Name: William James Beal
Occupation : botanist
Born : Mar. 11, 1833
Died : May 12, 1924
See Who's Who Vol. XI (1920-1921)
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 164 (Necrology : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
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Monday, October 26, 2015
Bayne, Samuel Gamble : 1844-1924
Name : Samuel Gamble Bayne
Occupation : banker
Born : Ulster, Ireland, Nov. 11, 1844
Died : Apr. 22, 1924
Parents : Son of Peter and Margaret Bayne
Education : Royal Academy School and Queens College, Belfast
Married : Emily Kelsey, of New York, Oct. 1874
Started business in office of Sir James Hamilton, Belfast; later linen manufacturer in Belfast until Mar.1869; came to U.S., went to oil regions, 1870; drilled many wells there; went around the world 1874-1875; started in banking business in Bradford, Pa, organizing First National Bank and becoming its first president; afterwards organizing national banks in Texas, Kansas, Mississippi, Minnesota and Ohio; organized Seaboard National Bank, 1883, now chairman of the board; president Atlas Improvement Company, Riverside Drive Property Association, New York; Produce Exchange Safe Deposit and Storage Company; director Bankers Trust Company.
Club : New York Athletic
Author : Pith of Astronomy, 1896; On an Irish Jaunting Car Through Donegal and Connemara, 1902; Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel, 1909
Home : White Plains, New York and 853 Seventh Avenue
Office : 18 Broadway, New York, New York
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 348.
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Occupation : banker
Born : Ulster, Ireland, Nov. 11, 1844
Died : Apr. 22, 1924
Parents : Son of Peter and Margaret Bayne
Education : Royal Academy School and Queens College, Belfast
Married : Emily Kelsey, of New York, Oct. 1874
Started business in office of Sir James Hamilton, Belfast; later linen manufacturer in Belfast until Mar.1869; came to U.S., went to oil regions, 1870; drilled many wells there; went around the world 1874-1875; started in banking business in Bradford, Pa, organizing First National Bank and becoming its first president; afterwards organizing national banks in Texas, Kansas, Mississippi, Minnesota and Ohio; organized Seaboard National Bank, 1883, now chairman of the board; president Atlas Improvement Company, Riverside Drive Property Association, New York; Produce Exchange Safe Deposit and Storage Company; director Bankers Trust Company.
Club : New York Athletic
Author : Pith of Astronomy, 1896; On an Irish Jaunting Car Through Donegal and Connemara, 1902; Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel, 1909
Home : White Plains, New York and 853 Seventh Avenue
Office : 18 Broadway, New York, New York
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 348.
You can visit the memorial page for Samuel Gamble Bayne
Bates, Lindon Wallace : 1858-1924
Name: Lindon Wallace Bates
Occupation : civil engineer
Born : Nov. 19, 1858
Died : Apr. 22, 1924
See Vol. 12 (1922-1923)
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 164 (Necrology : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
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Occupation : civil engineer
Born : Nov. 19, 1858
Died : Apr. 22, 1924
See Vol. 12 (1922-1923)
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 164 (Necrology : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Lindon Wallace Bates, Sr
Baldwin, William James : 1844-1924
Name: William James Baldwin (St. John)
Occupation : mechanical engineer
Born : June 14, 1844, on shipboard, birth recorded at Waterford, Ireland
Died : May 7, 1924
Parents : Son of Captain John and Glovanna Caterina [San Giovanni] Baldwin
Education: Boston and Charlottetown (St. Dunstan’s) P.E.I., 2 years special training in naval architecture; studied navigation drawing, engineering and physics; married.
Began in mechanical engineering and naval architecture, 1863; special work in naval construction during Civil War; was with Donald McKay, “prince of ship builders”, at East Boston, in the construction of 3 monitors and the conversion of several blockade runners into U.S. cruisers; in the Brazilian service as assistant naval construction, 1866-1867.
Was the first domestic engineer in the high building of New York, the old Tribune Building being among his early works; consulting engineer and designer for the U.S. War College, Washington, DC., U.S. Immigrant Station, New York Harbor, U.S. Soldiers’ Home Tennessee, etc. and consulting engineer for Department of Health, City of New York hospitals and power plants; over 24 years consulting engineer for New York Telephone Company and Empire City Subway Company.
Associate editor Engineering Record 1880-1889; lecturer and professor of thermal engineering Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Member of Commission American Society of Mechanical Engineers that formulated the standard pipe threads, (known as “The Briggs formula) for U.S.A and Canada, 1886; member of the international commission for the formulation of an international standard for pipes and fittings; member of special committee American Society of Mechanical Engineers for electric screw thread standards.
Honorable member of American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers; member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Telephone Pioneers of America, life member American Institute of Architects (Brooklyn chapter).
Author : Steam Heating for Buildings, 1881; Hot Water Heating and Fitting, 1887; Baldwin on Heating, 1890; Data for Heating and Ventilation, 1897; An Outline on Ventilating and Warming, 1899; The Ventilation of the School-Room, 1901; contributor to Dictionary of Architecture and Building.
Home : 151 Halsey Street
Office : 5 Court Square, Brooklyn, New York
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 295 (Necrology page 164).
You can visit the memorial page for William James Baldwin.
Occupation : mechanical engineer
Born : June 14, 1844, on shipboard, birth recorded at Waterford, Ireland
Died : May 7, 1924
Parents : Son of Captain John and Glovanna Caterina [San Giovanni] Baldwin
Education: Boston and Charlottetown (St. Dunstan’s) P.E.I., 2 years special training in naval architecture; studied navigation drawing, engineering and physics; married.
Began in mechanical engineering and naval architecture, 1863; special work in naval construction during Civil War; was with Donald McKay, “prince of ship builders”, at East Boston, in the construction of 3 monitors and the conversion of several blockade runners into U.S. cruisers; in the Brazilian service as assistant naval construction, 1866-1867.
Was the first domestic engineer in the high building of New York, the old Tribune Building being among his early works; consulting engineer and designer for the U.S. War College, Washington, DC., U.S. Immigrant Station, New York Harbor, U.S. Soldiers’ Home Tennessee, etc. and consulting engineer for Department of Health, City of New York hospitals and power plants; over 24 years consulting engineer for New York Telephone Company and Empire City Subway Company.
Associate editor Engineering Record 1880-1889; lecturer and professor of thermal engineering Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Member of Commission American Society of Mechanical Engineers that formulated the standard pipe threads, (known as “The Briggs formula) for U.S.A and Canada, 1886; member of the international commission for the formulation of an international standard for pipes and fittings; member of special committee American Society of Mechanical Engineers for electric screw thread standards.
Honorable member of American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers; member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Telephone Pioneers of America, life member American Institute of Architects (Brooklyn chapter).
Author : Steam Heating for Buildings, 1881; Hot Water Heating and Fitting, 1887; Baldwin on Heating, 1890; Data for Heating and Ventilation, 1897; An Outline on Ventilating and Warming, 1899; The Ventilation of the School-Room, 1901; contributor to Dictionary of Architecture and Building.
Home : 151 Halsey Street
Office : 5 Court Square, Brooklyn, New York
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 295 (Necrology page 164).
You can visit the memorial page for William James Baldwin.
Adams, Charles : 1847-1924
Name : Charles Adams
Occupation : Surgeon
Born : May 29, 1847
Died : May 6, 1924
See Vol. VIII (1914-1915)
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 164 (Necrology : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Charles Adams.
Occupation : Surgeon
Born : May 29, 1847
Died : May 6, 1924
See Vol. VIII (1914-1915)
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 164 (Necrology : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Charles Adams.
Baker, Purley Albert : 1858-1924
Name : Purley Albert Baker
Occupation : Clergyman
Born : Jackson, County, Ohio, Apr. 10, 1858
Parents : Son of Albert and Marinda Baker
Education : common and normal schools
Married : Lillie I. Greene, of Washington C.H., Ohio, Aug. 27, 1884.
Ordained Methodist Episcopal Ministry, 1884
Pastor of Jasper, Ohio 1883-1884; Racine, Ohio 1884-1888; Gallipolis, Ohio 1888-1893; Columbus, Ohio 1893-1895
In charge of Cleveland District, Ohio Anti-Saloon League 1896; state superintendent 1897-1903; general superintendent Anti-Saloon League of America since 1903
Ministerial member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, 1908, 1912, 1916.
Address : Westerville, Ohio
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 288 (Necrology on Page 164).
You can visit the memorial page for Purley Albert Baker
Occupation : Clergyman
Born : Jackson, County, Ohio, Apr. 10, 1858
Parents : Son of Albert and Marinda Baker
Education : common and normal schools
Married : Lillie I. Greene, of Washington C.H., Ohio, Aug. 27, 1884.
Ordained Methodist Episcopal Ministry, 1884
Pastor of Jasper, Ohio 1883-1884; Racine, Ohio 1884-1888; Gallipolis, Ohio 1888-1893; Columbus, Ohio 1893-1895
In charge of Cleveland District, Ohio Anti-Saloon League 1896; state superintendent 1897-1903; general superintendent Anti-Saloon League of America since 1903
Ministerial member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, 1908, 1912, 1916.
Address : Westerville, Ohio
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 288 (Necrology on Page 164).
You can visit the memorial page for Purley Albert Baker
Francis, Tench - 1806
1806, 28 October
Joshua Fisher, son of Thomas died this morning. He has not long been married. He married Tench Francis's daughter.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 622 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Joshua Fisher, son of Thomas died this morning. He has not long been married. He married Tench Francis's daughter.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 622 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Wharton, Robert - 1804
1804, 20 December
James C. Fisher was married this evening to Nancy Wharton, daughter of Jos'h Wharton, by Robert Wharton, alderman. She was his first wife's cousin, and they could not be allowed marriage in meeting.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 621 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
James C. Fisher was married this evening to Nancy Wharton, daughter of Jos'h Wharton, by Robert Wharton, alderman. She was his first wife's cousin, and they could not be allowed marriage in meeting.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 621 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Hey, John (Rev) -1804
1804, 16 October
From Poulson's paper of this evening: "Married on Saturday evening last, by the Rev. John Hey, Doctr. Elijah Perkins to Miss Susan Stephenson, daughter of Rob't Stephenson, Esq. deceased".
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 621 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
From Poulson's paper of this evening: "Married on Saturday evening last, by the Rev. John Hey, Doctr. Elijah Perkins to Miss Susan Stephenson, daughter of Rob't Stephenson, Esq. deceased".
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 621 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Thomas, Tammy - 1804
1804, 22 September
Tamazine Thomas was here in the forenoon. She is providing bridal apparel for her daughter Tammy, who is to be married to Sam'l Haines. Will probably be the first couple married at Downingtown Meeting House.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 621 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Tamazine Thomas was here in the forenoon. She is providing bridal apparel for her daughter Tammy, who is to be married to Sam'l Haines. Will probably be the first couple married at Downingtown Meeting House.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 621 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Stewardson, T - 1804
1804, 6 September
Peter went this afternoon with our old shabby carriage to attend the funeral of Joseph Baker's widow [Hester, age 79], by desire of T. Stewardson, of whose wife she was aunt. Her name was formerly Head.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 621 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Peter went this afternoon with our old shabby carriage to attend the funeral of Joseph Baker's widow [Hester, age 79], by desire of T. Stewardson, of whose wife she was aunt. Her name was formerly Head.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 621 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
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