Men of 1914 Biographical Sketches 

Ellison, Eugene L., fire insurance official, born in Delaware, 1845; educated in public schools and academy at Newark, Del. Began business life as a clerk in mercantile and banking houses; later general agent of the Enterprise Insurance Co. of Philadelphia and assistant manager of the Philadelphia Clearing House ; then for several years vice-president and now president and director of the Insurance Co. of North America ; president and director Alliance Insurance Co. Club : Union League. Residence : 4100 Spruce St. Office : 232 Walnut St., Philadelphia.

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Ely, Theodore Newel, chief of motive power, Pennsylvania System ; born at Watertown, N. Y., June 23, 1846; son of Adriel and Evelina (Foster) Ely. He was graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., as C.E. in 1866, and he received the honorary degree of M.A. from Yale in 1897, and Sc.D. from Hamilton College in 1904. Immediately after his graduation he was engaged as engineer at the Fort Pitt Foundry in Pittsburg, experimenting under General Rodman with projectiles. Since 1868 he has been engaged in railway service, beginning in the engineering department of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway at Pittsburg, and soon after- was appointed assistant engineer of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; division superintendent, 1869-70; assistant general superintendent, Philadelphia and Erie Division, 1870-73; superintendent of motive power, same division, 1873-74; superintendent of motive power, Pennsylvania Railroad Division, 1874-82; general superintendent of motive power of Pennsylvania Lines east of Pittsburg and Erie, 1882-93; and since March, 1893, chief of motive power of the entire Pennsylvania System east and west of Pittsburg. Mr. Ely is president of the Eastern Railroad Association; and a member of the permanent Commission of the International Railway Congress. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, and the Cambria Steel Company; and trustee of Drexel Institute and of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers of Great Britain, American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Institute of Mining Engineers, the American Philosophical Society, and the Franklin Institute; fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; is vice-president of the American Academy in Rome, and an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. He is also a member of Sons of the Revolution, the Philadelphia and Merion Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia, Century, University and Engineers' Clubs of New York, and the Metropolitan Club of Washington. Residence : Bryn Mawr, Pa.

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Emerson, Charles Phillips, physician and professor of medicine of Indianapolis, Ind., was born Sept. 4, 1872, in Methuen, Mass. He has been associate in medicine and resident physician in the Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore; and assistant professor of medicine in Cornell University of Ithaca. He is now professor of medicine and dean in the Indiana University school of medicine.

Emerson, Haven, of 120 E. 62d St., New York, N.Y., was born, New York, Oct. 19, 1874. A.B., Harvard, 1896; A.M., M.D., Columbia, 1899. Interne, Bellevue Hosp., 1899-1901; demonstrator physiol., Columbia, 1902-10, asst. med., 1906-10; visiting physician, Seton Hosp., 1905-09; asst. visiting physician, Bellevue Hosp., 1909-14. Asst. visiting surgeon, Lying-in Hosp., 1902-04. Harsen prize, Col. Physicians and Surg., Columbia, 1901. Soc. Exp. Biol.; Soc. Internal Med.; Soc. Adv. Clin. Research; Harvey Soc.; N.Y. Acad. Med. Artificial nephritis; internal medicine; abdominal pressure; physiology. Blood pressure in tuberculosis. Sanitary superintendent and deputy commissioner N.Y.C. Dept. of Health, 1914.

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Emig, John Conrad, general industrial agent Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. and Cincinnati Northern Rd. Office, Cincinnati, O.  Born Sept. 3, 1878, at St. Louis, Mo. Graduated from St. Louis public schools and State Normal. Entered railway service March 23, 1892, since which he has been consecutively to Jan. 1, 1895, messenger and clerk Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry.; Jan. 1, 1895, to Jan. 1, 1899, clerk in assistant general freight agent's office; Jan. 1, 1899, to Feb. 1, 1901, rate clerk and chief clerk same office ; Feb. 1, 1901, to Dec. 31, 1903, contracting agent, same road; Dec. 31, 1903, to Jan. 31, 1910, commercial agent Central States Dispatch; Jan. 31, 1910, to date, general industrial agent Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis- Ry., Cincinnati Northern Rd. and Peoria & Eastern Ry.

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Endicott, William Crowninshield, lawyer and trustee, born at Salem, Mass., Sept. 28, 1860; son of William, C. (U.S. secretary of war, 1885-89) and Ellen (Peabody) Endicott; a lineal descendant in the ninth generation from Gov. John Endicott, who came from England to Salem, as first governor of Massachusetts Colony, 1628; educated in public schools of Salem ; graduated from Harvard College, 1883; studied law at Harvard Law School and in an office in Salem ; married, Lenox, Mass., Oct. 3, 1889, Marie Louise Thoron. Since admission to the bar in 1886, has practiced law in Boston and Washington; trustee Suffolk Savings Bank for Seamen and others; director Boston & Lowell Railroad corporation ; director Laconia Car Co. Democrat : Episcopalian. Trustee Free Hospital for Women, Groton School, Groton, Mass., Peabody Academy of Science ; also trustee of Peabody Institute (Danvers, Mass.), Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston Library Society; director Essex Institute (Salem, Mass.) ; trustee Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Clubs : Somerset, Country Club, Brookline, Salem, Eastern Yacht, Metropolitan (Washington, D.C.) . Residence: Danvers, Mass. Office: 71 Ames Bldg., Boston.

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England, Robert H., vice-president and general manager Central Rd. of Oregon. Offices, Union, Ore., and Rochester, N.Y. Born Sept. 9, 1864, near Belfast, Ireland. Educated at Methodist Connectional College at Dublin, Ireland. Entered railway service 1882, since which he has been consecutively clerk in general manager's office and clerk in audit department Cork Bandon & South Coast Ry. of Ireland ; May, 1887, to May, 1890, in auditing department Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry. at Rochester, N.Y.; 1890 to 1891, in auditing department Sioux City & Northern Rd. at Sioux City, la.; 1891 to 1892, in general freight department New York, Lake Erie and Western Rd. at New York, N.Y., and auditor Florida, Midland Rd.; 1892 to 1893, general passenger agent Bath & Hammondsport Rd. and Lake Keuka Navigation Co.; 1893 to Jan. 1, 1896, general manager Toledo & South Haven Ry. and its successor, the South Haven & Eastern Rd., Jan. 1, 1896 to Nov. 9, 1899, general manager Oconee & Western Rd. March, 1899 to 1904, general manager Dansville & Mt. Morris Rd. with office at Rochester, N.Y.; November, 1900 to March 11, 1901, also general manager Marietta, Columbus & Cleveland Rd. with office at Marietta, O.; was subsequently until February, 1904, vice-president Buffalo, Bradford & Kane Rd., and president New York & Pittsburgh Central ; 1904 to 1907, vice-president and general manager Tavares & Gulf Rd.; 1907 to date, vice-president and general manager Central Rd. of Oregon.

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English, Frank Clare, clergyman and college president of Aledo, Ill., was born Dec. 27, 1868, in Felicity, O. He received the degrees of A.B., A.M., B.D., D.D. He has been minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newark, N.J., and Cincinnati, 0.; president Moores Hill College, Indiana; and president Cincinnati Training School. He is president of William and Vashti College, professor psychology and economics. Member National Geographical Association; The Luther Burbank Association; The Army and Navy League; lecturer and writer for journals.

English, Harry, 2907 P St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Mathematics. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 3, 1866. A.B., Hopkins, 1886, 1886-87; LL.B., George Washington, 1890; LL.M., 1891. Head, dept. math. high schools, Washington, D.C., 1887. Mem. Washington Board of Examiners of Teachers; mem. Int. Commission on Teaching of Mathematics. Math. Soc.; Assn. Teachers Math. Middle-States and Md. Methods of teaching mathematics.

English, William Bastin, attorney, capitalist, ex-soldier and ex-congressman, born at "Englishton Park," in Scott County, Ind., Nov. 3, 1854; son of Hon. William H. and Emma Mardulia (Jackson) English. He was educated in Northwestern Christian University, now known as Butler University, and was graduated from the Law Department of the University as LL.B., and engaged in the practice of law in Indianapolis until 1880. His father, an ex-congressman, also was one of the most prominent members of the Democratic party, and was the nominee of that party for vice-president on the ticket with General Winfield S. Hancock, in 1880. Mr. English also became active in politics as a member of the same party, becoming a member of state, county and city committees of the Democratic party in Indiana and chair-man in 1878 of the Indianapolis City Democratic Committee and the Marion County Democratic Committee. He was a member of the Indiana Legislature from Marion County, 1879-80, and was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress in 1882, declining a renomination in 1884. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions at Chicago in 1892-96, but left the party after its adoption of the radical platform of the latter year and has since been a Republican in politics. He was president of the Board of Park Commissioners of Indianapolis in 1898-99, and of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners of Indianapolis, in 1901-02. In 1908 and 1912 he was the Republican nominee for State Senator from the Indianapolis district and in 1912 was a delegate from Indiana to the Republican National Convention at Chicago. During the war with Spain he was commissioned a captain of U.S. Volunteers, served as aide-de-camp on the staff of General Joseph Wheeler during the campaign in Cuba, and was seriously injured as a result of his horse being wounded and falling upon him in the battle before Santiago, July 1, 1898. He was afterward appointed inspector-general and aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel on the staffs of Governors Mount, Durbin and Hanly. Captain English is owner of the English Block, the hotel English, the English Opera House and other valuable property interests in Indianapolis. He has been an extensive traveler in foreign countries, and some years ago published his experiences under the title : Letters from Europe. He is a prominent Mason of the thirty-second degree, a Knight Templar, and a member of the Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, has been grand master of Masons of Indiana, and is author of a History of Masonry. He is also past grand exalted ruler of the Order of Elks of the United States. He has served as commander-in-chief of the National Association of United Spanish War Veterans, and as president of the Indiana Society of Sons of the American Revolution, and the Indiana Society of Colonial Wars, and as vice-president of the Northwest Genealogical Society and the Indiana Historical Society. He is a member of the Order of the Cincinnati Naval and Military Order Spanish War, Society of the Santiago, Order of Foreign Wars, Huguenot Society of New York, Holland Society of Chicago, Lambs' Club, New York, Army and Navy Club, Washington, D.C., University, Columbia, German House, Canoe, and Country Clubs, Indianapolis, and was formerly president of the Commercial Club of Indianapolis. Captain English married in Indianapolis, Jan. 5, 1898, Helen Orr, and they have a daughter, Rosalind Orr. City residence : Hotel English, Indianapolis. Country Residence: "Englishton Park," Scott County, Ind. Office : 102 Monument Pl., Indianapolis, Ind.
   

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Ennes, Stanton, superintendent Great Northern Ry. Office, Superior, Wis., born March 19, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service July 10, 1881, since which he has been consecutively to Dec. 31, 1881, telegraph operator Texas & Pacific Ry.;  Jan. 1, 1882, to Dec. 20, 1883, telegraph operator and brakeman Southern Pacific Co.; Aug. 9, 1884, to May 15, 1886, telegraph operator Missouri Pacific Ry.; May 15, 1886, to June 1, 1893, train dispatcher same road; June 1, 1893, to July 1, 1902, chief dispatcher; July 1, 1902, to April, 1904, division superintendent Missouri Pacific Ry. at Nevada, Mo.; April, 1904 to December, 1905, superintendent Western Maryland Rd.; Jan. 15, 1906, to April 1, 1907, assistant superintendent Grand Trunk Ry. at Ottawa, Ont. ; April 10, 1907, to Nov. 1, 1912, superintendent Great Northern Ry. at Breckenridge, Minn. ; Nov. 1, 1912, to March 15, 1914, superintendent Mesabi division, Great Northern Ry.; March 20, 1914, to date, general superintendent Western Maryland Ry. at Hagerstown, Md.

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Erb, Newman, railway official and capitalist, of New York City ; born Breslau, Germany, June 16, 1850; son of Adolphus L. and Esther (Peck) Erb; came to the United States in 1853; educated in public, private and high schools of St. Louis. Admitted to bar in 1872 and engaged in the practice of law until 1892; was receiver for the Memphis, Selma & Brunswick Railroad Co., 1885-86; general attorney for Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi of Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, 1881-86; president Western Telegraph Co., which was later absorbed by the Western Union Telegraph Co., 1886-98; president and receiver Kansas City, Wyandott & Northwestern Railroad Co., Kansas City & Beatrice Railroad Co., 1887-92; vice-president Meriden & Connecticut Railroad Co., 1892 and of the Pere Marquette Railroad Co. of Detroit, 1895-98 ; constructed the St. Louis, Memphis & Southeastern Railroad, and was its president, 1896-98 ; president and director of the Wisconsin Central Railway Co., 1908-09; president and chairman British Columbia Copper Co.;  vice-president New Dominion Copper Co. Director Empire Trust Co., chairman of the Board Ann Arbor Railroad Co.; ex-president Wisconsin Central Railway Co.; president Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Co., Iowa Central Railway Co., Ft. Dodge & Des Moines Railroad Co.; chairman executive committee Pere Marquette Railroad Co., Hall Switch & Signal Co., U.S. Light and Car Heating Co.

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Erbsloh, Rudolph, importer, 560-6 Broadway, New York City, residence, 42 W. 58th St., N.Y.C. President of Dieckerhoff, Raffloer, New York and Raffloer, Erbsloh & Co., Cuba. Member of Merchants' Club, Reform Club, New York Riding Club, German Club, etc.

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Erlanger, Mitchell L., justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, was born Feb. 15, 1857, in Buffalo, N.Y. He was educated in the Cleveland public schools; studied medicine and classics; and received the degree of LL.B. from the Columbia Law School. For two years he was librarian of Columbia Law School. He was sheriff for New York County for two years, and while in office inaugurated many reforms in the county jail. Since 1907 he has been justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, being elected for a fourteen-year term.

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Esch, John Jacob, congressman, was born March 20, 1861, near Norwalk, Wis. Since 1887 he has practiced law in La Crosse, Wis. He organized the Sparta Rifles, afterwards known as Company I, Third Regiment, Wisconsin National Guard, and was commissioned captain, retaining the office until 1887. Upon his removal to La Crosse he helped to organize Company M of the same regiment, being lieutenant, and afterwards captain ; in January, 1894, was commissioned acting judge advocate-general, with the rank of colonel. He was a member of the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from Wisconsin as a Republican. He was re-elected to the sixty-third. congress from the seventh district of Wisconsin for the term of 1913-15; and resides in La Crosse, Wis.

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Estabrook, Arthur Frederic, banker; born Boston, May 17, 1847; son of James A. and Louise (Hill) Estabrook; educated at Belmont, Mass.; married, Belmont, Mass., Oct. 8, 1874, Ida Fletcher. Senior member of firm Estabrook & Co.; vice-president Real Estate Auction Board; director Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co.; member New York, Boston and Chicago Stock Exchanges. Member Boston Chamber of Commerce. Republican; Unitarian. Trustee Brewster Free Academy of Wolfboro, N.H., Clark University, Worcester, Mass.; member of Corporation of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; trustee and treasurer Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital; trustee and treasurer General Theological Library; vice-president New England Conservatory of Music ; trustee Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Committee on Botanic Garden of Harvard University, Committee of Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Bostonian Society, Good Government Association. Residences : Swampscott, Mass., and 346 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Office: 15 State St., Boston.

Estabrook, Henry Dodge, lawyer; born at Alden, New York, Oct. 23, 1854; son of Experience Estabrook and Caroline Augusta (Maxwell) Estabrook. He removed to Nebraska (of which territory his father was appointed attorney-general) in 1855. He was educated in the Omaha, Neb., public schools; he was graduated from the law department Washington University in 1875. He practiced law at Omaha from 1875 to 1896, at Chicago from 1896 to 1902; he was a member of the firm of Lowden, Estabrook & Davis; from 1902 to 1911 he was solicitor for the Western Union Telegraph Company in New York City. He is now a member of the law firm of Noble, Estabrook & McHarg. He is a member of the State and National Bar Associations. He belongs to the Union League, the Lawyers', the Lotos, the Metropolitan, the Republican, the Auto (of America), the Magnetic, the Pilgrims, Sleepy Hollow, Country (New York City), and the Marquette of Chicago (honorary member) Clubs. He married, at Omaha, Oct. 23, 1880, Clara Campbell ; they have one daughter : Mrs. Blanche Deuel Roebling, of Trenton, N.J. His only sister was the late wife of R. C. Clowry, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Residence: (summer) Tarrytown, N.Y.; (winter) Plaza Hotel, New York City. Address: 115 Broadway, New York City.
  

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Source:  Men of 1914, Chicago, Ill, 1915