Name : Julian Shakespeare Carr
Occupation : retired manufacturer
Born : Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 12, 1845
Died : Apr. 29, 1924
Parents : Son of John Wesley and Eliza P. Carr
Education : graduated from University of North Carolina
Served in Barringer's brigade , Hampton's Corps, C.S.A., Army of Northern Virginia.
Engaged in business; president Bull Durham Tobacco Company; First National Bank of Durham, Ormond Mining Company; vice president North Carolina Joint Stock Bank; director Durham Hosiery Mills. President of Southern Memorial Association (Battle Abbey), Richmond, Virginia; president of the board Durham Public Library; trustee of the North Carolina Children's Home Society University of North Carolina, Methodist Orphanage, Women's College (Greensboro, N.C.), Training School for Colored People (Durham), College (colored people) (Augusta, Ga.), American University (Washington, D.C.), Old Ladies' Home (Durham), Confederate Home for Women (Fayetteville, N.C.), Methodist Chautauqua(Junaluska, N.C.), etc.; president of Confederate Soldiers' Home (Raleigh, N.C.); member Durham Board of Education.
Formerly major general commander North Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans, lt. general commanding Army Northern Virginia, also former commander in chief United Confederate Veterans, now honorable commander in chief for life.
Delegate to Ecumenical Methodist Conference, London and Robert Balkes S.S. Centennial. Volunteer aide to Herbert C. Hoover, federal food administrator, Washington, 1917-1919.
Home : Durham, N.C.
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 658 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Julian Shakespeare Carr.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Byllesby, Henry Marison : 1859-1924
Name : Henry Marison Byllesby
Occupation : electrical engineer
Born : Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 16, 1859
Died : May 1, 1924
Parents : Son of Rev. DeWitt Clinton and Sarah (Mathews) Byllesby
Education : Lehigh University, Pa.
Married : Margaret Stearns Baldwin, of Roselle, N.J., June 15, 1882.
Was associated with Thomas A. Edison in the early days of electric lighting in N.J., and has been identified with many movements and advances in electric enterprises.
Now president of H. M. Byllesby & Company engineers, Chicago; also officer and director of Mobile Electric Company, Alabama; Ft. Smith Light & Traction Company, Arkansas; Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Enid Electric & Gas Company, Oklahoma; Muskogee Gas & Electric Company, Oklahoma; Ottumwa Railway & Light Company, Iowa; San Diego Consolidated Gas & Electric Company, California; Standard Gas & Electric Company, California; Arkansas Valley Railway Light & Power Company, Colorado; Securities Exchange Company, Northern States Power Company, Shaffer Oil & Refining Company.
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Western Society of Engineers, National Electric Light Association, National Civic Federation (executive committee), Universal Military Training League (executive committee), Chicago Civic Federation, member of executive committee St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago; director of Chicago Civic Federation.
Clubs : Chicago, Union League, University, Mid-Day, Commercial, Glen View Golf (Chicago); Metropolitan, Recess (New York); Minneapolis (Minneapolis); Arlington (Portland, Oregon); Lake Geneva Country (Wisconsin)
Politics: Republican.
Commissioned Lt. Col. U.S.A., and assigned to headquarters of Chief Signal Officer, Washington.
Purchasing agent in Great Britain and Scandinavian countries for American Expeditionary Forces, headquartered in London, June-Dec., 1918, when honorably discharged. Awarded D.S.O. (British).
Office : 208 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill.
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 614 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Henry Marison Byllesby.
Occupation : electrical engineer
Born : Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 16, 1859
Died : May 1, 1924
Parents : Son of Rev. DeWitt Clinton and Sarah (Mathews) Byllesby
Education : Lehigh University, Pa.
Married : Margaret Stearns Baldwin, of Roselle, N.J., June 15, 1882.
Was associated with Thomas A. Edison in the early days of electric lighting in N.J., and has been identified with many movements and advances in electric enterprises.
Now president of H. M. Byllesby & Company engineers, Chicago; also officer and director of Mobile Electric Company, Alabama; Ft. Smith Light & Traction Company, Arkansas; Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Enid Electric & Gas Company, Oklahoma; Muskogee Gas & Electric Company, Oklahoma; Ottumwa Railway & Light Company, Iowa; San Diego Consolidated Gas & Electric Company, California; Standard Gas & Electric Company, California; Arkansas Valley Railway Light & Power Company, Colorado; Securities Exchange Company, Northern States Power Company, Shaffer Oil & Refining Company.
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Western Society of Engineers, National Electric Light Association, National Civic Federation (executive committee), Universal Military Training League (executive committee), Chicago Civic Federation, member of executive committee St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago; director of Chicago Civic Federation.
Clubs : Chicago, Union League, University, Mid-Day, Commercial, Glen View Golf (Chicago); Metropolitan, Recess (New York); Minneapolis (Minneapolis); Arlington (Portland, Oregon); Lake Geneva Country (Wisconsin)
Politics: Republican.
Commissioned Lt. Col. U.S.A., and assigned to headquarters of Chief Signal Officer, Washington.
Purchasing agent in Great Britain and Scandinavian countries for American Expeditionary Forces, headquartered in London, June-Dec., 1918, when honorably discharged. Awarded D.S.O. (British).
Office : 208 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill.
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 614 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Henry Marison Byllesby.
Brenner, Victor David : 1871-1924
Name : Victor David Brenner
Occupation : medalist, sculptor
Born : Shavly, Russia, Jun. 12, 1871
Died : Apr. 5, 1924
Parents : Son of George and Sarah [Margolis] Brenner
Arrived at New York City, May 17, 1890; started business as a die cutter, 1893; went to Paris, 1898, and became pupil of Louis Oscar Roty; exhibited at Paris Exposition and Salon, 1900, Buffalo, 1904, St. Louis, 1904 receiving awards from each.
Has works in Paris Mint, Munich Glyptothek, Vienna Numismatic Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Numismatic Society, New York, Luxembourg Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Won gold medal at the International Exposition, Brussels, 1910.
Member of American Numismatic and Archeological Society, National Sculpture Society, Architectural League, Arts Club New York
Address : 119 East 19th Street, 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 501 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Victor David Brenner
Occupation : medalist, sculptor
Born : Shavly, Russia, Jun. 12, 1871
Died : Apr. 5, 1924
Parents : Son of George and Sarah [Margolis] Brenner
Arrived at New York City, May 17, 1890; started business as a die cutter, 1893; went to Paris, 1898, and became pupil of Louis Oscar Roty; exhibited at Paris Exposition and Salon, 1900, Buffalo, 1904, St. Louis, 1904 receiving awards from each.
Has works in Paris Mint, Munich Glyptothek, Vienna Numismatic Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Numismatic Society, New York, Luxembourg Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Won gold medal at the International Exposition, Brussels, 1910.
Member of American Numismatic and Archeological Society, National Sculpture Society, Architectural League, Arts Club New York
Address : 119 East 19th Street, 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 501 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Victor David Brenner
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