Men of 1914 Biographical Sketches
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Kissam, Henry Snyder, architect; born, in New York City, Feb. 22, 1866; son of Benjamin Adrian and Sara A. (Snyder) Kissam. He was educated in public schools and by private tutor, and was graduated from Columbus University in the architectural course with the degree of B.S., 1886, and studied in Paris, 1886-1888. Mr. Kissam resided in Tacoma and practiced architecture in Washington State, 1888-1892, and since 1892 has practiced in New York City. Republican; Episcopalian ; executor of the Estate of Benjamin A. Kissam, Administrator of the Estate of Col. Henry D. H. Snyder ; vice-president of the Rosenfield Kissam Co. He is a member of the Architectural League of New York City; president of the Alumni Association of the School of Architecture of Columbia University; member of the Alumni Association of the School of Mines of Columbia University and of its Board of Governors; member of the American Society for Promoting Efficiency, the Psi Upsilon fraternity, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Order of Founders and Patriots of America and of The University, Psi Upsilon and Columbia University Aldine Clubs of New York City. Residence : 255 West 97th St. Address : 25 Madison Ave., New York City.

Kitchin, Claude, United States congressman from the second district of North Carolina, was born March 24, 1869, in Halifax County, N.C. Since 1890 he has been engaged in the practice of law. He was elected to the fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty- ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses ; was reelected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Scotland Neck, N.C.

Klein, Paul, lumberman of 201 West Madison St., Iola, Kan., was born Sept. 7, 1856, in Mascautah, Ill. He has been in the mercantile business since 1887 at Utica, Kan. He is now state senator from the fourteenth senatorial district of Kansas.

Klotz, Dr. Oskar, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. Pathology, bacteriology. Born Preston, Ont., Jan. 21, 1878. M. B., Toronto, 1902; governor's fellow, McGill, 1903-04, M.D., 1906; Bonn, 1904-05. House physician, Ottawa Gen. Hosp., 1902; supt., Ottawa Civic Hosp., 1903; demonstrator bacter., McGill., 1905- 08 ; lecturer path., 1908-09; prof. path. and bacter., Pittsburgh, 1910. Assistant pathologist, Royal Victoria Hosp., Montreal; pathologist, Maternity and Alexandra Hospitals, Montreal. Soc. Exp. Biol.; Ass'n Path. and Bact. ; Soc. Bact. ; Soc. Biol. Chem.; Ass'n Med. Mus.; Can. Med. Ass'n ; Ont. Col. Physicians and Surg.; Montreal Medico-Chirurg. Soc.; Path. Gesell. Arteriosclerosis and diseases of arteries; calcareous degeneration ;. osteogenesis imperfect; variability of B. coli; fatty kidney.—Medical diseases of arteries ; diseases of the liver.

Knapp, Sewell A., owner and broker in land, oil and mines; born Columbia, Tuolumne County, Cal., Sept. 9, 1854; son Sewell Crosby and Caroline (Gilman) Knapp. Public school and academic education. Married Louisa K. Schwilk, May 31, 1877, at San Jose, Cal. One of the principal owners of the Black Oak Mine, Black Oak Development Co., Black Oak, Tuolumne County, Cal. Member Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Soc. of Chemical Industry of London, Soc. Cal. Pioneers. Author of articles on recovery of sodium carbonate in Great Basin; Vol. 7, Mineral Industry, 1899; also articles in various papers; consulting engineer American Potash, Inc. (manufacturing potash and by-products from kelp). Residence : 2821 Woolsey St., Berkeley ; office : 1111 Merchants Nat. Bank Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

Kneeland, Andrew Delos, lawyer ; born Binghamton, N.Y., May 6, 1863; son Andrew Jackson and Lucy Adaline (Parker) Kneeland ; educated Augusta (N.Y.) Acad., Colgate Acad. (Hamilton, N.Y.), grad. 1884 (honors), Madison Univ., Hamilton, N.Y., A.B., 1888; married April 21, 1887, Martha H. Seymour ; children : Joy Pauline, born 1891; Belle Genevieve, born 1893. Admitted to all courts of record of state, 1888, at Syracuse, to Federal Court later, and to U.S. Supreme Court, 1900; senior mem. law firm of Kneeland, Files and Reese. City attorney of Rome, N.Y., 1891-96; partner of Judge Isaac J. Evans, county judge of Oneida County, several years; later of the Hon. Howard C. Wiggins of Rome, N.Y., and of Hon. John C. Evans of Rome, N.Y., several years. Removed and came to N.Y. City, 1902. Republican ; Unitarian. Mason, 32 degree K.T., and all Masonic bodies; past master and past commander. Member of N.Y. State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Bar Association of the City of New York, and N.Y. County Lawyers' Association ; also several clubs. Residence : 220 W. 98th St. Address : 115 Broadway, N.Y. City.

Knight, Augustus S., medical director (life insurance) ; born Manchester, Mass., Nov. 21, 1864; son of John and Deborah (Carleton) Knight ; educated Phillips Andover Acad., Harvard Univ., A.B., 1887, M.D., 1891; married, Boston, Oct. 1, 1891, Abbie F. Knight. Med. director Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Episcopalian. Mem. N.Y. Acad. Medicine, Harvard, Med. Soc. of N.Y. City. Clubs : Harvard, Manhattan, Somerset Hills Country, Essex Fox Hounds. Address : 1 Madison Ave., N.Y. City.

Knight Harry E., lawyer, 2 Rector St., New York City ; residence, Boston, N. J. Born in Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 17, 1860. Educated at Chickering Institute, Cincinnati, and Georgetown (D.C.) Law School. (Married.) Member of the firm of Knight Bros. Member Lawyers, Engineers and Westfield Golf Clubs.

Knight, Henry Granger, of Laramie, Wyo. Chemistry, was born, Bennington, Kan., July 21, 1878. A.B., Washington (Seattle), 1902, A.M., 1904; fellow elect., Chicago, 1903. Asst. chem., Washington (Seattle), 1900-01, instr., 1901-02; asst. Chicago, 1902-03; asst. prof., Washington (Seattle), 1903-04; prof. Wyoming and state chemist, Wyo., 1904-11; director, Exp. Sta., 1910-; dean Ag. College, 1912-. Potable waters ; effect of salt solutions upon seeds.—Food adulterations: Wyoming forage plants; soil; wool ; poisonous plants ; soil nitrogen ; meteorology.

Knopf, S. Adolphus, physician and surgeon of New York City, was born Nov. 27, 1857, in Germany. He received a thorough education ; and has attained success as a noted consulting physician of New York City. He was vice-president of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis; and in 1905 was a delegate to the International Tuberculosis Congress at Paris, France. He is a director in the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis; and associate-director of the Health Department's clinic for pulmonary diseases. In 1913 he was awarded the Hodgkins prize offered by the Smithsonian Institution on the subject of The Relationship of Atmospheric Air to Tuberculosis.

Knowland, Joseph Russell, congressman, was born Aug. 5, 1873, in Alameda, Cal. He is associated with his father, Joseph Knowland, in the wholesale lumber and shipping business; and is a director of the Union Savings Bank of Oakland and the Alameda National Bank and Alameda Savings Bank of Alameda. Was a member of the California Legislature, 1899-1903, and in 1904-05 was a member of the fifty-eighth congress as a Republican to fill vacancy and a member of the fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty- first and sixty-second congresses. He was re-elected to the sixty-third congress from the third district of California for the term of 1913-15.

Knowles, William Hyer; born in Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 27, 1857; son of Peter and Josephine (flyer) Knowles. He attended Pensacola's private schools and the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn., and has been connected with banks as clerk and officer ever since leaving school. He is an Independent Democrat, an Episcopalian, a Mason, Knight Templar, and Shriner. His favorite recreation is golf. Mr. Knowles is a member of the Army and Navy and Lawyers' Clubs of New York City, and of the Osceola and Pensacola Country Clubs of Pensacola. He married in Newbern, N.C., Nov. 24, 1885, Mary Daves Ellis (eldest daughter of Governor John W. Ellis, who was governor of North Carolina in 1860), and they have five children. Residence : "Harbourview," Pensacola. Office : Pensacola, Fla.

Knox, Willis Robert, farmer, banker ; born Intercourse, Pa., July 3, 1871; orphan in infancy; foster parents: Robert J. Knox and Mary Ann (Diller) Knox; 'educated public schools of Intercourse, Pa.; attended Millersville State Normal School, summers of 1889 and 1890. Taught public school from 1889 to 1898; grew and sold farm seeds for ten years ; gave up seed business to devote entire time to the Intercourse Bank, which he had helped to organize ; president and director First National Bank of Intercourse, Pa., secretary and director Intercourse Telephone and Telegraph Co.; director Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association. Served three years as county committeeman of township. Democrat. 

Kokes, Vincent, banker ; born in Bohemia, March 16, 1866; son of Joseph and Anna (Borka) Kokes ; educated public schools and realschule, Bohemia ; married, Wahoo, Neb., Sept. 20, 1892, Lydia Ledvina ; one son. Came to the United States alone and settled at Ord Valley County, Neb., Dec., 1881, where started to work in drug store ; opened drug store under the firm name Schaffer & Kokes at the age of 21; purchased Mr. Schaffer's interest 1891, becoming sole owner and selling same, 1893. Cashier Ord State Bank, 1900-1908; since then president : also director Bank of Scotia, Scotia, Neb. Elected county clerk of Valley County, Neb., four consecutive terms; served on City Council, Board of Education and city treasurer of Ord, Neb. Republican ; Catholic. Knight of Pythias. United Workman. Address: Ord.