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Condra, George Evert, of Lincoln, Nebr., was born, Seymour,
Ia., Feb. 2, 69. B.S., Nebraska, 97, A.M., 98, Ph.D.., 01. Head, science dept, Lincoln Nor.
Sch. 92-96; high sch. Lincoln, 96-02; instr. geog. and econ. geol., Nebraska, 02-03, asst.
prof. 03-01, assoc. prof., 04-05, prof. 05-, head of dept. Geography and Conservation 08-. Asst. Nebr. Geol.
Surv., 96-02, asst. state geologist, 02-; prof. geog. summer session, Cornell, 07-12; chairman, Nebr. Conservation Commission, 08
M.A.A.: Ass. Geog.; Micros. Soc.; Nat. Geog. Soc.; Nebr. Acad. (pres. 09); Nebr.
Sci. Teachers' Assn. (pres. 98). Cora. Natl. Ass 'n of Conservation-Commissioners; member Exec. Con. Natl. Cons. Congress; chairman 1914-15. Coal measure Bryozoa of Nebraska; Geography of Nebraska and agricultural geology of Nebraska; water supply; opening of the Indian Territory; sand and gravel resources and industries of Nebraska. Sand and gravel resources; land erosion; soil areas of Nebraska: agricultural geography and geology of the Great Plains.
Conklin, Roland Ray, banker, capitalist of 1 Wall St., New York City ; was born, Urbana, Ill., Feb. 1. 1858; s. Joseph Okell and Julia Louise (Hunt) Conklin; of Scotch-English descent; immediate
ances. John Conklin, settled North Shore of L. I., 1640 ; ed. Champaign, Ill. ; grad. University of Ill., 1880; honorary
Litt. M., 7890; in. Paris, France, May 4, 1898, Mary
Macfadden; children: Julia Cecilia, b. Feb. 1, 1899; Roland Hunt, b. June 23, 1901; Rosemary, b. July 20, 1908. In real estate business at Kansas City, 1880-1892; founder and
mem. largest real estate firm in Southern Kan., which developed vast resources of great West; headquarters were removed to New York City, 1893, same year the famous panic occurred, which drove company into liquidation; reorganization was effected, under N. Am. Trust Co., conducting general banking business. Company was appt'd fiscal agent for U. S. Gov't in Cuba, 1898, being first Am. company to begin business in Cuba after war. Elected v.-p., of corp 'n 1890, and resigned, 1899. Undertook numerous financial operations for development of Cuba, which have attained marked success. Was one of the principal organizers and founders of Nat. Bank of Cuba, Havana Telephone Co., and Cuban Telephone Co.; has been instrumental in reorganizing and consolidating numerous sugar cos., now being v.-p. Central Cuba Sugar Co., owning and operating four mills;
v.p. Central Moron Sugar Co., Jucaro & Moron Ry. Co. Developed system of railways and sugar mills, which is now engaged in combining and bldg. in Cuba; company operates the oldest r'y in Cuba, and with completion of about 300 miles of new road, and several sugar mills, company will open up richest sugar dist. on island. Has spent much time in travel, having made many trips abroad. Pres. Bunting Ass. Recreation : Collecting for valuable library. Clubs: St. Nicholas, Automobile of America,
Lotos, City Lunch, Nassau Country, Huntington Country,
Seawanhaka, Corinthian Yacht, Huntington Yacht, Am. of Havana, Havana Country. Residences: (Country) Rosemary Farm, Huntington, L. T. (has been residence of family since 1663), (City): 55th St. & 7th Ave.
Conley, William
G., attorney-general of West Virginia, was born Jan. 8, 1866, in Kingwood, W. Va., of Scotch-Irish parentage. He received a thorough education and graduated from West Virginia University with the degree of LL.B. For many years he was engaged in educational work and has been county superintendent of the free schools of Preston County, W. Va. He was also mayor of Parsons for one term. He is one of the rising lawyers of his state, and for two terms was states attorney for Tucker County, W. Va. He is also the editor of the Parsons City Advocate, and contributes extensively to current literature. Mr. Conley was a member of the Congressional Committee of the Second West Virginia District; chairman of the Republican Executive Committee of his county; and one of the assistant secretaries of the St. Louis convention that nominated McKinley for president in 1896. Since 1908 he has been attorney-general of West Virginia for term ending in 1913; and resides in Charleston, W. Va.
Connelly, John R., United States congressman from the sixth district of Kansas, was born Feb. 27, 1870, near Mount Sterling, Ill. He is editor and publisher of the Colby Free Press. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Colby, Kan.
Conner, Charles H., rancher and statesman of Eureka, Mont., was born Feb. 4, 1867, in Waseca County, Mont. He is a successful rancher; and has held several terms of office in the union of the W.F.M. In 1912 he was elected a representative to the Montana State Legislature from Cascade County on the Fusion ticket and from Lincoln County on the Socialist ticket; and is the first Socialist member to be elected to that office in Montana.
Conner, Daniel Marion,
judge; born, near Marion, Grant County, Ind., Mar. 12, 1843; son Lewis and Orpha (Reeves) C. Edu. district schools; studied law in 1871. In Dec. 1913, received degree of LL.B., from Hamilton College of Law, Chicago, Ill., for work in that institution; standing highest in real estate law. Married, Nettie Marie Jones, June 9, 1886. Justice of Peace of Wash. Township, 1880-81. Court Commissioner, Alameda County 2 years. In 1891, founded and edited "Hayward Review." Served as City Atty., City of Hayward. Edited "Lindsay Gazette," Lindsay Cal., 2 years. Del. Republican County Conv., 1906. Since Dec. 8, 1906, Justice of the Peace of Lindsay Township; nominated and elected by Republican, Democratic and Prohibition parties, Nov., 1910. On inc. of city of Lindsay, app. judge of Recorder's Court. Served through Civil War, as Orderly Sergeant; in command of Company K, 1st Ind. Cav., last year of war. Member: G. A. R., I. O. O. F., Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican League of Tulare Co. Progressive. Address: Lindsay, Tulare Co., Cal.
Conner, James Keyes, chief engineer Lake Erie & Western Rd. Office, Indianapolis, Ind.
Born April 12, 1871, at Wabash, Ind. Educated at Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1889-1891. Entered railway service June 15, 1895, as assistant engineer and supervisor of track, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Ry., since which he has been consecutively 1899 to 1900, assistant engineer Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rd.; 1900 to 1901, assistant engineer New York Central & Hudson River Rd.; 1901 to 1903, designer and draftsman Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Ry. ; for a short time engineer Chicago & Southeastern
Ry.; 1903 to 1905, engineer Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Rd.; 1905 to 1906, designer Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Ry.; 1906 to Feb. 10, 1914; since Chief Engineer L. E. & W. R. R.
Connolly, Maurice,
United State congressman from the third district of Iowa was born in Dubuque, Iowa. He is vice-president of the Dubuque Fire and Marine Insurance Company. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Dubuque, Iowa.
Connors, Maurice
S., general manager, was born June 7, 1858, 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 department same company; 1881 to 1883, train dispatcher Evansville and Terre Haute railroad at Evansville, Ind.; 1883 to 1887, train dispatcher Indianapolis division Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railway; 1887 to 1889, master transportation, same division; December, 1889, to May, 1590, superintendent Cincinnati and Indianapolis division same road; May to December, 1890, general superintendent Peoria and Pekin Union railway; December, 1890, to December, 1891, superintendent (Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad; December, 1891, to May 25, 1896, superintendent
Hocking Valley and Ohio river division Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railway; May 25, 1896, to March, 1899, superintendent same road; March, 1899, to May 1, 1910, general superintendent Hocking Valley railway, successor to the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railway; September, 1901, to July 1, 1909, also general superintendent Toledo and Ohio Central and Kanawha and Michigan railways; November, 1902, to July 1, 1909, also general superintendent Zanesville and Western railway. From May 1, 1910, to date, general manager Hocking Valley railway, Columbus, Ohio.
Conrad, William G.,
banker; born Clarke County, Va., Aug. 3, 1848; son James W. and Maria S. (Ashby) Conrad; descendant of Benj. Ashby, officer in the Rev. War. Educated common schools. President Conrad Banking Co., Granite Falls; Conrad Natl. Bank, Kalispell; Conrad Trust and Savings Bank, Helena; First State Bank, Livingston; Ponder Valley State Bank, Conrad; Conrad Tsti. Co., Conrad; Conrad Stanford Co., Helena; Conrad Circle Cattle Co., Alberta, Can.; Kalispell Tsti. Co., Kalispell; Mont. Life Ins. Co., Helena; state senator, Mont., 1879-80. Clubs: Montana (Helena); Silver Bow (Butte). Address: Helena, Mont.
Conrard, Harrison, lumberman; born 1869, in Ohio; educated at St. Xavier's College, Cincinnati, Ohio; removed to Arizona in 1899 and engaged in the lumber business; author of two volumes of verse, Idle Songs and Idle Sonnets, and
Quivira. Address: Flagstaff, Ariz.
Conry, Michael F., congressman, was born at Shenandoah, Pa., April 2, 1870. Taught school for seven years; attended the University of Michigan and graduated from that institution in 1896, receiving the degree of LL.B.; is a lawyer by profession; is married and has three children; served two years as assistant corporation counsel of the City of New York; was elected to the sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third congresses as a Democrat: and resides in New York City.
Converse, Harry
Elisha, capitalist; born Malden, Mass., May 7, 1863; son of Elisha Slade and Mary Diana (Edmands) Converse; educated in Malden and Boston schools, Chauncy Hall School; married, Malden, Dec. 2, 1891, Mary E. Parker; children: Elisha Edmand, Margaret Parker, Roger Wolcott, Mary. President and director Boston Rubber Shoe Co.; director United States Rubber Co., Glendale Elastic Fabrics Co., American Rubber Co., Boston Rubber Co., Bay State Rubber Co., Broadway Storage Co., Cotton and Woolen Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Co., East Boston Dry Dock Co., First National Bank of Malden, Metropolitan Storage Warehouse Co. In Second Brigade, Massachusetts Militia, in Spanish War, also colonel on Gov. Wolcott's staff. Trustee Pine Banks Park. Recreation : Yachting. Clubs: Algonquin, Boston Athletic, Exchange, Temple (Boston), Boston Art Club, Rubber Club of Amer., The Lambs; New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Calumet (New York City); Boston Yacht, Eastern Yacht, Beverly Yacht. Residence: The Moorings, Marion, Mass. Office: 101 Milk St., Boston.
Converse, John Williams, banker, farmer of Philadelphia, Pa., was born, Philadelphia, Pa., March 30, 1879; son John Heman and Elizabeth Perkins (Thompson) Converse; grad. Princeton Univ.
A.B., 1900; married Wiesbaden, Germany, Jan. 5, 1909, Hiltrud Carla Sophie
Schierenberg; one daughter, Sonja Elizabeth Louise, born Dec. 27, 1909. Formerly mg'r elec. dept Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia; now
mem. Cassatt & Co., bankers, formerly owner and mg'r XSX and T J Ranches, New Mexico. Serg't First Troop, Philadelphia City
Cav. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Soc. of Cincinnati, N. E. Soc. of Pa.,
Hist. Soc. of Pa., Bryn Mawr Horse Show Ass'n, Devon Horse Show
Ass'n. Trustee Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Presby'n Ch., Ardmore, (Pa.) Y. M. C. A., Museum of Univ. of Pa. Recreations: Polo, fox hunting. Clubs: Union League,
Rittenhouse, Racquet, Corinthian Yacht, Merion Cricket, Bryn Mawr Polo, Philadelphia Country, Radnor Hunt, Pickering Hunt Chester Valley Hunt Devon Polo, Point Judith Polo, Nassau, Ivy (Princeton Univ.), Point Judith Country, Princeton (N. Y.), Princeton (Philadelphia), Automobile of Philadelphia. Residence: (winter): 204 S. 19th St., Philadelphia; (summer): Chetwynde Rosemont, Pa. Address: 111 Commercial Trust
Bld'g, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Conwell, Russell Herrman, president of Temple University; born in Worthington, Mass., Feb. 15, 1843: son of Martin and Miranda
(Wickham) Conwell. He was educated in Yale University and Albany University. He has been engaged in law since 1865. Mr. Conwell was foreign correspondent of New York Tribune, 1870; commissioner of emigration of Minnesota, 1868; editor of Boston Traveler, 1872; founder of the Minneapolis Chronicle, now the Tribune, 1867. He was ordained Baptist minister of Lexington, Mass., 1879; founder of the Baptist Temple, Philadelphia, 1889; founder of the Temple University, Philadelphia, 1884; founder of Samaritan Hospital, Philadelphia, 1892; founder of the Philadelphia Law School, 1898; founder of the Philadelphia Medical College, 1900; founder of the Philadelphia Theological School in 1896, president of Garretson Hospital, Philadelphia, 1907, and president of the Philadelphia Dental College,1907. He was captain in the Massachusetts Volunteers, in 1863-1864, and staff officer in 1864-1865, and reached the grade of lieutenant-colonel. He is a Republican in politics, and has traveled extensively for the New York Tribune. Dr. Conwell is one of the most successful and popular of lecturers in lyceum and chautauqua courses, his lecture, "Acres of Diamonds" having been delivered over 5,000 times in 50 years. He married in Chicopee Falls, Mass., 1866, Jennie P. Hayden, and they have two children. Residence: 2020 North Broad St. Business address: Broad and Berks Sts., Philadelphia.
Cook, John
Williston, Normal school president; born, Oneida County, New York, April 20, 1844: son Harry DeWitt and Joanna (Hall) Cook; graduated Illinois State Normal University, 1865 (A.M., Knox, 1891; LL.D., Blackburn, 1896; U. of Illinois, 1904) ; married Lydia Farnham Spofford, of North Andover, Mass., Aug. 26, 1867. Principal public schools, Brimfield, Illinois, 1865-6; teacher Illinois State Normal U., 1866-90; president same, 1890-99; president Northern Illinois State Normal School, DeKalb, since July 1, 1899. Lecturer on educational subjects since 1870; editor and publisher Illinois Schoolmaster, 1874-76 (with E. C. Hewett); same of Illinois School Journal, 1883-86 (with R. R. Reeder). President Illinois State Teachers' Association, 1880, of Normal Department N.E.A., 1896, of N.E.A., 1904. Author: Normal series of arithmetics (with Miss N. Cropsey), 1892; History of Education in Illinois, 1912. Contributor to educational periodicals. Address: DeKalb, Ill.
Cook, William Wilson, lawyer, capitalist; born Hillsdale, Mich., April 16, 1858; son of John Potter and Martha (Wolford) Cook; graduated from University of Michigan,
A.B., 1880, LL.B., 1882, honorary LL.D. Admitted to New York Bar, 1883; one of trustees of Mackay Companies, general counsel for Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., Commercial Cable Co. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Author: Cook on Corporations; Cook on Stock and Stockholders. Clubs: Union League, Lawyers. Residence: 14 East 71st St. Office : 44 Wall St.
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Cooke, Helen Temple, educator of Wellesley, Mass., was born April 13, 1865, in Rutland, Vt. Since 1899 she has been principal of the Dana Hall School.
Cooke, Walter Platt, lawyer of Buffalo, N.Y., where he was born April 28, 1869; son Josiah P. and Alice A. (Baker) Cooke; editor Buffalo High School, Cornell University, LL.B., 1891 ; married, Buffalo, N.Y., May Louise Perry; children : Katharine, born 1897; Carlton, born 1898. Engaged in practice of law from 1891 ; member of law firm of
Kenefink, Cooke and Mitchell. Director: Depew Lake Em. Water Company, Western N.Y. Water Company, People's Bank of Buffalo, Buffalo General Electric Company, Buffalo Abstract and Title Company, Buffalo and Susquehanna Railway Company, and Frontier Telephone Company. Republican;
Universalist. Trustee: Buffalo Public Library, Buffalo Homeo. Hospital, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. President Cornell University Alumni Association, 1906; president Erie
County Bar Association, 1905. Member Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Clubs : Buffalo, Saturn, Country, Park, Liberal, Century.
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Coombs, William
J., merchant, congressman, banker, of 160 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., was born,
Jordan, Onondaga Co., N.Y., Dec. 24, 1833; son of Charles (soldier of war of 1812) and Mary
(Wooleaver) Coombs; educated Jordan Acad.; when
13 1/2 years old was denied admission to Union College on account of insufficient age; married, 1856, Josephine Adams, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; surviving children : William II., Jerome W., Mary C. Fox.
Was pioneer in business of introducing and exporting Am. manufactured goods to foreign countries, as
mem. of firms of Joseph II. Adams & Coombs, 1857-70; Coombs, Crosby & Eddy, 1870-96, doing business with every country in the world. Was elected to 52d and 53d congresses on tariff and financial issues; on retirement from congress was appointed government director of Union Pac. R.R. by Pres. Cleveland with special comm'n to arrange or collect the debt of the transcontinental railroads, amounting to about $125,000,000, due the government; was continued in that position by Pres. McKinley; devised the plan and actively supervised its execution, which resulted in collection of entire amount. Pres. Mf'rs Trust Co., of Brooklyn, from organization 1896 to 1903, when consolidated with Title Guarantee & Trust Co., since which time has been chm'n Advisory
Coln. of Brooklyn Branch. Pres. South Brooklyn Savings Inst'n since 1904. Served a term on B'd of Municipal Art Comm'n of N.Y. City. Was pres. Municipal Art Soc. of N.Y. Appointed a
mem. Advisory Council of Pratt Inst., by founder, and still serves in that capacity; trustee Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences since 1888; trustee Brooklyn Art Assn. and Brooklyn Soc. for Prevention Cruelty to Children. Recreation: Fishing. Clubs: Commonwealth (Pres.), Hamilton, Municipal Art.
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Cooper, H. H., wholesale clothing merchant, 33 John St., Utica; residence 348 Genesee St.
Born in London, England, April 5, 1840. Trustee Savings Bank of Utica, and Westminster Presbyterian Society. Director Oneida National Bank. Member Fort Schuyler Club.
Cooper, Henry Allen, congressman, was born in Walworth County, Wis. He was elected district attorney of Racine County, and was reelected without opposition in 1882 and 1884. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention of 1884; a member of the Board of Education of the City of Racine in 1886-87, and was a member of the State Senate 1887-89. He was a member of the fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses as a Republican. He was reelected to the sixty-third congress from the First District of Wisconsin for the term of 1913-15.
Cooper, John Steel, planing mill man; born Malone Island. June 28, 1818; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William and Margaret (Most) Cooper; father, cabinetmaker. Address:
Quebeck, Tenn.
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Copeland, Royal Samuel, physician, author, was born Nov. 7, 1868, in Dexter, Mich. He was professor of ophthalmology and otology at the University of Michigan for 13 years. Since 1908 has held the same chair in and the deanship of the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Flower Hospital, N. Y. City. Ex-president American Institute of Homeopathy and of the American Homeopathic,
Ophthalmological, Otological and Laryngological Society. He is the author of Textbook on Refraction.
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Copley, Ira Clifton, congressman, born in Knox County, Ill., Oct. 25, 1864. His family moved to Aurora in 1867. He graduated from Yale College in 1887, receiving the degree of bachelor of arts; graduated from Union College of Law, Chicago, in 1889, and has been connected with the gas and electric business in Aurora since that year; is married; was elected to the sixty-second and sixty-third congresses.
Source:
Men of 1914, Chicago, Ill, 1915
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