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Men of 1914 Biographical Sketches
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Eagan, John J., United States congressman from the eleventh district of New Jersey, was born Jan. 22, 1872, in Hoboken, N.J. He is the founder and president of the Eagan Schools of Business. He was elected to the Sixty-third Congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Weehawken, N.J.

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Eagle, Joe Henry, United States congressman from the eighth district of Texas, was born Jan. 23, 1870, in Tompkinsville, Ky. He is the owner of a realty company and also of a manufacturing company. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Houston, Texas.

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Eagleson, James Beaty, physician and surgeon; born, Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1862; son, William and Elizabeth W. (Hodsden) E. Educated: Public and private schools; M.D., College Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1885. For past sixteen years has limited professional work to general surgery and gynecology. Married, Blanche Mills, July 1, 1889, at Seattle. Trustee and Med. Dir., Northern Life Ins. Co.; Trustee, Adelphia College; vice-pres., Y.M.C.A. In the U.S. Marine Hospital Service, Seattle, 1887 to 1898; Surgeon General, N.G.W., retired. Served as Pres. State Med. Examining Board, and State Board of Health. Member: County, State and Am. Med. Assns.; North Pac. Surgical Assn.; Med. Reserve Corps, U.S. Army, Assn. of Military Surgeons, U.S.; Am. Soc. for Advan. of Science; Am. Acad. of Political and Social Science ; Western Surgical Soc.; Fellow, American Surgeons. Clubs: University, Arctic, College, Chamber of Commerce, Municipal League. Res.: 902 Boren Ave. Office: 512 Burke bldg., Seattle, Wash.

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Eakin, Robert, jurist; born in Elgin, Ill., March 15, 1848; son of Stewart B. and Catherine (McEldowney) Eakin. He was graduated from Willamette University, Salem, Ore., B.S., then studied law, was admitted to bar, and located at Union, Ore., practicing there until he went upon the bench. He was judge of the Circuit Court for the Eighth District of Oregon from March, 1895, until Jan. 1, 1907; since Jan. 14, 1907, justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon. He married at Eugene, Ore., June 21, 1876, Mary Walker, and they have had five children of whom two are now deceased. Address: 1384 State St., Salem, Oregon.

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Eames, Wilberforce, librarian and bibliographer of 476 Fifth Ave., New York City, was born Oct. 12, 1855, in Newark, N.J. Since 1893 he has been librarian at the Lenox library. He edited fifteen to twenty volumes of Sabin's Dictionary of Books Relating to America and other works.

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Earnest, Nicholas Peter, farmer; born Chuckey, Tenn., April 15, 1871; German, French Hugenot and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Benjamin Franklin and Mary Martha (Rhea) Earnest; graduated Sweetwater College, Sweetwater (Tenn.) with degree of B.S. June 3, 1891; married Lida Beatrice Doggett Sept. 23, 1896; member Nolachuckey Lodge No. 323, F. & A. M.; Democrat; has been engaged in agriculture all of his life; owns a small roller mill and is director of Greene County Bank, Greenville, Tenn.; elder in the Presbyterian church.

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Earp, Wilbur F., lawyer of New York City; born in Howard County, Md., Sept. 2, 1863, son Edward and Julia A. (Newton) Earp; educated in common schools of Maryland and N.Y. Law School; married, N.Y. City, June 20, 1908, Emma Jane Miller. Has been practicing law in N.Y. City since 1902. During the '90s published a newspaper at Ellicott City, Md., the Republican organ for Howard County. Candidate for legislature in Mary-land in 1894; and defeated; active in politics, in that state forseveral years; mime to N.Y, City in 1899, since which time has given no attention to polities. Republican; Universalist. President of the Universalist Club of New York. Member N.Y. Lawyers Association, Dwight Alumni Association, Mason (Concordia Lodge No, 13 of Md.),

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Eastman, George, manufacturer and inventor of Rochester, N.Y,, was born July 12, 1864, in Waterville, N.Y. As an amateur Photographer and experimenter he perfected a process for making dry plates and in 1881 began to manufacture dry plates on a small scale, He is treasurer and general manager of the East-man Kodak Company. His inventions are in connection with film photography. The various companies under his management employ upwards of ten thousand hands; and over forty million dollars of capital. He is the originator of the phrase, "YOU press the button, we do the rest." 

Eastman, Charles Rochester, geologist and paleontologist; born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 5, 1868; son of Austin Vitruvilla and Mary (Scoville) Eastman; the later a descendant of Captain Reuben Ballou of Rhode Island, a noted officer of the Revolutionary War. He was graduated from Harvard University, A.B., 1890, A.M., 1891; took graduate work at Johns Hopkins University, 1892, and at Munich, Ph.D., 1894. He first engaged in teaching .geology and paleontology in Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, and was later appointed curator in charge of vertebrate paleontology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard, and was appointed in 1910 to a similar position at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. In 1914 he became connected with the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and now resides in that city. He has served as assistant geologist on the New England Division of the United States Geological Survey, and he has been engaged as expert assistant on various State Geological Surveys. Dr. Eastman has made several trips abroad, once as foreign delegate representing the Geological Society of America, and also in behalf of the Harvard Museum and the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh. He translated and edited von Zittel's Text-Book of Paleontology (Macmillan), and he is author of various scientific memoirs published by both of the above institutions and by different State Geological Surveys; also of numerous minor contributions to vertebrate pale-ontology, especially North American and European paleichthyology. Dr. Eastman is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; member of the American Society of Naturalists, Geological Society of America, American Society of Zoologists, American Paleontological Society (Executive Council and Editor), American Association of Anatomists, National Geographic Society, the Boston Society of Natural History and one or two foreign scientific societies. He married in 1892, Caroline A., daughter of Alvan G. Clark, the famous maker of astronomical telescopes, and he has one son, Alvan Clark Eastman. Office : American Museum N.Y. City.

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Easton, Edward Denison, lawyer, capitalist, organizer of the talking machine business; born Gloucester, Mass., April 10, 1856; son of Denison Mitchell and Mary (Lyle) Easton; educated in public schools of Arcola and Waters Seminary of Paterson, N.J.; graduated from law school of University of Georgetown, 1889; married, first, Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 1876, Hattie Kaldenbach ; second, May 24, 1883, at Washington, D.C., Helen Mortimer Jefferis; children: Mortimer D., Mrs. Charles W. Woddrop, Mrs. Earl Godwin, Mrs. Clarence E. Bradburn (U.S.A.), Mrs. Norris M. Mumper. Studied shorthand at home in Arcola, and became expert stenographer, doing newspaper and court work for New York papers; was reporter and assistant editor, 1873-4, of Hackensack (N.J.) Republican; became stenographer for U.S. Light-house Board, Washington, D.C., 1874; reported Guiteau trial and Star Route trials for Government, the debates of Congress, and nearly every event of national importance for fifteen years. Admitted to bar of Supreme Court of District of Columbia in 1889 and made corporation law a specialty. With inventions of graphophone, made development of talking machine industry a life work. Organized Columbia Phonograph Co., 1889, and became its president; in 1893, when company consolidated with American Graphophone Co., was made president and counsel of both companies. Headquarters of business were removed from Washington, D.C., to New York, 1897. Also president Burt Co., Volta Graphophone Co., Water Power Securities Co.; vice-president Hackensack Trust Co.; vice-president Hackensack Hospital Association ; trustee Arcola Methodist Episcopal Church. Recreation : Automobiling. Clubs : Arcola Country (director), Hackensack Golf, Oritani Field. Res.: Arcola, N.J. Office : Woolworth Bldg., N.Y. City.

Easton, Frederick S., banker; born Lowville, New York, Dec. 28, 1871; son of William L. and Emeline (Henry) Easton; educated Lowville (N.Y.) Academy and Dr. T. C. Reed's School for Boys, Geneva, N.Y.; married, Houseville, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1880, Anna S. House; one daughter, Grace E. Scofield, and one son, Frederick Shaw Easton, Jr. Engaged as clerk in mercantile house of De Witt C. West & Co., Lowville, N.Y., at 17 years of age; entered firm of Waters & Easton in 1873; organized Black River National Bank, Lowville, N.Y., 1879, becoming cashier 1879-1904, and since then president. Vice-president and director Asbestos Burial Casket Co.; treasurer and director Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Co.; director Utica Trust and Deposit Co. Served as presidential elector, 1884; voting for Grover Cleve-land for President and Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice-President; was railroad commissioner of Lowville, N.Y. Democrat; Episcopalian. Trustee Lowville Academy; vestryman of Trinity (Episcopal) Church, Lowville, N.Y. Recreations: Hunting, fishing. Clubs: Fort Schuyler (Utica) ; Lowville, Sylvan Rod and Gun (president). Residence : 39 Trinity Ave. Office : 140 State St., Lowville.

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Eaton, Amasa Mason, lawyer; born at Providence, R.I., May 31, 1841; son of Levi Curtis Eaton. He was graduated from Brown University, A.B., 1861, served three months under the first call of President Lincoln, as a member of the First R.I.
Regiment and then engaged in business pursuits for several years, then took up the 'study of law, and was graduated from the Harvard Law School, L.L.B., in 1878. He was a member and president of the town council of North Providence, 1863-1865; member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, 1865-1866 and 1872 1874; member of the Providence common council, 1874-1875; and of the Providence Board of Aldermen, 1875. He has been Rhode Island Commissioner on Uniformity of State legislation since 1897 and president of the National Conference on the same since 1901 for seven years. He is ex-president of the Rhode Island Horticultural Society. Mr. Eaton is a member of the American Bar Association, Harvard Law School Association; and the University Club, of Providence. He is the author of: Constitution Making in Rhode Island, 1899; and also of numerous articles in law review, reports, etc. He married at Pawtucket, R.I., Sept. 15, 1873, Maude Dunnell. Residence: 701 Smith Mt. Office : 59 Studley Bldg., Providence, R.I.

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Eberhart, Adolph Olson, governor of the State of Minnesota, was born June 10, 1871, in Sweden. He was educated in the Gustavus Adolphus Academy of St. Peter, Minn. He has always been prominently identified with the republican party in Minnesota. He is a member of the Masonic Order, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen, and various other fraternal and patriotic orders. He has filled the office of clerk of court; has been a member of the Minnesota state senate; and served as lieutenant-governor of his state. He is now serving his second term of 1913-15, as governor of the State of Minnesota; and resides in St. Paul, Minn.

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Eckhart, Charles Franklin, sugar expert of Oloa, Hawaii, was born June 18, 1875, in Marysville, Cal. He received the degree of M.S. from the University of California. In 1895, he was a technical chemist; and in 1896-1900 was chemist to the Sugar Experiment Station at Honolulu. In 1901, he became director of agriculture and chemistry at the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Assn.; and in 1900 became general director at the Experiment Station. Since 1913 he has been manager of the Oloa Sugar Co., Limited. He has made a special study of agricultural chemistry and sugar technology.

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Eder, George M., banker, born in Germany, Feb. 23, 1856; son of John B. and Theresa (Huber) Eder; educated St. Michael's Parochial School, Chicago, Ill.; one winter Night School, Chicago, Ill.; married, Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 28, 1878, Frances M. Scherer; seven children. Burned out in the great fire of Chicago, 1871, and emigrated to Crown Point, Ind., 1873, and to Hammond, Ind., 1903. Was manufacturer of cigars twenty-two years, under firm name of Eder Brothers, Crown Point, Ind., and continued until elected to the office of clerk of Circuit Court of Lake County, Ind.; one of organizers Commercial Bank of Crown Point, Ind., 1896; serving as vice-president and director until 1903; went to Hammond, 1906, and organized Citizens German National Bank, Hammond, Ind., of which is now president ; secretary, treasurer and director Hammond Brewing Co. Was city clerk and treasurer town of Crown Point, Ind., six years; town-ship trustee Center Township, Lake County, Ind., three years. Republican; Catholic. Member Independent Order of Foresters of America and Catholic Order of Foresters. Recreation : Automobiling. Residence : 627 South Hohman St. Office : 579 South Hohman St., Hammond.

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Edgar, James Clifton, physician, of 28 W. 56th St., New York City, was born, N.Y. City, June 14, 1859; son of James Alexander and Mary (Coe) Edgar; studied 5 years at St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.H.; grad. Lafayette Coll., Ph.B., 1882, A.M., 1884; Med. Dept. Univ. City of N.Y., M.D., 1885 ; post-grad. degree from Univ. Frauen Klinik, Munich, Batavia; married N.Y. City, May, 1889, Ellen Muriel Beatrice Soutter. Prof. obstetrics and clin. midwifery, Cornell Med. Coll. ; surgeon to Manhattan Maternity Hosp. and to Bellevue Hosp. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Am. Acad. of Medicine, Am. Gynecol. Soc., N.Y. Acad. of Med., N.Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. Clinical Obstet. Soc. Editor: Winckel's Obstetrics. Author: The Practice of Obstetrics; contb. to med. journals and proceedings on obst. practice. Recreation : Automobiling. Clubs : Century, University, Tuxedo, Rockaway Hunt.

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Edmands, Samuel Summer, electrical engr., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., was born, Kalamazoo, Mich., April 30, 1877; son of John and Maria Clara (Goodwin) Edmands; grad. Worcester Poly. Inst., B.S., in Elec. Eng'ring, 1899; married, Brooklyn, Nov. 28, 1906, Althea Florence Miller. With Am. Telephone & Telegraph Co., Providence, R.I., 1899-1900 ; instr. elec. eng'ring, Ohio State Univ., 1900-01; instr. in applied electricity, Pratt Inst., 1901-02; head of Dept. of Applied Electricity, Pratt Inst., 1902-10; dir. Sch. of Science and Technology, Pratt Inst., since July 1, 1910. Asso. mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs. ; mem. Am. Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Edn; vice-pres. N.Y. Elec. Soc.; mem. Nat. Soc. for Promotion of Industrial Edn.

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Edmonds, George Washington, United States congressman from the fourth district of Pennsylvania, was born Feb. 22, 1864, in Pottsville, Pa. He is in the coal business. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Philadelphia, Pa.

Edmonds, Samuel Owen, lawyer and director of 32 Liberty St., New York City, was born in Pottsville, Pa. Since 1886 he has been engaged in the practice of patent law. He is a director of the American Bankers' Safety Co., the American Philippine Co., and of the Broderick Copygraph Co.

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Edson, Job Adolphus, president Kansas City Southern Ry. Office, Kansas City, Mo.  Born Feb. 14, 1854, at Sylvania, Lucas County, O. Educated in the common schools. Entered railway service 1867, since which he has been consecutively to 1872, telegraph operator Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry.; 1872 to 1886, chief dispatcher and trainmaster Union Pacific Ry.; 1886 to fall of 1887, chief dispatcher I. & D. division Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.; fall of 1887 to Dec. 15, 1889, division superintendent Western division, between Kansas City and Omaha, Missouri Pacific Ry.; Dec. 17, 1889, to July, 1892, superintendent Texas division St. Louis Southwestern Ry.; July, 1892, to June 1, 1893, superintendent entire system; June 1, 1893, to June 25, 1899, general superintendent and second vice-president St. Louis Southwestern Hy. or Texas and general superintendent St. Louis Southwestern and Tyler Southeastern Rys.; June 25, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1893, general manager Kansas City Pittsburg & Gulf Rd. and its successor, the Kansas City Southern Ry.; Jan. 1, 1903, to Oct. 15, 1904, manager Denver & Rio Grande Rd. and Rio Grande Western Hy.; Oct. 15, 1904, to June 1, 1905, general manager Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Ry.; June 1, 1905, to date, president Kansas City Southern Ry.

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Edwards, Charles Gordon, lawyer and congressman, born in Tattnall County, Ga., July 2, 1878; son of Thomas J. and Annie (Conley) Edwards. He was educated in the common schools, and afterward at Gordon Institute, Barnesville, Ga., the Florida State College, and the University of Georgia, whence he was graduated B.L. He began practicing law in Reidsville, Ga., at the age of 19, moved to Savannah in December, 1900, and has since practiced there. At the age of 21 he was nominated as Representative of Tattnall County by the Democratic party and indorsed by the Populists; this nomination, he declined; Nov. 6, 1906, he was elected to Congress from the First District of Georgia and elected since to succeeding congresses. He is a member of the Savannah Bar and Georgia Bar Associations. Member of Methodist Church ; is a Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner, member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias orders, the Sons of Confederate Veterans and a trustee of the South Georgia College at McRae, Ga. Mr. Edwards married at Waycross, Ga., Dec. 17, 1902, Ora Beach, and they have one son, Charles Beach Edwards. Residence, 111 E. 35th St., Savannah, Ga. Address, Bank and Trust Bldg., Savannah, Ga.

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Ehrenfeld, Augustus Clemens, of 670 N. Limestone St., Springfield, O., was born, Hollidaysburg, Pa., June 21, 1868. A.B., Wittenburg, 1889, A.M., 1892; Pennsylvania, 1892-93. Prof. chem., Steele High Sch., Dayton, 0., 1893-1902; chief chemist, Int. Harvester Co., Springfield, O., 1902-04; Springfield Testing Lab., 1904-08; prof. physiology and botany, high sch., Springfield, 0., 1908-13; consulting chemist, 1908. Chem. Soc.; Nat. Geog. Soc. Effects of silicon, sulphur, manganese and phosphorus as impurities on the structure of iron and steel; effects of carbons, tellurium and vanadium on steel.

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Eickhoff, Henry, lawyer, born N.Y. City, Jan. 17, 1856; son of A. and Louise E. (Neueuschwander) Eickhoff.  Educated in public schools N.Y. City; College of St. Francis Xavier; LL.B., Columbia College, N.Y., 1875. Married Jessie M. Lowe, Sept. 13, 1882. Member law firm Lindley & Eickhoff. Member Merchants Exchange, Columbia College Alumni Assn. of Cal., Am., Cal. and San Francisco Bar Assn. Clubs, "The Family," Union League, San Fran. Commerce. Democrat. Residence, 1650 Lake St. Of-flee, 604 Mills Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

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Eidlitz, Otto Marc, builder, born, New York City, Sept. 18, 1860; son of Marc and Mathilde (Sohr) Eidlitz; prepared for college, College City of New York; graduated, Cornell University, B.C.E., 1881; C.E., 1890; married Anna May Thomas of Ohio. Superintendent for Marc Eidlitz & Son, 1881-84, member of firm of Marc Eidlitz & Son, 1884-92; head of the firm since 1892. Appointed tenement house commissioner, 1900, by Gov. Roosevelt; appointed commissioner by Gov. Hughes in 1909, on the Commission for Investigating Employers' Liability, Safety Appliances, and the Cause and Effect of Unemployment in the State of New York. Appointed in 1912 by Edward D. White, chief justice of the U.S., Martin A. Knapp, presiding judge of the Commerce Court, and Charles P. Neil, U.S. commissioner of labor, a member of the Board of Arbitration on the controversy between fifty-two railroads east of Chicago, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Director of the U.S. Mortar Supply Co., of the Colonial Assurance Co., The Mutual Bank, Germania Bank; trustee of the Bank for Savings; member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; member of the American Society Testing Materials, Executive Committee of the Civic Federation ; fellow of the Fine Arts Society, National Geographical Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art; member of the New York Chamber of Commerce, American Museum of Natural History; president of the Mason Builders' Association of New York, 1900-04; chair-man of the Board of Governors, Building Trades Employers' Association, 1903-05; member of the following clubs : Cornell University, Aldine, Transportation, Liederkranz, New York Athletic, Engineers, Lotos (New York) ; Chelsea Plantation, S.C.; Laurentian, Canada. D.U. Fraternity.

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Eilshemius, Louis M., artist, painter, author and composer of 123 East Twenty-third St., New York City, was born Feb. 4, 1864, in Laurel Hill, N.J. He has painted over three thousand works of fine art, and invented magic ink and the Eilshemius Gild. He has published a number of books, such as "Lady Vere," "Sweetbrier," and other books, and is also a composer of various songs, such as "Musical Moods," "Oenone," "Evening" and various other songs.

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Einsel, E. D., farmer and stock raiser; born Circleville, O., March 17, 1850; German descent; son of Lewis and Catherine (Dreisbach) Einsel; father was minister of gospel, farmer and stockman; paternal grandparents Henry and Barbara (Seitz) Einsel; maternal grandparents John and Fanny (Eyer) Dreisbach; educated in public schools of Indiana, near Lafayette, and spent three years in Northwestern College, Naperville, Ill.; Minister of Evangelical Association, and in active work in 1872-79; was a farmer and banker eight years; married twice, first Emma S. Miller, Aug. 6, 1872, second Sara R. Miller, Oct. 5, 1886; member Masons, Knights Templar, and Shrine, I.O.O.F., and K.P.; Republican ; moved to Nebraska from Indiana, in 1878, engaged in farming there a number of years ; served six months as Deputy County Treas.; in 1882 became Cashier York Ex-change Bank ; in 1883 assisted in organizing Commercial State Bank, Holdredge, Neb., and was elected Cashier of same, serving five years, and was president of same bank two years; member of State Senate of Neb., 1885-6; Delegate to Republican National Convention, 1888; Postmaster at Holdredge, Neb., 1897-1902; in 1890 engaged in real estate business and real estate loans; moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn,, in 1902, and engaged in real estate business, in 1905 entered farming near Murfreesboro, and is also engaged in stock raising; member of Presbyterian church.

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Elder, Mrs. Swan (Blanchard), born 1835, at Fort Jesup, on the Sabine River, a frontier post between Texas and Louisiana; daughter of Albert O. Blanchard, a graduate of West Point, who served through the Mexican War and also through the Civil War as Brigadier General; wife of Charles D. Elder, brother of the late W. H. Elder, Archbishop of Cincinnati. Her own brother, Rev. Dr. Henry Blanchard, is a distinguished Unitarian Divine of Portland, Me. Received her education at the Girls' High School, New Orleans, and at St. Michael's Convent, St. James garish, Louisiana. Taught mathematics in the New Orleans High School for many years; served as literary critic for the Morning Star (New Orleans), and was a contributor to the same paper. Became a Catholic in 1850; is a writer of Catholic essays and- of historical sketches for New Orleans papers. When the late poet, James R. Randall, was living obscure, and in straitened circumstances in New Orleans, as humble editor of a Catholic weekly, a few lines from the pen of Mrs. Elder aroused a wave of enthusiasm in his native Maryland, and the publication of his poem, Maryland, My Maryland, bore him back to fame and friends. She is also author of "Life of W. H. Elder, late Archbishop of Cincinnati," "Life of Abbi Rouquette, poet and missionary priest among the Choctaw Indians of Louisiana," and "Elder Flowers," a small book of verses. Address, 2221 Brainard St., New Orleans, La.

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Eldred, Byron E., mechanical engineer of 18 E. 41st St., New York City, was born, Jackson, Mich., Feb. 12, 1873; son of Z. C. and Helen (Carter) Eldred; educated Dartmouth Coll. Engaged in research work in mechanics and physics. Pres. Commercial Research Co.; pres. Johnson Electric Smelting, Inc. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Franklin Inst. and Royal Soc. of Arts, Lon-don. Clubs: Engineers, Chemists, National, Toronto, Authors, Royal Societies (London), Laboratory, Tuckahoe.

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Elliott, Charles Edgar, dealer in investment securities, born, Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 3, 1879; son of Joseph T. Elliott; educated in Wabash College and University of Michigan; married, Indianapolis, Ind., June 8, 1905, Gladys Wynn, vice-president of firm of Breed, Elliott & Harrison. Republican. Member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Clubs : University and Indianapolis Country Clubs of Indianapolis, University and Mid-Day Clubs of Chicago. Residence: Windemere, Chicago, Ill. Office: Borland Bldg.

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Ellis, William Henry, banker, broker, of 25 Pine St., New York City, was born Victoria, near Mexican frontier, June 15, 1864; son Carlos and Margarita (Nelsonia) Ellis; educated public and high schools; attended coll. Nashville, Tenn.; business course in N.Y. City ; married, Grace Ch., N.Y., May 27, 1903, Ida Maude Lefferts Sherwood; children: Guillermo Enrique, Jr., born Feb., 1904; Carlos Sherwood, born Sept. 10, 1905; Maude Victoria Taitu, born June 8, 1909; Porfirio Diaz and Sherwood
(twins), born May 25, 1912. Spent early days as cowboy on cattle ranches, Texas; inspector of customs, Brownsville, Texas; engaged in trading horses, cattle, etc., between Texas and Mexico, with headquarters at Victoria, Texas. Engaged in hide, wool and cotton business in Victoria, Cuero and San Antonio, Texas, and conducted large and successful business many years; opened branches in Albuquerque, New Mex., Phoenix, Ariz., and bought wool several seasons for San Francisco houses. Started cotton raising, Mexico, 1888 (considered pioneer of cotton industry in Mexico). Moved .to City of Mexico and began promotion of large railroad enterprise ; established office in N.Y., 1895, since which time has been engaged as broker; mg'r of estate of late B. B. Hotchkiss, 8 years; pres. (through manipulation of Hotchkiss Estate) N.Y. Westchester Water Co. (a $10,000,000 corp'n) many years; also pres. N.Y., Dist. Water Supply Co. and Upper-N.Y. Dist. Water Co. (both $2,000,000 corp'ns) ; several years dir. Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf R'y. Originator, dir. and gen. mg'r Consolidated Palo Amarillo Rubber Co., pres. and dir. Mexico & Toluca Light & Power Co., Mexican Securities & Construction Co. (which owns the Manning and Mackintosh claim against the Mexican Gov't for over $100,000,000, collection now being rigorously pushed by the law firms, Messrs. Stetson, Jennings & Russell, Nicoll, Anable, Lindsay & Fuller and Alexander & Green) ; dir. Mines Co. of Mexico, Two Brothers Gold & Silver Mining Co., Eliseo Gold-Silver Mining Co., Courtland Copper Co.; dir. and gen. mg'r N.Y. Water Co. and owner of many mines and concessions in Mexico; also several large bld'gs. Explorer and extensive traveler; one of first Americans to pioneer Central Africa and Abyssinia, and largely responsible for Commercial Treaty between U.S. and that empire. Appt'd by Pres. Roosevelt to deliver the treaty after it had been ratified by U.S. Senate to Abyssinian Gov't. Roman Catholic. Received decoration of highest order from Ethiopia; mem. Mexican Soc. of N.Y., Met. Museum of Art, Am. Geog. Soc., Zool. Garden; also other charitable inst'ns of N.Y. Recreation : Outdoor sports. Residence: Hotel Gillow, Mexico City, Mex.

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