- 1897; edited The State, 1897-98; correspondent in state treasury 1898-1902; was graduated from the law depart- 184 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ment of the University of Wisconsin, 1896; pursued post graduate studies at the university; is by profession a law yer; was elected to the fifty-ninth congress to fill a vacan cy and to the sixtieth congress; was elected to the sixty- first congress and re-elected to the sixty-second congress as a republican; and resides in Madison, Wis. FREDERICK HOBBES ALLEN, United States Diplomat, Was born May 30, 1858, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is a son of the late Hon. Elisha Hunt Allen, the eminent dip lomat and congressman. He studied in Germany and Switzerland and under private tutors. In 1880 he grad uated with the degree of A.B. from Harvard university; and in 1893 graduated with the degrees of A.M. and LL. B. from that institution of learning. In 1882 he was sec retary to the Hawaiian legation and in 1883 was charge de affaires of the Hawaiian legation. He resigned; and in 1883 was admitted to the bar. He has been corpora tion counsel of the village of Pelham Manor; and also served as president of the village. He is chairman of the democratic county committee of Westchester county, N. Y. ; and is the senior member of the law firm of Allen and Camman of New York City. PETER APPEL, Secretary State Dental Board of Wyoming, Was born Nov. 22, 1881, at Green River, Wyo. He was educated in the public schools and at the University of Wyoming; and graduated from the Northwestern Dental school of Chicago, 111.; and has received the degree of D.D.S. He is a successful dental surgeon of Wyoming; is identified with the republican party; and a member of various associations. He is secretary of the state dental board of Wyoming; is now serving his second term of 1909-13. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 185 JOHN JAY WATSON, JR., Banker, Was born Jamestown, R.I., Nov. 12, 1874; son John Jay and Gertrude T. (Stanhope) Watson; educated public schools, Rogers high school, etc. ; married Providence, R. I., Nov. 14, 1900, Eliza Ralph. He is a member of the firm of Watson and Pressprich, 36 Nassau street, New York City. Was treasurer and director of United States Rubber company and president of Rubber Goods Manu facturing company, and largely interested in the rubber industry until 1910, when he resigned to take up private banking. He is a director of Industrial Trust company, Providence, R.I. Representative town of Jamestown in Rhode Island, 1899-1904; while in legislature was member house commission on corporations, and on finance and several minor committees. Alternate national repub lican convention, Chicago, 1904. Republican. Member New England Rubber Club, Rhode Island Historical society, New England society, Squadron A., N.G.N.Y., Royal Arch Mason K. T. ; member state board of chari ties and correction for Rhode Island for seven years. Clubs: Union League, Riding, Church, Squadron A. Clubs, New York: Ardsley club at Ardsley-on-Hudson, Sleepy Hollow Country club at Scarboro-on-Hudson. ROBERT D. CAREY, President State Fair Commission, Was born Aus;. 12, 1878, in Cheyenne, Wyo. He received a thorough education; and in 1900 graduated from Yale college. He is identified with the republican party of Wyoming; has been chairman of the republican county central committee; and held various other positions of trust and honor. He is engaged in the live stock and ranching business in Wyoming. He is president of the Wyoming state fair commission; is now serving his second term of 1909-12. 186 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ALBERT ULMANN, Banker and Broker, Was born July 2, 1861, New York City. Son of Edward Ulmann andPhilippine Michels. Educated in New York City public schools. B.S., 1881, College City of New York. Married Tillie Sulzbacher. Trustee American Scenic and Historic Preservation society; governor and one of the founders of The Judaeans. Member Phi Beta Kappa; New York Historical society; American Histor ical association; City History club; member Hudson-Ful ton celebration commission and historian of the Maiden Lane Historical society. Author: Frederick Struther s Romance; Chaperoned; A Landmark History of New York; New York s Historic Sites, Landmarks, Monu ments, and Tablets; The Story of Maiden Lane. HENRY TUREMAN ALLEN, Soldier, Governor and Author, Was born April 13, 1859, in Sharpsburg, Ky. He attend ed Georgetown college of Kentucky; and in 1882 grad uated from the United States military academy. He has been a cavalry officer; in 1885-86 was engaged in explora tions in Alaska; 1881-90 was instructor in languages in the military academy; and in 1890-99 was military attache in St. Petersburg and Berlin, except while serving in the Cuban campaign. In 1901 he commanded the forty-third regiment United States volunteer infantry on the island of Leyte, of which island he was civil governor. In 1901 he began the organization of the Philippine constabulary;, and in 1903 was made brigadier-general and chief of con stabulary. In 1904 he was detailed as military observer with the Japanese forces. Since 1908 he has been acting superintendent of the Yellowstone national park, Wyo. He is the author of Military System of Sweden ; and other works. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 187 SILAS E. EVERTS, Lawyer, Was born Easton, N.Y., Sept. 17, 1867; son Palmer D. and Elizabeth (Perry) Everts; educated North Gran- ville Military academy, 1885; graduate Williams college, A.B., 1890; University City of New York law school, LL.B., 1892; married Granville, N.Y., June 10, 1892, Lucina Woodard; children: Palmer W., born 1894; Mi riam E., born 1898; Roscoe, born 1902. Special countv judge of Washington county, director Granville National bank. Republican, Episcopalian. Member State Bar association, New York State Historical society, Masonic order (Granville Chapter, R.A.M., Washington Com- mandery, No. 33, Saratoga). BENJAMIN F. BROWN, State Representative of New Mexico, Was born Jan. 30, 1880, in Cisco, Texas. He was edu cated in the public and private schools of Texas, Illinois and New Mexico. He is a successful merchant and deal er in real estate of Mosciuero, N.M.; and prominently identified with the republican party. He is now a mem ber of the state house of representatives for New Mexico for the term of 1909-11. ALFRED W. BELL, State Representative of West Virginia, Was born Sept. 5, 1866, in De Kalb, Gilmer county, W. Va. He was educated in the public schools of his native state; and in the Glenville state normal school. He has attained success in the practice of law in West Virginia; and is a commissioner in chancerv, a commissioner of ac counts and a notary public. He was mayor of the town of Henry, W. Va.; was a member of the board of education of the Henry independent district; and principal of the Glenville public schools. He has been a member of the 188 congressional, senatorial and judiciary committees of the republican party; and is a member of the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and other fraternal and patriotic or ders. He was a state representative in the West Virginia legislature for the term of 1908-10; is a member of the committee of the judiciary. WILLIAM RICHMOND PETERS, Merchant and Manufacturer, Was born New York City, 1850; son Thomas McClure and Alice (Richmond) Peters; educated private schools; entered Yale in 1870, but was not graduated; married New York City, 1879, Helen Heiser; children: Isabel, Alice R., William Richmond, Jr., Thomas M. President and director Peters, White and company, Peters Realty company, Phosphate Mining company; director Bank of America, Mutual Chemical company, State Realty and Mortgage company. Clubs: Century, Metropolitan, Down Town, Riding. Residence: City, 33 W. 49th street; country, Oyster Bay, L.I. JOHN FLEMING CARSON, Clergyman, Was born Philadelphia, Jan. 28, 1860; son William and Margaret (Fleming) Carson; educated West Philadel phia Classical institute, University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1881; Reformed Presbyterian Theological seminary, Al legheny, Pa., B.D., 1885 (D.D., 1892, Ursinus college, LL.D., 1910, Ursinus college) ; married Philadelphia, Feb. 9, 1886, Bessie McKnight. Ordained pastor Re formed Presbyterian church, Brooklvn, N.Y., May 20, 1885; entered Presbyterian church, April, 1892, as pas tor Central Presbyterian church, Brooklyn (church or ganized 1892^ with 146 members; membership in 1911 is 2,354). Chaplain forty-seventh regiment, N.G.N.Y. Re publican. Moderator of the general assembly of Pres- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 189 byterian church, 1911. Director college board of Pres byterian church; trustee Presbytery of Brooklyn Church Extension society, Brooklyn, Blind Men s Industrial home, chairman executive commission Presbyterian church, Member Pennsylvania society of New York. Clubs: Union League (Brooklyn), Brooklyn Clerical. GEORGE C. CALKINS, State Representative of Iowa, Was born Oct. 4, 1835, in Schnectadv county, N.Y. He was educated in the public schools of his native county; ville academy. In 18^9 he moved to Illinois; there taught school; and for a few years was engaged in farming and auctioneering. He was assessor of Whiteside county, 111. ; and also filled various other local positions. In 1871 he located in Adams county, Iowa; and has ever since fol lowed the businesses of auctioneering, farming and stock raising in that county. He has been town clerk, assessor and county supervisor for six years, being chairman for attended Kingsborough academv: and also the Charlottes- four years. Since 1906 he has been a state representative in the Iowa legislature from Adams county; is now serv ing his second term of 1909-11. B. A. WORTHINGTON, First Vice-President, Was born Nov. 20, 1861, at Sacramento, Cal. Educated in the oublic schools at Sacramento. Entered railway service Tulv T. 1874, as telegraph messenger Central Pa cific railroad at Sacramento, Cal., since which he has been consecutively to 1877, telegraph operator same road; 1877 to 1882, commercial operator Western Union Telegraph company; 1882 to 1888, chief clerk and secretary to gen eral master mechanic Southern Pacific company at Sacra mento; 1888 to July, 1895, chief clerk and secretary to vice-president and general manager same company at San 190 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Francisco; July, 1895, to 1898, chief clerk and secretary to assistant to president same company; 1898 to July, 1901, in charge of tonnage rating of locomotives same company; July to October, 1901, superintendent Tucson division at Tucson, Ariz.; October, 1901, to Aug. 20, 1903, superin tendent coast division same company at San Francisco; Aug. 20, 1903, to April i, 1904, assistant to general man ager same company at San Francisco; April i, 1904, to Feb. 9, 1905, assistant director of maintenance and opera tion Harriman lines (Southern Pacific and Union Pacific systems) at Chicago; Feb. 9 to June i, 1905, vice-presi dent and general manager Oregon Railroad and Naviga tion compan^ Tune i, igoc, to date, first vice-president Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad, Wabash Pittsburg Ter minal railway and West Side Belt railroad, comprising the Wabash lines east of Toledo, O. ; Sept. 25, 1905, to date, also general manager same lines; on June 8, 1908, he was appointed receiver W. and L. E. R. R. Co. and P., W. and L.E. Coal company; same position to date. WILLIAM B. AHERN, Solicitor, Was born in Burlington county, N.J., Nov. 2, 1851. He was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, and engaged in mercantile pursuits until January, 1879, when he was appointed to a clerkship in the internal revenue office, leaving this position in August, 1880, to accept the assistant clerkship of the court of quarter sessions, where he remained until April, 1881;, when he became one of the magistrates of the city, having been chosen at the elec tion in February preceeding for the term of five years. He was re-elected magistrate in February, 1890, and served until April, 1895. In May, 1895, he was appointed clerk of the court of quarter sessions by Governor Has tings for the unexpired term of Gen. James W. Latta, and elected for term of three years to the same office in SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 191 November, 1895, retiring therefrom, Dec. 31, 1898, since which time he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits. He represented the twelfth ward in the republican city committee from January, 1878, until August, 1884, and the thirteenth ward from January, 1886, until 1900; was president of that body in 1887, and secretary for sixteen years, and was alternate delegates to the republican na tional conventions of 1880 and 1888. Address: 2008 Dia mond street, Philadelphia. S. C. CARL, Lawyer and Statesman of Io<wa, Was born Nov. i, 1870, in What Cheer, Iowa. He was educated in the public schools; and graduated from the Iowa City Commercial college. He is a member of the democratic party; is prominent in the public and busi ness affairs of his communitv; and has large interests in real estate and insurance. He is now serving his second term of 1909-1 1 as a justice of the peace. DANIEL S. SPENCER, Railroad Manager, Was born June 12, 1857, at Salk Lake City, Utah. Edu cated in the common schools and at Utah university. En tered railway service 1874 as messenger boy Utah Central railroad and Utah Southern railroad. These roads later were absorbed by the Union Pacific and afterwards by the Oregon Short line, and he has been in continuous service of those roads and the Oregon Short line to date, as fol lows: Telegraph operator, station agent, traveling audi tor, ticket agent at deoot at Salt Lake Citv, ticket agent in city office same place, train dispatcher of line Ogden to Frisco, Utah, chief clerk to general agent Salt Lake City, chief clerk general passenger and ticket office Oregon Short line, and is now assistant general passenger and ticket agent same road. 192 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS MILNER SEARGEANT, Master of Trains, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Was born May 7, 1867, at Ashley, 111. Educated at Ash ley (111.) high school and at Ewing college, 1883 to 1886. Entered railway service November, 1887, since which he has been consecutively to date, with Louisville and Nash ville railroad as follows: To Mav. i88q, watchman at Mt. Vernon, 111.; May, 1889, to July, 1890, operator same place; July, 1890, to February, 1891, assistant train dis patcher at Evansville, Ind. ; February, 1891, to March, 1897, train dispatcher same place; March, 1897, to date, successively master of trains St. Louis division, Hender son division and Cumberland Valley division. HENRY FLOY, Consulting Engineer, Was born September, 1866, in Elizabeth, N.J. He was educated at Wesleyan, Middletown, Conn.; Cornell, Ithaca, N.Y. Degrees, A. B., A.M., M.E. He was with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company for six years, 1892-1898, at Pittsburg, Chicago and Min neapolis. Since 1898 located in New York City, carry ing on an independent consulting engineer practice. As consulting engineer has done work in various parts of the United States, Canada and Mexico, in reporting on, ap praising and supervising construction of steam and hydro generating stations, power plants, street railways, and long distance transmission lines. Installed the first 2^,000 volt underground transmission in 1900 at St. Paul, Minn., which is still in successful operation. Arbitrator in the Colorado Springs lighting controversy. Member of the international jury of awards, Louisiana exposition, 1904. Member of the American Institute of Electrical Engi neering, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Electric Railway association, National Electric Light association, Illuminating Engineering society, New York SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 193 Electrical society, etc. Author of "High Tension Under ground Electric Cables," "Colorado Springs Controver sy," monographs and contributions to the technical press. CHESTER L. COLLINS, Circuit Judge of Michigan, Was born June 13, 1847, in New Castle, Coshocton coun ty, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools; attend ed the Iowa Wesleyan university and graduated from the literary department of that institution of learning. He served in the civil war as a member of company A, forty- seventh regiment Iowa volunteer infantry. In 1869 he began the practice of law; and soon attained success in that profession. He is a member of the republican party; and is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his city, county and state. He is a judge of the circuit court of Michigan; is now serving his first term of 1 906- 1 1 . JOSIAH H. DORTCH, Chief of Education, United States Division Indian Affairs, Was born Feb. 15, 1858, in Somerville, Tenn. He was educated in the Southwestern Presbyterian university of Clarksville, Tenn.; and at Vanderbilt university of Nash ville, Tenn. He is by profession a lawyer and editor; and in 1884 was appointed clerk of the circuit court of Fay- ette county, Tenn. In 1887 he was a member of the Ten nessee state senate from the thirtieth senatorial district; and in 1890-94 was county court clerk of Fayette county, Tenn. While a member of the Tennessee state senate he introduced and passed the election law bill of that state, which with only slight modifications, is still on the statute books. For fifteen years he was editor of the Reporter of Somerville, Tenn. Since 1895 ne has been chief of educa tion, division of Indian affairs. 194 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOSEPH CANS, Lawyer, Son Hynictn Selig and Rose Cans; born in Germany, May 17, 1 88 1 ; came to the United States when three years of age; educated in public schools of New York City and New York university, receiving degree of LL.M.; mar ried New York City, December, 1903, Delia L. London; children: Hyman Selig, Ralph A. Admitted to the bar at New York City, 1902, and immediately became mem ber of the firm of Rieger and Cans, succeeding the firm of Levy, Lynn and Rieger. Had previously been asso ciated with Mr. Rieger of that firm for about eight years. Later the firm was dissolved and he entered into practice alone and also entered into many real estate corporations. Member firm of Cans Bros., real estate operators; direc tor and counsel Nassau Beekman Investing company, Trist Realty company, Yorkville Jewelry company, Zuck- erman and Liberman, Inc. Democrat. Hebrew. Mem ber New York County Lawyers association. Has devot ed whole time to litigated pracice and to real estate oper ations and has become associated with many enterprises. GEORGE D. DARNALL, Physician and Surgeon of West Union, Iowa, Was born May 28, 1843, near Paris, Edgar county, 111. He was educated in the public schools of his native state; attended the Edgar academy of Paris, 111.,; and in 1872 graduated from the Ohio medical college at Cincinnati. He has attained success as a practicing surgeon and phy sician of West Union, Iowa; and for nearly forty years has continuously followed his profession. He is president of the board of insane commissioners of Fayette county, Iowa; is president of the board of education of West Union, Iowa; is president of the board of pension exam iners for Fayette county, Iowa; and is also surgeon to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad at West Union, SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 195 Iowa. He has been coroner of Fayette county, Iowa; for fourteen years was a member of the West Union city coun cil; and president of the Fayette county board of pension examiners. He was a representative in the twenty-second general assembly of the Iowa legislature; is now president of the Fayette county national bank of West Union, Iowa; and is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his city and state. JOHN ELMER WEEKS, Physician, Was born Painesville, O., Aug. 9, 1853; son Seth and Deborah A. (Blydenburgh) Weeks; educated Paines ville, O., Corry, Pa., high school; graduate University of Michigan, M.D., 1881; matriculant University of Ber lin, Germany, 1884; married New York City, April 29, 1890, Jennie Post Parker; one daughter, Eveline P., born April n, 1891. Served for five and a half years as in terne at Alms House and Workhouse hospitals, New York, New York State Emigrant hospital, New York Ophthalmic and Aural institute, a semester at University of Berlin. Now practicing in New York City. Former chief of clinic, ophthalmic department, Vanderbilt clinic, College Physicians and Surgeons; lecturer on opthalmol- ogy, Bellevue Hospital Medical college, and professor diseases of the eye and ear, Woman s Medical college of New York infirmary; now professor opthalmology, Uni versity and Bellevue Hospital Medical college (New York university) ; surgeon New York Eye and Ear in firmary. In 1886 discovered and described the micro organism that produces acute contagious conjunctivitis; has written many articles and monographs on medical sub jects, in general and special medical journals and in text books on diseases of the eye. Author Diseases of the Eye, a textbook. Director New York Product Exachnge bank. Republican. Member New York Academy of Medicine, 196 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS State Medical society, County Medical society, American Medical association, American Ophthalmological soci ety, Ohio society. Recreations: Golf, fishing, hunting. Clubs: Union League, Automobile Club of America, Quill, Montaignais. JULIAN FRANCIS DETMER, Merchant, Was born Cleveland, O. ; son Henry and Josephine (Kleine) Detmer: educated in nublic schools: married, 1896, Esther M. Downey; children: Esther Marie, born 1898; Eugene, born 1899: Jerome, born 1901. Engaged since 1886 in wholesale woolen business as president Det mer Woolen company, the headquarters of which are in New York City. THOMAS DUFF, Hancock County Auditor, of Iowa, Was born July i/t, 1840. in Delaware. He was educated in the district schools; has been identified with various mercantile and other businesses: and is nrominentlv iden tified with the business and public affairs of Garner, Iowa. He is identified with the republican partv; and is now serving his second term of 1910-22 as county auditor of Hancock countv. DAVID STANLEY SMITH, Musician, Was born U.S.A., 1877. Pupil of Arthur Kortheuer, Horatio Parker and C. M. Widor (Paris). Yale univer sity, B.A., 1900; Mus. Bach., 1903. F.A.G.O., 1907. Member, National Institute of Arts and Letters. Winner of one of the Paderewski prizes, 1909. Assistant profes sor of the theory of Music, Yale university. Organist Center church, New Haven, Conn. F. organist West minster Presbyterian church, Toledo, O., 189/5; organist SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 197 Trinity church, Toledo, 1897; organist Center church, New Haven, Conn., 1897-1901; organist church of the Redeemer, New Haven, Conn., 1904-07. Composer of numerous sone;s, choruses, cantatas and anthems (pub lished by G. Schirmer and Novello and company), also of symphonic compositions and chamber music. GEORGE H. FRACKER, Professor of Buena Vista College, Was born April 14, 1853, in Zanesville, Ohio. He was educated at the University of Wooster, Ohio, from which institution he graduated in 1878. He has attained suc cess in the educational world; and has contributed exten sively to educational literature. He is professor of Ger man and French in the Buena Vista college of Iowa; has been acting president of that institution of learning since 1908. CHARLES H. PARKHURST, Presbyterian Clergyman, Was born Framingham, Mass., April 17, 1842; educated Lancaster academy, Amherst college, A.B., 1866; A.M., 1869; D.D., 1880; LL.D., 1892. Clerk in dry goods house, 1858-60; principal Amherst high school, until 1867; professor Greek and Latin, Williston seminary, 1870-71 ; married Nov. 23, 1870, Ellen Bodman of Wil- liamsburg, Mass. Studied theology at Halle, Leipzig and Bonn; pastor First Congregational church of Lenox, Mass., 1874; pastor Madison Square Presbyterian church, New York City; since 1880, president Society for Preven tion of Crime, 1891-1908. Sermon on municipal corrup tion brought him before grand jury, 1892; led to investi gations by New York legislature committee (Lexow com mittee) of New York police force; caused defeat of Tam many hall, 1894; has since been prominent in all work of reform and against all corruption and crime. Author: 198 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Forms of the Latin Verb Illustrated by the Sanskrit, 1870; The Blind Man s Creed, and Other Sermons, 1883; The Pattern on the Mount, 1885 ; Three Gates on a Side, 1887; What Would the World Be Without Religion? 1888; The Swiss Guide, 1889; Our Fight with Tammany, 1895; The Sunny Side of Christianity, 1901; and A Little Lower Than the Angels. WALTER FRANCIS FREAR, Governor of Hawaii Territory, Was born Oct. 29, 1863, in Grass Valley, Cal. In 1885 he graduated from Yale university; and in 1890 from Yale law school. He soon acquired success in the prac tice of law. In 1893 he became the judge of the first cir cuit court of Hawaii; and three months later became as sociate justice of the supreme court for the territory of Hawaii. In 1898 he was a member of the commission to recommend to congress legislation concerning Hawaii; and in 1903-05 was chairman of the Hawaiian code com mission. In 1893 he became an associate justice; also served as chief justice of the supreme court for the terri tory of Hawaii. He is governor of Hawaii territory for the term of 1907-11. HERMAN ROSENTHAL, He is Chief of Slavonic Department, New York Public Library; Editor Russian Department, Jewish Encyclopedia, Was born Oct. 6, 1843, Friedrichstadt, Courland, Russia. Son of Moritz Rosenthal and Pauline Birkhahn. Edu cated at Bausk district school and private board school at Jacobstadt. Married Anna Rosenthal. Arrived in United States, 1881; started the first agricultural colony for Russian Jews in America, in Louisiana; organized two more colonies in South Dakota and New Jersey; was sent by the Great Northern railway on mission to Japan SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 199 and China, 1892-1893; secretary German-American Re formed union, 1893-1894; started the Russian Daily Zar- ya, 1879; published and edited the Hebrew Monthly In telligencer, New York; member Imperial Russian Or phan asylum; Red Cross society, medal of latter, 1877- 1878. Contributor since 1885 to New York Staats-Zeit- ung. Author: Worte des Sammlers, 1893; Lied der Lieder, 1893; Report on Japan, China and Corea, 1893; Spatherbstnebel, Poems, Stuttgart, 1906. Translator for the German, Hugo Can s Land of Riddles (Russia), 1904, from the Russian, Prince Serge Mrussov s Memoirs of a Russian Governor, 1908. JOHN GATES, Former School Treasurer of Union Township, Floyd County, Iowa, Was born May 26, 1826, in Sachsenflur, County of Box- berg, State of Baden, Germany. He came to America in 1848; and subsequently engaged as a blacksmith at Atica, N.Y., for five years, when he moved to Floyd county, Iowa, in 1854; and worked in blacksmithing and in farming. He has filled various township offices from road supervisor to justice of the peace; was a notary pub lic; was county supervisor for three years, and resigned in order to serve as a state representative from Floyd county to the twenty-third general assembly of the Iowa legisla ture. He has acted as an administrator to settle numerous estates; and acted as guardian for a period of more than twenty years until about 1908, with honorable discharge and a regiment of minors grown to womanhood and man hood. He has always been identified with the democratic partv. As former school townshio treasurer on surrender ing the office July i, 1911, he had rendered a continuous service for the space of forty-seven years, at the age of eighty-five, and still resides on the home farm near Mar ble Rock, Floyd county, Iowa. 200 SUCCESSFUL AMEKICANS KENNETH C. GILLIS, State Representative of California, Was born June 3, 1885, in Yreka, Cal. He was educated in the public schools; and attended the University of Cal ifornia. He has attained success in the practice of law; is a member of the firm of Gillis and Gillis of Yreka, Cal.; -rominent in the business and public affairs of his citv and Siskiyou county, Cal. He is a member of the demo cratic party; a member of the Masons, Elks and other fraternal and patriotic orders, clubs and societies. He is now a state representative in the California legislature; is now serving his first term of 1909-10. JOHN RODMAN PAUL, Lawyer, Was born in Philadelphia, Aug. 6, 1852; son of John Rodman Paul and Elizabeth Duffield (Neill) Paul. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as B.A. and M.A. He was admitted to the bar in 1875, an d is senior member of the law firm of Biddle, Paul and Jayne. He is a director of the Philadelphia Contributor- shH and Philadelphia Savings Fund. Mr. Paul is an in dependent republican in politics, and an Episcopalian in religious affiliation. He is a member of the American Philosophical society, Pennsylvania Historical society, Phi Beta Kappa, Society of Colonial Wars, the Wistar Party, Rittenhouse club, University, Penn and City clubs, and the Philadelphia Cricket club; vice-president of the City Parks association, president of the College settle ment. HARRY GLOSTER ARMSTRONG, American Representative Manchester Ship Canal, Was born Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland, Jan. 17, 1861; son John Armstrong, eminent Irish lawyer, and Sarah Helen (Moffat) Armstrong; educated Royal SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 201 school, Cavan; Dr. Chetwode Crawley, Dublin. Received first commission as lieutenant County Cavan regiment, February, 1878; served in royal Irish fusiliers and lo^th regiment; attached to thirty-eighth regiment; resigned from army, 1884. Contributed to Army and Navy Ga zette and The Broad Arrow many articles; wrote and nublished a number of drill books; Catechism of Squad Drill (two editions) ; Words of Command Used in Com pany Drill (two editions) ; Words of Command Used in Battalion Drill (two editions) ; Regulations and Instruc tions for Encampment. After leaving the army joined the Haymarket Theater company, London, then under the Bancroft management; played in productions of Hugh Conway s Dark Days; later played round of characters with F. R. Benson s Shakespearean company; became business manager for Sir Charles Wyndham at Strand and Comedy theater, 1888-92; manager tours of Our Boys, Fedora, Two Roses, In a Looking Glass, etc. Left stage for commercial life; appointed manager and secretary of Mexican Land and Colonization company; visited Mexico, etc.; appointed, 1896, American representative for Manchester Ship Canal company. Convert to Ro man Catholicism, 1905. Fellow Royal Geographical so ciety, London. Recreations: Sailing, swimming, row ing, walking. Clubs: Raleigh (London) ; United Service (Dublin) ; Calumet, Downtown association, Lotos, Press, Marine and Field (New York City). Address: Augh- namullen, Ballybay, Ireland. WILLIAM OCTAVE HART, Attorney-at-Law, Was born Aug. 19, 1857, in New Orleans, La. He re ceived his education in the public schools of his native state; and at Lusher s commercial academy. Since 1880 he has practiced law in New Orleans; is one of the fore most lawyers of his state; and has traveled extensively 202 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS throughout America and Europe. He has served three terms as a member of the examining committee of the su preme court of Lousiana for the admission of candidates to the bar; in 1898 was a member of the Louisiana state constitutional convention; and in 1900 was a presidential elector. He is treasurer of the Commercial Law league of America; and a member of the committee on uniform state laws of the American Bar association. He is first lieutenant commander of Camp Beauregard No. 130, United Sons of Confederate Veterans; treasurer of the Louisiana Historical society; member of the board of curators of the state museum of Louisiana; and a com missioner on uniform state laws from Louisiana. He is a member of the National Municipal league, American Political Science association, American Institute of Civ ics and a score of other societies and associations. For twenty-eighth years he has been a member of the law firm of Dinkelspiel, Hart and Davey. SAMUEL EKIN GILL, President Parral and Durango Railroad Company, Was born in Allegheny county, Pa., April 23, 1846; son of Samuel Gill and Rachel (Ekin) Gill. He was edu cated in common schools and academy near Pittsburgh. He married in Pittsburg, Sept. 9, 1869, Kate Wilson, and they have four children: Mrs. James I. Johnston, Mrs. Agnes Du Barry, Ralph E. Gill and Albert E. Gill. He taught school, 1862-1866; member of company K of the fifty-fourth Pennsylvania volunteer militia, 1863, during Lee s invasion of Pennsylvania and Morgan s raid through Indiana and Ohio; manufacturer of bedding and upholstery, 1869-1882; and treasurer of Hidalgo Mining company since that time; organized Parral and Durango Railroad company, 1898, and has been its president since; treasurer of the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School asso ciation; member of the board of public charities of the SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 203 stale of Pennsylvania since 1903. Mr. Gill is a repub lican in politics, an elder in the East Liberty Presbyterian church of Pittsburgh, member of the Academy of Science of Philadelphia, Geographical society of Philadelphia, member of executive committee Pennsylvania societv Sons of the American Revolution, member and past master of the Pittsburgh lodge of Masons, and member of the Du- quesne club of Pittsburgh. FRANK W. HASTINGS, Farmer and Author, of Glover, Vt., Was born Dec. 31, 1856, in Waterford, Vt. He was educated in the public schools of his native state; and in 1875 graduated from St. Johnsbury academy of Vermont. He is a successful farmer and insurance man of St. Johns- bii r " Vt. He is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of Vermont; resides in Glover, Vt. ; and has filled various positions of trust and honor. He is the author of Wed to a Lunatic: The Untamed Philos opher; and Wiht the Plugolians. JAMES G. HENDRY, Bank President and Justice of the Peace of Bridgeivater, Iowa, Was born in Andover, Mass. He was educated in the high school of Fond du Lac, Wis. He is a member of the republican party; has filled the offices of trustee, clerk, assessor and various other positions of trust and honor in the gift of his city, county and state. He is president of the Union bank of Bridgewater, Adair county, Iowa; is prominently identified with the business and public af fairs of his community; and for many years has been jus tice of the peace. 204 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS, Railroad President, Was born May 16, 1856, in Rock Island, 111. Since 1873 he has been consecutively in the passenger department, in the auditor s and superintendent s offices of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad at St. Louis, Mo., in 1873-77; secre tary to the general manager of the Missouri Pacific rail way in 1877-84; secretary to the general manager and as sistant general manager of the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific railroad in 1884-87; general manager of the Wa bash Western railroad in 1887-89; general manager of the Wabash system in 1889-95; and in 1894-95 was vice- president of that road. In 1896 he became general man ager of the Grand Trunk railroad of Canada; and is now president of the Central Vermont railway; and president of the Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junc tion railroad. WILLIAM HALLS, JR., Banker, Was born Brooklyn, Aug. 4, 1858; son William and La- vinia M. (Plows) Halls; educated German Commercial institute, Brooklyn; married Brooklyn, Oct. 14, 1879, Sarah W. Whitaker, New York. Director Hanover Na tional bank (formerly vice-president), rose from messen ger in bank to that position; was for a period, 1880-82, with stock brokerage firm of Prince and Whitely, ac quired, with others, Union college holdings of real es tate in Long Island City, 1898, and organizing New York Land and Warehouse company, of which is president and director; reorganized Elyton Land company of Birming ham, Ala., and established the Birmingham Realty com pany; director Irving National Exchange bank, Flat- bush Trust company, First National bank of Summit, president and director The Summit Trust company, vice- president and manager Brooklyn M. E. hospital. Repub- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 205 lican ; Methodist. Member New York Chamber of Com merce. Recreation: Travel. Clubs: Union League, Lawyers , Canoe Brook, Highland (New Jersey), Sum mit Country. ALFRED HAND, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born March 26, 1835, in Honesdale, Pa. In 1860 he began the practice of law in Scranton, Pa. In 1879-88 he was judge eleventh judicial district; and in 1888-89 was justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania to fill a va cancy. In 1872-79 he was president of the Third Na tional bank, and has been president of the Scranton free library since its foundation. ISADOR SOBEL, Postmaster, Erie, Pa., Was born Aug. 28. i8j8, New York Citv. Son of Semel Sobel and Cecelia King;. He was educated in New York public schools, College Citv of New York and Erie hieh school. Married Emma Auerhaim. Admitted to Erie bar, 1888. Elected to Erie city councils, i8qi : re-elected, 1893; president councils, 1894.; secretary renublican coun- tv committee, 1889-1891 ; chairman, 1893-1896; vice-pres ident Republican league of Pennsylvania. 1894-180^; president, 1806-1807; presidential elector. 1896; appoint ed postmaster bv President McKinley, 1898; re-appoint ed by President Roosevelt in 1902 and 1006; re-appoint ed by President Taft in 1910; republican candidate for mayor, 1891;: president Postmasters association of Penn- svlvania, 1908; first vice-president National Association of Postmasters of Offices of First Class, 1911; president District Grand lodge No. 3, I.O.B.B., 1910-1911; mem ber executive committee American Jewish committee, 191 1. 206 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN H. MELLOR, Banker, Was born at Wellsville, Ohio, May n, 1873; son of Jos. S. Mellor and Jane (Moulds) Mellor. He was educated at Rochester high school. He married, at Rochester, Pa., June 8, 1904, Mary Belle Wilson, of Beaver, Pa.; they have one daughter, Mary Bell Mellor, born in 1905. Mr. Mellor has been with the First National bank since 1895, and is now its cashier. He is director of the Rochester Cut Glass company, and the treasurer of the borough of Rochester, the Central Building and Loan association, the Rochester Business Men s association; treasurer Roches ter lodge No. 229, F. and A. M.; member clearing house committee Beaver County Clearing House association. Mr. Mellor is a Mason and a Knight Templar. He has traveled through Canada and Mexico. He is a republican in politics, and in religion an Episcopalian. BAYARD H. TYLER, Portrait and Landscape Painter, Was born Oneida, N.Y., 1855; son Henry H. and Eliz abeth (Stevens) Tyler; educated Whitestown seminary, 1875-1876; Syracuse university, Fine Arts college; un der Dean George F. Comfort, LL.D., 1879; graduate National Academy of Design, New York, 1882, with med als, 1879-1882; pupil Theo. Kaufman; pupil Art Stu dents league, New York; under Wm. Chase, 1879; mar ried 1883, Charlotte E. Wiltsie. Children, Mary Spof- ford, Myra Joshu and Bayard Hermance (deceased). Exhibitor National Academy Design; Society American Artists; Pennsylvania academy; Paris exposition; Colum bian exposition, Chicago, 189"?; exhibition American paintings, Corcoran gallery, Washington, D.C., 1910. Among private collections represented in Hampton D. Ewing Esq., Yonkers; Chas. H. Fox, Esq., Haverhill, Mass.; Chas. A. Green, Rochester; Hon. Thos. Ewing, SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 207 Jr., Yonkers; Mrs. Elizabeth D. Boies, Scranton; Con gressman John E. Andrews; Jas. G. S. Dey, Syracuse, and others. Among portraits painted are late Wm. H. Sherman, M.D., Yonkers; Hon. Theo. Roosevelt, Munic ipal Gallery, Albany; Admiral Willard H. Brownson, U.S.N.; Wm. F. Cochran, Esq.; J. J. Albright, Esq., Scranton public library; Rev. James E. Freeman, Rec tor St. Marks church, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mr. Alex S. Cochran, Hon. B. B. Odell, Rev. Dr. M. Woollsey Stryk- er, D.D., LL.D., president Hamilton college, Clinton, N.Y.; Prof. Geo. F. Comfort, L.H.D., LL.D., Museum Fine Arts, Syracuse. Clubs: Lotus, Talmagundi. STANHOPE REID SPENCER, Musician, Was born U.S.A., 1872. Pupil of P. C. Lutkin. N. W. university school of music, 1897., A.A.G.O. Instructor, New York German Conservatory of Music. Instructor, New York School of Music and Arts. Composer of Fugue in A Minor for Organ (published by John Church company, 1903, 75 cents) ; May Song, part song for Fe male Voices (published by John Church company, 1910, 10 cents; Minuet in E Major, for Piano (John Church company, 1911): The Critical Seed, song (Brainard s Sons company, 1900, 30 cents) ; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C Major, for eight part Chorus and Five So loists; Sonata Romantique in C Major; Canzduetta in E Flat Major for Violin and Piano, Capriccietto in D Flat Major for Violin and Piano; There Is a Blessed House, and Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing, anthems for mixed quartette; songs: Nearer My God to Thee," "We Will Forget," "A Voyage at Dusk," "I Love Thee So." Author of Eclectic Harmony." 208 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS FLORENCE BASCOM, Geologist, Was born at Williamstown, Mass. ; daughter of John Bas- com and Emma (Curtiss) Bascom. She was graduated from the University of Wisconsin, receiving the degrees of B.L. and A.B. 1882, B.S. 1884, and A.M. 1887; from that university, and after graduate study at Johns Hopkins university, that of Ph. D. in 1893. From 1893-1895 Miss Bascom was assistant in the department of geology at Ohio State university. Since 1895, she has been successively lecturer, associate, associate professor and professor of p-eologv at Bryn Mawr college, and is geologist on the United States geological survey. Miss Bascom is a Phi Beta Kappa, a fellow of the Geological societv of Ameri ca and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, the Washington Academy of Sciences and the National Geographical societv. Dr. Bascom is author of : The Structure, Origin, and Nomenclature of the Acid Volcanic Rocks of South Mountain, 180?: A Pre-Terti- ary Nepheline-bearing Rock, 1896; both in the Journal of Geoloev. The Ancient Volcanic Rocks of South Moun tain, Pennsylvania. Bulletin No. 136, United States geo logical survey; The Aporhvolite, Bulletin No. 343-349; also of Bulletin No. 150, United States geological sur- * T f** T 1898: Aoorhyolite of South Mountain, Pennsylvania, bulletin of Geological society of America, volume eight, 1896; The Geology of the Crystalline Rocks of Cecil County, Marvland, Maryland geological survey publica tions, 1902; The Water Resources of the Philadelphia District, Bulletin 106, United States geological survev, 1904; also in the American Geologist, The Relations of Streams in the Neighborhood of Philadelphia to the Bryn Mawr Gravel, January, 1897; The Finland Excursion of the International Congress of Geologists, November, 1897; On Some Dikes in the Vicinity of Johns Bay, SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 209 Maine, May, 1899; also several reviews and editorials in the American Geologist since July, 1896; Piedmont Dis trict of Pennsylvania, Bulletin Geological society, Ameri ca, volume sixteen, pages 289-328, pages 48-63, 1905; An- hydritzwilling von Ausse, Groth s Zeitschriff fur Krys- tallographie, Leipzig, 1907, with V. Goldschmidt, with collaborators, The Philadelphia Atlas Folia and The Trenton Folio. HARRY MARSH HODGES, Hydrographer United States Navy Department, Was born June 21, 18^5, in Carrollton, 111. In 1875 he graduated from the United States naval academy; and during twenty-five years has served on all stations around the world. Since 1904 he has been hydrographer to the United States navy. JOHN L. CUNNINGHAM, Fire Insurance President, Was born Hudson, N.Y., April 5, 1840; son Jeremiah and Berthia (White) Cunningham; educated in common and private schols and Union university law school, Albany, N.Y., LL.B., 1861; married Chestertown, N.Y., Eliza beth Fowler (now deceased) ; one daughter, Beth (now wife of William A. Brown, of Glens Falls, N.Y.) . Prac ticed law at Essex, N.Y., until enlisted, 1862, in n8th New York regiment; went to front and saw much active service; was for some time provost marshal at Ports mouth, Va. ; came out of war as major and brevet lieuten ant-colonel. On return from war appointed collector in ternal revenue for sixteenth congressional district of New York; resigned to join field force at Glens Falls Insur ance company as special agent; elected, 1872, secretary of company, and was virtually its manager; since death of President Little, 1892, president and director Glens Falls Insurance company. Republican; Presbyterian (elder). 210 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM HENRY HOLT, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born Nov. 29, 1842, in Bath county, Ky. He was ed ucated in the public schools of his native state; attended the Twinsburg institute of Ohio; and in 1862 graduated with the degree of LL.B. from the New York law uni versity at Albany. In 1863-84 he practiced law in Mount Sterling, Ky. ; in 1884-93 was judge of the Kentucky court of appeals at Frankfort; and in 1891-92 was chief justice of Kentucky. In 1893-1900 he practiced law in Frank fort, Ky. ; in 1904 was first United States district judge of Porto Rico; and since 1904 has practiced his profes sion in Louisville, Ky. HENRY DWIGHT HOLTON, Physician and Surgeon, Was born in 1838, in Rockingham, Vt. He was educated at the Saxton s River seminary, Vt., and in 1860 received his degree of M.D. from the University of New York. He has attained success as a phvsician and surgeon in Battleboro, Vt., where he is a member of the state board of health. He served as commissioner from Vermont to the Mexican national exposition of industries and fine arts ; is a member of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science; was a delegate to the republican national convention in 1896, and has taken an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state. LOUIS ENRICHT, Civil Engineer, Was born Mayence, Germany, April 19, 1847; son Dr. C. J. and Albertina Roeslin Enricht; educated in tech nical school, Darmstadt, Germany; married Oct. 28, 1902, Anna Jakubal; one son, Louise, Jr., and one daughter, Alice. Traveled largely in United States and Mexico; was engaged in mining in early times in California. As- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 211 sistant engineer Golden Gate park, in San Francisco, Cal., 1871-76; then large contractor and member firm of Tor- rens and Enricht, San Francisco; elected county surveyor Cook county, 111., 1896, and served four years; now en gaged in various enterprises in New York and Mexico. Inventor of various processes of forming artificial stones, etc. Republican. Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar and member Mystic Shrine. Member seventeenth as sembly district republican club, Brooklyn. WALTER BOUGHTON CHAMBERS, Architect, Was born Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 15, 1866; son William P. and Caroline (Boughton) Chambers; educated Brooklyn Polytechnic school, Yale universitv, A.B., 1887, Univer sity of Munich, 1887-88, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1889-91 ; married first, June 9, 1807, Ethel Notman (died July 19, 1 808^ second, Dresden, Germany, April 23, 1901, Elizabeth Margery Ferguson; children: Robert Notman, Walter Ferguson and William H. Engaged in practice of architecture in New York City from 1891. Enlisted, 1898, in Squadron A, N.Y. cavalry, served six years; honorably discharged, 1904. Republican. Epis copalian. Member New York chapter, American Insti tute Architects, and of American Institute of Architects, Washington, Society Beaux Arts Architects. At Yale, member He Boule, Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Key. Clubs: -.?;?. turv. Yale, Richmond County Country. GEORGE M. PRICE, Surgeon, Was born Liverpool, N.Y., March 3, 1865; son George T. and Emily H. (Merriman) Price; educated in Caze- novia seminary and Syracuse university; married North Syracuse, N.Y., Jan. 19, 1888, Nettie Belle Reese; chil dren: J. Pveese, born 1888; Emilv H., born 1890; Letitia 212 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS E., born 1894; Willis H., born 1901 ; George T., II., born 1906. Studied medicine in Vienna and London hospi tals; German, in Hanover, Germany. Renublican. Pres byterian. Member Syracuse Academy Medicine, Onon- daga County Medical society, Central New York Med ical association, New York State Medical society, Ameri can Medical association. Ex-prseident Syracuse Acad emy Medicine; professor clinical surgery, College of Medicine of Syracuse university: surgeon to Hospital of the Good Shenherd. and Syracuse free dispensary. Hon- orarv member Iota chapter, A.K.K. ; member Salt Springs lodge c;2O, R. and A. M., Central City chapter No. 70, R.A.M., and Central City commanderv No. 2;, Knights Templar; Central City consistent S.P.R.S., No. 8. EDWARD HORNIBROOK, Physician and Surgeon, Was born Oct. 28, 1838, in Ontario, Canada. He received his education in the public schools, the University of To- rrnto, and the University of Victoria college. He has served as dean of the medical college of Sioux Citv, Iowa, and professor of frvnaecolop-v in that institution. In 1897- 08 he was president of the Iowa State Medical -society; has served as consulting physician and surgeon of the Iowa hospital for the insane at Independence: and during 1891-96 was trustee of the State Insane hospital. Since the new organization of the hospital he has been a mem ber of the medical counsel. WILLIAM STONE HUBBELL, Soldier and Clergyman, Was born in 1817 in Wolcottville, Conn. In 1858 he graduated from Yale college: in 1866 graduated from Andover theological seminarv ind subsequently received the degree of D.D. from Hamilton co\\ n ^~ Tn 1862-6; he served in the civil war; and became captain and brevet SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 213 major in the twenty-first regiment Connecticut volunteers. He has filled pastorates in Braintree, West Roxbury and Somerville, Mass. ; and in 1881-96 was pastor of the North Presbyterian church of Buffalo, N.Y. Since 1897 he has been general secretary of the New York Sabbath commit tee. He is chaplain of the New York commandery Loyal Legion; and of other patriotic orders. THOMAS HAMLIN HUBBARD, Soldier, Lawyer and Railroad President, Was born Dec. 20, 1838, in Hallowell, Maine. He re ceived his education in the Hallowell academy, Bowdoin college, and the Albany law school. He served with dis tinction in the union army during the civil war; was ad jutant of the twenty-fifth regiment of the Maines volun teer infantry; was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the thirtieth regiment Maine volunteer infantrv and to colo nel of the same regiment; and subsequently was made brevet brigadier-general United States volunteers. In 1865 he entered the practice of law in New York City. CHARLES FROHMAN, Theatrical Manager, Was born June 17, 1860, Sanduskv, O. Educated in New York public schools. Employed in office Daily Graphic, New York; sold tickets at Hooley s theater, Brooklyn; took charge f company sent west to play "Our Boys," 1877; was with J. H. Haverly (Haverlv s Mastadon min strels), 1879-1880, in United States and Europe; went on road with "Lady Clare" and "Victor Durand," 1881 ; or ganized a company to bring out Shenandoah, 1881; or ganized Charles Frohman Stock company, 1890; now proprietor and manager Empire, Criterion, Lvceum, Gar- rick, Knickerbocker and Globe theaters, New York; Duke of York theater, London; joint manager Globe theater, London. 214 , SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JUDAH L. LEVIN, Rabbi of United Orthodox Congregations, Was born Nisan 6, 5623, at Trab, Government Vilna, Russia. Son of Nahun P. Levin and Liba Abromovitz. Educated at Volosin and Kovno, Russia. Rebbinical diplomas received from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Spector, Kovno, and Rabbi Hirsch Leb Berlin, Volosin. Was rabbi in Liskeveh, Government Suvalki, Russia; Roches ter, N.Y. ; and New Haven, Conn. WILLIAM DEMPSTER HOARD, Soldier, Farmer, Journalist and Governor, Was born Oct. 10, 1836, in Stockbridge, N.Y. He was educated in the public schools. During the civil war he served in the fourth regiment Wisconsin infantry and in the first regiment New York light artillery; and partic ipated in numerous battles and skirmishes. In 1870 he founded the Jefferson county union; and in 1885 founded Hoard s Dairyman at Fort Atkinson, Wis. He was presi dent of the Northwestern Dairymen s association. He has been president of the Wisconsin Editorial association; and commander of the department of Wisconsin of the Grand Army of the Republic. In 1889-91 he was gov ernor of the state of Wisconsin. He has also been presi dent of the National Dairy union ; and is now president of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin. He is the wner of a large farm and herd of pure-bred Guern sey cattle; and is prominently identified with the busi ness and public affairs of Wisconsin. WILLIAM EDGAR HUGHES, Soldier, Lawyer and Banker, Was born March 1$, 1840, in Morgan county, 111. He was educated in the Jacksonville high school; and at tended the Illinois college to the end of the sophomore year. In 1860 he removed to Texas; was a colonel in the SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 215 confederate army; and in 1865 was admited to the bar. In 1865-73 he practiced law in Weatherford, Texas; and in 1873 continued his profession in Dallas and also in Denver. In 1873 he organized the City bank of Dallas, now the City National bank; and became its president. In 1884 he became president of the Exchange National bank of Dallas, Texas; and since 1881 has been president of the Continental Land and Cattle company of Denver, Colo. In 1890 he became president of the Union Trust company of St. Louis, Mo.; and removed in 1898 to Den ver, where he organized the Continental Trust company, of which he is president. HYMAN NEWMARK, Cantor (Since 1880 of Temple Israel of Harlem, New York City), Was born October, 18^9, at Warsaw. Son of Moses New- mark. Educated at Warsaw and Breslau, Germany. Dip lomas conferred by Obercantor Professor F. Weisshoff, Warsaw, and Obercantor Deutsch, Breslau. Held posi tions in Rechthal, Upper Silesia, few months, and Rond- out, N.Y., one and a half years. ERNEST AUGUST GEORGE INTEMANN, Merchant, Was born Eversen, Hanover, Germany, Oct. 25, 1848; seventh son of Claus Hinrich Intemann, a prosperous farmer; lost parents when quite young; came to the United States 1861 ; attended German school connected with St. Johannes church, New York City; married September, 1869, Catherine Margaretta Lange, eight children: Mary M., Carolina W., Ernest A. G., Jr., Charles L. H., Alfred C., Agnes H., Flora D., and Frederick W. Learned confectioner s trade; established own business in 1869. Always active in interests of the confectionery trade and was instrumental in having law passed at Albany to per- 216 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS mit opening of confectionery and similar stores on Sun days, etc.; since 1886, president United Confectioners Supply company; also president Confectioners Manufac turing company, manufacturers of Hygeia ice. Promi nent Free Mason. Ex-president German branch Y.M.C. A. Residence: 27 Bank street. EDMUND ABDY HURRY, Soldier, Lawyer and Genealogist, Was born August, 18^9, in New York City. In 1860 he graduated from Columbia college ; and in 1862 gradu ated from the law school. He was on volunteer picket duty in North Carolina during the civil war; served in various capacities; and was bearer of desoatches to Far- ragut s flagship at Pensacola harbor. He was wounded at Bermuda Hundreds and at Chapin s Bluff on the James river. In 1864 he was a volunteer nurse of wounded and sick soldiers in New York City. For many years he prac ticed law in New York City; and is now retired. He is a director of the United States Fire Insurance company. He has made public addresses; and has written on geneo- logical and semi-historical subjects for New York papers and other publications. MARTIN VON ZIMMERMAN, Superintendent of Public Schools, Retired, Was born near Magnolia, O. ; son Jacob and Susanna (Easterday) v. Zimmerman; educated Illinois State uni versity; married Litchfield, 111., June 3, 1878, Anna Elora Duggan; children: Wayne (deceased), Charles (died 1906, leaving a son, Theodore), Lillian (Mrs. Chester C. Weber). He left college at the end of his sophomore years to become principal of public school at Hillsboro, 111., and remained in the educational field until 1887, twenty-five years. Has traveled extensively in the United States. Has written and published many works, almost SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 217 always anonymously or under a nom de plume. Author: My Country, the National Anthem, The Roval Road to Ex-Tempore Speaking, etc. Republican. Evangelical Lutheran. MILES GOODYEAR HYDE, Physician, Surgeon and Author, Was born June 12, 1842, in Cortland, N.Y. He received his preparatory education at Cortland acader" T " oradu- ated from Yale college in 1865; and from Geneva Med ical college in 1868. He received his degree of A.M. from Yale college in 1868. In 1868 he bep-an his medical practice in Cortland, N.Y. ; and for a number of years was surgeon of the Elmira, Cortland and Northern rail road. In 1872-74 he was demonstrator of anatomy in the medical department of Syracuse university; and in 1874- 78 was professor of internal anatomy at the same institu tion. In 1875-77 f r two terms ne wa s president of the Cortland County Medical society; and in 1876 was a del egate to the American medical association. He is the au thor of On Preventing Deformity in Certain Fractures the Hand; Historical Monograph; and The One-Time Wooden Spoon at Yale. In fiction he is the author of The Story of a Day in London; The Girl from Mexico; and Other Stories; and Mary Markham, a novel. ROBERT SINEY PELLETREAU, Lawyer, Was born East Moriches, N.Y., Oct. 4, 1867; son Jesse Woodhull and Mary Howell (Stevens) Pelletreau; edu cated Bridgehampton (N.Y.) academy and Yale univer sity, LL.B., 1890; married Bridgehampton, N.Y., Dec. 24, 1895, Mary Woodruff Rogers; two sons, John Rogers, born Nov. 30, 1902, and Robert Halsey, born Dec. 29, 1908. Director and attorney Citizens National bank of Patchogue, N.Y., and trustee and attorney Union Sav- 218 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ings bank of Patchogue. Republican (formerly demo crat) ; Congregationalist. Member New York State Bar association, Sons of the Revolution, Hueuenot society of New York. Life member American Bible society and Long Island Bible society. GEORGE A. STAFFORD, Dry Goods Commission Merchant, Was born Auburn, N.Y., March 30, 1867; son Emmet and Mary Ann (Rockwell) Stafford; graduate Port Byron, N.Y., academy; married St. Louis, Mo., April 12, 1898, Mary Boyle; children: John Boyle, born 1899; Jane, born 1901; G. A., Jr., born 1903; Richard Rock well, born 1907. President G. A. Stafford and company (Inc.). Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, Illini Yacht (St. Louis, Mo.), Arkwright (New York City) ; Stamford Yacht, Greenwich Country club, Hill- crest Park, Conn. (P. O. Stamford). THOMAS CARR POWELL, Railroad Manager, Was born Sept. 5, 1865, at Cincinnati, O. Entered rail way service 1884 as mail clerk Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific railway, since which he has been con secutively rate clerk, chief rate clerk and chief clerk to traffic manager same road; June i, 1893, to Oct. 31, 1895, assistant general freight agent same road; Nov. i, 1895, to Aug. 4, 1898, chief clerk to general freight agent South ern railway, in charge of the rate and tariff department; Aug. 4, 1898, to July i, 1899, general freight agent same road; July i, 180,9, to March 14, 1902, assistant freight traffic manager same road; March 15, 1902, to March 31, 1905, freight traffic manager same road; April i, 1905, vice-president Southern railway in charge of traffic in the west; also vice-president (since 1907) Cent. New Orleans and Tex. Pa. Ry., Ala. Great Sou. R. R. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 219 JOHN R. KIRK, President of the State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo., Was born Jan. i, 1851, in Illinois. He was educated in the high school of Bethany, Mo., the Kirksville normal school, the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri. He is a member of the republican party; and a member of the Methodist church. He has been super intendent of schools of Bethany, Mo., superintendent of schools of Westport, Mo., in 1895-1899 was state superin tendent of schools of Missouri; and in 1899 was school inspector of the University of Missouri. He is now serv ing his sixth term of 1909-11 as president of the state nor mal school at Kirksville, Mo. ABRAHAM CHARLES KAUFMAN, Financier and Philanthropist, Was born Sept. 10, 1839, in Charleston, S.C. In 1871 he be^an his business life as a financier; and for over thirty years was identified with large enterprises in Charleston, S.C. FREDERICK NEWTON JUDSON, Lawyer and Author, Was born Oct. 7, 1845, in St. Mary s, Ga. In 1866 he graduated from Yale college; and has received the degree of A.M. from the St. Louis law school and LL.D. from the Universities of Missouri and Yale. Since 1871 he has practiced law in St. Louis, Mo. In 1871-73 he was secre tary to Governor Gratz Brown; and in 1880-82 and 1887- 89 was president of the board of education of St. Louis, Mo. He is the author of Law and Practice of Taxation in Missouri; The Taxing Power; State and Federal in the United States; and The Law of Interstate Commerce and Its Federal Regulation. 220 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HENRY BIRRELL, Stationer, Was born in Scotland, Nov. 27, 1856; son Henry and Mary E. Birrell; educated New York public school No. 35; married New York City, Oct. 10, 1889, Mary E. Sarles. Began business, 1871, with Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and company, and was with its successors, Ivison, Blakeman and company and the American Book com pany, until Jan. i, 1902, when was appointed and served as deputy county clerk, New York county, 1902-06, un der Thomas L. Hamilton, county clerk. Republican; presidential elector, 1896, from New York state, for Mc- Kinley and Hobart; delegate to republican national con vention, 1900, from twelfth congressional district, New York; sergeant-at-arms, 1900 at New York headquarters, republican national committee. Irving Press, 121 East 3ist street (secretary) ; Piercy Contracting company, Na tional Equipment company. Member Aldine association, Republican club of City of New York. WILLIAM KELLY, Business President and Scientist, Was born April 17, 1854, in New York City. In 1874 he graduated from Yale college with the degree of B.A. ; and in 1877 graduated from Columbia college with the de gree of E.M. In 1878 he was chemist of the Himrod Fur nace company of Youngstown. Ohio. In 1881-85 and in 1886-89 was superintendent of the Kemble Coal and Iron company of Riddlesburg, Pa.; and in 1885 became super intendent of the Glamorgan Iron company of Lewistown, Pa. He is general manager of the Penn Iron Mining company; manager of the Republic Iron company; treas urer of the Penn Store company; and a director of the Commercial bank of Iron Mountain, Mich. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 221 JOHN F. KELLY, Electrical Engineer and Inventor, Was born March 28, 1859, in Ireland. He is president of the Telelectric and Cokel companies of Pittsfield, Mass., He has received over eighty United States patents for the utilization of electricitv, covering nnnaratus for gen erating, transmitting, distributing and measuring elec tricity. VICTOR DAVID BRENNER, Medalist, Was born Shavly, Russia, June 12, 1871 ; son George and Sarah (Margalis) Brenner; came to United States, 1890; studied at Paris under Louis Roty, 1898; exhibited works in Paris Salon, and received awards from Paris exposi tion, 1900, and Pan-American exposition, 1901. Designed seals of New York public library, Fine Arts federation of New York, Carnegie institute, etc.; portraits of G. A. Lucas, Wm. M. Evarts, C. P. Huntington, etc. Designed medals for American Geograpical societv, American commission to Paris exposition, 1900; Tvoothetae of New York; Prince Henrv, commemorating: his visit to Amer ica; state of Michigan to Her Soldiers and Sailors, etc.; busts of Simeon Stern and Prof. Charles Eliot Norton. Prizes St. Louis exposition, International exposition, Brussels, 1910; portrait of ex-President Roosevelt, Lin coln centenarv, Wright Bros. Member National Sculp tors society; National Arts club; Municipal Art society; Architectural league. EDWIN GREBLE DREER, Capitalist, Was born in Philadelphia, Oct. 17, 1862; son of Frederick Annan Dreer and Louisa (Greble) Dreer. He was edu cated in the Pennsylvania Military academy, Chester, Pa.> 1877-1880; entered the University of Pennsylvania as a 222 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS special student in chemistry in 1882, and was graduated in June, 1884. Mr. Dreer is a member of the General Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania, the Academy of Natural Science, the Historical society, Colonial so ciety, and the Netherlands society of Pennsylvania, also the Fairmount Park Art association, Browning society of Philadelphia, League of American Wheelman, the Na tional conference of charities and correction, the Ger man society, Prison society of Pennsylvania, and the Union League and Priestly clubs. Society of Arts and Letters and Geographical society. He is a member of the Episcopal church. MARTIN AIGNER, Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Was born in Munich, Bavaria; came to the United States in early childhood; was educated in the Polytechnic in stitute, Egg Harbor City, N.J., and the Central high school of Philadelphia; and attended special courses at the University of Pennsylvania; graduated from the Phil adelphia Divinity school in 1884; was ordained a deacon by the Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., in St. James s church, Philadelphia, in 1884, and was ad vanced to the priesthood by the same bishop in 1886, in St. Luke s church, Philadelphia; he was the assistant min ister of this parish from 1884 to 1890. In 1886 he mar ried Laura P. B. Taitt, daughter of James Monroe Taitt; was rector of Trinity church, Mounty Hollv, N.J., from 1890 to 1900; during this rectorship he established the services of the church, and erected churches at Lumber- ton, N.J., and at Ocean City, N.J.; in 1900 he accepted the rectorship of St. John s church, Franklin, Pa. He was elected president of the Associate Alumni of his alma mater in 1900. In 1903 he received from the Philadelphia Divinity school the degree of bachelor of divinity in course; representative to the missionary council, 1903; He has contributed to several magazines. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 223 NATHAN F. MOSSELL, Surgeon, Was born July 27, 1856, in Hamilton, Canda, of Afro- American parentage. He came to Pennsylvania in 1873; was graduated from Lincoln university, Chester county, Pa., 1879, an d was graduated from the medical depart ment of the University of Pennsylvania in 1882. Through the late Dr. D. Hayes Agnew, was associated with the out-patient surgical department of the University of Pennsylvania; continued his studies in surgery by a post graduate course at the Philadelphia polyclinic and sub sequently went to Europe, where he took post-graduate studies at Guy s Queen s college and St. Thomas hospi tals, London, England. He was president of the National Medical association from 1907 to 1908. In 1891; he or ganized the Frederick Douglass Memorical hospital and training school, Philadelphia, where he has since been engaged as medical director and attending surgeon. Un der his leadership, the board of managers completed in April, 1909, and dedicated a new and modernly construct ed hospital building, at a cost of $118,000. He is the author of a number of important treatise on medical sub jects; the most recent, and probably the most widely read, was an exhaustive article read before the National Med ical association* on Hospital Construction, Organization and Management. WILLIS VAN DEVANTER, Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States, Was born at Marion, Ind., April 17, i8co; was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) university; was graduated from the law school of the Cincinnati college in 1881; prac ticed his profession at Marion, Ind., until 1884, and sub sequently at Cheyenne, Wyo., where he served as city at torney; a commissioner to revise the statute law of Wyo- 224 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ming, and member of the territorial legislature; was ap pointed chief justice of the territorial supreme court by President Harrison in 1889, and by election was continued as chief justice on the admission of the territory as a state in 1890, but soon resigned to resume active practice; was a delegate to the republican national convention and also a member of the republican national committee in 1896; was appointed assistant attorney general of the United States by President McKinley in 1897, being assigned to the department of the interior, and served in that position until 1903; was professor of equity pleading and practice 1898-1903, and of equity jurisprudence 1902-3 in Colum bian (now George Washington) university; was appoint ed United States circuit judge, eighth circuit, by Presi dent Roosevelt in 1903; was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of the United States by President Taft, Dec. 16, 1910, and entered upon the duties of that office Jan. 3 following. LL.D., De Pauw, 1911. WILLIAM JOSEPH GARY, United States Congressman from the Fourth District of Wisconsin, Was born in Milwaukee March 22, 65 ; received primary education in the public schools, and at the age of thirteen was left an orphan with five younger children ; began work as messenger boy, the younger children being placed in an orphan asylum; at 1 8 he was a telegraph operator, and at 19 took the younger children from the asylum and gave them a home; was married in i88q; elected alderman in 1900 and re-elected in 1902; elected sheriff of Milwaukee county in 1904 with a plurality of 1 1,000, leading his tick et by 3,000; was nominated for congress over Hon. Thea- bold Otjen, at the first trial of the Wisconsin primary election law, and elected to the sixtieth and sixty-first con gresses; re-elected to the sixty-second congress as a re publican; and resides in Milwaukee, Wis. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 225 HERBERT LATHAM FORDHAM, Lawyer, Was born Nov. 23, 1869, in Greenport, N.Y. In 1887 he graduated from the Greenport union school; subsequently received the degrees of Ph.B. and LL.B. from Cornell university; and in 1894-95 was a reader in the English de partment of Cornell university. He has been a speaker in various prize contests and intercollegiate debates; and in 1896 began the practice of law in New York City. He is attorney for the Southold Savings bank and other institu tions. He is a member of the American Bar association, the New York State and City Bar associations, the New York County Lawyers association and the Suffolk Countv Bar association. He is a member of the Sons of the Rev olution, the American Economic association, the New York State Historical society, the Suffolk County Histor ical society and other clubs and societies. GEORGE WASHINGTON OCHS, Journalist and Publisher, Was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1861 ; son of Julius Ochs and Bertha (Levv) Ochs. He attended the Uni versity of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. Mr. Ochs was twice mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-1897; declined renomination; president of the Chattanooga chamber of commerce in 1001 ; president of the Chattanooga board of education, 1898-1900; delegate from the third congres sional district of Tennessee to the national democratic convention in 1896; chosen to second the nomination of Grover Cleveland at that cnvention; delegate from the state-at-large to the Palmer and Buckner convention, 1896; president of the Chattanooga Librarv association, TRq/L-Q7; vice-president of the National Municipal league, 1896-1900: president of the Jewish Chautauqua associa tion of the United State*, 190^-1008; director of the New York Times company, Times Printing company of Chat- 226 tanooga, Tenn. ; Public Ledger company of Philadelphia; Tradesman Publishing company of Chattanooga, Tenn. Publisher and general manager of the Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger. He published the exposition edition of the New York Times in Paris in 1900, and was decorated by the French government with Cross of Chevalier of the Legion d Honneur. He is a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the City, Art, Franklin Inn, Northfield Country, and the Nameless club of Philadelphia. JACOB RUPPERT, JR., Brewer, Was born New York City, Aug. $, 1867; son Jacob and Anna (Gillig) Ruppert; educated Columbia grammar school; passed examination for School of Mines, Colum bia college, but did not enter, going instead into his fa ther s brewery business. Has traveled extensively in Eu rope and America. Served as a.d.c with rank of colonel on staff of Governor Hill, and Gov. Flower; private com pany B, seventh regiment, N.G., N.Y. ; elected to con gress and served in fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth congresses. Manager of Jacob Ruppert brewery; president Astoria Silk mills, and director in Alaska Industrial company; director Yorkville bank. Democrat. Catholic. Director of German hospital. Rec reations: Yachtine, automobiles, horses and dos. Clubs: New York Yacht, Jockey, New York Athletic, Suburban, Riding and Driving, Liederkranz, Arion. -v H-rijrnrsn BEN JOHNSON, Mechanical Engineer, Was born 1858 at Ithaca, N.Y. Graduated Cornell uni versity 1878. After one year of mining: in Colorado, en tered service of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail road as machinist, remaining in the mechanical depart- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 227 ment of that road til August, 1888, since which time he has been consecutively inspector Westinghouse Air Brake company to December, 1898, master mechanic of Topeka shops, A. T. and S. F. railway, till May, 1900, engineer of tests of same railway till November, 1901, superin tendent of machinery of Mexican Central railway, No vember, 1901, to July, 1908, ranching in California till September, 1909, assistant superintendent of machinery of the United Railways of Havana and Havana Central railroad till June, 1910, and superintendent of machinery of the same railways at this time. Office, Havana, Cuba. Residence, Watsonville, Cal. Married June, 1886, to Mary Vinton. EDWARD W. PORTER, Assistant Comptroller Delaware and Hudson Company, 32 Washington Street, New York, Was born April 4, 1865, at Ballston Spa, N.Y. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service 1882 as telegraph operator Delaware and Hudson companv, since which he has been consecutively traveling; auditor, auditor railroad department accounts, auditor of disbursements, assistant comptroller. President of Saratoga Wood com- panv, manufacturers lumber, principal office at Albany, N.Y. ; roadmaster same road; June, 1892, to June, 1894., roadmaster and chief engineer Macon and Northern rail way; June, 1894, to Jan. i, 1896, superintendent same road; Jan. i, 1896, to Oct. i, 1896, roadmaster Central of Georgia railroad; Oct. i, 1896, to date, engineer of road way Charleston and Western Carolina railway. CHARLES B. AYCOCK, Trustee University of North Carolina, Was born Nov. i, 1859, in Fremont, N.C. He was edu cated in the schools and academies of Fremont, Wilson and Kingston, and graduated from the University of 228 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS North Carolina. For several years he was county su perintendent of education of Wayne county, N.C.; was district democratic elector in 1888; and elector-at-large in 1902. He has attained prominence as one of the fore most lawyers of the state of North Carolina; and in 1093- 98 served with distinction as United States attorney. He was governor of North Carolina for term of 1901-05. For many years he has been a member of the board of trustees of Goldsboro graded schools, trustee of the Uni versity of North Carolina, and filled various positions of trust and honor in the gift of his city, county and state. He is trustee of the University of North Carolina. EUGENE FREDERICK LADD, United States Army Officer, Was born in Vermont. In 1879 he was appointed from Vermont as a cadet in the United States military academy at West Point; and in 1884 was appointed second lieu tenant in the ninth cavalry. In 1889 he became first lieu tenant; in 1898 was promoted major quarter-master of volunteers and in 1901 was honorably discharged from volunteer service. In 1899 he attained the rank of cap tain and was assigned to the quartermaster s department; and is now lieutenant colonel in the adjutant-general s de partment. EMANUEL DE MARNAY BARUCH, Physician, Wns born San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 22, 1870; son Myron de M. and Elizabeth (Fourman) Baruch; graduate Co lumbia university, M.D., 1889, University of Tubingen. M.D., 1891 ; studied also at Universities of Munich, Ber lin, Paris. Professor bacteriolo^ and patholopv Univer sity of State of New York; professor bacteriology and therapeutics, Metropolitan Post-Graduate Medical school; consulting physician to Hospital for Deformities SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 229 and Joint Diseases, and to the Philanthropic hospital. Member American Medical association, New York State Medical society, New York County Medical society, Academy Pathological Science, Greater New York Med ical association; Manhattan Medical soci^ r Medical Jurisprudence society: member International Tuberculo sis congress at Paris and at Washington, D.C. Author of numerous medical essays and treatises: orator on numer ous occasions of public importance. Unitarian. Mem ber Columbia university alumni association, president German Scientific club;member Metropolitan Museum of Art, Academy of Political Science, Economic club, etc. A founder of Germany Universities Alumni association; chairman of Liederkranz society, etc. BURTON C. MEIGHAN, Lawyer, Was born Mamaroneck, Westchester county, N.Y., 1871 ; son Thomas J. and Phebe S. (Bryan) Meighan; graduate College City of New York, B.S. (salutory second honor man) , 1890; New York university law school (first speak er at commencement, prize for best written examination at graduation), 1894; married Mamaroneck, N.Y., 1899, Effie I. Hunter; children: Burton C., Jr., born 1901; Howard S., born December, 1906; T. Jefferson, born December, 1908. Engaged in practice of law in West- Chester county, and New York City, from 1894, fi rm f Meighan and Necarsulmer. Was trustee of village four years, corporation counsel seven years, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Trustee and counsel Union Savings bank of West- Chester county; counsel to First National bank, Mamar oneck, the Larchmont National bank, Larchmont, and the Mamaroneck Co-Operative Savings and Loan associa tion; director, member executive committee, Lawyers Westchester Mortgage and Title company; director and treasurer Halcyon Park company (New Rochelle) ; pres- 230 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ident and director, Siwanoy Realty associates (New Ro- chelle) ; Meighan Land company (New Rochelle) ; Rushmore Realty corporation (Mamaroneck) ; Broad Avenue Realty company (Mamaroneck) ; chairman com mission to condemn lands, Kensico reservoir, New York City. Republican. Member and trustee M. E. church, Mamaroneck, N.Y. Member New York Bar association, Westchester County Bar association, Masonic fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi (legal) fraterni ty, Phi Beta Kappa society. Clubs: Republican (New York City), Larchmont Yacht, Orienta Yacht. TULIO LARRINGA, United States Resident Commissioner to Porto Rico, Was born in 1847 in Trujillo-Alto, Porto Rico. He re ceived a thorough education; and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at San Juan in 1864. He studied the profession of civil engineer at Troy, N.Y. ; and in 1871 graduated at Philadelphia, Pa. In 1878 he became archi tect of the city of San Juan; and in 1880-89 was chief en gineer of the provincial public works. In 1880 he built the first railroad on the island of Porto Rico; and in 1900 was appointed delegate to Washington, D.C. He is now resident commissioner from Porto Rico to the United States senate. ALBRECHT KNEULE, Editor and Publisher, Was born in Germany, March i, 1832; son of Adam Kneule and Fredericka (Tritschler) Kneule. He was graduated from the latin school in Esslingen, Konigreich Wurttemberg, Germany, following with four years ap prenticeship as printer, and emigrated to this country in 1851. He married at Skippack, Pa., in November, 1855, Louise Kraft, and they have four sons and one daughter. On arriving in this country he obtained employment as a printer, and worked on Der Neutralist, in Skippack, until SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 231 i . on April 22, 1857, ^ e established for himself as editor and publisher the Pennsburg (Pa.) Democrat at Pennsburg, Montgomery county. In 1858 he purchased the Bauern Freund, a local weekly, with which Der Pennsburg Dem ocrat was united. In 1878 Mr. Kneule became owner of the Norristown Register, and in 1880 established the Daily Register, which he has ever since conducted most successfully. He is a democrat in politics, and was post master of Norristown, 1893-1898, covering the term of the second Cleveland administration. In January, 1900, his wife died, and he married again in May, 1902, Mrs. Auguste Gehse, of Berlin, Germany. In April, 1907, he celebrated the fiftieth anniversary as editor and publisher, and in 1909 he sold the controlling interest of the Daily Register to one of his sons, Albert K. Kneule, after hav ing^ organized the Daily Register Publishing company, of which he is still the president. BENJAMIN K. FOCHT, Editor and Congressman, Was born in New Bloomfield, Pa., March 12, 1863. His father was of German descent and a scholar, orator and Lutheran preacher of note, who died when his son was one year old. Some of his parental ancestors served in the revolutionary war. * Mr. Focht s maternal grandfather was of English descent, and in the early days owned a large part of what is now Lewisburg, Pa., and operated a number of flouring mills in the neighborhood. Since childhood Mr. Focht resided at Lewisburg, his present residence. He is married and has two daughters and a son, Ellen Wolf and Edith Virginia, and Brown Focht, and his home life is ideal. After attending Bucknell uni- versitv, Pennsylvania state college and the Susquehanna university, Mr. Focht learned the -^intin^ and publish ing business, and at the age of eighteen vears founded a newspaper which he still edits and directs. He immedi- 232 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ately engaged in politics, and as a mere boy received his political tutelage in heated campaigns from the elder Cameron, his son Donald and M. S. Quay. He is a tal ented and forceful newspaper writer, and like his father before him, is an orator of ability. His career for twenty- five years in politics and business has been as distinguished and successful as it has been stormy. He has been a rec ognized republican leader in central Pennsylvania politics for many years. He served as state delegate, many times a congressional conferee, League club delegate, was three times a member of the assembly at Harrisburg, served four years in the Pennsylvania state senate, is author of one hundred laws now on the statute books, served on im portant committees in the house and senate, addressed Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, as head of special committees, and was chairman of the committee which had charge of the ceremonies attending the inauguration of Governor Pennypacker. He was elected in 1906 on the republican ticket from the seventeenth Pennsylvania district to the sixtieth congress; re-elected to the sixty-first and sixty-second, in which he is now serving. JOHN FRANCIS PATCH LE BARON, Civil Engineer, Geologist and Author, Was born Sept. 28, 1847, in Boston, Mass. He was edu cated in the common and high schools of Ipswich, Mich.; and at Lawrence academy of Groton, Mass. In 1887 he became connected with the Nicaragua canal; became chief field engineer and afterward was a commissioner of the Nicaragua canal. He has been chief engineer of over twenty-five railways, waterworks and other constructions. He discovered the immense phosphate of lime deposits in Florida; and has made extensive archaeological studies in Florida for the Peabody s museum of Harvard univer sity; and for the Smithsonian institute at Washington, D.C. He is the author of fifty published books. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 233 VICTOR FREMONT LAWSON, Journalist and Publisher, Was born Sept. 9, 1850, in Chicago, 111. He was edu cated at Phillips academy of Andover, Mass. He took charge of an interest of his father s estate in a printing establishment; bought the Chicago Daily News in 1876; and with his late partner, Melville E. Stone, developed it to success. In 1881 he started a morning edition; and in 1888 became its sole proprietor. He has been president of the Associated Press. He established the Daily News Fresh Air fund; and has been active in philanthropic work. JAMES LOEB, Retired Banker and Litterateur, Was born Aug. 6, 1867, in New York City. He was edu cated at Dr. Hull s school, Dr. J. Sade s collegiate insti tute for boys, and in 1888 graduated with the degree of A.B. from Harvard university. In 1888-1901 he was en gaged in the banking business; and now devotes his time principally to art and literature. He has been a member of the executive committee of the New York civil service reform association; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. He is a member of the chamber of commerce, Metropolitan museum of art; American insti tute of archaeology; the English society for promotion of Hellenic studies; the New York botanical garden and the municipal art society: and is also a member of the Lotus, Nineteenth century, Lawyers , players , and numerous clubs and other societies. DANIEL OZRO SMITH LOWELL, Educator and Author, Was born April 13, 1851, in Denmark, Maine. In 1874 he graduated from Bowdoin college and subsequently re ceived the degree of A.M. from that institution. In 1877 he graduated from the Medical school of Maine; but 234 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS adopted teaching as a profession. Until 1884 he taught in various schools and academies in the state of Maine. Since 1884 he has been a master in the Roxbury Latin school of Boston, Mass. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, of the American philological association, and of other educational and scientific societies. In 1896 he edited the Roger de Coverley Papers: he has contributed extensively to various journals on subjects of travel, lit erature, and education, and is the author of Jason s Quest. MARK MARSDEN MAJETTE, Lawyer, Public Official and Occasional Writer, Was born Sept. 19, 1865, in Hertford county, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina, and after ob taining law license, commenced practicing law at Colum bia, N.C., where he soon attained prminence. He has been mayor of Columbia, and is prominentlv identified with the public affairs of the town and county in which he resides. FRANK LYNWOOD GARRISON, Mining Engineer, Was born in Philadelphia, Jan. 12, 1862; son of David R. Garrison and Maria Morgan (Pleiss) Garrison. He was educated in Rugby academy, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, and the Royal School of Mines, London, England. He married in Philadelphia, Nov. 21, 1894, Adele Mary Dwight, and they have three children: Dwight Garrison, Elizabeth D. Garrison, and Laura Bell Garrison. Mr. Garrison has traveled in Great Brit ain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Siberia, Holland, Germany, France, Austria, China, Japan, South America and other countries. He is a republican in politics, and a Presbyterian in religious belief; member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Min ing Engineers, Mining and Metallurgical society of Amererica; Institution of Mining and Metallurgy of SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 235 London ; Canadian Mining institute ; was a director of the Franklin institute, 1890-1903; is a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity, and Union League club of Philadelphia. Residence: 1019 Clinton street, Philadelphia. FERDINAND CLAIBORNE LATROBE, Member Board of Park Commissioners of Baltimore, Md., Was born Oct. 14, 1833^ in Baltimore, Md. He received a liberal education in the public schools, and at St. James college of Washington county, Md. He was admitted to the bar in 1860; was elected to the Maryland state legisla ture in 1867, and was speaker during 1870-72. In 1860 he was appointed judge advocate-general, and assisted in reorganizing the Maryland milita, under the act of 1868, of which he was the author. In 1900 he was again elect ed to the legislature; and in 1901 was elected speaker of the house of delegates. He is now president of the Con solidated Gas, Electric Light and Power company of Baltimore. In 1875 he was elected mayor of Baltimore, and filled that important office for seven terms fourteen years in all. He is president of the board of state aid and charities of Maryland. He was a member of the board of Park commissioners for the city of Baltimore for the term of 1904-08. LOYAL YOUNG GRAHAM, Clergyman, Was born in Butler, Pa., October 22, 1877; son of James H. Graham. He received his education in Jefferson col lege, Canonsburg, Pa., graduated from Jefferson college in 1858, and from Western Theological seminary, 1861, and has received the degree of D.D. He was ordained to the ministry in 1861, and served in Presbyterian churches in Somerset, Pa., four and a half years, Rehoboth, six years, and was pastor of Olivet church, Philadelphia, for 236 f " SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS U I thirty-five years and became pastor emeritus in 1906. Dr. Graham is a trustee of the Presbyterian hospital, Presby terian board of publication, Pennsylvania Bible society, Sabbath association, and Ministers fund. He is a mem ber of the general assembly s committee on Presbyterian work in Europe. He is also a member of the western sec tion of the Pan-Presbyterian alliance, and he has been vice-moderator of the general assembly and moderator of synod of Pennsylvania. He has traveled extensively in Aurope and the Holy Land. Although not in the active pastorate he is preaching and lecturing constantly. ELIZABETH STORKS MEAD, Educator and College President, Was born in 1832 in Conway, Mass. She was educated in the common schools and at the seminary of Ipswich, Mass. She has received the degrees of M.A. from Ober- lin college and L.H.D. from Smith college. For one year she taught in the high school of Northampton, Mass. For two years she taught in Oberlin college* and for six years taught at Abbott academy of Andover, Mass. For six vears she conducted a family school with a sister at Andover, Mass. In 1890-1900 she was president of Mount Holyoke college. She is the wife of the late Reverend Hiram Mead. JOHN E. BRITTAIN, General Passenger Agent, Was born March 14, 1862, at St. John, N.B. Entered railway service 1879, since which he has been consecutive ly to 1880, telegraph messenger St. John and Maine rail way at Fairville, N.B.; 1880 to 1883, operator and sta tion agent New Brunswick railway at Grand Falls, N.B.; and freight and ticket agent same road at different points; 1883 to March i, 1887, freight and passenger agent same road at Caribou, Me.; March i, 1887, to Feb. i, 1890, SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 237 traveling passenger agent Chicago and Northwestern railway; Feb. i, 1900, to June i, 1900, New England pas senger agent, and June i, 1900, to date, general agent passenger department same road at Boston, Mass.; until Dec. i, 1907; since that date general agent freight and passenger department. J. ROSS COLLINS, Merchant and Manufacturer, Was born Lurgan, Ireland, Dec. 31, 1863; son James R. and Elizabeth (Havelock) Collins; educated public schools, New York; graduate New York high schools; unmarried. President Collins, Plass company, mills at Fall River, Mass. Has traveled extensively in Europe, through United States, all of West Indies, Cuba, South America, etc. Republican; Episcopalian. Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Transportation, Larchmont Yacht (life member). ISRAEL HEINBERG, Rabbi (Since 1889) of Congregation B nai Israel, Mon roe, La. Was born March 1858, at Padberg, Westphalia, Ger many. Son of Bendix Heinberg. Educated at Jewish seminary, Munster, Westphalia, and University of Bonn. Rabbinical diploma received from the curatorium of the Marx-Haindorf seminary. Was rabbi at Pensacola, Fla., for one year, and at Alexandria, La., for two years. Fa ther died November, 1887, at Pensacola, Fla.; mother died August, 1895, at New York City. Julius Eichwald (mother s brother) his uncle, came to the United States before the civil war, settled in Philadelphia, music teach er; joined the union army at outbreak of war and stayed in the ranks till the end. Died (I believe) in 1892. Con sult the Philadelphia Ledger, which, at the time of my uncle s death had quite an extended ,and highly compli- 238 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS mentary obituary notice about him. Coming back to my self, I wish to add that, after leaving Bonn Rhein, I went for two years to Brussels (Belgium), where I acted as "headmaster" at "Kahn s International institute, after which I resided in London, England, till August, 1886; coming to the United States the following September, landing at New York the 26th of said month. LOUIS THEODORE MICHENER, Lawyer and Government Official, Was born Dec. 21, 1848, in Lafayette county, Ind. He was educated in public schools of Lafayette county, Ind. ; and in 1867-68 was a student of the college at Brookville, Ind. He studied law; and in 1871 was admitted to prac tice. In 1883 he was a delegate to the national educational convention at Louisville, Ky. ; and in 1884 was a delegate to the national republican convention at Chicago, 111. In 1884-92 he was political manager of General Benjamin Harrison. In 1884-86 he was secretary of the republican state committee of Indiana. In 1890 he was chairman of the state republican committee of Indiana. MAURICE S. CONNORS, General Manager, Was born June 7, 1857, at Toronto, Ont. Entered railway service 1872, as water boy Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway, since which he has been consecutively 1872 to 1873, telegraph operator same road; 1873 to 1879, telegraph operator Philadelphia and Erie railroad; 1879 to 1880, telegraph operator Standard Oil company at Bradford, Pa.; 1880 to 1881, paymaster construction de partment same company; 1881 to 1883, train dispatcher Evansville and Terre Haute railroad at Evansville, Ind.; 1883 to 1887, train dispatcher Indianapolis division Cin cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railway; 1887 to 1889, mas ter transportation, same division; December, 1889, to SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 239 May, 1890, superintendent Cincinnati and Indianapolis division same road; May to December, 1890, general su perintendent Peoria and Pekin Union railway; Decem ber, 1890, to December, 1891, superintendent Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad; December, 1891, to May 25, 1896, superintendent Hocking Valley and Ohio river di vision Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railway; May 25, 1896, to March, 1899, superintendent same road; March, 1899, to May i, 1910, general superintendent Hocking Valley railway, successor to the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railway; September, 1901, to July i, 1909, also general superintendent Toledo and Ohio Central and Kanawha and Michigan railways; Novem ber, 1902, to July i, 1909, also general superintendent Zanesville and Western railway. From May i, IQIO, to date, general manager Hocking Valley railway, Colum bus, Ohio. ; i EDWIN D. METCALF, Manufacturer and Railroad President, Was born March 4, 1848, in Smithfield, R.I. He is pres ident of the Columbian Rope company; is president of the Auburn and Northern railroad; and president and di rector of various other corporations. He has been mayor of Springfield, Mass.; was a representative in the Massa- jchusetts state legislature; and a member of the state senate. GEORGE NORCROSS, Clergyman, Was born in Erie, Pa., April 8, 1838; son of Hiram Nor- cross and Elizabeth (McClelland) Norcross. He was graduated from Monmouth college, Monmouth, 111., in 1861 ; studied theology one year in McCormick Theolog ical seminary,one year in Monmouth United Presbyterian Theological seminary, and one year in the Princeton Theological seminary and received the honorary degree 240 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS D.D., from Princeton in 1879. He married Oct. i, 1863, Mary S. Tracy, by whom he had one son, who died in in fancy and the mother died March 25, 1866; married again, in Galesburg, 111., April 22, 1867, Mrs. Louise (Jackson) Gale, and they have had five children, four girls, and a boy^ deceased. He was professor in Mon- mouth college when he was licensed to preach by the Pres bytery of Warren, April 18, 1863; ordained to the min istry, June 6, 1865, and at the same time installed pastor of the North Henderson Presbyterian church, Mercer county, 111.; called to the Old School Presbyterian church, Galesburg, April, 1866; called to Carlisle, Pa., Decem ber, 1868, and began work in the Second Presbyterian church, Carlisle, Jan. i, 1869, and continued in this pas torate for forty years, or until Jan. i, 1909, when he re signed and was made pastor emeritus and given the free use of the Manse for life. With his family Dr. Norcross spent a year in Europe, 1890-1891. He was editor and part author of The Centennial Memorial, Presbytery of Carlisle, two volumes, 1890; The Story of a Thirtieth An niversary, 1899, and has published various sermons, ad dresses and papers. Dr. Norcross is a prohibitionist in politics; is a member of the American Historical associa tion, Church History society, National Geographic soci ety, Scotch-Irish society of America, and of the Presby terian cleric of Harrisburg, Pa. WILLIAM JACOBSOHN, Physician, Was born Sept. i, 1870, in New York City; son Moritz and Fredericke (Appel) Jacobsohn; graduate grammar school No. 74, New York City, 1885, College of City of New York, B.S., 1890, New York university, M.D., 1893. House physician, and house surgeon Randall s Island hos pitals and Infants hospital, New York City, 1893-94; at tending physician, children s department, Demilt dispen- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 241 sary, 1894-95; medical and sanitary inspector for the health department, New York City, 1895-97; physician and surgeon at New York Polyclinic school and hospital, and at Mount Sinai hospital, outdoor department, 1896- 1900. Consulting physician German Odd Fellows Home and Orphan asylum, New York City; physician Lebanon hospital. Author: Significance and Management of Fe ver in Children; contribution to Cellular Therapy; Diag nosis of Smallpox in Early Stages; Nucleis in Fever and Tonaemia; Antitoxin and Communicable Diseases; Tu berculosis and Childhood. Member Medical Society County of New York, Medical Society State of New York, American Medical association; member F. and A. M. REYNOLD F. MIGDALSKI, United States Army Officer, After entering the United States army he was stationed at various posts and filled his positions with honor and dis tinction. He soon attained the rank of second lieutenant in the twelfth cavalry; saw much service in the Philip pine Islands, where he is now stationed; and has been stationed at various forts on the islands. He is now sec ond lieutenant in the twelfth United States cavalry. EDWARD ULYSSES ANDERSON BROOKS, Clergyman, Was born Elmira, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1872; son George and Fannie Emil (Olden) Brooks; educated Elmira gram mar school No. i, and Elmira free academy, graduated 1889; graduated Cornell university law school, LL.B. (honor man), 1892, LL.M., 1893; married Waverly, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1901, Marie Elizabeth Millberry. Admitted to bar of New York state at Syracuse, Nov. 24, 1893. Prac ticed law at Elmira, N.Y., June, 1894, to October, 1901. Ordained deacon at Bath, N.Y., June, 1897, by Bishop J. B. Small, and an elder at Saratoga, N.Y., June, 1899, by 242 SUCCESSFUL AMEKICANS Bishop Alexander Walters, in ministry of A.M.E. Zion church; assistant secretary general conference of A.M.E. Zion church at Washington, D.C., 1900, and St. Louis, Mo., 1904, and delegate to Philadelphia, 1908. Organ ized Colored Y.M.C.A., at Elmira, November, 1895; de livered emancipation oration at Auburn, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1897, and at Pen Yan, N.Y., Aue. q, 1905. United States census enumerator at Elmira, N.Y., 1900. Republican; delegate to city and county republican conventions, 1901. Pastor Hope chapel, A.M.E. Zion church at Auburn, N. Y. ; only colored member 1901-08, and president 1903, Utica Ministers association; now secretary and treasurer Auburn Ministerial association. Senior warden Hiram lodge, F. and M., Utica, 1907; high priest St. Elizabeth s chapter, R.A.M., 1907; prelate Central City command- ery, K.T., Utica, 1905-08. Secretary trustee board and special financial agent Harriet Tubman home, Atxburn, N.Y. Secretary Western New York conference A.M.E. Zion church since 1905, and compiler of its minutes since 1906. Member Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity (Cornell university). Entered Auburn Theological seminary, Oc tober, 1908; graduated May, 1911. Built a handsome parsonage at Auburn, valued at $3,000, in 1910. WILLIAM ALEXANDER PARSONS MARTIN, Clergyman, Missionary, College President and Author, Was born April 10, 1827, at Livonia, Ind. He is a pres- byterian clergyman and missionary, president of the Tungwen college, Pekin. Among his writings in Chinese are, Evidences of Christianity; The Three Principles; Religious Allegories. In English he has published The Chinese: Their Education, Philosophy and Letters; and numerous other works. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 243 ELMER W. B. CURRY, President Curry Normal and Industrial Institute of Ohio, Was born in March 1871, in Delaware, Ohio. He was ed ucated in the Delaware high schools, Michael college, and the Ohio Wesleyan university; and subsequently read law. He is a successful educator, lecturer, editor and au thor; and publisher of The Informer of Urbana, Ohio. He is the president and founder of the Curry Normal and Industrial institute of Urbana, Ohio. MARION A. ADAMS, Accountant, Educator and College President, Was born Feb. 18, 1873, in Dalzell, Ohio. He was edu cated at the Ohio Northern university; attended Zanerian colleee; and graduated from the Marietta Commercial college, Marietta, Ohio. He is an expert penman. For a number of years he was engaged as a stenographer and bookkeeper; and is now president of the Marietta Com mercial college of Ohio. SAMUEL SHUGERT ADAMS, Physician, Was born July 12, 1857, in Washington, D.C. In 1871; he graduated from the West Virginia university; and in 1879 graduated with the degree of M.D. from George town university. He is a professor of theory and practice of medicine and diseases of children at the Georgetown university; and is attending physician to the Children s hospital, Georgetawn University hospital, and is the sec retary of the American Pediatric society. CHARLES FREDERICK ADAMS, Educator, Entomologist and Author, Was born April 4, 1877, m Atherton, Mo. In 1897 he graduated from the University of Missouri; and subse quently graduated with the degrees of M.D. and A.M. from the University of Kansas. In 1902-04 he held the 244 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Snow research scholarship at the University of Kansas; and made entomological expeditions to the Gulf of Mex ico and the southwestern United States. In 1897 he was assistant entomologist of Missouri. In 1900-04 he was professor of history and bacteriology in the Kansas City dental college; and in 1904-05 was assistant in zoology at the University of Chicago. In 1905 he became profes sor of entomology in the University of Arkansas. In 1909 he was elevated to the deanship of the College of Agriculture and directorship of the agricultural experi ment station of the same institute. He is an outhority on insect taxonomy, insect histolo and cytology; was one of the revisors of Williston s Manual of North American Diptera; and is the author of several Monographs. JOHN JERVIS ALLEN, Bank President, Was born Feb. 22, 1859, m Ireland. He has been prom inently identified with all bank positions and is now vice- president of the Citizens National bank of Monaca, Pa.; and president of the Aliquippa National bank of Penn sylvania. He is a member of the Rochester lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; and numerous other fraternal and patriotic orders. CLARENCE P. GILLETTE, Professor Colorado Agricultural College, Was born April 7, 1859, in Lyons, Mass. He was edu cated at the high school of Portland, Mich. ; attended the Michigan agricultural college; did special work in en tomology at the University of Illinois. He was assistant in zoology at the Michigan agricultural college; entomol ogist of agricultural experiment station at Ames, Iowa; and has attained note in teaching and experimental work in entomology. He now fills the chair of zoology and en tomology, and is entomologist and director of the Colora do agricultural experiment station at Fort Collins, Col. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 245 CHARLES FREMONT AMIDON, Judge United States District Court for North Dakota, Was born Aug. 17, 1856, in Clymer, N.Y. In 1893 he was a member of the commission to revise codes and stat utes of North Dakota. Since 1896 he has been judge of the United States district court for North Dakota. WINSLOW ANDERSON, Physician, Surgeon and Author, Was born in 1860 in Middleboro, Mass. Since 1884 he has practiced medicine and surgery; and in 1893-97 an ^ 1900-04 was a member of the California state board of health. In 1900-04 he was surgeon-general of the Cal ifornia national guard. He has received the degrees of M.D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.P., M.R.C..S, and L.S.A., Lon don . He is emeritus professor College of Physicians and Surgeons of S. F., 1911 ; surgeon-in-chief of St. Win ifred s hospital, S.F., 1900-1901 ; surgeon-in-chief Sierra railway company, California, 1904-1907; surgeon general national guard of California, 1900-1904, 1907-1911 ; vice- president American Anti-Tuberculosis league for Cali fornia, 1908; abdominal surgeon and gynecologist City and County hospital, S.F., 1905. Fellow, Therapeutical society, London, 1904. He is a member of the American Military Surgeons, San Francisco County Medical soci ety; Medical Society State of California; American Med ical association; National Geographical society; Interna tional Association of Climatologists, New York; San Francisco Clinical society, and Gynecological society, 1892 to 1893; Western Surgical and Gynecological asso ciation; American Association for Advancement of Sci ence, Minneapolis; American Therapeutic society, New York City; American Forestry association; American Health league for San Francisco; executive committee American Anti-Tuberculosis league, 1908; General Med ical council, Great Britain, 1896; San Francisco real es- 246 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS tate board; Authors club, London, England; the British Medical association, London, England; the Atlantic union, London, England; American Academy of Political Science, Philadelphia, Pa.; American Health league, New Haven, Conn.; Home Industry league of Califor nia; American Social Science association, New York City. He is the author of Mineral Springs and Health Resorts of California; articles on Diseases of the Lungs, written for the Twentieth Century Practice of Medicine; Notes on Travel in S. F. Chronicle, 1890, 1891, 1892. M. F. ANSEL, Judge Circuit Court of South Carolina, Was a judge of the circuit court of South Carolina for the term of 1905-07. Mr. Ansel was born in Charleston, S.C., spent his boyhood in Walhalla, S.C., was admitted to the bar at twenty-one; practiced law in Franklin, N.C., for four years; removed to Greenville, in 1876; took part in the Hampton red shirt campaign in that year to place South Carolina in control of the white race; served three terms of South Carolina legislature; was prosecuting at torney for a district of six counties for twelve years; was elected governor of South Carolina in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. He was largely responsible for the repeal of the South Carolina dispensary law and for the establishment of the present system of local option by counties on the liquor question. His paper on Extradition read before the governors conference in 1910 has been widely quoted. WALTER SEYMOUR BALLOU, Business President, He is now president of the Banigan Rubber company and the Woonsocket Rubber company of his city. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 247 WILLIAM BARNES, Journalist, Is the youngest son of William Barnes, the celebrated law yer of Albany, N.Y. He was born Nov. 17, 1866, in Al bany, N.Y. In 1888 he graduated from Harvard univer sity. He is the editor of the Albany Evening Journal, and contributes extensively to current literature. The Even ing Journal is published every evening except Sunday, and also issues a semi-weekly and weekly edition. It is one of the foremost journals in the state of New York, and al ways advocates the principles of the republican party. It is published by The Journal Publishing company, of which he is one of the largest individual stockholders. In 191 1 he was elected chairman of the New York repub lican state committee. LOUIS BENECKE, Attorney-at-Laiv t Vice-President First National Bank of Brunswick, Mo., Was born May i, 1843, in Duchy of Brunswick, Germany. He received his education in Blankenburg college, Ger many, and in the high schools of Brunswick, Mo. He served during the civil war in the eighteenth regiment Missouri infantry, and in the forty-ninth regiment Mis souri volunteers, in which he was captain of company I. For fourteen years he was mayor of his adopted city of Brunswick, Mo.; for thirty-eight years has been a mem ber of the board of education of that city; and a director of the First National bank of Brunswick. For four years he served as a member of the Missouri state senate. He stands high in fraternal societies; was grand dictator of the Knights of Honor; judge-advocate, junior, senior, and department commander of the Grand Army of the Repub lic of Missouri; and a member of the Loyal Legion. He is president of the board of trustees of State Federal Sol diers home, located at St. James, Mo.; is director of 248 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Brunswick Brick and Tile company, and of the Bruns wick Commercial club, incorporated; was delegate to national republican convention, 1908, and delegate and al ternate delegate to three prior national republican con ventions. OTTO W. ARNQUIST, St. Croix County Judge of Wisconsin, Was born April i, 1858, in Sweden. He was educated at the River Falls normal school of Wisconsin. For three terms in 1885-91 he was clerk of the circuit court for St. Croix county, Wis. ; and for one year was city attorney of Hudson, Wis. For several years he was president of the board of education; and a director of the First Na tional bank. Since 1898 he has been judge of St. Croix county; and is now serving his fourth term of 1910-14. JAMES DANA BELL, Lawyer, Legislator and Jurist, Was born Aug. 30, 1840, in Exeter, N.H. He graduated from the Phillips Exeter academy, and the Harvard law school, and has attained eminence as a successful lawyer and jurist. He was a member of the constitutional con vention of South Carolina; and has served as a judge of the probate court. He has always taken great interest in religious matters, and was commissioner to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States. EMILE BERLINER, Engineer and Inventor, Was born May 30, 1851, in Hanover, Germany. In 1877 he invented the loose contact telephone transmitter; and in 1887 invented the gramophone or Victor talking ma chine, for which he was awarded the John Scott medal by the Franklin institute of Philadelphia, Pa. In 1879-82 he was chief instrument inspector for the American Bell Telephone company. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 249 EDGAR R. BARTON, Physiciarif He graduated from the medical department of Hamlin university, Minneapolis, Minn., 1901 ; surgeon Nichols- Chisolm Lumber company; assistant city bacteriologist, Minneapolis, 1900; interne Minneapolis City hospital, 1900-01 ; medical examiner John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance company^ Boston, Mass.; Prudential, Mutual Life, Germania, Mutual Benefit, Provident Life and Trust, Manhattan, Equitable and many others. Local surgeon Northern Pacific railway; secretary Clay-Becker company Medical society; surgeon Frazee hospital; Member American Medical association; Minnesota State Medical association, and Clay-Becker Medical society. JAMES HENDERSON BERRY, United States Senator from Arkansas, Was born May 15, 1841, in Jackson county, Ala. He re moved to Arkansas in 1848; entered the confederate army in 1 86 1 as second lieutenant sixteenth Arkansas infantry; and lost a leg at the battle of Corinth, Miss., Oct. 4, 1862. He was elected to the legislature of Arkansas in 1866; was re-elected in 1872; and was elected speaker of the house at the extraordinary session of 1874. He was president of the democratic state convention in 1876; and was elected judge of the circuit court in 1878. In 1883-85 he was governor of Arkansas. In 1887 he was elected United States senate as a democrat, to fill a vacancv, was re-elected in 1889; has since been a member of the United States senate serving the term of 1901-07. SAMUEL WALKER BEYER, Educator, Geologist and Author, Was born on May 15, 1865, in Clearfield, Pa. In 1889 he graduated from the Iowa state college; and subsequently received the degree of Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins 250 .SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS university. He is assistant geologist in the United States geological survey; and a member of the Iowa geological survey. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science; and a member of the geolog ical society of America. He is the author of Sioux Quart- zite and Central Associated Rocks; Geology of Boone, Marshall, Story, and Hardin Counties, Iowa; Clay and Clay Industries; Quarries and Quarry Products; Road and Concrete Materials, etc. WILLIAM BIERKAMP, JR., President Durant Savings Bank of Iowa, Was born May 12, 1875, in Durant, Iowa. He was edu cated in the public schools of his native state; and grad uated from the Iowa State university. He has been pres ident of McCausland Savings bank; is cashier of the Ben nett Savings bank; president of the Durant Savings bank, and is also in the banking and real estate business in Den ver, Colo., and also has deposit vaults. WILBUR FISK BLACKMAN, Judge District Court of Louisiana, Was born Dec. 10, 1841, in Harris county, Ga. For six years he was a member of the state legislature; and for one year, in 1868, was presidential elector for the state at large; and for thirty-two years has been district judge and court of appeals. THOMAS HIRAM NELSON, Evangelist and Author, Was born Feb. 1 1, 1863, in Canada. He is superintendent of Pentecost bands at Indianapolis, Ind., a home and for eign missionary movement. He is the author of The Mid night Cry; Marvels in Metaphor; The Gospel of Cause and Effect; and other works on theolo^v. He is the joint editor and publisher, with Rev. Elijah P. Brown, of The Rams, a thirty-six page monthly magazine. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 251 CHARLES W. BOPP, Colonel Iowa National Guard, Was born March 25, 1868, in Hawkeye, Iowa. He was educated at the Iowa state normal school. He has been for seventeen years associated with the Gary Safe com pany of Buffalo, N.Y. ; and has traveled extensively in America and Europe. He is president of the First Na tional bank of Hawkeye, Iowa; and colonel and aid in the Iowa national guard. ROBERT ALONZO BROCK, Antiquarian, Historian, Genealogist, and Author, Was born March 9, 1839, in Richmond, Va. He received an academic education. In T^~- " he was correspond ing secretary of the Virginia Historical society; and edit ed eleven volumes of its collections. Since 1887 he has been secretary of the Southern Historical society; and is the editor of twenty-eight volumes of its papers. In 1879-83 he was associate-editor of the Richmond Stand ard of Richmond, Va. He is a member of about seventy learned societies in the United States, Canada and Eu rope. Since 1890 he has been registrar and historian since its inception, and is now secretary of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution. He possesses a library of twenty-five thousand volumes; more than twenty thousand folio pages of manuscript notes, gene alogical and historical, and recorded in alphabetical or der; and also numerous autographs, coins and other ar ticles secured as an antiquarian. Fie is the author of numerous monographs on historical subjects. WILLIAM FROTHINGHAM BRADBURY, Was born May 17, 1829, in Westminster, Mass.; attended Westminster academy; graduated in 1856 as valedicto rian, with his brother as salutatorian from Amherst col lege; received S.M. in 1859, L.H.D. in 1900; after fifty- 252 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS three years and a half of teaching in the Cambridge high and Latin schools, is now head master emeritus of the Latin school; author of thirteen mathematical books, trig- nometry and surveying, geometries and algebras, elemen tary and academic, arithmatics, primary and practical; in ventor and patentee of a device for illustrating the metric system of weights and measures and of a noiseless school desk with sliding cover; ex-president of the Massachu setts Teachers association, of the American Institute of Instruction, of the Massachusetts Schoolmasters club; member of the Cambridge city council for two years; of the Handel and Heydn society since November, 1864; one of its board of directors for fourteen years, then its sec retary for ten years; its president since May, 1909; now writing volume II. of its history from 1890, where volume I. ends. ELMER ELLSWORTH BROWN, United States Commissioner of Education, Was born at Kiantone, N.Y., Aug. 28, 1861 ; educated at Illinois state normal university, University of Michigan and German universities; school principal in Belvidere, 111., 1881-1884, and at Jackson, Mich., 1890-1891; profes sor in University of Michigan, 1891-1892, and University of California, 1892-1906; he was United States commis sioner of education, 1906-1911. Became chancellor of New York university, July i, 1911. JOHN BUTLER TALCOTT, Manufacturer and Banker, Was born Sept. 14, 1824, in Enfield, Conn. For two terms he was mayor of New Britain, Conn.; and is now presi dent of the Mechanics National bank; president Ameri can Hosiery company; and president of the New Britain Knitting company. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 253 CHARLES F. BROOKER, Member Republican National Committee for Connecti cut, He is identified with the business and public affairs of Ansonia, Conn. He is a member of the Connecticut re publican national committee for the term of 1904-12. GEORGE BROWN, Colonel and Surgeon-General, Retired, Georgia National Guard, Was born July 16, 1863, in Belton, S.C. He received a thorough education; and has attained success as an emi nent practicing physician of Georgia. He has been pres ident of the American Anti-Tuberculosis league; and is now surgeon-general of the Georgia national guard. He resides in Atlanta, Ga., and is a candidate for mayor of that city. In 1909 he married Miss Avis Martin and has two children. He has been president of the American Anti-Tuberculosis league, ex-secretary the American Congress on Tuberculosis, ex-vice-president American Congress on Tuberculosis, member the British Congress on Tuberculosis, member the American Public Health association, member the American Medal association, the Southern Medical association, the Association Military Surgeons, ex-surgeon-general national guard of Georgia, medical director Pine Ride sanitarium, secretary Ameri can section International Medical Association for Pre vention of War, chairman committee hvgiene and sanita tion, house of representatives, state of Georgia, etc. JOHN D. BROWN, Attorney, He is vice-president the Pittsburgh Real Estate company; ajiirector of the German National bank, the Hardy and Hayes company, the Dispatch Publish company, and the Oakland Arcade, and is president of the Anchor Savings bank. 254 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOSIAH HOWARD, State Representative, Was born in Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pa., Jan. 3, 1861; educated in the public schools, graduating in 1880; removed to Emporium, Pa., in 1887, since which time he has been engaged in the lumber business as a mem ber of the C. B. Howard company, with saw mills at Em porium; was elected burgess of Emporium borough in 1902; was a member of the house of representatives, ses sions of 1905 and 1907; re-elected in November 1908, and 1910. THOMAS JEFFERSON BROWN, Chief Justice State Supreme Court of Texas, Was born July 24, 1836, in Jasper county, Ga. In 1888-92 he was a member of the Texas legislature; and judge of the state district court in 1892-93. Since 1893 he has been associate justice of the state supreme court of Texas, until January, 1911, when Chief Justice Gaines resigned and Justice Brown was appointed chief justice. J. P. BUCHANAN, State Representative of Texas, Was born April 30, 1867, in Midway, S.C. He was edu cated in the law department of the University of Texas. He is a successful lawyer of Texas; for two years was jus tice of the peace; for seven years was county attorney for Washington county; and for seven years was district attor ney for the twenty-first judicial district of Texas. He is identified with the democratic party; and is now serving his first term of 1908-10 as a state representative in the Texas legislature. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 255 ABRAHAM JAY BUCKLES, Soldier, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born Aug. 2, 1846, in Muncie, Ind. During 1861- 65 he served as a union soldier in the civil war; was color bearer in the nineteenth regiment of Indiana volun teer infantry; was promoted to second lieutenant of the twentieth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry; and re ceived a medal of honor from congress for meritorious conduct in the Wilderness battle of May 5, 1864. He was wounded in the right thigh at the battle of Bull Run; in the right shoulder at the battle of Gettysburg; in the right side at the battle of the Wilderness; and bv reason of gun shot wound in battle before Petersburg, his right leg was amputated above the knee on March 2C, 1861;. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Fairfield, Cal.; was district attorney for five years; and superior judge of Solono county for twenty-one years. He has been de partment commander G.A.R. California and Nevada, grand councellor K. of P., association justice appellate court third district California, and is now judge superior court of California. MAURICE FRANCIS BURKE, Clergyman and Bishop, Was born May 5, 1845, in Ireland. He was educated at old St. Mary s of the Lake in Chicago, 111.; at Notre Dame of Indiana; and studied for nine years at the Amer ican college in Rome, Italy, where he was ordained a priest in 1875. For three years he was assistant pastor of St. Mary s in Chicago, 111., and for nine years was pastor of St. Mary s in Joliet, 111. In 1887-92 he was the Roman Catholic bishop of Cheyenne, Wyo. ; and since 1893 ^ as been bishop of St. Joseph, Mo. He is also noted as an eminent linguist. 256 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ANDREW WOODS SMYTH, Physician, Was born Feb. 15, 1833, in Ireland. He settled in New Orleans in 1849. He performed, in 1864, the first and only recorded operation of tying successfully the arteria innominata for subclavian aneurism. In 1866 he also made the first successful reduction of a dislocation of the femur of over nine months duration; and performed the operation of extirpation of the kidney in 1879; then al most unknown to the profession. In 1864 he also ligated the vertebral artery for the first time in the history of sur gery. In 1880 he published a brochure on the Structure and Function of the Kidney, showing the use of the Mal- pighian bodies, and the impossibility of a communication existing between the interior of their capsule and the uriniferous tubes. ALBERT E. BULSON, JR., Physician, Was graduated at Rush Medical college, Chicago, 111. 1890; post-graduate University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1891; professor of opthalmology Indiana univer sity school of medicine; oculist and aurist to St. Vincent s and the Allen Countv Orphan asylum, St. Joseph s and Hope hospitals and United States pension bureau for northern Indiana and northern Ohio; editor and manager of The Journal of the Indiana State Medical association. Ex-chairman of the section on opthalmology of the Amer ican Medical association; member of the American Acad emy of Opthalmology and Oto-Laryngology and the American Medical, Northern Tri-State, Indiana State and Chicago Opthalmological association; medical ex aminer Massachusetts Mutual, Postal Savings, Provident Savings, Bankers of New York, Bankers of Chicago and Chicago Guarantee Life Insurance companies; specialty, eye, ear, nose and throat. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 257 CHARLES WILLIAM BURKETT, Educator, Lecturer, Author and Editor, Was born Jan. 3, 1873, in Thornville, Ohio. In 1895 he graduated with the degree of B.Sc. from the University of Ohio; and subsequently received the degree of M.Sc. In 1895-98 he was assistant in agriculture at the Ohio State university; in 1898-1901 was professor of agricul ture and agriculturist at the experiment station of New Hampshire college; and in 1901-06 filled the same chair at the experiment station of North Carolina agricultural college. In 1906 he became director of the Kansas ex periment station, remaining there until becoming editor of American Agriculturist. He was editor of Country Life education series of works. He is the author of A History of Ohio Agriculture; Agriculture for Beginners; Cotton, and Our Domestic Animals; Farm Stock; The Farmer s Veterinarian; Farm Crops, and joint author The Hill School Readers. ALBERT CAMERON BURRAGE, Lawyer and Business President, Was born Nov. 21, 1859, in Ashburnham, Mass. In 1862 his parents settled in California; and in 1883 he graduated from the Harvard university. In 1882-84 he studied law in Harvard law school ; and in 1884 began the practice of law in Boston, Mass. In 1892 he was a mem ber of the common council of Boston, Mass.; and in 1894 was appointed a member of the Boston transit commis sion, which built the Boston subway. Subsequently he became interested in various industrial enterprises such as gas and copper; president of all the allied gas com panies of Boston except the Brookline; and in 1899 took an active part in the reorganization of the Amalgamated Copper company. 258 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE DEXTER BURTON, Electrical Engineer and Inventor, Was born Oct. 26, 1855, in Temple, N.H. He was edu cated at Appleton academy of New Ipswich, N.H. ; and at Comer s commercial college of Boston. He was the inventor of the Burton stock car; and was treasurer of the Burton Stock Car company. He is president of the Bur ton Electrical Smelting company; and the treasurer of the American Electrical Process company of Boston, Mass. He has lectured upon the subject of Heating and Working Metals by Electricity before the Harvard Lec ture club, Massachusetts Institute Technology, Franklin institute, Philadelphia, Pa., and for other scientific insti tutions. Inventor of the process of tanning leather by electricity, the process of degumming and treating flax and ramie. He is a member of the New Hampshire His torical society, the National Geographic society, Frank lin institute, etc. HIRAM RODNEY BURTON, United States Congressman from Delaware, Was born Nov. 13, 1841, in Lewes, Sussex county, Del. He was educated in the schools of his native town; taught for two vears in the schools of Sussex county; in 1862 went to Washington, D.C.; and was engaged in the dry goods business until 1861;: he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 186$, from which in stitution he was graduated in 1868, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in his native town and county. He was appointed deputy collector of cus toms for the port of Lewes in 1877; was acting assistant surgeon, United States marine-hospital service in 1890- 93 ; was delegate to the republican national conventions of 1896, 1900 and 1904. He was elected to the fifty-ninth congress at large from Delaware for the term of 1905-07; was re-elected in 1906 and served through the sixtieth congress. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 259 ETHELBERT CALLAHAN, Farmer, Lawyer and Legislator, Was born Dec. 17, 1829, in Licking county, Ohio. He has been a justice of the peace, a member of the state board of equilization, and a delegate to the general con ference of th Methodist Episcopal church. He has twice been a presidential elector, and for four terms served with distinction as a member of the general assembly of the state of Illinois. He has been president of the Illinois State Bar association, and a member of the commission to revise the laws of Illinois. JOHN SHAW CAMPBELL, Merchant and Manufacturer, Was born March 15, 1847, in Butler, Pa. He was edu cated in the public schools of his native state; and at Wyers academic cadets of West Chester, Pa. He is a successful merchant and manufacturer of Butler, Pa.; and prominently identified with the business and public wel fare of his community. SOLON AUGUSTUS CARTER, State Treasurer of New Hampshire, Was born June 22, 1837, in Leominster, Mass. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. During the civil war he was captain of the fourteenth regiment New Hampshire volunteers. From July, 1864, to close of war he was captain and assistant adjutant-general of the United States volunteer; and was breveted major and lieutenant-colonel. He has been a successful farmer and educator. Since 1872 he has been treasurer of the state of New Hampshire; and is now serving his term of 1911- 260 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN SLAUGHTER CANDLER, Soldier, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born Oct. 22, 1861, in Carroll county, Ga. He was educated at Emory college of Oxford, Ga. He has been judge advocate general of Georgia; and solicitor general of Stone Mountain circuit. He has been judge of the su perior courts of the Stone Mountain circuit; and associ ate-justice of the state supreme court of Georgia. During the Spanish-American war he was colonel in the third Georgia volunteer infantry. WILLIAM M. CHANDLER, Member Grafton School Board of North Dakota, Was born Nov. 13, 1847, in province of Quebec, Canada. He was educated at Cedar City, Minn. For nearly seven years he was postmaster of Grafton, N.D.; was a member of the first city council; and served with distinction as mayor for one term. He is vice-president of the Carnegie library building; and for fourteen years has been a mem ber of the city school board. He was chairman of the first county republican convention held in Walsh county. He is a successful merchant and business man; and is still serving as a member of the citv school. He has also been president of the board of education for several years; also president for five years of the North Dakota State Funeral Directors association; was elected delegate to the National F.D. convention held Indianapolis, Ind., 1908; appointed as a member of committee on federal legislation. He has been president of the Carnegie li brary board for four years, which position he still holds. THOMAS SPENCER CHILDS, Clergyman and Author, Was born in 1825, m Springfield, Mass. In 1847 he grad uated from the University of New York; in 1850 grad uated from Princeton Theological seminary; and has re- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 261 ceived the degrees of A.M. and D.D. In 1851-66 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Hartford, Conn. In 1871-79 was professor of biblical and ecclesias tical history at Hartford seminary; from 1880 to 1882 professor of mental and moral science at Wooster uni versity, Ohio; and in 1882190 filled a pastorate in Wash ington, D. C. In 1890 he became a Protestant Episcopal clergyman; in 1879-1901 was first archdeacon of Wash ington; and since 1901 has been rector of the church of Chevy Chase, Md. Since 1892 he has been chaplain of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is the author of Justification; Hints to the Christian; The Heritage of Peace; The Lost Faith; and a score of other works. HIRAM MARTIN CHITTENDEN, United States Army Officer, Was born Oct. 25, 1858, in western New York. In 1884 he graduated from the United States military academy at West Point and was assigned to the corps of engineers. He has had charge of government works in the Yellow stone National park; on the Missouri, Ohio and other western rivers, and on reservoir surveys in arid regions. In 1898 he was chief engineer in the fourth army corps during the Spanish-American war. In 1904 he was a member of the federal commission on the Yellowstone National park; and was commissioner of engineers of the Sacramento flood control. He is the author of Yellow stone National Park, Historical and Descriptive; Reser- voire in the Arid Regions ; Reservoir System of the Great Lakes; The American Fur Trade of the Far West; His tory of Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River; Life of Father DeSmet; and War or Peace. In 1910 he attained the rank of brigadier-general on the retired list. He is now president of the port of Seattle commission. 262 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS E. M. CLARK, Minority Leader in the Last Four Sessions of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Oklahoma, Was born in 1856 in Huntsburg, Ohio. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools ; attended Farmington academy of Ohio ; and the Wesleyan college of Bloomington, 111. He is a successful lawyer of Paw nee, Okla. ; and is prominently mentioned at this time for state senator from his district. He styles himself a pro gressive republican, but not an insurgent. ELIAS S. CLARK, Attorney-General of Arizona, Was born June 17, 1862, near Rockland, Knox county, Maine. He was educated in the public and private schools of Thomaston, Maine; and soon attained success in the practice of law. He has been district attorney for Coconino county; district attorney for Yavapai county; and has rilled various other positions of trust and honor. From March, 1905, until May, 1909, he was attorney- general of Arizona. JAMES G. CUTLER, Architect, Manufacturer and Financier, Was born April 24, 1848, in Albany, N.Y. He is an ar chitect by profession; and retired from active practice in 1894. He i s president of the Cutler Mail Chute com pany, president of the Cutler Realty company, and pres ident of the Alliance bank. For three terms he was pres ident of the Western New York Association of Archi tects. In 1896 he was president of the Rochester chamber of commerce; was presidential elector in 1900; and in 1904 became mayor of Rochester, N.Y. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 263 JOHN C. CHANEY, United States Congressman from Indiana, Was born in 1853 in Ohio. In his infancy he was brought to Allen county Ind. ; and his education was obtained in the schools of Fort Wayne and Sullivan, Ind.; and at the Cincinnati university of Ohio. He was elected to the fifty-ninth and sixtieth congresses from the second district of Indiana from 1905-1909. HENRY N. COFFIN, Ex-State Treasurer of Idaho, Was born March 3, 1849, in Annapolis, Ind. For seven years he was a clerk in the First National bank at Leav- enworth, Kan. ; and for seven years in the First National bank of Lawrence, Kan.; he entered the state treasurer s office as clerk and for fourteen years was assistant treas urer. In 1890 he came to Boise, Idaho, as first teller, as sistant cashier, and for ten years was cashier of the First National Bank of Boise. He organized the Bank of Com merce; and in 1903 was elected state treasurer and was re-elected, serving two terms, and is now retired. He was a member of the capital commission who chose plans for our new state capital building, now under construc tion. For four years he was a member of the Lawrence city council and for four years in the Topeka city council and served four years in the city council at Boise, Idaho. CORNELIUS COLE, Journalist, Lawyer, Congressman and United States Senator, Was born Sept. 17, 1822, in Lodi, N.Y. He was district attorney of Sacramento for two years; and in 1863 was elected a representative from California to the thirty- eighth congress. He was elected to the United States senate for the term commencing in 1867 and ending in 1873- 264 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EVERETT CONNELLY, County Judge of Illinois, Was born Sept. 8, 18.77, m Clark county, 111. In 1900 he graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan with the degree of B.L. In 1902-06 he was county judge of Clark county; and is now prosecuting at torney of Clark county for the term of 1908-11. JOHN C. CUTLER, Ex-Governor of Utah, Was born Feb. 5, 1846, in Sheffield, England. He re ceived his education in private schools. He became a successful merchant of Utah; and prominently identified with the business and public affairs of that state. In 1884- 90 he was county clerk for Salt Lake county, Utah; and filled various other positions of trust and honor. He is now president of the Deseret National bank of Salt Lake City, Utah, capital and surplus, one million dollars; is treasurer of the new Hotel Utah, a two million dollar ho tel in Salt Lake City; president of the Cutler Brothers company; vice-president of the Beneficial Life Insurance company of Utah; a member of the executive committee and a director of the Utah and Idaho Sugar companies; and is interested in various other corporations. In 1905- 09 he was governor of the state of Utah. EDWARD MARK DEEMS, Clergyman and Author, Was born April 22, 1852, in Greensboro, N.C. In 1874 he graduated from Princeton university; studied two years in the Union Theological seminary; and in 1877 graduated from Princeton seminary. He devoted his va cations to home mission work in Nevada and Colorado; and in 1877 became pastor of the Presbyterian church of Longmont, Col. In 1880-90 he was pastor of the West minster Presbyterian church of New York City. From SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 265 1890 to 1909 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Hornell, N.Y. He has made three voyages to Europe; for nine years he was stated clerk and treasurer of the Steuben Presbytery; in 1887 was a commissioner to the general assembly from the New York Presbytery; and in 1897 from the Steuben Presbytery. Since 1909 he has been pastor of the Church of the Sea. In 1877 Prince ton university conferred on him the degree of A.M.; in 1890 the University of New York City bestowed on him the degree of Ph.D., and in 1907 Alfred university con ferred on him the degree of D.D. He is the author of a biography of his father, entitled The Autobiography and Memoirs of Charles F. Deems, founder and pastor of the Church of Strangers in New York City, and founder of The American Institute of Christian Philosophy; and also Holy Days and Holidays; and other works. HENRY MARTYN DENNISTON, Pay Director United States Navy, Was born June 13, 1840, in Washingtonville, N.Y. In 1861 he was appointed assistant paymaster of the United States navy; was promoted to paymaster in 1862; became pay inspector in 1876; and pay director in 1884. In 1902 he was retired with the rank of rear admiral. Since 1884 he has been pay director in the United States navy. LINCOLN DIXON, United States Congressman from Indiana, Was born Feb. 9, 1860, in Vernon, Ind. In 1880 he grad uated from the Indiana state university. In 1884-92 he was prosecuting attorney; and for many years was a mem ber of the democratic state committee. He was elected to the fifty-ninth congress from the fourth district of In diana; re-elected to sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses. 266 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES H. DONNELLY, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Illinois, Which circuit comprises the counties of Lake, McHenry, Boone and Winnebago. He has been judge since June, 1897. Present term of office expires in June, 1915. JOSEPH W. DONOVAN, Judge Circuit Court of Detroit, Mich., Was born March, 1853. Since 1894-1912 has been judge of the third state circuit court of Michigan, eighteen years, inclusive. He is the author of Tact in Court; and Modern Jury Trials, both legal works widely read. CHARLES HOLLAND DUELL, Associate-Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Was born April 13, 1850, in Cortland, N.Y. In 1873-80 he practiced law in New York City; and in 1878-82 was a representative in the New York state legislature. In 1898-1901 he was United States commissioner of patents. In 1904 he was appointed associate-justice of the court of appeals for the District of Columbia, but resigned Sept. i, 1906, to resume the practice of patent law in New York City. In 1908 was at the head of the repub; lican electoral ticket of New York state, and was presi dent of it. In 1911 he was one of the five delegates to represent the United States in the convention (held at Washington) for the protection of industrial property. EDGAR CLARENCE ELLIS, United States Congressman from Missouri, Was born Oct. 2, 1854, m Vermontville, Mich. He re ceived his education at Olivet college of Michigan; and later received the degree of A.B. from the Carleton col lege of Minnesota. In 1881-84 ^ e was superintendent of SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 267 public schools of the city of Fergus Falls, Minn. He practiced law in Kansas for a period of three years; and then moved to Kansas City. He was elected to the fifty- ninth congress from the fifth district of Missouri for the term of 1905-07; was re-elected to the sixtieth congress, and is now practicing law. FREDERICK C. EHRHARDT, Deputy U. S. Marshal, Was born at Scranton, Lackawanna county, Pa., Sept. 16, 1867; educated in public and private schools of Scranton; he is an active party worker and has frequently been the representative of his district at city and county conven tions; is an active member of the Musicians union; elect ed to the house of representatives in 1904 and 1906; re- elected in November, 1908, and November, 1910; now deputy United States marshal, middle district of Penn sylvania. Author an act: To promote the safety of trav elers and employes upon railroads, by compelling com mon carriers by railroad to properly man their trains; approved I9th day of 1911 by governor; also an act: Abolishing the select and common councils in cities of the second class; providing a new body, to be known as the council and fixing their terms of office; and providing for the selection of members of council, prescribing the qualifications of members thereof, their powers and du ties, and fixing their salaries; approved the 3ist day of May, A.D. 1911. J. D. ENSIGN, Judge District Court of Minnesota, He is judge of the eleventh judicial district court of Min nesota for the terms 1889-1915. 268 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM LAWRENCE ESTES, Physician and Author, Was born Nov. 28, 1855, in Brownsville, Tenn. He was educated at Bethel college and received the degrees of M.D. from the University of Virginia and from the Uni versity of New York; and the degree of A.M. from Beth el college in 1893. Since 1881 he has been physician and surgeon in chief at St. Luke s hospital in South Bethle hem, Pa. Since 1887 he has lectured on hygiene and physiology at the Lehigh university. He is the author of Treatment of Fractures, and also the chapter on Accident Surgery in Keen s System of Surgery. CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS, Ex-Vice-President of the United States, Was born May n, 1852, near Unionville Center, Ohio. He was educated in the common schools; and in 1872 graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university in the classical course. In 1874 ne was admitted to the practice of law; moved to Indianapolis in the same year; and there practiced his profession until his admission to the United States senate. In 1885 he was elected a trustee of the Ohio Wesleyan university. In 1892 and 1898 he was chairman of the Indiana republican state convention. In 1897-1905 he was a member of the United States senate. In 1896, 1900 and 1904 he was delegate to the republican conventions held in St. Louis, Philadelphia and Chicago. In 1904 he was unanimously nominated for vice-president of the United States and was elected on the ticket with Theodore Roosevelt, receiving three hundred and thirty- seven of the four hundred and sexenty-six electoral votes. Upon retiring from the vice-presidency he made a tour of the leading countries of the world in 1909 and 1910. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 269 WILLIAM M. FARMER, Judge Circuit Court of Illinois, He is judge of the fourth circuit court for the counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian for the term of 1903- 09. In 1906 he was elected to the supreme court for a term of nine years. CHARLES JAMES FAULKNER, Soldier, Jurist and United States Senator, Was born Sept. 21, 1847, in Martinsburg, W.Va. His early education was obtained in France and Switzerland; and in 1862 he entered the Virginia military institution at Lexington. He served with the cadets at the battle of Newmarket; and afterward as aide to Generals Breck- enridge and Wise in the confederate states army to the end of the civil war. In 1868 he was admitted to the practice of law; and in 1879 became grand master of Masons. In 1880-87 he was judge of the thirteenth judicial circuit of West Virginia. In 1887-99 he was a member of the United States senate. In 1892 he was both temporary and permanent chairman of the democratic state convention; and in 1894, ^96 a d 1898 he was chairman of the dem ocratic congressional campaign committee. Since leav ing the senate in 1899, he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession in the city of Washington, D.C., and in the state of West Virginia. WILLIAM OLIVER FULLER, Journalist and Author, Was born Feb. 3, i8<;6, in Rockland, Maine. Since 1874 he has been editor of the Rockland Courier-Gazette; and since 1902 has been postmaster of Rockland, Maine. He is the author of What Happened to Wigglesworth. 270 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN HUSTON FINLEY, Journalist, Educator, College President, Founder, Was born Oct. 19, 1863, in Grand Ridge, La Salle county, 111. In 1887 he graduated from Knox college; in 1887- 89 studied at the Johns Hopkins university; and has re ceived the degrees of A.M., Ph.D. and LL.D. In 1882- 92 he was secretary of the state charities aid association of New York. In 1802-99 he was president Knox college; in 1899-1900 was editor with Harper s and McClure s; and in 1900-03 was professor of politics at Princeton uni versity. Since 1003 he has been president of the College City of New York. In 1910-11 he was the Harvard uni versity exchano-e lecturer, on the Hvde foundation, at the Universitv of Paris and other French universities. He is author, with Dr. Ely. of Taxation in American States and Cities; and, with John F. Sanderson, of The American Executive. Educator, Political Economist and Author. Was born on Feb. 27, 1867, in Saueerties, N.Y. In i8qi he graduated with the decree of Ph.D. from Yale univer- sitv: and in 1801-0/1 studied in Berlin and Paris. In i8qr- q? he was tutor of mathematics, in 1807-0? was professor and in 189^-98 was assistant professor of political economy in Yale university. Since 1808 he has been professor of nolitical economy at Yale university. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci ence; was a member of the national conservation commis sion: and was president of the committee of one hun dred on national health to advocate the establishment of the national department of health. He is the author of Flements of Geometrv: Ribliopranhv of Mathematical Economics: Mathematical Investigations in Theorv of Value and Prices: Appreciation and Interest; Introduc tion in Calculus; The Nature of Capital and Income; The Rate of Interest; The Purchasing Power of Money; and other works. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 271 JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER, Soldier, Lawyer, Governor and United States Senator, Was born July 5, 1846, near Rainsboro, Highland county, Ohio. He enlisted in 1862 as a private in company A, eighty-ninth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. He served until the close of the war, at which time he held the rank of first lieutenant and brevet captain. He was elected judge of the superior court of Cincinnati in 1879; and resigned on account of ill-health in 1882. In 1886-90 he was the thirty-fourth governor of Ohio. He was again nominated for governor and defeated in 1889; and in 1897-1909 he was a United States senator. ELBERT HENRY GARY, Lawyer, Jurist and Banker, Was born Oct. 8, 1846, in Wheaton, 111. He was edu cated in the public schools; at Wheaton college; and in 1867 he graduated from the law department of the Chi cago university. In 1867 he was admitted to the practice of law in Illinois; and in 1878 was admitted to practice in the supreme court of the United States. He was general counsel for several railroad companies, manufactories and other corporations. In 180^-0/1 he was president of the Chicago Bar association. He was connected with the organization of the Federal Steel company; and in 1898 retired from the practice of law to become president of that comnanv. He was prominentlv identified with the organization of the Unite-d States Steel companv; presi dent of the Gary-Wheaton bank of Wheaton, 111.; and is a director of several banks in Chicago, New York and many other corporations. He is a trustee of the North western universitv; and is the builder of the Gary Memo rial church in Wheaton, 111. He has had general charge of the building of Garv, Ind., destined to become the greatest steel manufacturing city in America. 272 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM H. GANNETT, State Representative of Maine, Was born in 18^4, in Augusta, Maine. He was educated in the public schools of his native state. About 1888 he began the publication of a familv noner entitled Comfort, which now has a monthly circulation of over a million and a quarter copies. Since 1903 he has been a representa tive of the Maine state legislature. \ WILLIAM M. GEDDES, Disbursing Officer United States Service, Was born Aug. 21, 18^8, in Zanesville, Ohio. He was ed ucated in Valparaiso, Ind. ; and is a printer and journalist by profession. He has been editor of two daily news papers; and for four years was assistant cashier in a na tional bank. For two years he was mayor of Grand Is land, Neb.; and in 1895 was chief clerk in the Nebraska state legislature. Since 1898 he has been disbursing offi cer of the United States government for the Omaha, Buf falo, St. Louis, and Portland expositions. JACOB GEIGER, Physician, LL.D., He graduated from University of Louisville, medical department, Louisville, Ky., 1872; LL.D. Park college, Parkville, Mo.; member board of trustees and professor principles and practice of surgery and clinical surgery Ensworth Medical college, St. Joseph, and dean of same; professor surgery and clinical surgery St. Louis univer- sitv school of medicine, St. Louis, Mo.; local surgeon Missouri Pacific railway; president board of manager state hospital No. 2; president United States pension board examiners; m ember American Medical, Mississip pi Valley Medical, Tri-State Medical and Western Sur gical and Gynaecological associations; editor surgical de partment St. Joseph Medical Herald. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 273 JOSEPH S. GILES, Millar d County Attorney of Utah, Was born April 5, 1833, in Chester county, Pa. He was educated at Hopewell academy; and has attained success in the practice of law in Utah. He has been probate judge, county attorney, county assessor, collector, county surveyor, county clerk, county recorder and county phy sician, and all for Millard county, Utah. Is chief proba tion officer for Millard county, licensed abstractor for Millard county, deputy county treasurer, deputy county collector and city justice for Fillmore City, Utah. FRANCIS ALEXANDRE ADAMS, Associate-Editor New York Commercial, Was born May n, 1874, in New York City. In 1891 he graduated from the New York public schools; and sub sequently from the college city of New York and studied law. He has been editor of Printers Ink and on the staff of the New York Journal. During the Spanish-Ameri can war in 1898 he was lieutenant in the fourteenth regi ment New York volunteer infantry. He is the author of Truths About Trusts; the Philippine Question; The Transgressors, a political novel, and Roosevelt. He is now associate-editor of the New York Commercial ; and resides in New York City. JOHN P. GRANT, Judge Delaware County Court, New York, Was born Feb. 14, 1853, in Stanford, N.Y. For several years he was district attorney of Delaware county, N.Y. He is judge of the county court for Delaware county for the term of 1901-07. He has been county judge and sur rogate of Delaware county since 1899. 274 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE MILBRY GOULD, Soldier, Physician and Author, Was born Nov. 8, 1848, in Auburn, Maine. In 1861 he accompanied the sixty-third regiment Ohio volunteers to the front as a drummer boy; two years later was dis charged for disability; and in 1865 again enlisted in the one hundred and forty-first regiment Ohio volunteer in fantry, with which he served until the close of the war. Since 1888 he has practiced medicine in Philadelphia, Pa., making a specialty of diseases of the eye. In 1892-94 he was ophthalmologist to the Philadelphia hospital; in 1891-95 he was editor of the Medical News; and in 1898- 1900 was editor of the Philadelphia Medical Journal; and since 1900 has been editor of American Medicine. In 1893-94 he was president of the American Academy of Medicine. He is the author of a series of Medical Dic tionaries; Diseases of the Eye; Suggestions to Medical Writers; Biographic Clinics; The Meaning: and Method of Life; Borderland Studies; An Autumn Singer; Anom- olies and Curiosities of Medicine; American Year-Book of Medicine and Surgery; Cyclopedia of Medicine and other works. CHARLES FREDERICK JOY, Lawyer and Congressman of Missouri, Was born Dec. n, 1894, in Morgan county, 111. In 1870 he entered the academic department of Yale college; and in 1874 graduated from that institution of learning with the degree of bachelor of arts. In 1875 he began the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo. He was elected to the fifty-third congress, but was unseated on a contest in favor of his opponent. In 1894-1900 he was a represent ative from Missouri to the fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty- sixth and fifty-seventh congresses as a republican. He has been for the past five years and still is recorder of deeds of the city of St. Louis. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 275 EDWIN SENECA GREELEY, Soldier, Merchant and Banker, Was born May 20. 1832, in Nashua, N.H. In 1855 he settled in New Haven, Conn. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the union army as first lieutenant; advanced through all intermediate grades to colonel of the famous tenth regiment of Connecticut volunteers; and was brevetted brigadier-general for gallant and meritori ous service. For thirty-five years after the war he was engaged in mercantile and manufacturing business in New York City, retiring: in 1897, an ^ as president of the Yale National bank of New Haven in IQCK. Was at one time president-general of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Is now president of Grace Hospital society and a trustee of the Norwich hosital for the insane. Is interested in the work of sev eral charitable, religious, patriotic and fraternal societies. ROBERT W. BONYNGE, Member of the National Monetary Commission and Attorney at Law, Denver, Colorado, Was born Sept. 8, 1863, in New York City. He was edu cated in the public schools of New York city; graduated from the college of the city of New York city in 1882 ; and from Columbia college law school in 1885. In 1888 he engaged in the practice of law in Denver, Col., served in the legislature of Colorado in 1893-94; an d was candidate for representative in congress in 1900 and 1902. He was a member of the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth and sixtieth con gresses as a republican from first district of Colorado. After expiration of his term in congress he was continued as a member of the National monetary commission upon which commission he is now serving. He is also a mem ber of the law firm of Bonynge and Warner, of Denver, Colorado. 276 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM HORACE HOSKINS, Secretary Pennsylania State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. Was born July 23, 1860, in Rockdale, Pa. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools; and graduated from the American veterinary college. He has attained success in the practice of his profession; and in 1899 was democratic candidate for mayor of Philadel phia, Pa. He has been president of the United States veterinary medical association; secretary of the United States veterinary medical association; president and secretary of the Pennsylvania state veterinary association; and president and secretary of the Keystone veterinary medical association. Since 1895 he has been the editor of the Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterin ary Archives. He is assistant professor on veterin ary jurisprudence at the veterinary department of the university of Pennsylvania; and secretary of the Pennsyl vania state board of veterinary medical examiners. ALBERT M. JAEGGI, Captain Iowa National Guard, Was born May 30, 1865, in Dubuque, Iowa He was edu cated in the public schools of his native state; attended St. Mary s, St Joseph s and the Bayless college. In 1885 he became a private in company A, fourth regiment Iowa national guard; and became sergeant, second lieutenant and first lieutenant of company A, first regiment. In 1898- 99 he was captain and adjutant of the forty-ninth regi ment Iowa United States volunteers during the Spanish- American war. He is a successful merchant of Dubuque, Iowa; and captain and adjutant of the fifty-third regiment Iowa national guard. He was presented with the dia mond for 25 years continuous service medal by the state Dec. 18, 1910. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 277 W. D. HURLBUT, Ex-Mayor of Westfield, Ohio, Was born Aug. i, 1868, in Huntington, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools and at the Sioux Falls university. For many years he has been engaged as a printer and salesman, and in both capacities has proved his business ability by his success. He is an independent in politics; filled minor offices of trust and honor; and in 1905-10 served with distinction as mayor of West- field, Iowa; and has now become a progressive citizen of McLaughlin, S. D.; where he publishes the Mc- Laughlin Messenger, the first weekly paper in the United States to publish Sioux indian news in the Sioux language. WINFIELD SCOTT POPE, Lawyer, Legislator, Was born July 20, 1847, in Davidson county, N.C. He is an eminent lawyer; has served three terms in the state legislature of Missouri ; and resides in Jefferson City, Mo. JAMES F. EDWARD, State Senator, Was born July 18, 1864, in Stockton county,Pa. He received his early education in Hazle township public schools; was employed in and about the coal mines until 1 88 1, when he became coal shipper at Humboldt colliery for Linderman and Skeer; removed to Hazleton in 1889, and in 1900 engaged in the sale of mine and mill supplies, his present occupation; is vice-president and general sales manager of the Anchor Packing company, of Philadel phia, for the anthracite coal region, secretary and treas urer of the Hazelton steam heating company, the Hazel Hall association and the Hazelton cemetery association; was president of the board of school controllers and has been a member of that body for fifteen years; was mer cantile appraiser for Luzerne county in 1902; elected to the senate in November, 1906. 278 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EDWIN M. IRISH, Soldier, Lawyer, Public Official, Was born June n, 1848, in Gorham, Maine. He attend ed the Gorham seminary; and in 1872 graduated from the law department of the university of Michigan. Since 1872 he has practiced law in Kalamazoo, Mich.; in 1875- 80 was prosecuting attorney for Kalamazoo county; and has been city attorney and a member of the Kalamazoo common council. Fie served twelve vears in various grades in the Michigan national guard; was colonel at infantry for six years; (and in 1897-98 was adjutant-gen eral of the state of Michigan, afterwards colonel of the thirty-fifth United States volunteer infantry, Spanish- American War) ; and was mustered out with his regiment in 1899. He is still actively engaged in the practice of his profession; is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his state. THOMAS R. GRIFFIN, Mayor of Somerset, Ky. Was born in 1850 in Ireland. Since 1877 he has been chief special agent of the Q. and C. railway at Somerset, Ky. ; and has an extensive and varied experience and knowledge in the management of railroads. For many years he has been prominently identified with the busi ness and public affairs of his community; and has filled various positions of trust and honor. As mayor of Somerset he has shown executive ability of a high order; and received the re-election for the fifth term to that office without opposition. Since 1893 he has been filling the office of mayor for the city of Somerset, and is now serving his fifth term of 1909-13. W. A. GRAHAM, Commissioner of Agriculture of North Carolina, He was state commissioner of agriculture of North Caro lina for the term of 1905-09. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 279 CHARLES HALLAM KEEP, President Knickerbocker Trust Co. of New York City, Was born Feb. 26, 1861, in Lockport, N.Y. In 1885- 1903 he practiced law in Buffalo, N.Y. In 1890-1901 he was secretary of the Lake Carriers association; and in 1898-1901 was also secretary of the Buffalo chamber of commerce. In 1903-07 he was assistant secretary of the Treasury. In 1907 he was superintendent of banks, state department of New York until July i, 1907, when he became a member of the Public Service Commission of New York state, 1908 to 1912, president Knickerbocker Trust company. WILLIAM STEDMAN GREENE, United States Congressman from Massachusetts, Was born April 28, 1841, in Tremont, 111. He has been in the real estate and insurance business since 1866 in Fall River, Mass. He was president common council in 1877-79; mayor in 1 880-81, 1886 and 1895-97. He was a member of the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixteeth and sixty-first congresses from Massachusetts as a republican He was re-elected to the sixty-second congress from the thirteenth district of Massachusetts for the term of 1911-13. EDMOND C. HARDESTY, Official Court Reporter of Wilmington, Del., Was born May 20, 1863, in Kent county, Del. He was educated at the high school of Harrington, Del., and subsequently took special courses in languages and mathe matics under private tutors. He is prominently identi fied with the public affairs of his native state; and has filled several positions of trust and honor. Since 1891 he has been in the service of the state of Delaware as official stenographer and court reporter. 280 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM JASPER KERR, College President, Corporation Official, Was born Nov. 17, 1863; son of Robert Marion and Nancy J. (Rawlins) Kerr; attended university of Utah, 1882-1885; Cornell University, 1890-1891, and summers 1891-93; married Salt Lake City, Utah, July 8, 1885, Leonora Hamilton; six children. Taught school in Smithfield, Utah, 1885-1887; instructor in physiology, geology, and physics, 1887- 1888, an d in mathematics and and astronomy, university of Utah, 1892-1894; president Brig. Y. Col., 1900-1907; president Oregon Agricul tural college since 1907. Also president board of direc tors Oregon Apple company; director and vice-president Portland Cement company; member advisory board American Land and Irrigation company. Delegate to constitutional convention of Utah, 1887, 1895. Presby terian. Member Association American Agricultural colleges and experiment stations (first vice-president 1909-1910, president 1910-1911 ; International Dry Farm ing congress (member executive committee, 1909-1910) ; member and vice-president 1909-1910 of National Educa tion association; member National council of education; International League for Highway improvement (mem ber organization committee) ; American Mathematical society; American Academy of Political and Social Science; Farmers National congress; American Asso ciation for the Advancement of Science; Oregon Academy of Sciences National Society for Promotion of Industrial Education. Recreations: walking, automobiling, and riding. Residence: Fifth and Jackson streets. FRANK W. HOWELL, United States Commissioner for Ohio, Was born June 17, 1869, in Dayton, Ohio. He is a suc cessful lawyer; and a prominent member of the republi can party of Ohio. He is United States commissioner of Ohio; is now serving his second term of 1909-12. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 281 EDWIN AUGUSTUS GROSVENOR, Professor Modern Government and International Law in Amherst College, Was born Aug. 30, 1845, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1867 he graduated from Amherst; in 1872 from Andover theological seminary; and has received the degrees of A. M. and LL. D. In 1873-90 he was professor of his tory at the Robert college of Constantinople. Since 1901 he has been professor of modern government and inter national law in Amherst college. He is the author of The Hippodrome of Constantinople; Constantinople, in two volumes; The Permanence of the Greek Type; Contemporary History; and other works. He is Senator of Phi Beta Kappa since 1901 and president of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa since 1907. He is a mem ber of the Authors Club (New York), Authors Club (London) and the Boston Authors Club. JAMES B. HARSH, Lawyer and Banker of Creston, Iowa, Was born Sept. 8, 1845, in Clinton county,Ohio. He received a common school education; and was afterward a student at Lombard college of Galesburg, 111. He has served two terms as mayor of the city of Creston, Iowa; has served with distinction as a member of the state senate; was president of the Blue Grass palace; once chairman of the republican Iowa state convention; and has held several other positions of trust and honor. For many years he has been president of the board of trustees of Lombard college of Galesburg, 111. ; and has been engaged at different times as a teacher, soldier, farmer and editor. He has attained success in the prac tice of law; and is president of the Creston National bank, and also of the Land Credit bank. 282 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JAMES PARKER HALL, Dean University of Chicago Law School, Was born Nov. 1871, in Frewsburg, N. Y. In 1882-90 he attended the grammar and high schools of Jamestown, N. Y. ; and in 1897 with the degree of LL. B. from Harvard law school. In 1897-1900 he practiced law in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1898-1900 he was lecturer on consti tutional law and real property at the Buffalo law school; and in 1900-02 was professor of law at the Leland Stan ford, jr., university of California. Since 1902 he has been professor of law, and since 1904 dean of the Chicago University law school. OLIVER ALBERT HARKER, Dean College of -Law University of Illinois, Was born Dec. 14, 1846, in Newport, Ind. He was educated in the public schools of Putnam and Dupage counties of Illinois; in 1860-62 studied in Wheaton col lege; in 1866-69 graduated from McKendree college with the degrees of A. B. and A. M.; and in 1866-67 studied in the law school of the university of Indiana. He served as a private soldier in the civil war in the sixty-seventh regiment Illinois volunteer infantry. In 1867-68 he taught school in Vienna, 111. In 1870-78 he practiced law in Vienna, 111. In 1878-1903, for twenty-five years was judge of the circuit court and for twelve years of that term was judge of the appellate court of Illinois. In 1895-96 he was president of the Ilinois state bar association. In 1897-1903 he was lec turer in the college of law at the university of Illinois; and since 1903 has been dean of the law faculty in that institution. Illinois commissioner on uniform state laws appointed by governor Deneen for six years in 1908, president Illinois Branch of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 283 G. L. HARDISON, Farmer, Merchant, State Senator, Inventor, Was born Aug. 14, 1858, near New Bern, N. C. He was educated at the New Bern high school. He has been postmaster; a successful merchant of Thurman, N. C. ; and owns a magnificient farm on the River Neuse. In 1897-98 he served with distinction as a state senator in the North Carolina legislature; and since 1898 has been assistant auditor of the Atlantic and North Caro lina Railroad company. In 1896 he invented a self- oiler for axles, now extensively used on vehicles of all kinds. In 1906 he retired from active business. GILBERT N. HAUGEN, United States Congressman from Iowa, Was born April 21, 1859, in Rock county, Wis. He was elected to the Iowa state legislature, serving in the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth general assemblies. In 1890 he was one of the organizers of the Northwood Banking company, now operating banking institutions in Northwood and Kennsett, Iowa, of which concern he is president. He was a member of the fifty-sixth, fifty- seventh and fifty-eighth congress from Iowa as a repub lican. He was re-elected to the fifty-ninth, sixteeth and sixty-first congress from the fourth district of Iowa. FREDERIC HENRY HEDGE, Librarian of Massachusetts, Was born June 20, 1831, in Arlington, Mass. He was educated at the high school of Bangor, Maine; and in 1851 graduated from Harvard college. He has been assistant librarian at the Providence athnaeum of Rhode Island; and librarian of the Massachusetts historical so ciety. In 1874-1901 he was librarian of the public li brary of Lawrence, Mass. 284 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN B. HEAD, Judge State Superior Court of Pennsylvania, He is judge of the state superior court of Pennsylvania for the term of 1906-1916. PHILIP KING BROWN, Consulting Physician of San Francisco, Was born June 24, 1869, in Napa, Cal. In 1875-85 he attended the grammar and high schools of San Fran cisco, Cal; in 1890 graduated with the degree of A. B. from Harvard university; in 1893 he received the de gree of M. D. from Harvard medical school; and sub sequently studied in the universities of Berlin and Gottingen. He was one of the organizers of the San Francisco Settlement Association and San Francisco Boys Club. Since 1893 he has practiced medicine in San Francisco; and filled a chair in the medical depart ment of the University of California. He raised the money and built the first sanitorium in the central part of California for the care of early cases of tuberculosis in wage earning women. He is consulting physician to the Mount Zion, City and County and Southern Pacific Hospitals and other institutions; and resides in San Francisco, Cal. ADDISON E. HERRICK, Judge Oxford County Probate Court of Maine, Was born June 24, 1847, in Greenwood, Maine. In 1873 he graduated from Bowdoin college; and soon at tained success in the practice of law. He is treasurer of Bethel Savings bank. He is judge of the probate court for Oxford county for the term of 1905-09. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of Bowdoin col lege and president of the trustees of Gould s Academy. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 285 GEORGE W. HESELTON, State Senator of Maine, Was born Nov. 2, 1856, in Gardiner, Maine. For two years he was city solicitor; and for six years was county attorney. He was a member of the Maine state senate for Kennebe county in 1905-09; he is past grand chan cellor of the Knights of Pythias of state of Maine. CHARLES W. KENT, Educator, Author,. . Was born Sept. 27, 1860, in Virginia. Since 1893 he has been professor of literature at Linden Kent memorial school of English literature in the university of Virgina. He is the author of Teutonic Antiquities in Andreas and Elene; Shakespears Note Book; and Editor of Library of Southern Literature, etc. CLIFFORD S. HIDDLESON, Physician, He graduated in medicine from Medical College of Ohio (Medical Department University of Cincinnati), Cin cinnati, Ohio; New York Post-Graduate, 1903 member American Medical Association, Union Med. Soc. Sixth Councilor Dist. Ohio state and Summit county., Med. Socs; Res. 160 Beck Avenue; office, 405-6-7-8 Flatiron building of Akron Ohio. CULVER CHANNING SNIFFIN, Paymaster-General United States Army, Was born Jan. i, 1844 in New York city. In 1873-77 ne was assistant secretary to President Grant; and in 1877- 99 was major and paymaster in the United States army. In 1899-1901 he was deputy paymaster-general, in 1901- 06 was assistant paymaster-general, 1906 to 1908 was paymaster-general of the United States army, retired in 1908 and resides in Washington, D. C. 286 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS J. D. HICKS, Soldier, Lawyer and Legislator, Was born Aug. i, 1844, of Welsh parentage, removed from Chester county, Pennsylvania, to Blair county, Pennsylvania, in 1847, an d has resided continuously in Blair county and Huntington county since that date. Was educated in the common schools, and served as a soldier in the Pennsylvania volunteer infantry in the civil war. Has always taken an active part in republi can politics and has served his party as a County Chair man for six terms, and also as a member of the State Committee. Was admitted to practice law in 1875. In 1880 was elected district attorney of Blair county, and in 1893 was re-elected. In 1884, formed a law part nership with his former preceptor, Col. D. J. Neff, which partnership continues until the present time, un der the firm name of Neff and Hicks. Was elected to the fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congress of the United States, as a republican. JOSEPH A. LANGFITT, Allegheny county, Pa., was born Oct. 19, 1858, in Kendall, Beaver county, Pa. He was educated at Washington and Jefferson college from which he was graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1879, receiving degree of A.M. three years later; and was admitted to the bars of Allegheny and Beaver counties in 1882, and has since practiced his profession. He served four years in select council and three years in the board of school control of Allegheny; has been successively president of the Mercantile Bank, Federal national bank of Pittsburg and Bank of Brushton. He is a director of the Bankers Trust company and the Central Trust company of Pittsburg; has been Supreme Regent of the Royal Arcanum and president of the Na tional Fraternal congress; elected to the Senate in No vember, 1906. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 287 JOHN FREMONT HILL, Member Republican National Committee for. Maine, and Acting Chairman of the Committee, Was born Oct. 29, 1855, m Eliot, Maine. He was edu cated at Berwick academy; graduated from the medical department of Bowdoin college and Long Island college hospital of Brooklyn, N.Y. He is a journalist and pub lisher by profession, and for many years prominently identified with the business and public affairs of Maine. In 1888-92 he was a representative in the Maine state legislature; in 1892-96 was a member of the state senate; in 1906 was a presidential elector; and in 1898-99 was a member of the executive council. In 1901-05 he served with distinction as governor of the state of Maine. In 1900 he was a delegate to the republican national con vention; and is prominently identified with the repub lican party. He is a member of the republican national committee for Maine and acting chairman of the com mittee. WILLIAM HARMONG LAMAR, Attorney United States Department of Justice, Son of Dr. William H. Lamar, deceased, was born Dec. 11, 1859, m Auburn, Alabama. In 1881 he graduated from the Alabama Polytechnic with the degree of A. B. In 1884 and 1885 he took the degrees of L.L.B. and L. L. M., respectively, from Georgetown university law school, D. C. Practiced law in Washington, D. C. He became captain in the volunteer signal corps in 1898 and served in the campaign in Porto Rico during the Spanish-American war in command of the fifth company U. S. V. Signal corps, and also served on detached duty as signal officer on the staff of major gen eral James H. Wilson. Since 1906 he has been an attor ney in the United States department of justice. In 1887 he married Virginia Longstreet Lamar, daughter of justice L. Q. C. Lamar of the U. S. supreme court and has four children. 288 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN R. KIRK, President State Normal School, Kirksville, Mo., Born in 111., 1851 ; educated in high school, State normal school and universities of Kansas and Missouri; republi can; methodist; member of bar; superintendent Schools, Bethany, Mo., eight years; school principal and high school teacher, Kansas City, Mo., four years; superin tendent schools, Westport, Mo., two years; State superin tendent schools of Missouri, 189^-1899; inspector of schools, university of Mo., 1899; president Normal school, Kirksville, Mo. since 1899; LL. D., Mo. Wesleyan college, 1907; LL. D., Park college, 1907; designer Model rural school, 1907; Mo . State director, N.E.A., 1895-9; same, 1907-9; same, 1911-1912; Mo. State direc tor, Southern Educational association, 1911-12; member Council N.E.A., 1905; president Dept. N.E.A., 1905-06; same, 1906-7; pres. North Central council, Nor. Sch. presidents, 1906-7; president Library department, N.E. A., 1907-8. JOHN H. LANDIS, Superintendent United States Mint, Was born Jan. 31, 1853, m Lancaster county, Pa. He received his education in the common schools, at the county lyceums, and the Millersville state normal school. During 1878-84 he was a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives; supervisor of census in 1890; and served with distinction in the Pennsylvania state senate during 1892-96. He was a presidential elector in 1896; and since 1891 has been secretary of the Farmers Protective Tariff league of Pennsylvania. In 1898-1902 he was coiner of United States mint; and since 1902 has been superintendent of the United States mint at Phil adelphia, Pa. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 289 E. R. E. KIMBROUGH, Judge Circuit Court of Illinois, Was born March 28, 1851, in Edgar county, 111. He was educated at the Illinois state normal university; and is a lawyer by profession. He was a representative in the thirty-third and thirty-fourth general assemblies of the Illinois state legislature. In 1897-99 he was mayor of Danville, 111. ; and since 1893 has been a member of the state board of education. He is judge of the fifth judicial circuit court of Illinois for the counties of Vermillion, Edgar, Clark, Cumberland and Coles for the term of 1903-09, and was also circuit judge in 1909 for the term ending in 1915. JUDSON SUDBOROUGH HILL, Clergyman, College President, Was born June 3, 1854, in Trenton, N. J. He was educated at the New Jersey classical and scientific in stitute, Colgate university, Central Tennessee college and Crozier theological seminary; and has received the de grees of A. M. and D. D. He has been clerk of the New Jersey state senate; in 1900 was supervisor of cen- cus; and is a prominent member of the F. and A. M., I. O. O. F. and other fraternal orders. He is an eminent clergyman and has filled several important pastorates. Since 1881 he has been president of Morristown normal and industrial college. ALLEN McCASKILL KIMBROUGH, Lawyer, Banker, Was born Nov. 24, 1850, in Carrollton, Miss. He has been county superintendent of education; chancellor of the seventh chancellor district; and judge of the ninth circuit court district, resigning several years ago. He is now a successful lawyer of his city and vice-president of the First National bank, 290 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS E. ADELBERT HESSELTINE, Lawyer, Jurist, Was born June 25, 1860, in Kansas. He was educated in the public and private schools of the west; and at the university in Willamette valley, Oregon. He has been postmaster, city attorney, police judge; is the principal land attorney in eastern Washington and has held numer ous other positions of trust and honor in the gift of his city, county and state. He donated a library to the town of Wil bur, which is named after him. He is now trustee of the library; and is an eminent lawyer of Wilbur, Wash. JAMES J. HILL, Railroad President, Was born Sept. 16, 1838, in Canada. The St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba company is now identified with the Great Northern railway system, of which Mr. Hill became president in 1890. Since he took charge of its affairs, the railway system has been extended from 380 to 7,500 miles, creating an unbroken line, through the several states, from Lake Superior and St. Paul to Puget Sound on the Pacific coast. HENRY ORLANDO MARCY, Surgeon, Author, Was born June 23, 1837, m &&*, Mass. He graduated from Amherst with the degree of A. M.; received the degree of M.D. from Harvard university; and took a post-graduate course at the universtiy of Berlin. In 1862- 65 he was surgeon and medical director in the United States army. He is surgeon to the Surgical hospital of Cambridge, Mass.; and is a member of many societies both in America and Europe. He is the author of The Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of Hernia; Modern Methods of Wound Treatment, The Animal Suture and other works. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 291 GEORGE ROBERT LATHAM, Soldier, Lawyer, Legislator, Congressman, Was born March 9, 1832, in Prince William county, Va., on the Bull Run battle ground. In 1852 he began teach ing school in Taylor and Barbour counties, Va. ; and in 1859 he was admitted to the bar. He enrolled company B, second regiment Virginia volunteer infantry which was the first union company recruited in the interior of the state; he was promoted to captain and colonel; and toward the close of the war was brevetted brigadier-gen eral. In 1864 he was elected a member of the thirty- ninth congress, and during his term served on important committees. He was subsequently appointed United States consul at Melbourne, Australia, for three years. Since 1870 Colonel Latham has retired mostly from public life, with the exception of census enumerator and county superintendent of schools, and minor offices. JACOB LAUX, Member Grand Army of the Republic, Was born Sept. 21, 1844, in Avon, Lorain county, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools of his native county and at Cleveland, Ohio. He served as a soldier in the civil war; and was in numerous battles and skirmishes; was detailed on special duty, serving with head quarter scouts at Decatur, Ala. For many years he has been engaged in the printing business, now with the Green Printing company; and was editor of the Northwesterp Railway Record and of the Northwestern Witness, both of Duluth Minn. He has been a member of the Minne sota state soldiers home; special aide in charge of military instruction and patriotic education department of the Minnesota Grand army of the Republic; and has filbd various other positions of trust and honor. Since 1890 he has been a member of the W. A. Norman Post No. 13, Grand Army of the Republic; and resides in Duluth, Minnesota. 292 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EDSON GEORGE HILL, Magistrate, Was born Oct. 18, 1828, in Fairfax, Vt. He was educated in the public schools of his native state. For thirty years he was engaged as a general blacksmith; and was town superintendent of schools in Vermont in 1858-61. He was city assessor of St. Charles, Minn., for several years; and for thirty-six years has been a justice of the peace in St. Charles and Eyota, Minn. FRANK O. LOVELAND, Clerk United States Court of Appeals, for the Sixth District, Was born Dec. 12, 1861, in Norwich, Vt. He was edu cated at St. Johnsbury academy of Vermont; in 1886 received the degree of A. B. from Dartmouth college; and in 1888 received the degree of LL. B. from the Cin cinnati law school. He is a lawyer by profession; and a prominent member of the Republican party. He is the author of Loveland on Bankruptcy; Loveland s Appellate Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts; and Loveland s Forms of Federal Practice. He is a member of the University Club of Cincinnati. Since 1894 he has been clerk of the United States circuit court of appeals for the six district, a life position or during good behavior. EUGENE HENRY COZZENS LEUTZE, Rear-Admiral United States Navy, Was born Nov. 16, 1847, in Prussia. In 1863 he was ap pointed to the United States naval academy. In 1899 he was ordered to the relief of Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay; and in 1899-1900 was commandant of the Cavite navy yards. He is commandant of the navy yard, New York. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 293 JOHN DAVISON LAWSON, Lawyer, Jurist, Was born in 1852. In 1875 he received the degree of B.A. L., Osgoode hall; was admitted to bar (Missouri), 1876. Practiced law in 1876-1885; director St. Louis Law Li brary association, 1881-1885. Editor Central Law Journal, judge civil court, 1886-1891. President Missouri Bar as sociation, 1904. Member Missouri council and committee on penal laws and prison discipline, American Bar asso ciation, 1895-1904. Chairman section history of law, Uni versal Congress of Arts and Science, St. Louis, 1904. Di ploma and medal Louisiana purchase exposition, 1904. Member special committee on reform in legal procedure, American Bar association, 1908. Member of general coun cil from Missouri, American Bar association, 1909. Mem ber International Law association, 1907-10. Member American Society of International Law, 1907-10. Editor American Law Review. Commissioner from Missouri to National Conference on Uniform State laws. Vice-presi dent and chairman committee on reform in criminal pro cedure, American Institute of Criminal Law and Crimin ology. Associate editor Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Special commissioner from America, Insti tute of Criminal Law and Criminology to investigate ad ministration of criminal law in Great Britain, 1909-1910. Contributor to journals of law and jurisprudence, and au thor of the following works : Contracts of Common Car riers; Usages and Customs; Concordance of Words and Phrases; Expert and Opinion Evidence, first and second edition; Principles of Equity; Leading Cases Simplified, in three volumes; Presumptive Evidence, first and second edition; Insanity as a Defense; Defenses to Crime, five volumes; Rights, Remedies and Practice, seven volumes; American Law of Bailments; American Law of Con tracts, first and second edition; Cases on Personal Prop erty; and Cases on Quasi-Contracts. 294 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JAMES DINKINS, Banker, New Orleans, Was born Oct. 18, 1845, in Madison county, Miss. In 1860-61 he attended the North Carolina military institute. At the age of sixteen years he entered the confederate army as a private soldier in the eighteenth regiment of Mississ ippi infantry; in 1863 was appointed first lieutenant of cavalry, C. S. A., and in 1864 was made captain. He par ticipated in every engagement of his command. He took part in all the daring and desperate raids and campaigns of Forrest, in the battles of Bethel, Lusburg, Williams- burg, New Kent Court House, Savage Station; Frayzer s Farm ; Malarn Hill ; Fredericksburg, Harper s Ferry and Shaysbury. LAWRENCE M. MAGILL, States Attorney, Was born Sept. 13, 1874, ^ n Moline, 111. He received his education in the public schools, the Rock Island business college at Rock Island, 111., the Wesleyan university of Bloomington, 111., and also of the Bloomington Law school of that city. He has practiced law in Moline for the past fifteen years and is now state s attorney of Rock Island county, his term expiring Dec. 6, 1912. He has been chairman of the republican organization of Moline; 111., through five victorious campaigns, is prominently identified with the business and public afTairs in Moline and Rock Island, 111. He was elected president of the Illi nois State s Attorneys association at Chicago, June 3, 1911, and is now serving in that capacity. He has been a mem ber of the Illinois legislature for the thirty-third senatorial district, during the sessions of 1903-1905, and the special session of 1906. He is a member of many fraternal organ izations, and of the Rock Island and Moline clubs, and of the Hamilton club of Chicago. He has a wide acquaint ance throughout the state of Illinois. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 295 JOHN J. McDONOUGH, Lawyer, Legislator, Jurist. Was born March 15, 1857, in Fall River, Mass. Received the rudiments of his education in the schools of his native city; in 1880 graduated from Holy Cross college, Worces ter, Mass., with the degree of A.B.; in 1884 graduated from the Boston university school of law, with the degree of LL.B. Received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Holy Cross college in 1908, and has been a trustee of the Falls River public library since 1900. Is noted as a lec turer, essayist and writer of verse. Is a prominent lawyer of his native city and since 1893 has been judge of the sec ond district court of Bristol. He takes a prominent part in the public affairs of his country and state. JAMES J. McGILLIVRAY, Architect, Manufacturer, State Senator, Was born June 16, 1848, in Canada. He moved to Wis consin, and since 1866 has been a resident of Black River Falls. He is a noted architect and a successful manufac turer. In 1890 he was elected a member of the Wisconsin state assembly, and received the re-election in 1892. In 1894 ne was elected to the state senate, and has been instru mental in introducing and passing numerous bills for the welfare of his state. He is also a brilliant orator, and was instrumental in the election of John C. Spooner as United States senator. Since 1894 he has been a member of the Wiscon state senate, and is now serving his third term of 1902-06. He was one of the leaders in the reform move ment and nominated Senator La Follette for the United States senate. He was president pro tern of the Wiscon sin senate for three sessions and led in the movement for good roads and for the railway rate commission. 296 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES L. McCAWLEY, Lieutenant Colonel Assistant-Quartermaster United States Marine Corps, Was born Aug. 24, 1865, in Boston, Mass. He has filled various positions as an officer in the United States marine corps. Since 1897 he has been assistant-quartermaster in the United States marine corps. B. E. McLIN, Commission of Florida, Was born Sept. 22, 1851, near Jonesboro, Tenn. He was educated at King college of Tennessee and at Hampden- Sidney college of Virginia. He read law and subsequently engaged in the lumber and orange industries . He has served with distinction as a member of the Florida state senate from the twenty-third district, served three sessions in the state senate. He is a member of the democratic par ty ; is a member of the Masons, Knights of Pythias and the Elks. He is now serving his third term of 1909-13 as com missioner of agriculture for the state of Florida. ALBERT E. MEAD, Lawyer, Ex-Governor of the State of Washington, Was born Dec. 14, 1861, in Manhattan, Kan. He was educated in the public schools of Kansas, Illinois and Iowa; attended the Southern Illinois normal university; and graduated from the Chicago Union college of law. He has twice been prosecuting attorney of Whatcom county, Wash.; and practiced law in Bellingham, Wash. In 1889 he was a delegate to the first state convention of Washing ton; and in 1893 was a representative in the Washington state legislature. He was the governor of the state of Washington for the term of 1905-09, and is now practicing law. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 297 ARTHUR WELLINGTON MILES, State Senator of Montana, Was born June 20, 1859, in Westminster, Mass. He is a successful merchant; and has served tw.o terms as mayor of Livingston, Mont.; for eleven years he has been a school trustee. He was a member of the Montana state senate from Park county for the term of 1905-09; and was lieu tenant-governor for the state of Montana in 1909. CHARLES MILLER, Major-General, Served during the War of the Rebellion ; twenty-one years in National Guard of Pennsylvania; and in 1890 was ap pointed major-general, commanding division national guard of Pennsylvania ; and now on the retired list account of age. * ? D. M. MILLER, Judge Circuit Court of Mississippi. He is judge of the circuit court of Mississippi for the term of 1900-07; and now circuit judge of the fourteenth district of Mississippi; term expires May i, 1914. JOHN T. MOFFIT, Attorney, Was born July 8, 1862, near Mechanicsville, Cedar coun ty, Iowa. In 1884 he received the degree of A. B. from Cornell college of Mt. Vernon, Iowa. In 1887 received the degree of A.M. from the same institution ; and in 1886 received the degree of LL. B. from the University of Michigan. In 1896-98 he was mayor of the city of Tipton, Iowa; 1900-04 was a member of the Iowa state senate. In 1898 he was major of the fiftieth Iowa volunteer infantry; and the same year was promoted to lieutenant-colonel dur ing the Spanish-American war. 1905-09 county attorney for Cedar county. 298 SUCCESSFUL AMEEICANS WILLIAM ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, Soldier, Farmer, Lawyer, Legislator, Was born Oct. 18, 1844, in Winston county, Miss. He left the Union university of Murf reesboro, Tenn. ; and en listed in the twelfth regiment, Mississippi infantry; and after twelve months joined cavalry service, was promoted to captain, and was engaged in the principal fights and skirmishes. After the war he went to the law school of Lexington, Ky., and has been a successful lawyer and farmer of Edwards, Miss. In 1873 he served as a member of the Mississippi state senate. He was among the first to raise the cry against carpet bag rule in Mississippi, and in 1875 commanded the citizens forces that went to Jack son to demand that the negro militia companies be dis banded, and was successful in that demand. In 1898 he commanded the second regiment Mississippi volunteers in the Spanish-American war; was a member of the lower house, Mississippi legislature in 1897; member of the Mississippi board of prison trustees, elected in 1907 and again re-elected in 1911; and inaugurated many reforms in the management for the betterment of the prison con victs. Commander of U. C. veterans of Mississippi in 1911 ; is Mississippi delegate to the fiftieth anniversary of Gettysburg reunion of blue and gray upon that field. Dur ing his first month s service as counsul he detected a whis ky fraud upon the government, which was settled by the payment of $75,000 into the United States treasury; and, before leaving Melbourne, he collected an indemnity claim of $45,000 against the Fiji Islands. WILLIAM JAMES McKEE, Major-General Indiana National Guard, Was born Dec. i 2,1853, in Madison, Ind. He is a suc cessful merchant of Indianapolis, Ind. In 1898 he became brigadier-general United States volunteers. Since 1876 he has been a member, and is now major-general command ing, Indiana national guard. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 299 J. BOYD TYRRELL, Physician, Secretary State Board of Medical Examiners, Was born July 30, 1879, in Minnesota. In 1902 he received the degree of M. D. from the Rush medical college, the University of Chicago. He is a member of the county, state and American medical associations. He is a success- full physician of his city and is secretary of the Wyoming state board of medical examiners for the term of 1909-11. CHARLES C. HOLBROOK, District Judge of Colorado, Was born July 13, 1848, in Russell county, Va. He was educated at Greenup academy of Kentucky. He has been county attorney; and in 1881-82 was district attorney of the fourth judicial district of Colorado. He is president of the San Luis Valley Water Users and Stockmen s pro tective association. Since 1891 he has been judge of the twelfth state district court of Colorado, and is now serving his fourth term of 1907-13; and resides in Alamosa, Col. JOHN W. MORTON, Former Secretary of State of Tennessee, Was born Sept. 19, 1842, in Hillsborough, Williamson county, Tenn. He was educated in the public schools of Nashville, Tenn.; and graduated from the Western Mili tary institute. For many years he was engaged in agri cultural pursuits; and became a successful farmer of Ten nessee. He has always been interested in the business and public affairs of his community; and has held various offices of trust and honor. He was secretary of state for the state of Tennessee for eight years. ROBERT McAFEE, State Secretary, Of Pennsylvania. He is secretary of the state of Pennsyl vania for the term of 1911-14. 300 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HARPER M. ORAHOOD, Soldier, Lawyer, Public Official, Was born June 3, 1841, in Columbus, Ohio. He re ceived his education in the schools of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and Earlville, 111.; and had been for two years a clerk in Rock Island when he joined an emigrant train for Colo rado in 1860. There he spent ten years in mercantile pursuits at Black Hawk and Central City. During the civil war he served in the army on the frontier; and was captain of company B, third Colorado cavalry. In 1873 he commenced the practice of law; in 1877-81 was dis trict attorney; and then removed to Denver. He was county clerk and recorder of Gilpin county; city attorney and postmaster of Black Hawk; and city attorney of Central City and of Denver. For seven years he was director of school district No. i, Denver, and was presi dent of the board a part of the time. He is a member of the Gilpin county and the Colorado Pioneer association; is past department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic; and in 1895 was colonel on the staff of Gover nor Mclntire. He is a prominent mason, past master of the Grand Lodge; past commander of the Grand Com- mandry, and a thirty-three degree in the Scottish Rite. THOMAS HERBERT NORTON, United States Consul, Was born June 30, 1851, in Rushford, N.Y. He was educated at Hamilton college, from which institution he received the degree of A. B. and Sc. D. He then attended the universites of Berlin, Heidelburg, (Ph. D.) and Paris. In 1878-83 he was manager of chemical works in Paris, France; and in 1883-1900 was professor of chemistry at the university of Cincinnati. In 1900-05 he was United States consul at Harput, Turkey; in 1905-06 was United States consul at Smyrna; and since 1906 United States con sul at Chemnitz, Germany. During 1911-1912, detailed as special agent department of Commerce and Labor. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 301 JOHN F. L. MORRIS, Philadelphia, Was born in Manayunk, Philadelphia, Sept. 21, 1866; educated in the public schools; was graduated from Cor nell university and from the law department of Dickinson college; was admitted to the bar but never engaged in the practice of law; elected a member of common council in 1903 and again in 1905; elected to the House of Repre sentatives in November, 1908 and re-elected in 1-910. C. W. NOTTINGHAM, State Senator of Oregon, Was born June 29, 1848, in Pleasant Plain, 111. He was educated at McKendree college. He is a dealer in build ing material in Portland, Ore.; is identified with the re publican party; and in 1900-04 served two terms as a rep resentative in the Oregon state legislative. In 1904-08 he was a member of the Oregon state senate; is now serv ing his second term of 1908-12. GEORGE W. OSTER, Business Man and Statesman, Was born in East St. Clair, township, Bedford county,- Pa., June 6, 1860; educated in the public schools and summer normal schools of Bedford county, and at Juni- ata college, Huntington, Pa.; worked on his father s farm and taught school eleven terms; has always been engaged in general farming and dairying, and for manv years has been breeding thoroughbred poultry; served as justice of peace eleven years, school director three vears and notary public eight years; is a director of a National bank; was transcribing clerk of the senate, ses sion of 1897; was tne Republican candidate for the legis lature from Bedford county in 1902; elected to the House of Representatives in 1906; re-elected in Novem ber 1908. He is interested in the African Ostrich Farm and Feather company, Pennsylvania s new industry. 302 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN J. O CONNELL Brigadier-General United States Army, Was born in Ireland. He entered the civil war as a pri vate; and attained the rank of brigadier-general. He served in the Indian, Spanish and Philippine wars; and his command was the first to land Cuba. He is briga dier-general United States army, now retired after forty years service. GEORGE HENRY PERKINS, TLducator, Scientist, Author, Was born Sept. 25, 1844, in Cambridge, Mass. In 1867 he received the debree of B.A from Yale university and in 1869 the degree of Ph.D. from Yale; and in 1911 receiver the degree of L. L. D. from the university of Vermont. He was professor of geology in the university of Vermont; dean of the same institution; and state geologist of Vermont. He is a fellow of the Geographi cal society; fellow of the American Anthropological association and a member various clubs and societies. He has published seven volumes of Geographical Re ports, and Articles in various Encyclopedias, Scientific and other journals and Proceedings of Scientific Socie ties. i W. LEON PEPPERMAN, Assistant to President, Interborough Metropolitan Com pany and Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Was born Feb. 28, 1875, in Haynesville, Ala. Devoted several years to Government service, having been at one time commissioner of civil service of the Philippine Islands, inaugurating the civil service system in that territory. In 1905 was appointed chief of office of Isth mian canal affairs at Washington, which position he re signed in March 1907 to accept that of assistant to pres ident of the Interborough-Metropolitan company and Interborough Rapid Transit company. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 303 STANLEY PLUMMER, Lawyer, State Senator, Was born in 1846, in Sangerville, Maine. He was edu cated at Bowdoin college, and at the Albany law school. He was a member of the House of Representatives at the age of twenty-two; was city solicitor of Bangor; chief clerk of the department of the interior, at Washington; was made internal revenue agent, and served for years in all parts of the country. He was postmaster of the United States senate for four years; was again a member of the House in 1895; a d in 1899-1903 was a member of the Maine senate. In 1888-92 he was colonel on the staff of the governor of Maine. In 1904 he married Miss Elisabeth Burbank, of Boston, and together they made a tour of Palestine, Egypt, and Europe. In 1896 he was a Reed delegate to the republican national con vention held at St. Louis, and presided over the republi can state convention of Maine the same year. Since the age of seven years, he has resided in Dexter, Maine, when not in public service. During the last dozen years, not being engaged in active business. JAMES HENRY MILLER, Judge Circuit Court of West Virginia, Was born Dec. 29, in Greenbrier county, Va. For six teen years he was prosecuting attorney. In 1900-04 he was chairman of the state democratic committee. In 1902 he was democratic candidate for congress. He is judge of the ninth judicial circuit court of West Virginia for the term of 1904-12; and resides in Hinton, W. Wa. WILLIS B. PERKINS, Judge Circuit Court of Michigan, Was born Feb. 7, 1861, in Linden, Mich. He is judge of the seventeenth state circuit court of Michigan for the term of 1902-06; and was re-elected for term ending in 1918. 304 SUCCESSFUL AMEEICANS HENRY ALLEN PEARCE, Judge Circuit Court for Alabama, Was born March i, 1861, near Milton, Fla. For two terms he was mayor of Dothan, Ala.; and has attained success in the practice of law in that city. Was first elected judge of the twelfth judicial circuit of the state of Alabama for the term 1905-10 and is now serving his second term 1911-16. ISIDOR RAYNOR, United States Senator of Maryland, Was born April n, 18^0, in Baltimore, Md. He was educated at the university of Maryland and the univer sity" of Virginia. In 1878-80 he was a member of the Maryland legislature and in 1885 he was elected to the state senate for four years. He was a member of the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses. In 1899-1903 he was attornev-general for Maryland. He was elected to the United States senate for the term of 1905-11; and re-elected for the term 1911-1917. ETHAN ALLEN PINNELL, Educator, Soldier, Lawyer, Jurist, Was born Nov. 17, 1834, in Crawford county, Mo. He received his education in the public schools of Missouri and Illinois. He served four years in the confederate service as captain of company D, eighth regiment Mis souri infantry. After the war he continued teaching until 1873 when he was admitted to the bar at Steelville, Mo. During 1882-86 he was judge of probate in his native county; and attained success as an able lawyer. In 1893 he moved to Florida, where he is a solicitor in chancery, abstractor of land titles and successful lawyer; and is senior member of the law firm of Pinnell and Son; the junior member Wesley Preston Pinnell, is a graduate of the law department of the John B. Stetson university of DeSand, Fla; class of 1906. 305 MILES POINDEXTER, United States Senator, Was born at Memphis, Term., April 22, 1868; was edu cated at Fancy Hill academy, Rockbridge county, Va., and at Washington and Lee university, Lexington, Va., in both the academic and law departments, and took the degree of B. L. in that institution June, 1891; October 10, 1891, located at Walla Walla, Wash., and began the practice of law; in November, 1892 was elected prose cuting attorney of Walla Walla county; in June, 1892, married Elizabeth Gale Page, of Walla Walla; Octo ber 10, 1897, moved from Walla Walla to Spokane; for six years was assistant prosecuting attorney for Spokane county, until elected judge of the superior court of the district in November, 1904; remained upon the bench from that time until nominated for Congress in the newly created third district at the primary election September 8, 1908, was elected to the Sixty-first Congress. In the primary September 13, 1910, to show preference for United States senator, he received 67,714 votes, to 26,846 for Thomas Burke, 14,581 for James M. Ashton, 3,924 for John E. Humphries, and 1,975 f r Legh R. Freeman; was elected United States senator by the Washington legislature January 18, 1911, by a vote of 126 to n, and took his seat April 17, 1911. His term of service will expire March 3, 1917. T. B. PERRY, Ex-State Senator of Iowa, Was born April i, 1832, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1858- 61 he was a member of the Iowa state board of educa tion; and has attained success in the practice of law in Iowa. In 1892-94 he was a member of the state senate for the counties of Monroe and Marion in the twenty- fourth and twenty-fifth general assemblies of Iowa. 306 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM POTTER, President Jefferson Medical College, Was born in Philadelphia, April 17, 1852; educated pri vate schools and university of Philadelphia; solicitor and director, Thomas Potter and Sons company, Inc.; appointed by president Harrison special commissioner to visit London, Paris and Berlin in behalf of the United States and Post Office departments and to negotiate system of sea post offices; delegate to the fourth congress of Universal Postal Union, Vienna 1891; United States minister to Italy 1892-94; member of board of directors of City Trusts, Philadelphia, and one of the managers of the Pennsylvania institution for the deaf and dumb. JOHN C. POLLOCK, Judge United States District Court for Kansas, Was born Nov. 5, 1857, in Belmont county, Ohio. In 1888-1901 he practiced law in Winfield, Kan.; and in 1901-03 was associate-justice of the supreme court of Kansas. Since 1903 he has been judge of the United States district court for Kansas. CHARLES NEWTON PROUTY, State Senator of Massachusetts, Was born Oct. 6, 1842, in Spencer, Mass. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native state; and graduated from Wilbraham aca demy. For nearly half a century he has given close application to business affairs; and is the principal owner of the incorporated firm of Isaac Prouty and company, boot and shoe manufacturers of Spencer, Mass. He is a director in the Spencer national bank; and prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his city, county and state. He was a member of the Massachusetts state senate for two years in 1906 and 1907; and served on several important committees. 307 CHARLES NELSON POTTER, Associate-Justice State Supreme Court nf Wyoming, Was born Oct. 31, 1852, in Cooperstown, N. Y. Remov ed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, when a child and was educated in the public school of that city. Graduated from law department university of Michigan in 1873. For four years he was attorney general of Wyoming. In 1889 he was elected a member of the constitutional con vention at Wyoming. Since 1894 he has been justice of the state supreme court of Wyoming and is now serv ing the term ending in 1919. During eleven years of his first two terms he served as chief justice. RALPH EARL PRIME, Soldier, Lawyer, Author, Was born March 29, 1840, in Matteawan, N. Y. He was educated at the academy of White Plains, N. Y., by pri vate tutors; studied medicine; later studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the fifth regiment New York volunteer infantry; held four regimental commissions; and was in numerous bat tles and skirmishes, attaining the rank of lieutenant- colonel. In 1863 he was nominated by President Lincoln to be brigadier-general. For forty-five years he practiced law in Yonkers; was city attorney in 1875; and in 1895 was deputy attorney-general for the state of New York. In 1902-04 he was governor- general of the order of the Founders and Patriots of America and in 1897-1911 was president of the American flag association. He has cross ed the ocean twenty-six times; traveling in Europe, Asia and Africa. He is the author of The Descendants of James and numerous monographs. HENRY THOMAS REED, United States District Judge for Iowa, Since 1904 he has been judge of the United States district court for the northern district of Iowa, 308 STEPHEN RAND, Pay-Director United States Army, Was born May 11, 1844, in New Boston, Vt. He was educated at Dartmouth college. Since 1862 he has been an officer of the United States navy; and has served as a soldier, engineer and paymaster. He was pay director in the United States navy and in 1906 retired as rear admiral. R. R. REES, Congressman, Judge District Court of Kansas, He was judge of the thirtieth district court of Kansas for the term of 1905-06; is now a member of congress from fifth district of Kansas. RAYMOND P. RODGERS, Rear- Admiral United States Navy and Chief Intelligence Officer, Was born in the District of Columbia. In 1899 he was promoted commander; and was advanced five num bers for meritorious service in the battle of Santiago and is now commandant of the Naval station and president of the Naval War college, Newport, R. I. ELLIS HENRY ROBERTS, Journalist, State Legislator, Congressman, Was born Sept. 30, 1827, in Utica, N. Y. He was edu cated at Wh.itestown seminary and Yale college; and has received the degree of LL. D. from Hamilton college and Yale university. In 1867 he was representative in the New Yorlc state legislature and in 1871-75 was a member of the i orty-second and forty-third congresses from New York. Jn 1889-93 ne was assistant treasurer of the United States^ and in 1897-1905 was treasurer of the United States. H^ e is tne author of Government Revenue; and New York" t ^ ie P lantin g an d Growth of the Empire State. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 309 HENRY C. RILEY, Ex-Judge of the Court of Missouri, Was born Dec. 18, 1850. He was prosecuting attorney for New Madrid county for eight years and was judge of the twenty-eighth state circuit court of Missouri for eighteen years; and is now retired. E. B. ROBERTSON, Bosque County Attorney of Texas, Was born Aug. 7, 1869, in Bosque county, Texas. He was educated in the public schools of his native state. He has attained success in the practice of law; and is a member of the Masonic order, Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World and various other fraternal and patriotic orders. He is identified with the democratic party. He is now serving his second term of 1908-10 as county attorney for Bosque county; has received the re- nomination for the third term of 1910-12. In 1911 he resigned office of county attorney and accepted appoint ment of assistant attorney-general of Texas. JAMES F. RUMER, State Senator of Michigan, Was born Dec. 12, 1852, in Logan county, Ohio. He received his education at Columbus, Ohio; graduated from the Rush medical college of Chicago, 111; attended lectures at the London university of London, England; and in 1910 was appointed by governor Warner as a member of the state advisory board in the matter of par dons. He has attained success as an eminent physician of Davison, Mich., has been surgeon for Grand Trunk railroad; president of Genesee county medical so ciety; president of the town of Davison; president of the school board; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. He became a member of the Michigan state senate in 1905. 810 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ALEXANDER KELLEY ROBINSON, Lawyer, Public Official, Of the old Virginia stock of Robinsons was born July 26, 1850, in Gallatin county, 111. He received a thorough education in the schools of Shawneetown, 111. He then studied law; and has since attained success in that pro fession in California. In 1890-92 and from 1902-06 he was district attorney of Placer county, Cal., was called the square and honest district attorney who prosecuted and convicted the celebrated criminal murderer. Adolph Meber, in 1903 ; and filled that office with distinction. He has a lucrative practice in Auburn, Cal.; and takes an active interest in the public affairs of his city, county and state; and is a member of various fraternal orders. In 1904-07 he was district attorney. LINUS E. RUSSELL, Physician, Surgeon, Was born June 16, 1854, m Burton, Geagua county, Ohio; in 1872 he received the degrees of A.M. and M.D. from the Eclectic medical institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was professor of operative gyneaecology and clinical surgery at the same institution. He has been a railway surgeon for twenty-five years and a college teacher for twenty years. He is a successful physician and surgeon of his city and operates in more different hospitals than any surgeon in the United States. JARED Y. SANDERS, Governor of Louisiana, Was lieutenant-governor of the state of Louisiana for the term of 1905-08; and governor of Louisiana for the term of 1908-12. He was elected by Louisiana general assem bly to fill a vacancy in the United States senate, but refused to qualify in order to continue as governor to head off fight of New Orleans for Panama exposition. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 311 DEXTER TAYLOR SAPP, State Senator of Colorado, Was born July 5, 1847, in Battle Creek, Mich. He is a successful lawyer. During the civil war in 1864-65 he served as a private in the first Michigan volunteer cav alry. He is a member of the Colorado state senate for the term of 1905-09; elected democratic presidential elector in 1908. Department commander, Colorado and Wyom ing, Grand Army of the Republic, 1911-12. WILLIAM FREDERICK SAPP, Chairman Kansas Democratic State Committee, Was born Aug. 30, 1856, in Grand Rapids, Mich, He is an eminent lawyer of Kansas; in 1892 was a delegate-at- large to the national democratic convention; and in 1894 was an unsuccessful candidate for congress. He was chair man of the Kansas democratic state committee for the term of 1904-06. He is a member of the democratic nation al committee, 1908-12. AARON SCHUYLER, Professor Kansas Wesleyan University, Was born Feb. 27, 1828, in Seneca county, N.Y. In 1862 he graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university; and subsequently received the degree of LL.D. from Otterbein university. He was principal of Seneca county academy of Republic, Ohio. For twelve years he was president of Baldwin university; at the same time filling the chair of mathematics in that institution. For six years he was president of the Kansas Wesleyan university; for the past twenty-one years has been professor of philosophy. He is the author of Higher Arithmetic; Complete Algebra; Elements of Geometry; Surveying; The Principles of Logic; Empirical and Rational Psychology; Outlines of Psychology; and Systems of Ethics. 312 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES S. SHANKLIN, Real Estate Dealer and Editor of the Political Depart ment of the Marion Sentinel of Iowa, Was born Sept. 2, 1853, in Linn county, Iowa. He was educated in the public schools of his native state: and at tended Cornell college of Mount Vernon, Iowa. He is a member of the Iowa bar; being admitted at the age of twenty years. For four years he was editor and proprietor of the Springville New Era, for two years was editor and proprietor of the Cedar Rapids Standard ; became the edi tor and owner of the Saturday Argus of Marion, Iowa; and is noweditor of the political department of theMarion Sentinel of Iowa. He is also a successful real estate dealer of Marion, Iowa; and is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his city and state. He takes an active interest in politics, having occupied positions of counsel and trust in the democratic party organization; and in campaigns has been one of the effective public speakers. DORSEY W. SHACKLEFORD, United States Congressman from Missouri, Was born Aug. 27, 1853, in Saline county, Mo. In 1879 he began the practice of law in Booneville, Mo.; and in 1882-86 served as prosecuting attorney of Cooper county. In 1892-99 he was judge of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Missouri. He was a member of the fifty-sixth, fifty- seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first, sixty-second congresses and is now a member of the house committee on ways and means as a democrat from the eighth district of Missouri. i ARTHUR REMINGTON, Reporter State Supreme Court of Washington, He has been reporter of the state supreme court of Wash ington since 1904. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 313 i JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN, Vice-President of the United States, Was born Oct. 24, 1855, in the city of Utica, N.Y. His father, Richard U. Sherman, also born in Oneida county, N.Y., was by profession an editor and also prominent in public life; was educated in preparatory schools and Hamilton college; studied law, and was admitted to the bar and practiced until 1906; was married in 1881 to Car rie Babcock, at East Orange, N.J.; three sons, Sherrill, Richard U., and Thomas M., are living and in business at Utica; is president of the Utica Trust & Deposit company and is interested in several other business enterprises; is a regular attendant of the Dutch Reformed church of Utica, treasurer of the church and chairman of its board of trustees; is a member of the Fort Schuyler club of Utica, the Metropolitan club of Washington, and also a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Order of Elks; is a trustee of Hamilton college, which gave him the de gree of LL.D.; is also a member of the Union League, Transportation, and Republican clubs, of New York city; presided over the New York state conventions of 1895, 1900, and 1908; was elected mayor of Utica in 1884; dele gate to the republican national convention in 1892; was chairman of the national republican congressional com mittee in 1906; has made frequent appearances in cam paigns, not only in his own district but throughout the United States; was elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty- third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, and sixtieth congresses; was a member of the committee on rules. His principal work was done on the committees on interstate and foreign com merce and on Indian affairs, the latter of which he was chairman; was elected vice-president on the ticket with William H. Taft, receiving 321 electoral votes to 162 for John W. Kern, of Indiana, and entered upon the duties of the office at noon, March 4, 1909. 314 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM ORLANDO SMITH, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania, Was born June 13, 1859, in Reynoldsville, Pa. He learned the printing trade; for a time published the Reynoldsville Herald ; and for six years worked in the government print ing office at Washington, D.C. He subsequently became editor of the Punxsutawney Spirit. In 1889-98 he was a representative in the Pennsylvania state legislature. He was a member of the fifty-eighth congress from Pennsyl vania as a republican. He was re-elected to the fifty-ninth congress from the twenty-seventh district of Pennsylvania for the term of 1905-07. CHARLES W. CLARKE, State Senator of Missouri, Was born Aug. 19, 1840, in Vermont. In 1 861-66 he served in the forty-second regiment Ohio volunteer infan try, and attained the rank of captain. He has been prose cuting attorney; judge of the probate court; and a member of the constitutional convention of Mississippi. For two terms he was a member of the Missouri state legislature. He was a member of the Missouri state senate for the seventh district for the term of 1900-09. He was ap pointed surveyor of Crestown, part of Kansas City, in Jan uary, 1906, re-appointed March 3, 1910, by President Taft. Married Miss Janie Croysdale Oct. 9, 1906. JAMES W. SEAY, State Representative of Arkansas, Was born Jan. 6, 1863, in Lemar county, Ala. He was educated in the public schools of Arkansas; is a successful general merchant of Arkansas; and a minister of the gospel. He has been postmaster of Walcott, Ark. ; and has held various other positions of trust and honor. Since 1904 he has been a representative in the Arkansas state legislature. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 315 B. DECATUR SMITH, Physician, Was born May 12, 1865, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His father was a confederate officer in the civil war. His ancestors were with Jackson in the war of 1812 and Hous ton in Texas in 1836. In 1889 he received the degree of M.D. from the Southern medical college of Atlanta, Ga. He practiced his profession nine years in Texas and in 1898 located in Cincinnati. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner. He is a member of the American medical association; Cincinnati academy of medicine and Ohio state medical society; American as sociation of railway surgeons; National protective society of Detroit, Mich.; Globe Wernicke company of Cincin nati, and various other societies. He is medical examiner for the Connecticut General Life Insurance company of Hartford, Conn. ANDREW E. SKAGGS, Physician, Poet, Was born April 31, 1868, in New Castle county, Del. He attended the Baltimore medical college, and the veter inary surgeon college. He has filled various public posi tions of trust in his native county; and is a prominent phys ician of Townsend. He has contributed many poems to the periodical press; and is widely known as the poet of Delaware. He is a member of the school board for the term of 1906-07. M. BATES STEPHENS, State Superintendent of Education for Maryland, Was born Oct. 5, 1862, in Caroline county, Md. In 1886-1900 he was superintendent of schools for Caroline county, M.d Since 1900 he has been state superintend ent of public instruction for Maryland, and is now serv ing the term of 1910-14. 316 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN L. STARKWEATHER, Lawyer, Was born Oct. 4, 1844, in Romeo, Mich. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native city; attended Eastman s business college of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. ; and the law department of the uni versity of Michigan. He commenced life as a school teacher, and all his life has been prominently identified with temperance movements and societies. He has at tained success as an able lawyer, his specialties being pat ents and pensions. Since 1891 he has been a prominent Forester, and is a member of various other fraternal orders in his native city. In 1896 he was a delegate to the republican national convention held at St. Louis; and was a member of one of the standing committees. During the past twenty-five years he has been frequently elected as a delegate to the state and congressional conventions; is a forcible debater and accurate parliamentarian. MARTIN SNYDER SMITH, Public Official, Railroad President, Was born Nov. 12, 1834, in Lima, N.Y. He received the rudiments of his education in the schools of Pontiac, Mich. He has been vice-president and treasurer of the Alger-Smith company and the Manistique Lumbering company; president of the Manistique Railway company; president of the American Exchange National bank ; pres ident of the Michigan Condensed Milk company; and in 1872-88 was police commissioner. CHARLES S. TINGEY, State Secretary of Utah, Was born Oct. 25, 1859, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has been cashier of the First National bank of Nephi, Utah; superintendent of county schools; and state auditor. He was secretary of the state of Utah for the term of 1905-08, and is now serving his second term as such. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 317 EDWIN G. STAUDE, President E. G. Staude Manufacturing Company, Was born May 27, 1876, at Watertown, Wis., son of Adolph H. and Louisa (Schenck) Staude; educated in common schools, Larimore, N.D.; high school, Grand Forks, N.D.; university of North Dakota. Was born on a farm and at the age of six years moved with his parents to North Dakota; removed to Minneapolis, and secured employment as mechanical draughtsman, 1896; began as consulting engineer, 1900; began in manufacture of paper box machinery, special printing presses, etc., Feb. i, 1900, incorporating Feb. i, 1906, as E. G. Staude manu facturing company, of which he is president and man aging director. He is a member of the American society of mechanical engineers, Minneapolis engineers club and is a thirty-second degree mason. Married at Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1906, to Miss Olive B. EickhofL Recrea tion: Hunting. Office 526-530 South Fifth street. JAMES L. SLAYDEN, United States Congressman from Texas, Was born June i, 1853, m Graves county, Ky. He was a member of the twenty-third legislature of Texas in 1892; and decline re-election. He was a member of the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth congresses as a democrat. He was re-elected to the fifty-ninth congress and all subsequent congresses from the fourteenth district of Texas for the term of 1900-07. LORING E. GAFFY, Lawyer, Jurist, Was born in Clinton county, N.Y. Went to South Dakota in 1877. State s attorney at Pierre, S.D., from 1887 unt il 1892. He was judge of the circuit court, sixth judicial circuit of South Dakota, from January, 1894, up to July, 1906. He resides at Pierre, S.D., and is of the law firm of Gaffy, Stephens and Fuller. 318 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN A. STERLING, Congressman from Illinois, Was born Feb. i, 1857, near Leroy, 111. He attended the public schools and took the classical course at the Illinois Wesleyan university. He was superintendent of the pub lic schools of Lexington for two years ; and was admitted to the bar in 1884. He was state s attorney of McLean county in 1892-96; and a member at large of the republi can state central committee of Illinois in 1896-98. He was a member of the fifty-eighth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from Illinois as a republican. He was re-elected to- the fifty-ninth congress from the sev enteenth district of Illinois for the term of 1905-07. JOHN HENRY STINESS, Ex-Chief Justice State Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Was born Aug. 9, 1840, in Providence, R.I. He served in the civil war; and became second lieutenant in the sec ond regiment New York artillery. He has been a mem ber of the commission on uniform state laws; and chair man of the commission to revise the judicial system in Rhode Island. He is a member of the board of fellows of Brown university; and ex-president of the Rhode Island historical society. In 1874-75 he was a representative in the Rhode Island state legislature. From 1875 he was chief justice of the state supreme court of Rhode Island until Nov. 2, 1904. THOMAS TAGGART, Ex-Mayor of Indianapolis, Ind., Was born November 17, 1856, in county Monyhan, Ire land. In 1861 he located in Xenia, Ohio; in 1874 moved to Garrett, Ind.; in 1877 to Indianapolis. He is propri etor and president of the Denison Hotel of Indianapolis; and president of French Lick Springs Hotel company. In 1886 he was elected auditor of Marion county as a democrat; was re-elected in 1890; and in 1895-1901 served SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 319 three terms as mayor of Indianapolis, Ind. He is a mem ber of the democratic national committee from Indiana, and was its chairman in 1904-08. B. J. TAUSSIG, Comptroller City of St. Louis, Missouri, Was born March 23, 1855, in St. Louis, Mo. He was educated in the St. Louis public, grammar and high schools. For many years he was engaged in the lumber business; and in charge of the financial management of estates and business affairs. He is identified with the re publican party; has retired from active business interests; and is now serving his first term of 1909-13 as city comp troller. JOHN MILLER CARSON, United States Commercial Agent, Department of Com merce and Labor, Was born June 18, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. He learned the printing business; and then became a reporter on the daily press. In 1861-64 he served as lieutenant and cap tain in the twenty-seventh regiment Pennslyvania volun teer infantry. Since 1873 he has been Washington cor respondent of several publications. In 1905 he was ap pointed chief of the bureau of manufactures, which he organized, and continued its direction until August, 1910, when he was appointed a special commercial agent to visit foreign countries and report on trade conditions. He was one of the founders and twice president of the Grid iron club, to which he gave its name; and resides in Wash ington, D. C. J. MACK TANNER, Prominent Illinois Orchardist, Vice-president, Illinois horticulture society. Formerly colonel of the fourth infantry Illinois national guard. 320 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM SEWELL THORINGTON, Lawyer, Jurist, Was born July 30, 1847, in Montgomery, Ala. In 1867 he was admitted to the bar; has been city attorney of Montgomery and judge-advocate-general for four years. He has been judge of the city court of Montgomery (law and equity court) ; associate justice of the supreme court of Alabama in 1892. He was appointed trustee of the state university of Alabama to succeed Hon. H. A. Her bert, and filled that position for about eight years, During 1864-65 he was in the confederate service with the Ala bama corps of cadets, of which he was adjutant in 1865. This able lawyer and jurist has always been a resident in the place of his nativity. He is the author of several works. In 1897 he was elected dean of the law faculty in the university of Alabama. He was president of Alabama state bar association in 1908-09; special master in Ala bama railroad rate cases in the federal court at Mont gomery, Ala., 1910-11. WILLARD B. TANNER, Associate-Justice State Superior Court of Rhode Island, Is presiding-justice of the state superior court of Rhode Island. JOHN THREADGILL, Member Territorial Council of Oklahoma, Was born Sept. 28, 1847, in Anson county, N.C. He was educated in the public schools of his native state; and for many years was a practicing physician. He has been prominently identified with various business enterprises in the west; and has filled numerous positions of trust and honor. He has been a member of the house and senate; and has served on many important committees. He is one of the regents of the normal school; and identified with various other public institutions. He was a member of the Oklahoma territorial council from the third district for the term of 1905-06. He is vice-president of the board SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 321 of control of the confederate home for Oklahoma. He has also been president of the board of education of Okla homa City. DONALD MACRAE, Major Iowa National Guard, Was born Jan. 24, 1870, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was educated at the university of Iowa and at the university of Michigan. He has been professor of surgery in the medical department of the university of Nebraska; and surgeon to the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway and other corporations. He has been a member of the school board of Council Bluffs, Iowa; has been first vice- president of the Iowa state medical society; mayor of his city; and filled numerous other positions of trust and hon or. During the Spanish-American war and the Phillip- pine insurrection he was surgeon to the fifty-first regiment Iowa infantry; and is now major and surgeon of the Iowa national guard; surgeon to Edmundson Memorial and Mercy hospitals. SOUTH TRIMBLE, United States Congressman from Kentucky, Was born April 13, 1864, in Wolfe county, Ky. He was educated in the public schools of Frankfort and Excelsior institute; and is a farmer by occupation. He was elected to the Kentucky house of representatives in 1898 and again in 1900, being elected speaker in the last-named year. He was a member of the fifty-seventh and fifty- eighth congresses from Kentucky as a democrat. He was re-elected to the fifty-ninth congress from the seventh dis trict of Kentucky for the term of 1905-07; and was elected clerk of the national house of representatives, sixty-second congress. JOHN THOMSON, Librarian, Author, Was born in England. For eight years he was private librarian to Clarence H. Clark of Philadelphia, Pa.; and for nearly three years was private librarian for Jay Gould 322 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS of Irving-on-the-Hudson, N.Y. Since its opening in 1894 he has been librarian of the free library of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Discriptive Catalogue of Library of C. H. Clark, in two volumes; Catalogue of Irving Li brary of Jay Gould; Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Sir Walter Scott for the Free Library; and Hither and Thither, a volume of literary essays. He is also the author of Fifteen Annual Reports of the Free Library and other works. JAMES HENRY TREWIN, President of the Iowa State Board of Education, Was born Nov. 29, 1858, in Du Page, county, 111. He was a member of the Iowa house of representatives dur ing the twenty-fifth general assembly; and was a member of the Iowa state senate during the twenty-sixth, twenty- seventh, twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth general assem blies; and in 1904 was a republican elector at large. He was a member of the Iowa commission in the Louisiana purchase exposition in 1903-4. He is now serving his first term of 1909-15 as a member of the Iowa state board of education. ANTHONY W. VOGDES, Brigadier-General United States Army, Was born in New York. During the civil war he ob tained the rank of first lieutenant. In 1899 he became cap tain; major in 1900; and colonel in 1903. In 1904 he was retired as brigadier-general United States army. PARDON CLARENCE WILLIAMS, Justice Supreme Court of New York, Was born July 12, 1842, in Ellisburgh, N.Y. For six years he was district attorney for Jefferson county, N.Y. For twenty-eight years he has been a justice of the su preme court; served in the New York appellate division for two years; and in the Rochester appellate division for twelve years and in trial courts 14 years. He left the bench Jan. i, 1912. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 323 EDWIN WARFIELD, Governor of Maryland, 1904-08, Was born May 7, 1848, in Howard county, Md. For six years he taught school; and for seven years was register of wills for Howard county, Md. In 1881-86 he served three terms as a member of the Maryland state senate, and in 1886 was president of the senate. In 1886-90 he was surveyor of the port of Baltimore. He has attained success in the practice of law; and is the founder aad president of the Fidelity and Deposit com pany of Maryland; and also of the Fidelity Trust com pany. He was governor of the state of Maryland for the term of 1904-08; and resides at Oakdale, Woodbine post- office, Howard county, Md. NATHANIEL MATSON TERRY, Professor United States Naval Academy, Was born April 6, 1844, in Lyme, Conn. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools ot South Weymouth, Mass.; in 1867 graduated from Amherst col- lege; in 1871 graduated with the degree of Ph.D. from Gottingen university; and in 1872 received the honorary degree of A.M. from Yale college. For thirty-five years he has been a professor of physics at the United States naval academy; and for twenty years has been head of the department of physics and chemistry in that institution. ROYAL ARCH GUNNISON, Lawyer, Was born June 24, 1873, m Binghamton, N.Y. Graduated from Cornell university in 1896 with the degree of LL.B. ; admitted to bar New York state in 1897. In 1898-1904 he was United States referee in bankruptcy. Now resi dent lecturer on bankruptcy at Cornell university, 1900- 07. United States district judge for Alaska territory, 1904-09. Now practicing law and residing at Juneau, Alaska. 324 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EDWIN STEVENS WATERBURY, City Attorney, Of Emporia (commission form of government) , and state president of the Kansas league of municipal lawyers, was born in Andes, Delaware county, N.Y., July i, 1839. He was educated at Beloit college of Wisconsin ; and at West minster college, Mo.; and quit college to join the army in 1861, serving first in the eleventh and afterwards in the sixty-ninth Illinois regiments. In 1868 he was a member of the electoral college for Missouri (republican)). In 1904 he was democratic and people s party candidate for supreme judge of Kansas. He was a member of the national executive committee of the people s party for the term 1904-08; and joined the Independence party and was appointed one of its national committee at the Chi cago convention of 1908. His political attitude is that of party-independence, and devotion to municipal -develop ment and the principle of home rule as the strategic and most important field of American politics. His compe tence as a lawyer in general practice is unquestioned, and his ambition to excel in the department of municipal law is harvesting adequate results. ARIOSTO APPLING WILEY, United States Congressman from Alabama, Was long engaged as lawyer in Alabama; served in Ala bama house and senate for eighteen years; and was ap pointed lieutenant-colonel of the fifth regiment United States volunteer infantry. He served eleven months in Cuba; was chief legal adviser to General Lawton; later appointed civil governor of Santiago; and framed consti tution and set in motion the machinery of a civil govern ment. He was a member of the fifty-seventh and fifty- eighth congress as a democrat. He was re-eiected to the fifty-ninth and sixtieth, and served eight years in congress. He died June 17, 1908, in Montgomery, Ala. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 325 LOUIS ARTHUR WATRES, Lawyer, Colonel Pennsylvania National Guard, Was born April 21, 1851, in Mt. Vernon, Pa. He re ceived his education in the public and private schools of his native state; and soon attained success in the practice of law at Scranton, Pa. In 1883-91 he served two terms as a member of the Pennsylvania state senate; in 1891-95 was lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania; and has filled the office of president of the state senate and of the board of pardons. For nine years he was county solicitor of Lackawanna county, Pa.; and in 1891 was chairman of the republican state committee. He has been president of the Spring Brook water supply company; president of the Title Guaranty and Surety company of Scranton, Pa. ; and president of the County savings bank; and also presi dent of the Scranton Trust company. He was colonel of the eleventh regiment Pennsylvania provisional national guard during the Spanish-American war. He is a mem ber of the state armory board; right worthy gand warden of the grand lodge of masons of Pennsylvania. He was colonel of the thirteenth regiment Pennsylvania national guard from 1899 to 1904; was general-inspector of rifle practice on the staff of Governor Beaver. WILLIAM R. WILLCOX, Ex-Postmaster of New York City, Was born in 1863 in Smyrna, Chenango county, N.Y. He was educated at the state normal school at Brockport, N.Y. ; and at the university of Rochester.. He is a lawyer by profession; and in 1901-3 was president of the park board of New York city. In 1905 he was appointed post master of New York city by President Roosevelt, which office he held until July i, 1907, when he resigned to as sume the duties of chairman of the public service com mission under appointment of Governor Hughes, which office he now holds. 326 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS BENJAMIN BRODIE WINBORNE, State Representative of North Carolina, Was born April 14, 1854, in Hertford county, N.C. He was educated at Buckhorn academy of Hertford county, N.C.; attended Wake Forest college of North Carolina; and graduated from Columbia university of Washington, D.C. He has been solicitor and judge; and in 1895-1906 was a representative in the North Carolina state legisla ture and again in 1905-09, and chairman of the judiciary committee. He was a delegate to the national democratic convention that first nominated William Jennings Bryan for president; and declined to accept nomination for congress in 1896. In 1906 was appointed by the governor of the state delegate to the American divorce congress that met in Washington, D.C. He is one of the leading lawyers of his state. His son, Stanley Winborne, is his partner, the firm being Winborne and Winborne. DAVID L. WARD, State Senator of North Carolina, Was born Oct. 24, 1860, near Stantonburg, Green county, N.C. He was educated at Wake Forest college of North Carolina; and soon attained success in the practice of law at New Bern, N.C. For six years he was county at torney; and was aide-de-camp to Governor Glenn, with rank of colonel. He was a member of the North Caro lina state senate for the eighth district for the term of 1905-07; was also aide-de-camp to Governor Kitchin, and afterwards judge of the superior court. WILLIAM G. WHIPPLE, United States District Attorney for Arkansas, Was born in Warehouse Point, Conn. In 1887-91 he was mayor of Little Rock, Ark.; and for sixteen years chan cellor of the Episcopal diocese of Arkansas. He was United States district attorney for the eastern district of Arkansas for the term of 1905-09. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 327 LUMAN HAMBLIN WELLER, . . Lawyer and Statesman of Iowa, Was born Aug. 24, 1833, in New Milford township, Conn. He was educated in the common and state normal school of Connecticut; and in the Literary institute of Suffield, Conn. He has been registered to practice his profession of law in the state courts of Iowa, and in the United States district, circuit and supreme courts. In 1865 he was justice of the peace; has served on the board of county supervisors; and has filled various other posi tions of trust and honor. In 1883-85 he served with dis tinction as a member of the United States house of con gress at Washington, D.C., in the forty-eighth congress; was counted out as a candidate for the forty-ninth con gress by two hundred votes. For twenty years he has been editor and proprietor of the Farmers Advocate. He is a theoretical and practical farmer; has been a member of the National committee of the people s party since its or ganization; was president of the Chosen Farmers of America; for two years president of the local grange; state attorney-general of the Knights of Labor; has been candidate for governor twice; judge of the supreme court twice; and in 1908 was candidate of the American party for vice-president of the United States. For the past fifty years he has been at the front with every reform movement, except socialism and female suffrage; and is a highly respected resident of Nashua, Iowa. BENJAMIN F. WHITE, State Senator of Montana, Was born in 1833 in New Bedford, Mass. He gradu ated from Pierce academy; and is a successful banker. He has been a member of the Montana state senate; and fills the office of governor. He was a member of the Montana state senate for Beaver-Head county for the term of 1905-07. 328 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS MILTON UPDEGRAFF, Professor United States Naval Academy, Was born Feb. 20, 1851, in Decorah, Iowa. He graduated from the university of Wisconsin, and has received the degrees of B.S., B.C.E. and M.S., aide W.S. C. and G. survey, 1882-3. I Q 1884-87 he was assistant astronomer at the Washburn observatory of the university of Wiscon sin; in 1887-90 was astronomo segundo, Observatorio Narcionad, at Cordabo, Argentine Republic; and in 1890-99 was professor of astronomy at the State Univer sity of Missouri. Since 1899 he has been professor of mathematics in the United States navy; in 1899-1902 was astronomer in the United States naval observatory; 1902- 07 served as instructor at the United States naval academy at Annapolis, Md. Since 1907 he has been on duty at the naval observatory, Washington, D.C. FRED WELLHOUSE, President State Horticultural Society of Kansas, Was born Nov. 16, 1828, in Wayne county, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools of his native state. He has attained prominence as a successful fruit grower of Kan sas. In 1862-64 he was county commissioner of Leaven- worth county, and chairman of the board. In 1866 he was elected a representative to the Kansas state legisla ture; served sereval terms; was on various important com mittees; his last term expiring in 1891. In 1873-88 he was treasurer of the Kansas state horticultural society; and its president in 1894-1904. In 1881-93 he was direc tor of the Kansas state fair association; and vice-president of the fair association in 1889-93. Died Jan. 10, 1911, aged 82 years. CHARLES L. WEST, Colonel Minnesota National Guard, Is colonel and aide-de-camp on the governor s staff of the Minnesota national guard. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 329 EDWIN W. SIMS, United States Attorney, Is the son of Walter and Elizabeth (Knowles) Sims; brought up in Bay City, Mich.; graduate of law depart ment of the university of Michigan, 1894. Married Char lotte Smith, daughter of the late Frank J. Smith, in 1898. Previous to 1892, reporter, editor and special correspond ent on Michigan newspapers. Admitted to the bar and engaged in the practice of law in Chicago in 1894 ; county attorney of Cook county from 1900 to 1903 ; special attor ney, bureau of corporations, Washington, D.C., under Commissioner of Corporations Garfield, from 1903 to 1905; solicitor of the department of commerce and labor from 1905 to 1906. Sent by the government to make spe cial investigation of the Alaskan fur seal fisheries on the Pribilof islands in Behring sea in June, 1906; United States attorney, Chicago, 1906 to 1911. Secretary of the Chicago vice commission, president of the Michigan so ciety of Chicago, chairman of the republican congres sional committee for the second district of Illinois. Mem ber of the American, Illinois and Chicago bar associa tions; member of Union League, South Shore Country, Hamilton, Law and Forty clubs. WILLIAM E. WERNER, Jurist, Was born April 19, 1855, in Buffalo. Educated in the public schools of Buffalo. In 1879 was clerk of the mu nicipal court, Rochester, N.Y. 1880 admitted to the bar. 1884-1889 special county judge of Monroe county; 1889- 1894 county judge of Monroe county. In 1895 elected justice of the supreme court, which position he held until 1900, when Governor Roosevelt appointed him to fill va cancy on the court of appeals of the state of New York; elected to the same position in 1904, term expiring Dec. 31, 1918. 330 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CLINTON DOUGALD MAC DOUGALL, United States Marshal for New York, Was born June 14, 1839, in Scotland. He received the rudiments of his education in Canada, graduated from Jordan academy, New York. He studied law and for many years was a successful banker and manufacturer. In 1 86 1 he raised company A, seventy-fifth regiment, New York infantry volunteers, coming home on leave wounded in 1862. He at once set to work to raise a new regiment after the severe days fight of the army of the Potomac, and was made the lieutenant colonel of the one hundred and eleventh New York infantry, declining the colonelcy on account (as he termed it) the great responsibility. He did not feel that he was old enough, was promoted to col onel Jan. 3, 1863, and on Feb 5. brevetted brigadier gen eral for gallantry. He commanded the third brigade, third division, second corps, and on the reorganization of the army the third brigade, first division, second corps, and afterwards the first division. Was four times wounded and had six horses shot. Postmaster Auburn, 1869-73. Elected to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses. He was presidential elector in 1888 (republican). In 1876, President Grant offered him the treasurership of the United States, also the commissionership of internal reve nue, and in 1877 the commissionership of patents, all of which he declined, but accepted the marshalship of the northern district of New York, holding under appoint ments of President Garfield, McKinley and Roosevelt, re tiring in 1910, having served in that position seventeeen years. In 1878 President Hays offered him his choice of consul general of England, France or Egypt, all of which he declined. He retired in 1910 and is now devot ing his time to study and travel. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 331 W. A. FLEMING JONES, Ex-United States Commissioner, Was born Nov. 30, 1871, in Birmingham, England. Aca demic education in England. By profession an attorney, specializing in United States public land practice, and capitalist, largely interested in first mortgage real estate loans in southern New Mexico. Republican; member executive committee, republican central committee of New Mexico since 1909. Delegate to republican territor ial conventions since 1904. Has been vice-president New torical society; vice-president from New Mexico of the national rivers and harbors congress, Washington, D.C. Is a member of the American forestry association ; Nation al geographic society; Santa Fe archaeological society; Mesilla Valley chamber of commerce; American academy of socialandpoliticalscience, Philadelphia, Pa. ; American conservation association ; and various other political, scien tific and economical societies. United States commis sioner, 1906-10; secretary-treasurer New Mexico conser vation commission since 1909; and is now serving his third term as member of the board of regents of the New Mex ico school of mines. Colonel, New Mexico national guard, aide-de-camp to the governor, thirty-second degree mason, shriner, Elk. Member of Toltec, El Paso, Texas, Army and Navy, and New York clubs. FRANK PIERCE MESERVE, Merchant, Was born Nov. 30, 1852, in Rochester, N.H. He attended the West Lebanon academy, Maine, and subsequently moved to Redlands, Cal. For four years he was a member of the city council, and for two years was library trustee. He is a prominent member of various fraternal orders, and takes an active part in public affairs. He was a mem ber of the California legislature, 1899-1900. 332 GEORGE STONE, Soldier, Civil Engineer, Railroad Constructor, Was born May 30, 1843, in Delaware county, N.Y. He served in the civil war; first as a private and second lieu tenant in the third New York cavalry in 1861-62; in 1863-64 was first lieutenant in the fourteenth New York cavalry; and in 1865-66 was captain in the eighteenth New York cavalry. In 1894-97 ^ e was colonel and engi neer officer in the national guard of California; and in 1901-04 was brigadier-general and adjutant-general, state of California. In 1867-69 he was in the civil engineering department of the Union Pacific railroad; then was en gaged in mining in California and Colorado; for seven teen years was a railroad contractor; and for six years was president of the Pacific Portland cement company. For six years he was chairman of the republican state commit tee ; for four years was president of the state fish and game commission; and was receiver of public money in the United States land office. Since 1907 he has been presi dent of the fish and game commission of California; ap pointed by President Taft as naval officer of customs dis trict of San Francisco, 1910, and occupies the position now. JOHN H. MARTIN, Representative from Douglas County, Was born at Marysville, Tenn., July 27, 1842, and re ceived his education in the schools of that state. Was married to Miss Sarah C. Best, Oct. 10, 1867, at Marys- ville. In 1871 he came to Missouri, and settled in Dade county, removing to Douglas county in 1879. Was elected circuit clerk and ex-officio recorder of deeds of Douglas county and served for four years. Has been a member of the Methodist church since 1856. Is a farmer and livery man, and resides at Ava, Mo. In the forty-fifth general assembly was chairman of the committee on federal rela tions. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 333 BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, University President, Was born July 15, 1854, at Randolph, Mass. Son of Ben jamin and Mary E. (Ide) Wheeler. He received the degree of A.B. Brown W., 1875 ; A.M., 1878 ; Ph.D., uni versity of Heidelberg, 1885; LL.D., Princeton, 1896; Harvard, 1900; Brown, 1900; Yale, 1901; Johns Hop kins, 1902; university of Wisconsin, 1904; Illinois college, 1904; Darmouth, 1905; Columbia, 1906. He married Amey Webb, of Providence, R.I., June 27, 1881. He was instructor of Latin and Greek in Brown university, 1879- 8 1 ; instructor in German, Harvard, 1885-86; acting pro fessor classical philology, 1886-87; professor comparative philology, 1887-88; Greek and comparative philology, 1888-99, Cornell university; president of the university of California since 1899. He was professor of Greek litera ture, American scholastic classical studies, Athens, 1895- 96; lecturer, Harvard division school, 1898; Roosevelt professor university of Berlin, 1909-10; corr. mem. Kaiser- liches archaeologisches institute. Author of The Greek Noun Accent; Analogy in Language; Introduction to the History of Language; Dionysos and Immortality; Organ ization of Higher Education in the United States; Life of Alexander the Great; Unterricht and Demokratie. Editor department of philology in Johnson s Cyclopedia and in Macmillan s Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology. WILLIAM A. RODENBERG, United States Congressman from Illinois, Was born Oct. 30, 1865, in Chester, 111. In 180.6 he was a delegate to national republican convention. He was a member of the fifty-sixth, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses from Illinois as a republican. He was re-elected to the sixty-second congress from the twen ty-second district of Illinois for the term of 1911-13; and resides in East St. Louis, 111. 334 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS FRANK R. WOODWARD, Manufacturer, Inventor, Legislator, Was born Feb. 9, 1845, in Salisbury, N.H. He received his education in the district schools and at the Noyes acad emy. In 1868 he moved to Manchester, and became su perintendent of the Forsaith Latch Needle factory, which business he purchased in 1870, and two years later moved it to the town of Hill. The following year he sold out the needle business and engaged in the manufacture of glass- cutters and other li^ht hardware, for which a world-wide reputation has been established. He has done much to advance the prosperity of his city; gave them Pleasant Hill cemetery, and built a system of water works. In 1884 he was chosen a representative in the New Hampshire state legislature, which he resigned a year later to accept the position of postmaster. TREODORE TROMLY, Representative from Stone County, Illinois, Was born Sept. 3, 1844, at Mt. Vernon, 111.; served three years in the union army; was married to Miss Eliza J. Slaten, June 17, 1868, at Mt. Vernon; came to Missouri in 1896, and settled at Poplar Bluff, where he resided until April, 1901, when he moved to Galena, Stone county. Was elected to the forty-fifth general assembly, and was chair man of the committee on printing, and served as a member of a number of other important committees. Is editor and proprietor of the Stone County Oracle. ARTHUR BURNHAM WOODFORD, Rector Hopkins Grammar School, Was born Oct. 7, 1861, in Winsted, Conn. He was edu cated at Williston seminary, university of Michigan, Johns Hopkins university, and in Paris and Berlin. He has been professor in the Wharton school of finance in the university of Pennsylvania; is now rector of Hopkins grammar school. 335 JOSEPH WARREN GARDINER, Lawyer, Jurist, Poet, Was born March 2, 1836, in North Kingstown, R.I. He studied medicine for two years and subsequently engaged in educational work. He has lived in various states of the Union ; has published several newspapers, and was the edi tor and owner of the Dixie Optic of Jefferson, N.C., and is now (1911) owner and editor of the Elaine County Booster, published weekly at Dunning, Neb. In 1869 he was admitted to the bar, and has attained success as a lawyer; and has been prosecuting attorney, and a success ful judge. He has filled various public positions of honor. He has contributed extensively both prose and verse to the periodical press, and many of his poems have been in corporated into standard works. He has written several works of poetry, romance and history, and is still actively engaged in literary work. ERNST MERTON, Of Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Was born Aug. 9, 1848, in Germany; came to Wisconsin in 1859; early education was received in parochial schools and higher education obtained by private study, finally studying law, and was admitted to practice in 1877, locat ing in Burlington, where he served as first president of village from 1885 to 1889, when he moved to Waukesha and entered into law partnership of Ryan and Merton. Has held position of school commissioner in city of Wau kesha, president of school board and was a member of the common council of the city when elected to the state sen ate in November, 1902, when he received 5,848 votes against 5,354 votes cast for Alfred M. Jones, republican. THOMAS STEPHEN KENAN, Clerk State Supreme Court of North Carolina, Is clerk of the state supreme court of North Carolina for the term of 1900-07. 336 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ALFRED JENKINS SHRIVER, Lawyer, Author, Was born June 5, 1867, in Baltimore, Md. In 1891 he graduated from Johns Hopkins university with the de- degree of A.B. and with the highest honors; and in 1893 graduated from the law school of the university of Mary land, standing second in his class. Since 1893 he has been engaged in the practice of law in Baltimore, Md.; and has been prominently identified with estates and will cases. He is a protector of St. Mary s female orphan asylum of Roland Park, Md. He is the author of Law of Wills and Personal Property in Maryland Prior to Aug. i, 1884; Status of Preferred Stock of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road company; and other legal publications. *. JOHN EMORY ANDRUS, United States Congressman from New York, Was born Feb. 16, 1841, at Pleasantville. He was fitted for college at Charlotteville seminary of Schoharie coun ty, N.Y. ; and graduated from Wesleyan university of Middletown, Conn. He taught school in New Jersey for four years ; engaged in the manufacture of medicinal prep arations and is president of the New York pharmaceutical association and of the Palisade manufacturing company. He was elected mayor of Yonkers in 1903; member of New York Life Insurance company, 1906. He was elected to the fifty-ninth congress from the thirteenth district of New York for the term of 1905-13. ISAAC MOSELY DANFORTH, Judge, County Court for Pettls County, Missouri, Was born Aug. 8, 1854, in La Fayette, Ind. He is a suc cessful farmer and also engaged in the insurance business. For ten years he has been secretary of the republican coun ty committee. He served two terms, or four years, in the county court of Pettis county, 1905-09. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 337 TIMOTHY NICHOLSON, Member Indiana Board of State Charities, Was born Nov. 2, 1828, in Belvidere, N.C. He was edu cated at the Belvidere academy of North Carolina; and at the Moses-Brown school of Providence, R.I. In 1848- 55 he was principal of Belvidere academy; in 1855-59 he was instructor at Haverford college, Pa.; and in 1859-61 was superintendent and treasurer of that institution of learning. He is a bookseller and stationer of Richmond, Ind. In 1868-72 and 1877-79 he was a trustee of the In diana state normal school. In 1904 he was chairman of the jury of awards in the educational department of the St. Louis exposition. Since 1862 he has been trustee of Earlham college of Richmond, Ind.; and since 1889 has been a member of the Indiana board of state charities. FLOYD W. BROOKS, Representative from the Second District of St. Louis County, Missouri, Was born June 15, 1869, at Manchester, Mo. He attended the public schools of his native county and studied law in the law department of Washington university, afterwards being admitted to the bar. He married Miss Christina D. Blanke Jan. 29, 1896, at Manchester, Mo., and now resides at Valley Park, St. Louis county. Served four years as secretary of the St. Louis county fair association. Was elected to the legislature in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. Was chairman of the committee on life and accident in surance. He is now engaged in the practice of law. GEORGE A. JOINER, Judge of Superior Court of Washington, Was born Aug. 20, 1861, at Wolcott, Wayne county, N.Y. He is judge of the superior court for counties of Skagit and San Juan. Was elected in 1900, re-elected in 1904 and in 1908; his present term will expire Monday, Jan. 2, 338 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN BUCHANAN ROBINSON, United States Marshal for Pennsylvania, Was born May 23, 1846, in Allegheny, Pa. He was edu cated at Amherst college; entered the United States naval academy in 1864, graduating in 1868. Until 1874 he served in the United States navy, when he resigned. In 1884-86 he was a representative in the Pennsylvania state legisla ture; and in 1890-91 was a member of the state senate. He was a member of the fifty-second, fifty-third, and fifty- fourth congresses from Pennsylvania as a republican. He is editor and proprietor of The Media Ledger; and the largest stockholder in the West Chester Publishing com pany. In 1891-94 he was president of the state league of republican clubs. Since 1900 he has been United States marshal for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. WALTER SCOTT SMITH, Lawyer, Statesman, Was born July 20, 1875, in Lineville, Ala. He holds the degree of doctor of civil law from the George Washing ton university of Washington, D.C. In 1903-07 he was a member of the Alabama state senate for Clay, Cleburne and Coosa counties; in 1909-11 was solicitor of the seventh judicial circuit, composed of the counties of Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Shelby and Tallodega; and in 1904 was a candidate for congress from the fifth district of Ala bama; and resides in Lineville, Ala. BENGT E. SUNDBERG, State Representative, Is a farmer and resides at Kennedy, Kittson county, Minn. He was born in Sweden sixty years ago and came to Min nesota in 1871. From 1866 to 1871 he lived in Germany. He has held various offices in his village and county - postmaster, county commissioner, school clerk and town treasurer. Married. Second term in senate. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 339 ENOCH ALBERT BRYAN, Educator, College President, Author, Was born May 10, 1855, in Bloomington, Ind. Tn 1878 he graduated from the Indiana university; in 1893 gradu ated from Harvard university with the degree of M.A. ; and in 1900 received the degree of LL.D. from Mon- mouth college. In 1878-82 he was superintendent of pub lic schools for Grayville, 111. In 1882-93 ne was presi dent of Vincennes university of Vincennes, Ind. ; and since 1893 has been president of the State college of Washing ton. He is the author of The Mark in Europe and Amer ica. THOMAS J. SEEHORN, Jurist, Was born April 19, 1863, at Fall Creek, 111. He received his education at Chaddock college, Quincy, 111., and came to Missouri Sept. i, 1887. He located in Kansas City to practice law, and on March 21, 1904, married Mrs. Mag gie Barber of that city. Governor Folk appointed him to fill a vacancy on the circuit bench in Kansas City, caused by the death of Judge William B. Teasdale. Judge See- horn was public administrator for Jackson county from 1892 to 1900. Elected as judge of the sixteenth circuit, division No. three, as a democrat in 1908. GEORGE HAZEN FRENCH, Curator Southern Illinois Normal University, Was born March 19, 1841, in Tully, N.Y. He was edu cated at the normal school of Cortland, N.Y. ; and re ceived the degree of A.M. from the Illinois agricultural college. He was assistant state entomologist of Illinois in 1877-78; and also filled that position afterward for parts of two years. He has written for scientific publications, and is the author of several Monographs. He now fills the chair of landscape gardening and curator in the South ern Illinois normal university. 340 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS O. B. STEELE, State Treasurer of Louisiana, Was born Dec. 2, 1844, in Henderson, Ky. He was edu cated in the public schools of his native state; and at Hen derson academy. He is a successful banker and planter of Baton Rouge, La., and is vice-president of the bank of Baton Rouge, La. For two terms he was a member of the state legislature; for one term was a member oi : the state senate; and in 1884-92 sered two terms of four years each as state auditor of Louisiana. He is now state treasurer of Louisiana for the term of 1908-12. As a soldier he fol lowed the fortunes of the confederacy, and his promotion from bugler boy through every rank to that of a captaincy was rapid, which position he attained before he was twen ty-one years of age. As public servant, while a resident of Union parish, he served in the house and state senate, dur ing the terms of Nicholls, Wiltz and McEnery, from 1876 to 1884, and as state auditor from 1884 to 1888. In the heated campaign of 1888, between Nicholls and McEnery, Captain Steele s intimate acquaintance with every detail of the state s financial affairs being recognized, he was unanimously endorsed for re-election by both factions, and served as auditor under Nicholls from 1888 to 1892. His investigation of and report on the bonded debt, made to Governor Nicholls, was most thorough and exhaustive, and today is the highest and best authority on the subject. In 1892 he was one of Louisiana s electors who cast the vote of the state for Grover Cleveland for president. He was the active head of the state treasury under Colonel Pickett, during Foster s first administration. He has had conspicuous part in the formation of the state s fiscal poli cies and has been the author of much of the best legisla tion on the statute books concerning this department, among which is the act of 1892, providing for the ex change of the seven per cent, bonded indebtedness, on which interest had been reduced, into the new or now outstanding 4 per cent, bonds of the state, which will ma- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 341 ture Jan. i, 1914. As a man of affairs he has been a suo cess, being one of the leading business men and financiers at the state capitol; public-spirited, he has taken a most active part in every movement for the upbuilding of Baton Rouge, where he has resided since retiring from the audi tor s office. His memorable campaign in 1898 for the state treasurership and unopposed election to that office three years ago, are a part of the political history of the state. If the constitution of the state did not prohibit the treasurer succeeding himself, there is little doubt of his unopposed re-election as state treasurer, if he chose to make that race in the present campaign. Next to the gov ernor of the state, the auditorship is the most important office in the gift of the people. This is especially true at this time when the public debt is to be refunded and the intricate and important matters of the finances of the state are to be adjusted and settled for generations to come. DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH, Honorary President National Sculpture Society, Was born April 20, 1850, in Exeter, N.H. He graduated from Amherst high school; studied one year at the in stitute of technology at Boston, Mass. ; received the degree of A.M. from Dartmouth college; and studied in Flor ence, Italy. In 1876-78 his studio was in Washington, D.C. ; in 1878-87 in Boston and Concord, Mass.; and in 1887-1900 in New York city. Since its foundation he has been a member of the national sculpture society. In 1900 he received the medal of honor at the Paris exposition. His best known works are the Minute Man of Concord; statue of Rufus Choate in the Boston court house; and statue of the republic at the World s Columbian exposi tion. 342 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ALBERT HENRY YODER, Superintendent of Public Schools, Was born Feb. 15, 1866, near Nora Springs, Iowa. He began his education in the public schools of Iowa, was graduated from the Latin course in the State normal school at Madison, South Dakota, in 1888, and from Indi ana university as A. B. in 1893. He was a graduate stu dent and fellow in pedagogy of Clark university, Worces ter, Massachusetts, in 1893-1894; graduate student in psychology at the university of Chicago in 1895-1896; and took a special course in pediatrics in Northwestern univer sity in 1896. He has been engaged in educational work from 1888; was teacher in common schools three years; superintendent of schools at Madison, South Dakota, from 1888 to 1891 ; instructor in pedagogy in Indiana university in 1893; principal in the City, normal school of San Fran cisco, California, 1894-1895; president of Vincennes uni versity, 1896 to 1900; professor of education in the univer sity of Washington from 1900 to 1906; superintendent of schools at Tacoma, Wash. 1906-1910. Staff lecturer child sociology, New York school of Philanthropy, since 1910; residence: 76 Bruce avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. He has lec tured on Childhood and Adolescence. Since 1896 he has been a member of the National educational association; and was a director of the Tacoma public library. B. F. DIXON, Was born May 29, 1879, in Cleveland county, North Carolina. Was graduated at Trinity college, Durham in 1903 and took the degrees of M.A. and LL.B. at Colum bia university, New York city in 1905 and 1906 respective ly. He was a volunteer in the first North Carolina regi ment in the Spanish-American war and upon the death of his father was appointed by the governor to succeed him as state auditor. Is a lawyer and practices his profession in Raleigh, N. C. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 343 SAM WILL JOHJN, State Representative of Alabama, Was born June 29, 1845, in Uniontown, Perry county, Ala. He was educated in private schools and at the university of Alabama. He has attained success in the practice of law in Alabama; in 1871-72 was solicitor for Dallas coun ty; and in 1874-76 was a member of the city council of Sel- ma. In 1882-83, 1884-85 and 1886-87 was a state represent ative in the Alabama legislature from Dallas county; in 1894-95 served as a state representative from Jefferson county; and was re-elected to that office in 1906 for term ending in 1910. During the civil war he was a private in company F, third Alabama cavalry regiment confederate service. In 1885-88 he was the first colonel of the third regiment Alabama state troops. He has served on many important committees as chairman in the state legislature; and in 1894 was a member of the commission to devise a new convict system. He served his fifth term of 1907-10 as representative in the Alabama legislature. He was chairman of the joint committee of the legislature which read and revised the manuscript of its code 1886, and of the code of 1907. Author of the employers liability law; delinquent children s law;child labor law;the law provid ing for a sanatorium for treatment of tuberculosis and dis semination of information on this subject; the revision of the ctjarter of The Alabama Girls Technical institute"; the law against rebates; creating supernumerary judge; punishing corrupt solicitation; and the uniform jury law. Is president of the board of trustees of the Alabama Insane hospitals, and trustee of the ststt ucpartment of archives and history; and vice-presichmc of the Birmingham board of education. 344 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS MARTIN L. SNYDER, Lawyer, Was born April 3, 1858, near Sunbury, Pa. He attended the university of Selin s Grove, Pa. ; then took a scientific course at the state normal school at Bloomsburg, Pa., fin ishing his education at the Princeton college of New Jer sey. For serveral years he was connected with the Au gusta bank of his native city as cashier; and is now a prom inent attorney and real estate dealer. He married Ella S., a daughter of Major Jarred B. Fisher of Centre coun ty, April 18, 1893, by this union there was born one son, Charles F. Snyder, on Oct. 3, 1895, now a young man of exceptional classical attainments and who will make a brilliant lawyer to succeed his father in the legal profes sion at the bar in his native county and state. HENRY P. WEBB, State Representative, Is a native Minnesotan; born in Blue Earth county forty- three years ago; has been mayor of Sandstone three terms and has held other positions; received a common school education. He is a merchant and banker at Sandstone and is married. He was a member of the Minnesota legisla ture during the 1907-09 and 1909-11 sessions. THOMAS ANDREW COOK, Merchant, Physician, Was born Nov. 33, 1865, in Sciota county, Ohio. He was educated at the A. and M. college of Lexington, Ky. He studied medicine at the Hospital college of medicine; and iraduated at the Louisville medical college in 1893. He is a successful physician and merchant of Democrat, Ky. ; has been United States pension examiner and chairman of the Letcher county republican committee. He is exam iner for the New York life insurance company; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor; and re sides in Democrat, Ky. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 345 BENJAMIN MASON AMBLER, Lawyer, Was born Jan. 14, 1850, in Winchester, Va. He graduat ed in several schools from the university of Virginia and studied law under judge Richard Parker of Winchester, Va. ; and in 1874 was admitted to the bar. He settled at Parkersburg, W. Va., where he formed a partnership with W. W. Van Winkle, as Van Winkle and Ambler. In 1879- 8 1 he was city attorney; and in 1882 was admitted to the supreme court of the United States. In 1888-89 ne was president of the West Virginia bar association. He is a member of the American bar association; delegate to in ternational congress of jurists and lawyers, St. Louis, 1904, and was a delegate to the general convention of protestant episcopal church in 1892 to 1910; and resides in Parkers- burg, W. Va. JOHN M. GRIGGS, Soldier, Lawyer, Was born July 25, 1837, near Indianapolis, Ind. He was educated in select schools; and attended Wabash college of Crawfordsville, Ind. In 1861-64 he served in the civil war in company K, twenty-first regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, which was changed to the first Indiana heavy artillery. He was in the battles of Baton Rouge, Donald- sonville, Camp Bisland, Port Hudson, Cane river cross ing, Marksville Plains, and various other battles and skir mishes. Since 1867 he has been engaged in the practice of law in Audubon county; and resides in Audubon, Iowa. PATRICK WHALEN, Trustee Eastern Hospital for the Insane of Illinois, Was born May 22, 1858, in Providence, R.I. He is a grain merchant and banker. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Eastern hospital for the insane of Illi nois for the term of 1905-09; and resides in Cabery, 111. 346 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JAMES FRANKLIN AILSHIE, Associate Justice State Supreme Court of Idaho Was born June 19, 1868, in Green county, Tenn. For two terms he was regent of Idaho state university. Since 1903 he has been associate justice of the state supreme court of Idaho for the term of 1903-09; re-elected 1908 without opposition. He was candidate for 6 year term. Chief Justice 1907-8. CHARLES HILL MORGAN, Manufacturer and Mechanical Engineer, of Massachusetts, Was born in January, 1831, in Rochester, N.Y. Since 1887 he has been president of the Morgan construction company; and is president of the Morgan spring and wire company. He is president of the American society of mechanical engineers; and is director of the First national bank. He died Jan. 10, 1912, in Worcester, Mass. B. F. DIXON, State Auditor of North Carolina, Was born March 27, 1845, in Cleveland county, N. C. He served as a captain in the civil war. He became a suc cessful physician; was superintendent of Oxford asylum; and president of Greensboro female college. He has been a representative in the North Carolina state legislature; and trustee of the university of North Carolina. He serv ed as a major in the Spanish-American war of 1898. He was auditor of the state of North Carolina for the terms of 1900-1904; 1904-1908; 1909 until his death in office on Sept 26, 1910. i CALEB S. REINHARDT, Clerk State Supreme Court of Washington. He is clerk of the state supreme court of Washington, appointed in 1891, and holds his office during the pleasure of the court; and resides in Olympia, Wash. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 347 WICKLIFFE ROBERT SMITH, State Representative of Idaho, Was born June n, 1875, in Celina, Tenn. He was edu cated in the public schools; and graduated from Liberty college of Glasgow, Ky. For several years he was engag ed in educational work; and as editor of the educational department of the Wisconsin Republican. Since 1904 he has been a representative in the Idaho state legislature and a member on several important committees. He is prom inently identified with the business and public affairs of Cameron, Idaho. He is the author of Blades of Blue- grass; The Midnight Freight; Derivative Words and Synonyms. Since 1904 he has been a representative in the Idaho state legislature, and resides in Cameron, Idaho. WILLIAM LEWIS DOUGLAS, Manufacturer, Governor, Was born Aug. 22, 1845, in Plymouth, Mass. He was edu cated in the public schools of Massachusetts. He learned the trade of bookmaking at Hopkinton and South Brain- tree, Mass,; in 1869 he began the manufacture of shoes with a small shop ; and is now the owner of three factories and of seventy-eight retail stores in the large cities of the United States. In 1883-84 he was a member of the Mas sachusetts house of representatives; and in 1886-87 was a member of the state senate. In 1891 he was mayor of Brockton, Mass. In 1905 he was governor of Massachu setts. In 1884, 1892, 1896 and 1904 he was a delegate to the national democratic conventions. ARTHUR LOOMIS SANBORN, Judge United States District Court for Wisconcin, Was born Nov. 17, 1850, in Beasher Falls, N. Y. In 1880-1905 he practiced law. Since 1905 he has been judge of the United States district court for the western district of Wisconsin; and resides in Madison, Wis. 348 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS BERNARD NADAL BAKER, Chemist, Merchant, President, Philanthropist, Was born May 1 1, 1854, in Baltimore, Md. He received a thorough education and graduated from the Sheffield scientific school of Yale university. He was president of the Atlantic transport company; president of the Baker- Whitely coal company; and president of the Baltimore storage and lighterage company. He gave the ship Mis souri to the United States government, being moved there to by her record in life-saving. The Missouri rescued almost a thousand persons from sinking and disabled ships; she carried gratuitously food for thirty-thousand people in the Russian famine; and she transported between one and two thousand patients and hospital attaches in the war with Spain. He also gave the hospital ship "Maine" to the British government. CHARLES BANKS, President Business League of Mississippi, Was born March 25, 1873, in Clarkdale, Miss. He was educated at the Southland college of Arkansas, and Rush university of Mississippi. Since 1889 he has been a suc cessful merchant in his native town; has been supervisor of United States census. He has been a delegate to the republican national convention; and organized and is cashier of the Bank of Mound Bayou, Miss. He has been vice-president of the National business league; and is now president of the Mississippi business league. EDWARD BERTRAND FINCK, Lawyer, Author, Was born Oct. 16, 1870, in Louisville, Ky. He was educated at Allmond s university school ; and at the Louis ville law school. He is a successful attorney-at-law of Louisville, Ky. Under the nom de plume of Bert Finck he is the author of Pebbles, Webs, Plays, Musings and Pastels, all works of a philosophical and poetic nature. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 349 THOMAS B. COOK, State Representative from Ray County, Was born near Lawson, Mo., May 6, 1855. He attended the common schools of Ray county and the high school of Lathrop, Mo. He taught school in Ray county from 1874 to 1880. Began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. W. C. James of Lawson, Mo., in 1880, and graduated from the university of Louisville, Ky. in 1883. Returning to Ray county, he married Miss Maude Mossberger of Carrollton, Mo., and located in Rayville, where he has since practiced his profession. Was elected to the legisla ture in 1906 and was re-elected in 1908. In the fourty- fourth general assembly Dr. Cook introduced and had passed a measure giving to circuit clerks power to fix bail of persons charged with crime, during the vacation of court. He was made chairman of the committee on ac counts and in that capacity acquired thesobriquetofwatch- dog of the treasury. He took a leading part in placing on Missouri s statutes many of her most important laws. Be sides enjoying a lucrative practice, he is interested in the mercantile business, and also banking and farming. He has one son, Thomas, Jr., who is a student in Central col lege, Fayette, Mo., where he is taking a course, prepara tory to entering upon a regular course in some medical school. JONATHAN LeMOYNE SNYDER, President Michigan Agricultural College, Was born Oct. 29, 1859, in Butler county, Pa. In 1886 he graduated with the degree of A. B. from Westminster col lege of Pennsylvania, receiving the degree of Ph. D. in 1891. The university of Michigan conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. in 1908. In 1889-96 he was principal of the fifth ward schools of Allegheny, Pa., adding the kindergarten and manual traning departments. Since 1896 he has been president of the Michigan agricultural col lege; and resides in East Lansing, Mich. 350 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES JAMES FOX, Major and Chief of Ordnance, District of Columbia National Guard, Was born Dec. 8, 1877, m Boston, Mass. He was edu cated in the European universities of Geneva, Paris and Heidelberg; and received the degree of Doctor of Phil osophy from Heidelberg university. He is a successful journalist; and owns a large farm near Rockville, Md. He has been Washington correspondent for syndicate, in cluding papers in every state in the union. He is the author of Napoleon Bonaparte at the siege of Toulon; The Trust Problem and a Solution; and is an extensive contributor to current magazines. He is a member of the University club of Washington, D.C. ; member of Dawson lodge, F.A.A.M.; and various other patriotic and frater nal orders. Since 1910 he has held the rank of major, ordnance department, District of Columbia national guard; and resides in Rockville, Md. FRANK E. BELTZHOOVER, Statesman, Was born Nov. 6, 1841, in Cumberland county, Pa. In 1858 he entered Pennsylvania college at Gettysburg, where he graduated in 1862. He was admitted to the bar in 1864 and has practiced since. In 1868 and 1873 he was chair man of the democratic executive committee of the county; and in 1874 was elected district attorney, and served for three years. In 1878 he was elected to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses; and in 1880 to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat. In 1876 he was a delegate to the democratic national convention held at St. Louis, and voted for Samuel J. Tilden; and in 1896 he was also a delegate to the democratic national convention at Chicago, and voted for William J. Bryan. In 1892 he was chairman of the democratic state convention of Penn sylvania, and supported Grover Cleveland. He still prac tices law in Carlisle, Pa. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 351 JOHN WILLIAM HESTON, Educator, College President, Was born Feb. i, 1854, i n Bellefontaine, Pa. From 1879- 1890 member of faculty of Pennsylvania state college, chair of science and art of teaching. In 1894-96 he prac ticed law. In 1892-93 he was president of the Washington agricultural college and school of science; 1896-1903 pres ident South Dakota Agricultural college. Since 1905 president Madison, S. D., state normal. EDWIN WILDMAN, Journalist, Diplomat, Author, Was born May 9, 1867, in Corning, N.Y. In 1897, he was vice and deputy consul general at Hongkong, China. In 1898-1900 he was special war correspondent in the Phil ippines; and in 1900-01 was special war correspondent with the allied troops during the boxer revolution in China for the Hearst newspapers; and later on the New York World. He is the author of Aguinaldo, a Narrative of Fillipino Ambitions. President Wildman Magazine and News Service, 118 East Twenty-eighth street, New York. D. M. FIELD, Inventor, Was born April 21, 1849, m Dahlonega, Ga. In 1864 he was a volunteer soldier in the confederate states army; and in 1898 was a government employee in the Spanish-Amer ican war. In 1893 he was a member of the Arizona state legislature. In 1904 he organized the democratic party in Porto Rico. Was a member of the Porto Rico democratic national committee for the terms of 1904 to 1912. He is inventor of a duplex derrick, also of a duplex chain sling, automatic cane feeder; and simple process to refine sugar; also for settling and collecting mineral in slimey ores, by electric astringency. 352 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES SHARPLESS PASTORIUS, Treasurer of The Colorado Investment and Realty Company, Was born April 22, 1866, in Germantown, Pa. He re ceived a thorough education; and in 1887 graduated with the degree of A.B. from Harvard university. He has filled numerous positions of trust and honor; and is now treasurer of the Colorado Investment and Realty com pany, of Colorado Springs, Col. He is a member of the American association for the advancement of science; and has contributed extensively to current publications. JOHN MOTLEY MOREHEAD, Manufacturer, Was born July 20, 1866, in Charlotte, N.C. He was edu cated in the primary schools of his native city; and at the Bingham military school of North Carolina. In 1886 he graduated from the university of North Carolina with the degree of A.B.; and took a business course in Bryant and Stratton business college of Baltimore, Md. He was a buyer and dealer in leaf tobacco at Durham. N.C. ; and is owner of the Phifer farm in Cabarrus county, N.C. He is vice-president of the Leaksville woolen mills at Spray, N.C.; and is interested in manufacturing and farming. In 1909-11 he was a representative from North Carolina to the sixty-first congress as a republican. ROBERT TAYLOR, State Senator of Wyoming, Was born in 1846, in Berwickshire, Scotland. In 1866 he went to Pennsylvania; and the following spring moved to California by the Nicaragua route. In 1880 he trailed sheep from California to Wyoming; was one of the pio neers of the business; owns a ranch in Wyoming and a breeding and feeding farm of nine thousand acres in Ne braska; and is a successful breeder of registered Hamp shire and Leicester sheep and mutton merinos. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 353 JOHN CURTIS CALDWELL, United States Consul, Was born April 17, 1833, in Lowell, Vt. In 1855 he grad uated from Amherst college; and was subsequently ad mitted to the bar. In 1861-62 he was colonel in the eleventh regiment Maine volunteer infantry; became brig adier-general in 1862; and was brevetted major-general in 1865. In 1864-65 he was president of the military com mission. He was a member of the Maine state senate ; and in 1867-69 was adjutant-general of Maine. In 1869-74 ne was United States consul at Valparaiso, Chili. In 1874-82 was minister and charge d affaires to Uruguay and Para guay. In 1885-93 and 1895-97 he was chairman of the Kansas state board of pardons. He has retired from con sular service. ; WILLIAM N. DECKER, Member of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, Was born March 30, 1873, near New Oxford, Pa.; son of Jeremiah G. Decker and Susan C. Decker. He was grad uated from the state normal school, Shippensburg, as M.E. in 1895, also student at Ursinus college and Ameri can business college. He married in Macungie, Pa., June 16, 1898, Hattie D. Schmoyer, now deceased; remarried Sept. 24, 1910, to Vida B. Wolcott, and he has one child, Leah S., born in 1905. He taught public school for twelve years, worked at bookkeeping for three years, and traveled for Maynard, Merrill and company for one year. Mr. Decker has been a member of the town council and school director of Macungie Borough, member of the house of representatives, being elected in the fall of 1906, re-elected in 1908. He was also principal of schools of Macungie and principal of schools of Coplay. He is a democrat in politics, and a member of the Reformed church, also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 354 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS , LUCIAN JOHN FOSDICK, Merchant, Author and Farmer, Was born Feb. 5, 1849, in Lowell, Mass. He was edu cated in the public schools and at McCoy s commercial college of Lowell, Mass.; and in 1890 he graduated from Chautauqua literary and scientific circle. Since 1866 he has been identified with the wholesale dry goods business in Boston, Mass. ; is president of Fosdick department store of Biddeford, Maine, and director of the Dorchester trust company. He has been president of the Boston Bap tist Bethel society and of the Boston Baptist South Sunday school teachers association and is a member of the Boston Baptist social union. He was a member of company C, sixth Massachusetts national guard and has filled many other positions of trust and honor. He has made a suc cess of cranberry culture and is the author of Monographs on Cranberry Culture for the state boards of agriculture for the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He is also the author of the French Blood in America, second edition, published by the Baker and Taylor company of New York. ARCHELAUS G. FIELD, Physician and Surgeon of Des Maines, Iowa, Was born Nov. 15, 1829, in Gorham, N.Y. In 1854 he graduated from the Starling medical college; studied in the medical department of Columbia university; and graduated from the Simpson centenary college of law. He attained success as a noted physician and surgeon of Iowa; and for many years filled the chair of physiology and path ology in the Keokuk medical school. In 1872 he was pres ident of the Iowa state medical society; and was president of the Des Moines school of technologv. In 1876 he was a delegate to the international medical congress; served two terms as mayor of North Des Moines; and has filled numerous other positions of trust and honor; and resides in Des Moines, Iowa. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 355 EDMUND DUNCAN MONTGOMERY, Physician and Biologist, Was born March 19, 1835, in Scotland. He was educated in the university of Heidelberg; at Berlin, Bonn, and Wurzburg; and in 1858 graduated from the university of Prague as M.D. In 1859 he graduated from the univer sity of Vienna; and in 1861 became a member of the Royal college of physicians of London, England. In 1860-61 was resident physician of the German hospital of London. In 1861-62 was medical attendant at Bermondsey dispen sary and at the poor district; and in 1861-64 was pathol ogist of St. Thomas hospital of London, England. In 1865-70 he practiced medicine in Madeira, Mentone and Rome; and since 1872 has practiced his profession at Hempstead, Texas. He has been extensively engaged in original investigations in biology and philosophy, particu larly in regard to the vital functions of an organization of the living substance, protoplasm, and the biological ex planation of philosophical problems. He is the author of Refutation of Kantean Theory of Knowledge; and other medical Monographs. ROBERT TUTTLE MORRIS, Physician, Surgeon, Scientist, Author, Was born May 14, 1857, in Seymour, Conn. He was edu cated in Cornell university; graduated in biological course in the class of 1880; received the honorary decree of A.M. from Centre college of Kentucky; and in 1882 graduated with the degree of M.D. from the medical department of Columbia university. Since 1882 he has been engaged in the practice of medicine ; and is professor of surgery in the New York postgraduate medical school and hospital sur geon, and also visiting surgeon to the same institution. He is a fellow of the New York academy of medicine and of the American association of obstetricians and gynecolo gists. He is the author of various books and Monographs on surgical topics. 356 SUCCESSFUL AMEEICANS JOHN C. OLSEN, Teacher, Chemist, Author, Was born July 22, 1869, in Galesburg, 111. ; son of Michael and Cecelia (Johnson) Olsen; graduated from Knox col lege, Galesburg, 111., A.B., 1890; A.M., 1893; university work at Chicago uinversity, 1895-1896; Johns Hopkins university, 1894 an ^ 1898-1900; fellow, 1899-1900; Ph.D., 1900; married at Normal, 111., Aug. 31, 1898, Ella Walker; children: Julian Walker, born 1900; Eugene Updike, born 1902; Mary Elizabeth, born 1905. Teacher of science, Jerseyville (111.) high school, 1890-91 ; princi pal, schools at Ipava, 111., 1891-94; instructor in physics and chemistry, Austin high school, Chicago, 111., 1895-98; professor analytical chemistry, Polytechnic institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., since 1900; lecturer on same, Brooklyn institute of arts and sciences since 1900; instructor of same Pratt institute, Brooklyn, 1900-06; food and drug inspec tion chemist, United States department of agriculture since 1907. Methodist. Member German chemical so ciety, American chemical society, charter member and sec- reary, 1908, American institute of chemical engineers; di rector department of chemistry, Brooklyn institute of arts and sciences ; member Phi Beta Kappa society. Author of Quantitative Chemical Analysis;; Pure Foods, their adulteration, nutritive value and cost, Ginn and company; lecturer on same subject; editor Van Nostrand Chemical Annual and Transactions American Institute of Chemical Engineers. BRACEY CURTIS, President National Bank of Nogales, Arizona, Was born July 21, 1870, in Medfield, Mass. He was edu cated in the public schools of Medfield; and at the Allen school of West Newton, Mass. He is a successful banker and president of the First national bank of his city; and prominently identified with the business and public af fairs of Nogales, Ariz. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 357 EUGENE HOFFMAN PORTER, Physician, Sanitarian, Commissioner of Health for State of New York Since 1905, Was born Aug. 7, 1856, in Ghent, Columbia county, N.Y. ; son of Curtis H. Porter, of old Dutch ancestry, con nected with the Depeyster, Van Buren and Douw fam ilies; educated at Cortland normal school, Claverack col lege, Cornell university; New York medical college, M.D., 1885, Rutgers college, A. M., 1889; married, 1889, Alice A. Day, of Upper Lisle, N.Y. ; one son. Engaged in practice in N.Y., 1885; editor, since 1892, North Ameri can Journal of Homeletics. Was professor of physiologi cal materia medica in New York homeopathic medical college and hospital; was also professor of medicine, chemistry and sanitary science for several pears; now con sulting physician Laura Franklin free hospital for chil dren, and the Hahnemann hospital; medical examiner, Manhattan life insurance company and Penn Mutual life insurance company; manager State insane hospital since 1897; university lecturer Cornell university, 1908-09; president several business organizations; has large farm ing, dairy and creamery interests; was one of advisory committee on International health exposition held in New York city, 1898. Member society medical jurisprudence; National civic association; associate member G.A.R. ; honorary member Society medicale homeopathique de France, British homeopathic society; member American institute homeopathy; general secretary 1894-1901, New York state homeopathic medical society (ex-president), New York county homeopathic medical society (served as vice-president and chairman legislative commission) ; member board of trustees Hudson-Fulton celebration commission; member New York academy of sciences, American academy of political and social science, Nation al geographic society New York museum of Natural his tory, American publi chealth association. Member New York state press association, National editorial associa- 358 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS tion Columbia Lodge 98, F. and A.M.; president Colum bia county association in City of New York; Hudson Lodge, B.P.O.E. Clubs: Unanimous, Meissen, Com- munipaw (all medical) ; republican (member board of governors), Cornell university, Colonial, Twilight, City culb (New York city) ; Fort Orange (Albany). CLARENCE A. CARR, Captain United States Navy, Was born July 26, 1856, in Crawford county, Pa. He en tered the naval academy at Annapolis, Md., as a cadet engineer, in September, 1875; was graduated in June, 1879; served in all grades of the engineer corps, and was commissioned as chief engineer in the navy in February, 1898; and promoted to commander, July, 1906, and to captain in July, 1910. He married, in October, 1898, Blanche, daughter of the late Rear Admiral Joseph Lan- nan, United States navy; he has had fifteen years and two months service at sea, and this includes duty on every sta tion except the South Atlantic. During the Spanish- American war he had duty in connection with the fitting out of auxiliary cruisers in New York, and as chief engi neer of the ordnance supply vessel America. During the Philippine campaign he served on the Monadnock, Ben- nington, Solace, and at the naval station, Cavite, P. I. In 1885 he received the honorary degree of M.E. from the Stevens institute of technology, to which place he was de tailed for three years as professor of marine engineering. Much of his shore duty has been as inspector of machin ery, in which capacity he served in connection with the building of the torpedo boats Bailey, Wilkes and Stewart; the cruiser Marblehead, and the battleships Kentucky and Nebraska. In September, 1904, he was made fleet engi neer of the Atlantic coast squadron, and in June, 1906, en gineer office of the Mane Island navy yard, California. Since June, 1910, he has been naval inspector of machin ery, New York city. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 359 LEE KAUFER FRANKEL, Charitologistf Was born in Philadelphia, Aug. 13, 1867, son of Louis Frankel and Aurelia (Lobenburg) Frankel ; educated pub lic schools, Rugby academy, university of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1887, Ph.D., 1891 ; married, 1897, Alice Reizenstein. Instructor in chemistry university of Pennsylvania, 1888- 93; consulting chemist, Philadelphia, 1893-99; chemist, Retail grocers association, Philadelphia, 1896-99; presi dent, 1898, chemistry section Franklin institute; congre gation Rodeph Shalon, Philadelphia, 1894-99; managing director Jewish chautauqua society, 1897-99; honorary vice-president auxiliary branch united Hebrew charities of Philadelphia; manager united Hebrew charities of New York, 1899-1908; resigned May i, 1908, to take up work with Russel Sage foundation; resigned Feb. i, 1909. Manager industrial department and assistat secretary Metropolitan life insurance company; vice-president, 1903, chairman committee on needy families, 1905, New York state conference charities and correction; member Ellis Island commission appointed by President Roose velt, 1903. Editor Jewish Charity, 1905-07; associate edi tor Charities and the Commons, 1905-09; chairman com mittee on Standard of Living, New York state conference of charities, 1907. President National conference of Jewish charities, 1910-12. Has delivered many addresses on charitable subjects. Author (chemistry) : The Oxi- nides by the Electric Current; Electrolysis3A-g;iesl-r-vS dation of Metallic Arsenides by the Electric Current; Electrolysis of the Metallic Sulphocyanides; Food Adul teration and the Pure Food Law; The Jew and the Bible in Alchemy; also contributor of various articles on Jewish Charity in Encyclopedia Americana and Jewish Encyclo- pediaa, articles on Common Sense Charity; The Equip ment of the Worker ; The Uses and LiLmitations of Mate rial Relief; Unusual Forms of Relief; Tuberculosis as Affecting Jewish Charities; Fifty Years in Jewish Char- 360 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ity; Co-operation and Health Insurance; Workingmen s Insurance in Europe (Frankel and Dawson), editorials and articles in Jewish Charity. Member Judeans, Phari sees clubs. WILLIAM EVANS ROGERS, Lawyer, Was born in Philadelphia, April n, 18846; son of Will iam Evans and Harriette (Ruggles) Rogers; educated in Paris, France, December 1856, to October, 1858; univer sity of Pennsylvania, 1861-63; United States Military academy, West Point, N.Y., 1863-67; married, Feb. 13, 1868, Susan L. R. Fish; children: Julia Fish, married Kenneth Frazier, Nov. 27, 1894, Harriete, Cornelia, Will iam Beverley (married Grace Chapin, June i, 1908). En listed in first troop Philadelphia cavalry, campaign of 1863; during the invasion of Pennsylvania was appointed to West Point in August, 1863; graduated into United States corps of engineers, June, 1867; stationed at West Point as instructor to first class in artillery practice, then ordered upon survey of lakes with headquarters at De troit; resigned from army; admitted to bar; came to New York city in 1872; for several years engaged in mercantile and railway pursuits, particularly in survey and construc tion of New York, Lackawanna and Western railway, in February, 1883, appointed by Governor Cleveland, an original member of the state board of railroad commis sioners as "experienced in railroad business," under the re quirements of the statute to that effect; served nine years; five years as chairman, since February, 1893, practicing law in New York city. Republican; Episcopalian; ves tryman and treasurer of St. Phillips church in the high lands. Member sons of the revolution, society Colonial wars. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union League. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 361 MARCUS M. MARKS, Clothing Manufacturer, Was born March 18, 1858, in Schenectady, N.Y. ; son of David and Leontine Marks, educated in the public school 35, New York city, and class of 77 college, city of New York, entering senior year; married in New York city, May 21, 1890, Esther Friedman; children: Bernice, born 1891; Alan, born 1895; Eric, born 1896; Warren, born 1899; Doris, born 1903. Started present firm, with father, in 1877; incorporated, 1903, David Marks and Sons, of which he is president. Member committee of one hundred that nominated Seth Low and other Fusion candidates of New York city; takes prominent part in movements for city betterment and writer for magazines; public speaker on labor questions and philanthropy. Accepted by Gov ernor Hughes on commission of Immigration. Republi can. Hebrew. Member numerous societies for study of po litical economy and civics; member President Roosevelt Noble prize committee of nine on industrial peace. Presi dent National association of clothiers, member executive committee of National civic federation; member chamber of commerce, trustee Hosp. Saturday and Sunday asso ciation. President Tuberculosis prevention for children. Director Merchants association; member City club and republican club. JAMES BRADLEY ORMAN, Miner, Railroad President, Governor, Was born Nov. 4, 1849, in Muscatine, Iowa. For many years he was engaged as a contractor, building many rail ways in Kansas and Colorado; and has also built large ir rigation canals. For five years he was president of the Pueblo street railway; and is identified with large mining interests. In 1901-02 he was governor of the state of Col orado. He is the president of the Bankers consolidated mines of Ouray, Col. 362 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HENRY MAGIFFORD ECHLIN, General Agent Aetna Life Insurance Company, 1904-07, Was born Dec. 13, 1863, in Hamilton, Ont. ; son of Henry M. and Mary Ann (Cassidy) Echlin; educated at Albion (Mich.) college, 1884-86; Northwestern university, B.Sc., 1892; married, Feb. 7, 1901, at Chicago to Daisy Haines Snell; one son, Henry Molyneux, born 1906; one daugh ter, Margaret Snell Echlin, born 1908. Assistant secre tary Chicago society for university extension, 1892-93 ; in structor mathematics, Armour institute, Chicago, 1893-94; organizer University extension centers for university of Chicago, 1894-95; western representative Leach, Shewell and Sanborn, publishers, 1895-97; manager Chicago office Charles Scribner s Sons, 1897-98; western manager D. Appleton and company, 1898-1900; agency director New York life insurance company, 1900-04; general agent Aetna life insurance company since 1904. Republican. Methodist. President Michigan society of New York, 1907-08 ; trustee Beta Theta Pi Alumni club of New York, 1907-08. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: City, Saegkill, Golf. Residence, New York city. JOHN FLESHER NEWSOM, Geologist, Author, Was born Sept. 6, 1869, in Elizabethtown, Ind. In 1891 he graduated with the degree of A.B. from the university of Indiana; and in 1892 received the degree of A.M. from Leland Stanford, Jr., university. In 1899-1901 he was post-graduate student and teacher at the Leland Stan ford, Jr., university. In 1891-93 he was assistant geologist to the geological survey of Arkansas; and instructor in geology in 1895-96; and assistant professor of geology in 1896-98, at the Indiana university. In 1898 he became assistant professor, and since 1901 has been associate-pro fessor of mining at the Stanford university of Califor nia. He is the author of Syllabus of Lectures on Eco nomic Geology. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 363 FREEMAN DAILY BOVARD, Educator, Journalist, Mathematician, Was born Jan. 5, 1851, in Alpha, Ind. He graduated from De Pauw university of Greencastle, Ind., and has received the degrees of A.B., A.M., D.D. and Ph.D. In 1875 he was ordained to the Methodist Episcopal ministry. In 1880-85 he was professor of mathematics at the university of Southern California, of which he was also vice-presi dent. In 1887-93 he was presiding elder of the San Fran cisco district. In 1889-1900 he was secretary of the move ment for the exemption from taxation of churches in Cali fornia. In 1900, 1904, 1908 and 1912 he was delegate to the general conference. Since 1900 he has been editor of the California Christian Advocate; and is the author of valuable contributions to current literature of the church. Fraternal delegate, 1910, to the Methodist church of Can ada and delegate to the Ecumenical conference at Toron to, 1911. JOHN HENRY PARKER, Captain United States Army, Was born Sept. 19, 1866, near Tipton, Mo. He was edu cated at Clarksburg college ; and at the United States mili tary academy of West Point, N.Y. In 1898 he was com mander of the gatling guns at the battle and siege of San tiago, Cuba; and in 1899-1901 was major in the thirty- ninth infantry United States volunteers. In 1901 he was assistant to the judge-advocate, division of the Philip pines, in charge of military commissions. He is the in ventor of combination machine gun and ammunition cart. He is the author of Gatling Guns at Santiago; Tactical Uses and Organization of Machine Guns in the Field; The Oriental Problem of the United States ; and Brown of the Steenth, a novel of the Philippines. Since 1901 he has held the rank of captain in the twenty-eighth infantry United States army. 364 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HARLAN HOYT HORNER, Chief, Examinations Division, New York State Education Department, Was born May 4, 1878, at Moravia, Iowa; son of Eugene Brandon and Susan Cordelia (Sears) Horner; graduate of university of Illinois, A.B., 1901 ; married at Cerro Gordo, 111., Sept. 15, 1904, Gioga Dagmar Gaston. In structor in rhetoric university of Illinois, 1901-02; secre tary to president university of Illinois, 1903-04; secretary to New York state education department Oct. i, 1907 to Oct. i, 1910; chief examinations division in same depart ment since Oct. i, 1910. Republican; Presbyterian. Mem ber Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa rociety. Masters lodge, No. 5, A.F. and A.M. National education association ; New York state historical associa tion, Hudson river schoolmasters , University and Aura- nia clubs. FRANK WHEELER MONDELL, United States Congressman at Large from Wyoming, Was born Nov. 5, 1860, in St. Louis, Mo. He is a success ful discoverer, developer, and manager of extensive coal interests at Newcastle, Wyo. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and in railway construction in various western states and territories. He was mayor of Newcastle in 1888-95. He was a member of the first state senate in 1890; and served as president of that body at the session of 1892. He was a delegate to the republican national convention at Minneapolis in 1892. In 1897 he was ap pointed assistant commissioner of the general land office. He was a member of the fifty-fourth, fifty-sixth, fifty- seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a republican. He was re-elected to the sixty- second congress from the district of Wyoming for the term of 1911-13 and resides in Newcastle, Wyo. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 365 NORRIS LINDSAY NORDEN, Was born in 1887. He received the degree of B.S. from Columbia university, 1909, M.A. in 1910, and Bachelor of Music in 1911. Studied orchestration and composition under Cornelius Rubner, professor of music, Columbia university, and Max Spicker, theorist and composer, New York city. Assistant organist, Holy Trinity church, New York city, 1902-04, special student in music, Columbia university, 1904-05, assistant organist, St. Paul s chapel, Columbia university, 1905-10, assistant organist, St. Bar tholomew s church, New York city, under Mr. Richard Henry Warren, 1904-05; also organist of the chapel and music director of the parish house, directing choirs in German, Chinese and Armenian departments, as well as English choirs. Organist and choirmaster, St. Mary s P.E. church, Brooklyn, 1906; director of St. Mary s choral society, 1907-08; instructor in music in the high school of commerce, New York city, 1909 ; also director of the orchestra of fifty pieces of the high school. At pres ent director of St. Mary s choir of forty voices. Com poser of "Four Hymns" (published by Pond and com pany, N.Y.), "Ave Verum," a capella (Luckhar and Bel- der, N.Y.), "God That Madest," "Shepherd of Tender Youth," "There s a Home for Little Children," "Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus," other numerous hymns and chants, "Thanatopsis" (a meditation of death) for so prano, tenor and bass solo, chorus and full orchestra (ac cepted for the degree of M.A. in Columbia university, in partial fulfillment), "Te Deum," "Benedictus" and "Jubilate," for soprano solo, chorus, and full orchestra (accepted for part of the requirement for the degree of Mus. Bac.), several kindergarten songs and marches, "Lord, Thou Art God," for soprano solo, chorus and or gan (published, Boston Music company), etc. Student of choral singing and boy choir efficiency. Gave combined services and recitals, with St. Ann s choir assisting, 1908- 366 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 10, in St. Mary s church, numerous choir recitals and pre sentations of religious works. WILLIAM ALONZO WILCOX, Lawyer, Was born in Olean, N.Y., July 25, 1857; son of Nathan Pendleton Wilcox and Celestine (Birge) Wilcox; and is a descendant in the ninth generation from Edward Wil cox, of Rhode Island, 1638; also from Governors Haynes and Wyllis, of Connecticut, and Dudley of Massachusetts; from Mabel Harlakenden, from Richard Warren and John Alden. He married, April 22, 1885, Katherine Jen kins, of Wyoming, Pa., and they have three children: William J., Emily and Helen. He was admitted to the bar in January, 1880, and has been in practice at Scran- eon since that date. He served in the national guard of Pennsylvania, 1880-89. Mr. Wilsox was formerly title officer of the Title Guaranty and Surety company of Scranton and is no wtrust ocer of the Scranton Trust com pany; is a director of the Lackawanna law and library as sociation; charter member of the Pennsylvania bar asso ciation; member of the American bar association. He is vice-president of the Wyoming commemorative associa tion and the New England society of Northeastern Penn sylvania, corresponding member of Wyoming historical and geological society; past master of Nicholson lodge and past high priest of Factoryville chapter of masons. He edited a volume of Pennsylvania law reports and a Wil- cox-Brown-Medbery genealogy. Mr. Wilcox is a Pres byterian in church relations and a democrat in politics. He is a member of the Scranton club. Received honorary degree of A.M. from Hamilton college in 1908. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 367 WILLIAM C. NIXON, Railway Official, Was born Feb. 15, 1858, in Earlville, 111. He was edu cated in the public schools of Illinois. In 1871 he began railway service with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway; and until 1896 was superintendent of terminals, Chicago, and in 1897-1900 was superintendent of the Chi cago division. In 1900-02 he was general superintendent, in 1902-04 was general manager and in 1904-06 was sec ond vice-president and general manager of the Gulf, Col orado and Santa Fe railway. In 1906 he became vice- president and general manager of the St. Louis and San Francisco railway. He has always been interested in the science of agriculture. THOMAS MACDONALD PATTERSON, United States Senator from Colorado, Was born Nov. 4, 1840, in Ireland. In 1874 he was ap pointed attorney for the city of Denver, Col. He was elected a delegate from Colorado to the forty-fourth con gress; and upon the admission of Colorado as a state in 1876 was elected a representative from that state to the forty-fourth and forty-fifty congresses as a democrat. N. F. REED, Treasurer State Committee of Iowa, Was born Oct. i, 1869, in Joliet, 111. He was educated in the public schools of Eldon, Iowa, He is prominently identified with the business affairs of Ottumwa, Iowa; is interested in the drug business in several cities in south ern Iowa; and identified with the Central drug company of Ottumwa. He has been chairman of the sixth district congressional committee; chairman of the city central committee; and director of the Iowa state pharmaceutical association. In 1908 he became treasurer of the state com mittee of Iowa. 368 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WALDO GRANT MORSE, Lawyer, Counsel, Was born March 13, 1859, in Rochester, N.Y. For two years he attended the university of Rochester; spent two years in travel and reading; and in 1884 was admitted to the practice of law. Since 1886 he has practiced his pro fession in New York city. He was appointed on the pali sades commission by Governor Morton and drew up the palisades national reservation bills which passed the New York and New Jersey legislatures ; and drew up a con gressional bill. He was twice president of the Morse so ciety of America; counsel and director of the Darien and western railway company; vice-president and director of the State bank of Seneca Falls, N. Y. ; and is a director of several corporations. HENRY BREWER QUINBY, Banker, State Senator, Governor, Was born June 10, 1846, in Biddeford, Maine. In 1869 he received the degree of A. B. from Bowdoin college, the degree of A. M. in 1872; the degree of M, D. in 1880; and LL. D. in 1909. He is president of the Laconia sav ings bank; was state senator in 1889-90; and in 1909-11 was governor of New Hampshire. CHARLES LEONARD ROLLINS, Astronomer and Philosopher, Was born Nov. 7, 1856, in Carlton, N. Y. In 1877-78 he was a student at Albion academy. In 1882-99 was a con " tractor and builder of Albion, N. Y. ; and in 1888 moved to Buffalo, N. Y. He built the Pierce invalids hotel and the World s dispensary of Buffalo, N. Y. Since 1902 he has been general manager of the Pixley land company; and has built two thousand houses. He is the author of Theories Regarding Light, Heat, Magnetic Forces and General Physics, which he has expounded before the In ternational progressive league at Buffalo, N. Y. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 369 ARTEMAS B. SMITH, Lawyer, Was born at Westminster, Worcester county, Mass., March 21, 1844; son of George and Eunice (Garfield) Smith; educated in public school and academy of native town; Wesleyan academy, Wilbraham, Mass., Amherst college, A.B., 1868, and law department of Columbia uni versity; married at Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 23, 1874, Mar garet Graham. Engaged in active law practice in New York city; member law firm of Smith and Bowman, since April, 1880. Democrat (independent). Member New York law institute, New York county lawyers association. Clubs: Brooklyn university, Brooklyn democratic. CHARLES R. HUDSON, Vice-President Mexican Central Railway, Was born Sept. 29, 1860. Entered railway service Nov. 1877, since which he has been consecutively to Nov. 1887, in various minor positions, such as telegraph operator, brakeman, clerk, stenographer and station agent, on sev eral railroads; Nov. 1887 to April i, 1889, general freight and passenger agent Mexico-Arizona railway and Sonora railway at Guaymas, Mex. ; April i, 1889, to Jan.i, 1890, vice-president Rio Grande and El Paso railroad and divi sion freight and passenger agent Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad at El Paso, Tex.; Jan. i, 1890, to Sept. 15, 1899, assistant general freight agent Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad at Topeka, Kan.; Sept. 15, 1899, to Jan. i, 1903, general freight and passenger agent Mexi can Central railway; Jan. i, to July 7, 1903, traffic man ager same road, July 8, 1903, to July i, 1905, president San Antonio and Aransas Pass railway; July, 1905, to Feb. i, 1909, vice-president in charge of operating depart ments Mexican Central railway. Since Feb. 1909 to date, vice-pi esident National railways of Mexico, at Mexico City. 370 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS RICHARD LOPER BAIRD, Lawyer, Was born in Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1850; son of William Merser Baird and Susan I. (Cooper) Baird. He entered the university of Pennsylvania in the classical course in 1867, but left at the close of the Freshman year to enter the Philadelphia Polytechnic institute, from which he he was graduated as C.E. in 1870; afterward entered the law department of the university of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated as LL. B. in 1875. Mr. Baird married Elizabeth Borden Hopkinson, daughter of Oli ver and Elizabeth (Swain) Hopkinson. Since 1875 Mr. Baird has been engaged in the practice of law in Philadel phia, and is now senior member of the firm of Baird and Hopkinson. He was acting deputy collector of customs of Philadelphia from January to August, 1889 In 1891 he was appointed state clerk by city treasurer William Redwood Wright and conducted the laborious investiga tions into the methods and conduct of the then mercantile appraisers of the city of Philadelphia which resulted in their arrest, indictment, their pleas of guilty and dismissal from office by the court. On May 23, 1893, Mr. Baird was appointed by President Grover Cleveland assistant appraiser of merchandise for the district of Philadelphia and on April i, 1896, was appointed by President Clev- land appraiser of merchandise for the district in place of Hon. Charles E. Ingersoll, the former appraiser who had resigned. Mr. Baird held this position until the ap pointment by President McKinley of Hon. Lynn Hart- ranft as appraiser on April 20, 1897 when Mr. Baird re sumed the practice of his profession. 371 JEFFERSON SCOTT POLK, President of the Consolidated Street Railway System of Des Moines, Iowa, Was born Feb. 18, 1831, near Georgetown, Ky. He was educated in the public schools of his native state; attended the Georgetown college of Kentucky; and in 1854 was ad mitted to the bar. In 1856 he engaged in the practice of law in Des Moines, Iowa; and soon attained prominence as one of the ablest lawyers in the state. In 1885 he re tired from the active practice of law; and devoted his time and attention to his various personal interests. His princi pal work has been in promoting the building of various railroads leading into the city of Des Moines; and in building other improvements of that city. He is largely interested in the business and public affairs of his city; has filled various positions of trust and honor ;andis now pres ident of the Consolidated railway system of the city of Des Moines, Iowa. MOSES TAYLOR PYNE, Lawyer, Trustee, Railroad President, Was born Dec. 21, 1855, in New York City. He grad uated from Princeton university and from Columbia law school. In 1880-92 he was general counsel of the Dela ware, Lackawanna and western railroad company. He is a trustee and chairman of the finance committee of Princeton university; of Lawrenceville school; and of St. Paul s school of Concord, N. H. He is president of the Cayuga and Susquehanna railroad company, vice-presi dent of the Princeton insurance company; and chairman of Princeton township, NJ. He is director of the national city bank; the farmer s loan and trust company; the con solidated gas company, and other corporations in New York City. He became public library commissioner of the state of New Jersey; and has filled numerous other positions of trust and honor. 372 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES CARROLL ALBERTSON, Clergyman, Author, Was born Feb. n, 1865, in Plainfield, Ind. ; son of Ben jamin and Martha (Bowman) Albertson; educated for the law, but later took theological course at Garret Biblical institute of Northwestern university; honorary D.D., Al legheny college, 1899; married, 1899, Florence Edith Romer at Buffalo, N.Y. Pastor Methodist Episcopal churches at Goshen, Ind., 1888-92; Jamestown, 1892-93; Buffalo, 1895-99; Philadelphia, 1899-1904; Central Pres byterian church, Rochester, N.Y., since 1904. Also lec turer and contributor to current literature, poems, essays, etc. Author: Safe Counsel and Sweet Comfort, 1891; The Gospel According to Christ, 1898; Many Voices, 1904; Death and After, 1906; College Sermons, 1910; Distinctive Ideas of Jesus, 1911. Editor: Light on the Hills, 1904; and other works. Founder and president Booklovers Guide (Philadelphia). Member Phi Delta Theta, Phi Alpha, American Philosophical society, Vic toria institute (London) National Civic federation; Au thors Council, Public Health, Americans of America, Acrhasol. section university of Pennsylvania. Clubs: Union League (Philadelphia) ; Genesee Valley, Oak Hill country (Rochester). JAMES H. REEVES, United States Army Officer, Was born in Alabama. In 1888 he was appointed from Alabama as a cadet in the United States military academy at West Point; in 1892 graduated from that institution of learning and was appointed second lieutenant in the fourth cavalry. In 1897 he was transferred to the sixth cavalry; in 1898 promoted first lieutenant in the second cavalry; in 1901 became captain in the fourteenth cav alry, SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 373 FREDERICK JAMES HALL, Business Man, Was born in New York city Nov. i, 1861 ; son of James F. Hall ((brigadier-general of engineers) and Violetta Morgan (Marsh) Hall; educated in private schools and Peekskill military academy; married Oct. i, 1903, Eliza beth Wotherspoon Miles; children: Victorine Morgan, born Sept. 28, 1904, Elizabeth Wotherspoon, born May i, 1908. Successively clerk assistant to general manager, as sistant general manager, general manager and now treas urer of the Habirshaw Wire company, successors to the India rubber and gutta percha insulating company. Usu ally republican in politics; confirmed in Episcopalian church; now Unitarian. Member A. A. A. S., National Geographical society, American institute of electrical en gineers, New York state historical society, American acad emy of political and social science, Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Society Sons of the Revolution, American eco nomic association. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Trans portation, Knollwood country. WILLIAM J. HOBBS, Railroad Vice-president, Was born Jan. 16, 1854, at Wells, York county, Me. En tered railway service December, 1872, since which he has been consecutively to 1874, clerk in auditor s office; 1874- 75, cashier in treasurer s office; 1875-83, paymaster and cashier; and 1883-84, auditor Eastern railroad; 1884-85, auditor Boston and Maine railroad; 1885-90 general audi tor; 1904-11, fourth vice-president and general auditor; no wvice-president and general auditor, same road in charge of finance and accounts; is also general auditor Vermont Valley, Sullivan county and Mt. Washington and St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain railroads; comp troller Montpelier and Wells river railroad and Barre railroad company; and auditor New York harbor and beach railroad. 374 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ROYAL RICHARDSON, Banker and Statesman of Iowa, Was born Feb. 12, 1827, in Phillipston, Mass. He was educated in the common schools, attending three months in a year. In early life he was engaged as a carpenter; and for many years has been a successful farmer. For fifty-four years he has been a resident of Pleasant, Iowa; where he has filled various positions of trust and honor, and served as acting mayor. He has been prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his com munity, but has retired from active business life on ac count of his advanced age. He is a member of the Metho dist church. He is president of the bank of Pleasanton in Iowa. He is proprietor of a large farm in Decatur county. WILLIAM AUGUSTINE GOLDEN Lawyer (Notary] , Was born June 28, 1857, at Taneytown, Md.; youngest child (3d son) of William and Mary A. Wivell) Golden: descendants of pioneer settlers of that state. Educated chiefly at Eagleton institute, Taneytown; Berkeley aca demy, Martinsburgh, W. Va. ; and Rock Hill college, Ellicott City, Md. Studied law, in Pittsburg, with State- senator Jos. M. Gazzam (latterly and now of Philadel phia,) and United States district attorney Harry H. Me Cormick; admitted in that city January 8 and in Balti more, March 16, 1880; in Westminster, Md., Nov. 14, 1882. Latter part of 1875 and most of 1876, 1883 and most of 1884, l ast f J 88<; to middle 1889 generally en gaged in journalistic, principally editorial work; mainly socio-religious. Latterly in forefront in local civic organ izations; e. g. president Uptown board of trade, the vice- president of (21) allied boards and affiliated bodies of like character, etc. Is a brother of the federal congress- , c> man 1903-11 from the eighteenth New York district. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 375 THEODORE BELZNER, Civil Engineer and City Surveyor, Was born Feb. 4, 1879, in New York city; son of Julius Christian and Elizabeth (Heim) Belzner; graduated public schools, 1893; student Cooper union scientific school, 1896-97; International correspondence school (bridge engineering course). Appointed city surveyor, City of New York, Oct. 12, 1897, by Mayor Strong; now inspector of steel and bridge inspector of maintenance, Williamsburgh bridge, department of bridges, City of New York; married in New York city, 1903, Helerj Nelson Davenport. Began engineering profession under T. G. Smith, civil engineer, architect and builder, 1893- 98; in detailing many buildings which were condemned by City of New York made personally about 300 separate reports regarding conditions of buildings; superintendent of building construction, on engineering work, private and public surveys, etc. ; topographical draftsman, city depart ment; assistant to John F. O Rourke, contracting engi neer, New York citv island bridge; engineer inspector, tunnel construction, W.Va. Short Line railroad; United States inspector dike repairing, Manasquan Inlet, N.J.; architect superintendent with Oscar Lowinson, architect and engineer; United States inspector lock and dam con struction, Warrior river, Ala.; Jan. 1901, to April, 1907, inspector of masonry and steel construction, New York rapid transit railroad commission, on large part <?f beam tunnel from City Hall to Thirty-third street, Manhattan Valley viaduct (seven-eighths of a mile long), east side viaduct (over three and one-half miles long), reinforced concrete inspection shed, West Farms, N.Y. ; west side via duct (one and one-half miles long) ; Harlem ship canal bridge at Kingsbridge, west side viaduct extension, and steel foundation Van Courtlandt park extension. April, 1907, to 1909 inspector of steel Blackwell s island bridge (No. 4) and 1909 to date bridge inspector and inspector of steel, Williamburgh bridge. Former private New York 376 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS signal corps, national guard, N.Y. Lutheran. Junior, American society of civil engineers (elected Oct. 5, 1897) and associate, May 3, 1910, also member of the Technical league. Recreation: Athletics (of all sorts). THOMAS RYAN, First Assistant Secretary United States Interior Department, Was born Nov. 25, 1837, in Oxford, N. Y. In 1862 he entered the union army; and in 1864 was mustered out as captain on account of wounds received in the battle of the Wilderness. In 1865 he settled in Topeka, Kan.; was county attorney for eight years; and assistant United States attorney for Kansas for three years. He was a member of the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty- eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses from Kansas as a republican. For four years he was United States minister to Mexico. Since 1897 he has been first assistant secretary United States department of the inter ior. CHARLES GRAY SHAW Educator, Author, Was born June 23, 1871, in Elizabeth, N.J. In 1894 he graduated from Cornell university with the degree of B.L. ; in 1897 he graduated from the New York univer sity as Ph.D.; and in 1897 received the degree of B.D. from Drew theological seminary. He was student of philosophy at Jena in Berlin. Since 1899 he has been professor of philosophy in the New York university; and is constantly engaged in the work of public lecturing. He is a member of the American philosophical associa tion; a member of the religious education association; a member of the Society of colonial wars; a member of the Sons of the revolution. He is the author of Christianity and Modern Culture; The Precinct of Religion; and The Development of Philosophy. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 377 JOHN SCHUTT, State Representative of Idaho, Was born Nov, 13, 1853, in Germany. .He came to the United States in his youth; and was educated in the pub lic schools. He settled in Idaho, and soon became a suc cessful farmer. He took great interest in the educational affairs of his adopted state; and was elected a school trustee. He is a member of the republican party; and is prominently identified with the business affairs of his city, county, and state. In 1906 he became a member of the Idaho assembly; and was re-elected in 1908. FRANK SMITH Educator, Zoologist, Scientist, Was born Feb. 18, 1857, in Winneconne, Wis. He was educated at Hillsdale college and Harvard university; and has received the degrees of Ph.B. and A.M. Since 1893 he has been instructor and later associate professor of zoology in the university of Illinois. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science; and has made special researches in zoology. CHARLES ALBERT RICHARDSON Soldier, Lawyer, Public Official, Was born Aug. 14, 1829, in Freetown, N. Y. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools, and attended Cortland academy of Homer, N. Y. He has been county treasurer and surrogate of Ontario county, N. Y. ; New York state commissioner for Gettysburg and Chattanooga monuments; and United States commissioner for Gettysburg national park. During the civil war he served in the union army as lieutenant, captain and major of the one-hundred and twenty-sixth regiment New York volunteer infantry. He is one of the foremost lawvers of the east, and has a large practice at Canandaigua, N. Y. 378 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CYRUS CLINE, United States Congressman from the Twelfth District of Indiana, Was born in Richland county, Ohio, July 12, 1856, the son of Michael and Barbara Cline; his parents moved very early to Steuben county, Ind., where he has resided ever since. He was educated in the Angola high school and Hillsdale college, Mich., graduating in the scientific course in 1876, receiving the Master s degree in 1878; was elected superintendent of schools of Steuben county in 1877, and remained in that work till 1883; in 1884 began the practice of law, continuing in the practice to this time. Mr. Cline also engaged in the banking business in con nection with several other gentlemen, who organized the First National bank of Angola in November, 1903 ; at that time Mr. Cline was elected as its president, has continued in that capacity for six years. He was elected to the sixty- first congress as a democrat and was re-elected to the sixty-second congress; and resides in Angola, Indiana. EDWARD MARTIN SHEPARD, Educator, Geologist, Author, Was born May 15, 1854, in West Winstead, Con. He was educated in Russells colegiate and military institute of New Haven, Conn.; at Williams college and at the Waynesburg college of Pennsylvania. In 1878 he was professor of natural science in Waynesburg college. Since 1879 he has been professor of biology and geology; in 1893-94 ne was acting president; and since 1903 has been dean of Drury college; in 1894-95 he was special assistant of the Missouri geological survey; and since 1903 has been field assistant of the department of hydrology in the United States geological survey. Since 1893 ne nas been a member of the board of managers ; in 1903-06 he was vice- president; and since 1906 has been secretary of the Mis souri bureau of geology and mines. He is the author of Systematic Mineral Record. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 379 ISABELLE THOMPSON SMART, Physician, Was born in New Jersey; daughter of James Fraser and Louisa (Green) Smart; of Scotch, English and Dutch an cestry, tracing descent back to the Covenanters in Scot land, of clans Campbell, Fraser and Leslie; descendants in direct line of Captain Francois Janson Bloodgood, 1635-76; chief military officer and privy councillor to the governor of New Amsterdam, 1635-76; educated in pub lic and private schools of Jersey City and Monmouth county, N.J., college preparatory, West Chester, Pa.; graduate and post-graduate diploma New York school of expression (honor student), Columbia university and Teachers college, New York university, M.D., New York medical college and hospital for women, university state of New York ( (honor student-medical jurisprudence) ; post-graduate medical study in Vienna, Zurich and Lon don, and in Yale university. Teacher of science, college preparatory school for girls; supervisor physical training, New York city, licensed supervisor evening recreation centres, New York city ; lecturer New York hospital ; lec turer on physical diagnosis, New York medical college for women; special lecturer New York normal school of physical education; medical examiner and lecturer, Yale university summer school, 1905-06; medical examiner of mentally feeble children, department of education, citv of New York; examiner in lunacy, state of New York. Has traveled in Europe for study of social problems. Presby terian; member Marble Collegiate Dutch Reformed church. Member alumnas associations New York medical college for women and New York school of expression; member American physical education association, Inter national congress on tuberculosis, society of moral and san itary prophylaxis, American academy of political and so cial science, National association for the feeble-minded (England), National educational association, American hygiene association, Epsilon Tau fraternity, American 380 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS national red cross, International congress of_school hy giene, American medical association, Medical society of the state of New York, New York county medical society, New ork academy of medicine, Women s medical so ciety, state of New York. Author of numerous scientific articles on the treatment and care of children, and of The Mysteries of Life, in four volumes. EDWARD ROBINSON SMITH, Librarian, Artist, Was born Jan. 3, 1854, in Syria. He was educated in the Phillips Andover academy; attended the technical insti tute of Worchester, Mass.; and in 1876 graduated from Amherst college as A. B. He studied sculpture and painting in Boston, Florence and Paris. He has trav eled frequently in Europe to study monuments and col lections in architecture, painting and sculpture. He has pursued his profession in New York city for several years. In 1895 he was appointed reference librarian of the Henry O. Avery architectural library at Columbia university. He is a member of the Municipal and several other art societies. FRANK MELLEN NYE, Republican, of Minneapolis, Was born in Shirley, Piscataquis county, Me., March 7, 1852; was educated in the common schools and academy ta River Falls, Wis. ; is a lawyer; was district attorney of Polk county, Wis.; a member of the Wisconsin assem bly; 1884-85; when the Hon. John C. Spooner was first elected to the United States senate he made the nominat ing speeches in the legislative caucus in his behalf; held the office of county attorney of Hennepin county 1893 to 1897, prosecuting many important cases, notably that of The State v. Harry T. Hay\vard; is married and has four children; was elected to the sixtieth and sixty-first con gresses, and reelected to the sixty-second congress. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 381 EDWARD SHERWOOD COONS, Lawyer, Was born at Charlton, Saratoga county, N.Y., Sept. 24, 1 866 ; son of William H. and Jane Elizabeth ( Sherwood) Coons; graduate Union college, C.E., 1892; married Ball- ston Spa, N.Y., Oct. 25, 1899, Maria Ball; children: Rob ert B., born 1901, Mary B., born 1902, Edward S., Jr., born 1905. Admitted to bar, 1898, and since then practic ing at Ballston Spa, N.Y. Republican; school commis sioner, first district, Saratoga county, N.Y., from Jan. i, 1906. Episcopalian. Royal Arch Mason; member Sigma Phi fraternity. Club: Utopian. CONRAD EMIL LINDBERG, Professor of Theology, Was born June 9, 1852, at Jonkoping, Sweden ; arrived in the United States in 1871 ; collegiate and gymnasium edu cation in Sweden; also graduate of Augustana college, Rock Island, 111. ; graduate of Augustana theological sem inary, graduate of Philadelphia Lutheran theological seminary. Pastor at Philadelphia, 1876-79; pastor of Gustavus Adolphus church in New York city, 1879-90; president of the New York conference of the Augustana synod, 1879-89 ; professor of theology since 1890 at Augus tana theological seminary; vice-president of Augustana college, 1901-10; vice-president of Augustana synod, 1899-1907; member of the Home and Foreign mission board of the Augustana synod since 1899. Received D.D. from Muhlenberg college, Va., 1893; decorated by the king of Sweden Knight of the Royal Order of the North Star, 1901; LL.D. from Muhlenberg college, Pa., 1910. Author of Dogmatics, 466 pages ; Syllabus in Church Pol icy and smaller books and pamphlets, contributor to maga zines, reviews, periodicals and papers. Has exercised great influence in educational work as teacher, lecturer and preacher. In national politics, republican, and other wise, independent republican, 382 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ALEXANDER G. HACKSTAFF, Railway Manager, Was born May 16, 1852, in Middletown, Conn.; son of William G. and Anna (Garr) Hackstaff ; educated at St. Paul s school, Concord, N. H.; married at Greenfield, Mass, 1879, Cornelia Tilden Allen; one daughter. Vice- president and director Illinois Central Railroad company; vice-president and director Mississippi Valley corpora tion; director Chicago, St. Louis arid New Orleans Rail road company; Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad company, Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville Railroad com pany; member St. Nicholas society, Society War of 1812. Clubs: New York yacht, Union. GEORGE W. SNYDER, Assistant Engineer Pennsylvania Railroad, Was born Jan. 9, 1866, at Pottsville, Pa. Educated at the Lehigh university. Entered railway service 1884 as rod- man Pennsylvania railroad; was subsequently assistant supervisor and supervisor Philadelphia and Erie Railroad division same road at Pennsylvania; June 10, 1897, to July i, 1900, supervisor Altoona yard Pennsylvania railroad; Jan. i, 1901, to June i, 1903, assistant engineer Mononga- hela division same road; June i, 1903, to date assistant engineer Pittsburgh division same road. Principal assist ant engineer, western Pennsylvania division, Pennsyl vania railroad company. MILTON SMITH, Chairman Colorado Democratic State Committee, Was born July 31, 1866, in Sussex county, NJ. He was educated at the high school of Ellensville, N.Y. ; and in 1887 graduated from Cornell university of Ithaca, N.Y. He is a successful lawyer, principally giving his attention to corporation, mining, irrigation and insurance law. Since 1896 he has been chairman of the Colorado demo cratic state committee. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS. 383 JOSEPH SHIPPEN, Statesman of Seattle, Washington, Was born Sept. 10, 1839, in Meadville, Pa. He was educated in the public and private schools; and at Alle gheny college of Pennsylvania; and graduated from Harvard university with the degree of A. B. and A. M. He was commissioned by the state of Pennsylvania to visit, relieve and report as to sick and wounded Pennsyl vania soldiers in the civil war. He was agent and secre tary of the United States sanitary commission for western Pennsylvania at Pittsburg. For one year he taught in a high school of Worchester, Mass. ; was master in chancery of the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Missouri. PAUL NELSON SPOFFORD, Merchant, Business President, in select schools. He has been director in banks, railroads, Was born in New York city. He received his education insurances and other companies. He was president of the Grocer s steam sugar refining company; and president of the Samama bay company. He was on the staff of Gov ernors Youngs and Hamilton Fish, as engineer-in-chief of the state of New York with the rank of brigadier-general ; and as first engineer, organized that department. He is a member of the society of colony wars, a member of the American association for the advancement of science; and a member of the New York chamber of commerce. GEORGE P. SMITH, Agriculturalist, Author, Was born Nov. 2$, 1858; and is a son of Rufus Smith. He is a prominent citizen of Sutherland, Mass.; and in IQOO was a delegate to the farmers national congress. In 1898- 1901 he was a member of the Massachusetts state board of agriculture. He is the author of An Essay on The Evo lution of Farm Machines in Massachusetts Agriculture. 384 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS FREDERICK TENCH, Contractor, Was born in Grimsby, Ont., Canada; son of William Eastwood Carruthers and Ellen (Murray) Tench; edu cated public school and grammar school, Niagara Falls, Ont.; married, Germantown, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30, 1899, Emma Harriet Roberts; children: John Roberts, born 1901, Sarah Ellen, born 1906. Has been engaged in bridge building on the Mississippi, Missouri and Snake rivers, and in Louisiana and New York city ; built New York end of Williamsburg bridge, a large part of New York sub way, ship canal bridge, etc. Vice-president The Terry and Trench company (Inc.), treasurer Terry, Tench and Proctor Tunneling Machine company. Episcopalian. Member Canadian society. Clubs: Transportation, Faculty, Church, Engineers, Long Beach, Long Island. HENRY A. WISE WOOD, Inventor, Writer, Was born Mar. i, 1866, in New York city; son of Fer nando Wood, ex-mayor of New York city, and Alice Fen- ner (Mills) Wood; educated at Media academy, Media, Pa.; married Elizabeth Ogden Brower; one daughter, Elizabeth Wood. Inventor of an automatic machine, called Autoplate, now in general use, which has revolu tionized the making of the stereotype printing plates of newspapers, theretofore made by hand, for which was granted, 1908, the Elliott Cresson gold medal by the Franklin institute, Philadelphia. Author: Fancies, poems, 1903; The Book of Symbols, 1904; Money Hun ger, 1908, and other writings. President Autoplate Com pany of America, Wood and Nathan company, .Henry A. Wise Wood company, Automatic Furnace company, and American High Speed Press company, Wood Flong com pany. Member American Geological society, Fellow A.S.A.S. and Society naval architects and marine engi neers. Clubs : New York Yacht, Aero club of America. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 385 LUCIUS C. ANDREWS, Physician, Was born March 25, 1853, in Venice Centre, Cayuga county, N.Y. ; son of William Harrison and Emeline (Harris) Andrews; educated at Moravia Union school and university of City of New York, M.D. ; married, first, at Norfolk, Ohio, March 16, 1880, Esther E. De Graff; second, at North Pitcher, N.Y., Nov. 14, 1905, Florence Blackman; one son, George L. Andrews, born July 22, 1881. Pratised medicine at Venice Centre, N.Y., 1880-87; at Pitcher, Chenango county, N.Y., since 1887. Held office of coroner of Chenango county for twelve years. Re publican. Congregationalist, Member Cortland county medical society, Chenango county medical society, Ma sonic order. PHILIP CARPENTER, Lawyer, Was born Mar. 9, 1856, in Bath, N.H. ; son of Hon. Alon- zo P. Carpenter, chief justice of New Hampshire, and Julia (Goodall) Carpenter; eduated at St. Johnsbury (Vt.) academy and Darmouth college, A.B. (class histo rian), 1877; studied law, 1877-80; married, West Win- sted, Conn., Sept. 3, 1880, Fanny Hallock Rouse. Ad mitted to New Hampshire bar, Sept. 2, 1880; practiced at Lancaster, N.H., 1880-8$, since then in New York city. Judge-advocate-general of New Hampshire, 1885-86; as sistant district attorney of New York, 1897. Republican. Member Association bar citv of New York, New York countv lawyers association, New York state bar associa tion, Society medical jurisprudence, New York law insti tute, NewHampshirehistoricalsociety, Darmouth associa tion in New York, New Hampshire society of New York, Delta Kappa Epsilon association of New York. Clubs: Union League, republican, National arts, Darmouth. 386 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN A. THOMPSON, Lawyer, Was born in Bristol, Conn., Dec. 28, 1872; son of Rev. George L. and Elizabeth (Wilson) Thompson; educated at Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., A.B., 1894, New York law school, LL.B., 1897; married in Bridge Hampton, Suffolk county, N.Y., Oct. 17, 1905, Pearl Haines; one son, John A, Jr., born Sept. 23, 1906. En gaged in law practice since 1897; member firm of Thomp son and Fuller. President University club ((Brooklyn), 1909-10. Secretary, National Bridge Works, John H. Mahnken company. Independent republican; Congre- gationalist. Member Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Rec reations: Golf, tennis. Clubs: Lawyers, University (Brooklyn), Bridge Hampton Golf, Midwood Manor. JOHN SAMMIS SEYMOUR, Patent and Trade-Mark Lawyer, Was born in Whitney s Point, N.Y. ; son of George Whit- field and Mary Freeman (Seymour) Seymour; graduate Yale college, A.M., 1875, LL.B., 1878; married, Nor- walk, Conn., Clara E., daughter of General Charles Olm- stead; children: Marion Franke (deceased), Harold Freeman Seymour (of Asheville, N.C.), Geoffrey Olm- stead (deceased), Mary. Member of law firm of Sey mour, Seymour and Megrath, practicing patent, trade mark and corporation law in New York city. Served as state senator in Connecticut in the dead-lock sessions of 1891-93 ; commissioner of insurance of Connecticut, 1893 ; United States commissioner of patents, 1893-97. Demo crat. Clubs: Lawyers ((New York city), Norwalk, Country, Pine Lodge (Con.). SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 387 ISIDOR SINGER, Publisher, Editor, Was born in Weisskirchen, Moravia, Austria, Nov. 10, 1859; educated in high schools. Ung. Hradisch, Trop- pau, and Kremsier; university of Vienna (Ph.D.) and university of Berlin. Founded and published Allgemeine Oesterreichische Literaturzeitung, Vienna, 1884-85; went as secretary and librarian to the late French Ambassador at Vienna, Count Alexandre Foucher de Careil (editor of Leibnitz s works), to Paris, 1887; became employee French foreign office, in Bureau de la Presse; founder and editor-in-chief La Vraie Parole (paper founded to coun teract Ed. Drumont s anti-Semitic La Libre Parole) ; went to Italy, 1891 ; came to New York city, 1895 to carry out his life work of The Jewish Encyclopedia ( of which he was managing editor), and whose twenfth and final volume was issued Dec. 30, 1905; originator and manag ing editor, The International insurance encyclopedia (Vol. i) 1910; of the Hebrew Classics (25 volumes) and German Classics of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (20 volumes). Has taken active part in the New York east side campaigns in favor of the Republican party, and, in 1905, in the Jerome campaign. Late president Justice Lodge 536, I.O.B.B. Publications: Berlin, Wien und der Antisemitismus, 1882; Presse und Judentheum, sec ond edition, 1882; Sollen die Juden Christen werden? (with prefatory letter by Ernest Renan) second edition, 1884; Briefe Beruhmter Christlicher Zeitgenossen uber die Judenfrage, 1884; Die Beiden Elektren-Humanist- ische Bildung and der Klassische Unterricht, 1884; Auf dem Grabe Meiner Mutter (translated into Hebrew by Dr. Solomon Fuchs), 1888; Le Prestige de la France en Europe, 1889; La Question Juive, 1893; Anarchic et An- tisemitisme, 1894; Der Juden Kampf ums Recht, 1902; Russia at the Bar of the American People, 1904; Jacob H. Schiff and the Zionist; Rabbi and Pope, 1907; The 388 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Jews and Jesus, 1908; also numerous translations of French works into German. Recreations: Extended promenades. CHARLES BARNARD, Writer, Was born Feb. 13, 1838, in Boston, Mass.; son of Rev. Charles F. and Sarah (Holmes) Barnard; practically self- educated; married May 17, 1881, Mary E., daughter of Alexander Knight (now deceased). Contributor to lead ing magazines on technical and scientific subjects; wrote many children s stories and large number of books upon many subjects. Author: The County Fair (play), Con tributing editor to the Century Dictionary upon topis and machines. Republican. Member of and was for ten years corresponding secretary American dramatists club, New York city. Maintains at his home an experiment station for testing new housekeeping methods, materials, utensils, tools and machinery. ALBERT H. F. SEEGER, Jurist f Was born hi Stuttgart, Germany; son of John and Louise (Hammer) Seeger; graduate Newburgh academy, 1875; married, Newburgh, N.Y., 1884, May E. Riker; one son, John A., born 1885. Admitted to bar, 1880; practicing since then at Newburgh. Assistant district attorney of Orange county, 1896-1904; district attorney of Orange county, 1904-07; county judge Orange county, since 1907. Practicing in the courts of New York state and United States courts. Director Columbus Trust company of Ntw- burgh. Republican. Member New York state bar asso ciation, Newburgh canoe association : Clubs : Republican (New York city) , Newburgh city, Wheelmens, Washing ton Heights. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS, 389 AUGUSTUS B. CARRINGTON, Lawyer, Was born in Delphi, N.Y., Jan. 31, 1853; son of Ira and Phebe (Stoddard) Carrington; graduate of Wesleyan university, A.B. (first honors, special honors in mathema tics), 1876, A.M., 1879; married, Williamsport, Pa., Aug. 2, 1883, Elizabeth Dart; one son, George Dart Carring ton. Principal high school, Cochituate, Mass., 1877-78; professor higher mathematics, Williamsport Dickinson seminary, 1879-80; at Columbia law school, 1880; admit ted to bar, June, 1881; has practiced law in New York city since 1883; member law firm of Carrington and Pierce. President Manhattan Mortgage company since 1901 ; also president The Estates Settlement company. Vice-president and general manager of Guaranteed mort gaging company of New York since 1909. Member West Side republican club. Member Association bar of New York city, Phi Beta Kappa society, Wesleyan Alumni as sociation of New York city, Delaware Valley society of New York city, New York historical association, Acad emy of political science in the city of New York, Presi dent, 1911, Wesleyan university, Club of New York. Rec reation: Golf. Club: Baltusrol Golf (Springfield, N.J.). In 1901 organized Manhattan Mortgage company, which commenced business with a cash capital of $2,500. The business was successful from the start, and has stead ily increased. The company now has a paid up cash capi tal of $1,000,000. In 1909 he organized the Guaranteed Mortgage company of New York, which in operation has been closely associated with the Manhattan Mortgage company, and thus far has been equally successful. Mr. Carrington has the reputation in real estate and banking circles for conservation and a strict adherance to accepted principles in matters of investment. In New York city he is considered a high authority on questions of real estate law. 390 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM SACHEUS MORGAN, Clergyman, Was born Feb. 3, 1865, in Rhymney, Wales. Both his maternal and paternal grandfathers were ministers. His mother, Sarah Webley, died in 1898. His father is still living in Wales. Upon graduation in Pontypool college, Wales, he came to this country to enter the Yale divinity school in 1889. He graduated from this institution with the degree of B.D. in 1892. He then continued his studies in the graduate department of Yale university, specializ ing in psychology and philosophy and took the degree of Ph.D. in 1895., He was lecturer in the history of philos ophy in Yale university, 1894-95; minister of the Green- port, Long Island Baptist church, 1895-98; assistant min ister of the Madison avenue Baptist church. New York city, 1898-99; minister and founder of the Unitarian church in Derby, Conn., 1899-1906; minister of the First Unitarian church, Albany, N.Y., 1907-10. At present he is professor of systematic theology in the Pacific Unitar ian school for the ministry at Berkeley, California. He entered upon his duties here in October, 1910. In religion he is a Unitarian ; in politics an independent. He has writ ten extensively upon civic and political topics. He was associate editor of the Albany Citizen. Since coming to California he has been a prominent advocate of woman suffrage, taking the platform with men like President David Starr Jordan of Stanford university. He is a writer for religious and philosophical magazines. He is asso ciate editor of the Pacific Unitarian. In 1910 Professor Horatio M. Pollock and Professor Morgan went to Eu rope to study municipalities. They took letters of intro duction from Philander Knox, secretary of state, President ArthurT.Hadley of Yale and other prominent Americans. This gave them a very unique opportunity for the study of municipal conditions. They were most cordially received by Mayor Nathan of Rome and others prominent in Euro pean municipalities. A book will appear shortly incor- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 391 porating the results of their investigations. Professor Mor gan was appointed chairman of a committee to bring out a volume bearing the title Philosophy and Life, a collec tion of philosophical essays affectionately dedicated to Professor George Trumbull Ladd, LL.D. by his pupils. The authors of these essays studied philosophy with Pro fessor Ladd in Yale university. Professor Morgan is con stantly delivering public lectures on How to Manage a City, The Social Evil, The Housing Problem, Woman Suffrage, and the Management of Municipalities, etc. OLIVER PERRY SHIRAS, Soldier, Lawyer, Jurist, Author, Was born Oct. 22, 1833, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He removed to Dubuque, Iowa, and was there admitted to the bar in 1856. He was aid-de-camp and judge advocate on the staff of General Herron in the army of the frontier dur ing 1862 and 1863; and in 1882-93 ne was United States district judge for the northern district of Iowa. He is the author of Equity Practice in Circuit court of Uniied States. GEORGE FREDERICK CLOVER, Clergyman, Superintendent St. Luke s Hospital, Was born in Mass., June 12, 1866, son of Rev. Lewis P. (D.D.) and Sarah (Ackerman) Clover; educated at Ho- bart college, 1889; married in Louisville, Ky., April 22, 1896, Laura Brand. Rector Calvary church, Homer, N.Y., 1891-92; assistant pastor and superintendent, 1892- 1900; since 1900 pastor and superintendent St. Luke s hos pital, New York city. Canon and registrar, Cathedral St. John the Divine, New York city. President Hospital Con ference of Greater New York. Member of the hospital committee of the State charities aid association. Presi dent Hospital bureau of standards and supplies. Member Kappa Alpfca society. Clubs: Century, Pilgrim. 392 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS FREDERIC E. BOOTHBY, President Maine State Board of Trade, Was born Dec. 3, 1845, at Norway, Maine. Educated at the Waterville Classical institute. Entered railway ser vice 1861, carrying mails and assistant to his father, then agent Maine Central railroad at Waterville, Maine; May i, 1864, to 1871, general ticket agent same road; April, 1871, at consolidation of Maine, Central and Port land and Kennebec railroads, to 1874, paymaster and freight auditor at Augusta, Me.; 1874 to 1911, general passenger and ticket agent Maine Central railroad; also general passenger agent Washington county railway, Som erset railway, and a director in Portland and Ogdensburg railroad; has occupied same position on Phillips and Rangely railroad and also for many years general passen ger and ticket agent of the Portland, Mt. Desert and Ma- chias Steamboat company; was for five years president Portland board of trade and for three years mayor of Portland, Me. He was chairman Maine delegation to Chi cago convention which nominated Roosevelt. President Maine State society for the protection of animals; presi dent Forest City Loan and Building association; treasurer Maine Eye and Ear infirmary. Elected president Maine state board of trade in September, 1911. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HOWELL, United States Congressman from the Third District of New Jersey, Was born January, 1844, in Cumberland county, N.J. He is president of the People s National bank of New Bruns wick. He was a member of the fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifth-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth and six tieth congresses as a republican. He was re-elected to the sixty-first congress from the third district of New Jersey for the term of 1909-11; and resides in New Brunswick. N.J. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS, 393 WILLIS KIMBALL STETSON, Librarian, Free Public Library of New Haven, Conn., Was born May 8, 1858, in Natick, Mass. In 1881 he grad uated from the Wesleyan university ; and received the de gree of A.M. from that institution. Until 1887 he was li brarian of the Wesleyan university and Russell library of Middletown, Conn.; and since 1887 has been librarian of the free public library of New Haven, Conn. JOHN BION BOGART, Surgeon, Was born in Lower Granville, Annapolis county, Nova Scotia, Sept. 19, 1859; son of Captain John Henry and Caroline Elizabeth (Croscup) Bogart; educated at Hor- ton academy and Acadia university, Wolfville, N.S., Pro vincial normal school, Fredericton, N.B.; principal King s St. public school, St. Stephen, N.B., 1879-81; graduate of medical department New York university, 1884; interne New Haven (Conn.) hospital, 14 months, receiving hospital diploma, 1885; married, Montreal, 1889, Maud Lewis (died Jan. 13, 1905). Praticing medi cine in Brooklyn since May, 1885. Surgeon to out-patient department, 1885-88, assistant demonstrator of anatomy, 1886-91, Long Island college hospital; assistant surgeon, 1887-92, surgeon from 1892, Methodist Episcopal hospi tal; attending surgeon Kings county hospital from 1896; attending surgeon Jewish hospital, Brooklyn, 1906-08; consulting surgeon Bushwick hospital, since 1890, and Home for consumptives since 1906. Contributor of sur gical papers to proceedings of medical societies. Member Medical society county of Kings, Associated physicians of Long Island, Medical society of New York, American medical association, Brooklyn surgical society (ex-pres.), Holland society of New York and Canadian society. Clubs: University and Hamilton (Brooklyn), Masti- gouche fish and game (Quebec, Can.). 394 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE EDWIN TAYLOR, Was born Aug. 4, 1857, in Little Rock, Ark. Became an orphan at age of four years. Reared on a farm in La Crosse county, Wis. Educated at Wayland academy, Beaver Dam, Wis., after reaching maturity. Embarked in the newspaper business upon leaving school, attaining notable success as a forceful, brilliant, fearless writer. Lo cated in Iowa, in the year 1891, where he still resides (Ot- tumwa), devoting the most of his time during the past twenty years to writing and lecturing. He is an acknowl edged leader of his race and in 1894 was a candidate for president of the United States, heading the National Lib erty ticket. His lecture on Backward Steps has made him famous and is pronounced the ablest discussion of the race problem since the days of Frederick Douglas. Dur ing the present year he has organized and promoted the Magnolia Remedy company of St. Augustine, Fla., and is secretary and manager. Mr. Taylor is now writing a book entitled Remove the Mask. CHARLES HERBERT ALLEN, Merchant, State Senator, Congressman, Governor, Was born April 15, 1848, in Lowell, Mass. He held several local offices in Lowell; was a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature in 1881 and 1882; and was a state senator in 1883. In 1885-89 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses. In 1891 he was republican candidate for governor; and in 1898 became assistant-secretary of the navy. In 1 900-04 he was governor of Porto Rico. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 395 WILLIAM H. DRAPER, United States Congressman from the Twenty-second District of New York, Was born June 24, 1841, in Worcester county, Mass. He moved to Troy in 1847 and has resided there ever since; attended the public schools until 1856 and then entered upon a mercantile career. He is now engaged in manu facturing cordage and twine under the firm name of Will iam H. Draper and Son. For four years he served as trus tee of the village of Lansingburg; and in 1896-1900 was commissioner of jurors for Rensselaer county. He was a member of the fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, six tieth and sixty-first congresses from New York as a repub lican. He was re-elected to the sixty-second congress from the twenty-second district of New York for the term of 1911-13 and resides in Troy, N.Y. GEORGE W. KOONTZ. Representative from Johnson County, Was born March 20, 1845, in Washington county, Penn. He came to Iowa City, Johnson county, Iowa, in 1855; and was educated in the common and high schools of Iowa City, Iowa. Is married and has two children, a son and daughter. Was elected clerk of courts of John son county in 1874, re-elected in 1876-1878. Was elect ed county auditor in 1883 and served two terms in that office. In 1884 was admitted to the bar and was elected to fill vacancy as representative in the twenty-seventh general assembly and has served continuously as a mem ber in the lower house of the general assembly, to and including the thirty-fourth general assembly. Has been identified since 1888 with the banking interests of the state, and has been for some years past president of the Citizens savings and trust bank at Iowa City, Iowa. A democrat in politics and at the present time is mayor of Iowa City, Iowa. 3% SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS LUCIAN RICHMOND BLACKMER, President Blackmer and Post Pipe Company, Was born Mar. 6, 1848, in Barnard, Windsor county, Vt. ; ^on of Lucian and Elvira J. (Richmond) Blackmer; com mon school education; married, St. Louis, Jan. i, 1879, Caroline L. Jones; children, Lucian G., Albert E., Kath- erine (Mrs. C. H. Miller), Edward L., Percy R., Gladys (Mrs. V. E. Taylor). Began business career as clerk in country store at Barnard, Vt., for three years; came to St. Louis in the early part of 1867; accepted position with St. Louis Stoneware company, first as bookkeeper, later as secretary and treasurer, until fall of 1877; sales agent for sewer pipe manufactury of East Alton, 111., 1877-78. In 1878, with L. W. Post, began business in St. Louis under firm name of Blackmer and Post, which continued until July 5, 1892, when the business was incorporated as the Blackmer and Post Pipe company, manufacturers of sew er pipes and kindred products, of which he is president. Also director of Webster Groves Trust company. Repub lican. Protestant. Member Legion of Honor. Favorite recreation: fishing. Clubs: Mercantile, Algonquin, Maine fishing and hunting. GEORGE WASHINGTON TAYLOR, United States Congressman from Alabama, Was born Jan. 16, 1849, in Montgomery county, Ala. He enlisted as a private in company D, first regiment South Carolina cavalry, and served as a courier till the end of the war. He was elected to the lower house of the general assembly of Alabama in 1878; and served one term as a member from Choctaw county. In 1880 he was elected state solicitor for the first judicial circuit of Alabama, and was re-elected in 1886. He was a member of the fifty- fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth congresses as a democrat. He was re-elected to the fifty-ninth con gress from the first district of Alabama for the term of 1905-07. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 397 EDWARD ALLYN WEBB, President Webb Publishing Company, Was born Mar. 5, 1852, in Dindegul, East India, son of Edward and Nancy Allyn (Foote) Webb; educated in the public schools of Philadelphia and in Pittsfield, Mass., high school; married at St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4, 1882, to Luella Simmons. Spent seven years with The Argus (newspaper), Fargo, N.D., at which place The Farmer (of which he is now publisher) was started. Came to Minnesota, May 1890; incorporated, 1901, the Webb publishing company, St Paul, book and periodical pub lishers, publishing The Farmer, The Farmer s Wife, also agricultural books; also conducts a model farm of 400 acres near St. Paul, where pure bred cattle, sheep and swine are bred. Presbyterian. Clubs: Minnesota and Commercial. GALUSHA BURCHARD BALCH, Physician, His ancestor, John Balch, came to America in 1623 ; land ed at Cape Ann ; was one of a company to carry on a fish ery; in 1626, he with a small company removed to Naum- keag, now the city of Salem, Mass. He received a grant of land of two hundred acres from the English govern ment, which he located in the present city of Beverly, Mass., and built thereon a house in 1639, which is now standing and occupied as a dwelling. His great grand father was Ebenezer Balch of Wethersfield, Conn., who had nine children. The average ages of which, with himself (ten in all), was over 84 years, a greater longev ity in any one family than has yet been found. His grand father, Ebenezer Balch, and grandmother, Sarah (Bur- chard) Balch were each 84 years of age at death; they moved to Plattsburgh, N.Y., in 1804. Ebenezer was en gaged in the lumber trade and farming. His father, Al- vah Burchard Balch, and mother, Mary (McArthur) Balch, lived upon the farm bought by his father. 398 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN MELLEN THURSTON, Lawyer, State Legislator, United States Senator, WasbornAug.2i,i847, in Montpelier,Vt. He was elected a member of the Omaha city council in 1872 ; city attorney of Omaha in 1874, and a member of the Nebraska legis lature in 1875. He was president of the republican league of the United States in 1889 to 1891. In 1877 he became assistant attorney of the Union Pacific railway company, and in 1888 was appointed general solicitor of the Union Pacific system, and held that position at the time of his election to the senate. In 1895 he was tendered in writing the unanimous vote of the entire republican membership in the legislature, and was elected for the term com mencing March 4, 1895. His term of office expired March 3, 1901. He was permanent chairman of the republican national convention of 1896 which nominated President McKinley. He is a constant contributor to current pub lications; and an able orator. BENJAMIN ROBINSON SCHENCK, Surgeon, Was born Aug. 19, 1872, in Syracuse, N.Y. ; son of Adrian A. and Harriet (Robinson) Schenck; educated in Syracuse high school; Williams (Mass.) college, de gree of A.B., 1894; Johns Hopkins university, degree of M.D., 1898. Married at Niagara-on-The-Lake, Can., Aug. 17, 1904, Jessie Jean McCallum. Resident house surgeon Johns Hopkins hospital, 1898-1902, resident gynecologist, same, 1900-03, instructor in gynecology, Johns Hopkins university, 1901-03. Has practiced in Detroit since 1903. Junior attending Gynecologist to Harper hospital; consulting obstetrician to the Women s hospital. Member Michigan state medical society, Wayne county medical society, Detroit academy of medi cine, American medical association, American gynecolo gical society. Member Zeta Psi. Clubs: University, Detroit Boat. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 399 PHILLIP AUGUST BECKER, Secretary The George F. Dittman Boot and Shoe Co., Was born Aug. 25, 1872, in Gros-Gerau, Germany; son of John Philip and Anna (Camman) Becker; educated in Washington university, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov. 14, 1900, Adele Dittman; children, John William, Virginia D. Began business career as boy with John P. Becker dry goods house, East St. Louis, 1887, and re mained in employ of that house until 1897, then in busi ness under firm name of Becker & Aal until 1900, when he bought stock in the George F. Dittmann Boot and Shoe company, manufacturers and jobbers of boots and shoes, of which later he became a director and is now secretary and treasurer of the company. Unitarian. Clubs: Union literary, Apollo, Business men s league. At present presi dent of St. Louis sales managers association. LIVINGSTON C. LORD, President of the Eastern Illinois State Normal University, Was born Aug. 27, 1851, in Killingsworth, Conn. He was educated in the public schools of his native state; and at the state normal school of New Britain, Conn. He has attained success in educational work. He has been city superintendent of schools at St. Peter, Minn.; president of the state normal school at Morehead, Minn.; and filled various positions of trust and honor. Since 1899 ne nas Deen president of the eastern Illinois state normal university at Charleston, 111. JOHN GEORGE SPENZER, Physician, Chemist, Author, Was born Sept. 6, 1864, in Cleveland, Ohio. Since 1896 he has been professor of general and medical chemistry and pharmacology at the Cleveland college of physicians and surgeons. He is the author of The Principles of Phar macology, with Practical Exercises. 400 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM C. HAYWARD, Secretary of the State of Iowa, Was born Nov. 22, 1847, in Chattaragus county, New York, of American parents with English and Scotch- Irish ancestry. He moved with his father s family to Dakota county, Minnesota, in the spring of 1861 ; moved to Hancock county, Iowa, in 1864; thence to Winnebago county in 1867. He worked on a farm, attended district school, clerked in a store, taught two or three terms of school, and at the age of twenty-one entered the first class at the opening of the State college of agriculture and mechanic arts at Ames, remaining in college until the middle of his junior year. He then returned to Winne bago county, was elected county surveyor, and became half owner of the Winnebago Press (now Summit). In 1873 he sold out to his partner and moved to Garner, Hancock county, where he bought The Hancock Signal and was appointed postmaster, which position he held for about eleven years, when he sold his newspaper and resigned as postmaster. Soon after he helped to organize and became cashier of the City bank of Garner, after wards merged with the Hancock county bank into the First national. Mr. Hayward helped organize and was one of the officers of the company that built the so-called "Slippery Elm" railway from below Eldora, via that city and Iowa Falls to Alden. He became associated with William Finch, under the firm name of Finch and Hayward, in the grain, coal and stock business, operat ing a line of twenty-five stations in Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota. The firm moved headquarters from Garner to Davenport, Scott county, in 1866, and Mr. Hayward became a resident of Davenport at that time and has made his home there ever since. He helped to organize the Union savings bank of Davenport and was its president for some years. He also served as president of the Davenport national bank. He was a member of the Davenport school board for nine years. He was SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 401 elected to the state senate in 1897 and re-elected in 1901, serving during the twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, twenty- ninth, thirtieth and thirty-first general assemblies. He was elected secretary of state in 1906, re-elected in 1908 and again re-elected in 1910. He has always been a republican. BENJAMIN H. THROOP, Physician, Surgeon, Was born Nov. 9, 1811, in Oxford, N.Y. He was edu cated in the Oxford academy; and at the Fairfield medi cal college. In 1832 he began the practice of medicine at Honesdale, Pa. For one year he practiced in Oswego, N.Y. ; and then moved to New York city, practicing there until 1840; when he moved to Scranton, Pa. He was a dealer in coal lands; and assisted in organizing several mining companies. In 1854 he obtained a char ter from the state legislature for a gas and water com pany; and also for the Lackawanna hospital. He was extensively engaged in real estate operations and in the lumbering business. In 1877 he became president of the Scranton city bank. He served as surgeon in the civil war; and established a field hospital. He presented a medical library to the Lackawanna medical society. E. PERRY THOMAS, State Senator of Alabama, Was born Aug. 26, 1872, in Henry county, Ala. He was educated in private school, attended the Southeast Ala bama agricultural school at Abbeville, and graduated from the state university at Tuscaloosa, Ala. He is a suc cessful lawyer; is identified with the democratic party; and for two terms was mayor of Clayton, Ala, Since 1902 he has been a member of the Alabama state senate; served his second term of 1906-10; and resides in Eufaula, Ala. 402 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS FRANK TILFORD, Merchant, Banker, Was born July 22, 1852, in New York city. In 1876 he joined the real estate exchange, and, from that time to the present, has been an extensive operator in real estate, both in Harlem and on the west side above Fifty-ninth street. In 1885 he was elected a trustee of the North River savings bank. During the same year Park and Tilford opened a branch store at Fifty-ninth street and Fifth avenue, and Mr. Tilford was placed in charge of this establishment. Even this additional increase of labor was not sufficient to employ all of his active energies; and in 1889, together with George G. Haven, he organ ized the bank of New Amsterdam, of which Thomas C. Acton is president. Mr. Tilford has been vice-presi dent of the bank from the day it opened. KARL J. JOHNSON, Representative from Mitchell County, Was born June 6, 1870 at Osage, of Norwegian-Amer ican parentage, where he has since resided. Completed the course in the Osage public schools in 1887, the Cedar Valley seminary in 1893 and graduated from the law department of the university of Iowa with the class of 1900. Has been associated with the Farmers national bank, of which he is the present cashier, since its organi zation in 1893. Previous to that time was agent of Amer ican express company at Osage. Is married and has two children. Has never held public office previous to this time in politics. Elected representative in 1908. A re publican in politics. MINNIE PRIEST DUNTON, Librarian of the State Library of Idaho, Since May i, 1907, she has been state librarian for the state of Idaho. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 403 EDWARD PRATT TULLER. Clergyman, Missionarv, Was born April 16, 1859, in Hartford, Conn. He has received the degress of A.B. and A.M. from Brown university; received the honorary degree of D.D. from Kalamazoo college and in 1887 graduated from the New ton theological institution. In 1886 he was ordained to the baptist ministry; and has filled pastorates in Provi dence and Newport, R.I.; in the second baptist church of Lawrence, Mass.; in the first baptist church of Detroit, Mich.; and the Memorial baptist church of Chicago, 111. Since 1906 he has been pastor of the Brighton ave nue baptist church of Brighton, Mass. In 1901-06 he was secretary of the board and since 1888 has been a mem ber of the board of managers of the baptist missionary union. In 1902-05 he was a trustee of the Kalamazoo college. ALBERT M. HENRY, Lawyer, Was born Sept. 20, 1845, m Grand Rapids Mich., son of William G. and Huldana (Squier) Henry; educated in Grand Rapids public schools and university of Michigan, graduating, degree of B.S. and. M.S., 1867; married at Detroit, Jan. 23, 1875 Frances M. Burns. Admitted to bar at Omaha, Neb., practicing there, 1869-75; came to Detroit, 1875, and has since continued in practice of law; one of the organizers and first president Dime savings bank; member State Board of Pardons under Gov. Alger. Formerly member city council, Detroit, and member board of Estimates, Psi Upsilon (university of Mich igan), Sons of American Revolution, Detroit Board of Commerce (chairman education committee). Mason (32) ; member Ashler Lodge, F. and A. M., Michigan Sovereign Consistory, Moslem Temple, A. A. N. M.S. Clubs: Detroit (charter member), Country. 404 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILBUR GLENN VOLLVA, Clergyman, Overseer, Was born March 10, 1870, in Newton, Ind. In 1891 he graduated from the Union Christian college of Meron, Ind.; and received the degree of D.D. In 1889 he was ordained to the ministry of the Christian church and in 1889-93 filled pastorates in Linden, Ind., and Urbana, 111. In 1893-94 ne studied theology in Stanfordville, N.Y. and in 1897 graduated from Hiram college as B.A. In 893-04 he supplied a pulpit in the Chestnut street Chris tian church of Albany, N.Y. ; and in 1897-99 was pastor of the Christian church of Washington court house, Ohio. In 1889 he became a member of the Christian Catholic church; in 1899 was ordained elder and later became elder in charge of tabernacles in Chicago and Cincinnati. In 1901-06 he was overseer of the Christian "Ti-holic church in Australia; in 1906-07 was assistant of John Alexander Dowie; when he became general over seer of the Christian Catholic apostolic church in Zion throughout the world. H. E. WADSWORTH, Superintendent and Special Disbursing Agent United States Indian Service, Was born April q, 1865, in Auburn, 111. He was edu cated in the public schools of his native state; and is by profession an accountant. He is a member of the repub lican party; is a member of the Masons, Sons of the American revolution and various other fraternal and patriotic orders. In 1889-1900 he was chief clerk in the Shoshone agency in Wyoming; and in 1900-03 was clerk for the United States senate committee on claims under chairman Senator Warren, of Wyoming; since 1903 he has been superintendent and special disbursing agent in the United States Indian service, department of the interior; is superintendent of the Shoshone indus trial school. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 405 JAMES WpLCOTT WADSWORTH, Legislator, Congressman, Was born Oct. 12, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was brevetted major for gallantry at the battle of Five Forks. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1878-79, and was comptroller of the state in 1879-81. He was a member from New York to the forty-seventh congress to fill a vacancy, and was a member of the forty-eighth, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth congresses as a republican. He was re-elected to the fifty-ninth congress from the thirty-fourth district of New York for the term of 1905-07. WILLIAM G. WORMLEY, Railroad Superintendent, Was born Sept. 30, 1862, in Marshall, Mich., son of S. P. and Maryett (Fargo) Wormley; educated in public >ols of Marshall, Mich.; married at Chicago, 1893, Miss Stella Hahn. Began active career as clerk for Am erican Express company, at Grand Rapids, Mich., 1880; was route agent Michigan division, and later assistant superintendent same division; removed to Detroit, 1900, and since 1902 has been superintendent Michigan divi sion. (Club) Dalmit golf club. Office: Elks Temple building. ALPHONSO CALHOUN AVERY, Soldier, Lawyer, Jurist, Was born September 11, 1837, in Morgantown, N.C. He entered the army in 1861, and was commissioned first lieutenant; in 1862 was elected captain; and the same year was appointed major and assistant adjutant general. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of law. In 1866-67 ne was a representative in the North Caro lina state legislature. In 1878-88 he was judge of the superior court; and in 1888-97 was justice of the state supreme court of North Carolina. He now practices law in Morgantown, N.C. 406 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JEROME ANTHONY WATROUS, United States Army Officer, Was born in Conklin, Brown county, N.Y. He was edu cated in the common schools; and for one term was a student at Lawrence college of Appleton, Wis. In 1861 he enlisted as a private soldier in the sixth Wisconsin infantry; was made ordnance sergeant of a brigade and later made ordnance sergeant of a division. He then became sergeant-major of his regiment; and was soon made a first lieutenant and adjutant, going from that position to adjutant-general of the Iron brigade of the West. He served four years and won a captaincy, and in 1865 was honorably mustered out. He has served as a colonel and brigadier-general in the National guard. He has been county superintendent of schools; a member of the Wisconsin state legislature; and collector of cus toms at Milwaukee, Wis. In 1898 he returned to the service of the United States as major and paymaster, and in 1904 was retired as lieutenant-colonel. He has been engaged as an editor and publisher; is still writing for the press. PETER D. WANNER, Lawyer, Business President, Was born Dec. i, 1840, in Kutztown, Pa. In 1857-58 he taught school; and in 1859 he entered Union seminary of New Berlin, Pa.; and in 1860 became a student and teacher in Fairview seminary of Kutztown; and in 1862 entered Franklin and Marshall colleges of Lancaster, and graduated in 1865. Since then he has practiced law in Reading, Pa.; in 1871 was elected district attorney for Berks county; and after the expiration of his term he became county solicitor. In 1878 he was a candidate for congress as a democrat. For many wears he was a president for several iron and quite a few water com panies; but since 1902 has devoted himself entirely to law practice. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 407 JOSEPH PARSHALL GOODRICH, Insurance, Loans and Real Estate, Was born June 26, 1864, in Blissfield, Mich., son of Nelson Lyman and Clarissa Cornelia (Parshall) Good rich; graduate West Blissfield (Mich.) high school, 1881; married at Detroit, Nov. 7, 1889, Viella Tuttle. Entered insurance business, December, 1881, with late brother, John C. Goodrich ; was with Goodrich Bros., 1884-1901; founded Goodrich insurance agency, Jan. i, 1901, of which has since continued the head. Republi can. Baptist. Member Detroit Board of Commerce. Member Palestine lodge No. 357, F. and A. M., King Cyrus chapter No. 133, R. A. M., Monroe council No. i, R. and S. M., Michigan sovereign consistory (32), Moslem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., all of Detroit. Recreation: Traveling CARL ERNEST SCHMIDT, Tanner, Was born Dec. 31, 1856, in Detroit, son of Traugott and Wilhelmina (Beck) Schmidt; educated in German- American seminary, Detroit, until 14, and in public schools of Germany until 19, married at Detroit, Nov. 4, 1880, Alice M. Candler. Learned the tannery bus iness with his father, with whom he was associated until his death, 1897; now member Carl E. Schmidt and com pany, tanners (organized, 1897). Also president Gabriel concrete steel company. Member Detroit police board, 1892-94, State Board of Arbitration and Mediation, 1897-98. Appointed member Board of Forest Inquiry, 1907 (purpose of the board is to investigate forestry conditions in Michigan and to report to the legislature). Republican. Mason (32), Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Detroit, Fellowcraft, Harmonic society. Recrea tions: Outdoor diversions. 408 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN PARRAN BRISCOE, . .Judge Court of Appeals of Maryland, Was born Aug 24, 1853, in Lower Marlboro, Calvert county, Md. He was educated at Charlotte hall aca demy; and at St. John s college at Annapolis, Md. In 1879-90 he was states attorney for Calvert county, Md. ; in 1905-06 president of the Maryland state bar associa tion; and chairman of the local council for Maryland of the American bar association. He has been president of the Mutual Fire insurance company of Calvert county; secretary and treasurer of vestry of St. Paul s perish of Calvert county; a member of the Maryland state library committee; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. Since 1891 he has been judge of the Maryland state court of appeals and chief judge of the seventh ju dicial circuit of Maryland. JOSEPH RALPH HARKER, Educator, Clergyman, College President, Was born June 30, 1853, in Durham, England. In 1888 he graduated with the degree of A.B. from Illinois col lege; and subsequently received the degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. from that institution of learning. In 1863-71 he worked in the coal mines of Durham, England; and in 1871-74 worked as a coal miner in Du Quoin, 111. In 1874-76 he was principal of schools at De Sota, 111.; in 1876-77 was principal of the grammar school of Beards- town, 111.; in 1877-81 was superintendent of schools at Medosia, 111.; then in 1881-84 was superintendent of schools at Waverly, 111.; and in 1884-93 was principal of Whipple academy at Jacksonville, 111. In 1889-93 he? was professor of pedagogy in the Illinois college; and since 1893 has been president of the Illinois woman s college of Jacksonville, 111. In 1891 he was ordained to the ministry of the methodist episcopal church. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 409 LEVI F. EATON, President Peninsular Engraving Company Was born Sept. 20, 1851, in Windsor, Vt., son of Hezekiah C. and Elizabeth (Damon) Eaton; educated in the public and private schools; married at Pomfret, Conn., Aug. 23, 1882, Susan Medbury. Began active career as bookkeeper in provision house of Meriden, Conn., 1867, later engaged in provision business for him self; entered engraving business at Meriden, 1883, under title of the Illustrating engraving company, later be coming Eaton and Peck company, sold out interest to Meriden gravure company and came to Detroit, 1891, as foreman of engraving department of Winn and Ham mond; organized the Peninsular engraving company^ 1895, of which has been the head since time of organi zation. Independent republican. Baptist. President Employing Photo Engravers association, term expired Sept. 22, now on executive board; member Detroit Board of Commerce, Employers association of Detroit. Mason (32), Shriner Club: Detroit motor boat. Recreation: Motor boating. WILLIAM M. HARVEY Physician, Was born Oct. 8, 1863, in Romeo, Mich., son of James and Hattie (Penoyer) Harvey; graduate Romeo high school, 1882; Detroit college of medicine, M.D., 1887; post-graduate course, Berlin, Germany, 1900; married, Ohio, Oct., 1891, Miss Alice Fox. Began practice in Detroit, 1887; since taking course at Berlin has made specialty of diseases of the stomach and intestines. City physician of Detroit for eight years, and for twelve years on medical staff of Michigan national guard, with rank of major. Member American medical association, Wayne county medical society, Mason. Clubs: De troit, Detroit Boat, Fellowcraft, Recreations: Fishing and all athletic sports. 410 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS D. H. YOUNG, Physician to the Missouri School for Deaf, Was born July 3, 1857, in Columbia, Mo. He was edu cated in the public schools, at Kemper s family school, at the Missouri university, at the Missouri medical col lege, and at the Bellevue hospital medical college. He soon attained success as a practicing physician and sur geon; is a member of the American medical association; is a member of the Missouri medical association; and a member of the Callaway county medical society. He has been president of the board of managers of the Mis souri state hospital for the insane; in 1883-91 was assis tant physician to that institution; in 1892-96 was pres ident of the board of that institution; and has filled numerous positions of trust and honor. He is now serv ing his fourth term of 1910-11 as physician to the Mis souri school for the deaf. JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG, Physician, Superintendent Battle Creek Sanitarium Since 1876, Was born Feb. 26, 1852, in Tyrone, Mich; son of John Preston and Ann Janette Kellogg; educated in Michigan state normal school; graduated Bellevue hospital medical college, 1875; studied in Europe, 1883 and 1889; married, Feb. 22, 1879, Ella E. Eaton, Alfred Center, N.Y. Has practiced at Battle Creek, Mich., since 1875. President American medical missionary college; president Haskell orphans home since 1891; president James White mem orial home for aged peiple since 1891. Inventor of im proved apparatus and instruments for medical and surgi cal purposes. Author: Text Book and Charts on Physiol ogy for Use of Schools ; Home Handbook of Hygiene and Rational Medicine; Man the Masterpiece; Art of Mas sage; Rational Hydrotherapy; The Stomach; also many technical. papers and articles. Editor Good Health; Mod ern Medicine. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 411 HENRY REMSEN WHITEHOUSE, Diplomat, Author, Was born Aug. 17, 1857, in Brooklyn, N.Y. ; son of James Henry and Mary (Schenek) Whitehouse; educated in Germany, Switzerland; married, Trinity church, Boston, June i, 1892, Margaret McBurney; one child: Beatrix, born Ouehy, Switzerland, July 9, 1893. Studied painting in studio of Gerome, Paris; afterward entered United States diplomatic service; served as secretary of legation 14 years; consul gen., Guatemala; author of The Sacrifice of a Theme, received from King Humbert I of Italy, or der of Commendatore dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro. Sec retary of Pan-American conference at Washington; dele gate of China to Second Peace conference at the Hague; commander Order of Double Dragon. Author: The Collapse of the Kingdom of Naples;. A Revolutionary Princess (in press) ; Christian Belgiojoso-Trivulzio, Life and Times, 1808-71 (Fisher Unwin and company, Lon don) ; Life of Lamartine (in press) contributor to press. Board of editors of "Bibliotheque Universelle," a Swiss monthly review founded in 1796. Associate member of Academis de Macon, France. Recreation: Golfing. ALFRED J. SKIFFINGTON, Was born Sept. u, 1869, in Kingston, Ont., son of James A. and Annie G. (Dowler) Skiffington; educated in Detroit public schools and Detroit business university; married at Detroit, 1895, Miss Marie L. Walker. Came to Detroit with parents, 1871; began active career as clerk in office of the old Detroit steel and spring works, continuing for two and one-half years; then became con nected with the Fulton iron and engine works, the title of which was changed to National-Fulton brass manufac turing company in 1902; has been secretary and treasurer of the company since 1904. Catholic. Recreations: Outdoor sports. 412 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN GEORGE BOHMER, President of Jones Commercial College of St. Louis, Missouri, Was born Nov. 9, 1848, in Rich Fountain, Mo. He received his education in the parish and public schools, from private tutors, and at the Jones commercial college. He is one of the most prominent educators of the west; has rilled the chairs of penmanship, bookkeeping, com mercial law and English; and is now the principal of the Jones commercial college of St. Louis, Mo., which was established in 1841 by Professor Jonathan Jones. This college is the only institution in St. Louis that teaches bookkeeping and actual business practice; and their system is protected both by patents and copyright. Professor Bohmer has made this college the leading in stitution of its kind west of the Mississippi. RUDOLPH HERING, Engineer, Author, Was born Feb. 26, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa. He re ceived a thorough education and in 1867 graduated from the Dresden polytechnic institute of Germany. In 1872 he was engaged as astronomer of the Yellowstone national park; and in 1873-80 was assistant city engineer of Phila delphia, Pa. Since 1880 he has been engaged in private practice; and is an authority upon sewerage, water sup ply and refuse disposal. He has been consulting engi neer for the water supply or sewerage works of Phila delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Buffalo, Cleveland, At lanta, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Honolulu. He was a member of the engineering com mittee for an additional water supply for New York city. He is a fellow of the American association for the ad vancement of science. He is the author of many published reports on sewerage and water supply of cities. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 413 CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN NICHOLLS, Real Estate and Financial Agent, Was born Jan. 4, 1855, in Camden, N.J. ; son of Ebenezer and Rebecca Young (Anderson) Nicholls; educated in Quaker school, Camden, N.J., public school and high school, Philadelphia; married, St. Louis, June i, 1881, Julia Cleaveland Chamberlain; children, Julie C., Charles C., Jr. When 14 years old entered employ of Lee and Walker, music publishers, Philadelphia, and re mained with them 5 years; came to St. Louis when 19 years old and was one year with Mullanphy Planing Mill company; in 1875, entered employ of Beard and Brothers, dealers in cotton ties and safes, and two years later, when business was incorporated as Beard and Brother Safe and Lock company was made secretary and remained with them until 1881;, when Mr. Beard died; wound up the business and administered Mr. Beard s estate, amounting to about $250,000. Started in real estate business, 1885, and in 1892 sold a half interest to E. P. V. Ritter, organ izing the Nicholls-Ritter Realty and Financial company, which company sold out its business to Nicholls, Ritter, Goodnow Realty company, increasing capital to $300,000, and of both companies Mr. Nicholls has been and is now president. The company also has an office in Flat Iron building, New York. Director Citizens Insurance com pany and vice-president Industrial Trust company. Mem ber Business Men s league and Merchants exchange. Re publican in national and state affairs. Elder in Grand avenue Presbyterian church; member Young Men s Christian association. Clubs: City, Mercantile. EDMUND FELLOWS JENKINS, Soldier, Philanthropist, Founder, Was born July 28, 1844, in Weedsport, N.Y. He served in the civil war; and was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. In 1875 he became secretary and superintend ent of the New York society for the prevention of cruelty 414 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS to children, which position he still occupies. He is a rec ognized authority on humane matters throughout the world; has visited Europe several times; and aided in or ganizing such societies of England, France, Germany and Italy. WILLIAM ALEXANDER CALDERHEAD, United States Congressman from the Fifth District of Kansas, Was born in Perry county, Ohio, Sept. 26^ 1844; received his education in the common schools and from his father, Rev. E. B. Calderhead, a minister of the United Presby terian church; spent the winter of 1861-62 in the prepara tory department of Franklin college, New Athens, Ohio; enlisted in August, 1862, as a private in Company H, one- hundred and twenty-sixth Ohio infantry; was transferred to Company D, ninth veteran reserves, for disability in curred in the service, and discharged June 27, 1865 ; spent two years recovering health, then one session at school ; went to Kansas in the fall of 1868 and engaged in farming; in 1872 settled on a homestead near Newton, Harvey county, Kans. ; taught school one year in Newton ; read law and was admitted in 1875; went to Atchison, Kans., during that year and spent four years there reading law and teaching country schools during the winters; settled in Marysville in November, 1879, and engaged in the gen eral practice of law; was elected county attorney in the fall of 1888 and served two years; was for several years clerk of the board of education of the city; was elected to the fifty-fourth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty- ninth and sixtieth congresses, and re-elected to the sixty- first congress as a republican. He served 10 years on the committee on banking and currency, and four years on ways and means committee and was a member of the con ference committee on the Payne tariff bill. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 415 WILLIAM D. WASHBURN, Jr. State Representative of Minnesota, Was born April 3, 1863, in St. Paul, Minn. He received a thorough education; and in 1888 graduated from Yale university. In 1900-01 he was associate-editor of the Minneapolis Tribune; and now devotes his time to the lands and investments business in Minneapolis. Minn. In 1900-02 he was a representative in the Minnesota state legislature; and was again a representative in the Minnesota state legislature for the term of 1905-07. JOHN C. HORN, Educator, Lawyer, Clergyman, Missionary, Lecturer, Was born Sept 22, 1849, in Butler county, Ohio. Since 1876 he has been a clergyman of the Methodist Episco pal church. He has filled the chairs of languages, math ematics, science, history, philosophy and elocution in sev eral colleges; has been president of the McGee college, and also president of the Lewis college, from which latter institution he received the degree of A.M. He has trav eled extensively in Europe and for several years was a mis sionary in South America. GEORGE SCRANTON HUMPHREY, Engineer, Financier, Was born Aug. i, 18^6, in Ithaca, N.Y. He attended scientific lectures at Cornell university. In 1885 he be came assayor and superintendent of reduction works in Carlisle, N.M.; in 1887 became assistant manager and treasurer of the Kokomo glass company of Indiana; and since 1900 has been treasurer and purchasing agent of the C. W. Hunt company of New York city. He has traveled extensively in the United States and Europe; and attended the joint meetings of the American and English engineer ing societies in Europe in 1900. For many years he was greatly interested in republican politics; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. 416 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS FRANK JUDSON HALE, Manufacturer, Was born Aug 14, 1862, in Newton, Upper Falls, Mass. He was educated in the public schools; and in 1880 graduated from the high school of Newton, Mass. For many years he was engaged as a machinist; and since 1907 has been a director and agent of the cotton machine works of Newton, Mass. ; and is also the director of the corporation of Saco and Pette machine works, with machine shops at Saco, Maine, and also at Newton Upper Falls, Mass. In 1888-89 he was a member of the common council of Newton, Mass.; in 1890-1900 was a member of the Newton school board. He is a member of the national association of cotton manufacturers; and is a director of the Lawrence cotton mills and a score of other manufacturing and financial corporations. CHARLES HEDINGER, Soldier, Physician, Surgeon,, Was born Aug 17, 1821, in Westphalia, Germany. In 1842 he graduated from the university of Gottingen; and in 1848-54 practiced medicine in New York city. Then for five years prior to the civil war he served in the United States army; and for three years was assistant surgeon in the second Colorado cavalry. He has attain ed success in the practice of his profession in Kansas; in 1888-92 was United States pension examiner for Chase county; and for five years was mayor of Canton, Kan. He is medical examiner for the Ancient order united workmen; is medical examiner for the Woodmen of the world; is a member of the health officers association of McPherson county, Kan.; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 417 HENRY H. SANGER, Cashier, Was born Sept. 21, 1866, in Detroit: son of Henry P. and Frances A. (Hulbert) Sanger; educated in public schools of Detroit and Cornell university, graduating, degree of B.L., 1891 He married June i, 1909. Elected vice-president and cashier, National bank of commerce, 1911. Began active career in employ of First National bank, Detroit, 1891, continuing for nine years; then assistant cashier Commercial National bank, six years, resigning, to accept position as cashier National bank of commerce, June i, 1907. Also director Hayes man ufacturing company. Member Kappa Alpha. Clubs: Detroit (director and treasurer), University, Country, Detroit Boat. SIDNEY J. BLOMFIELD, Real Estate Dealer, Was born Sept. 14, 1878, in London, Eng., son of Rev. Frank and Charlotte (Williams) Blomfield; came to Michigan with parents at 8 years of age; student for 3 years at Olivet college; won gold medal for wrestling, 1900; married Edith M. St. John, daughter of George and Mary St. John of Highland, Mich., Nov. 24, 1909. Began active career as receiving clerk for the Pingree company, 1901, continuing until 1904; studied law at night at Detroit college of law, 1904-06; entered real estate and fire insurance business for self, 1904, and has developed a lucrative business in building houses, $3,000 to $8,000 each, and selling them to home seekers; built and sold 20 to 25 houses a year since. Congregationalist. Member Masonic order. Recreation: Hunting, fishing and outdoor sports. 418 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HARRY FRENCH KNIGHT, Stock and Bond Broker, Was born Feb. 18, 1864, in St. Louis; son of Augustus and Fanny (French) Knight; educated in public school, Smith academy and Wyman institute; married, St. Louis, June 22, 1888, Bertha Judith ((now deceased), daughter of Rev. Dr. James H. Brookes; children, James B., Fan- nv F., Oliver D., Harry H. Began business career in 1 88 1, as employe of Crow, Hargadine and company, wholesale dry goods; became director of Brown-Des- noyers Shoe company, 1889; since, September, 1894, vice- president of A. G. Edwards and Sons Brokerage com pany. Also member of firm of A. G. Edwards and Sons, and director of the Third National bank. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis, University, Noonday, St. Louis Country, Log Cabin, Cuivre. FRED AUSTIN ROBINSON, Was born July 27, 1860, in Edgerton, Wis., son of George O. and Helen S. (Mather) Robinson; educated at St. Johnsbury (Vt.) academy; Detroit high school, univer sity of Michigan, degree of A.B., 1882, law department, same university, LL.B., 1883; married at Detroit, May 2, 1888, Clara L. Hayes. Has been engaged in business in Detroit since Mar., 1883. Member Robinson and Flinn, lands, established 1872; managing director The FarrandCompany, pianos, etc., Detroit. Member Detroit Bar association. Member Board of Estimates, Detroit, eleven years, 1893-1904 (president, 1895-96). Republican. Methodist. Member Chi Psi, University of Michigan, 82. Clubs: University, Boylston (musical), Old club. Rec reation : Automobiling. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 419 JOHN JAMES SPEED, Lawyer, Was born Jan. 14, 1839, in Ithaca, N.Y. ; son of John and Ann (Morrell) Speed; moved to Aldril in 1848; edu cated in private schools and university of Michigan; mar ried to Mary Clark Aug. 20, 1867, and, she having died, was again married, Detroit, Sept i, 1899, to Ella C. Hastings. Studied law and was admitted to the bar be fore the supreme court of Michigan; began practicing in Detroit, 1861; member state legislature, 1873-74; judge of circuit court, 1882-89; corporation counsel, 1890-96; also attorney for police department; ex-member board of education. Republican. Episcopalian. Member De troit bar association. Mason. President North Chan nel club. Recreation: Fishing. FRANK SARGENT HOFFMAN, Educator, Author, Was born Feb. 9, 1852, in Sheboygan Falls, Wis. In 1876 he graduated with the degree of Ph.D. from Am- herst college; receiving the degree of B.D. from Yale college; and studied in Germanv. In 1883-85 he was in structor in philosophy at the Wesleyan university; and since 1885 has been professor of philosophy at Union col lege of Schenectady, N.Y. He is a member of the Amer ican philosophical society; a member of the American association for the advancement of science; and a mem ber of various other education and scientific societies. He is the author of Sphere of the State; Sphere of Science; Psychology and Common Life; and other works. NATHANIEL LYON MOFFITT, Grain Commission, Was born St. Louis, Oct. 17, 1862; son of William and Mary (Stewart) Moffit; educated in public schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1895, Olive Boogher; children, Sophie Josephine, Olive and Natalie. Began business 420 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS career in 1879 as clerk at the East St. Louis elevator; be came clerk with Hubbard and Bartlett commission com pany, 1882-86; became secretary of the same company, from 1886 until firm changed to present style of Hubbard and Mofrlt company, grain commission merchants, of which he is now vice-president. Member St. Louis Mer chants exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City Board of Trade. Methodist. Club: St. Louis City. Member Tuscon lodge, A.F. and A.M., Missouri consistory. JOHN URI LLOYD, Manufacturing Pharmacist, Chemist, Author, Was born April 19, 1849, in West Bloomfield, N.Y. He has received the degrees of Ph.M., Ph.D., and LL.D. Un til 1887 he was professor of pharmacy at the Cincinnati college of pharmacy; and in 1897-1904 was professor of chemistry; and president of the Eclectic medical institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. He was associate editor of the Phar maceutical Review and other journals. In 1887 he was president of the American Pharmaceutical association. He is president of the Lloyd library of botany and pharmacy. He is the author of Chemistry of Medicine; Etidorhpa, or The End of the Earth; The Right Side of the Car; Strengtown on the Pike; Red Head; Warwick of the Knobs; and Scroggin. WILLIAM H. C. BURNETT, Industrial Agent and Promotor, Was born Oct. 2, 1866, in London Ont., son of George B. and Eliza J. G. (Miller) Burnett; public school education; married, Detroit, 1897, Alice E. Erb. For fifteen years acted as traveling representative and gen eral western manager Gordon and Delworth, preserved fruits, New York city; located in Detroit, 1897. Recrea tions: Outdoor sports. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 421 EDWARD LAWRENCE ADREON, Brake Manufacturer, Was born St. Louis, Dec. 23, 1847; son of Stephen W. and Emily Gates (Learned) Adreon; educated in Wyman s St. Louis university; married, St. Louis, Dec. 23, 1871, Josephine L. Young; children, Edward Learned, Jose phine M. (deceased), Robert Enos. Entered office of comptroller of city of St. Louis as clerk, March. 1865, and remained in that office twenty years and one month, the last eight years, 1877-85, as comptroller, to which office was twice elected. Since April, 1887, vice-president and general manager of the American Brake company, manu facturers of locomotive brakes (In 1910 his son, R. E. Ad reon, succeeded him as general manager). Since Aug. i, 1888, Southwestern manager of the Westinghouse Trac tion Brake company. Vice-president of the Broadway Savings Trust company; secretary and treasurer of the Westinghouse Automatic Air and Steam Coupler com pany, and director Adreon manufacturing company. Re publican. Member Business Men s league; vice-presi dent from Missouri of Trans-Mississippi congress; mem ber Manufacturers association; vice-president Latin- American club. Member advisory board and executive committee of the National irrigation association; and president Railway Supply Manufacturers association. HIRAM HARRISON LOWRY, Clergyman, Was born May 29, 1843, in Peking, China; son of Hiram and Margaret (Speare) Lowry; A.B., A.M., Ohio Wes- leyan university, 1867; (D.D., Dickinson college and Ohio Wesleyan university) ; married, Delaware, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1867, Parthenia Nicholson. Served in 67th Ohio volunteer infantry, Aug. n, 1862, to Feb. 23, 1863. Or dained to Methodist Episcopal ministry, 1867; now presi dent Peking university; chairman China Centenary con ference general board of education. 422 WILLIAM HOLMES THOMSON, Cashier Boatmen s Bank, Was born in Frederick county, Md., April 16, 1837; son of William James and Margaretta Ann (Davis) Thom son; attended common school in Frederick county, Md., in earlyboyhood,and, 1852-55, boarding schools at Straus- burg, Pa., and Mount Joy, Pa.; married, ist, St. Louis, July 16, 1862, Margaret Lewis Foote Larkin; one daugh ter, Maggie Larkin; married, 2d, St. Louis, Jan. 23, 1872, Annie Lou Hargadine; children, Julia Hargadine, Annie Lou, Mary McCreery, William Hargadine, Susan Lar kin, Virginia McCullough, Georgia Betts, Holmes Lack land. On leaving school in 1855 entered civil engineering corps, for about a year, surveying Metropolitan railroad, from Washington city to Point of Rocks, on Baltimore and Ohio railroad; then entered employ of Love, Martin and company, western produce merchants, Baltimore, Md. On leaving there, after a year or so, came to St. Louis; entered employ of Boatmen s Bank, April 16, 1857; served as clerk, teller, etc., till Oct. 26, 1869, when appointed assistant cashier, and on May 17, 1870, was ap pointed cashier, which position he held till Jan. 10, 1911, when he was made vice-president; an uninterrupted con nection with the said institution of more than 54 years. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, Country, Jefferson, Missouri Athletic. ANTHONY J. MAAS, Clergyman, Librarian, College President, Author, Was born Aug. 23, 1858, in Germany. Since 1885 he has been professor of yebrew, since 1888 librarian, since 1891 professor of Scripture at the Woodstock college of Mary land, since January, 1907, president of Woodstock college. He is the author of Life of Christ; Day in the Temple; and Christ in Type and Prophecy. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 423 EDWARD EMMET MONTGOMERY, Physician, Was born May 15, 1849, in Newark, Ohio; son of Henry A. and Mary (Lemert) Montgomery; graduate Denison university, 1871, LL.D., 1901; Jefferson medical college, 1874; married, Philadelphia, Dec. 27, 1876, Helen M. Buckley. Interne Philadelphia hospital, 1874-75; obstet rician, same, 1878-94; professor gynecology, Medico- Chirurg. college, 1886-91; professor obstretics and gyne cology, same, 1891-92; professor clinical gynecology, Jef ferson medical college, 1892-98; professor gynecology, same, since 1898; gynecologist St. Joseph s hospital since 1890; ex-president Philadelphia medical club; ex-presi dent Philadelphia clinical society; Philadelphia obstetri cians society, American association of obstet. gynecolo gists, Pennsylvania state medical society, Alumni associa tion Jefferson college; member College physicians, Amer ican gynecologists society, American medical association. Associate editor Universal Medical Annual and Sajous Annual and Analytical Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine. Contributor to Keating and company s Practical Gynecol-. ogy, Wn ; American Text-Book of Gynecology, and va rious medical journals. Author: Practical Gynecology, third edition. OSCAR S. STRAUS, Member Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, Appointed in Place of President Harrison, Deceased, Was born Dec. 23, 1850; son of Lazarus Straus. Educated in Georgia, A.B., 1871; A.M., 1873, and LL.B., 1873, Columbia university; L.H.D., 1896, Brown university; LL.D., 1897, Washington and Lee university; LL.D., 1898, Pennsylvania university; LL.D., 1910, Columbia university. Vice-president American International Law association. Married Sarah Lavanburg. Envoy extra ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Turkey, 1887- 424 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 90, and 1898-1900. President National primary league, 1895 ; American social science association, 1899-1903 ; and National conference of capital and labor, 1901 ; first vice- president, until 1898, American Jewish historical society; vice-president National civic federation. Was member Indian commission appointed by President Roosevelt as governor of the state of New York; of commission to in- ^3 vestigate New York city public schools; and of commis sion to investigate pauper insane institutions. Secretary of commerce and labor, 1906-09. Ambassador to Turkey, 1909-11. Author: The Origin of Republican Form of Government in the United States, 1885; Roger Williams, the Pioneer of Religious Liberty, 1894; The Development of Religious Liberty in the United States, 1896; Reform in the Consular Service, 1897; Our Diplomacy, 1902; The Protection of Naturalized Citizens, 1900; The American Doctrine of Citizenship, 1904; etc. CHARLES CALVIN ZIEGLER, Secretary American Brake Company,, Was born June 19, 1854, in Rebersburg, Pa.; son of Isaac and Catherine (Kern) Ziegler; educated in public schools of Redersburg, Pa., State university of Iowa, Ph.B., 1878, A.M., 1880, Harvard college, A.B., 1884; married, St. Louis, April 13, 1888, Mary Catherine Conser; children, Laura Alpha (died Nov. 30, 1899) > an ^ Ca lla Alpha. En gaged in clerical work after leaving college ; became clerk, 1887, with the American Brake company, of which, Oct. 19, 1901, he was elected to present position as secretarv and treasurer. Author of "Drauss un Deheem," a small volume of poems in the Pennsylvania German dialect, published in Leipzig, Germany, 1891. Independent in politics. Member St. Mark s Evangelical Lutheran church. Member Pennsylvania German society (of Penn sylvania), Pennsylvania society (St. Louis), and Forest Park Lodge No. 578, A.F. and A.M. Clubs: Harvard, St. Louis Railway. 425 ALONZO ROUSE KIEFFER, Surgeon, Was born March 18, 1885, in Watertown, N.Y. ; son of Major Luther and Polly (Rouse) Kieffer; educated i> public schools of New York and Missouri, Missouri med ical college, graduating, M.D., with honors of class, 1879; married, Versailles, Mo., April 13, 1880, Belle Spur- lock; children, Victor Barcroft, Bernice, Theodore Eas- ley, Roland Spurlock, Lois, Alonzo Rouse, Jr., William Tolbert. Taught in public schools of Missouri four years. Practiced medicine in Benton county, Mo., 13 years, and since 1892 in St. Louis. Professor anatomy and clinical surgery, Barnes medical college, n years; pro fessor surgical diseases of women and clinical surgery, Barnes medical college, 5 years; professor surgery, 3 years; member Board of trustees, Barnes university. Mem ber St. Louis medical society, treasurer 8 years. Saved $3,500 from dues, which became nucleus of a building fund which made possible erection of building by St. Louis medical society, containing lecture hall with 250 opera chairs, committee rooms, etc., altogether $15,000 has now been spent. (Chairman building committee.) (Ex-president) , Missouri state medical association. (Ex- first vice president, ex-president) American medical as sociation. (Member house of delegates.) Republican. Congregationalist. WARWICK MASSEY HOUGH Lawyer, Was born Sept. 29, 1862, in Columbus, Miss, son of Judge Warwick and Nina Eliabeth (Massey) Hough; edu cated in public schools of Kansas city, Mo., St. Louis university and Central college, Fayette, Mo., where com pleted academic course in 1883; married, Waterloo, la., Oct. 22, 1890, Elizabeth Gage. Studied law under guid ance of father, 1883-86, also gained experience in office of clerk of Supreme court of Missouri, where assisted in 426 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS preparing opinions of the court, for the official reporter; admitted to bar, Feb. i, 1886, and engaged in practice of law in St. Louis. Was assistant United States district at torney of eastern district of Missouri during last part of President Cleveland s first term and was called upon to make specially close study of internal revenue laws of the United States; therefore although engaged in general practice has given special attention to litigation growing out of the enforcement of the revenue laws and the fed eral pure food laws. Had charge of the "what is whiskey" case, representing the independents against the whiskey trust and Dr. Wiley, and successfully established his de finition under the pure food laws; member of law firm of Klein and Hough from 1901 to 1910, since which time he has been engaged in the practice alone. Was very active in campaign of 1896 as a supporter of the principles of Bryan democracy. Member of St. Louis and Amer ican bar associations, Law Library association, Missouri History society, the Civic league of St. Louis and numer ous socities outside of Missouri, looking to the universal uplift. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Raconet, Country, Bellevive and Chery Chase at Washington, D.C. Recrea tions : hunting and fishing, golf and literature. OLIVER LAWRENCE GARRISON, President Big Muddy Coal and Iron Company, Was born Oct. 13, 1848, in St. Louis; son of Oliver and Louisa (Hale) Garrison; educated in Wyman institute, St. Louis; married, 1879, Mary S. Siegrist; children, Oliver L., Jr., Hazel Marie, Clifford R. Has been iden tified with the Big Muddy Coal and Iron company since its organization, first as secretary, and since 1897, as presi dent; also president St. Louis Paper company; director Merchants-Laclede National bank, Missouri Pacific rail way company; president Kentucky Coal company, Chi cago, 111. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Glen Echo and Union League (Chicago, 111.). Recreation: Fishing. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 427 FRANCIS RAMALEY, Educator, Scientist, Author, Was born Nov. 16, 1870, in St. Paul, Minn. In 1895 he graduated from the university of Minnesota as B.S.; and subsequently received the degrees of M.S. and Ph.D. from that institution. He studied in Java and in the Royal bo tanical garden of Ceylon. In 1896-98 he was an instructor of botany in the university of Minnesota; and since 1899 has been professor of biology at the university of Colo rado. In 1903-04 he traveled around the world. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science; and is a member of other learned societies. He was president of the Associated charities of Boulder, Col. ; and secretary of the park commission. He has made spec ial researches in plant anatomy; in the anatomy of seed lings, morphology of certain brown seaweeds; and coty ledon anatomy of tropical plants. He is preparing a book giving a popular account of Rocky mountain vegetation; has published articles dealing with forests and forest trees ; and a plant geography of the Rocky mountains. WILLIAM HENRY LYON, Clergyman, Was born Dec. 23, 1846, in Fall River, Mass: son of Henry and Julia Ann (Wilbur) Lyon; graduate Brown university, 1868 (D.D., 1896) ; graduate Harvard divinity school, 1873; married, April $, 1893, Louise Dennison, Boston. Ordained and settled Unitarian clergyman, Ells worth, Me., 1873; Mt. Pleasant church, Roxbury, Mass., 1880; All Souls Unitarian church, Roxbury, 1890; First Parish, Brookline, Mass, 1896. Councillor Hungarian Unitarian synod; secretary National Unitarian Confer ence; president Unitarian Sunday School society, Brook- line educational society. Clubs: St. Botolph, Twentieth Century (Boston). Author: A Study of the Sects, 1891 ; Early Old Testament Narratives, 1893; and Later Old Testament Narratives, 1905. 428 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM COLEMAN BITTING, Clergyman, Was born in Hancover county, Va., Feb. 5, 1857; son of Charles Carroll and Caroline (Shadinger) Bitting; edu cated at Lynchburg classical and commercial school to 1871, Richmond (Va.) college, M.A., 1877, Crozer theo logical seminary, Chester, Pa., 1800 (D.D., Howard col lege, Ala., and Richmond college, Va., and Brown uni versity, 1910) ; married, Baltimore, Md., Nov. 17, 1886, Anna. Mary Biedler; children, William Charles, Frank Milton (deceased), Kenneth Hills. Ordained to ministry of Baptist church, May 15, 1881; served as supply, Lee street church, Baltimore, July, 1880, to February, 1881; pastor Luray, Va., February, 1881, to Dec. 31, 1883; Mount Baptist church, New York city, Jan. i, 1884 to Oct. 31, 1905, Second Baptist church, St. Louis, since Nov. i, 1905. Corresponding secretary Northern Bap tist conventions, since May, 1907; Independent in politics. Author: Earthly Blooms from Heavenly Stems; Foun dation Truths. Contributor to magazines, papers, etc. JOSEPH RUSSELL KNOWLAND, United States Congressman from the Third District of California, Was born Aug. 5, 1873, in Alameda, Cal. He was edu cated in public and private schools; and in the university of the Pacific. He is associated with father, Joseph Know- land, in the wholesale lumber and shipping business; and is a director of the Union Savings bank of Oakland and the Alameda Natioal bank and Tlameda savings bank of Alameda. Was a member of California legislature, 1899- 1903, and in 1904-05 was a member of the fifty-eighth congress as a republican to fill vacancy and a member of the fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses. He was re-elected to the sixty-second congress from the third dis trict of California for the term of 1911-13. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 429 LE BARON BRADFORD PRINCE, Lawyer, Jurist, State Senator, Governor, Author, Was born July 3, 1840, in Flushing, N.Y. In 1866 he graduated from the Columbia law school, and received the degrees of LL.D. from Kenyon and Colorado colleges. In 1871-75 he was a member of the New York assembly; and in 1872 was chaplain of the judiciary committee, hav ing charge of impeachment of judges of New York city. In 1874 he was father of the constitutional amendment committee; and in 1866-77 was a member of the New York state senate. In 1878 he declined the governorship of Idaho; in 1878-82 was chief justice of New Mexico; and in 1889-1903 was governor of New Mexico. Since 1883 he has been president of the New Mexico historical society; and has the largest collections of American stone idols in existence. He is the author of Epluribus Unum, or American Nationality; General Laws of New Mexico; The American Church and its Name; and the Money Problem. , FREDERICK C. AMEISS, Physician, Was born Feb 16, 1859, in St. Louis, Mo.; son of David and Elizabeth (Eckert) Ameiss; educated in private schools, St. Louis; graduated Concordia college, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1879, an d Missouri medical college, M.D., 1882; married, St. Louis, Aug. 6, 1884, Therese Linden- schmit; one daughter, Therese E. Engaged in general medical practice in St. Louis since 1882. He is president of the Wild Flower Honey company of St. Louis, and is owner of large apiaries in Missouri and Arkansas. Late clinical professor of gynecology, St. Louis Post-Graduate school of medicine and Missouri medical college. Mem ber St. Louis medical society, St. Louis obstetrical and gynecological society, American medical association, St. Louis academy of sciences, National beekeepers associa tion, etc. 430 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ALBERT TODD TERRY, Real Estate Dealer, Was born Dec. 19, 1869; in St. Louis; son of John H. and Elizabeth (Todd) Terry; educated in public schools and Smith academy, St. Louis, and Cornell university; mar ried, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1897, Bessie D. Whitelaw; chil dren, Whitelaw, Elizabeth, Lucy. After leaving school in 1890, entered father s real estate office, and in 1898 be came a member of the firm of John H. Terry and Sons, and afterward also organized the firm of Albert T. Terry and company, real estate and financial agents. President Real Estate exchange; director Trust Company of St. Louis county; member Merchants exchange, Business Men s league, Loyal Legion; treasurer Missouri historical society. Democrat. Unitarian. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country, Round Table, Missouri Athletic (direc tor), Jefferson, Cornell club (St, Louis), Grand Pass Hunting club. Favorite recreations : Hunting, fishing, golf and horseback riding. EDWIN JOHN MEYER, Secretary of Insurance Companies, Was born Nov. 29, 18^, in St. Louis, son of Frederick and Claudine (Hugo) Meyer; educated in public schools and Wyman s school, St. Louis. Began business career as boy in printing house, then was for some years in the passenger department of the Frisco line, and afterwards for nine years with Wickham and Pendleton, wholesale grocers. In 1888 became assistant secretary and in 1902 was elected to present position as secretary and trustee of the German Mutual Life Insurance company of St. Louis, and secretary and treasurer of the Washington Mutual Fire Insurance company of St. Louis. Republican. Prostestant. Member Liederkranz and of the St. Louis Hum Verein. Club: Union. Fie was married Jan. 17, 1911, to Miss Louise Lee Rabuske. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 431 MINOT JUDSON SAVAGE, Clergyman, Author, Poet, Was born June 10, 1841, in Norridgewock, Maine. He was educated principally at Bowdoin college and in 1864 graduated at the Bangor theological sem inary. He has been a Congregational missionary in Cali fornia ; has been pastor of several prominent churches ; be came pastor of the church of the Unity of Boston, Mass.; and now fills a pastorate in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author of Christianity the Science of Manhood; Beliefs About Man; Belief in God; Life Questions; Poems; The Religion of Evolution; The Religion of Morals; Talks About Jesus; The Modern Sphinx; Man, Woman and Child; Social Problems; My Creed; Religious Recon struction; Signs of the Times; Helps for Daily Living; Four Great Questions Concerning God; The Evolution of Christianity; Is This a Good World?; Jesus and Mod ern Life; A Man; Light on the Cloud; Bluffton, a novel; and The Minister s Handbook. AUGUST GRUMME, President Western Optical Company, Was born S. Louis, Dec. 14, 1867; son of William and Marguerite (Kroop) Grumme; educated in public schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, April 14, 1897, Matilda Haller; one daughter, Marguerite Evelyn. Be gan business career with the Erker Bros, optical com pany for five years, then with A. S. Aloe for four years, and in 1890 established present business as member of the firm of Grumme and Durouaux, which was incorporated in 1901 as the Western optical man ufacturing company, of which he has since been president. Sold interest in Western optical manu facturing company, Dec. 14, 1910, reestablished as Aug. Grumme optical company. Republican. Member Key stone lodge, No. 243, A.F. and A. M. Member St. Louis Central Sharpshooters association. 432 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JAY HERNDON SMITH, Investment Banker, Was born April 8, 1871, in Urbana, 111., son of William H. and Mary (Herndon) Smith; educated in public schools of Urbana and Champaign, 111., and university of Illinois, but not graduated; married, St. Louis, 1899, Lida Brookings Wallace, daughter of A. A. Wallace ; children, Wallace Herndon, Robert Brookings and Katherine Herndon. Began business career as office boy with Lob- dell, Farwell and company, bankers and brokers, Chicago, 1890, and remained with that firm until 1896, when went into business for self at Chicago; came to St. Louis in 1899, and has since been member of firm of A. G. Ed wards and sons, bankers and brokers, and president of A. G. Edwards and sons brokerage company. Member St. John s Methodist church. Member Business Men s league, Civic association. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, St. Louis Country. THOMAS HENRY WEST, Banker, Was born Juuy 27, 1846, in Mifflin, Henderson county, Tenn; son of John and Martha F. West; educated in schools of Tennessee; entered Confederate service early in 1863 and served under General Forrest until close of war; married, first, 1868, Miss Florence Terry; children, John Terry, Allen, Allen T., Thomas H., Jr., Florence, Walter H., Carroll; married, second, 1900, Miss Virginia Hodges; one daughter, Frances. Was engaged in business in Louisville, Ky., for about five years immediately after the Civil war; then moved to Mobile, Ala., and was en gaged in the cotton business for several years, coming to St. Louis, 1889; since organization, 1889, of St. Louis union trust company, has been its president from its or ganization until 1908 and since that time chairman of the board. Baptist. Clubs: Commercial, St. Louis. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 433 FRANK HUGH SULLIVAN, Lawyer, Was born in Caldwell county, Ky., Jan. 2, 1869; son of Dr. Flavius J. and Lucy Mary (Beckner) Sullivan; edu cated in public school in Kentucky; prepared for univer sity at Princeton (Ky.) collegiate institute; graduated from Cumberland university, Lebanon, Tenn., LL. B., 1890; married, Paragould, Ark., June 12, 1894, Susie Hope Hicks; one son, Hugh Hicks Sullivan, Reared on farm and worked with farm hands when not at school ; father a country physician. After graduation went to Paragould, Ark., 1891, and engaged in practice of law there until 1898, when removed to St. Louis, where has practiced law ever since; June, 1904, of law firm of Block and Sullivan (with George M. Block and Frank B. Cole- man). Member of St. Louis and Missouri bar associa tions. Democrat. Baptist by birth and training not attached. Member of Mercantile club. Recreations: fishing and hunting. THEODORE CORSON SEARCH, Manufacturer, Was born in 1841, in Southampton, Bucks county, Pa., son of Jacob M. and Nancv M. S. ; educated Pennsylvania state normal school and Chester normal and high school; married Southhampton, Dec. 2$, 1862, Anna L. White. Treasurer and general manager John B. Stetson company, 1893-1900; director bank of North America and of other commercial enterprises; president National association of manufacturers, 1897-1902; president Cold Spring bleach ing and finishing works; president Philadelphia musical and school of industrial art. Member . Home Market club (Boston), Manufacturers club, Union League (Phil adelphia), New England Cotton Manufacturers asso ciations, American Protective association and other lead ing clubs and associations. 434 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS THEODORE WELLS BARHYDT, Railroad President, Banker, Capitalist, Was born April 10, 1835, in Newark, N.J. He received an academic education in the Lyceum academy of Schenectady, N.Y. In 1855 he moved to Burlington, Iowa, where he became one of the principal clerks in the postoffice. In 1859 he entered mercantile business; and since 1870 has been president of the Merchants national bank of Burlington, of which institution he was one of the organizers. He was one of the organizers of the Burl ington, Cedar Rapids and Northern railroad company, and is now president of the Burlington and North West ern railroad companies. He is the owner of the Delano hotel and several other fine business buildings; was in strumental in establishing the Burlington water works; and was one of the principal promoters and builders of the first street railroad in his city. He has been president of the board of trade, and a member of the city council, and filled various other public positions of honor. LOUIS N. BURNS, Implements, Was born Jan. 16, 1866, in St. Louis; son of Lewis H. and Julia (Hildebrand) Burns; educated in country dis trict school and in business college at Peoria, 111. ; married, Peoria, 111., May 17, 1887, Flora E. Bethard; children, Ray Alexander, Gladys, Julia, Robert, Florence Virginia, Donald. Began in 1882 with Kingman and company, at Peoria, 111.; in 1884 came to the St. Louis house of same firm; when in 1894 company was reorganized as the Kingman St. Louis implement company, became manager and a few years later also vice-president. Republican. Methodist. Member Implement and Vehicle Board of Trade, Business Men s League and Missouri Athletic Club. Mason. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 435 EMIL LEOPOLD BOAS, General Manager Hamburg- American Line, Was born Nov. 15, 1854, in Goerlitz, Germany. He was educated at the Royal Frederick William gymnasium in Breslau; at Sophia gymnasium in Berlin; and graduated in 1872. In 1873 he became connected with the Ham burg-American line; and the same year came to the Unit ed States. Since 1892 he has been general manager of the Hamburg-American line; president of the Atlas line steamship. company; and has taken a prominent part in all efforts to improve transportation facilities by water. He was on the committee for the extention of pierhead lines; was on the committee before congress to secure appropriation for a new channel to the sea; and was treasurer and chairman of the finance committee of the Greater New York canal association. He is a member of the board of the New York civic federation; is a mem ber of the New York produce exchange; a member of the chamber of commerce of the state of New York; and a member of various business, fraternal, scientific and char itable societies. He has a country residence in Green wich, Conn. LAWRENCE SCANLON, Clergyman, Bishop, Was born Sept. 29, 1843, in Ireland. He was educated in the common schools; and in 1868 graduated from the college of Dublin, Ireland; in 1868 he was ordained to the priesthood; in 1868-70 he was assistant pastor of St. Patrick s church; and in 1870-71 was assistant pastor of St. Mary s cathedral of San Francisco, Cal. For three months he filled a pastorate in Woodland, Cal.; and for a short time preached in Pioche, Nev., and Peteluma, Cal. In 1873 he was appointed pastor of Salt Lake city and of the whole territory of Utah; and in 1887 was conse crated bishop of Laranda and vicar apostolic of Utah. In 1891 he was appointed first bishop of Salt Lake city, 436 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JAMES WILLIAMSON BYRNES. Belting Manufacturer, Was born Memphis, Tenn., Apr. 4, 1868; son of M. J. and Irene (Williamson) Byrnes;; educated in private school, Memphis, Tenn., preparatory and collegiate de partments of St. Louis university, A.B., 1886; graduated from Eastman s business college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1899. Married, St. Louis, Oct. 10, 1903, Genevieve von Phul. Began business career as clerk in hardware busi ness of Caruth and Byrnes hardware company for two years; then was connected with Meacham arms company for three years, and subsequently five years with the Revere rubber company, two years as manager of its St. Louis house. Organized, 1896, and ever since president and treasurer of the James W. Byrnes belting and hose company, manufacturers of leather belting and jobbers of hose and packings; also president and treasurer the St. Louis fire hose company, dealers in fire hose and fire de partment supplies. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Belle- rive Country club. Recreations: shooting and fishing. HUGO ARTHUR KOEHLER, President of the Independent Breweries Company, Was born St. Louis, Nov. 22, 1868; son of Henry and Otillie (Schlapp) Koehler; educated in public and high schools of Davenport, la., and academic department of Griswold college, Davenport; unmarried. Since 1910 has been president and director of the Independent breweries company. Director Davenport malting com pany, since 1902; vice-president and director of the St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific company, owning and operating (in New Mexico) the largest coal fields in the west; also director St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Paci fic railway company; director, International bank of St. Louis. Member Ethical society. Clubs : University, Noonday, St, Louis, Field. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 437 JAMES PORTEUS MAIN, Railroad Official, Was born Dec. 25, 1869, in Portland, Me.; son of John and Mary (Whiteley) Main; married at Detroit, 1900, Anna Belle Richardson. Began active career in office of James H. Muir, treasurer of the Grand Trunk rail road, at Detroit, 1885; was transferred to transportation department of the road, 1886; became chief clerk to superintendent and superintendent of telegraph in March, 1894, continuing until 1904; superintendent and traffic manager Detroit and Toledo shore line railroad, since April 30, 1904. Republican. Presbyterian; superin tendent Westminister Presbyterian Sunday school since 1904. ALONZO ABERNETHY, Member of Board of Regents State University of Iowa, Was born April 14, 1836, in Sandusky county, Ohio. He attended the public schools of Bellevue, Ohio; and sub sequently graduated from the university of Chicago. He served as a union soldier during the civil war, enlisting in company F, ninth Iowa volunteer infantry, serving four years, going out as a private and returning as lieu tenant-colonel in command; and was twice wounded. He was in forty battles, includig Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Bian- don, and Atlanta. In 1886 he represented his county in the lower house of the Eleventh general assembly. In 1870 he was elected principal of the Des Moines Baptist college, served one year, and has been a member of its board of trustees continuously since. In 1871 he was elected superintendent of public instruction of Iowa; was re-elected in 1873, and again in 1875. In 1876 he served as president of the university of Chicago; and in 1881- 1902 was principal of the Cedar Valley seminary of Osage, Iowa. Since 1890 he has been a member of the board of regents of the Iowa state university. 438 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES POPE O FALLON, Manager of Estates, Was born in Madison county, Ala., Aug. 3, 1868; son of John J. and Caroline (Mastin) O Fallon; educated in St. Louis public schools, Smith academy, private schools and Princeton university, in class of 1890; married. Be gan business career in 1889 as clerk with Merchants national bank, then in real estate business for one year, and since then has been engaged as manager of estates, having charge of the affairs of John J. O Fallon, and since 1902 of estate of Mrs. Carolina Pope. Republican. Member M.E. church, South. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country, Favorite recreation : riding. WILLIAM C. MANCHESTER, Lawyer, Was born Canfield, O., Dec. 25, 1873; son of Hugh A. and Susan Rosanuah (Squire) Manchester; took a six- year course in Northwestern Ohio normal college, Can- field, graduating, degree of A.B., 1894; graduate uni versity of Michigan, law department, LL.B., 1896; mar ried at Bay city, Mich., Dec. 27, 1898, Margaret Kather- ine MacGregor. Jan. i, 1-897, began to practice law in Detroit, where he is now actively engaged in his profes sion. Elected delegate to constitutional convention, state of Michigan, 1907; delegate to Republican national con vention, Chicago, 1908; member of Republican state central committee, 1910 to present time. Member De troit bar association, Michigan bar association, Ameri can bar association. Member Detroit board of commerce. Presbyterian in church affiliation. Member Corinthian Lodge No. 241, F. and A. M. Cyrus Chapter No. 133; R.A.M. and Detroit Commandery No. i, Knights Tem plars. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 439 MOSES GREENWOOD, Jr., Real Estate, Was born May 30, 1862, in New Orleans; son of Moses M. and Mary (Whittlesey) Greenwood; educated in university high school, New Orleans, La., Roanoke col lege, Va., B.S., C.E., 1881; M.A., 1886, moved to St. Louis, Mo. in 1883; married, St. Louis, June 5, 1884, Margaret, daughter of Robert K. Woods;; children, Mary Whittelsey, married William M. Imbrie, April 21, 1910, Annie Louise, married William A. Herron, January 18, 1909, Moses Merritt, died April 30, 1892, Margaret F. Entered service of Mississippi river com mission as United States assistant engineer of topographic surveys, 1882; in charge of hydrographic surveys for Mississippi river commission, 1884-86: real estate busi ness (Carr and Greenwood) 1886-89; since 1889 in partnership with father, M. M. Greenwood, real estate. Gold democrat. Presbyterian. Life member Y.M.C.A. Club: Mercantile, moved to New York in 1909. Real Estate Securities. CHARLES F. JUNGHANS, Vice-President and Secretary Standard Furniture Manufacturing Company, Was born March 15, 1877, St. Louis; son of Edward J. and Johanna (Niemeyer) Junghans; educated in public schools of St. Louis; married Sept. 9, 1906. On leaving school, in 1891, began business career in the factory of the Standard furniture manufacturing company, manu facturers of kitchen furniture, then located in North St. Louis, and learned trade, and in 1901, became vice- president and secretary of the company; sold out old plant Dec., 1905, and moved business to present location. Independent in politics. Lutheran. 440 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EDWARD JOSEPH O NEILL, General Agent Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, Was born Feb. 15, 1869, in St. Louis; son of Peter J. and Anna (McGough) O Neill; educated in St. Columb- kills parish school and St. Louis university; married, St. Louis, Nov., 1895, Mary E. Gavin; children, Florence, Marian, Ester, Dorothy. Began railway service as bill clerk, Missouri Pacific railroad, 1889-93; chief bill clerk, Iron Mountain and Southern, Missouri Pacific and "Frisco" railways, at Carondelet, 1893-1902; chief clerk Wabash railroad freight department, 1903-04, and since 1904 general agent Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad company. Was member of House of Delegates of St. Louis, one term, 1903-05. Catholic. Member Modern Woodmen, Knights of Columbus, Club: Mer cantile. Also member Board of Education, St. Louis Traffic club, Missouri Athletic club, Irish American Athletic club, Business Men s league, St. Louis. Recrea tions: hunting and fishing. CHAUNCEY H. TROYER, Chief of Police, Duluth, Was born Feb. 28, 1861, at Goshen, Ind. ; son of Seth and Elizabeth (Kenagy) Troyer; educated in common schools of Indiana. Came to Duluth from Goshen, Ind., in 1886; entered police force as patrolman, April 7, 1891 ; was placed in detective department, April 20, 1896; became chief of detectives, March, 1900; was appointed chief of police, Jan. i, 1902. Member International Association of Chiefs of Police. Member I.O.O.F., B. P.O.E., Modern Samaritans. Married at Scott, Ind. Dec. 13, 1891, to Miss Ida A. Hagerty. Duluth Boat club. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 441 JOHNSON N. CAMDEN, Lawyer, Legislator, United States Senator, Was born March 6, 1828, in Lewis county, W. Va. He was appointed a cadet to West Point in 1846; and resigned in 1848. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 ; appointed prosecuting attorney for Braxton county in 1852. He was engaged in the banking business from 1854 to 1858, when he entered into the development of petroleum and man ufacturing interests at Parkersburg; and was made presi dent of the first national bank of that city in 1862. He was the nominee of the democratic party for governor in 1868 and again in 1872; and was a delegate to the demo cratic national convention of 1868, 1872 and 1876. He was elected to the United States senate, and took seat Mar. 4, 1881, and served till March 3, 1887; and was in the United States senate in 1898-95, to fill a vacancy. He was instrumental in organizing the Ohio river railroad com pany and building a road on the east bank of theOhio river from Wheeling, by way of Parkersburg, to Huntington, and later he organized and built the railroad from Fair mont to Clarksburg, opening up a coal field which is now marketing over a million tons of coal and coke annually. He is president of the Monongahela river road, and the West Virginia and Pittsburg road; and is also the presi dent of other railroads and business enterprises. HENRY WILLIAM LOHMANN, Western and Southern Manager for James Stewart and Company, Contractors, Was born Jan. 8, 1870, in the city of St. Louis; son of Henry and Catherine (Herpel) Lohmann. His father was a native of Germany and on his arrival in America in 1857, settled in St. Louis, where he engaged in the hay and grain business until his death in 1894. He was lieutenant in company H, second regiment of artillery of Missouri volunteers during the civil war and served throughout the period of hostilities. His mother was 442 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS also a native of Germany and in her girlhood she came to America with her parents and settled in Georgetown, Missouri, died in 1904,, survived by three sons and two daughters. He was educated in the St. Louis public schools and on leaving the polytechnic high school pur sued the study of architecture. On Mar. i, 1889, he en tered the employ of James Stewart and company, and in his twenty-three years of service has filled almost every position and through gradual rise coming to him in recog nition of his ability and trustworthiness, his promotions ultimately made him in 1912 manager of the St. Louis office; as the firm s business was expanded he was entrust ed with its management in the south and west and now holds the position of western and southern manager, with headquarters at St. Louis and has permanent offices under his management at New Orleans, Houston, Denver and Salt Lake, with many other branch offices. In addition to the contracting business Mr. Lohmann is director and officer in many business interests and member of the vari ous clubs of the city of St. Louis. WILLIAM HENRY SHELTON, Author, Artist, Was born Sept. 4, 1840, in Ontario county, N.Y. ; son of Joseph C. and Mary Colt (Taft) Shelton; educated at Canandaigua academy; when ready to enter college went into army; unmarried. Served in Army of Potomac, par ticipating in all battles from Second Bull Run to the Wil derness; at Cedar Mountain, Rappahanock Station and Groveton before reaching Bull Run. Served in Reynolds Rochester battery L, of it New York state artillery; cap tured at the Wilderness ; prisoner at Macon, Ga., Charles ton and Columbia, S.C., 10 months; escaped four times, finally reached union lines March, 1865. Author: A Man Without a Memory, 1895 5 The Last Three Soldiers, 1897; The Three Prisoners, 1904. Contributor short stories to Scribner s and Century. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 443 AUGUSTE ARTHUR CAILLE, Inventor, Manufacturer of Coin-Slot Machines, Was born April i, 1867, in Detroit, Mich.; son of Joseph M. and Catherine (Moret) Caille; educated in public schools of Owosso, Mich., 1876-80, and Saginaw high school. Lived in Saginaw, 1880-1893; invented and pat ented, 1888, in association with his brother, Adolph, new type of service for conveying cash in stores ; later invented coin-slot devices which resulted in establishment of penny arcades in the leading cities of the world. President and treasurer The Caille Bros. Co., which has grown until it gives employment to more than 500 mechanics and plant occupies full frontage of a city block, branch offices being maintained in New York, Chicago and Paris, France. President Casino company, builders and operators of pen ny arcades and popular price theaters, which the company has established in various cities. GEORGE HENRY WETTERAU, Wholesale Grocer, Was born Oct. 14, 1842, Germany; son of John and Regina (Meytrott) Wetterau; educated in schools* in Germany and at Bryant and Stratton business college, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1872, Christine Trautwein ; children, George C., Otto J. C., Theodore, and five daughters. Early life spent in Germany, where was en gaged in farming and in the grocery business; came from Germany to St. Louis in 1868, and began business career here as clerk with the firm of John F. Lauman and com pany, wholesale grocers, in 1869; started in business on own account in 1877 as a member of the firm of Goebel and Wetterau, wholesale grocers, which continued until 1899, when that firm dissolved and with his sons, George C. and Otto J. C. Wetterau, established present firm of G. H. Wetterau and sons. 444 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JABEZ BUNTING WATKINS, Lawyer, Banker, Land Owner, Was born June 25, 1845, near Punxsutawney, Pa.; son of James and Garbara (Sprankle) Watkins; educated, Dayton (Pa.) academy, 1864-66; L.L.B. university of Michigan, 1869; married in Brooklyn, N.Y. Nov. 10, 1909, Elizabeth Josephine Miller of Lawrence, Kansas. Practiced law at Champaign, 111., 1870-73; developed large business in examination of real estate titles and real estate loans. Removed to Lawrence, Kansas, 1873, en larged business, incorporating it 1883, as J. B. Watkins land mortgage company, starting branches in New York 1876, London 1878, Dallas, Texas, 1881; beginning with 1872, invested $12,000,000 in land mortgages; bought 1,500,000 acres of land in south-west Louisiana. 1883 from State and United States Governments, on which, in 1890, he built, owned and operated 100 miles of railway, Lake Charles to Alexandria, La. Established Watkins bank ing company at Lake Charles, La., in 1884; president Watkins national bank, Watkins land mortgage company, Gulf land company and at one time president, St. Louis Watkins and Gulf railroad. Democrat. Baptist. Pub- lishe*d The True Money System for the United States, 1896. JAMES SEELY FITCH, Son of the Rev. Silas Fitch, Was born Dec. 2, 1847, in the town of Coeymans, Albany county, N.Y. ; was educated at Delaware academy at Delhi, N.Y., and was graduated from Columbia college law school in 1875. He was principal of the Hudson academy, at Hudson, N.Y., during the year 1868. In 1869, he made Yonkers his residence, and was engaged as a teacher in the public schools, for six years. Mr. Fitch is a real estate broker, and makes a specialty of real estate law. He is a member of St. John s Episcopal church, Nepperham lodge, Terrace City chapter, Yon- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 445 kers Commandery, the Board of Trade and was a mem ber of the Board of Education for 10 years. He is a Republican, and has taken an active interest in political matters during his residence in Yonkers. In 1876, he was married to Miss Martha P. Munson, at Dedham, Mass. Their children are Edith Munson (deceased), Edward Arthur and Florence Mary. EUGENE CHARLES GEHRUNG, Physician, Was born June 10, 1840, in Mulhouse, Alsace, France; son of Jean Christophe and Elise (Zurcher) Gehrung; educated partly in France and partly in America, the latter by private tuition; professional education in St. Louis medical college and (original) College of physi cians and surgeons, graduating, M.D., from latter, 1870; also M.D., ad eundem, from Missouri medical college; married, Denver, Col., Oct. 25, 1870, Beatrice R. Fahn- drich, daughter of Dr. J. Fahndrich; children, Adolph E., Dr. Julian A., Eugene S. Engaged in gyneological practice of medicine in Denver, Col., and St. Louis since 1864. Member St. Louis medical society, St. Louis ob stetrical and gynecological society (ex-president, two terms), Medico-Chirurgical society, Missouri state medi cal association, American gynecological society, American Electro-Therapeutical society, Societe Obstetrique et de Gynecologic, Paris, France, Electro-Therapeutic society of France; honorary member South Eastern Missouri medical society; ex-president and gynecologist of the South Side Dispensary; formerly consulting gynecolo gist of the St. Louis Female hospital and Mis souri Baptist Sanatorium; permanent fellow of and once delegate for the United States government to the International periodical congress of obstetricians and gynecologists. Evangelical Lutheran. 446 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GILBERT ASA DAVIS, Manufacturer, Legislator, Author, Was born Dec. 18, 1835, in Chester, Vt. He was edu cated at Chester academy of Chester, Vt. In 1872 and again in 1874 he was elected a member of the Vermont house of representatives from the town of Reading; and in 1876 was elected to the state senate. He has been states attorney for two years for Windsor county, 1878-80; and for fifty-two years has practiced law with success in the Vermont courts and in the state and the United States court of New England. He has been the owner of the Windsor drug store; and is .an extensive owner of real estate. He was for ten years president of the Windsor machine company, and is director of the Windsor canning company. He is the author of A History of the Town of Reading; the Congregational Church in Windsor; and a Compilation of the School Laws of Vermont. For twen ty-five years he has been clerk of the Windsor congrega tional church; was registrar of the local court for the Dis trict of Windsor, Vt., for four years. He is a referee in bankruptcy, having been appointed in July, 1898, by the United States district court for Vermont and has since held this position continuously. He is chairman of the Vermont board of bridge commissioners, appointed by Gov. Bell in 1905. He married Delia J. Roller, at West Chicago, 111., April 15, 1862. He is secretary of the Windsor Electric Light company; treasurer of Vermont historical society. In 1899 he built and gave to the town of Reading a handsome brick public library building; has frequently delivered public addresses and notably in 1910 at the Old Home day in Chester, Vt., his native town. He is a member of the law firm of Davis and Davis, with his son, Gilbert F. Davis. His daughter Mary married Stan ley Carleton, of Oak Park, 111. He has one grandson, Gilbert Davis Carleton; and resides in Windsor, Vt. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 447 MRS. JANE LUELLA DOWD SMITH, Educator, Author, Poet, Was born June 16, 1847, in Sheffield, Mass. At the age of eighteen she graduated from Westfield normal school. After teaching school for a year, she entered the Ladies seminary of North Granville, New York, where she graduated valedictorian of the class in 1868. She attain ed success in educational work; was principal of the South Hampton high school, Sheffield high school, Stamford high school, and the South Egremont academy. In 1875 she was married to Dr. H. Hadley Smith, of Hudson. She is an earnest temperance worker, holding important positions in the Woman s Christian Temperance Union and in the Woman Suffrage reforms. She is the author of three volumes of verse, entitled Wayside Leaves; Wind Flowers; Flowers from Foreign Fields. She has written for many papers and magazines. For a quarter of a cen tury she was a contributor to the Youth s Temperance Banner, published by the National Temperance society. She has published several pamphlets and a strong tem perance book, entitled Ways to Win. At present, she is devoting herself to humane and philanthropic work: trying to teach "The Art of being Kind." WILLIAM HENRY GREGG, Retired Manufacturer, Was born March 24, 1831, in Palmyra, N.Y. ; educated public schools, Rochester, N.Y., to 1841;; removed to St. Louis, 1846; married, Nov. 21, 1855, Orian Thompson, of St. Louis. President Southern White Lead company, of St. Louis and Chicago, 1867-89, until is was sold. Presi dent Gregg Genealogical company. Author of Where, When and How to Catch Fish on the East Coast of Flor ida and Controversial Issues in Scottish History, 1911, Putnam Sons, New York. 448 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS LYMAN BRUMBAUGH STOOKEY, Physiologist; Was born July 30, 1878, in Belleville, 111.; son of Dr. Lyman Polk and Louise (Brumbaugh) Stookey; A.B., Yale, 1900; Ph.D., 1902; student university of Straus- burg, 1904-05; married, Belleville, Dec. 31, 1903, Mar garet Powell. Associate in physiology, New York State Pathology institute, 1902-04; professor physiology, uni versity of Southern California since 1905. American con tributor to International Year Book of Chemistry. Physi ology and Pathology since 1905; has published many re searches in physiology in American and European jour nals. Fellow A.A.A.S. ; member American Physiologists society; American society of biological chemists, New York society physiological chemists, American chemists society; Society of Experimental Medicine and Biology. Club: University. CLARENCE EDWARD SKINNER, Physician, Was born June 8, 1868, in New Haven, Conn.; son of William Joseph and Cecelia Eliza (Hogan) Skinner; preparatory education, Russell s military academy, to 1884; M.D., Yale medical school, 1891; LL.D., Ruther ford college, 1900; married, New Haven, December, 1896, Edith Hart Hotchkiss. Has practiced at New Haven since 1891; began experiments in dry hot air in treatment of diseases, 1897; professor thermaerotherapy, New York school of physical therapeutics, 1901 ; editor department of thermaerotherapy, Journal of Advanced Therapeutics, 1901-4; editor-in-chief Archives of Physiol- Therapy, 1904-06; organized Newhope private sanitar ium, New Haven, 1900 (now the Elm City Sanatorium corporation, of which he is secretary, director and physi- cian-in-charge). Episcopalian. Associate fellow New York academy of medicine; member American medical association, American Electro-Therapeutic association 449 (secretary 1902-05), American Rontgen Ray society (vice-president 1905), Societie Francaise d Electrother- apie et de Radiologie, Connecticut state and New Haven county medical societies, New Haven historical society. Clubs: Quinnipiac, Union League, Economic. New Hav en Yacht. An extensive contributor to medical journals. Awarded Diplome d Honneur by International Congress of Physiological Theraphy, Liege, Belgium, 1905. Au thor: Therapeutics of Dry Hot Air, 1902. H. HORACE GRANT, Physician, He graduated from Jefferson medical college, Philadel phia, Pa., 1878; Professor of surgerv and treasurer Facul ty hospital college of medicine, medicinal department Central university; professor of oral surgery Louisville college of dentistry; member visiting staff City hospital; business editor Louisville Monthly Journal of Medicine and Surgery. CHARLES TORREY SIMPSON, Zoologist, Was born June 3, 1846, in Tiskilwa, 111.; son of Jabez and Matilda Simpson; educated in public schools; special student zoology and especially of mollusks; married, Re vere, Mass., Sept. 17, 1902, Flora G. Roper. In United States national museum, Dec. 14, 1889, to Dec. 31, 1902. Member Academy Natural Sciences, Davenport, Iowa; Biological society of Washington. Author: Geographi cal Distribution of the Land and Fresh Water Mollusks of the West Indies, 1891; U29; Synopsis of the Naiades, or Pearly Fresh Water Mussels, 1900 U29; Report on the Mollusks of the Fish Hawk Exposition to Porto Rico. 450 JOHN HARCOURT ALEXANDER MORGAN, Entomologist, Was born Aug. 31, 1867, in Kerrwood, Ont, son of John and Rebecca Truman Morgan. He began his education at the Kerrwood public schools, and the Collegiate insti tute at Strathroy, Ont., and in 1887 was graduated at the Ontario agricultural college with the degree of A.O.A.C. He received the degree of B.S.A. at the university of To ronto in 1889, and did graduate work at Cornell univer sity during 1892-98. He attended the Marion Biological laboratory in 1895. He was professor of entomology and horticulture at the Louisiana state university during 1889- 93, and professor of zoology and entomology during 1893-1904. He was the entomologist at the Louisiana ex periment station during 1889-1904, and the secretary as well as the entomological expert of the Louisiana crop pest commission during 1904-05. He was director of the Gulf Biologic station during 1899-1905, and since the latter year has been professor of zoology and entomology and chairman of the college of agriculture of the univer sity of Tennessee, besides being director of the Tennessee agricultural experiment station and state entomologist. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science, and a member of the Association of economic entomologists, of which he was president in 1907. He was married June 25, 1895, to Sara E., daugh ter of Edwin H. Fay of Clinton, La., and has two sons and three daughters. FRANK WOODMAN, Manufacturer, Charleston, W. Va, Was born Sept. 26, 1846, at Mineral Point, Wis. Is a de scendant of the first man child who saw the light of day in Newbury, Mass. As the son of Cyrus Woodman, lawyer, banker and real estate owner, and of Charlotte Flint, his wife, Mr. Woodman began life with some advantages of SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 451 culture and ease. Graduating from Harvard college in 1869, he chose an open air profession at first and served as an axeman on the Burlington and Missouri River rail road in Nebraska for a year, and rose to the place of divi sion engineer. In 1875, Mr. Woodman selected Charles ton, W. Va., as his future habitation, and, with an inher ited means, soon infused much northern energy into that tranquil and patrician state. At the threshold of his ca reer there, he became a manufacturer of woolen goods in the Kanawha Woolen Mills, and later of articles for household use in the Dawley Furniture company and the Roy Furniture company, but has since been occupied with nearly every problem connected with local develop ment, and, as a maker of bricks, president of the Charles ton Water Works company, manager and chief owner of the Elk Foundry and Machine company, and the Charles ton Gas and Electric company; first vice-president of Charleston Board of Trade and the promoter of other en terprises, has revived the city immensely. He is also large ly interested in the Mountain Lake Land company and in lands in Minnesota. A bright mind, unflagging labor and sleepless activity have made him the leading business man of his city. Oct. 15, 1884, Mr. Woodman married Nannie M., daughter of Dr. John Cotton, a descendant of the Rev. John Cotton of Boston, and he is the father of Ashton Fitzhugh and Charlotte Woodman. ARTHUR S. GARRETSON, Railroad Builder. Has been prominent in financial circles for twenty-five years and connected with the growth and development of northwest Iowa and South Dakota; has resided in Sioux City since 1874; was at tne nea d of a syndicate that built the S. C. & N. railroad, terminals and the stock yards at Sioux City; is a democrat of some distinction; was a can didate for congress in 1896; has literary tastes and is a self-made man. 452 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JAMES RENWICK BREVOORT, N. A., Architect, Was born July 20, 1832, in Westchester county, and is a lineal descendant of Jan Heinrich van Brevoort, who em igrated from Gronigen, Holland, and settled in New Am sterdam (now New York) about 1642. He received most of his art education in New York, in the studio of the late Thomas S. Cummings, then vice-president of the Nation al academy of design. In 1873, he went to Europe, where he remained about seven years, visiting nearly all the schools and art centers of Europe, studying the ancient and modern works of art in the galleries of the Old World. Most of the time while in Europe, his residence was in Florence, Italy, where he had his studio and pur sued his profession, painting many works of Italian scen ery, particularly of the Italian lakes. During his resi dence in Florence, he received the honor of being made a member of the Royal Academy of Urbino, the birth place of Raphael. Some of his most important works have been pictures of English heaths and moorlands --- such as A Windy Day on the Border of a Heath, A Day of Wind and Rain on a Moor, The Night Wind Swept the Moor land Lea, Home of the Witch, Haunted Pool, etc. The artist s taste has inclined him to paint more of the solemn and weird aspects of nature, to which the heaths and moors of England most readily lend themselves. More recently he has devoted himself to water-colors of Ameri can and foreign scenes. His works are well-known, and can be found in various private collections. He was made an Academician of the National academy of design in New York in 1863. In 1870 he was appointed professor of scientific perspective at the Academy of design, upon which subject he gave courses of lectures with demonstra tions during three years. Before devoting himself to the study of landscape painting, he was employed in the office of his cousin, Mr. James Renwick, the well-known arch itect, during four years, and was Mr. Renwick s assistant SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 453 in preparing the plans for St. Patrick s cathedral in New York, the workhouse on Blackwell s island, and many other public and private buildings. He came to Yonkers in 1880, and in 1890 built his present residence. He was married in 1873 to Miss Marie Louise Bascom, and has three children, two daughters and one son. GEORGE WARREN WOOD, Presbyterian Minister, Was born Jan. i, 1844, in Bebek, Turkey. His father was a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was educated in the state of New York, and except one year at Hamilton college, in the city; received the degree of Batchelor of Arts in the city and two years afterward (1865) from Hamilton col lege, at Clinton, Oneida county,; Master of Arts from the college of the city of New York in 1866; and was graduated from Union Theological seminary in 1869. He was licensed to preach in April of that year, and was or dained by the Presbytery of Saginaw (Synod of Michi gan) April n, 1872. The next month (May 13) he mar ried Harriet Snyder, who has borne him two sons and five daughters. They live in Michigan, with the excep tion of one daughter, who is in Alabama. He labored in Michigan under the Presbyterian board of home missions until 1876, and under the American Bible society in 1877, 78 and 79. He was a missionary to the Dakota (Sioux) Indians on the upper Missouri river from 1879 to 1889. In 1892-93 he was a home missionary at Lakefield in the up per penninsula of Michigan. He published a little pa per at Mackinaw, Mich., called the Mackinaw Witness; and afterward went to Fairhope, Alabama, where he has been treasurer of the Fairhope Single Tax corporation since 1908. 454 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE WELCH SIMMONS, V ice-President Simmons Hardware Company, Was born Aug. 12, 1878, in St. Louis, son of Edward C. and Carrie (Welch) Simmons; graduated from Smith academy with highest standing in class of 1895, and from Yale university, A.B., 1900; married, St. Louis, Nov. 21, 1903, Virginia Wright; three children, Richert Wright, Virginia and Lulie Simmons. Began with Simmons Hard ware company of St. Louis Jan. i, 1901, at bottom, push ing trucks in warehouse at a salary of twenty dollars per month; worked up through every department of house and went on the road; made general manager, January, 1904; the company is wholesale dealer in hardware, cut lery, sporting goods, pocket cutlery, etc. Also vice-presi dent Simmons Hardware company of New York, secre tary of Hillman Land and Iron company, vice-president of Simmons Warehouse company, Simmons Hardware company of Minneapolis, Standard Simmons Hardware company of Toledo, Dymond Simmons Hardware com pany of Sioux City, Simmons Hardware company of Wichita. Episcopalian. Member Missouri historical so ciety. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, St. Louis Country, Round Table, City. Office, 900 Spruce street; residence, Clayton, St. Louis county, Missouri. GEORGE WARREN BROWN, President The Brown Shoe Company and Pioneer of Suc cessful Shoe Manufacturing in St. Louis. Was born March 21, 1853, in Granville, N.Y. He was educated in the public schools of his native town; and in 1872 graduated from the Bryant and Stratton commercial college of Troy, N.Y. In 1873 ne secured position as shipping clerk in a shoe house at St. Louis, Mo.; became traveling salesman within a year; and in less than five years became a leading man with his firm, at which time he was greatly impressed as to the future possibilities of SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 455 St. Louis as a shoe manufacturing center, but was unable to make his employers see the same idea sufficiently strong to induce them to then attempt manufacturing. He be came so much enthused over the idea, however, that he resigned a lucrative position to put himself on the altar of shoe manufacturing in St. Louis, if results should so de cree, but the enterprise proved successful so that his hard earned savings put into venture, and his investment of time were not sacrificed. The success of this pioneer con cern caused other to soon follow and St. Louis has be come in a comparatively short period the greatest shoe market (selling exclusively retail dealers) in the United States. The Brown Shoe company was organized in No vember, 1878, under name of Bryan-Brown Shoe com pany. This institution has become ore of the greatest shoe organizations in America. Mr. Brown has been an im portant factor in helping to build up many St. Louis en terprises for the advancement of the city of his adoption. He is also prominent in religious and philanthropic af fairs in St. Louis. TEMPLIN MORRIS POTTS, Commandant and Naval Governor of the Island of Guam, Was born Nov. i, 1855, in Washington, D.C. He was educated in the private schools of Washington, D.C. ; and at the United States naval academy. He has filled various positions of trust and honor in the service of the United States government. He is now commandant and naval governor of the Island of Guam; on detached duty as gov ernor of Guam, November, 1907; commanded U.S. Crui ser Des Moines, 1908; served as assistant Lupinn Un- thraut naval fencing, Washington, August, 1908, to March, 1909; commanded battleship Georgia, 1908* chief intelligence officer of January, 1909, to date. 456 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN W. ILIFF, Cattle Ranchman, Was born in 1831, in Ohio. A self-made man, never made more than one excursion into any business vocation not connected with the soil of his native land. He spent his early life in farming and managed to gain a good edu cation and graduated from Delaware college. He first went to Kansas in 1853, and then to Colorado in 1856, with a wagon train of provisions, from the proceeds of which he bought cattle. He originated and developed the driving of cattle from Texas to the northern ranges of Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska. He gradu ally acquired the land on all the small streams and around springs to the extent of some 60,000 acres and this con trolled a range of several hundred thousand acres. At one time he had as many as 60,000 head of cattle. He died Feb. 9, 1878, at his residence in Denver, Col., leav ing a widow, Elizabeth, two sons, William S. and John W. Jr., and two daughters, Edna and Louise. All his children survive him except his youngest son, John W. Jr. His widow, Elizabeth, is now the wife of Bishop H. W. Warren and his son William is largely interested in various gas, electric and street railway systems in the western states, also irrigation and coal companies. FRANK DYER CHESTER, American Consul-General, Was born Dec. 2, 1869, in Newton, Mass. He was edu cated in Newton and received the Franklin medal from the English high school of Boston; and graduated from Harvard university, from which institution he has re ceived the degrees of A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. He has attained prominence as a noted linguist. In 1 893-9 c; he was assistant in Semitic languages at Harvard university. In 1897-1904 he was United State? consul at Budapest; and since 1904 consul-general to Hungary, with head quarters at Budapest, Hungary. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 457 REMY JOSEPH STOFFEL, Physician, Was born Dec. i, 1851, in Paris, France, son of Remy and Adelahaid (Marque) Stoffel; educated in public schools of St. Louis, St. Vincent college, Cape Girardeau, Mo., graduating m commercial department, 1874; taught school in Randolph county, 111., 1874-77; attended St. Louis medical college, and was graduated as M.D., 1880; married, St. Louis, 1880, Mary E. Green; children, Le- onie, Remy, Irene, Clarence. Engaged in general prac tice of medicine since March 3, 1880. Also proprietor of Lemp Avenue pharmacy, and treasurer of Josephine Hos pital corporation. In 1908 in company with his son, Remy E., a graduate in chemistry from the university of Michigan at Ann Arbor, he established the Empire Sup ply and Manufacturing company, engaged in manufac turing the Royal brands of disinfectants, with laboratories at 1815 Pertaloggi street. EDWARD BREITUNG, Capitalist, State Senator, Congressman, Was born Nov. 10, 1831, in Germany. In 1872 he was elected a representative to the Michigan state legislature for the term of two years; was state senator in 1877-78; and was mayor of Neguanee in 1878-80 and 1882. In 1883-85 he was a representative from Michigan to the forty-eighth congress as a republican. He died March 3, 1887, in Neguanee, Mich.; and afterward his body was moved to Marquette, Mich. Edward N. Breitung for many years was identified widi the business and pub lic affairs of Marquette, Mich.; is the son of the late Ed ward Breitung; and now maintains offices in New York city, under the corporate name of Breitung and company, Limited. He has several times doubled his father s for tune; and has successfully acquired mineral lands and mines and similar projects in a scientific way through ex perts. 458 J. N. HURTY, State Health Commissioner and Secretary of the State Board of Health, Was born in 1852 in Lebanon, Ohio, of German paren tage. His father was a pioneer teacher in Indiana, having been superintendent of schools at Richmond in 1856, at Liberty from 1858 to 1862, and later at North Madison, Rising Sun and Lawrenceburg. Dr. J. N. Hurty, the sub ject of this sketch, studied medicine, pharmacy and chem istry, at Philadelphia from 1872 to 1875. Selecting his life work early, there was no hesitancy. Dr. Hurty has been a continuous resident of Indianapolis since 1873. During that time he served two years as a member of the faculty of Purdue university. He served as a member of the Indianapolis city board of health, and was city health officer for nine years. He became state health officer, and secretary of the state board of health in 1887, and has held the position continuously since, rendering the people of the state most valuable service. He has earned and en joys fully the utmost confidence of the citizenship. No subject affecting the public health is too insignificant to incite his interest and investigation, and no point in the state is too remote for his personal visitation when duty seems to call. Dr. Hurty is also entitled to much credit for recent legislation to prevent food adulterations, and to safeguard the public health in various ways. Dr. Hur ty is a member of the American medical association, the Indiana state medical society, the American public health association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also professor of hy giene in the Indiana university school of medicine, at In dianapolis. He has contributed numerous papers on medical, chemical and hygiene subjects, and is the author of Field Water Inspection, School Lessons in Physiology, Hygiene and Life with Health. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 459 JOHN B. WORRALL, D. D. Minister, Was born in Oxford, Ohio. Centre college, Danville, Ky., A.B., 1873; same colleee, M.A., 1876, and D.D., 1893. Western Theological seminary, Pittsburgh, Pa., North Side, B.D., 1876. Licensed to preach by Presby tery of Ebenezer, in Kentucky, 1875. Ordained and in stalled pastor of Warren Presbyterian church, Louisville, Ky., November, 1876. Pastor Loveland, O, 1879-81; Galesburg, 111., 1885-89; Keokuk, Iowa, 1889-95; Evan gelist, 1896-1903; Kansas City, Kans., First Presbyterian church, 1904-07; Wichita, Kans., Lincoln Street Presby terian church, 1907-09. Cherry Tree, Pa., since 1909 Dr. Worrall is son of one of the best known ministers of the Presbyterian church in the United States, Rev. Dr. John M. Worrall, Prof. Emeritus of the Presbyterian Theological seminary, of Louisville, Ky., now living in Philadelphia. Dr. Worrall has occupied some of the best pastorates in the middle west, Galesburg, 111., Keo kuk, Iowa, and Kansas City, succeeding men of distin guished ability in the church. He has never sought any prominent positions in the church, but has given his life intently to the pastorate and to evangelistic work. In this pastoral capacity he is well known all through the church in the union. JOHN MERLE COULTER, Botanist, Was born Nov. 20, 1851, in Ningpo, China. He was graduated at Hanover college, Ind., in 1870, and during 1872-73 was botanist to the United States geological sur vey of the territories in the Rocky mountain system. In 1874 he became professor of natural sciences in Hanover college, where he remained until 1879, when he was ap pointed to the chair of biology at Wabash. During 1891- 93 he was president and professor of botany in Indiana university; during 1893-96 president of Lake Forest uni- 460 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS versity; and from 1896 to the present, professor and head of the department of botany in the University of Chicago. Prof. Coulter is editor of the Botanical Gazette, and is the author in part of Synopsis of the Flora of Colorado (Washington, 1874) ; Manual of Rocky Mountain Bot any (New York, 1885 and 1910) ; Manual of Texan Bot any (Washington, 1891-94) ; Plant Structures (New York, 1899) ; Plant Studies (New York, 1900) ; Plant Relations (New York, 1901) ; A Text-book of Botan} (New York, 1905) ; in collaboration with C. J. Cham berlain, Morphology of Gymnosperms (Chicago, 1910) ; Morphology of Angiosperms (New York, 1903) ; in col laboration with C. R. Barnes and H. C. Cowles, A Text book of Botany (New York, 1910). WILLIAM M CONOCHIE, Mayor of Rock Island, His family came to Joliet when he was six and one-half years. He did not leave the trade of stone cutting until after the war. He drifted into the army in a Missour* regiment late in the fall of 1861 in St. Louis, but on ac count of his youth was not accepted until Feb. i, 1862, as a drummer; was at Fort Donalson, Shiloh, Corinth and with Grant s army at Holly Springs and the Vicksburg campaign and in the fall of 1863 was temporarily in Grangers corps at Chicamauga and was with Thomas at Nursery ridge, all under an assumed name; went home in December and soon after enlisted in the 72nd Illinois as a recruit; was in the Atlanta campaign and returned to Nashville under Thomas; fought at Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville, and closed military career at Mobile, Ala. Was mayor of Rock Island four times; one term as alderman, 1887-89; mayor, 1889-93, 1899- 1901 and again from 1903 to 1905. Member of contract ing firm of William McConochie and Sons. His daugh ter, Margrete, passed away April i, 1909. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 461 JAMES BRECKINRIDGE SPEED, Merchant, Was born in Louisville, Ky. ; son of William P. and Mary Ellen (Shallcross) Speed; educated public schools; bank clerk Louisville and Chicago until 1861 ; served in Union army, private and later adjutant, twenty-seventh Kentucky infantry, 1861-65, serving in all the campaigns in the West; married, 1868, Cora, daughter of George W. Cof fin, Cincinnati. In business in Louisville since war; pres ident Louisville Cement company, Louisville street rail way system, Ohio Valley telephone company; head of J. B. Speed and company, cement, etc., and Byrne and Speed, coal. JAMES TALCOTT, Banker and Commission Merchant, Was born Feb. 7, 1835, m Connecticut; son of Seth and Charlotte Stout (Butler) Talcott; traces descent from an ancient and honorable family of Colchester, Essex, Eng land, the motto on whose coat of arms is Virtus sola nobil- itas. The father of the American branch, John Talcott, of Braintree, Essex, England, came to New York in the company of the Puritans led by Thomas Hooker and John Cotton, landing at Boston in 1633, and removed with Rev. Mr. Hooker and his church to Connecticut in 1636 and became one of the founders of the city of Hartford. An other ancestor, the Worshipful John Talcott, was treas urer of the colony of Connecticut from 1652 to 1659. An other ancestor was governor of the colony of Connecticut from 1724 to 1741. James Talcott was educated in the common schools of West Hartford, Conn., Westfield academy, and Williston seminarv, Easthampton, Mass. Married Henrietta E. Francis; children, James Freder ick, Francis Edgar, Grace (Mrs. Warner M. Van Nor- den), Edith C. (Mrs. H. Roswell Bates), Arthur Whit ing and Reginald. Commenced business in New York city 1854, under his own name; his houses, with its vari- 462 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ous annexes in New York and other cities, sells or finan ces the product of a large number of mills and manufac turers of foreign and domestic woolens, cottons, silks, gloves, embroideries, dress goods, etc. Also finances any and all lines of trade. Director Manhattan Company bank, American Hosiery company. Vice-president Cham ber of commerce, New York; member New York board of trade and transportation, Merchants and Manufac turers Board of Trade. Presbyterian elder; founder and trustee of Northfield seminary, Northfield, Mass. Trustee Young Women s Christian association, New York city. Member, International committee, Young Men s Christ ian association, New England society, American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bo tanical and Zoological gardens; life member of American Geographical society. Clubs : Republican, Patria, Amer ican Yacht, New York Riding. CHARLES DYER, Second Vice-President National Coal Dump Car Company, Was born April 30, 1845, at Springfield, Vt. Educated at Rutland (Vt.) high school and Eastman s business col lege at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Entered railway service 1863, since which he has been consecutively to 1866, tele graph operator Rutland and Bennington railway at Rut land, Vt., 1868-70, clerk and operator Boston and Albany railroad; Nov. i, 1870, to Feb. i, 1900, with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway successively as clerk and operator, agent, chief dispatcher, trainmaster and divi sion superintendent; Feb. i, 1900, to Jan. 30, 1903, gen eral superintendent Colorado and Southern railway; May, 1903, to date, second vice-president National Coal Dump Car company. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 463 COLONEL ALLEN LEWIS FAHNESTOCK, Merchant at Glassford, Has been a faithful member of the Masonic order ever since 1851, in which year, Feb. 10, he was initiated as an entered apprentice, April 14 as fellow-craftsman, and May 12 as a master mason. Next year, May 4, he received the degrees of mark master and past master, and royal arch Jan. 6, 1853, at Peoria in the days when , that noted Mason, editor and lecturer, Thomas J. Pickett, was mas ter of the lodge in that city. At present Mr. Fahnestock holds his membership in Lancaster lodge, No. 106, and in the Peoria chapter. He was worshipful master of the blue lodge from 1853 to 1862 inclusive, in 1865, and again in 1896; and he has been a member of the grand lodge of the state all the time he has been master of the local lodge. Mr. Fahnestock was born in Abbottstown, Adams county, Penn., Feb. 9, 1828, and came west in the autumn of 1837, locating at Lancaster, a mile and a half from Glassford. Ever since 1856 he has been engaged in merchandising. Aug. 27, 1862, he was mustered in as captain of Company I, eighty-sixth Illinois volunteer infantry, of which regi ment he was appointed major Feb. 5, 1864; April 14 fol lowing he was promoted as lieutenant-colonel, and was finally commissioned colonel, but too late for muster. He served in the department of the Cumberland, and en gaged in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Mis sionary Ridge, Buzzard s Roost, Resaca, Rome, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Savan nah, Averysboro, Bentonville, etc., - - all of which were important and hotly contested engagements. Mr. Fahne stock is a member of Timber Post, No. 432, G.A.R., of which he has been commander. In civil offices Mr. Fahnestock has served as town clerk, school treasurer, su pervisor, and in 1866-67 was county treasurer of Peoria county. 464 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EDWIN GRAHAM POTTER, State Senator, Was born Oct, 1852, in Adams, N.Y. ; son of George Nel son and Mary Griswold Potter. His great grandfather was Major Israel Potter of the revolutionary war, his grandfather was Edwin Potter, a soldier of the war of 1812. M,r. Potter has been prominent in the affairs of Minnesota since his arrival there in 1881, having been two years president of the State Dairy association, seven years president of the Minneapolis Produce association, two years a member of the board of farm institute work, two years a member of the Minneapolis city council, and two years president, of that body, ten years a member of the Minnesota state senate, four years a member of the re publican state central committee, besides having occupied many other offices of trust. Mr. Potter is a prominent member of the Commercial club, and closely identified with the public work of that body. Mr. Potter was mar ried in 1876 to Irma Northey, and in 1894 to Anna Keough, and is the father of four children. CHARLES GILBERT HINDS. Lawyer and Statesman, Was born Aug. 31, 1866, at Shakopee, Minn. The an cestors of the subject of this sketch, on both the paternal and maternal sides, were of good old Colonial stock, hav ing come to this country about the year 1650. Several members of the family were soldiers in the War of the Revolution. Henry Hinds, the father of Charles, was an early pioneer in the state of Minnesota, coming here in 18^4 and settling at Shakopee, where he has ever since re sided and practiced law. He was born at Hebron, New York, in 1826; graduated from Albany Normal college in 1850; took up the study of law in the Cincinnati law school and graduated from that institution in 1852. In 1853 he was married to Mary F. Woodworth, the mother of the subject of this sketch. The following year Mr. Hinds came to Minnesota and opened a law office at Sha- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 465 kopee. He has held many offices of public trust. He was one of the leading lawyers of the eighth judicial district up to the time of his retiring from active practice in 1884. In the early days he acted as the county-attorney of Scott county and judge of probate. He was a member of the lower house of the legislature from Scott county in 1878, and was made a member of the board of managers in the impeachment of Judge Page, making the closing argu ment for the board before the senate. In 1879 and 1881 he served in the state senate. Charles Gilbert Hinds re ceived his early education in the common schools of Sha- kopee, and in 1883 entered the state university, taking a special course for two years. In 188$ he entered the law department of the university of Michigan, graduating with a degree of LL.B. in 1887. He received his cetrifi- cate of admission to the bar on his twenty-first birthday, and immediately began the practice of his profession in his native town Shakopee where he has remained. In 1894 he was elected county attorney at Scott county. He is a mason, a member of the A.O.U.W., of which he was grand master workman of the state, and the M.W. of A. He is also a member of the legal college fraternity of the Phi Delta Phi. September 21;, 1888, Mr. Hinds was mar ried to Maude Plumstead, of Shakopee. They have two sons, Frank H. and Frederick C. MORRIS BEACH BEARDSLEY, Judge, Was born Aug. 13, 1849, in Trumbull, Conn., belongs to an old and representative family and is a descendant of William Beardsley, who settled in Stratford in 1638. He is the son of Samuel G. Beardsley and Mary Beach, his wife. He received his oreparatorv education at Stratford academv, matriculated ?t Yale in 1866, and was grad uated with the class of 1870. He subsequently entered Co lumbia law school, where for one year he attended the lectures of Prof. Dwight, and afterward studied in the 466 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS law office of William K. Seelev of Bridgeport, one of the foremost lawyers of his period in Fairfield county, who took him into partnership at the end of two years. He was elected cih r r ] er < , n^d held the office three terms, and in the fall of 1876 was elected judge of the probate court, entering upon his duties Jan. i, 1877, and has been stead ily re-elected, with the best feeling of both parties. On June 5, 1873, he married Lucy J. Fayerweather, niece and adopted daughter of the late Daniel B. Fayerweather, the munificient benefactor of Yale. He is one of the orig inal members of the Fairfield county alumni association, one of its trustees, and its treasurer, a Mason of the thirty- second degree, an Odd Fellow, a member of the Sea Side club in Bridgeport, and of the Aldine club, New York city. He has served on the board of education and a num ber of other positions of trust in Bridgeport, is prominent in church affairs, is a scholarly man of high culture, and is popular in all his relations to society. FREDERICK CLEMENT STEVENS, Congressman, Is a lawyer and resides in St. Paul. Mr. Stevens father was a physician, Dr. John Stevens, of Bangor, Maine. At the time of the birth of the subject of this sketch, Dr. Stevens was a resident of Boston, and Frederick Clement Stevens was born there Jan. i, 1861. He began his educa tion in the village schools of Searsport, Maine, and grad uated from the high school of Rockland, Maine, 1877. The following year he entered Bowdoin college, at Brunswick, Maine, where he graduated in the class of 1881. Mr. Stevens had decided to adopt the profession of law, and began his preparation with Hon. A. W. Paine, of Bangor. Soon afterwards, however, he came west and completed his law course in the state university of Iowa, where he graduated from the law department in 1884. The same year he removed to St. Paul, and entered upon the practice of law. He was elected to the lower house of SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 467 the legislature from the twenty-sixth district, in i and was re-elected by both republicans and democrats in 1891. He was elected to congress from the fourth con gressional district of Minnesota as a republican in 1896 and has since been seven times re-elected. He was mar ried at Lansing, Mich., in 1889, to Ellen J. Fargo. They have no children. HENRY J. HEINZ, Manufacturer, Was born Oct. n, 1844, m Pittsburgh, Pa. He was edu cated in the public schools, and at the age of fifteen be came his father s bookkeeper and practical assistant in the business of brick-making, building and contracting, car ried on at Sharpsburg, a suburban town to which the family had moved. He also devoted a part of his time in operating a garden near the family residence, selling the product in the Pittsburgh market. In 1869 he began to bottle horse radish for the market, and from this be ginning has grown the H. J. Heinz company, of which he is president, which is the largest food product estab lishment of its kind in the world, having ramifications in both production and distribution in almost every country in the world. Mr. Heinz is a director of the Union Na tional bank, Pittsburgh; Western Insurance company, Pittsburgh; president of the Winona Interurban railway company, Indiana; and president of the Pennsylvania State Sunday School association; and connected as trustee or director with many other civic, educational and relig ious organizations. In politics he has acted with the re publican party on national issues, but has never sought or held office. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. In 1869 he was married to Sallie Sloan Young, who died in 1894. He has four children, one daughter and three sons. 468 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EUGENE D. SCRIBNER, Lawyer, Was born Dec. 21, 186?, in Delafield, Wis., son of Robert C. and Frances L. (Hillabrandt) Scribner. Educated in the public schools of Fulton county, N.Y. Married, New York city, April 20, 1899, Mollie A. Groff; chil dren, Donald Chevalier, born Feb. 24, 1900, Hilda Eliza beth, born Sept. 30, 1901, Robert E. D., born May 30, 1903, Phillip Le Grande, born June 13, 1908, William Francis, born Jan. 12, 1910, Victor Gordon, born Sept. 6, 1911. Successful general practitioner of law, orator and journalist; present corporation counsel of the city of Gloversville, N.Y., and assistant district attorney of the county of Hamilton, N.Y. ; served as police judge of Northville, N.Y. ; president of the Northville fire de partment, member of the board of education; for five years chairman of the democratic assembly district com mittee, comprised of the counties of Fulton and Hamil ton. Director of People s Conservative stores of Fulton county, N.Y. Democrat, Episcopalian. Member of New York bar association and Gloversville bar association, I. O. Red Men, I.O.O.F., L.O.O.M., Maccabees. Trus tee Northville schools. Recreations : Athletic sports and horsemanship. Clubs: Manhattan, Tilden (New York city). JOHN PATRICK GRACE, Business Man and Statesman, Was born December 30, 1874, in Charleston, S.C. He was educated in the public schools and academies of his native state. He is prominently identified with the busi ness and public affairs of Charleston, S.C.; and is an active member of the democratic party. He has filled numerous positions of trust and honor; and in 1911 was elected mayor of Charleston for a four-year term ending in 1915. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 469 EDWARD HITCHCOCK, Educator, Was born Sept. i, 1854, in Stratford, Conn., a son of Prof. Edward Hitchcock, and grandson of President Edward Hitchcock, both of Amherst college. He was graduated from Amherst in 1878, and took his degree of A.M. there three years later; studied medicine and took the degree of M.D. at Darmouth college in 1881, and afterward spent some time in post-graduate medical work at Bellevue college and dispensary, New York city. He returned to Amherst, Mass., where he practiced medicine and was ap pointed instructor in physical culture under his father. During this time he practiced medicine in the town. He was also appointed instructor in elocution at the Massa chusetts agricultural college of the same place. Dr. Hitchcock was appointed acting professor of physical cul ture at Cornell university in 1884, and later full professor at the same institution. To the duties of this position were afterward added that of lecturer in hygiene. Dr. Hitchcock is a vice-president of the American academy of medicine, and secretary of the American association for the advancement of physical culture. He resigned from Cornell university in November, 1903, and since 1905 has been a medical visitor with the state board of charity, Boston, Mass.- Address, State House, Boston, Mass. JOHN B. SHANNON, State Senator of Maryland, Was born November 7, 1865, in Springfield, W.Va. He became chairman of the Allegany county democratic com- mittee; and subsequently was elected register of wills for six years. At the expiration of his term he was nominated and elected to the state senate of Maryland. He has frequently been named as an available candidate for the democratic nomination for congress from the sixth district of Maryland; and resides in Frostburg, Md. 470 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES MORTIMER WARNER, Manufacturer, Was born April 8, 1845, at Van Buren, Onondaga county, N.Y. He received his early education in the public school of the neighboring town of Jordan, and at the age of eighteen engaged in the grocery business for himself at Peru, N.Y. At twenty-one he returned to Jordan, where he embarked first in the milling business and subse quently in that of coal and lumber. In 1879 he engaged in the malting trade in Syracuse, N.Y., and soon built up an establishment which, in 1894, was the largest of its kind in the world, having branches in nine different cities. He is identified with the asphalt paving companies of Rochester and Syracuse, and has also large interests in the electric light and street-car plants in Fall River, Mass., and several western cities. He is president of the board of police commissioners of Syracuse and was respectively postmaster and mayor of Jordan, N.Y. In 1875 Mr. Warner was married to Alice Emerick of Jordan, who died in 1893. On June 6, 1894, Mr. Warner announced to the city of Syracuse his intention to erect a monument to the memory of his wife and to the honored soldier-dead of Onondaga county. The cost of this gift is estimated at $100,000, making it one of the handsomest memorials in the country. HERBERT P. KELLER, Lawyer and Statesman, Was born February 7, 1875, in St. Paul, Minn. He re ceived a thorough education in the public schools and academies of his native state. He soon attained success in the practice of law in Minnesota; has been third as sistant corporation attorney of St. Paul; and for three terms served as assemblyman in the common council. He has filled numerous positions of trust and honor; and is now serving his first term as mayor of St. Paul, Minn. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 471 GEORGE BURLEY SPALDING, Clergyman, Was born Aug. 1 1, 1835, in Montpelier, Vt., the third son of James Spalding, a distinguished physician and surgeon, and Eliza Reed. The family of Spalding gave its name to the town in Lincolnshire, Eng., which is mentioned in a charter for the foundation of the great Crowland abbey, granted by King Ethelbert, whose reign began in 716. On the maternal side the ancestry is unbrokenly traced to Brianus de Rede, who in 1 139 held a great estate at Mor- peth, on the Wensback, in the north of England. The ear liest American ancestors were Edward Spalding, of Braintree, Mass., at Virginia, 1619, and John Reed, of Rehoboth, Mass. Many of their descendants served in the early Indian wars and in the revolution. George Burley was graduated from the university of Vermont in 1856, studied law with Judge W. G. M. Davis, of Tallahassee, Fla., studied theology two years at the Union theological seminary, New York city, and one year at Andover, Mass., graduating in 1861. In August of that year he married Sarah Livingston, daughter of Rev. John W. Olmstead, D. D., of Boston, Mass., and has several chil dren. On Oct. 5, 1861, Mr. Spalding accepted a call to the Congregational church at Vergennes, Vt., where he remained until September, 1864, when he removed to Hartford, Conn., to accept the pastorate of the North church, of which Dr. Horace Bushnell had long been pastor. The church is now known as the Park church. On Sept. i, 1869, he became pastor of the Congregational church at Dover, N.H. During his seminary course in New York Mr. Spalding contributed various articles to the New York World, of which his brother, James Reed Spalding, was the founder; to the Courier and Enquirer, and to the New York Times. While at Dover he wrote a large number of editorial leaders for the Watchman, and in January, 1881, established the New Hampshire Journal, the state organ of the Congregationalists, and was 472 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS its editor for several years. He was chairman of the school committee of Dover, president of the trustees of the state normal school, member of the constitutional con vention of New Hampshire, in 1877 representative of the city of Dover in the state legislature, and chaplain of that body. He was also trustee of the New Hampshire mis sionary society, and of the state orphan s home. Mr. Spalding accepted a call to the Franklin street Congrega tional church at Manchester, N.H., in 1883, and to the First Presbyterian church at Syracuse, N.Y., in 1885, where he has since been elected trustee of Auburn theo logical seminary, and of Hamilton college, and vice-presi dent of the American tract society. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Darmouth college in 1878; LL.D. by the Syracuse university, 1904, and D.D. by Ver mont university, 1907. Dr. Spalding has published sev eral valuable religious and historical works. At the close of fifty years of ministry and a pastorate of twenty-five years of the First Presbyterian church at Syracuse, N.Y., Dr. Spalding has retired with the honor of Pastor Emeri tus. MARK BRICKELL KERR, Mining Engineer of California, Was born June 28, 1860, in St. Michaels, Md. He was educated in the public schools of Washington, D. C. ; and received a special education as civil engineer under pri vate tutors. In 1886 he made the ascent of Mount Shasta; and was geographer of the expedition sent out in 1890 by the United States geological survey and the national Geo graphical society to explore Mt. St. Elias and vicinity. He is a successful consulting mining engineer of San Francisco, Ca l. ; and a member of the Philosophical, An thropological and National geographical societies of Washington. He is the author of A Journey in Ecuador and various other geographical articles in current pub lications. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 473 JOSHUA LEVERING, Merchant, Was born Sept. 12, 1845, in Baltimore, Md. He received a private school education, and in 1865 entered into the coffee-importing business of his father, at first as an em ploye, but later as a member of the firm, conducting the business with his brother Eugene after the death of his father, in 1870. He has taken an active part in religious and charitable enterprises, serving as president of the board of trustees of the Southern Baptist theological sem inary, at Louisville, Ky., as vice-president of the Amer ican Baptist publication society, as president of the Balti more Young Men s Christian Association, and in other of fices of similar character. In politics he held with the democratic party until 1884, in which year he joined the prohibition party. He was a candidate for state comp troller of Maryland in 1891, and in May, 1896, he was nominated for president, with Hale Thompson, of Illi nois, for vice-president, by the majority or narrow-gauge section of the prohibition party, at the convention held in Pittsburgh, Penn. WILLIAM FRANKLIN BARCLAY, Physician, Was born near Jacksonville, Indiana county, Penn., Feb. 13, 1842, son of John Agnew Barclay, a school-teacher and farmer, distinguished for his industry, honesty and sobriety. His mother was Margaret Medlar Lomison. His paternal grandfather, Law r ry Barclay, was born in county Antrim, Ireland, and was a farmer. His paternal grandmother, Martha Ann Agnew, was born in county Antrim, Ireland. His maternal grandfather, William Lomison, was a farmer and miller; his maternal grand mother was Annie Fulkison. He was reared on a farm, and educated at Mechanicsburg academy, Indiana coun ty, Penn., at Cherry Valley academy and Jacksonville academy, and was graduated M.A. in Washington and 474 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Jefferson college in 1867. He taught school for a num ber of years, and at the outbreak of the war enlisted in company D, 54th Pennsylvania regiment. He read medi cine with Dr. H. G. Lomison of Greensburg; entered Jef ferson medical college, 1865, being a member of the class of 1865 and 1866; entered Long Island college hospital, 1866, and was graduated the same year. He began the practice of medicine in Saltsburg, Indiana county, 1866, and remained there until 1877, and located in Pittsburgh in 1881. Dr. Barclay discovered and applied gold com pounds in 1893, in which he successfully combined gold with bromine, mercury, arsenic, and other metals, in the face of the decree of chemists that such compounds were impossible, but which have since been adopted in the practice of the most conservative physicians. Dr. Bar clay is a member of the sixth ward school board, and has been president of the board for six years. He is a member of the Third Presbyterian church of Pittsburgh, Pa. HORATIO NELSON CHUTE, Physicist, Was born Dec. 26, 1847, in Grovesend, Ontario, Canada. He was graduated at the university of Michigan in 1872. From 1867 to 1869 he was principal of public schools in Aylmer, Ontario, and from then until 1870 instructor in Latin and English in Woodstock college. In 1873 he was appointed instructor in mathematics and the physical sciences in the high school at Ann Arbor, Mich. He has published Complete School Register (Detroit, 1878) ; Complete Class Register (1878) ; System of School Re ports (1878); Complete Record Book (1879); Arith metical Cabinet ( 1879) ; and a Manual of Practical Phys ics (1886) ; in connection with Dr. Carhart, Elements of Physics (1893); Physical Laboratory Manual (1894); in connection with Dr. Carhart, High School Physics (1901) ; in connection with Dr. Carhart, Physics (1912). SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 475 ROBERT WILLIAM THOMPSON, JR., Lawyer, Was born May 20, 1874, in New York city; son of Robert William and Martha Macfarlan Thompson; educated in public schools, college city of New York, A.B., 1893, Columbia college, A.M., 1894, Columbia law school, LL.B., 1896. Admitted to bar 1896 and since then in active practice in New York city; member law firm of Thompson, Warren and Pelgram. His family has re sided on West 97th street continuously for seventy years, and his grandfather, Adam Thompson, once cultivated a farm of four or five acres near the present junction of Broadway and 97th street. Republican. Member Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Delta Phi fraternities, Albion lodge, F. and A. M., Association Bar City of New York, West End association. Clubs: Republican, Englewood Golf, Columbia University. CHARLES HEALY DITSON, Publisher of Music, Was born Aug. 11, 1845, and is a son of the late Oliver Ditson, founder of the house of Oliver Ditson and com pany, in Boston. He was educated in the schools of Bos ton, and began business life as an employe in his father s store. He showed capacity and was admitted to the firm in 1867. The same year the firm established a branch house in New York city, under the name of Charles H. Ditson and company, incorporated under New York laws, and Charles has, since that time, made New York city his home. He is president of the now incorporated firm of The Oliver Ditson company, in Boston, and president of Charles H. Ditson and company, of New York. Mr. Dit son belongs to the Players club and the New England so ciety of New York city, and the Algonquin club of Boston. 476 JOHN EBERHARD FABER, Lead Pencil Manufacturer, Was born March 14, 1859, in New York city, was chris tened John Robert Faber and was educated at the school of mines, Columbia college, and in Nurenberg, Germany, and Paris, France. He then entered the office of his fath er, where he learned every necessary detail of the manu facture and sale of lead pencils. In 1879, he took charge of the business in America, and then received permission from the courts to change his middle name to Eberhard. Several years later, he admitted his brother Lothar to the firm. Mr. Faber is a very capable manager of his busi ness. He operates a factory in Brooklyn, and derives his supply of red cedar from Florida, which state alone grows this wood in perfection. Mr. Faber operates a large cedar yard and factory in Cedar Keys, Florida, at which the red cedar logs are sawed into slabs, ready for transportation to New York or Europe. His agents are continually ex ploring Florida for cedar lands, and have purchased for him large tracts of the standing timber. He was married in 1887 to Abby Boles Adams. JAMES HUTCHINS BAKER, President of the State University of Colorado, Was born Oct. 13, 1848, in Harmony, Maine. He entered Bates college, at Lewiston, Maine, in 1869, and graduated from that institution in 1873. He afterwards became principal of the Yarmouth, Maine, high school. In 1875 he became principal of the Denver, Col., high school, and from that time identified himself closely with the educa- itonal interests of Colorado. In 1892 he was elected pres ident of the university of Colorado. He was president of the National council of education in 1892, and president of the National association of state universities in 1907. He is a fellow of the American association for the ad vancement of Science. Dr. Baker was prominent in the scheme of harmonizing and unifying the work of secon- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 477 dary education through the entire country, and was one of the committee of ten, whose report on Secondary Edu cation in the United States, was published in 1893. In connection with the National educational association he has contributed many valuable papers to educational science, has served on many important committees of the N.E.A. and of the National association of state univer sities, and has been prominent in organizing investiga tions of subjects of national significance such as Standards of American universities, A National University, and Economy of Time in Education, this latter being really a question of the Re-organization of American Education. He is the author of Elementary Psychology, Education and Life, and American Problems. The growth and in fluence of the university, of which he has been president for the past twenty years, are noteworthy in recent educa tional progress. GRANVILLE STANLEY HALL, Psychologist, Was born Feb. i, 1845, m Ashfield, Mass. He was grad uated at Williams in 1867, was professor of psychology at Antioch college, Ohio, in 1872-76, studied in Berlin, Bonn, Heidelberg and Leipsic, and was lecturer on psy chology at Harvard in 1876 and again in 1 880-81, becom ing professor of that branch at Johns Hopkins university in 1881. In 1888 he accepted the presidency of Clark uni versity. Harvard gave him the degree of Ph. D. in 1878. Professor Hall has written extensively for periodicals on psychological and educational topics, and is editor of the American Journal of Psychology. He is the author of Aspects of German Culture; with John M. Mansfield, Hints Toward a Select and Descriptive Bibliography of Education; Adolescence; Youth Its Education Regime and Hygiene, and Educational Problems, in two volumes. 478 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JAMES CHAMPLIN FERNALD, Clergyman, Author, Editor, Was born Aug. 18, 1838, in Portland, Me.; son of Henry B. and Mabel C. Fernald; graduated at Harvard univer sity, 1860 (first Bowdoin prize for English composition) ; Newton theological institution, 1863; ordained to Baptist ministry at Rutland, Vt. ; L.H.D., Denison university, 1904; married, first, Rutland, Vt, 1869, Mary B. Griggs (died 1870) ; second, McConnellsville, O., June 18, 1873, Nettie S. Barker; children : Charles Barker, Henry Bar ker, Luther Danna, James Gordon, Grace Maxwell, Ma bel Ruth. Pastor of Granville, Springfield and other churches in Ohio twenty years until 1889; on staff of Standard Dictionary, as editor of synonyms, antonyms and prepositions; two years editor-in-chief of Students Stand ard Dictionary, selecting and defining 65,000 words from the 300,000 of the larger work; has since prepared other abridgements, the Standard Primary, Intermediate, etc.; for a time editor Homiletic Reeview; associate editor Co lumbian Cyclopedia. Lecturer on English Prose Style, Y.M. C. A., Washington, D.C., since 1906. Author: The Economics of Prohibition, 1890; The New Womanhood, 1894; Synonyms, Anatonyms and Prepositions of the Eng lish language, 1895; The Spaniard in History, 1898; The Imperial Republic, 1898; Home Training of Children, 1898; True Motherhood, 1900; Connectives of English Speech, 1900; A Working Grammar of the English Lan guages, 1908. M. C. METZGER, President State Board of Pharmacy of Illinois, Was born June 9, 1855, in Bridgeport, N.Y. He is a suc cessful druggist and business man of Cairo, 111.; and prominently identified with the business and public affairs of that city. He is a member of the state board of phar macy of Illinois and resides in Cairo, 111. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 479 NETWON WHITING GILBERT, Vice-Governor and Secretary of Public Instruction of the the Philippine Islands, Was born May 24, 1862, in Worthington, Ohio, 1862. After studying in the public schools of Indiana and at the Ohio state university Mr. Gilbert was admitted to the bar of Indiana, and practiced law at Angola and Fort Wayne. From 1896 to 1900 he was a member of the Indiana senate, and from 1900 to 1904 lieutenant-governor of the state. He was elected a member of the fifty-ninth congress ( 1905 1907) from which he resigned in 1906 to accept an ap pointment as judge of the court of first instance in the Philippine islands. In 1908 he was appointed a member of the Philippine Commission, and on March i, 1909, secretary of public instruction, and in February 1910 vice- governor of the Philippine islands. He is chairman of the board of regent of the university of the Philippines, and a member of the army and navy club (Washington), Co lumbia Club (Indianapolis), and of the university, army and navy, Manila, Manila polo, and Columbia clubs of Manila. His home is Fort Wayne, Indiana, and his address Manila, Philippine Islands. WILLIAM NELSON LITTLE, Captain U. S. A., Born at Newburg, N. Y., December 31, 1852. Appointed a cadet engineer in the Navy, October i, 1872. Com missioned as assistant engineer, July i, 1877. Commis sioned a passed assistant Engineer, October 17, 1885; on board the "Swatara," on N. A. Station, from August $, to November 5, 1878, during which time served one week aboard the ironclad "Catskill," on passage from Port Royal to Norfolk; on shore durv at navy yard, Pensacola, Fla., from November 16, 1878, to April 22, 1880; on board the "Monocacy," Asiatic station, from June 27, 1880, to July 26, 1883, where he assisted as topographer in survey of the Salee River, Corea; at the Navy Yard, New 480 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS York, January 10,1884, to August 27, 1884, when he was ordered to temporary duty aboard the "Nina," to attend the wreck of the "Tallapoosa;" resumed duty at navy yard, New York, September 3, until November 8, 1884; on board coast survey steamer "Gedney," from November 15, 1884, to January 17, 1885; at the Worcester (Mass.) polytecnic institute, as professor of mechanical engineer ing, from January 17, 1885 to September 17, 1886; on board the "Galena," from September 17, 1886, to August 1890; navy yard, August 1890 2; "Philadelphia" N.A. Station, 1892 5. Promoted to chief engineer, December 1896; navy yard, Norfolk, March 1896; U. S. receiving- ship "Franklin," March, 1896-8; naval station, Key West, March to July, 1897; promoted to lieutenant-com mander, March 3, 1899; served in the West Indian Cam paign in war with Spain; served in the Philippines against the insurrection on board the "Iris," "Charleston," Baltimore," and "New Orleans." On board the latter vessel in China with the allied fleets (Boxer rebellion.) Returned to the U.S. on the "Newark" August 1901 ; New York navy yard, 1901 1903. "Minneapolis" 1903 1904. Inspection duty bureau of steam engineering and bureau of ordinance, located at the works of the Fore River shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass., at pressent (1912.) Inspected the construction of machinery for the Dubuque, Paducah, Flusser, Reid, Paulding, Perkins, Sterrett, Walke, Henley, Duncan, and Nevada. Per formed the general duties of the line abord the New Or leans and Baltimore. Promoted to commander 1904; cap tain 1908. J. W. REDMOND, Reporter state supreme court of Vermont. He is reporter of the state supreme court of Vermont. Chairman of the Republic Service, commissioner of Ver mont since December 1906; and resides in Montpelier, Vt. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 481 CLARENCE WALKER SEAMANS, Manufacturer, Was born June 5, 1854, in Ilion, N.Y. He attended school in his native town until the age of fifteen, and then se cured employment with the Remington Arms company, the principal industry of the village and then the main source of its prosperity. He has since attained celebrity in the firm of Wyckoff, Seamans and Benedict, formed in 1882 to manage the sale of the Remington typewriter. When, in 1886, his associates and he incorporated under the old title, Mr. Seamans became treasurer and later gen eral manager of the concern. Since the recent death of Mr. Wyckoff, senior partner in the old firm and president of the incorporated company, Mr. Seamans and Mr. Ben edict have been the principal managers of the business. The story of the house is told more fully elsewhere in these pages. ALEXANDER COCHRANE, Manufacturer and Capitalist, Was born May 12, 1840, in Scotland. He was educated in the public schools of Billerica and Lowell, and for six years attended the Howe school at Billerica, Mass. He became connected with his father s business in the manu facture of chemicals; and in 1859 became a partner in his father s factory in Maiden, Mass. In 1883 this business was incorporated as the Cochrane Chemical Company, with a capital 1 of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and he was made president. The factory is now located in Everett, Mass, and is the largest chemical factory of its kind in New England. He was a director of the American Bell Telephone Company from the beginning; and is a director of the American Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, and president and director of various other corpora tions. 482 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS DANIEL GAMBLE, Clergyman, Legislator, Author, Was born Oct. 24, 1857, in county Donegal, Ireland. In 1875 he graduated from Beck s Business College of San Francisco, Cal. ; and in 1880 graduated from the San Fran cisco theological seminary. He has filled pastorates in presbyterian churches in Idaho and Victoria, B.C.; and became chaplain to the provincial parliament. In 1884 89 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Gol- dendale, Wash, and retired on account of ill health. In 1895 96 he was a state representative in the third legis lature of Idaho. He is now a successful farmer and liter ary writer of Moscow, Idaho. CHARLES FRANCIS BRUSH, Ph. D., LL.D. Inventor of the Brush Electric Light. Was born March 17, 1849, in Euclid township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. His father, Colonel Isaac El bert Brush, was a manufacturer of woolen goods in Orange county, New York, prior to migration to Ohio in 1846. His mother was Wisner Phillips-Brush. Both parents descend from old lines of American families. One of the early ancestors on the parental side was Thomas Brush, who came to United States from England, and settled near Huntington, Long Island, in 1652. On the maternal side the first representative to settle in this country was Rev. George Phillips, who came with governor Winthrop in 1630 and settled near Boston. Charles Francis Brush ob tained his early education in the public schools and gradu ated from the high school of Cleveland, Ohio. It was very early in his career that he showed a decided pre ference for electricity and chemistry, as well as engineer ing, and he graduated with the degree of Mining Engi neer from the university of Michigan, in the class of 1869. Later he took the post-graduate degree of M. S. from the same university, and the degree of Ph.D. from the West ern Reserve University; later this university conferred on him the degree of LL.D. In the year 1877 Mr. Brush SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 483 dropped any and everything that he had been interested in, in order to devote himself entirely to the develop ment of electric lighting. In this he was the pioneer, and in 1878 he first gave to the world the now universally used electric arc light. In 1880 the Brush Electric com pany was formed for the purpose of introducing his in ventions and the arc light grew quickly in favor; Cleve land was the first city to use the light for street lighting. In 1891 the light was introduced, and found immeditate favor, in England and all Europe. The business of the Brush electric company soon extended all over the globe. In 1 88 1 Mr. Brush was decorated by the French govern ment, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, in recognition of his electrical discoveries, and in 1899 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, awarded him the great Rumford medals, "For the practical development of electric arc lighting." Mr. Brush has now practically retired from business affairs, yet he has an extensive lab oratory at his home, and at any time we can expect some thing wonderful to come from his hands and brain. Mr. Brush is a member of the Union club (he was pres ident for two terms), also of the university, the country, the euclid and the golf clubs of Cleveland; he is president of the Winous Point shooting club and a member of the University Club of New York. He is a life member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, also of the Ohio State Board of Commerce, a member of the National Board of Trade, a fellow of the American Association fo r the Advancement of Science, a life member of the British association, a life member of the American society of mechanical engineers, a member of the American institute of electrical engineers, the National electric Light associ ation, the Archaeological institute of America, the Ameri can historical association, the Franklin institute of Phila delphia, the American chemical society, and the Amer ican Philosophical society; received the degree of LL.D. from Kenyon college in 1903. He is president of Cleve- 484 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS land Arcade Company and of The Linde air products company, president of The Cleveland Chamber of com merce, Trustee of the Western reserve university, Adel- bert college, University school, Cleveland school of art, Lake View cemetery, Corporator of the Case school of ap plied science, warden of Trinity cathedral and member of the Smoking fund commission of Cleveland. In 1875 Mr. Brush was married to Mary E. Morris; there are three children, Edna, Helene and Charles Francis Brush Jr. RUSSELL THOMAS BOSWELL, Lawyer, Was born Nov. 27, 1863, in Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pa. ; attended the A. D. Bache, Thomas Wood and Thad- deus Stevens public schools and the Protestant Episcopal academy, graduated from Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa., as A.B., 1884, A.M. in 1887. He married, Jan. 22, 1895, Martha West, daughter of Adam S. and Eliza F. Bare. After three years course, the last two at the law de partment, he graduated as LL.B. at the university of Pennsylvania, 1887, and he was admitted to practice the same year; visited Europe in 1889; Jan. i, 1903, with Walter E. Buckley, he formed the law firm of Boswell and Buckley; member of the Law academy, Law associa tion of Philadelphia, and charter member of the Pennsyl vania bar association. EDWIN C. MESERVEY, Lawyer and Statesman, Was born March 4, 1861, in Hallowell, Maine. He was educated in the public schools and academies of New England. For many years he has been identified with the business and public affairs of Missouri, where he has at tained success in the practice of law. In 1905 09 he was city counsellor of Kansas city, Mo.; and since 1910 has been president of the board of civil service of this city. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 485 JOHN WALKER, Manufacturer, Was born in Stirling, Scotland; son of James and Mar garet (Sharp) Walker; came to America, 1858; educated in Detroit public and high schools, Detroit commercial college and university of Michigan; married at Detroit, 1880, Miss Isabel Paton. Has been engaged in manufac ture of metal goods with the same house, since the begin ning of his active career; general manager and chief own er of Walker Manufacturing and Supply company. Mem ber Board of Commerce; vice-consul Republic of Para guay. Mason (thirty-third degree), Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Fellowcraft. Detroit Golf, Royal Ca nadian Yacht. Recreation: Yachting, automobiling, golf. GEORGE W. CLARK, State Representative of Vermont, Was born in Hyde Park, Vt., June 10, 1846, and located in town about 1875; occupation, dealer in real estate and loans; was educated in Stowe high school and People s Academy, Morristown, Vt. ; has been a member of the Re publican district committee for Lamoille county for ten years; has been notary public for a Tong time, cemetery commissioner twenty years, superintendent of poor farm four years and a member of the board of village trustees three years. Religious preference, congregationalist. Post Office address, Morrisville, Vt. Represented his town in legislature from 1910 to 1912 as town representative. WILLIAM LYNESON SAYRE, TLducator and Scientist of Philadelphia, Pa., Was born April 24, 1840, in Byberry, now a part of Phila delphia. In 1858 he commenced teaching in Bucks county, Pa.; and in 1872 85 was principal of the Waughan grammar school of Philadelphia. He is now principal of the Central Manual Training High School of Philadelphia, Pa. 486 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS FAYETTE LAMARTINE COOK, Educator, College President, Was born Aug. 22, 1850, in Grand Rapids, Mich. He was educated at the Minnesota state normal school at Winona, Minn. ; and in various other educational 1 institutions. He has been county superintendent of schools for Olmsted county, Minn. ; was city superintendent of schools at Sauk Center, Minn.; and a teacher at Winona and other insti tutions. He is a member of the republican party; and has contributed extensively to current literature. For over a quarter of a century he has been president of the South Dakota state normal school; and resides in Spearfish, S. D. WESLEY MARTIN, Lawyer and Statesman, Was born December 19, 1848, in Navarre, Ohio. He re ceived a thorough education in the public schools of his native state; studied law and soon attained success at the bar. He has become of the foremost lawyers of Iowa ; and is a member of the leading bar associations. For many years he has identified with the business and public affairs of Webster City, la.; has been treasurer of his city and served with distinction as its mayor. ARTHUR FRISBEE BOUTON, Lawyer and Statesman, Was born July i, 1872, in Roxbury, N. Y. He was edu cated in the public schools and academies of native state; and soon attained success in the practice of law. He is a member of the bar of New York State; and practices in the United States courts. He is a member of the Masonic order, an Odd Fellow and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine; and is also supreme secretary of the Order of the Golden Seal. He has been president of the Board of Education of Roxbury, N. Y. ; and is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his City. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 487 WILLIAM STORY, Lawyer, Jurist, Was born April 4, 1843, in Waukesha, Wis. He attended the Salem classical and high schools, Mass.; and gradu ated from the law department of the Michigan university. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the west, being the senior member of the law firms of Story and Story at Ou- ray, Colorado, and of Story and Steigemeier at Salt Lake City, Utah. JOHN B. BROWN, Lawyer and Statesman, Was born October 24, 1864, * n North Stonington, Conn. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of New England; and in 1866 graduated from Knox College with the degree of A.B., subsequently re ceiving the degree of A.M. from the same institution of learning. In 1888-89 ne attended the Columbia Law School of New York City; and has since attained success in the practice of law. In 1897 1 9 Q $ ne was Master-in- Chancery in the Circuit court of Warren county, 111 1 ., has filled various other positions of trust and honor, and is now engaged in the practice of his profession in Mon- mouth, 111. A. H. FLOATEN, Merchant and Statesman, Was born June 19, 1856, in Norway. He was educated in the public schools of Norway and Wisconsin; and studied in the Northwestern Business College of Madison, Wis. In 1877 he became enrolling clerk in the Wisconsin state legislature. He then moved to Nebraska; became County Commissioner of Greeley county, Neb.; and was f elected and served as mayor of Scotia, Neb. Afterwards he set tled in Colorado; and served as city alderman of Tellu- ride. He became a successful merchant of Denver, Colo. ; and is a member of the Denver local socialist party. He is now serving his fourth term of 1911 12 as secretary of state for Colorado; and resides in Denver, Colo. 488 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS T. ALBERT JENNINGS, Business President and Banker, Was born January 8, 1865 in Jennings, Hamilton county, Fla. He was educated at the Emory College of Oxford, Ga. For many years he has been identified with the business and public affairs of Florida; and is a successful banker and president of the Jennings Naval Stores com pany, naval stores factors and wholesale grocers of Pensa- cola, with a branch office in New Orleans, La. He rep resented the democratic party in the national conventions held in St. Louis in 1888 and in Chicago in 1892. In 1904 he was presidential elector on the Parker and Davis ticket. He became a member of the Florida House of representa tives; and in 1911 was made speaker of the House. He is now serving the term of 1908 12 as a member of the democratic national committee. EDWIN ORIN WOOD, Business Agent and Statesman, Was born October 29, 1861, in Goodrich, Mich. He re ceived a thorough education in the public schools of Michigan, graduating from the Saginaw high school. He was engaged for twelve years as a commercial traveler; and was special agent of the United States treasurer in 1893 97. He was president of the National Fraternal Press Association in 1904; was president of the National Fraternal Congress in 1905; and is now president of the Insurance company of the Loyal Guard, a fraternal ben eficiary society. In 1904 he was chairman of the demo cratic state central committee of Michigan; in 1908 was elected a member of the democratic national committee for Michigan, and was made a member of its executive committee. For seventeen years he has been editor of The Loyal Guard Magazine; and is the author of History of Mackinac Island and Northern Michigan. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 489 FRANK GRIGGS McMILLAN, Born at Danville, Vermont, October 4, 1856. His father Col. Andrew McMillan was a graduate of West Point. The family is decended from Col. Andrew McMillan, of Ulster, Irel and, who immigrated to America in the year 1754. General John McMillan, one of his sons was the grandfather of Frank Griggs McMillan. He was edu cated in the common schools and Dummer Academy, By- field, Mass. Served apprenticeship in the printing trade in early life in old "North Star" office, the second oldest newspaper established in Vermont. Worked later as a journeyman in Boston. Came to Minneapolis in 1878, engaged for a time at his trade. Gave up the printing business on account of ill health, and sought out-of-door occupation. Interested himself in building, and at the present time is one of the leading building contractors in the city. Elected State Senator on the democratic ticket in 1890, was chairman of the senate capital commission for two years, and author of the bill providing for the erection of the magnificient new state capitol at Saint Paul. Was appointed by Governor Lind member of the state board of equalization, and served two years as the chairman. Was member of Minneapolis board of park commissioners for two years, and served for six years as member of the board of Education. Is serving now as member of the board of correction and charities. Is member of the Minneapolis commercial club, LaFayette club, Minnetonka beach, St. Anthony Falls commercial club, the John A. Rawlins post of the citizens staff, Six o clock club, Minnesota Society sons of the American Revolution, Minnesota society of colonial wars, Vermont association of Minnesota, and member and trustee of the First congregational church of Minnesota. Married at Minneapolis 1881 to Miss Lil lian A. Connor, a native of Minneapolis. Children Cor- rine, Lililan, Howard, and Jessamine. 490 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM JAMES YOUNG, Business President of Bartlettsville, Okla. Was born Nov. 8, 1842, in Pittsburg, Pa. He received a thorough education in the public schools and academies of Pennsylvania. In 1873 91 he served coonsecutively as cashier, vice-president and president of the Oil City Trust company of Oil City, Pa. He then became vice- president, general manager and treasurer of the Forest Oil Company of Pittsburg, Pa., the largest oil producing corporation in the state of Pennsylvania, with a capital of five and a half million. He al so became president of the Taylorstown Natural Gas company; has always been prominent in public affairs and a member of several fra ternal and patriotic orders. At the present time he is actively identified with the Barnsdall Oil company, a large corporation at Bartlettsville, Okla. i i ? M. DREW CARREL, Statesman of Porto Rico, Was born Feb. i, 1877, in Reading, Mich. He received a thorough education in the public schools and colleges of his native state; and has filled various positions of trust and honor. He has been private secretary to the Military Governor of Cuba. He has served as deputy surveyor of Customs of the Phillipine Islands; was a member of the Philippine board of customs appeals ; and a member of the Philippine board of tariff revision. He is now secretary of Porto Rico; is vice-governor and a member of the up per house of the Portorican legislature; and prominent in government reforms. THOMAS LINCOLN CHADBOURNE, Lawyer of New York City, Was born March 21, 1871, in Houghton, Mich. He is a director of the Norfolk Southern Railroad company, the Ahmeek Mining Company and the Harbison Walker Re fractories company. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 491 JAMES W. WHITE, Journalist and Statesman, Was born November 8, 1860, in Woodstock, New Bruns wick, Canada. He was educated in the Main Normal School. He is past-president of the Florida Press As sociation; past vice-president of the National Editorial Association; is editor and proprietor of the Florida Fra ternal Record; and is on the editorial staff of the Florida Times-Union. He has been elected to office over two hundred times, and belongs to more secret societies than any other man in the United States. He has also been county commissioner; member of the city council; and member of the school board of Jacksonville, Fla. ; and also secretary of the National Good Roads Association. He is a successful journalist and lecturer; and resides in Jacksonville, Fla. WILLIAM C. T. ADAMS, President of Highland College, Kansas, Was born July 6, 1869, in Vernon County, Wis. He graduated from the Wisconsin State Normal school, the upper Iowa university, the Taylor university and the university of Michigan; and has received the degrees of M.A. and M.S. He was ordained a minister of the Pres byterian church; has been principal of schools in Wiscon sin and North Dakota; and filled professorships in upper Iowa university and in Bellevue college of Nebraska. Since 1909 he has been president of Highland college of Kansas. W. JOHN HARRIS, Physician, Author, Was born June 17, 1852, in England. He has conducted a large practice in St. Louis, and is also surgeon of the Good Samaritan hospital. He is the author of Alcohol, its Rational Use; The Use of Anaesthetics; and The Hygiene of Consumption. 492 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM LISTON BROWN, Manufacturer, Was born August 23, 1842, at St. Joseph, Mich., son of Hiram and Jane Reese Tilton (Liston) Brown. His father (1804 83) was born at Groton, N. Y., and settled in Michigan in 1833, being one of its earliest pioneers and prominent in the grain forwarding business. In 1848 he removed to Chicago, 111., and was for a time one of the members of the Chicago board of trade. His wife was the daughter of William Liston of Michigan. Liberty Brown, the father of Hiram Brown, lived at Groton, N.Y. He raised a company which took a prominent part in the war of 1812 and was actively engaged at Fort Niagara and vicinity in that campaign. William L. Brown went to Chicago when six years of age and received his early edu cation in the Chicago public schools, notably at the Jones public school, which he attended during 1852 56. The following two years he spent at the Garden City Academy. His first business position was as a clerk with the commis sion house of H. Bacon and company, which he held until the outbreak of the civil war, when he became a member of the famous Chicago battery of light artillery and with which he served until the close of the war. He served with his battery through the Mississippi River, Louisiana, Texas and Alabama campaigns. He was at Vicksburg in the Red River expedition and at the capture of Mobile. From private he rose to quartermaster sergeant, with which distinction he received his honorable discharge at the close of the war. Within a few weeks he had accepted a position with A.A.Meeker as cashier and bookkeeper and in 1871 he became a partner in the firm of A.B. Meeker and company. In 1883 he bought out Mr. Meeker s interest in the business and founded the new widely known firm of Pickands, Brown and company, which since that time has grown to be one of the largest handlers of pig iron and coke in America. In 1904 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HI , 493 Pickand, Brown and company was incorporated with an authorized capital of $1,500,000. In 1890 he helped to organize the Chicago Shipbuilding company, which after ward became one of the most important industries of the Great Lakes and in 1889 he was elected president of the American Shipbuilding company, of which he later was chairman of the board of directors. He is president of South Chicago Furnace company, one of the largest ma nufacturers of pig iron; he is also a director of the First National Bank of Chicago, the First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, the Federal Furnace Co., the Lacka- wanna Steel company, and a large number of lake ship yard and steamship corporations. The life of William L. Brown represents the opening up and development of the pig-iron manufacture of the central West. In forty years of active service in this field he has tended and watched this development as one of the guiding minds, having been connected actively with and interested in over thirty blast furnaces, all situated in the Lake Superior district. For many years a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, and he is a member of the society of naval architects and marine engineers; and the American Iron and Steel 1 in stitute. His leading club associations are the Chicago, Commercial, Evanston county and a large number of other social organizations in Chicago and other cities. His principal recreations are golf and fishing. While Mr. Brown has not entered largely into public life and has never accepted a public office, he has, however, done much for the public good generally and in Chicago is a member of the board of trustees of Northwestern university and the Chicago Orchestral association. On Sept. 27, 1871, he was married to Catherine, daughter of Dr. Stephen Sey mour of Chicago. 494 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN DAVID HANRAHAN, Physician, Was born in Rathkeale, county Limerick, Ireland, June 18, 1844, son of James and Ellen (O Connor) Hanrahan. His father removed with his family to New York city in 1850, where the son became a pupil of the public school and the free academy. He then entered the New York Medical University, where his studies were interrupted in 1861 by his entering the U. S. Navy as assistant surgeon. He served in the Potomac flotilla until Aug. 23, 1863, when the vessel on which he was serving was captured, and all on board made prisoners. After six weeks imprison ment in Richmond he was paroled. While a paroled prisoner in Washington he attended a course of lectures at the medical department of the Georgetown University. In 1864 he was exchanged, and ordered to duty in the north atlantic squadron, where he served until discharged in July, 1865. He received his diploma from the medical department of the New York University in 1867, and practiced in New York city until the spring of 1869, when he removed to Rutland^ Vt., and built up an extensive practice. Outside of hib professional duties Dr. Hanra han has been county commissioner, trustee of the village of Rutland, as well as the president of the board, and vil lage president. He was appointed president of the Rut land county pension board in 1885 by president Cleveland. President Harrison continued him in office. He resigned in 1893 to accept the postmastership of Rutland by ap pointment from president Cleveland. Dr. Hanrahan is a strong Irish nationalist, a potential factor in the Rutknd Land league, and a delegate to all the national conven tions. He has served as chairman of the Rutland County democratic committee, and as a member of the state com mittee. He was a delegate to the democratic national con ventions af 1884, and chairman of the delegation in 1892. Dr. Hanrahan is a member of the local G. A. R. post, and SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 495 has served on the staffs of Commanders-ih-chief Veazey, Palmer, and Weissert, and has been medical director of the department of Vermont. He is director of the Rut land Hospital (Hotel Dieu), Winooski, Vt. In his re ligious creed he is a Roman Catholic, worshipping with the congregation of St. Peter s in Rutland. Dr. Hanrahan was married Feb. 12, 1870, to Mary, daughter of Bernard and Elizabeth (Halpin) Riley, of Willingford. She died in April 1882. On Oct. 31, 1883 he was married to Fran ces, daughter of Dr. John and Mary (Hughes) Keenan, of Rutland. There have been six children born as a result of the second marriage. In 1911 he was elected Surgeon- general of the Grand Army of the Republic. WALTER DENIS DENEGRE. Lawyer, Statesman, Was born June 17, 1858, in New Orleans, La. He was educated at the Jesuits college of New Orleans, La.; studied two years at St. Johns college of Fordham, N.Y. ; in 1879 graduated from Harvard; and in 1881 graduated from the law department of Tulane university. He began the practice of law in 1881. In 1881 he was special counsel for the United States before the French and American claims commission. In 1889 he helped sup press the Mafia in New Orleans. He was a leader of the independent democracy in Louisiana; in 1896 was a can didate for United States senator; and it was claimed he was elected. He was a conspicuous leader in the campaign of 1899, which brought about the drainage and sewerage of New Orleans, and which gave that city a pure and clear water plant. He served as a member of the board of administrators of the Tulane university edu cational fund; is a member of the Boston Club of New Orleans University, the Brook, Harvard and of other clubs of New York and Washington. His home is in New Orleans, and he resides in summer at Manchester, Mass. 496 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS LANSING BURROWS, Clergyman, Was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Apr. 10, 1843, the son of Rev. J. L. Burrows, well known in the Baptist circles of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Lansing was graduated from Wake Forest College at the age of nine teen, after interrupting his studies by two enlistments, hav ing been for some time a prisoner of war. After gradu ating he again enlisted, and served until 1864. During his college vacation, when not in the field, he reported the proceedings of the Virginia legislature for the Enquirer, writing later for the Times and the Bulletin, until Gen. Terry suppressed the latter for condemning reconstruction abuses. He then taught for a year in the Stanford Aca demy. He had experienced religion at fifteen, and deter mining to enter the ministry, was ordained in 1867, and became pastor of the Stanford Baptist church. He then married Lulie, the daughter of Col. C. H. Rochester, of Danville, Ky., and after preaching in Missouri, accepted a call to Bordentown, N. J., to the church of the gifted Wm. Staughton. After five years service there he went to Newark, N. J., thence to Lexington, Ky., and in 1883 located in Augusta, Ga. After seventeen years of active service in one of the most prominent churches of this delightful city, he was called to the First Baptist church, Nashville, Tenn., when he became prominent in modern Sunday school efforts, and the author of much Sunday school literature. The loss of his wife and advancing years led him to a quiet retirement to the pleasant city of Americus, Ga., where he remains as part of the First Baptist church. (1911.) In 1871 he received A.M. from Princeton College, and Madison University, N.Y., and D.D. from Bethel College, Ky., in 1883. Dr. Burrows is one of the leading pulpit orators of the country, and has won repute as a powerful minister in the best churches North and South. In religious work he has led, He SUCCESSFUL AMEEICANS . 497 draws large memberships, and has raised great church funds. He has added hundreds to his present church and increased everyone he has served. He lifted a twenty- five thousand debt from his Newark church, raised five thousand dollars to remodel the Augusta church, and in 1882 secured five thousand dollars at the Southern Baptist convention for the Colosseum church in New Orleans. He has devised new financial and working methods, thus showing himself a model of the modern clergyman, who must be not only a preacher, but also a man of business. Dr. Burrows has a genius for statistics, and was a useful secretary to the Kentucky railroad commission: he pre pared the church figures for the convention, and was for seven years editor of the "American Baptist Year Book." He has been, since 1881, the secretary of the Southern Baptist convention, the general body of that denomination in the Southern state. JOSEPH WARREN KEIFER, Statesman of Ohio, Was born Jan. 30, 1836, six miles west of Springfield, Ohio. He served in the union army and became major- general of the United States volunteers. In 1868 69 he served as a member of the Ohio state senate; and was de- legate-at-large from Ohio to the republican national con vention. For four terms during 1877 85 he was a mem ber of congress; and was speaker of the forty-seventh congress in 1881 83. Since 1873 ne nas been president of the Lagonda national bank, of Springfield, Ohio. In 1869 71 he was department commander of Ohio Grand Army of the Republic; and Ohio commander-in-chief in 1872. During the Spanish-American war he was major- general in command of. the first division seventh corps volunteer army. He was a member of the fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congress from Ohio as a republican. 498 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ARCHIBALD S. WHITE, Banker and Capitalist, Was born in Newark, Ohio, March 25, 1867, son of Erasmus P. and Ella (Harrington) White; educated in school s of Newark, Ohio; member of the firm of White and Company, bankers, New York city; president and director of Columbia Gas and Electric company, Cincin nati, Ohio; vice-president and director Cleveland Salt company; director and member of executive committee of Union Gas and Electric company; director of Windsor Trust company, Independent Salt company, Brooklyn, Cincinnati Gas Transportation company, Union Light, Heat and Power company, Covington, Ky., Cincinnati, Newport and Covington Street Railway company, Cov ington, Ky., Bellevue Water, Fuel and Gaslight company, Bellevue, Ky., Dayton Electric Light and Power com pany, Dayton, Ky., Covington Gas Light company, Cov ington, Ky., Citizens Municipal Light and Power com pany, Covington, Ky., South Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway company, Covington, Ky., Covington and Latonia Railway company, Covington, Ky., Newport Electric Street Railway company, Covington, Cincinnati and Rosedale Railway company, Cincinnati, West Cov ington and Ludlow Street Railway company, Covington, Cincinnati, Covington and Erlanger Street Railway com pany, Covington, Ky. ; president and director Cincinnati Union Depot and Terminal company. Address: 25 Pine street, New York city, and Cincinnati, Ohio. DANIEL B. McCALMONT, Lawyer and Statesman of Franklin, Pa., Where he was born Dec. i, 1876. He is a successful lawyer and journalist; and in 1905 09 was chairman of the prohibition state committee of Pennsylvania. He is general manager of the Venango Printing company; and prominently identified with the business and public af fairs of his community. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 499 EUSTATHIUS CHANCELLOR, Was born August 29, 1854, m Chancellorsville, Spottsyl- vania county, Va. ; son of D. Josephine and Dr. J. Edgar Chancellor. His father was descended from James Chan cellor, a gallant officer of the British army, of the seven teenth century, whose sword of honor was long preserved as a family relic, and whose descendant, John Chancellor, was among the first settlers in Westmoreland county, Va. His ancestors on the maternal side were a daughter of Sir William Cary, lord mayor of Bristol, England, and Thomas Anderson, a well-known naval architect, whose descendants came to Glouster county, Va., about 1700. The early education of young Chancellor was obtained through a private governess and at the select schools of his native county at Charlottesville and Locust Dale academy, Va. In October, 1870, he became assistant cashier and bookkeeper to a railroad official at Columbus, Ga., which position he was obliged to give up at the end of fourteen months on account of ill health. He was matriculated at the university of Virginia in 1871-2, entering the classical and civil engineering departments, from which he received several certificates of proficiency. In 1874 he entered the medical department of the univer sity of Virginia, and was graduated with honor June 29, 1876. He next attended the clinics at the university of Pennsylvania for several weeks, and while there received the appointment of prosecutor to the chair of Anatomy in the university of Maryland and clinical assistant in the hospital. Upon matriculating as a student in the univer sity of Maryland, school of medicine, he received his second diploma in 1877. In 1878 he was appointed assist ant resident physician in the university hospital, which position he held for twelve months, acting for the greater part of the time as chief physician during the illness and absence of his colleague. He returned to the university of Virginia in 1879 and formed a co-partnership with his 5,00 SUCCESSFUL AMBEICANS father, and became a member of the Medical Society of Virginia. Desiring a wider field of operation, in 1880 he emigrated to St. Louis, Mo., where his ability and enter prise gained him a large and lucrative practice, and where he soon became medical examiner to some twenty of the most popular fraternal and benevolent orders, and a member of the St. Louis Medical Society (1882), and afterwards its corresponding secretary (1883). In 1884 the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him by the St. Louis university. He was one of the founders in 1885 of the Beaumont Hospital Medical College, fill ing the chair of Cutaneous and venereal Diseases, until 1900, when he resigned, having been appointed special examiner and referee for many stock and mutual life and accident insurance companies. In 1886 he became an active member of the American Medical Association, and in the same year was elected supreme medical director of the Legion of Honor, was afterwards appointed supervis ing medical examiner of the Royal Arcanum for Mis souri, and in 1891 was made medical director of the Na tional Guard of Missouri with the rank of lieutenant- colonel. Through his efforts the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States met in St. Louis in 1892, on which occasion Colonel Chancellor was elected its secretary and soon afterwards made editor of the annual 1 publications. In 1895 he became a member of the Medic- Legal Society of New York, and in 1896 the major part of the year found him in Europe visiting hospitals and attending the clinics. In 1902, elected vice-president of American Congress of Tuberculosis, and in 1903 made a member of the American Electro-Therapeutic Associa tion, and since the World s Fair in St. Louis (1904) he has limited his professional routine to the specialty of medical examiner and adjuster for life, accident, health and liability insurance companies, for which he holds the expert position for more than a score of such organiza- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 50l tions. He is an active master Mason, a Knight of Pythias, Knight templar, a noble of the Mystic Shrine, Scottish rite Mason, and Benevolent order of Elks. Among Dr. Chancellor s many contributions to the medical press are: "Researches upon the Treatment of Delirium Tremens" (1881); "Successful Operations for the Deformity of Burnt Wrist" (1881) ; "Treatment of Diabetes Insipidus" (1883); "Gonorrhoel Articular Rheumatism" (1883); "Syphilis in Men" (1884) ; "Causes of Sexual Depravity and a Remedy" (1885) > etc - He also published "The Correlation of Physical and Vital Forces" (1887); "Woman in her Social Sphere" (1885) ; "Marriage Phi losophy" (1886); "The Pacific Slope and Its Scenery" (1890) ; and numerous valuable papers on special cases that have come under his personal observation and treat ment. EDWARD SIMPSON, United States Naval Officer, Was born September 16, 1860, in Annapolis, Md. In 1876 he was appointed a cadet, and a midshipman in 1882. In 1893 he attained the rank of lieutenant com mander, and in 1907 commander. Since 1909 he has been assigned to duty as a naval attache to the court of St. James, London, England; and in 1911 was appointed captain. FRANK S. ROESCHLAUB, Architect of Denver, Colo., Where he was born March 27, 1876. He was educated in the University of Pennsylvania; and in 1898 1900 was professor of drawing in New York city public schools. He is secretary and director of the National Union Salt Company. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and a member of several Denver clubs and fraternal societies. 502 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN CUTLER COVERT, United States Consul, Was born February u, 1839, in Norwich, N. Y. He learned the printing business on the Cleveland Leader; and subsequently became editor-in-chief of that publica tion. He served two terms as representative of the Ohio legislature ; has been president of several societies ; and de livered lectures in various cities. Was made an officer of the French academy for literary work done in the French language. He speaks French, German, Italian and Span ish; and has traveled extensively in all parts of the world. In 1879 he was appointed U.S. counsel by president Me Kinley, a position which he resigned in 1909; and has since been engaged in literary work, continuing his resi dence in Lyons. FRANK J. SHARP, Chief Secretary of the Royal Highlanders, Was born December 26, 1861, in Greene county, Pa. He was editor of the Hamilton County Advocate ; and for twelve years was editor of Royal Highlander. In 1910 i i he was mayor of the City of Aurora, Neb. He was one of the original founders of the Royal 1 Highlanders, a fraternal society now having thirty thousand members, and of which he is chief secretary. MARK JACOB KATZ, Secretary and Director of New York City, Where he was born March 7, 1863. He was educated in the public schools and at the Cooper Institute of his native city. In 1888 he was admitted to the bar; and in 1906 was a legislative representative in Washington, D.C. He is secretary and director of the Baltimore and South ern Railroad company; and has been secretary of the National Liberal Immigation league since 1905. He is a member of the Society of Medical Jurisprudence; and a member of and director in various societies, institutions and corporations. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 503 EDWARD SETTLE GODFREY, Brigadier-General United States Army, Was born October 9 1843, in Kalida, Putnam county, Ohio. During the civil war he served in the twent-first regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. In 1867 he graduated from the United States military academy of West Point, N.Y. In 1879-83 he was instructor of cavalry tactics at West Point; 1888-1890, member of tactical board United States army that devised the drill regulations for the cav alry, infantry and field artillery, "The Manual of Guard Duty;" 1867-1901 was second and first lieutenant, captain and manager of the 7th United States cavalry and partici pated in all the campaigns of that regiment under Gen eral Custer and other commanders; author of "Custer s Last Battle;" 1899 in command of the port and province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba; 1901-1907, colonel 9th United States cavalry; 1902 in command of fifth brigade, lloilo, Philippine Islands; 1904-1907 commandant school of ap plication for cavalry and field artillery at Fort Riley, Kansas, and of the department of Missouri, headquarters at Omaha, Neb.; 1907 appointed brigadier-General in United States army; 1905-6 was commander of the Kan sas; commander of the Royal Legion of the United States. Retired 1907. Awarded the congressional medal of Honor "for most distinguished gallantry in landing his men in the battle at Bear Paw mountains against the Nez Perce Indians, September 30, 1877, where he was severely wounded," and had his horse shot under him; also brev- etted major for this same action; 1908-11 resided at Tuc son and Phoenix, Arizona; department commander Ari zona G.A.R. ; 1910-11, Masonic: Blue Lodge, chapter and council (Ottawa, Ohio) ; Knight Templar (Lima, Ohio) ; 32-degree Scottish rite (Cincinnati, Ohio) ; Clubs: "West Point, Mass." (N.Y.) ; "Army and Navy" (Washington, D.C.) ; "Army and Navy" (Manilla, P. I.) ; "Fort Riley" (Kansas) ; "Arizona" (Phoenix, Ariz.). 504 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS FREDERICK O. HAMMER, Minnesota has among her citizens none of whom she has more reason to be proud than of the sturdy and thrifty Teutonic race, who have done much to build up her present prosperity. Jacob Hammer, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a saddler and harnessmaker in Germany, in moderate circumstances. He came to this country in 1849, settling at St. Paul in 1856. Frederick O. was born at St. Paul August 11, 1865. He had only the benefit of a common school education in the public schools of St. Paul, and later a course at a commercial college. He started in business early in life as register clerk in the postoffice at St.Paul, and later he entered the insurance business, and was for six years the assistant secretary of the Hail and Storm Insurance company of Minnesota. He then became attached successively to the Capitol Building society, the Minnesota Savings and Building association, acting in the capacity of secretary of all three concerns. In 1881 he became associated with Congressman A. R. Kiefer and has been ever since di rectly and indirectly connected with him in various insti tutions and enterprises. Mr. Hammer also has charge of a number of estates, having nearly half a million dollars under his care. He is now secretary and Treasurer of the Paragon Consolidated Mining company, mines lo cated in Idaho, which gives promise of being one of the great silver and lead mines of the west adding another enterprise of his long list of success. Mr. Hammer is a Republican in politics and a member of the St. Paul as sociation of commerce, Junior Pioneer association, of Ramsey county, Minn. ; St. Paul Lodge No. 3, A. F. and A. M.; Summit Chapter, No. 45, R. A. M.; Damascus Commons, No. i. K. T. ; Minnesota Consistory, A. and A. S. Rite, No. i ; Osman Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Okodo Lodge No. 9, K. of P. He was married July 27, 1911, to Clara Hansen of W. St. Paul, Minn. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 505 RUSSELL H. CONWELL, D.D., L.L.D., Clergyman and Lecturer, \ Was born February 15, 1842, at Worthington, Hampshire county, Mass., and spent his early years on a small farm in the most sterile and mountainous portion of that region. He kept along with his classes in the district school by studying in the evenings, as he was compelled much of the time to engage in manual labor during school hours. By hard work and rigid economy he earned enough money to pay for his food, clothing and tuition while attending an academy at Wilbraham, Mass., and in 1860 entered upon the law course at Yale college. To save time and expense, he employed a private tutor to instruct him in the aca demic course. But the war of the rebellion interrupted his studies in 1862, and took him to the field as captain of infantry. He afterward served as a staff officer in the artillery service. At the close of the war he graduated from the Albany university and went to Minnesota. He began the practice of law there, having completed his legal course by private study while in the army. In 1867 he represented the state of Minnesota as its emigration agent to Germany. In 1868 he was engaged as foreign correspondent to the New York Tribune," and the year following as the traveling correspondent of the Boston "Traveller," and in 1870 was sent by these two journals to different countries of Asia, and made the entire circuit of the globe. He is a writer of singular brilliancy and power. In 1870 he published his first book, "Why and How the Chinese Emigrate." It has been followed by many others of a historical and biographical character, including the life of Spurgeon and "Acres of Diamonds." He was the friend and traveling companion of Bayard Taylor, and his biography of that poet and traveler had an extensive sale. After practicing law for a time in Boston he was ordained to the ministry in 1879, and in 1881 became pastor of Grace Baptist church in Philadel- 506 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS phia. The church at once entered upon a career of great prosperity. His eloquence, his marvelous descriptive powers, his great earnestness and devotion to the interests of his people, rapidly increased the membership of the church and his influence in Philadelphia. The church from a mission increased to the largest Baptist church in America. In 1891 the temple was completed on North Broad street, with a seating capacity of 4,000 people. In 1888 Dr. Conwell founded Temple college, now the Tem ple university, with two large hospitals and 3,800 stu dents. Dr. Conwell has been remarkably successful as a public lecturer ever since 1860. His "Silver Crown; or, Born a King," "Acres of Diamonds," "Lessons of Travel," "Heroism of a Private Life," are models of lyceum lec tures, and have given him a national reputation as a plat form orator. They are unique and are filled with good sense, brilliant with new suggestions, and always inspire his hearers to noble life and deeds. Dr. Conwell has kept in touch with the spirit of church extension, and his in fluence is felt outside his own congregation. JOHN ELSNER, Physician and Scientist of Denver, Col., Was born in 1845, in Vienna, Austria. In 1866 he gradu ated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical college of New York city. He is known as the father of the county hospi tal; and of the state, city and county medical societies. He was professor of the theory and practice of medicine and clinical medicine at the Gross Medical College of Denver. He is a member of the American Medical association, the American Public Health association, the Microscopical association, the Rocky Mountain Medical association and the International Medical congress. He is an honorary member of the California State Medical society, Colorado State Medical society and of the Denver and Arapahoe Medical society. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 507 CHARLES RANLETT FLINT, International Merchant, Banker; Born Thomaston, Maine, Jan. 24, 1850; son of Benjamin and Sarah (Tobev) Flint; graduated from Brooklyn Po lytechnic Institute, 1868; married 1883, E. Kate Simmons of Troy, N. Y. Entered employ of William R. Grace in 1869; joined in establishing the firms of Gilchrist, Flint and company, ship chandlers, 1871, W. R. Grace and company, 1872 J. W. Grace Co. and Grace Brothers and company of Peru, 1876, and in those connections gained a prominent place in the trade of the United States with Chile, Peru, Brazil and all of Latin America. Was Chilean consul in N. Y. City, 1877 1879; and in the absence of the charge d affaires attended to the business of the Chilian legation; and after that consul-general of Costa Rica and Nicaragua to the United States. In 1885 became a member of the firm of Flint and company, merchants and ship owners, which under the firm name of Chapman and Flint had been established by his father and uncle, in 1837. I n !88o he became the president of the U. S. Electric Light company, of which Farmer Maxim and Weston were the electricians, and was the first man in the city of New York to use the incandescent light. Was U.S. Delegate to the International American conference in Washington, 1889 1890; and formulated reports and resolutions providing for the establishment of an International American bank and the Bureau of American republics, and negotiated the first United States reciprocity treaty, viz. : with Brazil. As agent for presi dent Peixotto, 1 893, purchased and fitted out the Dynamite fleet which prevented the secession of the Northern pro vinces of Brazil and the overthrow of the Brazilian re public by the monarchists. Purchased 1895 trie cruiser Esmeralda from Chile and delivered it to Japan during the China-Japan war; rendered valuable service to the U. S. Government during the war with Spain; during the 508 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Russo-Japanese war received the letters of credit of the Rothschilds for $30,000,000 for account of the Russian government, visited Turkey and conducted negotiations with other governments in the interest of Russia. During the past eighteen years his chief work has been the or ganizing of industrial consolidations; consolidated the street railways of Syracuse, N. Y., 1897, an d organized 1892 1910 the American Chicle Co., Sloss-ShefTield Iron and Steel company, Somerset Coal company, U.S. Bobbin and Shuttle company, Fairmont Coal company, Computing Scale company, International Time Record ing company, Rubber Goods Manufacturing company, American Caramel company, American-Hawaiian Steam- ship company, National Starch company, Clarksburg Fuel company, U.S. Rubber company, American Woolen company, Mechanical Rubber company, Manaos Tram way company, Sen-Sen Chiclet company and others, and during 1911 the Autosales Gum and Chocolate company and the Computing-Tabulating-Recording company, thus consolidated one hundred and eighty companies in corporations having an outstanding capitalization of over $300,000,000. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union, Century as sociation, New York Yacht, Southside, Ardsley, Oakland Golf and Wyandanch. ALECK BOARMAN, Judge United States Court of Louisiana, Was born December 10, 1839, in Yazoo City, Miss. Edu cated at military college, Frankfort, Ky. ; served in Vir ginia as an officer in Confederate army from Manassas to Appomatox. He began to practice law at Shreveport in 1866; was elected to 42nd Congress 1872; in 1876 elected judge of state district court. Since 1881 has been judge of United States court for western district of Loui siana; resides at Shreveport, La. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 509 GEORGE EMANUEL BISSONNET, Auditor, Arizona Eastern Railroad company, Sonora Railway, Southern Pacific Railroad company of Mexico, Southern Pacific Navigation company of Mexico, East Coast Oil company and Sunset Development company. Office, Tucson, Ariz. Born November 5, 1869, at Houston, Harris county, Texas. Educated in public and private schools; entered railway service August i, 1889, as trans fer clerk Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway at Hous ton, Tex., since which he has been consecutively to April, 1893, various clerical positions, same office; May and June, 1893, out of service; July, 1893 to January, 1894, out of service; October, 1894 to April, 1895, clerk local freight office Houston, East and West Texas Railway at Houston; May, 1895, to June, 1899, traveling auditor same road, in charge of station accounts; July, 1899, to July, 1903, chief clerk ticket accounts Galveston, Harris- burg and San Antonio Railway,Texas and New Orleans Road and Galveston, Houston and Northern Railway at Houston; August, 1903, to October, 1905, auditor pas senger accounts same roads; November, 1905, to March, 1910, auditor passenger accounts; April, 1910 to August, 1910, auditor of disbursements, Southern Pacific com pany at San Francisco, Cal.; September, 1910, to date, auditor Arizona Eastern Railroad company, Sonora Rail way, Southern Pacific Railroad company of Mexico, Southern Pacific Navigation company of Mexico, East Coast Oil company and Sunset Development company. MICHAEL McNALLEY, Physician and Surgeon of Michigan Valley, Kansas, Was born May 8, 1847, in Lockport, 111. He is medical examiner for the Travelers Life Insurance company of Hartford; and is a member of the leading American med ical and scientific societies. 510 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS FRANK MELVILLE JOYCE, Insurance Manager, Was born at Covington, Indiana, March 18, 1862. His father was Bishop Isaac W. Joyce, one of the most distinguished of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church. F. M. Joyce s mother was Miss Carrie Bos- serman, of an old Pennsylvanian Dutch family. Bishop Joyce was of Irish descent. Colonel Joyce graduated from Indiana Asbury university, now De Pauw universi ty. He took the gold medal of his class for mathematics. He was major of the cadet batalion, and captain of the famous Asbury Cadets, who won the first national ar tillery prize at Indianapolis in 1882, over many compet ing batteries from all over the United States. After graduation he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and became paying teller of the Queen City National Bank. Five years later he resigned to accept the general agency of the Provident Life and Trust company, at Cincinnati. He was associated with that company until 1890 when he entered the services of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company, of Newark, New Jersey, as district agent at Cincinnati. Having established himself as a successful and entirely reliable insurance man, Colonel Joyce, after five years with the Mutual Benefit, was transferred to Minneapolis as state agent of that company for Minne sota and the Dakotas. Colonel Joyce s title is by no means an honorary one only. He was a commissioned officer of the Second Battery Ohio National Guard. It was while in this position, at the time of the famous Court House riots in Cincinnati in 1884, that he rendered such service as to receive the special commendation of governor Hoad- ly. In 1889 Colonel Joyce organized the Avon Rifles from among the best young men of Avondale, a suburb of Cincinnati, where he resided. He also had the honor of being a member of the personal staff of governor McKin- ley, of Ohio, which position he held until he left the state. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 511 While in Cincinnati, Colonel Joyce was quite promi nently connected with the musical affairs of the city, and was president of the Orpheus Club, the leading male chorus in a city famed for its musical culture, from the time of its organization until his removal to Minneapolis. Since coming to Minneapolis he has made a large circle of friends both in the social and business communities of the city. He is a member of the Hennepin avenue Meth odist church, also the Knights of Pythias, various ma sonic orders and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason. He also has been an honorary member of the army and navy military service institute. Colonel Joyce has been actively interested in the automobile game from its early history. For two years he was president of the Minneapolis Automobile club. He then organized the Minnesota State Automobile association and was its pres ident for two years, when he was made vice-president of the American Automobile association, the national or ganization a position which he now holds. He is as sociated with the leading social clubs being president of the Interlachen County club and a member of the Minneapolis club and the Commercial club. He was at one time president of the Apollo club a well known male chorus and is now an honorary life member of that organization. For several years he has been president of the Northwestern Alumni Association of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He also was president of the Asbury Meth odist hospital of Minneapolis. On March 2Oth, 1883, he was married to Miss Jessie F. Birch, daughter of the late Honorable Jesse Birch, a prominent lawyer of Bloomington, Illinois. They have four children, Arthur Reamy, Carolyn, Wilbur Birch, and Helen. 512 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JARED GAGE SMITH, Agriculturist and botanist, Was born Sept. 13, 1866, in Springwater, N. Y. He re ceived the degrees of B. Sc. and A. M. from the uni versity of Nebraska. In 1888 90 he was assistant agri- tulturist in the Nebraska argricultural experiment sta tion at Lincoln. In 1890 92 he traveled in Europe, Au stralia and Mexico. He has been botanist and director of botany in the Shaw school of botany and in the Mis souri botanical gardens in St. Louis, Mo.; and in 1901- 08 was United States Special agent in charge of the Hawaii agricultural experiment station at Honolulu. He is now president and manager of the Kona Tobacco com pany, limited, of Honolulu. He is a member of the Amer ican association for the advancement of science; and has written numerous agricultural bulletins and monographs. GEORGE EDWIN HORR, Theologian and Author of Newton Center, Mass., Was born Jan. 19, 1856, in Boston, Mass. In 1879 he was ordained to the Baptist ministry. He is president of The Watchman Publishing company; and in 1891-1903 was editor-in-chief of "The Watchman." Since 1908 he has been president of the Newton Theological institution. He is the author of "The Training of the Chosen People" and "The Great Ministry." CHARLES BOESCHENSTEIN, President Public Library of Edwardsville, III., Was born Oct. 27, 1864. He is the editor and publisher of the Edwardsville Intelligencer; and served for two years as mayor of his city. In 1900 04 he was vice- chairman of the democratic state committee and was its chairman in 1904 12. He har been president of the public library of Edwardsville since its organization. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 513 IRA FRANKLIN MANSFIELD, Merchant, Farmer and Fruit Grower. Was born in Poland, Ohio, June 27, 1842; son of Isaac Kirtland Mansfield and Lois Hall (Morse) Mansfield. He was educated at Poland College, where his schooling ended by suspension for violating college rule in attend ing a dance at William McKinley s, who was afterwards president of the United States. He married at Poland, Ohio, December n, 1872, to Lucy E. Mygatt, and they have three children, Kirtland M., Mary L. and Henry B. He has one-half interest in Hall Mansfield s brick store, Poland, Ohio, and one-half interest in George Kirtland & Mansfield s nurseries and cranberry marshes, Poland, Ohio; he has operated cannel and bituminous coal mines, in Cannelton, Pa., since 1865; also has two hundred acres in apples, pears, peaches and plums at Cannelton, Pa., and Negley, Ohio; is operating fire clay mines at Cannel ton, Pa., and Negley, Ohio, with an output of one hun dred tons per day. Mr. Mansfield is trustee of Beaver Valley hospital, New Brighton, Pa.; justice of the peace, 1867-1892, having married 847 couples; a representative in Pennsylvania legislature for ten years; president of Beaver College, Beaver, Pa.; and Griersburg academy, Darlington, Pa.; director of Wabash Railway lines, Pennsylvania and Ohio; vice-president and director of First National Bank, Rochester, Pa., and director of Beaver Valley Electric Company, Brighton, Pa. He is a 32-degree Mason, and member of the American Philo sophical society, Philadelphia, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mr. Mansfield s favor ite recreations are hunting and fishing. He was orderly sergeant, second and first lieutenant lo^th Ohio volunteer infantry in Civil War, 1862-2865; also promoted captain and assistant quartermaster of i4th army corps. In poli tics he is a republican, and is elder, Sunday school super intendent and teacher of the Presbyterian church. Mr, 514 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Mansfield has published: "History Fire Clays" (illus trated) ; "Flora of Beaver County" (illustrated) ; "His torical Collections"; "Little Beaver Rivers" (illustrat ed) ; "Fossil Plants of Western Pennsylvania" (illus trated). He is a member of the Audubon and Botanical Clubs, and Chancellor of the Robin Hood Club, with membership of sixty lady school teachers, also Beaver Photographic club. ARTHUR ELMORE BOSTWICK, Librarian St. Louis Public Library, Was born March 8, 1860, in Litchfield, Conn. He was educated at the Litchfield institute; and in 1881 gradu ated from Yale college; and in 1881-84 took a post-grad uate course, holding the Siliman fellowship in physical science, and receiving the degree of Ph.D. in 1883. In 1883-84 he was instructor and proctor at Yale university; and in 1884-86 was teacher of physical science at the Montclair high school of New Jersey. In 1886-88 he was on the staff of Appleton s Cyclopedia of American Biog raphy; in 1890-92 was assistant editor of the Forum; in 1892-94 was associate editor of the Standard Dictionary; and since 1894 nas been science editor of the Literary Di gest. In 1895-99 he was librarian of the New York free circulating library; in 1899-1901 was librarian of the Brooklyn public library; and in 1901-09 was chief of the circulating department of the New York public library, including the charge of the twenty-two branch libraries. In 1897-99 ne was president of the New York library; club; and in 1902-03 was president of the New York state library association, and in 1907-08 was president of the American Library association. He is the author of Young Folks Cyclopaedia of Games. Since 1909 he has been librarian of the St. Louis public library and is also president of the Missouri library association. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 515 CHARLES W. McCURDY, Osteopathic Physician, Was born in Ossian, Livingston, N.Y., November 26, 1856; son of David McCurdy and Lydia (Lemen) Mc- Curdy, a descendant of an officer in the Revolutionary War, Major William Slough Lemen. He received his education in Geneseo (N.Y.) state normal school; was graduated from the Michigan state college as B.S. in 1881 and M.S. in 1885, from the university of Wooster as A.M. in 1894 and Ph.D. in 1891;; received the degree of Sc.D. (honoris causa) from Milton college in 1892. He was graduated with the degree of D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) by the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy in 1893. Dr. McCurdy married in Winona, Minn., August 16, 1893, Eva A. Woodruff, whose great uncle was president of Oberlin college, Ohio, and they have two children: Gretchen, born in 1894, and Marion, born in 1896. He was head of the Department of Science at the high school in Winona, Minn., from 1888 to 1893; pro fessor of chemistrv at the university of Idaho and state chemist of Idaho from 1893 to 1900; and has been pro fessor of phvsics, chemistrv and therapeutics, lecturer on dietetics and hvgiene, and late dean and president of fac ulty at the College of Osteopathy, Philadelphia, 1900- 1907. He was acting president of the university of Idaho and director of the experiment station in 1898; special agent of the United States sugar beet investigations in Idaho in 1898 and 1899; secretary and member of the board of trustees and dean of Philadelphia college and infirmary of Osteopathy. He was editor of the Philadel phia Journal of Osteopathy. He has made investigations, lectured, and written papers on soils of Idaho, sugar beets in Idaho, therapeutics, hygiene and dietetics and miscel laneous, science and historical subjects. He was president of a division association of the Twenty-seventh Ward of Philadelphia in 1905 and 1906. In politics he is a repub- 516 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS lican, and in religion a Presbyterian. He is a member of the American Chemical society, fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; fellow of Research society; member of the American Osteopathic association, and vice-president of the Pennsylvania Osteo pathic association and the Masonic and Delta Tau Delta fraternities. JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, Financeer of New York City, Was born July 9, 1843, near Demopolis, Md. He was educated at Thaliau Academy near Pendleton, S.C. ; en tered the South Carolina College in 1863, but left to en ter in the Confederate States army, served trough the war and atained the rank of captain. He then became a planter in Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas, and watf a delegate to the Cotton expositions of Louisville and New Orleans. He is president of Baltimore Coal Min ing and Railroad company and other corporations. In 1897 he was special ambassador to France for the Sons of the American Revolution. K. M. VAN ZANDT, President of the Fort Worth National Bank of Texas, Was born November 7, 1836, in Franklin county, Tenn. He served in the Confederate army during the Civil War and attained the rank of major. He is prominently iden tified with the business and public affairs of Texas; has rilled numerous public positions of trust and honor; and is now president of the Fort Worth National bank. SUCCESSFUL AMEEICANS 517 REUBEN WEBSTER MILLSAPS, Banker of Jackson, Miss. Was born May 30, 1833, in Copiah county, Miss. The parent stock originated in Ireland and Wales, while his parents, natives of Georgia, were early settlers in Missis sippi. Reuben began life in the work of a farm and in attendance at the public schools, going to Hanover college in Indiana at the age of seventeen. After two years there, he attended Asbury (now De Pauw) university at Green- castle, Ind., and graduated in 1854. Returning to the South, he taught school two years and then studied law at Harvard, graduating in 1858. Legal practice in Pine Bluff, Ark., occupied him until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he entered the Confederate army as a private, rising during four years of service to be lieutenant colonel, and being wounded at Shiloh and Nashville. Then- illustrating the vigor and spirit of the new South Colo nel Millsaps began life entirely anew by engaging in hauling cotton to market with a wagon and two mules, which a comrade and he had been allowed by General Grant to bring home. With his earnings, he opened a store at Brookhaven, Miss. This business, carried on with great success for fifteen years, ended in Colonel Millsaps engaging in a wholesale grocery trade in St. Louis, from which he retired in 1884 with a fortune. Extended travel in Europe followed, and in 1886 he established The Capital State Bank of Jackson, and has since devoted his time mainly to banking, being also president of the Merchants and Planters bank in Hazel- hurst, Miss. ; director in the First National bank in Vicks- burg and the First National bank in Greenville, Miss., and a stockholder in many other institutions of that class. Some other investments, including real estate, have added to his resources. Colonel Millsaps founded Millsaps college in the city of Jackson, giving nearly $250,000 for the purpose. He was president of the Southern Chautau- 518 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS qua assembly at Mont Eagle, Tenn. fifteen years and also shows philantropic spirit by interest in other enter prises. He is a national republican in politics, a Metho dist in religion, a self-made man, and noted for honor and high character. He is vice-president of the Capital National bank, Jackson, Miss.; vice-president of the Citi zens Savings Bank and Trust company, Jackson, Miss.; president of the Merchants and Planters bank, Hazel- hurst, Miss.; president of the Bank of Forest, Fortsa, Miss. ; director in the First National bank, Vicksburg, Miss., and First National bank, Greenville, Miss. He is the founder of Millsaps college, situated in Jackson, giving nearly two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to that institution. He was president of the Mont Eagle, Tenn., Chautauqua assembly for 15 years; now treasurer of the American Red Cross for the state of Mississippi, and trustee and treasurer of Millsaps college. He is also director of Brookhaven Bank and Trust company, Brook- haven, Miss., and director in Bank of Georgetown, Georgetown, Miss., and a stockholder in numerous other banks in the state; also trustee of Vanderbilt university, Nashville, Tenn. JAMES WILSON GRIMES WALKER, United States Naval Officer, Was born September 22, 1868, in Salem, Mass. He was educated in Switzerland, France and Germany; and graduated in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1890-97 he was engaged in general engineering, bridge construction and in railway location, construction and management. In 1898 he was in charge of surveys made by the Nicaraugua canal com mission. He is the author of "Ocean to Ocean, an Ac count Personal and Historical of Nicaraugua and Its People." SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 519 JOHN D. MISHLER, Was born in Newmanstown, Lebanon county, Pa., April 28, 1847. He moved with his parents to Reading in 1848, and has been a resident of the city ever since. He was educated in the private school, and at seventeen years of age entered a dry good store as salesman at $75.00 a year; learned the business, and after a four months tour of Europe in 1868 opened the Globe Dry Goods store, which he conducted with originality and success until the latter part of 1874. Meanwhile he had become manager of the Academy of Music, the first modern theater in Reading, erected by his father, Joseph Mishler, and opened Octo ber i, 1872. This he managed until 1886, when the pres ent Academy of Music, of which he was the manager until May i, 1908, was erected by a stock company, with himself as a member. In 1873 he established the "Mish ler Theater Circuit" of eastern Pennsylvania, having the aters in nine cities, which he controlled for years, the first theatrical circuit in America. He withdrew from the theatrical business entirely in 1910. In 1877-1878 he toured the country as manager of the Swedish Ladies Vocal Quartette, and was manager of Bartholomew s celebrated equine paradox for five years, 1881-1886. Mr. Mishler has been a contributor to various newspapers for his travels in America and Europe, and has run special departments in advertising of unique designs. He is the first associate member of the Press club, Reading, and has continued a liberal friend since. He was one of the di rectors of the Penn Street Passenger Railway company, organized in 1874, the first street car line in the city; was one of the organizers of the Reading board of health, and in 1891 organized the Berks County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of which he was the president for five years. He has been engaged liberally and progressively in all public movements, many char ities, and was the first secretary of the Associated charities 520 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS of Reading, giving attention to systematic benevolence. On November 15, 1894, ^ e organized the Pennsylvania Billposters association and has been its progressive presi dent ever since. He erected the first public drinking fountain in Pennsylvania at Reading; chairman finance committee Reading s semi-centennial 1898, and settled all accounts within fifteen days after celebration week; twice treasurer of finance committee, state conclave Knights Templar; treasurer of finance committee 39th annual encampment Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic 1905; member of the Reading sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis 1905-6; a member of Phila delphia sovereign consistory 32nd degree masons, Read ing commandery No. 42 Knights Templar; charter mem ber Isaac Hiester lodge No. 660 F. and A. M., Reading lodge of Perfection, Ancient accepted Scottish rites, noble of Rajah Temple Ancient Arabic order, nobles of the Mystic Shrine. In all respects one of Reading s foremost citizens. HUGH BUTLER, Lawyer and Statesman, Was born May 31, 1840, in Lancashire, Scotland. He studied in St. Lawrence academy of Kentucky; and in the Fulton seminary of Lewiston, 111. Since 1862 he has engaged in the practice of law, and since 1874 m Denver, Colo. In 1872-73 he was mayor of Central City, Colo. In 1867-71 and in 1874-75 he was a member of the Colo rado house of representatives; was chairman of the demo cratic state central committee in 1876-77. He is a lecturer on common law pleading in the university of Colorado. In 1897 he was president of the Colorado Bar association, and in 1900-01 was president of the Denver Bar associa tion. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 521 CHARLES ROLLIN OTIS, The elder of the two sons of Elisha C. Otis, was born April 29, 1835, m Troy, N.Y. During his youth he at tended school at Halifax, Vt.,. and at Albany, N.Y. From early boyhood he manifested a great fondness for mechan ics of every kind. At the age of thirteen he began his apprenticeship as machinist under his father. At sev enteen he was greatly interested in steam engines and received the position of engineer in a large manufactory at Yonkers, N.Y., of which his father was superintendent of machinery. Earlier he was very ambitious to become an engineer on one of the great ocean liners. He was a young man of determined purpose and doubtless but for the removal of his father about this time to Yonkers, N.Y., he would have accomplished it. He accompanied and assisted his father in his early operations in Yonkers. He was quick to see the possibilities of the elevator (a sketch of the Otis Bros, and company elevator works is given in the chapter on "Yonkers Industries") that his father had invented, and urged him to devote himself exclusively to the making and introducing, etc., throughout the world. Mr. Otis manifested the same integrity, business ability and genius of invention as his father. He has been closely connected with various large business interests, also real estate improvements of this city. He was formerly a member of the Westminster church, and for twelve years was superintendent of the Sunday school and an elder of the church. He was chairman of the committee at the time of the building of the Westminster Presbyterian church. For the last fourteen years he has been connected with the First Presbyterian church. He was married August 28, 1861, to Caroline F. Boyd. They have had no children, but have reared and educated several or phans and others. Mr. Otis was appointed a member of the board of education in 1886, and served continuously for twenty-four years. For several years he was chairman 522 SUCCESSFUL AMEKICANS of the committee on teachers and instruction, and also a member of other important committees at different times. A very considerable part of his time was devoted to vis iting and inspecting schools. While a member of the board of education he endeavored to his utmost to get and finally succeeded in getting fireproof stairways in all of the twenty public schools of the city of Yonkers, and persistently urged regular weekly firedrills of the chil dren. He is a steadfast friend of the teachers and chil dren and believes that the public schools should be lifted to the highest standard; to that end he devoted much of his time and efforts. He has been a great traveler, having visited Europe several times. His published letters dur ing his visits abroad are of some interest. Mr. Otis is an extensive reader, and owner of a valuable special library, including both a classical collection and a wide range of scientific subjects. FRANKLIN MURPHY, Manufacturer of Newark, N . J., Was born January 3, 1846, in Jersey City, N.J. His first American ancestor, Robert Murphy, came from England in 1766, and that Robert s son, Robert, born in Connecti cut, served in the Revolution in the Bergen county, N.J., militia. Robert, jr., had a son, William, who served in the War of 1812, and his grandson, Franklin Murphy, continued the military history of the family in the War of the Rebellion. The son of Williams Hays Murphy and Elizabeth Hagar, his wife, Franklin Murphy came, with his parents, to Newark when he was ten years old, and has resided there ever since. While at the Newark academy, at the age of sixteen, he enlisted in the i3th New Jersey volunteers, and saw active service in the army of the Potomac and under General Sherman until the close of the war. Mr. Murphy was first lieutenant when he was mustered out. This patriotic duty finished, Mr. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 523 Murphy entered business, and in 1865 founded the firm of Murphy and company, varnish manufacturers, of Newark. Since then his time, energies and great business capacity have been devoted, in the main, to the promotion of this trade. The Murphy varnishes are now sold all over the world, and the Murphy Varnish company, which succeeded the firm in 1891, and of which Mr. Murphy is president, has factories in Newark, Chicago and Cleve land, and transacts an enormous business. Mr. Murphy has had happy relations with those in his employment, and has been a sincere advocate of such measures in busi ness and in government, as would best secure liberal wages and steady occupation for workingmen. Socially, Frank lin Murphy has many pleasant relations in a private and public way, both in this country and abroad, and is a member of many organizations, among them the Union League and Century clubs of New York city, the Union League club of Chicago, the Loyal Legion, the Essex and Essex County Country clubs of Newark, the Sons of the American Revolution, of which he has been president general, and other associations. His residence in Newark and a summer home at Mendham are elegant houses of genial hospitality. Mr. Murphy has continued by ac tivities in politics an interest in public affairs, whichi began by service as a soldier. He has served as member of the Newark common council and of the New Jersey legislature, is now chairman of the republican state com mittee, and is active in each campaign. He was governor of New Jersey 1902-1905. In business associations he has had the usual responsibilities placed upon successful men in connection with public institutions, banks and societies. Happily gifted in manner, disposition and taste, enter prising and original in business ideas, personally liked most by those who know him best, and as frank in declar ing his principles as he is sincere in maintaining them, his career has been rounded with success and marked by 524 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS the appreciation of men whose good opinion is best worth having. Mr. Murphy was married in Newark in 1868 to Janet Colwell, daughter of Israel D. Colwell and Cath erine C. G. Hoghland, and his two children are Franklin, jr., Helen M., now Mrs. Wm. B. Kinney. ! O%: . ERNEST RICHARD KROEGER, Was born in St. Louis, Mo., August 10, 1862. His father, one of the most eminent literary men in the West, super intended his early musical education, after which he had as instructors several celebrated musicians, notably W. Goldner of Paris in composition, and Charles Kunkel in pianoforte playing. Up to his twenty-third year Mr. Kroeger was employed in mercantile business, but in the meantime he prosecuted his musical studies with great energy and enthusiasm, finally entering upon a musical career on November i, 1885. As a pianist he has been heard frequently in concerts, and in conjunction with Mr. Charles Kunkel has made a great specialty of duo playing upon two pianofortes. In his recitals he has played over five hundred pieces by memory. He was for eight years organist of Trinity Episcopal church, and has been for some time organist of the Church of the Messiah (Uni tarian), both of St. Louis. In the latter church Mr. Kroeger has conducted a fine chorus choir, which has rendered works by such composers as Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Gounod, Spohr, Dvorak, Haydn, Schubert, Weber and others. As a conductor, in addition to the chorus above mentioned he has had charge of the musical features of the McCullough club, is di rector of the "Amphion" male chorus, and for ten years led the Morning Choral club, composed of fifty ladies. Mr. Kroeger served as president of the Music Teachers National association (1896-1897), and in 1904 he was appointed master of programs of the bureau of music at the St. Louis World s Fair. For his services in the latter SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 525 capacity the French government elected him an officer of the Academy. But it is as a composer that Mr. Kroeger has achieved his greatest reputation. His works, pub lished and unpublished, are in nearly all branches of mu sic. They include many pianoforte pieces, songs, church music, and other smaller compositions. In larger fields, Mr. Kroeger has written a great deal of chamber music, notably his "Quintet for Pianoforte and Strings," given with great success at the Music Teachers National asso ciation at Detroit in 1890, also a "Symphony for Orches tra," "Four Symphonic Overtures," and a "Pianoforte Concerto." One eminent musical critic says: "His work is based upon the modern romantic style, such as Raff, Schwarwenka, and Moszkowski have been developing. The compositions by Mr. Kroeger prove him to be a thorough artist, that his knowledge of counterpoint is profound, and that he does not need to wander about for the effects he wishes to produce. His compositions are full of sparkling originality and are artistically devel oped. . Mr. Kroeger, in his many beautiful works, shows that he is able to use the modern school and even some of the Wagnerian effects without forgetting that a com poser s individuality must be kept uppermost in all his writings. He is an American writer who not only pos sesses contrapuntal skill, but a decided gift for melody." JOSEPH D. HOUSTON, Lawyer of Wichita, Kan., Was born February 17, 1858, near Paris, Ky. He re ceived a thorough education; was admitted to the bar and soon attained success in the practice of his profession. He is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his city and state, and has filled numerous posi tions of trust and honor. 526 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EDWARD OSGOOD OTIS, Physician, Was born October 29, 1848, in Rye, N.H.; son of Rev. Israel Taintor Otis and Olive (Morgan) Otis. He is a descendant from John Otis, who came to America in 163 $, and is grandson of a Revolutionary soldier. He was edu cated in Phillips Exeter academy; was graduated from Harvard college as A.B. in 1871, and from Harvard medical school as M.D. in 1877. He nas been engaged in practice, since graduation, in Boston. His specialty is disease of the lungs and climatology; and he has done much work in the crusade against tuberculosis. He founded the tuberculosis department of Boston dispen sary, the first of its kind in the United States, and is its senior physician; is professor of diseases of the lungs and of climatology in Tufts college medical school, and consulting phyiscian of the Massachusetts state sanatori um for tuberculosis. He was formerly president of the American Climatological association; is a director of the National association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis; president of the Boston Association for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis; member of the Public Health association, the American Academy of Medicine, American Medical association, Boston Society of Medical Improvement, Boston Medical Library asso ciation; and he is a correspondent member of the Interna- national Anti-Tuberculosis association. He has written many articles, published in various medical journals, up on tuberculosis and climate; and wrote a series of articles upon climate and health resorts for Woods Handbook of Medical Sciences, second edition; author of "The Great White Plague;" author of article on tuberculosis in Muller & Kelly s Practical Treatment. Dr. Otis is a trustee of the Montgomery (Alabama) industrial school. In politics he is a republican, and he is a deacon in the Congregational church. Dr. Otis is a member of the SUCCESSFUL AMEEICANS 527 Massachusetts Society of Sons of the American Revolu tion, and of the University club of Boston. He married in Boston June 6, 1894, Marion Faxon, and they have five children: Olive, born in 1895; John Faxon, born in 1898; Edward Osgood, Jr., born in 1900; William Faxon, born in 1904; and Brooke Faxon, born in 1908. FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL, Retired Business President, Was born January 2, 1868, in Newburyport, Mass. He is a successful broker and investor of Colorado Springs, Col.; was the former president of the Colorado Mining Exchange of Denver; and has been president of several mining companies and various other corporations. At present he is engaged in literary work, giving special attention to genealogical research and colonial subjects. FRANKLIN HARVEY HEAD, Manufacturer, Banker and Author, Was born January 24, 1835, in Paris, Oneida county, New York. In 1856 he received the degree of A.B. from Ham ilton college of New York; and subsequently received the degrees of A.M. and LLID. In 1858-66 he practised law in Kenosha, Wis. ; for four years was engaged in ranching in Utah, and in 1872 located in Chicago, 111. Since 1890 he has been president of the Bush Temple conservatory; is vice-president of the Continental Casualty company; vice-president of the Protection Mutual Fire Insurance company, and vice-president bank of Cedar Rapids, Neb. He is a trustee of the Newberry library; president of the Chicago Historical society, and has been twice president of the Union League club of Chicago. He is the author of Shakespeare s Insomnia and The Causes Thereof; A Notable Lawsuit, and other works. 528 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GENERAL HORACE PORTER, Orator and man of affairs, Was born in Huntingdon, Pa., April 15, 1837. His an cestors were long identified with the early history of Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Andrew Porter, born in Worcester, Pa., September 24, 1743, and the proprietor of a scientific school in Philadelphia, left the arts of peace in 1775 to join the forces of the American Revolution, as captain of marines and then of artillery, served entirely through the war, and was promoted from rank to rank until he became colonel of the Fourth continental artil lery, and later brigadier general. After the war he was commissioned major general of militia and, after service as commissioner for surveying the boundary lines between Pennsylvania and Virginia, declined the positions of brigadier general in the regular army and secretary of war, tendered by President Madison. David R. Porter, son of the latter, an iron master, located in Huntingdon, served for a number of years in the senate of Pennsylvania and was twice governor of the state. Horace, youngest son of David R. Porter, was educated at the scientific school of Harvard university and graduated from the West Point military academy in 1860. He served in the field during the civil war and during the four years of that struggle rose through every grade of the regular army up to that of brevet brigadier general. Promotion by brevet was accorded to him on six different occasions for "gallant and meritorious services." He served during the latter part of the war upon General Grant s staff and as private secretary to General Grant when the latter was president. Since the war he has become conspicuous in civil life by his management of important and success ful business enterprises and by display of ability in the field of oratory and literature. He has been president of several railroad companies, vice-president of the Pull man Car company, and a director in a number of promi- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 529 nent financial institutions. He is president of the Union League club, the Grant monument association, the Society of the Army of the Potomac, and the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, commander of the New York commandery of the Loyal Legion and of the Washington Post, G. A. R. ; vice-president of the cham ber of commerce, and a member of the Metropolitan, University, Lotos, Grolier, Century, Players , Lawyers , Union League, and Authors clubs of New York city, and many other organizations, including geographical and historical societies. In 1894 he received the degree of LL.D. from Union and Williams colleges, and from Princeton and Harvard universities. In 1864 he married Miss McHarg of Albanv, and to them have been born Horace M., Clarence, William and Elsie Porter. Gen eral Porter has in recent years become one of the favorite after-dinner and public orators of New York city. He is greatly in demand and has delivered orations on many occasions of public moment as well as innumerable speeches and lectures upon other occasions, social, liter ary, patriotic and commercial. He speaks several of the modern languages, and among his literary works are a number of books and magazine articles, which have com manded public attention. He secured the congressional medal of honor for a conspicuous act of gallantry at the battle of Chickamauga; was ambassador to France from 1897 to 1905. Received from France the decoration of the grand cross of the Legion of Honor. After a search of six years he recovered the body of John Paul Jones in a forgotten cemetery at his own expense, and received for this a unanimous vote of thanks from congress and the privilege of the floor of both houses for life. 530 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE F. RANDOLPH, First Vice-president Baltimore and Ohio Railroad System, Was born June 29, 1856, at Norwalk, Ohio. Entered railway service 1873 as d er k in road department Cincin nati, Sandusky and Cleveland railroad at Sandusky, Ohio, then learned telegraphy on the Lake Shore and Michi gan Southern Railway; 1874, operator and freight and ticket clerk at various stations Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland railroad; 1875, clerk cashier s office St. Louis and San Francisco Railway at St. Louis, Mo.; June, 1875, to November, 1879, paymaster same road; November, 1879, to May, 1881, station agent Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland railroad and Indiana, Bloomington and Western railway at Kenton, Ohio; June to October, 1881, clerk Equitable Life Insurance company at Paris, France; November, 1881, to March, 1883, traveling au ditor Missouri Pacific Railway, Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, Texas and Pacific Railway and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway; March to Au gust, 1883, clerk general superintendent s office Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway at Sedalia, Mo.; August, 1883, to December, 1881;, clerk auditor s office and chief clerk general freight office West Shore Railroad at New York; December, 1885, to January, 1890, general freight and passenger agent Elmira, Cortland and Northern rail road; January, 1890, to April, 1892, general freight agent New York and New England Railroad; April, 1892, to March, 1893, first assistant general freight agent Phila delphia and Reading railroad and Lehigh Valley rail road at Philadelphia; March, 1893, to September, 1895, general traffic manager New York and New England railroad and Norwich and New York Transportation company; September i, 1895, to November, 1895 general traffic manager New England railroad, successor to the SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 531 New York and New England railroad; March, 1896, to October i, 1897, general traffic manager Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad; Octoben, 1897, to October 4, 1899, member board of managers Joint Traffic associa tion for Baltimore and Ohio lines; April i, 1899,, to J une 24, 1903, president Staten Island railway and general agent Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroads; June 24, 1903, to January 13, 1904, vice-president Staten Island Rapid Transit railway, general manager Rapid Transit Ferry company, and gen eral superintendent New York division Baltimore and Ohio railroad; January 13, 1904, to date, first vice-presi dent Baltimore and Ohio railroad system. ALEXANDER DOUGALL BLACKADER, Physician and Scientist, Was born June 19, 1847, in Montreal, Canada. He was educated at the McGill university; and is a graduate in arts and medicine, with honors in natural science. He also attended Saint Thomas hospital of London, Eng land. Since 1881 he has been a lecturer on the diseases of children, and since 1891 has been professor of pharma cology and therapeutics at McGill university. He is also physician to the Montreal General hospital; is senior physician to the Children s Memorial hospital; and still practices medicine in Montreal, Canada. CHARLES HENRI LEONARD, Physician and Author of Detroit, Mich., Was born March 28, 1850, in Akron, Ohio. For thirty years he has been professor of gynaecology in the Detroit College of Medicine. He has been president of the De troit College of Medicine. He has been president of the Detroit Public Library Commission; and president of the Wayne County Medical society. He is the author of several medical works; and still practices his profession in Detroit, Mich. 532 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ANTON ADOLPH RAVEN, Insurance President, Was born September 30, 1833, in Curacao, Dutch West Indies, son of John and Nelly (Hutchings) Raven. His father, a native of Curacao, was a merchant, and his mother was a descendant of an old American family who settled in the West Indies. His elementary education was received in a school at St. Thomas. Removing to New York city in 1851, he became associated in a clerical capacity with the Atlantic Mutual Insurance company; he was made corresponding clerk in 1854, underwriter in 1865, fourth vice-president in 1875, second vice-presi dent in 1886, vice-president in 1895, and president of the company in 1897, a position he still occupies. The At lantic Mutual Insurance company was chartered in 1842, and insures against marine and inland transportation risks. During its period of existence the company has insured property to the value of $23,353,407,439. The officers are: A. A. Raven, president; Cornelius Eldert, vice-president ;Walter Wood Parsons, second vice-presi dent; John H. Jones Stewart, fourth vice-president, and G. Stanton Floyd-Jones, secretary. Mr. Raven is presi dent board of marine underwriters; president of Ameri can bureau of shippers; also vice-president and trustee of the Metropolitan Trust company; a trustee of the At lantic Safe Deposit company, and the Seamen s Bank for Savings; and is a director of the Fidelity and Casualtiy company, the Home Life Insurance company, the Bank of New York, and also a member of the chamber of com merce; chairman of committee on insurance in chamber of commerce. In 1902 he delivered a lecture at Yale university upon marine insurance. He was one of the organizers of the 22nd New York regiment during the civil war. Mr. Raven is not a clubman, but belongs to the Montauk and Hamilton clubs, and is a life member and one of the vice-presidents of the American Geograph- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 533 ical society, and vice-president of the Brooklyn Associa tion for Improving Condition of the Poor. He was mar ried in June, 1860, to Gertrude, daughter of James C. Oatman of New York, and had four children: William Oatman and John Howard, the latter is professor of Semitic languages in the theological seminary in New Brunswick, N.J., Caroline Raven MacLean, widow of Dr. Peter A. MacLean, and Edith, deceased. CHARLES ALEXANDER ROOK, Journalist, Was born in Pittsburgh, August n, 1861; son of Alex ander W. Rook and Harriet L. (Beck) Rook. He was educated in the Ayers Latin school, Schmidt academy, and Western university of Pennsylvania. He married in Pittsburgh, September 9, 1884, Anna B. Wilson, and they have three children : Helen Emma, Charles Alex ander, Jr., and Florence Anna. He entered the office of the Pittsburg Dispatch September i, 1880, following the death of his father, who was for many years the senior member of the firm of Rook, O Neill and company, publishers and editors of the Dispatch; became secretary of the Dispatch Publishing company in 1888; treasurer in 1896, and March 10, 1902 president and editor-in- chief. Colonel Rook is a republican in national politics, but independent in city, county and state politics. He was endorsed by every labor union in Pittsburgh in 1905 for mayor of the city, but declined the nomination on ac count of great business pressure. In 1907 Colonel Rook was urged to become a candidate for one of the most important offices in the Pennsylvania state government, but, as in the case of the mayoralty, was compelled to decline the honor. He was appointed February 14, 1907, on the military staff of Edwin S. Stuart, governor of Pennsylvania, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. On January 17, 1908, was elected by the judges of Allegheny 534 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS county, a member of the board of inspectors of the West ern penitentiary of Pennsylvania; and upon the change in government was appointed by Governor Stuart, and reappointed by Governor Turner; is now president of the board of managers. He is an honorary member of Typographical union No. 7. He was elected by the Pennsylvania state convention delegate-at-large to the republican national convention of 1908; and was ap pointed by the Pennsylvania delegation to represent Pennsylvania on the national committee to notify Wil liam H. Taft of the nomination for president. Col. Rook was endorsed and urged by every labor organization of Pennsylvania to become a candidate for the United States senate, to succeed Hon. P. C. Knox. He was appointed by President Taft minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to represent the United States at the one hundredth (looth) anniversary of the independence of the United States of Mexico in 1910; appointed by Gov ernor Stuart to represent the state of Pennsylvania at the convention of the national rivers and harbors congress, held in the city of Washington December, 1907, and to the conference with President Roosevelt at the White House, May 1908, on the conservation of the natural resources of the United States. He is an Episcopalian in his church relations, and is a member of the Board of The Newsboys Home, and member Duquesne, Union, Americus Republican, Country clubs, Pittsburg Athletic association and the Typographical Athletic association of Pittsburgh, The Automobile Club of America, of New York, and the Fellowship Club of Philadephia. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 535 THOMAS FORTUNE RYAN, Financier, Was born October 17, 1851, in Nelson county, Va. ; edu cated in the schools of that county; married in Baltimore, Md., November 25, 1873, Ida M. Barry, and has five sons. Went to Baltimore at the age of seventeen and worked in the dry goods commission house of John S. Barr until 1870, when he came to New York City and became connected with a house in Wall Street; became a member of the New York Stock Exchange in 1874, and soon became identified with corporation interests and se curities and especially to consolidating and extending the street railway and lighting systems of New York City, Chicago and other large ctities, being associated in and having active charge of the enterprise of the late William Whitney for nearly thirty years; notably in effecting the consolidation of the various street railway systems of New York City for a combination of capitalists, in 1886; went to London, in 1902, to take charge of the fight which the American Tobacco company was then making against the Imperial Tobacco company for a division of the world territory for the tobacco trade, and in a few weeks won the fight completely, established harmonious relations with the British corporation, and greatly enchancing the value of the American company s business; was a leader in the reorganization of the Richmond and Danville Sys tem into the present Southern railway; formed and exe cuted the plans for the Central of Georgia Railroad and Banking company; secured control of the Seabord Air Line Railway after and eight-year contest; arranged the recent merging of the street railways with the elevated railways and the subways system in such a way as to give to him and his associates practical control of the entire rapid transit system of New York City; purchased a con trolling interest in the stock of the Equitable Life Assur ance Society of the United States, in 1905; and is inter- 536 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ested in and practically controls many important interests, domestic and foreign. Director American Tobacco com pany, Guarantee Trust company and Carolina, Clinch- field and Ohio Railroad company. Democrat; delegate from Virginia to national democratic convention of 1904, where he was largely instrumental in reconciling the dele gates to the acceptance of Judge Parker s telegram de claring for the gold standard. Catholic. Has a home, named Oak Ridge, on the site of his birthplace in Vir ginia, where he maintains his legal residence, and a coun try house also at Suffern, New York, besides his winter residence. Chamber of Commerce, Southern Society in New York. Clubs: Army and Navy (New York City), Automobile Club of America, Catholic, City Midday, Columbus (Ohio), Country of Westchester, Knollwood Country, Lawyers, Manhataan, Metropolitan (New York. Athletic, National Democratic, Riding, Tuxedo, Union, The Virginians. JOHN J. WHITE, Mayor of Holyoke, Mass., Was born January 13, 1866, in Lee, Mass. He received a thorough education in the public schools and colleges of New England. He is treasurer of the White Paper Box company of Holyoke, Mass.; and prominently iden tified with the business and public affairs of his city. For five years he served with distinction as an alderman; and is now mayor of his city. HEZEKIAH M. GILLETT, Attorney-at-Law of Bay City, Mich., Was born January 9, 1852, in Stafford, Genessee county, N. Y. He received a thorough education; and soon at tained success in the practice of law. He has been a mem ber of the school board; and has filled several other posi tions of trust and honor. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 537 LEVERETT WILSON SPRING, Educator and Author, Was born January 5, 1840, in Graf ton, Vt. In 1 868-81 he filled pastorates in the Congregational church; since 1 88 1 has been engaged in educational work; and since 1909 has been emeritus professor of English language and literature in the university of Kansas. He is the author of Kansas and numerous other works; and now resides in Williamstown, Mass. WALTER HENRY OADES, Shipbuilder, Was born Nov. 2, 1849, in Clayton, N. Y., son of John and Jane (Van Allen) Oades; educated in public schools of New York state and Detroit; married at De troit, 1883, Miss Anna Smith. Learned the trade of ship building in Detroit under his father, continuing in the business after death of his father, in 1895; shipbuilder and repairer shears and steam marine railway. Member Detroit Board of Commerce, B P. O. E., Royal Arca num. Recreation: Yachting. CHARLES OLIVER GRAY, President of the Washington and Tusculum College Was born June 3, 1867, in Hewelton, N.Y. He became principal of the high school of Hewelton, N.Y. He has been pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Smith- town, N.Y. ; and president of the First Presbyterian church of Marshall, N.C. He is now president of the Washington and Tusculum College of Greeneville, Tenn. WILLIAM SAUNDERS SCARBOROUGH, President Wilberforce University of Ohio, Was born February 16, 1852, in Macon, Ga. He was educated at Atlanta university; and in 1875 graduated from Oberlin college. Since 1877 he has been professor 538 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS of ancient languages in Wilberforce university; and since 1908 has been president of that institution. He has been postmaster of Wilberforce; and has been prominent in the republican politics of his state. He is the author of First Lessons in Greek; and other works; and resides in Wilberforce, Ohio. LEVY MAYER, Lawyer , Was born in Richmond, Va., October 23, 1858; son of Henry D. and Clara (Goldsmith) Mayer; graduated from Chicago high school in 1874; special studies law department at Yale, 1876. Assistant librarian of Chicago Law Institute, 1876-81 ; admitted to the bar, and practic ing since 1881; corporation lawyer principally, and is legal adviser of some of the largest industrial corpora tions and banks in the country. Is senior member of the firm of Mayer, Meyer, Austrian and Platt. Edited and revised manuscripts of Judge David Rorer s works on Inter-State Law and Judicial and Execution Sales, 1876- 81. Member of American, Illinois and Chicago Bar as sociations and American Economist association. Clubs: Union League, Iroquois, Germania, Midday, South Shore Country and Lake Shore Country, Automobile (Chicago) ; Lawyers (New York City), Old Colony and Plymouth Country (Massachusetts) ; Address: 76 West Monroe street, Chicago, and 27 Willams street, New York City. Summer home: Indian Hill Farm, Manomet, Mass. CHARLES ADOLF SCHIEREN Merchant and Philanthropist, Was born in Rhenish Prussia, Germany. He was edu cated in public school in Germany until 1856, when at the age of fourteen he came to the United States. He learned the cigar trade and assisted his father in the busi ness in Brooklyn, until 1864, when he began as a clerk in SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 539 the leather belting business of Philip F. Pasquay in New York City. In 1868 he established himself in the belting business with a small capital of his own savings and from that enterprise has grown the present firm of Chas. A. Schieren company in New York with many branch houses in this country and Hamburg, Germany, and tan neries in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Bristol, Tenn. Although the scene of Mr. Schieren s entire business career has been in Manhattan, in what is familiarly known in the leather trade as "The Swamp,", his residence for the entire period has been in Brooklyn and it is in this city that his social and political interests are closely identified. In politics, he has always been a prominent republican. For three years he was president of the Brooklyn Young Re publican club. He introduced the election district plan which caused the overthrow of the democratic party and in 1893 the election of Mr. Schieren to the mayoralty by a tremendous majority. He turned his big business over to other hands and devoted his entire time to the duties of his high office. His administration was characterized by a wise and conservative management of the city s affairs which gave him a national reputation. Through his in fluence and energetic advocacy the bill was passed by the legislature of 1895 authorizing the construction of the new East River (Williamsburg) bridge; the initial plans were made and the work started. By the addition of five new parks, Mr. Schieren s administration doubled the area of the parks of the City of Brooklyn; the longest of these, Forest Park, comprises 576 acres and is noted for its natural beauty and fine view of both the ocean and Long Island Sound. Dyker Meadow Park, containing 150 acres, is also of great importance, as it embraces sev eral thousand feet ocean front; final plans were adopted and riparian plans secured for the Shore driveway, which when completed will be one of the finest in the world. He also was one of the founders of the Brooklyn Museum 540 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS and laid corner stone during his occupancy of the admin istration as mayor for this maginficent building on the park slope. He was appointed and served on many im portant commissions, notably by Governor Black as chair man of the State Commerce Commission, also was ap pointed by Governor Roosevelt as a member of the New York Charter Revision Committee and is actively en gaged in many charitable organizations and is now presi dent of the Brooklyn Academy of Music which is consid ered one of the finest structures in this country devoted to grand opera, music and art. Mr. Schieren has been suc cessful in all his undertakings, is public spirited, clean charactered and ever ready to support by his means and influence any enterprise which has for its purpose the bet terment and welfare of the community, of which he has been an honored member for over half a century and is a splendid specimen of American citizenship. Mr. Schie ren is a prominent layman of the Lutheran church of Americans; he made an endowment of a fund of $43,000 -to the Mecklenburg college of Allentown, Pa., the in terest to be devoted to aid young men of moderate means for the study of the ministry; also made an endowment of $50,000 to Mount Airy Seminary at Mt. Airy, Phila delphia, to create a professorship of post-graduate course. Mr. Schieren is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce of New York and served on many prominent committees. He was one of the most earnest advocates of the widening and deepening of the Erie canal for the benefit of the waterborne commerce of the port of New York. LYNDON A. SMITH, Lawyer and Statesman of Minnesota, Was born July 15, 1854, in Boscowen, N.H. He was edu cated at Dartmouth college and at Georgetown university. He is a member of the republican party; and has attained SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 541 success in the practice of law in Minnesota. In 1899-1903 he was lieutenant-governor of the State of Minnesota; and has held various high positions of trust and honor. He is now attorney general for the State of Minnesota; and resides in St. Paul, Minn. GEORGE A. SOPER, Sanitary Engineer and Expert, Was born New York City, February 3, 1870; son of George A. and Georgianna L. (Bucknam) Soper; edu cated University Grammar School, New York City; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1895; Columbia university, A.M., 1898, Ph.D., 1899; also special studies in France, Germany and Switzerland; married Troy, N. Y., 1895, Mary Virginia McLeod; children: George A., born 1899, Harvey McLeod, born 1902. Civil engineer Boston Water Works, then engineer of contracting firm building water filtration works for many cities, 1895-07; post-graduate studies at Columbia university, and in Eu rope, 1894-99; charge of sanitary rehabilitation of Gal- veston; Texas, after disaster of 1900; sanitary engineer New York City department of health, 1902; expert sent by State Department of Health to fight epidemic of 1,300 cases of typhoid at Ithaca, N.Y. ; expert called by City of Watertown, N.Y., to stamp out epidemic of 600 cases of typhoid, 1905 ; expert in charge of typhoid epidemic work for Williams college, Lawrence (New York) Board of Health, etc.; expert of Rapid Transit Railroad Commis sion of New York, in charge of investigation of subway air, making over five thousand analyses and fifty thou sand observations of temperature and humidity, and nu merous autopsies and physical examinations of employees, 1905-06. Engaged in practice as consulting sanitary en gineer; member Commission of Engineers, appointed by Merchants Association of New York, to investigate city transit conditions, 1903; member delegation from Mer- 542 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS chants Association and Chamber of Commerce of New York, which investigated natural and economic resources of Texas at invitation of governor and legislature of Texas; member New York Bay Pollution Commission, appointed 1903 by governor of New York; reappointed 1905 to investigate sanitary condition of New York har bor; member since 1906 and president since 1908 Metro politan Sewerage Commission of New York, appointed by mayor of New York, to establish comprehensive plan or policy for disposing of sewage for Metropolitan Dis trict of New York. This work which cost about two hun dred thousand dollars and was reported in May 10, 1910, and subsequently included thousands of chemical and bacteriological analyses, complicated tidal studies and design for engineering works to cost over one hun dred and fifty million dollars. Author of two books and about thirty papers, addresses and reports published in medical and engineering literature. Member American Society Civil Engineers, Boston Society, Civil Engineers, American Chemical Society, Society American Bacter iologists, American Water Works Association, American Public Health Association; fellow A.A.A.S., associate fellow New York Academy Medicine, Delta Phi frater nity, Society of the Sigma Xi, Association of Doctors of Philosophy of Clumbia University. Address: 17 Battery Place, New York City. ANDREW J. GRANT, Was born February 25, 1869, in Grand Falls, Jasper county, Mo. He was educated in the common and high schools of Missouri and Kansas; and is now as successful lawyer of Washington. He has been principal of schools, justice of the peace, in 1900 was United States census agent, and deputy sheriff. Since 1902 he has been city attorney of Harrington, Wash., and is now filling his tenth term of 1911-12; and resides in Harrington, Wash. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 543 S. D. PETERSON, State Representative of Oregon, Was born January 12, 1875, in Mitchell county, N.C. He was educated at Bowman Academy of Bakersville, N.C.; attended the Kentucky university at Lexington; and graduated from Wake Forest college of North Caro lina. He is a member of the republican party; was mayor of Bakersville in 1902; and in 1909-10 was city attorney of Milton, Ore. He is now serving his first term of 191 1- 13 as a member of the House of Representatives in the Oregon State Legislature; is a member of several impor tant committees; and has held various other positions of trust and honor. JOHN GUTHRIE CRAIG, Department Store, Was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, May 8, 1848; son of An drew and Margaret (Campbell) Craig; educated in Ayr shire. Began active career in grocery business, in Glas gow, Scotland, continuing for four years; came to Amer ica and engaged in farming in New York state; became connected with Singer Manufacturing company s fac tories at Elizabethport, N.J., and was at Chicago, 111., for same company. Located in Minneapolis, 1884, and entered dry goods business, starting for self in 1885; has been member of the firm of Craig, Lunde and Craig, since 1899. Served in Volunteer Artillery, Glasgow, Scotland, and as member company I, M.N.G. Independent in poli tics. Congregationalist. Married at Minneapolis, 1891, to Miss Edith Robideaux. Clubs: East Side Commercial, Elks, and others. Recreations: Boating and fishing. Be sides his city residence, he maintains a summer home at Lake Marin, twenty-three miles from Minneapolis. 544 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS J. GRAY BOLTON, Member Pennsylvania Historical Society, Was born March 17, 1849, in County Derry, Ireland. He is descended from the Boltons of England, the Grays of Scotland, and Irish for many generations. He settled in Philadelphia in 1866; was educated at the Lafayette College and Union theological seminary; and received the degrees of A.M., D.D. and LL.D. He is an eminent clergyman and the founder of Hope Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, Pa.; and has been its only pastor for thirty-eight years. He is grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons; is a life member of the Pennsylvania historical society; is a member of the Transatlantic Society of America; is a director in a Philadelphia trust company; is prominently identified with the religious and educational affairs of his state; and resides in Philadelphia, Pa. JOSIAH VAN KIRK THOMPSON, Banker, Was born in Fayette county, Pa., February 15, 1854, son of Jasper Markle and Eliza (Caruthers) Thompson, grandson of Andrew Finley Thompson, who served with distinction in the war of 1812, and great-grandson of William Thompson, a revolutionary patriot of Pennsyl vania. His father, a native of Kentucky, was also a bank er, who presided for twenty years over the institution of which his son was afterwards the head. He was brought up on his father s farm, and aside from the Christian teaching of his parents, he attributes much of his success and happiness in life to the habits of industry and a love for work that he acquired in his boyhood. After a com mon school education he was prepared for college at Madison College, and was graduated at Washington and Jefferson College in 1871 at the early age of seventeen, the youngest student in the college. As an illustration of the SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 545 young man s indomitable energy and determination to se cure an education, it should be mentioned that at the close of school terms he traveled over thirty-six miles to his home, often leaving school at four o clock in the after noon, and being actively at work in the harvest field by nine o clock the following morning. After three years of farm life, concurrent with his college course, he en tered the First National Bank of Uniontown in Novem ber. 1871, which had been established as a private bank in the vear of his birth, and nationalized in 1864, and of which his father was an original director. Beginning at the bottom of the ladder, he first acted as janitor, kept all the books of the bank and served as a general clerk as well, and in less than five months thereafter he became teller. He was made cashier in 1877, anQl uoon the death of his father, twelve years later, he succeeded him to the presidencv. Mr. Thompson is in the strictest sense a tem perance man, and never would engage in his bank an em- plove who used liouor or tobacco in anv form. He firmlv maintained this position against the ruling sentiment of the board of directors, his ooinion being that the con tinued use of either affected the power of both mind and bodv. Neither are anv of his emploves under bond, sav in e that he "would not have an emplove in this bank who had to give a bond." He puts his faith in their honestv, and nlaces reliance in their integrity. How successful Mr. Thompson has been as a banker is shown bv a com parison of the condition of the bank when he became its ^i?hier. r>nd its present standing. With a surplus fund then of $20,181; deposits, $14,2^; loans and discounts, $176,186, it rapidly forged ahead until it now IQII has a surplus of $i,c;oo,ooo, and carries deposits of nearly three million dollars, with a capital stock of but one hun dred thousand dollars. While remarkably successful as a banker, Mr, Thompson has probably won greater 546 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS wealth from the enormous coal operations he has con ducted for many years. He owns or controls thousands of acres in Fayette, Washington, and Greene counties, Pa., and in West Virginia; in fact he is said to control over one-half of all the undeveloped portion of the great Pittsburg coal deposit. He is one of the most prominent men of Pennsylvania, noted alike for his business acumen, and munificent generosity. He was married December n, 1879, to Mary, daughter of John Anderson of Gene- seo, 111. She died in 1896, leaving two sons, Andrew A. and John R., the former a member of the state legisla ture, and the latter in charge of his father s estate, within a mile of Uniontown. He was again married August n, 1903, to Mrs. B. A. (Gardner) Hawes. IRBY DUNKLTN DAVIS, Educator and Clergyman of Mayesville, S.C., Was born Tune 19, 18^8, in Laurens, S.C. He was edu cated at Biddle university of Charlotte, N.C. He was principal of city and normal schools in Laurens and Winnsboro, S.C.; and for eighteen years was pastor of Goodwill Presbyterian church of Mayesville, S.C. He is now principal of Goodwill Academy and also still pastor of the Goodwill church. HERBERT EVERETT TUTHERLY, Soldier and Educator, Was born at Claremont, N.H., April $, 1848. His an cestors were English, and among the early settlers of Nev\ England. His preliminarv education was acquired iri the schools of his native village and at Kimball union academv at Meriden, N.H. He was appointed a cadet at the U. S. military academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1868, from which institution he was graduated in 1872. He was then commissoned a second lieutenant in the ist U, S. cavalry and promoted to the grade of first lieuten- SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 547 ant, ist cavalry, in 1879, and to the grade of captain in the same regiment, December 17, 1890. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from the university of Vermont in 1885. From 1881 to 1885 he served at the university of Vermont as professor of military science and tactics, under detail by the war department, and from 1889 to 1892 filled the corresponding chair at Cornell university. In 1881 he published Score Book and Suggestions for Riflemen, and in 1894 Elementary Treatice upon the Art of War, which was revised and republished 1898. He was promoted to major in the nth U. S. cavalry, 1901, and lieutenant-colonel in the 9th U. S. cavalry, 1905. His active military service extended among nearly all of tne Indians of the United States, west of the Mississippi river, for the period from 1872-1900. He was with troops in Alaska 1900-1901. Was engaged in the Philippine in surrection, and commanded a squadron of the ist U. S. cavalry at the battle of Santiago de Cuba, in the Spanish- American war, 1898. Was recommended for brevet ma jor for gallantry in action at San Juan Hill, Cuba. He commanded the military post at the Sioux Indian Res ervation in Dakota, 1898-1900, and the post of Jefferson barracks and recruiting depot at St. Louis, 1905-1906. Served in the inspector-general s department of the Uni ted States army 1900-1905, as one of the inspector-gen erals. He was placed upon the retired list of the United States army, on his own application, after thirty-eight years service, 1906. Assigned by the president on duty with the organized militia of New Hampshire, 1906- 1911. Appointed brigadier-general and adjutant-general of New Hampshire, 1911. CHARLES THEODORE HOOK, Educator and Clergyman of Bloomfield, N. ] ., Was born July 18, 1870, in Germany. He was educated at the German Theological School of Newark, N.J., at 548 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS the New York university and of Columbia university. He was missionary in Hope Chapel of New York City; and minister in the Seventh Presbyterian church of New York City. He is now professor of Hebrew and classics in the German Theological school of Newark, NJ. CARROLL PHILLIPS BASSETT, Civil Engineer, Author, Was born February 27, 1862, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was president of the New Jersey sanitary association in 1892- 93 ; is chief engineer of the Commonwealth water com pany; and has designed and constructed waterworks, sewerage and the sewage purification works of many towns in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and Delaware. He is the author of The Conservation of Streams; and Inland Sewage Disposal. THOMAS A. GRIER, Business President of Peoria, III., Was born March i, 1850, in Wilkesbarre, Pa. He is prominently identified with the business and public af fairs of his city and state; has been president of the Coun try club, the Commercial club, and the Board of Trade of Peoria, 111. He has been a trustee of the Illinois state hospital at South Bartonville, 111.; and was commissioner from Illinois to the Pan-American exposition held in Buffalo, N.Y. He is now president of the Burlington Elevator company of Peoria, 111.; is vice-president of the Peoria Railway Terminal; and is identified with various other corporations. THOMAS BARLOW WALKER, Lumberman, Philanthropist, Was born in Xenia, Green county, Ohio, on February i, 1840, the son of Platt Bayless and Anstis Barlow Walker. He received his preliminary education in the common SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 549 schools and at the hands of his mother, who was early bereft of her husband. When in his sixteenth year he en tered the Baldwin university, Berea, Ohio, where he studied for several terms, devoting his spare time to his first occupation in the wood and timber business, and later was a commercial traveler. While working days in the woods, he studied nights and Sundays, and when on the road carried his books and devoted all spare time to them. In this way he became in a measure self-educated, and particularly in the higher branches of mathematics and science. His business knowledge was gained by travel and experience, contact with business men, study of busi ness methods, solving of big problems, and the slamming up against the world in general. Mr. Walker covered Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and adjoining states in his business tours, and settled in Minneapolis in 1862. He was then in his twenty-second year. On December 19, 1863, he married at Berea, Ohio, Harriet G. Hulet, a daughter of a former employer, who was one of the builders of Baldwin university. Six sons and two daugh ters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Walker, of whom six are still living and the five sons are all in the lumber and tim ber business with their father. This business Mr. Walker learned by actual experience and exhaustive study and research from the roots to the branches. He is one of the largest owners of lumber and timber interests in the Uni ted States. Apart from his vast lumber interests, Mr. Walker has been for half a century closely identified with the up-building of the great Northwest; a pioneer who has progressed; a leader in the vanguard of Western civ ilization. He has aided materially in carving out a new empire for the benefit and blessing of all mankind. As a resident of Minneapolis, Mr. Walker has been closely identified with its every growth with every branch of its commercial development. Public spirited to the full, he has given amply to all public and semi-public enter- 550 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS prises. In the world at large, Mr. Walker is best known for his interest and activity in art, science, education and in the church. He has gathered one of the finest and most comprehensive art collections in the world. It compre hends a large series of galleries, of paintings, ancient and modern, foreign and American. It stands alone in one respect in distinction from all other galleries in Europe and America, in that only examples of the highest merit are selected, as against the universal custom in all gal leries, public and private, of admitting "examples" which are considered genuine works of great masters, where the paintings are of themselves inferior or uninteresting or time-injured productions; and the innumerable testi monials of those who have visited the gallery are alonp- the same lines w r ith those of Joseph Jefferson, and Pre c dent Jordan, of Leland Stanford university, that everv picture on the walls is genuine, and of the highest order of merit and worthy of a place in the finest collection. The magnificent collection of Chinese porcelains, and bronzes, is equal in art merit to those of any public or private gallery. The jades, crystals and other hard stones, and the old Persian potteries and stonewares, have no equals in any gallery in the world. The ancient glass, potteries, enamels, and ancient bead necklaces, of Baby lonia, Syria, Egypt and Greece are together perhaps the finest in any known collection. His art gallery attached to the home, consist now of nine rooms of sky-lighted gal leries, two of which are together about one hundred feet in length and the other seven running about eighteen feet in length. At the public library, the art and museum rooms are each one hundred and forty feet in length. This art gallery is almost exclusively filled with his paint ings, porcelains, etc., and the Museum of the Academy of Science is also quite largely filled with his collected examples of ancient art of many kinds. Mr. Walker s art gallery at his home is open to the public on all days of SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 551 the week except Sundays. No cards or admission fees are required for any days of the week nor any charge for catalogues. It is the only entirely free gallery known. His residence and gallery are in the central business portion of the city, on large grounds surrounded by great oaks and elms and the long fronts on two streets are fenced with steel benches, which in summer are constantly oc cupied both day and night, as in a public park. Mr. Walker was the prime mover and orginator of the public library, which includes in its design the Art galleries and the museum of the Academy of science. As a recognition of his part in building the library, he has been annually elected as president of the library board; since its foundation twenty-five years since. He has been the principal factor in building up the Academy of Science, of which he has been the presiding officer for many years, and largely responsible for the progress which it has made. Mr. Walker has been most helpfully interested in the work of the Y. M. C. A., in Minneapolis and to a large extent in the university and the state, and has been for many years the Northwestern member of the national committee of the Y. M. C. A., which is one of the most important and useful committees in the \\arld. Mr. Walker is a member of many of the most promi nent scientific and educational associations of the United States. With all his extensive business interests, which he never neglects, he still devotes a large fractional part of the day and evening to studying the problems of the times, and in writing many articles for publication and some times in preparing and delivering addresses, particularly before the Y. M. C. A. and the church and business as sociations. His private library is one of the most compre hensive and largest, covering particularly the fields of social, political, industrial, religious and art subjects. 652 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES BUCKNER HUDGINS, Clergyman and Author of Rome, Ga., Was born May 26, 1853, in Portsmouth, Va. He was educated at the Virginia military institute and at the university of the south. He was for a while engaged in mercantile pursuits; then became a clergyman; and is now rector of St. Peters Episcopal church of Rome, Ga. He is the author of The Concert, a novel. JED L. WASHBURN, Lawyer of Duluth, Minnesota, Was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, December 26, 1856. Son of Christopher C. and Julia A. (Showen) Washburn. Mr. Washburn s father was a native of southern Ohio and his mother a native of Kentucky. They were pioneer homestead settlers in southern Minnesota when the subject of this sketch was but six months old. They are both now deceased. Mr. Washburn obtained an academic education, but his education has been mainly self acquired. His reading has been as general as a busy life would permit. He taught school and worked on the farm in his youth. Studied law in Mankato, Minnesota, with the late Hon. M. J. Severance, long one of the leading lawyers and jurists of Minnesota, and practiced for ten years, until 1890 at Mankato and since then at Duluth. His practice for many years has extended over a wide range of terri tory, being engaged largely in corporation and railroad work. His firm, Washburn, Baily & Mitchell, with * corps of assistants, transact annually a large volume of important business. They represent many railroad, finan cial and industrial corporations and firms. The member? of this firm are also personally interested in many con cerns engaged in developing the resources of Minnesota. Mr. Washburn is president and director of the North ern National Bank of Duluth, the Boston & Duluth Farm SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 553 Land company, the Spalding Hotel company, the Ameri can Ijand & Timber company, the Minnesota and Oregon Land and Timber company, the Riverside Land compar and some other companies. He is vice-president and o director of the Alworth-Washburn company, the Al- worth-Stephens company, the Royal Mineral association Oneida Realty company, Union Match company, North ern Shoe company, and an officer and director in sever- \ other local companies. He has served much on educa tional and charitable boards, and since its establishment, has been the resident director of the State Normal School at Duluth. He was an old line Democrat, but for a number of years has acted with the republican party, although not often taking an active part in politics, having always avoided political office. He was married in May 1882 to Alma J. Pattee, a graduate of and former teacner in the state normal school at Mankato. Mrs. Washburn is a native of Wisconsin, but of New England parentage. Mr. Washburn is a member of the Kitchi Gammi Club the Northland Country Club (vice-president) of Dulutn Minneapolis Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota Club of St. Paul and Chicago Club of Chicago. He has been president of the State Bar Association. He is not a member of any religious or fraternal society. He has avoided public speaking in a great measure but has, never theless, often delivered short addresses upon educational and other public questions. His home is in Hunter s Park, Duluth, and he has also a winter home in Tyron, North Carolina. Business address Alworth Bldg., Du luth, Minnesota. EUGENE POTTER STONE, Officer U. S. Marines, Born Boston, Mass., April 5, 1861; graduated Harvard Medical School, 1884; served as House officer, Boston city, hospital. Appointed Assistant surgeon, August 6, 554 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 1886; assigned U. S. receiving-ship "New Hampshire," Newport, R. L, September, 1886; U. S. Coast survey steamer "A. D. Bache," October, 1887, to Mach, 1888; Naval hospital, New York, April, 1888, to June, 1888 ; U. 5. S. "Pensacola," June, 1888, to August, 1888; U.S.S. "Richmond, August, 1888, to October, 1888; U.S. receiv ing-ship "Minnesota," October, 1888, to September, 1889. Promoted Passed Assistant Surgeon from August 6, 1889; U.S. receiving-ship "Independence," Navy yard, Mare Island, Cal., January, 1890, to September, 1890: U.S.S. "Pinta," Sitka, Alaska, October, 1890, to Novem ber 10, 1893; U.S. Marine Rendezvous, Boston, Mass., November, 1893, to August, 1894; U.S. receiving-ship "Wabash," Boston, Mass., August, 1894, to December, 1894; U. S. Naval hospital, Chelsea, Mass., December i, 1894, to November 18, 1895; U.S.S. "Indiana," Novem ber, 1895, to April, 1897; U.S.S. "Bennington," May, 1897, to September, 1898; Naval Dispensary, Washing ton, D.C., November 9, 1898. Promoted Surgeon April 16, 1899. U.S. Naval academy, Annapolis, Md., April, 1904, to February, 1906. U.S.S. "Rhode Island", Feb. 1906 to March 1909. (Including cruise around the world with battle ship fleet) . Navy yard, Boston, Mass., March 1 8, 1909, to July, 1911. Promoted medical inspector August 24, 1910. Commanded naval hospital, Canalbo, P. I., Sept. 12, 1911, to October 13, 1911. U.S. Marine recruting office, Denver, Colo., February i, 1912. ROBERT W. BLAIR, General Attorney of Topeka, Kansas, Was born March 17, 1865, in Doylestown, Pa. He re ceived a thorough education; and soon attained success at the bar. He is now engaged in the general practice of law in Kansas; is General Attorney for the Union Pacific Railway company at Topeka, Kans. ; and has filled vari ous positions of trust and honor. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 555 JOHN HERY TIHEN, Bishop of Lincoln, Was born in Oldenburg, Ind. He was rector of the ca thedral at Wichita; and chancellor of the diocese of Wichita. He is now Bishop of Lincoln, at Lincoln, Neb. WILLIAM TOPPING MERRY, United States Army Officer, Was born in New York. In 1895 he was appointed from New York as a cadet to the United States military acad emy at West Point; and in 1899 graduated from that in stitution. He was at once made second lieutnant in the twenty-third regiment United States infantry; in 1900 he was promoted to first lieutenant in the first regiment United States infantry; and in 1901 was transferred to the twenty-third regiment United States infantry. He be came captain in the ninth regiment United States in fantry; an was stationed at Fort Sam Houston (Texas) ; and is now serving in the Philippines. DAVID MORTON EDWARDS, President of Penn College of Oskaloosa, Iowa, Was born October 16, 1871, in Earlham, Iowa. He was educated at Penn College, the University of Chicago and at Boston University; and has received the degrees of A.B. and Ph.D. He commenced educational work in 1889; and since 1908 has been president of Penn College of Oskaloosa, Iowa. FRANK PIERCE HILL, Librarian, Was born at Concord, N. H., Aug. 22, 1855. He attended the public school in his native town until, at the age of seventeen he entered Dartmouth, and was graduated from that institution with the class of 1876. He returned to Concord and was employed by his uncle in the hard ware business, removing in 1878 to Lpwell, Mass., where, 556 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS two years later, he married the daughter of Dr. Robert Wood. In 1 88 1 he was elected librarian of the city library, and since that time has continued to follow the profession. He classified and arranged the 30,000 vol umes in the Lowell city library. In 1885 he was called to the position of librarian of the public library at Paterson, N. J., the first free public library in the state organized under the head of the Salem (Mass.) public library, but the attractions of New Jersey were too strong to permit him to remain very long outside her borders, and upon a unanimous call of the board of trustees he went to Newark, N. J., in 1889, to take charge of the new library just springing into existence. Dr. Hill remained in New ark until 1901 when he resigned to accept work in the broader field in Brooklyn. At Paterson, Salem, and Newark, Dr. Hill had the difficult task of organizing new institutions, and at Lowell the still more difiicult task of reorganizing old libraries on a modern basis. The public library at Brooklyn, Dr. Hill s present charge, has an annual income of $350,000, and had 800,000 volumes on its shelves. His work, being for the most part in new libraries, was of the most arduous and trying character. In the estimation of his fellow-librarians Dr. Hill is re garded as valuable to his profession in the highest degree. In 1906 Dartmouth college conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, the first ever given by that college. Dr. Hill was for five years secretary of the American Library Association, and in 1906 served as president of that organization. OLIVER P. COSHOW, Lawyer and Statesman, Was born August 14, 1863 in Brownsville, Ore. He was educated in the public schools and at the university of Oregon. He soon attained success at the bar in Roseburg, Ore.; a member of the democratic party; and a member SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 557 of the Masonic and various other patriotic and fraternal orders. In 1904-08 he was a member of the Oregon state senate from Douglas county; and served on several im portant committees. He is a member of the board of higher curricula for the term of 1909-12; and has had various other positions of trust and honor. JAMES L. POWELL, Farmer, Soldier, Lawyer, Legislator, Was born February 24, 1834, on Plentiful Creek Farm, Spotsylvania, Va. Studied law in Lexington, Va., and in 1859 located in Roane, W.Va., and was elected attorney for the state in that county in 1860. He joined the con federate states volunteers in 1861 and was elected captain of his company, then a part of the Wise Legion operating in West Virginia. All of his brothers being in the war, he resigned his commission and went to the old home to take care of his father and mother. The war continued and, unable to remain inactive while his state was being invaded, he joined the Mercer cavalry of the ninth Vir ginia cavalry regiment and saw active service in charges at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, and other battles; was later captured as a state prisoner and held until exchanged in 1865 after acquittal by the military court. He resumed the practice of law in his native and adjoining counties in 1866; was elected state s attorney for Spotsylvania, and later served as representative of his county for two terms in the house and one in the state senate, 1876-1885. He was a member of the readjuster party, and in all his campaigns had to fight the deter mined opposition of the democratic party. Virginians know best what this means. In 1879 he married Miss Caroline Elizabeth Jones of Fauquire county, and is now the father of nine children, namely: Samuel, William, James, Robert, John, Matthew, Elizabeth, Margaret and Julia. The boys are all professional men widely located 558 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS and eminently successful. Mr. Powell s father, also named James L. Powell, was a Baptist minister, and his mother was Julia Stevens before her marriage, and connected with the Montague family. Mr. Powell has now retired from active business and is spending his time on the farm of his birth amid the priceless treasures of his splendid library and hallowed associations of his ancestral home. He is chiefly interested in the education of his daughters and noting the movement of things in the county and state he loves so well. HENRY HOWARD WHITNEY, Officer United States Army, Was born at Glen Hope, Clearfield county, Pa., Decem ber 25, 1866; son of the Rev. Walter Richard Whitney and Eliza (Kegerreis) Whitney. He was educated at Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, receiving the degree of A.B. in 1884; and was graduated from the United States military academy in 1892. He married at Wash ington, D.C., February 25, 1897, Ellen Wadsworth Clos- son, daughter of General Henry W. Closson of the United States army. He is a member of the National Geographic society, Washington, D.C.; is a Mason, and a member of the military order of the Loyal Legion and the Society of American Wars. He served on special duty at the war department in military information division April i, 1896, to 1898; appointed military attache to Argentine Republic; under verbal orders from the secretary of war, he communicated with General Gomez from the north coast of Cuba in May, 1898, during hostilities, and made a military reconnoisance of the island of Porto Rico, disguised as an English sailor, landing at Ponce; fur nished information which was made the basis of the mili tary campaign in Porto Rico; was on General Nelson A. Miles staff during Spanish-American war to August 8, 1903; promoted major coast artillery corps April 14, SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 559 1909; and detailed 1910 in adjutant general s department; is now adjutant general department of Mindanao, Zam- boanga, Philippine Islands. He traveled around the world with General Miles as lieutenant-colonel and aide de camp in 1902-1903; also over Europe on confidential official business in 1899. He is a member of the Chevy Chase and Metropolitan clubs of Washington, D.C., and the St. Nicholas club of New York citv. Residence: 1359 Columbia Road, Washington, D.C. Address: War De partment, Washington. EDWARD GEORGE DOHAN, President Villanova College of Pennsylvania, Was born Jan. 12, 1870, in Troy, N.Y. He has been Prior of the Augustinian convent of New York city; and rector of St. Nicholas of Tolentine church in New York city. He is now president of Villanova college of Penn sylvania. JEFFERSON DAVIS WALKER, Educator, Was born in 1862 in Warren county, Ga. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and graduated from the Atlanta Baptist college of Georgia; has been principal of schools at Cave Spring, Social Circle and Cedartown, Ga. ; principal of schools at Gor don, Wilton and Ashdown, Ark.; principal of the Arka- delphia Baptist academy of Arkansas. In 1892 he was a delegate to the republican national convention; has been chairman of Clark county republican party. He is now secretary of the executive committee; is now principal of a school at Beirne, Ark. Married Miss Nannie A. Banks at Cave Springs, Ga., on October 22, 1885, of whom six children were born 2 girls and 4 boys. The eldest, J. D., jr., died at Gordon in 1888. Mrs. Nannie Walker died July 6, 1910, at Arkadelphia, Ark. She was a de- 560 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS voted wife (born June 3, 1871 ; died July 6, 1910). Was one of the census enumerators for Clark county in 1910; stockholder in the Arkansas Baptist college, and the Ar- kadelphia Baptist academy. Residence: Arkadelphia, Ark. SAMUEL GILIBERT IVERSON, State Auditor, Was born at Rushford, Minn., April 21, 1859; son of John and Gunhild (Gunderson) Iverson; educated in common and high schools at Rushford, Minn., Shattuck school, Faribault, Minn., .graduating from College of Law, university of Minnesota, LL.B., 1893; married at Rushford, Minn, April 24, 1900, to Mrs. Calista B. Retel. Began work as clerk in store, 1876; in February, 1881, was appointed postmaster of Rushford, Minn., by Presi dent Hayes, continuing until October i, 1886; elected to Minnesota legislature November, 1886; appointed May, 1887, auditor s accountant in state auditor s office; became deputy state treasurer, Jan., 1891, deputy state auditor January, 1895; elected state auditor November, 1902; and re-elected 1906 and 1910. Served six years in M.N.G., and was first lieutenant Company C, first infantry, when he resigned in 1892. Republican. Episcopalian. Ma son; member I.O.O.F., M.W.A., Modern Samaritans, Sons of Norway; Knights of Pythias and Red Men. Clubs: Commercial, Norden. STEPHEN SANFORD, Manufacturer and Business President, Was born May 26, 1826, in Mayfield, N.Y. He was edu cated in the public schools; at the academy of Amster dam, N.Y. ; at the Georgetown college of the District of Columbia; and for two years was student at West Point. In 1844 he entered the carpet manufacturing business SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 561 of his father, which is now one of the largest establish ments of its kind in the country. He founded the Amster dam Reservoir company, by which a thousand acres of land have been flooded by the waters of the Chunctanunda Creek, supplying water pawer for its own and other man ufactories. He is president of the Amsterdam Reservoir company; president of the Chunctanunda Gas Light com pany; president of the Amsterdam National bank; and president of the Greenhill Cemetery association. He is an agriculturist and a breeder of horses and cattle. In 1869-71 he was a representative from New York to the forty-first congress as a republican. He founded a home for elderly women of Montgomery county; and presented it to the city of Amsterdam, N.Y. He also built the Chil dren s home; and has been a large contributor to the hos pitals and churches of his community; and resides in Amsterdam, N.Y. WILLIAM GOODELL FROST, President of Berea College, Was born July 2, 1854, m Le Roy, N.Y. He was edu cated at Beloit college; in 1876 graduated from Oberlin college; afterward studied at Wooster university of Ohio and at Harvard and Gottingen universities; and has re ceived the degrees of D.D. and Ph.D. In 1879-82 he was professor of Greek language and literature at Oberlin college of Ohio; and since 1892 has been president of Berea college of Kentucky. He is the author of Inductive Studies in Oratory; and Greek Primer. MARK TRAFTON BAILEY, Wholesale Lumber, Was born at Port Huron, Mich., April 13, 1860; son of Mark T. and Anna (Hollahan) Bailey. Educated in public schools of Saginaw. Married at Saginaw 1892 Lille Gaddard. Began active career in lumber business 562 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS at Saginaw 1880; spent ten years in New Orleans, La., and South in same line, returning to Detroit 1903. Member Wholesale lumber firm of Conely and Bailey, organized 1907. Christian Scientist. Republican. Recreation: Motoring. Office: 3061 Jefferson avenue West. Resi dence: 57 Philadelphia avenue East. GEORGE SVERDRUP, President of Augsburg Seminary of Minneapolis, Minn., in which city he was born August 3, 1879. He received a thorough education in the public schools and colleges of Minnesota. He is professor in Old Testament Exe gesis; and president of Augsburg s seminary of Minne apolis, Minn. JAMES ALONZO STACKHOUSE, State Commander of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World, for the State of Tennessee, Was born at Washington, Wayne county, Ind., April 24, 1852; was educated in the public schools of that period, to a degree to enable him to secure license to teach ; taught two terms; then associated himself in the lumber business as an inspector and general mill man; followed this avo cation many years; joined the Order of Maccabees in 1887. Was married in the year 1877 to Miss Henrietta Roller. His wife died in 1911, leaving Llewellyn C. Stackhouse and Aouda May Stackhouse (now Mrs. A. M. Ferris). Two sons, Moine Deon, and Adrian C. Stackhouse died in infancy. He has been honored as supreme representative to the supreme Tent, at sessions of that body in the years 1896-99-01-04-07, and special called review at Detroit, Mich., in 1910, and was unani mously elected to the state quadrennial convention, held in Memphis, Tennessee, as supreme representative to the supreme review that is to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, beginning third Tuesday in July, 1911. Has been a supreme review held in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been a SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 563 Maccabee for over twenty-five years; has served as a state commander, giving his whole time to the order over seventeen years. Socially, he is a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Mystic Shrine, I.O.O.F., a member of the Encampment, a Rebecca, a past president of the Ten nessee fraternal congress, a K. of P., Sovereign Wood man of the World, and a Maccabee. His home is in Memphis, Tenn., 1 126 North Seventh street. He is living with his children since the death of his loving companion and wife. At the last supreme review, held at Cleveland, Ohio, in July, 1911, he was unanimously elected supreme chaplain of the order K.O.T.M. of the T.W., and is now holding the office of state commander for the state of Ten nessee. VISSCHER VERE BARNES, Judge City Court of T^ion, III. Was born February n, 1851, in Rensselaer (Albany), N.Y. He received a thorough education, attended Osh- kosh normal school of Wisconsin and Oberlin university. He took a law course at ale university, graduating with honor and delivered one of the three orations, also tak ing a post-graduate course at the Chicago law school, receiving degree of M.L. and D.C.L. For several years he was county judge of Kingsbury county, S. D. ; was a member of the Dakota house of representatives, and served with distinction as a member of the privisional senate of South Dakota. He was United States commis sioner for Dakota, city attorney of De Smet, S.D., and a member of the board of education of Yankton, S.D.; was appointed by the attorney general of South Dakota to prosecute cases under the prohibition law and secured reversal of the lower court in the leading constitutional case of State vs. Becker, 51 N. W. Rep., 1018. He has been counsel in many cases for the past fifteen years in the supreme courts of Illinois and other states, and also 564 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS in federal courts and in Canada. He was at one time chairman of the Prohibition organization of South Da kota, and in 1900 was candidate for governor of Illinois on the Prohibition ticket. He has been city attorney of Lake Bluff and Zion City, 111., and general counsel for Zion and John Alexander Dowie; was judge of the city court of Zion for the term of 1903-07, and resides in Zion, 111. Is now city attorney, and has been elected member of Chi Tau Kappa, Yale, to which only those who have graduated with honor from that institution are chosen. ROBERT BRECKENRIDGE BAKER, Merchant, Was born in London, England, January 31, 1867; son of Robert Breckenridge and Annette Louise (Matlack) Ba ker, who were residing temporarily abroad. His father was the founder of the Phosphor Bronze Smelting com pany of Philadelphia, and was a descendant of Job Baker, who came from England and settled at Westport, Mass., about 1760. The line is traced through his son Job, who married Rachel Weaver; their son George W., who mar ried Ruth Howland Smith, and their son Robert B., Colo nel Baker s father. His maternal ancestors were of old French Huguenot stock, and his great uncle, Timothy Matlack (q.v.), was a noted revolutionary patriot whose portrait hangs in Independence hall, Philadelphia. The first two years of Colonel Baker s life was spent in Paris, France, after which his parents returned to their home in Philadelphia. He was educated in the William Penn Charter school and at Swarthmore college. He left Swarthmore in 1886 to begin a mercantile career, entering the employ of Robert Hare Powel and company, coal operators of Philadelphia, and remaining there until the company was taken over by its successor, the Sterling Coal company. This company operates a number of coal mines in Pennsylvania, employing some 800 men and mining SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 565 approximately one and a half million tons of coal per year. It is one of the largest mining concerns in Pennsylvania. Beginning in a clerical capacity, he rose to higher posi tions, becoming secretary and a director of the company in 1889, vice-president in 1902, and president in 1907, a position he still holds. He is also president of the Baker Transportation company, Bakerton Ljand and Improve ment company, Bakerton Water company, Bakerton Sup ply company, and El Mora Coal Mining company; vice- president of the Stineman Coal and Coke company, and treasurer and director of the Powelton Barge company. For recreation he indulges in motoring, golf, riding and other outdoor sports. He was aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Daniel H. Hastings 1895-99, and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He is a member of the New York, New York Athletic, Army and Navy, Ard- sley, Riverside Yacht, Indian Harbor Yacht and the Fair- field County Golf clubs. He is unmarried. EUGENE HALE, Statesman and Jurist, Was born June 9, 1836, in Turner, Me. He is of old English ancestry that was transplanted from Herford- shire to Massachusetts in 1635. He received an academic education, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1857, and commenced practice at the age of twenty. He has received the degree of LL.D. from Bates college, from Colby university, and from Bowdoin college. He was for nine successive years county attorney for Hancock county, and was a member of the legislature of Maine in 1867, 1868, and 1880. He was elected a representative from Maine to the forty-first congress, and was re-elected to the forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth and fortyfifth congresses. In 1874 President Grant appointed him post master-general, but he declined the office, and he declined the post of secretary of the navy tendered him by Presi- 5G6 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS dent-elect Hayes in March, 1887. He was chairman of the republican congressional committee from 1878 to 1880. He led the Elaine forces in the national convention in Cincinnati in 1876, and in 1880 at Chicago against the Grant programme for a third term headed by Conklin, Logan and Cameron, and carried the convention for Gar- field on the thirty-sixth ballot, when he announced Elaine s withdrawal and gave the vote of Maine for Garfield. He was elected to the United States senate to succeed Hannibal Hamlin, and took his seat March 4, 1881. He was re-elected in 1887, 1893, 1899 and in 1905, and was not a candidate for re-election in 1911. He served as chairman of the committee on appropriations, chairman of the committee on public expenditures, and as a member of the committees on finance, naval affairs, and census, and is regarded as one of the world s foremost critics on naval matters. He is a member of the national monetary commission, and resides in Ellsworth, Maine. JAMES HENRY WORMAN, Diplomat, Author, Was born February 28, 1845, in Berlin, Germany. He was educated in the high schools and universities of Ger many, France and United States; and has received the degrees of A.M., Ph.D. and LL.D. For several years he was associate editor of the National Repository; senior professor of Chautauqua from its foundation until 1885; and head of the Southern Chautauqua and other schools. In 1877-82 he was professor at Adelphia college; and in 1882-85 was professor at Vanderbilt university. In 1887- 1900 he was editor-in-chief of Outing. In 1899-1902 he was United States consul to Munich, and then became consul-general to that city. In 1904 he was transferred upon his request to Canada, in order to be near his chil dren. He is the author of Complete Grammar of the German Language; Elementary German Grammar; The SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 567 Chautauqua Language Series in French, German and Spanish ; and various text-books for the study of modern languages. Since 1899 he has been in the United States consular service;, and in 1904 became consul to Three Rivers, Quebec. He resides in West Newton, Mass. THOMAS EAKINS, Artist, Was born in Philadelphia, July 25, 1844. He was grad uated at the high school of Philadelphia, and went to Paris, where he received his art education at L Ecole des beaux arts under Gerome. He also studied in the atelier of Bonnat, and with the sculptor Dumont. After return ing to Philadelphia, he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy, and afterward professor of painting and director of the Pennsylvania academy of fine arts. For several years he was teacher in the Brooklyn art guild, and lec turer on anatomy and perspective in the art student s league of New York. He is now professor in the art student s league of Philadelphia. He has painted many small pictures of domestic life in the early days of Amer ica, of American sporting and athletic games, studies of the American negroes, which have been exhibited in the Paris salons, the National academy, New York, the Water-color society, American Art association, and else where. Among his noted pictures are: Dr. Gross in his Clinic; William Rush Carving an Allegorical Figure; A Lady Singing; The Chess-Players; Mending the Net; The Writing-Master; and The Zither-Player. He sent The Chess-Players, several portraits in oil, and the water- colors Whistling for Plover and Base-Ball to the Centen nial exhibition in 1876. Agnew s Clinic; Horses on Sol diers and Sailors Monument, Brooklyn; Reliefs on Tren ton Monument. 568 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN WESLEY FRAZIER, Registrar of the Bureau of Surveys, Philadelphia, Pa., Was born January 5, 1837, m Delaware county, Pa.; son of Archibald and Margaret Bonsall (Robinson) Frazier. He is a descendant of Henry Bonsall who came to Dela ware county in 1683. He was educated in the public schools of Delaware county and in Philadelphia. He married Anna M. Redfield of Philadelphia in Septem ber, 1860. Miss Redfield was a descendant of William Redfield, who came to Charlestown, Mass., in 1635; also a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla (Molines) Alden, Mayflower pilgrims; they have had six children: Archie L. ; William Wallace; Anne M.; John W., jr.; Bertram Graeme; and Alan Cameron. Colonel Frazier, while adjutant of the Survivors association of the Phila delphia brigade, brought about the reunion of the Blue and Gray at Gettysburg July 2, 3 and 4, 1887 a reunion of the Philadelphia brigade and Pickett s division of Virginia, the first reunion of the North and the South held on any battlefield of the civil war. He was assessor of internal revenue of Philadelphia 1866-69, a presiden tial appointment; registrar of surveys, Philadelphia, 1887 to 1912; is a past master of Mt. Moriah lodge of Free Masons No. 155 of Pennsylvania; a past commander of Colonel Fred Taylor Post No. 19, G.A.R. ; and present comfriander of Colonel William L. Curry Post No. 18, G.A.R. ; a member of the California regiment the sev enty-first, of the Pennsylvania line; past commander for three years of the Philadelphia brigade; a member of the Masonic Veterans association of Philadelphia; member of the Grand Army of Pennsylvania; and of the War Veterans club of Philadelphia; was a sergeant of Com pany C, 71 st Pennsylvania regiment, from April 6 to October 12, 1861, and of the 2Oth Pennsylvania regiment from June i to September i, 1863 ; a member of the 46th Ward republican club of Philadelphia; and a member SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 569 of the First Methodist church of Atlantic City, NJ. His business address is 412 City Hall, Philadelphia; and resi dence No. 4814 Hazel avenue, Philadelphia. JULIAN SHAKESPEARE CARR, Manufacturer and Banker, Was born at Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 12, 1845, and was educated at the university of North Carolina. He entered the Confederate army at the breaking out of the civil war, soon after the close of which he began business as a to bacconist, in a small way at first, but owing to the assiduity and "push" of his management, the enterprise has since attained great proportions. He is president of the Black- well Durham Tobacco company; of the Durham and Roxboro railroad; of the First National bank of Dur ham; of the Durham Electric Light company; the Com monwealth cotton factory, and many other organizations. Mr. Carr is a Methodist, devoted to his church and liberal to its institutions and enterprises, at the same time that he extends his benefactions to all Christian charities irre spective of creeds. He was delegate to the Robert Raiks Sunday school convention in London, England, in 1878; to the ecumenical conference of the Methodists of the world in the same city in 1881 ; to the Methodist centen nial in Baltimore, Md., in 1887; and from the state at large to the democratic conventions in Chicago in 1884; and at St. Louis in 1888. Trinity college in North Caro lina, the Greensboro (North Carolina) female college, and the university of North Carolina, Wake Forest Col lege (Baptist), Davidson (Presbyterian), Elon (Christ ian), have all shared his benefactions. One of the hand somest buildings at the university is the "Carr Building," donated by General Carr. He served in the army of Northern Virginia until the surrender of Lee at Appo- mattox; is now major general, commanding North Caro lina confederate veterans. 570 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS COLUMBUS ALONZO KELLER, Deputy Grand Sire, Was born on November 24, 1851, at Mt. Vernon, Jeffer son county, 111., and lived in that county until he went to Texas, arriving there on April 24, 1885, and has lived in San Antonio ever since that time. His college course was taken at McKendree college, Lebanon, 111., where he graduated in June, 1871. He was student at the law school of Michigan university at Ann Arbor in 1872 and 1873, and on September 14, 1873, was admitted to the practice of law by the supreme court of Illinois. Was married on September 16, 1873, to Nellie F. Raymond, of Lebanon, 111., and immediately located at Mt. Vernon in that state and began the practice of law as partner of Judge James M. Pollock, who had vacated the circuit bench in June previous. Was. made an Odd Fellow in Marion lodge No. 13 at Mt. Vernon on May 13, 1875, and in 1879 was elected representative to the Grand lodge of Illinois, and in 1880 was elected grand warden, and in 1 88 1 deputy grand master, and in 1882 was elected and installed as grand master at McCormick s hall in Chi cago, 111., on his thirty-first birthday. In 1884 he was elected representative from the grand lodge to the sover eign grand lodge, but, owing to his wife s illness, he re moved to San Antonio and resigned as grand representa tive. He has been engaged in the active practice of law in San Antonio ever since he arrived there, and is now in partnership with his son Victor under the firm name of Keller and Keller. In 1891 he was elected as represen tative from the grand lodge of Texas to the sovereign grand lodge, and entered that body at the St. Louis ses sion and was a representative up to 1899. He was re- elected in 1904 and has been in the sovereign grand lodge continuously since. In 1891 he served on the judiciary committee, and remainder of time has been on the com mittee on appeals, and was chairman of that committee SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 571 at the sessions of 1897 and 1898, and 1909 and 1910. He was elected deputy grand sire at Atlanta, Ga., on Sep tember aoth by a vote of 118; his two opponents, Judge Robert T. Daniels of Georgia, and Hon. Hill Montague of Virginia, receiving 66 and 24 votes respectively. ELISHA ALEXANDER ERASER, Lawyer and Lecturer of Detroit, Mich., Was born March 13, 1887, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. He was educated at Oberlin college and at the university of Michigan; and has received the degree of A.B. and A.M. In 1864-73 he was superintendent of public schools of Kalamazoo, Mich. He then practiced law for three years in Battle Creek, Mich., where he served two years as city attorney. Since 1876 he has prac tised his profession in Detroit, Mich.; and since 1892 has been professor in the Detroit college of law. Lec turing on contracts, constitutional law and international law. He is identified with the republican party; and sice 1877 nas been a ruling elder in the Fort Street Pres byterian church of Detroit, Mich. In 1904 he repre sented the Presbyterian church of the United States at the Pan-Presbyterian alliance held in Liverpool, Eng land; and by special request delivered an address on Christianity and national expansion. FRANCIS MARION SMITH, Capitalist and Business President, Was born February 2, 1846, in Richmond, Wis. He re ceived the degree of A.B. from Milton college of Wis consin. In 1872 he discovered Teel s Marsh borax mines in Nevada; and is president of the Pacific Coast Borax company. He is also president of the realty syndicate of Oakland, Cal.; and is identified with various other cor porations. In 1904 and 1908 he was a republican elector; and is prominently identified with the republican party. 572 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS SAMUEL MARTIN INMAN, Cotton Merchant, Was born at Dandridge, Term., February 19, 1843. His great-grandfather, Abednego Inman, was a gallant revo lutionary soldier of English descent, a farmer and Pres byterian, and his great-grandmother, Miss Thompson, a Virginia lady of Scotch-Irish family. His father was Shadrack W. Inman, a successful merchant, and his mother Mrs. Jane (Martin) Hamilton. During vaca tions his judicious sire disciplined him in industry and steady habits by farm and store work, and he attended Maryville and Princeton colleges, until at eighteen his studies were interrupted by the war, through which he served in the ist Tennessee cavalry, as private and lieu- ant, acting at the end on division staff duty, and doing the soldier role with the same completeness that has marked his whole stainless and valuable career. In 1866 he did business a year in Augusta, Ga., and in 1867 removed to Atlanta, Ga., forming with his father the cotton house of S. W. Inman and Son, which upon his father s return to Tennessee in 1870 became the great firm of S. M. Inman and Co., doing the largest cotton trade of the South, and probably in the world. He married in 1868 to Jennie Dick of Rome, Ga., who, after a beautiful life, died in 1890. With intuitive judgment he has drawn to him the best partners and workers, and with consummate ability and enterprise created the most colossal cotton business of the South, amassing a fortune nobly used. Commercial genius runs in the family. His brothers, John H. and Hugh, and two kinsmen, Wm. H. and Walker Inman, became self-made millionaires, John at one time being president of the Richmond Terminal company, with its 11,000 miles of railway threading the South, and large system of ocean steamships. Mr. Inman is a genuine Christian philanthropist and temperance leader, generous in charity, and public-spirited. He was a chief founder SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 573 and one of the commissioners of the Georgia school of technology. He was a large stockholder in the Constitu tion Publishing company, the East Atlanta company, and also is now director in the Southern Railway company, and the Lowry National bank of Atlanta; is chairman of the board of trustees of Agnes Scott college, a splendid college for women near Atlanta; and a host of similar enterprises. He has repeatedly declined public trusts pressed upon him unsought by popular confidence. His manly strength and firmness are set off by a perennial and gentle amiability, which perhaps lies at "he foundation of his remarkable success. CHARLES HARRY WHITE, Retired Naval Officer, Was born in New Hampshire. He entered the service as assistant surgeon, December 26, 1861 ; Chelsea naval hospital, 1862; in steam gunboat "Huron," 1862-33; mon itor "Lehigh," 1864, S. A. blockading squadron; navy yard, Portsmouth, N.H., 1864; naval academy, Newport, R.I., 1864; "Roanoke" (iron clad), 1864-5; navy yard, New York, 1865-6; "Ashuelot," 186-9, Asiatic station. Commissioned surgeon November 18, 1869; navy yard, Boston, 1869; naval laboratory, New York, 1869-72; "Be- nicia," 1872-3; Asiatic fleet, 1872-3; "Idaho," Asiatic station, 1873-4; "Monocacy," Asiatic fleet, 1874-5; naval laboratory, New York, 1875-8; navo l hospital, Mare Island, Cal., 1879; "Lackawanna," Pacific squadron, 1880-8; Museum of Hygiene, Washington, D.C., 1883-8; "Trenton," Pacific squadron, 1890-1; "Baltimore," Pa cific squadron, 1888-9; "Pensacola," 1889-90; "San Fran cisco," Pacific squadron, 1891 ; "Pensacola," Pacific squadron, 1891-2; waiting orders, January, 1892, to Jan uary, 1893; Smithsonian institution, 1893; naval medical examining board, 1893-97. Promoted to Medical Di rector June 8, 1895; at Museum of Hygiene, from Octo ber, 1897. Retired November 19, 1900. 574 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS MARTIN WASHINGTON YENCER, State Representative of Indiana, Was born December 27, 1871, near Uancester, Ohio. He was educated at the common schools of Fairfield county, Ohio, the Baltimore high school, attended the old Fair- field County academy of P leasantville, Ohio, and the Crawfus institute of Lancester, Ohio. Taught in the common schools of Fairfield county, Ohio, for two years, at the age of nineteen. In 1893, at the age of 21, began the study of medicine and surgery at the Starling Medical college of Columbus, Ohio, and in 1894 at the medical department of the National normal university of Leba non, Ohio, and graduated from the Central college of physicians and surgeons of Indianapolis, Ind., 1897. Began the practice of his profession at Boston, Ind; re mained there for ten years. In 1902 he was elected to the house of representatives in the Indiana state legislature, and re-elected again in 1904 by the largest majority ever given to a republican candidate from Wayne county. In 1908 he was a candidate for United States representative in congress from the sixth Indiana district. He was a number of times a delegate to the republican state con ventions. He is a member of the Wayne County Medical, the Indiana Medical and the American Medical associ ations. Dr. Yencer is a member of the Masonic order, the Elks and the Sons of Veterans. In politics he is a republican and resides in Richmond, Ind. Dr. Yencer, February 22, 1911, married Miss Gennett May Hill, a graduate of the Waltham training school for nurses. Miss Hill s fathers ancestors were relatives of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 575 JOHN RIDGELY CARTER, Lawyer, Diplomat, Was born November 28, 1864, in Maryland. He was educated at Trinity college of Hartford, from which in stitution he has received the degrees of A.B. and M.A. He studied law at Harvard law school, receiving the degree of LL.B. He subsequently studied at the Leipzig university, and in 1889 was admitted to the Baltimore bar. In 1896 he became second secretary to the Ameri can embassy in London; and in 1905-09 was first secre tary. In 1909 he became E.E. and M.P. to Roumania; and subsequently E.E. and M.P. to the Argentine Re public. DOREMUS ALMY HAYES, Theologian and Author, Was born May 17, 1863, in Russelville, Ohio. He has re ceived the degrees of A.B. and A.M. from the Ohio Wes- leyan university, and the degrees of Ph. D. and S.T.B. from Boston university. He also studied in Berlin and Leipzig, and received the degree of LL.D. from the Mis souri Wesleyan university. In 1887-88 he filled a pastor ate in San Leandro, Cal.; in 1888-91 was professor of Greek language and literature in the university of the Pacific, and in 1892-95 filled a pastorate in Napa, Cal. In 1896-1901 he was professor of the English Bible exegesis since 1901 ; and librarian since 1906 of the Gar- rett Biblical institute of the Northwestern university. He wrote monographs for the Book of Acts, The Revival Its Power and Its Perils; and numerous articles in the Encyclopedia Americana and other Biblical works. 576 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS i > FRANCIS ANTHONY GROSS, Banker, Was born in Hennepin county, Minnesota, August 10, 1870; son of Matthias and Mary M. (Lenzen) Gross; educated in public and parochial schools of Minneapolis and St. John s university, Collegeville, Minn.; married October 9, 1893, to Miss Ida Katherine Buerfening. Be gan business career in father s grocery store, and later was hall master of the Minneapolis work house; entered the German-American bank at Minneapolis July, 1889, as messenger, and advanced to present position as president of the bank. Roman Catholic; member Catholic Knights of America; Sons of Minnesota; Elks, Royal Arcanum; Interlachen Country club. Recreations: Bowling, gar dening. Clubs: North Side Commercial. CHRISTOPHER H. PAYNE, Diplomat and Statesman of Huntington, W .V a., Was born September 7, 1847, in Red Sulphur Springs, Va., now West Virginia. He was educated in Richmond institute, now the Union university. He received the degree of D.D,; and attained success as a farmer, edu cator, clergyman and lawyer, and represented congres sional districts in West Virginia in four national repub lican conventions; once a delegate and three times as a ! lderman; and represented Fayette county in the West Virginia legislature in 1896-97. For five years he edited and published newspapers in West Virginia; and has delivered two addresses before national bodies of North ern Baptists. He was admitted to practice law in all the courts of West Virginia and in the United States district and circuit courts. Since 1903 he has been United States consul to the Danish West Indies at St. Thomas. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 577 JOHN ELY BURCHARD, Lawyer and Statesman, Was born in 1865 in Clinton, N.Y. After leaving college he was admitted to the bar; became owner and editor of the Soo-Democrat; and was collector of customs during President Cleveland s second term. For three years he was city attorney and for three terms was mayor of Mar shall, Minn. ; and since 1900 has practiced law in St. Paul, Minn. He is president of the John E. Burchard com pany, the Burchard-Hulbert Investment company, the Southwest Land and Orchard company, the St. Paul Ma chinery Manufacturing company; and is vice-president of and director in various other companies and banks. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason; and in 1907 was ap pointed on the governor s staff with the rank of colonel. EDWARD PAYSON FOWLER, Physician of New York City, Was born November 30, 1834, m Coshocton, N.Y. Since 1855 has practiced medicine in New York city. He was one of the founders and president of the New York Med- ico-Chirurgical Society. He is an ardent republican in politics ; and a member of the Union League club of New York city. He is the author of several valuable medical works; and still practices his profession in New York city. JOHN A. WILSON, Theologian, Was born October 4, 1839, in Venango county, Pa. In 1867-69 he practiced law in Newcastle, Pa.; and in 1872- 93 filled pastorates in Beaver, Pa., St. Louis and Wooster, Ohio. Since 1893 ne nas been professor of church his tory and pastoral theology in the Allegheny Theological seminary of Pittsburg, Pa. 578 SUCCESSFUL AMERiOANS WILLIAM SIDNEY NEVINS, Railroad Equipment, Was born August 13, 1850, at Towancla, Pa. Graduated from Eastman s National Business college September, 1869. Entered railway service November, 1869, since which he has been consecutively to October, 1875, freight and ticket clerk Lehigh Valley railroad at Towanda; October, 1875, to October, 1884-, bill clerk, same road, at Waverly, N.Y. ; October, 1884, to J une T > 1887, chief clerk and cashier to agent, same road, at Buffalo, N. Y. ; June i to September, 1887, acting agent; September, 1887, to July i, 1894, agent, same place; July i, 1894, to January i, 1896, freight and ticket agent, same road, at Waverly, N. Y. ; January i, 1896, to May i, 1897, contracting freight agent Northern Steamship company at Buffalo; Bay i, 1897, became traveling freight agent Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railway and Minneapolis, St. Paul and Buffalo Steamship company at Buffalo. From March, 1906, to August, 1908, he was city freight agent of the Canadian Pacific railway at Buffalo, N.Y. Since 1908 he has been engaged in the business of rai^/ay equipment at Buffalo, N.Y. CHARLES HAMILTON HUGHES Physican, Founder, Author, Was born May 23, 1839, in St. Louis, Mo. Ir 1859 he graduated from the St. Louis medical college. He /as a major and army surgeon in the tnilitarv hrtoitals iur- ing the civil war. He is president of the faculty and pro fessor of nervous diseases in Barnes medical college of St. Louis, Mo. He was editor and founder of the Alien ist andNeurologist. He is the author of Reflex; Shuttle Pulse; Patriot s Prayer; Up With the Flag; Symposium of the Maine ; and the Great of Humble Birth in History ; and resides in St. Louis, Mo. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 579 JAY ELMER ADAMS, Land Proprietor, Was born March 30, 1862, on a farm near Osceola, Clarke county, la., the son of Thomas J. Adams, a farmer, and Beril la, his wife. His people were Kentuckians orig inally, and are of the kin of the Adams, Moffett and Hickman families of Indiana. Brought up as a country boy, with no superfluity of education, Jay E. Adams was thrown upon his own resources at eleven years of age by the death of his mother. Each summer was spent in working on a farm for the bare necessaries of life and the winters were spent in plodding through simple text books at a rural school. At the age of eighteen, Mr. Adams took charge of a country school in western Ne braska, then went into a store as clerk, and at twenty became traveling salesman for a wholesale house in Omaha, being then as thoroughly trained to toil and as self-reliant and alert as most college men are at thirty. His salary as a salesman was good and the nucleus of a fortune was laid by frugal living and careful saving. For a time Mr. Adams lived in Denver, Col., but in Oc tober, 1890, settled in San Antonio, Tex., which has ever since been his home. There he devoted himself to real estate interests, buying much acre property and dividing it into city lots. It is he who bought the land, plotted the streets and developed the attractive suburb of Laurel Heights, now the best resident property in the city. Mr. Adams is a lso the owner of ninety thousand acres of land in Mexico and eight thousand acres in Texas farm land, of which more than two thousand acres is in cultivation and in farms. He also owns some six hundred and fifty acres in farms in Illinois; a summer resort an.d a summer home in the mountain of Colorado, besides townsites and additions in Texas. All of his operations have been con ducted in his own name. To him and his wife, Mame M. Young, whom he married in Central City, Nebraska, in 580 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 1883, four children have been born, namely: Carleton, Craig, Jay Junior, and Marjorie, a little girl now of six years, but who is boss of the household. Mr. Adams takes natural pride in his growing possessions, but far more in the fact that he has never intentionally done any thing to be ashamed of and has always tried to apply the Golden Rule. He feels a keen interest in all public affairs for the benefit of humanity and in his church and Sunday school work, he himself being an international worker and officer. His chief pride of all things is in the manhood of his now three grown boys: one in business, successful; one in college and the third in high school. He says he expects them to be a great improvement on the "old man", because they have a much better oppor tunity than he had. Mr. Adams home is one of the finest in all Texas and a prettier place could not be found in all the Southland. SANFORD C. LEWIS, Business President, Was born March 13, 1847, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1876- 77 he was prospecting for minerals in Central and South America; and subsequently became recognized as one of the most successful business men of Western Pennsylvania. He is president of the Eclipse Refining company; is vice- president of the Franklin Natural Gas company; and for two years has been mayor of Franklin, Pa. In 1896 he was quartermaster-general of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the St. Louis convention that nominated Presi dent McKinley. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 581 ERNEST R. MOORE, Representative from Linn County, Was born in Anamosa, Jones county, Iowa, November i, 1869. He moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with his par ents in 1877 an d has since resided in that city. He is of Scotch-Irish stock, his parents settling in Iowa in the early fifties. Received his education in the common and high schools of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, supplemented by private instruction. Served upwards of ten years in the Iowa national guard, resigning his commission in the fall of 1897. On the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he enlisted in Company C, forty-ninth, Iowa, as a private, and was afterwards commissioned as first lieutenant and quartermaster, serving on the staff in that capacity and seeing service in the United States and Cuba. Is a banker by profession, being president of the American Trust and Savings bank, one of the largest banks of Cedar Rapids. Married December 25, 1902, to Winifred Evans. Has been a delegate from his county to all republican state conventions for the last eleven years. Was a delegate to the republican national convention at Chicago in 1908, which nominated William H. Taft, and was secretary of the delegation and a member of the convention com mittee on rules. Elected representative in 1906, re- elected in 1908 and 1910. A republican in politics. JOSEPH THOMAS RICHARDS, Railroad Engineer, Was born February 12, 1845, near Rising Sun, Md. He was educated at the West Nottingham academy of Mary land; and in the Polytechnic college of Pennsylvania. In 1869 he entered railway service and soon filled positions from rodman to chief engineer. He is now vice-president and director of the West End Trust company; and past president of the Engineers club of Philadelphia. 582 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HUGH DOUGHERTY, President Marion Trust Company of Indianapolis, Ind., Was born July 28, 1844, in Darke county, Ohio. He served as a union soldier during the civil war, enlisting as a member of company F, ninety-fourth regiment of Ohio volunteer infantry. He was made prisoner of war, and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, until his exchange. After his military career he entered business pursuits; became as sistant cashier in the First National bank of Bluffton, of which his uncle, John Studabaker, was president. The title of this bank was subsequently changed to the Studa baker bank, of which institution Mr. Dougherty has been president since 1895. He was largely instrumental in the building of several railroads, and has been active and liberal in the promotion of all material interests in his city and county, and has been equally conspicuous in ad vancing the cause of education and morality. In 1870 he was elected to the Indiana state senate ; and served with distinction in that body. In 1878 he was a candidate for congress; and was delegate to the democratic national convention in 1884 and again in 1892; and resides in In dianapolis, Ind. WILLIAM BEACH OLMSTED, TLducator and Clergyman, Was born February 26, 1864, in New York city. In 1887 he received the degree of A.B. from Trinity college; in 1908 he received the honorary degree of A. M. from Yale university; and in 1910 the honorary degree of L.H.D. from Trinity college. In 1887-97 he was master of St. Mark s school at Southboro, Mass.; and since 1897 has been head master of the Pomfret school at Pomfret, Conn. In 1908 he was ordained deacon and in 1909 was ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal church. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 583 AMOS LAWRENCE MASON, Physician, Was the grandson of Jeremiah Mason and of Amos Law rence, and was born at Salem, Mass., April 20, 1842, his father, the Rev. Charles Mason, D.D., being rector of the old St. Peter s Episcopal church in Salem. Dr. Ma son was graduated from Harvard in 1863, and, after spending five years in travel and study, entered upon his profession of medicine, taking his degree at the Harvard Medical school in 1872, having passed the previous year as house physician in the Massachusetts general hospital. After another period of European study he returned to Boston, where he has since given his constant attention to his professional duties, which, like those of most physi cians, are not of a nature to attract the public eye. He was one of the directors of the Boston dispensary, a private corporation established in 1796, which gives medica 1 ! care to a large part of the poor of the city. He has spent much time, for thirty years, as one of the medical staff in the service of the great city hospital of Boston, an institution which has few equals among similar municipal establish ments, either from a philanthropic point of view, or as regards the educational advantages which students of medicine may there obtain. Dr. Mason was associate professor of clinical medicine in the medical faculty of Harvard university; member of the Massachusetts Med ical society and of the Association of American Physi cians; is president of the Suffolk district and of the medi cal improvement societies in 1896-97. He belongs to the Society of Colonial Wars. 584 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS SHEPPARD KNAPP, Merchant, Was born in Yorktown, Westchester county, near Peek- skill, August 30, 1839; descends from one of the older families of the country. Moses Knapp, born in England about 1655, was one f tne trustees named in the royal charter of White Plains, dated March 13, 1721, and died in this country in 1756 at the age of 101. The men of the family were farmers and their lands have been handed down from father to son through successive generations. Jacob Frost Knapp, Sheppard s father, farmer and car riage builder, died when his son was three years of age. Coming to New York in 1852, a lad, Mr. Knapp obtained a clerkship and saved enough to gain a year s course at an academy in Bordentown, N.J. Resuming the fancy dry goods trade in New York city, he accepted later a clerkship in a retail carpet store in Hudson street. In 18555 a fellow clerk and he started a carpet store of their 1855 a fellow clerk and he started a carpet store of their removing to a commodious store on Sixth avenue, near his present location. Seven years later, he negotiated for the erection of a large building, which he now occupies, although it has been enlarged. When Mr. Knapp began the sale of carpets, the American manufacture was in its infancy. Mr. Knapp promoted the development of the home industry, and it is largely due to his effort and ex ample that millions of dollars, which were once annually sent to Europe for carpets, are now retained in this coun try. The Smyrna American carpet almost owes its exist ence to Mr. Knapp, and he was refused a patent only on a mere technicality. In 1863 he married Sarah E., daugh ter of Hiram Miller of New York. They have five chil dren. Mr. Knapp is an earnest and active citizen, esteemed for his upright and progressive character. He is a member of the New York Athletic club. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 585 WILLIAM MONTGOMERY CLEMENS, Criminologistf Was born in Paris, Ohio, January 16, 1860; son of John and Sarah E. (Flickinger) Clemens; educated in public school of Akron, Ohio, and Buchtel Coll.; married first July 2, 1881, Rosa Garfield (deceased) ; second, Hacken- sack, N.J., April 25, 1901, Edna Graves; children: Rhea, born 1884; Nina, born 1886; Marian, born 1888; Flor ence, born 1890. Local editor Akron Argus, 1876-77; Pittsburg Leader, 1879; Dispatch, 1880; associate editor Ledger, Cleveland, Ohio, 1881 ; city editor Cleveland Sunday Voice, 1882; editor and publisher Vanity Fair, Cleveland, 1884; correspondent United Press in cam paign of 1884; editor and publisher San Diego Sunday News, 1888-89; on editorial staff San Francisco Chron icle, 1890-94; editor Literary Life, New York city, 1897; American Press Association, 1898; revision editor Rid- path Library of Universal Literature, 1905. Author: Famous Funny Fellows, 1882; Life of Mark Twain, 1891 ; Depew Story Book, 1896; Sixty and Six, 1897; Life of Theodore Roosevelt, 1898; Life of Admiral Dewey, 1898; Hasty Pudding Poems, 1899; A Ken of Kipling, 1899; The Choate Story Book, 1902; The Gilded Lady (novel), 1903; The House of the Hundred Doors, 1906. Contributor of thousands of articles to encyclopaedias, especially the Encyclopaedia Americana and the Britan- nico Supplement. Has traveled extensively in Europe and America. Engaged in business as expert in criminal investigations, 1907-11. Republican; Unitarian. Recre ation: Fishing. Address: 45 William Street, New York city. 586 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HENRY GRAHAM ASHMEAD, Historian and Playwright, Was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 30, 1838. He was educated at West Chester academy and Saunders insti tute, Philadelphia. He married first Rebecca Frances Warner, daughter of Captain Richard W. Warner of Alexandria, Va., and second Emma Campbell, daughter of James and Angelina (Garsed) Campbell. He was ad mitted to the bar of New York November 29, 1859; bar of Delaware county, Pa. 2 February 23, 1875. Mr. Ash- mead is author of: History of Delaware County (in Ea gle s History of Pennsylvania), 1874; Historical Sketches of Chester, 1883 ; History of Delaware County, Pa., 1884; Chester and Its Suburbs, 1886; Art Work of Delaware County, 1897; Genealogical Sketch of the Delaware County National Bank; Descendants of Robert A. Phorty Delaney, Wetherill, 1902; Souvenir History of Chester, 1903; and the same year was associate editor of Pennsyl vania-Colonial and Federal; History of the Delaware County National Bank; and the Story of Lapidea Farm. He was one of the editors of the Genealogical and Per sonal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties; au thor of plays: Mistress Nancy, The Captain s Ward, Miss De Councy, A Hollow E en Tangle, The Match makers, The Silent Witness. In 1885 President Cleve- lland appointed him postmaster of the city of Chester. He was one of the original organizers of the Delaware County Historical society in 1895, an d has been the secre tary since its institution. He is a member of the Swedish Colonial society; Colonial Society of Pennsylvania; Sons of the Revolution; American Historical association; Na tional Geographic society; City History Society of Phi ladelphia; Pennsylvania History club; and secretary for the commission to erect a state hospital for the criminal insane. Address: Chester, Pa. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 587 GEORGE RATHBONE DYER, Banker, Was born in Providence, R.L, June 24, 1869; son of Elisha and Nancy Anthony (Viall) Dyer. His father (q.v.) was the forty-first governor of Rhode Island, and his grandfather the twenty-second governor of that state. He was educated in private schools of Providence and at St. Paul s School of Concord, N.H., and began his busi ness career in the city of New York in the employ of the banking house of Ladenburg, Thalman and company. In 1900 he became identified with the firm of C. I. Hudson and company, and on May ist of the following year he was admitted to the firm as a partner. This firm is one of the oldest brokerage houses in Wall street and one with every extensive private wire connections all over the country. Colonel Dyer has been identified with the national guard of New York state for many years, having joined the seventh regiment in 1889. Subsequently he joined the twelfth regiment, and served as second lieuten ant, then first lieutenant, and then captain. He saw active service with his regiment in the Spanish-American war in Cuba. He was promoted to be major of volunteers on May 13, 1898, elected major of the twelfth regiment N. G.N.Y. in June, 1899, and colonel on September 7, 1899, a position he still holds. Colonel Dyer is a member of the Knickerbocker and Union clubs of New York city, the Meadow Brook Hunt club, and the Seawanhaka Yacht club, the Society of Foreign Wars, Sons of the Revolution, and military and naval order of Spanish- American war. He is past-commander of Old Guard Camp No. 19, Spanish-American War Veterans, and is a trustee of the Grant Monument association. He was married November 7, 1901, to Grace G., daughter of Edward P. Scott of New York city, and has three sons, Walter G., Elisha and George R. Dyer, Jr. 588 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM GILSON FARLOW, Botanist, Was born in Boston, Mass., December 17, 1844. He was graduated at Harvard in 1866, at the medical department of that university in 1870, and spent several years in Eu rope, studying under Henri A. de Bary in Strasburg, and also with Eduard Bornet and Gustave Thuret. In 1874, after his return to the United States, he was ap pointed assistant professor of botany at Harvard, and in 1879 was elected to the chair of cryptogamic botany. He is a member of scientific societies in Europe and in the United States, and besides being a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science, received n 1879 an election to the National Academy of Sciences. Professor Farlow s publications have been principally devoted to marine algs, fungi, and diseases of plants. These have gained for him a high reputation among cryptogamic botanists. The accounts of the "Progress of Botany," in the reports of the Smithsonian institution from 1879 till 1886, were written by him, and he has also contributed valuable articles on his specialties to the re ports of the United States fish commission and to the Mas sachusetts board of agriculture. He has published The Potato Rot (Boston, 1875) ; Diseases of Olive and Orange Trees (1876); The Gymnosporangia, or Cedar-Apples of the United States (1880) ; The Marine Alga? of New England (Washington, 1881); and has in preparation (1887) Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany. ANSON WALES HARD, SR., Coffee Importer, Was born in Arlington, Vt, October 16, 1841 ; is a son of the Rev. Anson B. Hard, a Protestant Episcopal clergy man. Educated in the acaedmy of his church in Phila delphia, Mr. Hard began life when sixteen years old as clerk in his uncle s office in Baltimore. In 1862 he came SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 589 to New York as the confidential and head clerk of Wright, Maxwell and company, coffee merchants, and in 1870 became a partner in Wright and company, coffee merchants. Their trade was largely with Rio de Janeiro, and Mr. Hard spent several years in Brazil, actively promoting their interests. He returned to the North in 1874, an d in 1875 formed the present house of Hard and Rand, coffee importers, now recognized a leading con cern in the business, having branch houses in Santos, Rio de Janeiro, London and Batavia. In 1870, Mr. Hard married Miss Sarah E., daughter of James M. Brown, the banker. Nine children have resulted from this union, seven of whom are now living: James M. B., Sarah A., Julia P., Laura W., Nellie W., Anson W., and De Courey L. Hard. Mr. Hard is widely known as an honest, able and prudent man. He is a member of the Century Met ropolitan, Rockaway Hunting, Down Town and Church clubs, and a director of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance company, the Bank of New York, the Seamen s Bank for Savings, St. Luke s hospital, the Home for Incurables, the Society of St. Johnland, and the American Museum of Natural History; and trustee of the Norwich Fire Insurance society of England. WILLIAM HENRY LACY, Clergyman and Missionary, Was born Jan. 8, 1858, in Milwaukee, Wis. He was ed ucated in the Northwestern university, and has received the degrees of A.B., A.M., S.T.B., and D.D. In 1887- 94 he was a professor in the Anglo-Chinese college of Foochow; in 1891-1903 was superintendent of the Anglo- Chinese book concern; and since 1907 has been sole man ager of the Methodist publishing house in China. He is a director of the Woman s college of South China, and a trustee of the Anglo-Chinese college of Foochow, China. 590 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS WILLIAM EDWARDS MURDOCK, Printer and Publisher, Was born September 15, 1844, in Candia, N.H.; son of Rev. William and Mary J. (Read) Murdock, and a des cendant of Robert Murdock, a native of Scotland, who settled in Roxbury, Mass. He was educated at the Howe academy in Billerica and the Lancaster institute, Lan caster, Mass. He enlisted in the civil war as a member of the z^th regiment Massachusetts infantry volunteers, and participated in the battles of Roanoke Island, New- bern, Kingston, Whitehall, Goldsborough, the siege of Petersburg, and many other engagements. At the close of the war he entered the printing business in Providence, R.I., but within a year (1866) became connected with Sampson, Davenport and company, publishers of the Boston city directory. Ten years later he was admitted to partnership. In 1903 the business was incorporated as Sampson and Murdock company, Mr. Murdock having been president of the company since its incorporation. The business consists principally in publishing city direc tories, maps, registers, almanacs, and other statistical works, besides conducting a large printing plant in Bos ton. Mr. Murdock is treasurer of the Drew Allis com pany, a publishing house having offices in Worcester, Mass., and was president of the Association of American Directory Publishers for two years. For twenty-five years he was an active member of the Park Street Congre gational church of Boston, and is now a member of the Old South Congregational church in Boston. He is prominent in the Masonic fraternity, being past master of Joseph Webb Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, member of St. Paul s Royal Arch Chapter and of De- Molay Commandery, Knights Templars. He is a mem ber of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post 113, de partment of Massachusetts, 2$th Regiment association, Bostonian society, National Geographic society, Boston 591 Chamber of Commerce, Franklin Typographical Society, Boston Typothetse, Boston Art club, New Hampshire, and Congregational clubs; is a director of the Boston Young Men s Christian association and a manager of the North American Civic League. He is a republican in politics, has always taken a deep interest in matters of public welfare, and was at one time a prominent member of the Municipal League, but has never entered public life. Mr. Murdock was married November 29, 1877, to Hattie E., daughter of Rev. Ichabod Marcy of Boston, for nearly fifty years a minister of the New England Methodist Episcopal conference. ROGER LEAVITT, Member of Board of Education, Was born at Waterloo, Iowa, June 25, 1860, and gradu ated at Beloit college in the class of 82. Immediately after graduation he entered the banking office of his fa ther, John H. Leavitt. In 1885, after a short post gradu ate course at Yale college, he became cashier of the Grundy County National bank, Grundy Center, Iowa, where he remained until the spring of 1888, when he moved to Cedar Falls and became first cashier of the Cedar Falls National bank, of which bank he is now vice-president. He is director of the Grundy County National bank, Grundy County Savings bank, Townsend and Cowan Lumber company, Cedar Falls Canning com pany, Waterloo and Cedar Falls Union Mill company, vice-president of the Cedar Falls Building and Loan as sociation and of the Townsend and Merrill Lumber com pany. In 1900 he was elected trustee of the state normal school at Cedar Falls. A few years later was choesn trustee of Grinnell college. In 1911 was elected trustee of Chicago Theological seminary. Is married and has four sons and two daughters. A republican in politics. 592 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EDWARD LtAUTERBACH, Lawyer, Was born August 12, 1844, in New York city. His edu cation was begun in the public schools and continued in the College of the City of New York, from which he was graduated with honors in 1864, later receiving the hon orary degree of LL.D. from Manhattan college. Upon the completion of this course he began the study of law and after his admission to the bar he rose rapidly in his profession, and is now the senior member of the well- known firm of Hoadley, Lauterbach and Johnson. He has three daughters. A son, also a member of that firm, died a few years ago. Mr. Lauterbach has attained much distinction as a lawyer. He has made an exhaustive study of the statutes relating to corporations and has a high standing at the bar as a specialist in this branch of prac tice. He has successfully conducted a large number of important litigations involving intricate points of law, and has a wide reputation for being able to settle large cases outside the courts. He has also been a prominent figure in railroad circles as an organizer. Mr. Lauter bach has always been a republican, and has taken an active parti n state and national politics. For some years he was chairman of the republican county committee of New York, and was a delegate at large to the St. Louis convention of 1904 and a member of the committee ap pointed to draft the platform. He was a delegate at large from New York city to the constitutional convention of 1894, and chairman of its committee on public charities. He has been closely identified with charitable, educa tional and philanthropic work; was president of the board of trustees of the College of the City of New York and a regent of the university of the state of New York for seven years. He is a director of and counsel for a large number of railway, steamship and industrial com panies. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 593 CHARLES M. SCHWAB, Capitalist, Was born February 18, 1862, in Williamsburg, Blair county, Pa.; family removed to Loretto, Cambria county, Pa., 1872; graduated from St. Francis college at 16; mar ried at Loretto, Pa., 1883, Emma Dinkey. As a boy he worked for neighboring farmers; drove coach to and from Cresson, Pa., his father at one time being contractor for carrying the mails between Loretto and Cresson; clerk in grocery store at Braddock, Pa., 1878. He was anxious to become a civil engineer, and in 1881 made his ambition known to Captain Jones, one of the superin tendents in the Edgar Thompson Steel works of the Car negie Company, whom he asked for employment. Began by driving stakes at $i a day, but in less than a year was Captain Jones chief assistant, and in seven years was chief of the engineering department, and it was princi pally under his direction that the Homestead plant was erected. On death of Capt Jones, was made superin tendent of the Edgar Thompson works, and in 1892 of the Homestead works also ; elected member board of man agers Carnegie company 1896, and its president 1897, and when the Carnegie interests were merged in the larger United States Steel corporation in 1901, became president of the latter until 1904, when he resigned the presidency. Now president Bethlehem Steel corporation, trustee New York Trust company, director in Carnegie Steel company and many other iron, steel and coke corporations. Built a magnificent Catholic church at Loretto, Pa., and estab lished a complete electric lighting plant there; built a convent house at Cresson, Pa., a thoroughly equipped in dustrial school at Homestead, Pa., and fitted up, on the southern shore of Staten island, N.Y., a sanitarium for sick and crippled children during the summer months. Has summer residence at Loretto, Pa. Residence: River side Drive. 594 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ALBERT LOWRY WEBSTER, Consulting Engineer, Was born in Orange, N.J., August 3, 1859; son of Ben jamin Crampton and Eliza Campbell (Wilbur) Webster; educated Yale, Ph.B., 1879; later C.E. ; fellow by cour tesy John Hopkins university, 1884-85. Married in Grace church, N.Y., June i, 1897, Mary Say Lawrence. Chil dren: Benjamin Lawrence, born 1898; Eleanor, born 1901. Instructor in surveying Yale (Sheffield scientific school), 1 880-81; assistant topographer United States geological survey in the far west, 1881-84. In office of W. H. Lindley, C.E., Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, 1885-86; since 1887 practising civil engineering in New York city. Expert sanitary engineer of the department of public works, New York city, 1888-89; special student in architecture, Columbia university, New York, 1892- 94; lecturer on sanitary science in school of Hygiene of Cornell Medical school, New York city, 1900-07; expert for the tenement house commission, 1900-01 ; expert for the consolidated public libraries, New York city; expert for the new Bellevue hospitals, New York city. Repub lican. Member Philosophical society, Washington, D. C. ; associate member American Society Civil Engineers; member New England Water Works association, A. A. A.S., Franklin institute, Berzelius society, Yale univer sity. Clubs: City, Century. Residence: 112 E. 4Oth St. Address: 82 Wall St., New York City. GEORGE T. SMITH, Banker, Was born April, 29, 1855, at New York City. Gradu ated from grammar school No. 35 to the College of the City of New York June, 1870. Entered railway service 1872 as messenger in office of superintendent Star Union line at New York, since which time he has been consec utively bill of lading clerk, rate clerk, custom house clerk, SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 595 cashier and chief clerk to general agent, same line, at New York; agent Pennsylvania road at New York; June 15, 1897, to July 15, 1901, eastern superintendent Star Union line at New York; July 15, 1901, to resignation, December 31, 1908, general agent Pennsylvania road at New York. He is now president and director of First National bank of Jersey City, i Exchange place, Jersey City, N.J.; American Graphite company, director; Bay- onne Trust company, director; Bergen and Lafayette Trust company, director; Bowling Green Trust company, director; the Colonial Life Insurance company of Amer ica, vice-president and director; Joseph Dixon Crucible company, president and director; the New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust company, vice-president and di rector; People s Trust company, director; Provident In stitute for Savings, member of board of managers; Rari- tan River railroad, director; Trust Company of New Jer sey, director; West Hudson County Trust company, di rector; New York Bay railroad, director; E. L. Young company, vice-president and director. GEORGE F. WOLZ, Mayor of Fremont, Neb., Was born December 30, 1862, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was educated in the public schools of Fremont, Neb.; and is now a successful merchant of that city. He is past colonel of the Nebraska division Sons of Veterans; past captain U. R. Knights of Pythias; and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and is also Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason and a member of sev eral other fraternal and patriotic societies. Since 1903 he has been mayor of Fremont, and is now serving his fourth term of 1911-1913. After stepping out of politics for ten years, 1910-1911, was again placed in office by the citizens of Fremont. Is also secretary of Fremont commercial clubs. 596 SUCCESSP^UL AMERICANS WILILIAM A. HAMMOND, Lawyer and Statesman of Oklahoma, Was born May 27, 1879, in Baltimore, Md. He was edu cated at the Maryland Agricultural college; and at the university of Maryland. He is a successful lawyer of Oklahoma; is identified with the democratic party; and has filled various positions of trust and honor. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, Scottish Rite Mason, Elks, Red Men, and Shrine. He is now serving his first term of 1910-12 as a member of the Oklahoma House of Rep resentatives; and resides in Hartshorne, Okla. WILLIAM HENRY CARPENTER, Associate Dean of the Graduate Faculties of Columbia University, Was bornjuly 15, 1853, in Utica, N.Y. He was edu cated at Cornell university, Hamilton college, Johns Hopkins university and at the university of Freiburg; and has received the degrees of A.B. and Ph.D. He has been vice-president of the Germanistic Society of Amer ica. He is contributing editor of Americana Germanica; and the author of numerous works in German. HENRY BURD CASSEL, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania, Was born October 19, 1855, in Marietta, Pa. He finished his education at the Columbia classical institute. In 1896 he was a delegate to the national republican convention. In 1898-1902 he was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature. He is wholesale and retail lumber dealer; and director and stockholder in various corporations. He was a member of the fifty-seventh to fill a vacancy and elected to the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth congresses as a republican. He was re-elected to the sixtieth con gress from the ninth district of Pennsylvania for the term of 1907-09; and resides in Marietta, Pa. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 597 JOHN WALLACE SPRINGER, Banker and Statesman of Denver, Col., Was born July 16, 1859, in Jacksonville, 111. In 1878 he received the degree of A.B. from Asbury, now DePauw university; and two years later was admitted to the bar. In 1891 he was elected a member of the Illinois house of representatives. In 1891-96 he practiced law and en gaged in banking in Dallas, Texas. From 1896 he has been a resident of Denver, Col.; aided in organizing and became vice-president of the Capitol National bank in 1902. Since 1909 he has been president of the Conti nental Trust company; is secretary and treasurer of the Continental Land and Title company; and owns and op erates a io,ooo-acre stock ranch near Denver. He was elected mayor of Denver in 1904, but was counted out. The same year he was endorsed by the Colorado state convention for vice-president of the United States on the republican ticket. In 1898-1905 he was president of the National Live Stock association of the United States; and since 1907 has been president of the Colorado Cattle and Horse Growers association. CHARLES HENRY DAVIS, Business President of Yarmouth, Mass., Was born May 4, 1865, in Montgomery county, Pa. In 1887 he graduated at the head of his class from Colum bia with the degree of C.E. Since 1889 he has been con sulting engineer of Philadelphia, Boston and New York. He is president of the American Road Machine com pany; president of the Barclay Railroad company; presi dent of the Long Valley Coal company; president of the John Stephenson company; and president, vice-president and director of a score of other corporations. He is a member of the leading engineering and scientific societies and a member of several Yacht clubs and the Union League of New York and Philadelphia. 598 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS GEORGE H. ALLEN, Has gained his position in New York city through the arduous labors of mercantile life, coupled with native shrewdness and energy, and his partnership in the im porting firm of Paris, Allen and company, of which he is now senior partner. He has also been, for a number of years, president of W. A. Gaines and company, distillers, in Frankfort, Ky., incorporated with a capital of $600,- ooo, who own the "Old Crow" and "Hermitage" distil leries. He is a member of the New York Athletic club. HORACE B. DUNN, State Representative of Pennsylvania) Was born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon county, Pa., Jan uary 7, 1858 ; educated in the public schools and the acad emy at Huntingdon; studied law and was admitted to the bar of Huntingdon county in 1882, since which time he has been practicing his profession; was chairman of the Huntingdon county republican committee in 1887, 1890 and 1891; member of the borough council, 1889-1895; district attorney, 1897-1903 ; elected to the house of repre sentatives in November, 1910. WILLIAM W. SEYMOUR, Mayor of Tacoma, Wash., Was born July 20, 1861, in St. Albans, Vt. He is presi dent of the number of public service corporations in the state of Washington and elsewhere; and is also interested quite extensively in timber lands in the state of Washing ton. He has been president of the park board of Tacoma ; and has filled numerous other positions of trust and honor, and is now serving with distinction as mayor of Tacoma, Wash. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 599 AURELIUS L. ARMSTRONG, Representative from Henry County, Was born at Quincy, Hickory county, August 8, 1854. When one year old, he moved with his parents to Henry county, where he has lived continuously, except the time spent in Lincoln county during the civil war. He was married to Miss Susan M. Henshaw May i, 1879, and one child, now married, was born of the union. He served as mayor of Clinton during the years 1904 and 1905, was a member of the central city committee for four years, and was elected as representative of the 46th general assembly by a majority of 1,051. He served on the committees on accounts, the public health and scien tific institutions, commerce and manufactories, and the redistricting committees. He resides at Clinton, is a druggist, and is a member of the Christian church, and also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America; has served on the official board of the former for many years, and is at present a deacon of the local church; is also member of Head Camp standing committee on hazard ous risks and prohibited occupations in Modern Wood men, and is an active member of Elk lodge. JOHN LAZELLE SAWYERS, President Centerville National Bank of Iowa, Was born in July, 1856, in Unionville, Iowa. He is prominently identified with the business and public af fairs of Centerville, Iowa; and has filled various posi tions of trust and honor. He is president of the Center ville National bank; vice-president of the Centerville Savings bank; vice-president of the Southern Iowa Trac tion company; and is also identified with various other industrial and financial business enterprises. 600 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ALPHONSO TRUMPBOUR CLEARWATER, Lawyer and Jurist of Kingston, N. Y., Was born September 11, 1848, in West Point, N.Y. He was educated at the Anthon grammar school; attended the Kingston academy, and received the degree of LL.D. from Rutgers for distinction in public service. In 1877 he became district attorney for Ulster county, N.Y. ; was re-elected in 1880 and in 1883; and in 1884 and 1886 declined the nomination for congress. In 1889-98 he was county judge of Ulster county. He was appointed justice of the supreme court to succeed Alton B. Parker; and was then elected chief judge of the court of appeals. He was many times a delegate to the national, state, sena torial and other conventions. He is vice-president of the Ulster County Historical society; and has contributed numerous papers and addresses on historical, patriotic and biographical topics to standard publications. JOHN ABNER MEAD, Of Rutland City, Vt., Was born in Fair Haven, April 20, 1841, and located in Rutland December 8, 1870; is a manufacturer and was educated at Middlebury college, where he graduated in 1864; was a private in Company K, 12 regiment; was a member of the senate in 1892; is president of the Howe Scale company, and also president of the Baxter National bank; was treasurer of the Rutland and Addison Railroad company, director of Clement National bank, director and president of the State Trust company, and mayor of the city of Rutland, and was member of the house in 1906, and lieutenant-governor in 1908; governor in 1910. Re ligious preference, Congregationalist. He received de gree of LL.D. from Norwich university of Vermont in June, 1911; from Middlebury college of Vermont in June, 1911; from University of Vermont in October, 1911. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 601 GORHAM POWERS, Lawyer and Jurist, Was born in Pittsfield, Somerset county, Maine, Septem ber 14, 1840. He received a common school and aca demic education; settled in Minnesota in 1866; enlisted as a private Feb. 4, 1862, fourth Maine battery light artillery; commissioned lieutenant in thirteenth United States colored heavy artillery August, 1864; discharged October, 1865. Graduated from Albany law school, 1866; practiced law in Minneapolis two years, then lo cated at Granite Falls; held the office of county attorney of Yellow Medicine county seven years; in 1879 was a member of the legislature; appointed judge of district court 1 2th judicial district, Minn., by Governor Merriam February, 1890; elected same year and re-elected in 1908; has since been re-elected without opposition, his present term expiring January, 1915. F. G. BUFORD, State Representative of Tennessee, Was born December 13, 1851, in Buford, Tenn. He was educated at the Washington and Lee university of Vir ginia was graduated with highest honors in Greek, Latin and mathematics. He is a successful farmer and stock man of Somerville, Tenn; is a member of the executive board of trustees of the Tennessee state fair; was presi dent of the national standard pacing horse register; and has also been president of various live stock associations. In 1895 he represented Giles county in the Tennessee legislature. He is now a state representative from Fay- ette county to the Tennessee legislature; is serving his scond term og 1909-11 ; and resides in Somerville, Tenn. In 1895 he married Miss Corinne Cannon of Somerville, Tenn., and to them was born one son, Frank Cannon Buford. 602 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ROMEO A. NORTON, Of Huntington, Vt., Was born in Huntington January 15, 1857, and has always lived there; occupation, farmer; was educated in the com mon schools; was first constable and collector from 1886 to 1892, deputy sheriff from 1886 to 1902, a member of the republica ntown committee six years, selectman from 1905 to 1908, lister from 1895 to 1898, and at the present time, and high bailiff and lister from 1886 to the present time. Religious preference, Free Baptist. Post office address : Huntington Center, Vt. Was elected a member of the Vermont legislature of 1910 and 1911 and served as one of the committee on minor courts. His grand father came from Otis, Mass., was among the first settlers of Huntington, and a relative of Ex-President Grant; collector of taxes five years; studied law 1882 and 1883. Married twice; his first wife was Anna E. Bickford of Huntington, by which five children were born, all living: Ernest Guy Norton, Hobert J. M., Bertha C., Martha M., and Anna M. Norton ; his first wife died in 1899, and married for his second wife in 1902 Miss Nellie M. Buzzell of Barrington, N.H. She died November 21, 1911. WILLIAM H. O BRIEN, Banker and Statesman of Indiana, Was born in Lawrenceburg, Ind. He has been mayor of Lawrenceburg, Ind.; and served with distinction as a member of the Indiana state senate. He has been chair man of the Indiana democratic state central committee; and treasurer of the democratic national committee. He is now auditor of state for Indiana; and resides in India napolis, Ind. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 603 YATES STIRLING, United States Naval Officer, Was born May 6, 1843, in Baltimore, Md. He was edu cated in the private schools of Baltimore; and at the United States naval academy. He served on the OnOn- daga and on the Shenandoah; was promoted ensign in 1863, lieutenant in 1866, lieutenant-commander in 1868, commander in 1880, captain in 1894, and rear admiral in 1902. In 1900 he was commandant of the naval station at San Juan; in 1902 was commander of the navy yard at Puget Sound; in 1903-04 commanding the Philippine squadron; and in 1904-05 was commander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet. In 1905 he was retired from active service; and resides in Baltimore, Md. HOWARD TEASDALE, Lawyer and Statesman of Sparta, Wis., Was born August 9, 1855, m Janesville, Wis. He received the rudiments of his eduvation in the rural schools; at tended Sparta high school; and graduated from the uni versity of Wisconsin. He is identified with the repub lican, party; is a successful lawyer; and a member of several fraternal and patriotic societies. He was city clerk for five years; was a justice of the peace for two years; and for ten years served is city attorney. For twelve years he was superintendent of the waterworks; and for four years was president of the water commis sioners. For fifteen years he has been treasurer of the city schools. For nearly four years he was district at torney of Monroe county; has been special state treasury agent; and for ten years deputy county clerk to the court commissioners. He is now serving his first term of 191 1- 15 as a member of the Wisconsin state senate from the thirty-first district. 004 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ABBOT S. COOKE, Business President of Pittsburg, Pa., Was born July 9, 1859, in Chicago, 111. In 1881-87 he was cashier of the Springer Mercantile and Banking com pany of Springer, N.M.; and in 1888-96 was engaged in the banking and lumber business in Hoisington, Kas. In 1896-1905 he was the eastern representative of the Mor gan-Gardner Electric company; and since 1905 has been president of the Cooke-Wilson Electric Supply company of Pittsburg, Pa. He is a director of the Union Electric company; vice-president and director of the Diamond Machine company; and president of the Cooke and Wil son company of Charleston, W.Va. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution; a member of the Pittsburg board of trade; a member of the Pittsburg Athletic association; and a member of the Automobile club of Pittsburg, and various other organizations. CHARLES I. HUDSON, Broker of Wall Street, Was born August 20, 1852, in New York city. In 1874 he became a member of the New York Stock exchange; and two years later entered business under the firm name of C. I. Hudson and company, which has become one of the leading brokerage firms of Wall street. He was one of the organizers of the Fourteenth Street bank in 1888; was one of the organizers and directors of the Thirty- fourth Street bank and the Trust Company of America. He is a member of the Metropolitan club, Union League club, Thousand Island Yacht club, Meadow Brook Hunt club, American Jersey club, an dnumerous others. He has purchased Knollwood at East Norwich, L.I., which consists of an estate of two hundred and eighty-three acres, where he has the largest herd of imported jerseys in America. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 605 WILLIAM WESLEY BARRY, Retired Pay Inspector in United States Navy, Was born in Fall River, Mass. Acting assistant Paymas ter July 30, 1863, to September, 1865, Mississippi squad ron. Appointed assistant paymaster March 15, 1870; navy yard, New York, May, 1870, to December, 1872; U.S.S. Supply, January, 1873, to December, 1873, Vienna exposition; U.S.S. Mayflower, North Atlantic station, May, 1874, to October, 1874; U.S.S. Canonicus, North Atlantic station, November, 1874, to April, 1875; U.S.S. Alert, North Atlantic station, May, 1875, to August, 1875; store-ship Onward, Callao, Peru, September, 1875, to November, 1877; nav Y var d, Boston, July, 1878, to October, 1878; naval depot, Nagasaki, Japan, February, 1879, to December, 1881 ; U.S.S. Swatara, North Atlantic station, December, 1882, to December, 1884; U.S. re ceiving ship Independence, Mare island, California, Oc tober, 1885, to November, 1888; "Essex," South Atlantic station, April, 1890, to April, 1893; leave of absence, April, 1893, to July, 1893; navy yard, Portsmouth, July, 1893, to August, 1896; navy yard, Mare Island, Cal., Oc tober, 1896-99. Retired, September 15, 1899. He was one of three United States naval officers present as the representatives of the United States navy on the opening of the Vienna exposition. While in charge of the United States naval depot at Nagasaki, Japan, he had nearly three hundred thousand dollars worth of stores under his charge, for issue to the United States naval ships on the Asiatic station when required by them. Since retiring in 1899 he has been on duty at the navy yard, Boston, April, 1902, to June, 1903; at the navy pay office, -Portsmouth, N.H., June, 1903 to August, 1904; and at the navy yard, Portsmouth, N.H., October, 1904, to November, 1905. G06 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS MARTIN S. BRENNAN, Roman Catholic Priest, Was born July 23, 1845, in Ireland. He was brought to St. Louis by his parents when about three years old. In 1865 he received the degree of A.B., and subsequently the degree of A.M., from the College of the Christian Brothers of St. Louis. In 1869 he was ordained a priest; for eleven years he was assistant pastor of St. Malachy s church of St. Louis, Mo.; was pastor of St. Thomas for eight years; and was then promoted to the charge of St. Lawrence O Toole s. He is the author of Electricity and Its Discoveries; What Catholics Have Done for Sci ence; and Astronomy, New and Old. JAMES STROUD BELL, Flour Miller, Was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 30, 1847; son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Faust) Bell; educated in public school and Central high school, Philadelphia; married at Philadelphia January 8, 1873, to Sallie Montgomery Ford. Began business life as clerk with father in firm of W. and S. Bell, Philadelphia, 1864; admitted to firm of Samuel Bell and Son 1868; withdrew from firm in 1888 and removed to Minneapolis; partner in firm of Wash- burn, Martin and company, 1888-89; president since 1889 of Washburn-Crosby company, manufacturing flour at Minneapolis; Buffalo, N.Y. ; Louisville, Ky. ; Great Falls, Mont.; and Kalispell, Mont.; largest milling con cern in United States, and larger flour output than any other company in the world. Also vice-president St. An thony and Dakota Elevator company, Barnum Grain company; president Royal Milling company; director for many years of Northwestern National bank Minne apolis. Republican (stalwart). Presbyterian. Clubs: Minneapolis, Minikahda, Lafayette. Director Chicago Great Western Railway company. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 607 JOHN HENRY ALBIN, Lawyer and Statesman of Concord, N. H., Was born October 17, 1843, in West Randolph, Vt. In 1864 he greduated from Dartmouth college. In 1868 he began the practice of law; in 1872-73 was a member of the New Hampshire state legislature; and has rilled numer ous other positions of trust and honor. In 1879 he was grand master of Odd Fellows of New Hampshire; is prominent in other lodges; and was one of the founders of the Odd Fellows home of New Hampshire. He has been president for many years of the Sullivan county rail road; and for some ten years was president and principal owner of the Concord street railway, which in 1901 was taken over by the Boston and Maine railroad. LESLIE WALWORTH LEITHHEAD, Chemist, Was born at Montreal, Canada, August 6, 1868, son of James B. and Charlotte (Davis) Leithhead; educated in common schools, Montreal; Montreal College of Chem istry and Pharmacy, gold medalist, minor and major ex aminations, graduate (about) 1888 or 1889. Was con nected with Kenneth Campbell and company, wholesale druggists, Montreal, Canada, June 10, 1880-90; in charge of laboratory of Lyman, Knox and company, Montreal, 1890-93; member of Martin, Bole and Wynne company, Winnipeg, Man., 1893-96; came to Duluth and bought interest in Sagar Drug company, 1896; now president and manager of the L. W. Leithhead Drug company, organ ized 1900, importers, wholesale druggists and manufac turing chemists. Licentiate of pharmacy in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. Republican. Episcopa lian. Married at Duluth October 8, 1902, to Miss Ophe lia Sellwood. Clubs: Kitchi Gammi, Commercial, Northland Golf; Minnesota (St. Paul); Minnesota so ciety, N.Y. Recreations: Fishing and hunting. 608 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS DAVID NEWTON JONES, Physician of Gaylord, Minn., Was born September i, 1856, in Corner, Ohio. He stud ied in the northwestern Ohio normal school; then taught school for awhile; and in 1881 commenced the practice of medicine in Lima, Ohio. In 1890-93 and 1900-04 he was president of the Board of Education of Gaylord, Minn.; and in 1888-89 was mayor of that city. He is a prominent member of the Masonic order; was a member of the state board of medical examiners; was appointed on the state hospital board and served as its president the last ewo years of his term. In 1902 he erected the Gay- lord hospital; for ten years was chairman of the demo cratic county committee; and is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his community. EDGAR R. BARTON, Surgeon and Physician, Was born at South Bridgton, Me., May 26, 1872; son of James H. and Laura E. (Chaplin) Barton; educated in public schools of Portland, Me., and Minneapolis, Minn.; university of Minneapolis, College of Medicine and Surgery, graduating, degree of M.D., 1901. Has been engaged in practice of medicine at Frazee since 1901. President Frazee Drug company. Surgeon for Northern Pacific Railway company and Nichols-Chis- olm Lumber company. Ex-president village council, Frazee; director Citizens State bank. Member Clay- Becker County Medical Society, Minnesota State and American Medical associations. Republican. Married at Wadena, Minn., November 13, 1901, to Miss Mabel Parker; three children: James Parker, born August 21, 1902 ; and Edgar R., Jr., born April 26, 1906 ; John Chap lin, born November 29, 1907. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 609 GUSTAV ADOLPH BENZE, Clergyman, Was born in Warren, Pa., Jan. 11, 1867; son of A. Leo pold Benze, preacher, poet and composer, and Elizabeth (Kiehl) Benze. The Benze family is an old Brunswick family of which the celebrated astornomer Gauss is its most illustrious descendant. The paternal grandmother was a De Pomalianski, member of a noble Polish family. He was educated in the public schools of Erie, Erie high school, Thiel college, Greenville (graduated A.B. with first honor and A.M. in course) ; theological seminary, Gettysburg; and graduated from the theological seminary of Lutheran church, Philadelphia. Received the honor ary title of D.D. from Upsala college, Kenilworth, N.J., May 30, 191 1. He married in Erie, Pa., October 7, 1903, Alice L. Fourspring. Mr. Benze was ordained to the ministry in 1889, holding his first pastorate at Corry- Drakes Mills, 1889-1891 ; organized the first Danish church in Pennsylvania at Corry; assumed pastorate of St. John s Evangelical Lutheran church, 1891; built a large addition to the church at the cost of $35,000. He organized St. Stephen s church, Erie, and built the first church; organized St. Mathew s church, Erie; was in strumental in organizing missions at Conneaut and Ashta- bula, Ohio, and Dunkirk, N.Y., also in starting Erie Church Extension society; one of the founders of the Lutheran Home for the Agedt, Erie, Pa. Mr. Benze has been president of the Erie conference of Lutheran Pittsburg Synod 1878-1910; mmber of the executive com mittee of synod 1898-1910; member of mission committee and secretary of educational committee Pittsburg synod; delegate to the general councils of the Lutheran church at Erie, Pa.; Lima, O. ; Norristown, Pa.; Milwaukee, Wis. ; Buffalo, N.Y. ; and Lancaster, Pa. He is a member of the Erie County Historical society, Chamber of Com merce, Erie; president of the Lutheran Home for the 610 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Aged, Chrysostomos society, Thiel college, Alumni asso ciation of Thiel college. Member of the Kropp commis sion of the general council; of the committee on German conference ; recording secretary of the German home mis sion board, and recording secretary of the Slav mission board of the general council. He is author of a history of St. John s Lutheran church, Erie, Pa., and publisher and editor of the Kirchliche Wegweiser and Parish In dex. RICHARD HENRY GILBERT, Clergyman of Berwick, Pa., Was born April 8, 1855, in Wales. He received the de gree of D.D. from Dickinson college of Carlisle, Pa. For ten years he was engaged in photography; in 1877178 was editor of the Hazleton Sentinel; and since 1878 has been a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. Since 1906 he has been superintendent of the Danville district, central Pennsylvania conference of the Methodist Epis copal church. He was president of the Pennsylvania auxiliary of the American Society of Religious Educa tion; and vice-president and State secretary of St. Paul. THOMAS FELL, Educator, College President, Was born July 15, 1851, in Liverpool, England. He was educated at King s college of London; in 1874 graduated from the London university; received the degree of LL.D. from Hampden-Sidney college; and the degree of Ph.D. from St. John s college of Maryland. In 1884-86 he was professor of ancient and modern languages in the new Windsor college of Maryland; and since 1886 has been president of Saint John s college at Annapolis, Md. In 1897 he was vice-chancellor of the university of Mary land. He has made valuable contributions to educational and scientific literature. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 611 THOMAS E. JACKSON, Retired Merchant of Tampa, Fla., fl Was born in 1852 in Hillsborough county, Fla. He was educated at Tampa and at St. John s college of Fordham, N.Y. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits with his father, a large wholesale and retail house in Tampa, which business he continued after his father s death in 1887. He served three terms as Mayor of his city; was author of the bonding bill; and for ten years was treas urer of Hillsborough county. In 1895 he retired from the mercantile business; and is now identified with the real estate business of Tampa, Fla. DYRE B. BAKKE, Banker, Was born in Stange Prestegjeld, Hedemarken, Norway, December 6, 1854; son f Berthel Larson and Eline (Dyresen) Bakke; attended common schools eight years and private school two years. Came to America in 1881 ; was engaged as Norwegian teacher in Otter Tail county two years; managed a farm and a country store in New- folden, Marshall county, 1887-1901; filled positions of school clerk, town clerk and county commissioner for the last ten years of the period; in real estate business at Thief 1906, and soon after organized the People s State bank. July 3, 1903, of which he was president; sold out in May, 19066, and soon after organized the People s State bank. Ex-alderman and ex-mayor of Thief River Falls. Re publican. In the year 1910 he organized Holt State bank at Holt, Marshall county, Minn.; is now the presi dent of said bank and holding the controlling stock. Sold out his holdings in the People s State bank. Member of Evangelical Lutheran church. Mason. Married at Christiania, Norway, February 27, 1879, to Bredene Jo- hansen. 612 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HENRY GOULD FOOTE, President H. G. Foote Lumber Company, Was born at Danbury, Conn., May 22, 1874; son of David Thompson and Mary Alice (Gould) Foote; educated in schools at Bridgeport, Conn., and Boston, Mass. Began in lumber business, 1898; president and general manager H. G. Foote Lumber company, organized September i, 1906, as wholesale and retail dealers in lumber, lime, cement, plaster, coal, wood and building material. Vice- president Minneapolis Building Material Exchange. Member Gamma Delta Psi fraternity. Mason; member I.O.O.F., Knights of Maccabees. Married at Minne apolis January 8, 1902, to Miss Jessie M. Queal. Clubs: Cemmercial, Min ikahda, Minneapolis, Lafayette, and civic and commercial associations. JULIUS FLEISCHMANN, Banker and Business President of Cincinnati, Ohio, Was born June 8, 1872, in Riverside, Hamilton county, Ohio. He graduated from the Franklin school of Cin cinnati, Ohio. In 1894 he became manager of his father s business; and in 1897 on his father s death in conjunction with his brother he assumed control of all the various Fleischmann interests. He is president of the Union Grain and Hay company; president of the Market Na tional bank; president of the Security Savings Bank and Safe Deposit company; president of the Riverside Malt ing and Elevator company of Cincinnati; president of the Illinois Vinegar Manufacturing company of Chicago; and president of the Fleischmann Manufacturing com pany of New York. He served with distinction on the staffs of Governors McKinley, Bushnell and Nash. In 1901-0^ he served two terms as mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio; is a 32-degree Mason; and president of numerous clubs and societies. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 613 GEORGE WEIDMAN DAW, Lawyer and Statesman of Troy, N.Y., Was born May 24, 1855, in Cohoes, N.Y. Since 1880 he has practiced law in Troy, N.Y. ; has occupied many im portant local positions; and in 1883-86 was attorney for the excise board of Troy. He was one of the organizers, and in 1895 became a director of the People s bank of Lansingburgh; and is a director in other concerns. He takes an active part in politics; has been secretary of the Rensselaer county repubilcan committee in 1880-84, an d was acting chairman during the Elaine campaign of 1884. He was one of the organizers of the Rensselaer Union club, now known as the Troy Republican club. He was one of the organizers and is now a director in the People s bank of Troy, N.Y. He was also one of the organizers of the Union bank of Schenectady; of the Albany Trust company; and of the Troy Trust company. CHARLES E. FRIEDRICH, Wholesale Grocer, Was born at Red Wing, Minn., June i, 1862 ; son of John M. and Anna C. (Kampe) Friedrich; educated in public schools of Red Wing; married at Red Wing 1894 to Miss Catherine A. Wolff. Began in grocery business at Red Wing, with Friedrich and Hack; was next C. E. Fried- rich and company, and since 1894 has been president and general manager of Friedrich and Kempe company, Inc., wholesale grocers, the business having been originally established by his father in 1855. Also director of Red Wing Shoe company; director Red Wing Advertising company. Member of National and Minnesota Whole sale Grocers associations. Democrat. Member of city council six years. Episcopalian. Mason. Recreation: Brook trout fishing. 614 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS ROY F. BRITTON, Lawyer of St. Louis, Mo., Was born March 18, 1881, Cleveland, Ohio. Son of F. H. Britton and Ida (Freeman) Britton. Educated in public schools; and studied law at university of Michigan (Ann Arbor), receiving the degree of LL.B. 1902, and LL.M. 1903. Admitted to the bar in Michigan June 21, 1902; in Missouri February 4, 1904. In company with his brother, Robert F. Britton, he engaged in automobile business, being secretary and treasurer of the A. L. Dyke Automobile Supply company the first automobile sup ply house in America. Entered active practice of law latter part of 1905. Assistant general attorney of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway company since January, 1906; was elected, on the republican ticket, representa tive from the second district, St. Louis county, to forty- sixth general assembly of Missouri; served on judiciary, roads and highways and clerical force committees in the house of representatives; is a member of the American, Missouri and St. Louis bar associations, St. Louis club, City club, Automobiel club of St. Louis (secretary 1906- 07, vice-president 1910-11, president 1911-12) Bass Island club, Railroad club of St. Louis, Society of the Sons of the Revolution, and several civic organizations; is a Mason and an Elk. JOHN BRIDGE APPEL, Educator and Lawyer of Newburgh, N.Y., Was born December 9, 1866. In 1884 he graduated from the Franklin and Marshall college; took a post-graduate course at Princeton university; and for six years practiced law. He. preached for sixteen years in Carmel, Wilson, Maiden, Kiskatom, Gardiner, Port Jervis and Knox, N. Y. He is now a teacher; and the author of Mary of Bethany; Herodias; and Mr. Rosenfeld of Africa, which had a circulation of twenty thousand copies. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 615 WILLIAM ERASER CASSEDY, Lawyer and Director of Newburgh, N.Y., Where he was born October 4, 1862. He was educated in the public schools of his native city; and in 1884 received the degree of B.S. from Cornell university. Since 1886 he has been engaged in the practice of law; and in 1907- 08 was corporation counsel. He is a director of the Quassaick National bank of Newburgh; trustee of the Newburgh Savings bank; and identified with other cor porations. He is a trustee of the Newburgh Home for the Friendless, the Cedar Hill cemetery and the Wash ington Headquarters association. He has been vice-presi dent of the Newburgh City club and is a member of the Historical Society of Newburgh and the Highlands. DANIEL H. BOUGHTON, United States Army Officer, Was born August 27, 1858, in Nunda, Minn. He is a graduate of the United States military academy (ap pointed from Iowa), 1881 ; of the United States infantry and cavalry school, 1887; of the St. Louis law school; Washington university (LL.B.), 1897; and of the Army War college, 1910. Served in the campaign of Santiago, Cuba (battle of San Juan and siege of Santiago), and in the Philippines during the insurrection, 1900-1903, where he filled several important positions, including the man agement of the war emergency rice fund in Luzon. Has been assistant professor of law and history at the United States military academy, and head of the departments of law and military art, and assistant commandant at the army service schools at Fort Leavenworth. Is now a lieutenant-colonel on the general staff in Washington. Active in masonic circles, having been instrumental in organizing the higher bodies of the Scottish Rite at Fort Leavenworth bodies composed of military men exclu sively. GIG SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS THOMA8 LEGER FIRTH ARMITAGE, Physician, Was born in county Down, Ireland, November 22, 1860; son of Thomas and Agnes (Shaw) Armitage; educated in Dundalk grammar school, county Louth, Ireland; Leamy school, Limerick; and by private tutors; at Trinity col lege, Dublin, two years; Royal university, Ireland, two years; Queen s college, Belfast, three years; Medico- Chirurgical college, Philadelphia, Pa., one year, 1892. was twelfth best in public examination at Philadelphia in 1892, out of 230 M.D. s. Began practice of medicine 1891 in America. Served with medical staff in the British Soudan campaign, 1885-87, and won medal and bar and Khedive s bronze star. Located in Princeton, Minn., 1898; president and treasurer Minnesota Rural Tele phone company; owner Princeton Drug Store; owner and publisheer of the Princeton News. Episcopalian. Mem ber American Medical association; American Health association;; American Association for Advancement of Science; Natural Geographic society; Royal Society of Arts, London, England; Fellow of Hon. Council; North British Academy of Arts, England. Secretary U. S. pen sion examining board, etc. Mason; member I.O.O.F., Knights of Pythias, Good Samaritans. Married at Pitts- burg, Pa., June, 198, to Margaret Helly. CHARLES B. McMICHAEL, Judge Court of Common Pleas. Was born in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1872 he began the practice of law in Philadelphia, Pa.; and in 1881-93 was assistant to the city solicitor. He is the author of a His tory of the Municipal Law of Philadelphia. Since 1895 he has been judge of common pleas; was re-elected in 1906 for a second term; and is now president judge of the court of common pleas No. 3; and resides in Philadel phia, Pa. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 617 TREVANION WILLIAM HUGO, Mechanical Engineer, Retired, Was born at Cornwall, England, July 29, 1848; son of Nicholas and Mary R. (Marks) Hugo; came to America early in life and was educated in public schools and acad emy at Kingston, Canada. Began in mechanical engi neering 1862; came to Duluth 1881. Mayor of city of Duluth two terms; ex-president chamber of commerce; ex-president of board of education; ex-president common council. Republican. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Association for the Advancemetn of Science. Clubs: Kitchi Gammi, Cem- mercial, ex-chairman of public affairs committee, Gar- field. Residence: 221 W. 6th avenue, Duluth. J. STEARNS GUSHING, Member Governor s Council of Massachusetts, Was born May 3, 1854, in Bedford, Mass. He was edu cated in the high schools of Clinton and Medford, Mass. He is president of the Norwood Press company; and in 1911-12 was president of the United Typothetas of Amer ica. He is a member of the Boston chamber of com merce; a member of the Republican club of Massachu setts; and a member of several other political associa tions. In 1891-93 he was commodore of Winthrop Yacht club; and in 1.902-03 was commander of Ancient and Honorable Artillery company of Massachusetts. He is a Knight Templar and a thirty-two degree Mason; and a member of the Aleppo Temple and Mystic Shrine. He is now serving his third term of 1912-13 as a member of the Governor s council of Massachusetts; and resides in Norwood, Mass. 618 ALEXANDER WILLIAM HARTMAN, President Duluth Edison Electric Company, Was born at Shakopee, Minn., 1864; son of Charles and Anna (Youngblood) Hartman; educated in public schools of Duluth. Entered railway service and became general agent Northern Pacific railway 1888; resigned position with railway to take charge of electric company; was chief promoter of bill passed by state legislature giv ing Duluth authority to build the aerial bridge. Presi dent Duluth Edison Electric company, which supplies electric lighting to the city; treasurer Inter-State Traction company; president Northern Shoe company. Independ ent republican. Roman Catholic. Married at Chicago, 111., 1899, to Miss Katherine Chapin. Clubs: Kitchi Gammi, Northland Country, Commercial, Duluth Boat, Duluth Yacht. Recreations: Golf, fishing. JAMES A. BROWN, Lawyer, Capitalist, Native of Chautauqua county, N.Y. ; educated in acad emy at Forrestville, N.Y., and at Hamilton college, Clin ton, N.Y., graduating, degree of A.B., A.M., 1879. Be gan active career as a school teacher and was principal of academy, Oxford, N.Y., 1879-83, and at Sherman, N. Y., 1873-76. Came to Minnesota 1884; entered profes sion of law 1886 at Fergus Falls. , Also president First National bank, Deer Creek, Fergus Packing company, and extensively interested in manufacturing enterprises, lumber and lands, in United States and Canada. Repub lican. Episcopalian (life trustee Church Foundation of Diocese of Minnesota). President Fergus Falls park board. Mason (32-degree). Married at Oxford, N.Y., 1 88 1, to Miss Mai Mygatt, daughter of Hon. Henry R. Mygatt. Clubs: Chippewa and Minneapolis clubs. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 619 LEONARD ANTHONY GIEGERICH, Jurist of New York City,, Was born May 20, 1855, in Rotz, Bavaria. He was brought to America when an infant; and since 1860 has lived in the eleventh ward of New York city. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar; and in 1886 was elected a representative to the New York state legislature. He be came collector of internal revenue for the third district of New York; and in 1890 was appointed judge of the city court. In 1890 he was elected county clerk; in 1891 was appointed judge of the court of common pleas; and the following year was elected for a full term of fourteen years. He was a delegate to the New York constitutional convention of 1894. In 1896 he was transferred to the supreme court and was re-elected to the supreme court bench for the full term of fourteen years. JACOB F. MILLARD, Banker, Was born in Swift county, Minn., Feb. 2, 1872; educated in common schools and at Willmar seminary. Lived on farm until 19 years of age; celrk in general store for three years; was bookkeeper in Bank of Kerkhoven, Swift county, Minn., two years; became manager of the general merchandise store of O. Becklund, 1895, retiring in 1902, when the business changed hands; started in banking business as clerk in Kandiyohi County bank, 1902 ; elected director and vice-president after four months, and still continues ; incorporator of State Bank of Kandiyohi ; vice- president State Bank of Kirkhoven; president State Bank of Pennock, Pennock, Minn. Republican. Presbyterian. Married in Kandiyohi county, 1899, to Miss Mary Hough. Member I.O.O.F. Member of the A.R. and A.M. lodge. Appointed bank examiner for the Minne sota banking department in January, 1911, which position is held at this time. Resides at Willmar as before. 620 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS LOUIS KAREL JAN KOCH, Optician and Brick Manufacturer, Was born in Holland January 25, 1861; son of Willem and Wilhelmina (Korten) Koch; educated by private teacher at home and in high school at Arnheim, Holland. Began active career as clerk in grocery at Arnheim, 1878, continuing until 1881; traveled for produce business in Holland, 1881-86; came to America January 16, 1886; was engaged in land business with headquarters in Chi cago, and later St. Paul, for brother, Theo F., until Jan uary, 1894, removing to Minneapolis September, 1897. Took up optical business in which he is now engaged, and followed it for a number of years, gradually dispos ing of farming land. Owns optical department Powers Mercantile company. Also has been interested in manu facture of pressed brick since 1890, and is vice-president of the Twin City Brick company. Independent in poli tics. Member of Fine Arts society. Married at St. Louis, Mo., December 24, 1894, to Mrs. Emma L. Meyer. Clubs: Commercial, Automobile, Apollo (associate mem ber) . Also athletic and boat clubs and civic and com merce associations. Recreations: Fishing, sailing, auto- mobiling, traveling. Office: 1018 Lumber Exchange. Residence: 3317 2nd avenue S., Minneapolis. HARRY BURTON AMEY, Lawyer and Statesman of Island Pond, Vt., Was born December 21, 1868, in Pittsburg N.H. He graduated from Dartmouth college with the degree of A.B. He has attained success in the practice of law in Vermont; and in 1902-08 was state s attorney for Essex county. He was a member of the house of representatives of the Vermont state legislature in 1910. Since 1910 he has again been state s attorney for Essex county; and since 1911 has been assistant general counsel of the Central Ver mont Railway company; and resides in Island Pond, Vt. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS . 621 ij&. . D. B. GILBERT, Chairman Prohibition State Committee of Nebraska, Was born January 20, 1866, in Lewisville, Ind. He taught for a number of years in the country schools of Kansas and Indiana; and was teacher and chaplain in the Indiana youths school at Fort Wayne. He also taught in the Central normal college at Danville; and in the southern Indiana normal college at Mitchell, of which institution he was president for two years. He is promi nently identified with the business and public affairs of his state; and is the owner of two student supply stores in Fremont, Neb. He is a member of the prohibition national committee; and for four years has been chairman of the state prohibition party of Nebraska. HARRY HERBERT McINTYRE, Auditor Passenger Receipts Missouri Pacific Railway, Was born at Chester, Windsor county, Vermont, May 24, 1866; son of Willard Martin and Annette Elmira (Ord- way) Mclntyre; educated in district and graded schools of Chester, Vt. ; married at Chicopee, Mass., December 3. 1890, to Miss Margaret Annie Smith ; one daughter, Mar garet Thompson Mclntyre. Was page in legislature of Vermont when ten years old (session of 1876) ; ran news paper route, while attending school, for several years prior to 1882; then in postoffice and jewelry store at Chester, Vt. While continuing school work, began study of law, relinquishing same to accept clerical position in office Connecticut River Railroad at Springfield, Mass., May 12, 1885; resigned four years later as chief clerk of passenger accounts to accept position of apportionment clerk, Missouri Pacific Railway company, March 20, 1889, steadily promoted until appointed to present posi tion of auditor passenger receipts, same road, April 25, 1900. Republican. Episcopalian. 622 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOHN ROBERT BAGGETT, State Senator of North Carolina, Was born October i, 1871, in Bass, Sampson county, N.C. In 1892-94 he attended Glencoe High School; in 1894-95 Salem high school; in 1896-99 the university of North Carolina; and subsequently attended the university law school. He is interested in goodd road law for Harnett county, N.C. For twelve years he was engaged in edu cational work; and now practices law in Lillington, N.C. He is now serving his term as a member of the North Carolina state senate from the counties of Harnett, John ston and Sampson; and is a member of several important committees. OTTO KIRCHNER, Lawyer and Scientist of Detroit, Mich., Was born July 13, 1846, in Germany. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from the university of Michi gan. Since 1867 he has been in the practice of law in Detroit, Mich.; and in 1877-81 was attorney general for the state of Michigan. In 1885-86, and in 1893-1906, was professor of law, and in 1906-08 was lecturer on legal ethics at the university of Michigan. In 1896 he was president of the Michigan Political Science association. CHARLES GOODWIN BENNETT, Secretary United States Senate, Was born and has always resided in the old Bennett home stead in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was admitted to the bar; and received the degree of LU.B. from the university of New York. He is chairman of the Broadway branch of the Mechanics bank; and trustee of Kings county savings institution. He was a member of the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses from New York as a republican. Since 1900 he has been secretary of the United States senate; and resides in Washington, D.C. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 623 STEPHEN JONES MEEKER, . Iron Founder, Was born March 17, 1843, in Newark, NJ. He entered his father s employ in iron foundry, which was established in 1843; in 1873 he became a partner in the firm; and on the death of his father in 1880 he succeeded to the business which now employs several hundred hands. In 1903 the Meeker Foundry Company succeeded Mr. Meeker. He was president of the New Jersey commission to the World s Columbian exposition. He is a member of the Essex club, the Essex County Country club, the Jefferson club, the North End club, and the Lawyers and Man hattan clubs of New York city. He is also active in re ligious and benevolent matters; and is a member of the board of associated charities. ALBERT WILLIAM LINDEKE, Dry Goods, Was born in St. Paul March 7, 1873; son of Albert H. Lindeke; educated in public schools of St. Paul; St. Paul high school, graduating 1890; Yale university, graduating degree of B.A., 1894. After a trip abroad returned to St. Paul and became connected with the wholesale dry goods firm of Lindeke, Warner and Schurmeier, now Lindeke, Warner and Sons, of which he has been a partner since 1903. Graduate of Minnesota state university law school, degree of LL.B., 1900; admitted to the bar, but has never practiced. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Minne sota, Commercial, Town and Country, White Bear Yacht, Lafayette, Amateur Athletic, Roosevelt (first president), Yale (New York city). Recreations: Automobiling and golf. Appointed member of St. Paul police commis sioners in June, 1910. Elected president of the board in the following November and served until February, 1912, when he resigned owing to pressure of business. Director of Association of Commerce. 624 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES HENRY LAUCHHEIMER, Colonel United States Marine Corps. In 1 88 1 he graduated from the United States naval acad emy; became second lieutenant in 1883; and first lieuten ant in 1890. In 1892-99 he was assistant to the judge advocate general of the navy in Washington, D.C. In 1898 he was promoted to captain; and in 1899 was a P~ pointed major and assistant adjutant and inspector United States marine corps. In 1904 he was appointed colonel, adjutant and inspector; and has been on duty in the Phil ippine islands; and since December 28, 1911, has been on duty in San Francisco, Cal. JOHN C. SIKES, State Representative of North Carolina, Was born August 31, 1880, in Union county, N.C. He was educated at the Wake Forest College of North Caro lina. He has attained success in the practice of law in his native State; is identified with the Lake, Land and Lumber company of Monroe, N.C.; and has filled vari ous positions of trust and honor. He is a member of the democratic party; is now filling his first term of 1911-13 as a member of the North Carolina State House of Rep resentatives; and is a member on several important com mittees. WILLIAM STEPHEN RAINSFORD, Clergyman of New York City, Was born October 30, 1850, in Dublin, Ireland. He has conducted evangelical services in Philadelphia, Balti more, Louisville, Sandusky and in London and in other cities in Canada. He became pastor of St. George s of New York City; established the St. George s Boys Club and the Girls Friendly society; and established a regular mission on Avenue A, and various branches. His home is in Ridgefield, Conn. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 625 LOWELL ELLSWORTH J EPSON, Manufacturer, Was born at Faribault, Minn., October 19, 1863; son of John Jepson; graduated at Charleton college, Northfield, Minn., degree of B.S., 1887,, and took M.A. degree, 1897; married at Clearwater, Minn., 1889, to Ada Whiting. Came to Minneapolis in 1887. President of the Winkley Artificial Limb company; represented the 8th district of Minnesota as state senator for eight years. Congrega- tionalist. BARKSDALE HAMLETT, State Superintendent of Public Instruction for Kentucky, Was born February 3, 1879, in Abilene, Va. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native state; and graduated from the Hampden-Sid- ney callege of Virginia. He soon attained success as an educator; and became superintendent of city schools of Hopkinsville, Ky. He is identified with the democratic party; has been a member of the state board of educa tion; and has filled several positions of trust and honor. He is now serving his first term of 1912-16 as state super intendent of public instruction for Kentucky; and resides in Frankfort, Ky. GEORGE HERBERT PALMER, Educator and Author, Was born March 19, 1842, in Boston, Mass. He received a thorough education; and in 1873 he was made assistant professor of philosophy at Harvard College. He was made full professor ten years later; and in i88q became Alford professor of natural religion, moral philosophv an dcivil politv. He is the author of The New Educa tion; The Field of Ethics; The Teacher; The Problem of Freedom; and numerous other works, tion. 626 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS JOSEPH BROWN KENDALL, Banker, Manufacturer, Was born at Canton, Pa., April 13, 1838; son of S. B. and Fanny Kendall; educated in common schools and com mercial school, Washington, D.C., graduating June 2, 1868. Served in civil war, 1861-64; wounded at battle of Chancellorsville; clerk in war department, Washington, D.C., 1864-68; came to Minnesota, 1868, and conducted general merchandise business until 1893. Has been en gaged in manufacture of brick since 1893. President State Bank of Byron. Member Minnesota legislature, 1895-97; member G.A.R., I.O.O.F. GUY EVERETT MAXWELL, President Winona State Normal School, Was born in Mason county 111., 1870; son of Henry C. and Mary (Ewers) Maxwell; came to Appleton, Minne sota, 1879; graduate Hamline university, degree of A.B., 1893; Columbia university, Teachers college, degree of A.M., 1900; married at St. Paul, 1896, to Miss Jeanette R. Evans. Taught in public schools of Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1893-98; was principal training department Winona state normal school, 1900-04; has been president of the school since 1004. Club: Minnesota School Mas ters . Recreations: Tennis and gymnasium. WILLIAM DREW WASHBURN, United States Senator, Was born January 14, 1831, in Livermore, Me. He was surveyor-general of Minnesota by President Lincoln in 1861-64; was a director and large owner of the Minne apolis Water Power company; was the projector and afterwards president of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad; and organized and built the Sault line of rail way from Minneapolis to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., of which he was the chief projector, and remained president until his election to the United States senate in 1889; in 1879-85 was a representative in congress; and United States senate in 1889-95. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 627 WILLIAM D. WILLARD, Banker, Was born at Mankato, Minn., December 17, 1876; son of John A. and Anna M. (Sibley) Willard; educated in Mankato high school and at the university of Minnesota, graduating degree of A.B., 1888; married at Chester, Vt., 1890, to Miss Louise A. Robbins. Was manager Man kato Linseed Oil Works, 1890-98; secretary Mankato Mills company, 1898-1901 ; has been director and cashier First National Bank, since November, 1901. Also presi dent Park Point Land company; secretary and treasurer Mankato Citizens Telephone company, Western Land and Loan company. Member Mankato Public Library Board. Republican. Presbyterian. Member National Credit Men s Association. ARTHUR J. REEVES, General Agent of the New England Mutual Life Insur ance Company for Minnesota, Was born at Madison, Wis., September 24, 1866; son of John and Jane Reeves, daughter of Dr. Charles Oswin of London, England; educated in public schools of Iowa, with two years in Cedar Valley seminary, Osage, Iowa; married at St. Paul, Minn., November 5, 1891, to Mary S. Clark; one son, Oswin Arthur; left school on death of father to close up his estate, in which occupation spent two years; moved to St. Paul, 1886, and a few months later established in real estate business. Organized, 1889, the fire insurance firm which was afterward Reeves and Gilliam, to which was added the St. Paul agencv of the Mutual Benefit LSfe Insurance company, in 1897; re signed April i, 1902, to accept general agency of the New England Mutual Life Insurance company of Boston, in which continues. Republican in national, independent in state and local politics. Congregationalist. Clubs: Commercial, Congregational club of Minnesota. 628 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS EDGAR WEAVER, County Auditor, Was born in 1852 in Milton, Wis. He was educated at Milton college. In 1879-99 ne was general agent of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine company at Mankato, Minn.; and then became cashier of a bank. Since 1900 he has been auditor of Blue Earth county. In 1893 he was elected mayor of Mankato, serving four years. In 1895-97 ne was president of the State Agricultural So ciety; and in 1896 became a member of the state capitol commission. JEFFERSON F. MOSER, Captain United States Navy. In 1868 he graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Newport. In 1870 he was promoted to mas ter; in 1872 to lieutenant; in 1893 to lieutenant-com mander; in 1903 was promoted to captain; and was re tired in 1904 after forty years of service. He was largely employed on special duty, on the coast survey and the ex ploring expeditions in connection with the interoceanic canal surveys. He levelled the accepted canal routes both through Nicaragua and Panama; while in command of the Albatross, he was appointed by the president a member of the Fur Seal Commission, and in this capacity visited Eastern Siberia and the Kuriles; during his com mand the vessel was largely engaged upon oceanography, the exploration of the salmon streams and lake systems of Alaska, and the exploration of a portion of the South Seas, under direction of Alexander Agassiz. He is now superintendent of the Alaska Packers Association at San Francisco, Cal. He is a fellow of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science; member of Ethno graphical Society of France, a member of the Philoso phical Society of Washington, and of National Geogra phical Society. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 629 CHARLES E. JOHNSON, Assistant Public Examiner, Was born at Trondhjem, Norway, May i, 1854; came to America at 13 years of age; educated in common schools. Learned telegraphy in Wisconsin and followed railroad work for 30 years, with Chicago and Northwestern rail way, except about one year; came to Minnesota 1875; has served as assistant state bank examiner since March, 1904. Private to lieutenant-colonel, M.N.G. ; lieutenant- colonel, commanding i4th Minnesota volunteer infantry in Spanish-American war; commanded expedition against Leech Lake Indians, 1898. Republican. Lutheran. Member Masonic order, I.O.O.F., Knights of Pythias, B.P.O.E. Married December, 1877, to Miss B. O. Field of Blair, Wis. Club: Elks. Recreations: Reading and driving. HARRIS RICHARDSON, Lawyer, Was born at Lowell, Wis., August 8, 1858; son of Edwin B. and Mary Elizabeth (Tenney) Richardson; educated in Janesville (Wis.) high school; two years in prepara tory department Beloit (Wis.) College; Yale university, B.A., 1881; univeristy of Wisconsin, law department, L.L.B., 1883. Married at Danbury, Conn., 1882, to Mary K. Fairchild (now deceased). Admitted to bar, June, 1883; began practice of law at St. Paul, August, 1883; partner with Charles D. Kerr from 1885 until appoint ment of Col. Kerr as district judge, 1887; partner with James E. Markham, 1889; member firm of Warner, Richardson and Laurence, 1890-1900; since May i, 1900, practicing alone. Republican; member Republican State Central Committee three terms and secretary of commit tee two terms. Trustee The State Savings Bank. Mem ber Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: Minnesota, Commercial. 630 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS SAMUEL UNTERMEYER, Lawyer and Statesman of New York City, Was born March 2, 1858, in Lynchburg, Va. He was a student at the College City of New York; and in 1878 received the degree of LL.B. from Columbia. Since 1879 he has been in the active practice of law in New York City. He has organized and is counsel for many brew ing, manufacturing, mining, industrial, and railway cor porations. He is general counsel for the Kansas City Southern Railway and a score of other corporations. He has also put forth in public addresses and articles pleas for the federal regulation of the trust and kindred sub jects. He is a director of the United Fruit company and various other corporations ; and is a member of the Amer ican Society of International Law, League of Political Education and various other clubs and societies. JOHN AUGUSTUS OCKERSON, Civil Engineer, Was born March 4, 1848, in Skane, Sweden. He received the degrees of B.S., C.E., and D.Eng. For many years he was engaged in civil and mining engineering; was as sistant in the United States lake survey; and in 1876 as sistant engineer Eads Jetties. In 1902-05 he was chief department of liberal arts at the Louisiana Purchase Ex position; and in 1898 became a member of the Mississ ippi River Commission. He has been United States del egate to the international congress of merchant marine in Paris in 1900; and to the international congress of navi gation the same year. In 1864-65 he served in the one hundred and thirty-second regiment Illinois infantry and in the First Minnesota heavy artillery. He has been twice president of the St. Louis Engineers Club. He is the author of numerous articles on engineering topics. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 631 STEWART EVERETT ROWE, Lawyer and Statesman of Kensington, N .H., Was born January 22, 1881, in Kensington, N. H. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, at Exeter high school, Phillips Exeter academy and the Boston university law school. Since 1907 he has been sealer of weights and measures for Rockingham county, N.H. He is a member of the republican party; has been a member of the board of education; has been auditor, tax collector, and held various town offices. In 1902 he was a delegate to the New Hampshire constitutional con vention. He has been a delegate to state congressional and senatorial conventions of the republican party. He is a successful lawyer and maintains an office in Exeter as well as in Kensington, where he still resides on the original homestead spot. WILLIAM STONE WOODS, Banker and Financier, Was born November i, 1840, in Columbia, Mo. He al ternately taught and attended school until 1861 ; and was graduated from the Missouri State university. In 1864 he graduated as a doctor of medicine from the Jefferson Medical college of Philadelphia. After a few years of successful practice he engaged in the wholesale grocery trade. In 1869 he started a bank in Rocheport, Mo. In 1881 he moved to Kansas City; and there organized a wholesale dry goods firm and also became president of the Kansas City Savings Association. In 1887 he re organized it as the National Bank of Commerce with a capital of two million dollars, and of which he has al ways president. In 1906 he organized the Commeiual Trust company and was its president until his retirement from active business in 1910. 632 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HENRY L. D. STANFORD, lawyer and Jurist, Was born October 2, 1856, in Salisbury, Md. He was educated in the public schools of Salisbury and Mary land; and then studied law. Until 1905 has was engaged in the practice of law; is a member of the Masonic order and other patriotic and fraternal orders; and has filled various positions of trust and honor. He is a member of the democratic party; and in 1905 was a delegate in the general assembly of Maryland. He is now associate judge for the First Judicial District of Maryland for the term of 1911-26; and resides in Princess Anne, Md. HIRAM A. SCRIVER, Banker, Was born in Canada, 1860; son of John A. and Kate (Rich) Scriver; graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., degree of A.B., 1881. Has been en gaged in the banking business since 1881 and is now pres ident of the St. Anthony Falls Bank at St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, and the Citizens State Bank of Cannon Falls, Minn. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: East Side Commercial. Office: St. Anthony Falls Bank, St. Anthony Falls, Minn. Residence: 603 Fulton St., S.E., Minneapolis. HERBERT WELSH, Secretary of the Indian Rights Association, Was born December 4, 1851, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1871 he graduated from the university of Pennsylvania; and then spent two years in Paris studying art. The In dian Rights Association, of which he is secretary, was or ganized in 1882. Its object is to promote the just treat ment of the Indians, to secure their education and their settlement upon individual holdings of land, and to se cure for them ultimate citizenship. The home office is in Philadelphia; and none of its officers receive salaries. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 633 ANDREW DAVID STOWE, Rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, Was born in Readsboro, Vermont, April 21, 1851. He removed to aterville, Minnesota, with his parents, the Hon. Lewis and Hannah Babcock Stowe, in June, 1856. He was educated in the public school, Shattuck school, Faribault and Seabury Divinity School at Fari- bault, Minnesota. From May 1876 to April 1878 he was superintendent of the government school and had charge of the agricultural education and industries for the Ind ians on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minne sota and brought to great success. He was ordained a deacon June 13, 1880, in the Cathedral at Faribault, and to the priesthood December 19, 1880, in St. Paul s church at St. Paul by Bishop Whipple. He became rector of Trinity church, at Anoka, Minnesota, and in charge of Elk River, Becker and Princeton, August 30, 1880, in w r hich capacity he served until April i, 1888. He served for five years on the Board of Education in Anoka and was president of the board for three years. He became rector of Ascension church at Stillwater, April i, 1888. He resigned Ascension church on Easter, 1900, and as sumed his present charge October ist, 1900, also having had charge, during this time, of St. Matthew s church, St. Anthony Park, Epiphany church at Hamline and Grace church in Minneapolis. He has served as the sec retary of the diocese of Minnesota since October ist, 1885, being appointed to that office by the late bishop of the diocese, the Right Reverend H. B. Whipple, DD., LL.D. and has since been annually chosen to that office. He mar ried Frances Ellen Jacklin of Detroit, Mich. There are five children, viz.: Mrs. William S. Fish, Klamath Falls, Oregon; Lewis W. Stone, Deer Lodge, Mont.; Mrs. Charles L. Pugh, Spokane, Wash.; Edward D. Stowe, Minneapolis, Minn.; Ruth L. Stowe. He has always taken a deep interest in and been active in all social, edu- 634 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS cational, civic and religious affairs of the community in which he lived and in the great national and world issues of the day. bright. JOSEPH J. LITTLE, Soldier, Journalist, Congressman, Was born June 5, 1841, in England. He served in the union army in 1862, in 1863 and 1864 as corporal, first sergeant and first lieutenant. He was a member of the board of education and chairman of a committee on buildings at the time of his election to congress; and was an active member of the New York World s Fair com mittee. He was named as one of the incorporators in the World s Fair- bill passed by the New York legislature, as also in the congressional bill introduced on behalf of New York. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat to fifill a vacancy. ADDISON P. MUNROE, State Senator of Rhode Island, Was born January 2, 1862, in Providence, R.I. He was educated in the public schools of his native city. For many years he was engaged as a successful merchant of Providence, but has now retired from active business. He is identified with the democratic party; in 1903 was a representative from Providence to the state legislature; and was prominently mentioned as a candidate on the democratic ticket for governor for the coming November election of 1912. He is now serving his second term of 1912-13 as a member of the Rhode Island state senate; and in his last election polled more votes than any other candidate of any party. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 635 / HERMANN KRETZ, Architect, Was born in Essen, Rhein Provinz, Germany, May 20, 1860; son of John and Margareth A. Kretz; attended public and private schools, Barge, Borbeck, 1866-74; School of Technology, Essen, 1874-77; Academy of Ar chitecture, Holzminden, 1877-80, graduating as architect, 1881; married at St. Paul, Minn., August 22, 1894, to Miss Helena B. Botzet. After traveling through greater part of Europe, came to New York, 1881; from there visited principal cities of United States and Canada; in 1886 located at St. Paul and engaged in general practice of architecture. GEORGE RICHARDS, Colonel and Paymaster United States Marine Corps, Was born February 66, 1872, in Ironton, Ohio. In 1891 he graduated from the United States Naval Academy; was appointed second-lieutenant in 1893; and in 1899 was appointed major and assistant paymaster in the ma rine corps. In 1897, he was promoted to first lieutenant; was made captain in 1899; and was brevetted lieutenant- colonel in 1900 for distinguished conduct in the presence of the enemy at the battle of Tientsin, China. In 1909 he was promoted to colonel and paymaster in the United States Marine Corps, in charge of the paymaster s depart ment. HORACE B. WARD, Statesman and Public Official of Danville, Vt., Was born July 7, 1864, in Danville, Vt. He was educated at Lyndon Institute. He is a successful farmer of Dan ville, Vt., where he has always lived. In 1908 he became first selectman; was road commissioner in 1900-03 and 1909-10; and is again road commissioner for 1911-12. In 1910-11 he represented his town in the General Assembly of the Vermont State Legislature; and served on several important committees. 636 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS CHARLES T. WILLS, Contractor and Builder, Was born December 13, 1851, in New York City. He became and expert in bricklaying, was soon made a fore man; and soon after reaching his majority he entered business on his own account. He has since erected the Vanderbilt building, the New Jersey Central railway depot in Jersey City, the Mail and Express building, the Tiffany building and numreous other buildings, amount ing to several of millions of dollars every year. He is a director of the Garfield National Bank; and is a member of numerous clubs and societies. In 1876 he devoted two months to filling the unexpired term of Smith Ely in con gress. He is the author of Sketches Over the Sea and numerous other works; and resides in Greenwich, Conn. FREDERICK MORGAN STEELE, Manufacturer of Chicago, Was November 27, 1851, in Albany, N.Y. In 1879 he removed to Chicago, 111.; and was one of the organizers of the Chicago Forge and Bolt company, of which he was secretary for seventeen years. He was then instrumental in organizing the American Bridge Works, of which he was secretary and treasurer until 1900. He next organized the Standard Forging company, of which he is president and treasurer. He was also president of the South Haven and Eastern, Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus, and Paw Paw Lake railroads. He has the most complete collection of hymns in the original handwriting of their authors, consisting of about six hundred hymns, covering a period of two hundred years. RUBY ROSS VALE, Lawyer, Was born at Carlisle, Pa., October 19, 1874; son of Jo seph Griffith Vale and Sarah (Eyster) Vale. Mr. Vale SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 637 comes of a family of lawyers, his grandfather, father, un cle, brother and several paternal and maternal cousins being members of this profession. He was graduated from the Dickinson Preparatory School, Carlisle, Pa., in 1892; and from Dickinson College, as Ph.B., 1896, A.M., 1899, and D.C.L., 1909; Dickinson School of Law as LL.B. in 1899. He married at Milford, Del., in 1901, Maria Eliz abeth Williams, and they have two children: Maria Elizabeth and Grace. Mr. Vale was principal of the Milford Classical School, 1896-1898. He is a member of the Law Association of Philadelphia and Law Aca demy of Philadelphia; member American Academy of Political and Social Science; member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Theta Nu Epsilon fraternity, and Belle Let- tres Literary Society. He is a member of the Racquet Club of Philadelphia and other clubs. Mr. Vale is au thor of: Elementary Principles of Pennsylvania Law, 1901, two volumes; second edition in 1902. He was an- notator of the Rules of the Superior Court of Pennsyl vania, 1902; indexed and arranged Pennsylvania Law of Negotiable Instruments, 1902; compiler of Vale s Sup plement to Brightly s Digest of Pennsylvania Decisions, 1903; compiler Vale s Digest of Pennsylvania Decisions, two volumes, 1754 to 1907. He has contributed magazine articles on legal, political and economic subjects. In his profession, his reputation is established as an orator and advocate as well as a lawyer of wide learning and ac curate scholarship. He has never sought nor held politi cal office. ALEXANDER HUGH McCORMICK, Rear Admiral United States Navy, Appointed an active Midshipman from Texas, 1859; at the Naval Academy, 18^9-61; ordered to active service May, 1861 ; on Quaker City, June to October, 1861 ; the receiving ship North Carolina, the Norwich, South At lantic blockading squadron, 1862-3; participated in the 638 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS bombardment of Fort Pulaski, the occupation of Jackson ville, Fla., and a raid on Georgetown, S.C. Appointed acting master 1862. Promoted to ensign December, 1863; on Housatonic and Wabash, 1863. Promoted to lieuten ant 1864; on Iroquois 1864-5 J on Chattanooga, 1866. Pro moted to lieutenant-commander 1866; at naval academy in department of mathematics, 1866-9; on Lancaster, South Atlantic station, 1869-72; naval academy, depart ment of astronomy and navigation, 1872-5; commanded practice steamer Fortune, 1873; on Pensacola, Pacific sta tion, 1875-6. Promoted to commander September, 1876; bureau of ordnance, 1877-81 ; commanded Essex, in cruise around the world, 1881-5; inspector of ordnance, navy yard, Washington, 1885-8; bureau of ordnance, 1889; inspector of ordnance, navy yard, New York, 1889-92. Promoted to captain April, 1892; in command of Lan caster, Asiatic station, i892-c?4; navy yard, Norfolk, 1894- 97; in command of battleship Oregon, 1898; invalided, March, 1898; commandant, navy yard, Washington, 1898-99. Promoted to rear-admiral September, 1899. Retired at own request, March, 1900. ARTHUR LLOYD THOMAS, Business President and Statesman of Salt Lake City, Was born August 22, 1851, in Chicago, II. He was edu cated in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1879-97 he was secretary of Utah Territory; in 1880 was supervisor census of Utah; and in 1884 was a member of the commission to compile and codify the laws of Utah. In 1886-89 he was a mem ber of the Utah commission; and in 1889-93 was governor of Utah. Since 1898 he has been postmaster of Salt Lake City, Utah. He called the first great national irrigation congress at Salt Lake City in 1890; and also called the first international irrigation congress at Los Angeles in 1891. He is president of the Idaho Irrigating and Colo nization company. SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS 639 JOHN WHERRY, Of Peking, China, Was born May 23, 1837, in Shippensburg, Pa. He has received the degrees of B.A., M.A., and D.D.; and in 1863 was appointed missionary to China by the Presby terian board. He has filled many important positions in his church in China. Since 1880 he has been pastor of the first Presbyterian church of Pekin, China; and since 1881 principal of Truth Hall academy of that city. Since 1887 he has been a member of the commission to translate the Bible into classical Chinese; and is the author of numer ous Biblical works. FRANCIS LE ROY SATTERLEE, Physician of New York City, Was born June 15, 1847, in New York City. In 1868 he received the degree of M.D. from the University Medical college. He served as surgeon to the Eighty-fourth regi ment New York national guard, with the rank of major; and has filled numerous other positions of trust and honor. He received the degrees of Ph.B. and Ph.D. from the university of the City of New York. Since 1869 he has been professor of chemistry, materia medica and thera peutics in the New York college of Dentistry, and is the author of The Treatment of Eryspelas; and a Treatise on Gout and Rheumatism. CAVOUR S. LANGDON, Railroad Contractor, Was born at New Haven, Vt., September 1 1, 1861 ; son of Robert B. and Sarah (Smith) Langdon; educated in public schools of Minneapolis, Minn.; married at Min neapolis, December 27, 1893, to Mabel Shaw. Engaged in railroad construction since 1878. Member of the firm of Linton and company, established in 1892; trustee Farmers and Mechanics Savings bank; vice-president Minneapolis Syndicate; director Minneapolis Trust com pany. Member of the M.N.G. from 1879-81;. Repub lican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Minneapolis, Minikahda, 640 SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS HERMAN WILLIAM KIXMOELLER, President O. H. Peck Company, Was born at Minneapolis, Minn., December 31, 1870; son of Simon and Margaret Kixmoeller; educated in German parochial and Minneapolis public schools; mar ried at Minneapolis, January 11, 1903, to Miss Hulda Rutzatz. At thirteen years of age entered a shoe store but after five years experience in the shoe business en gaged as bokkeeper in a photographic supply house and became manager; later half partner successively in the firm of J. H. Fouch and company, and the Minneapolis Photo Materials company; president, manager and treas urer of the photographic supply firm of O. H. Peck com pany. AUSTIN VELOUS MILTON SPRAGUE, Inventor of New York City, Was born May 28, 1840, in Rochester, N.Y. He received a public school and academic education in Rochester, N.Y. ; and subsequently pursued special studies in law, medicine and engineering. He learned his trade in the shops of his father, who was a hardware merchant and manufacturer. In 1865 he went to the oil fields of Penn sylvania, improving methods of oil production. He is especially notable for his inventions of disinfectors and sterilizers; and is the inventor of The Sprague Asept- isizer. JAMES A. MILLER, State Senator of Pennsylvania, Was born May 3, 1863, in Lynn Township, Lehigh coun ty, Pa. He was educated in the select schools of his native county. He is a successful merchant of New Trip oli, Pa.; has been justice of the peace for twenty-five years; and was a delegate to many of the state conventions and to the national democratic convention of 1908. He is serving his first term of 1911-14 as a member of the Penn sylvania state senate. AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 CENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE TO RETURN THIS BOOK ON THE DATE DUE. THE PENALTY WILL INCREASE TO SO CENTS ON THE FOURTH DAY AND TO * 1 00 ON THE SEVENTH DAY OVERDUE. 1953 L(J L D OCT 91957 E - .. LID LD 21-100m-12, 43 (8796s) S&inif#a8 ^ J&M ^ fVUEft S* S?\*t ; /S99RKS% ^WWy^wJ?L^