Men of 1914 Biographical Sketches
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Lambert, John, manufacturer; born in Hunterdon County, N.J., Jan. 12, 1847. After the usual course in the common schools he entered business life and in 1874 went west, locating at Joliet, where in 1879 he engaged in the manufacture of fencing wire, until 1892, when he became associated with Isaac L. Ellwood, John W. Gates and other manufacturers in the organization of the Consolidated Steel and Wire Company, of which he was vice- president and general manager, and this in turn was merged in the American Steel and Wire Company, organized 1899, of which he became president, and which is now a part of the United States Steel Corporation. He is now president of the Mines Company of America, the Dolores Mines Company and other corporations. He is a Republican in politics and was a colonel on the staff of Governor Tanner of Illinois, 1897-1901. Address: The American Steel and Wire Company, The Rookery, Chicago.

Lambert, Preston Albert, of 215 S. Center St., Bethlehem, Pa. Mathematics. Was born, Hellertown, Pa., Oct. 30, 1862. A.B., Lehigh, 1883, A.M., 1892; Göttingen and Berlin 1892-93. Teacher, high school, Washington, D.C., 1883-84; instr. math., Lehigh, 1885-96; asst. prof., 1896-1906; prof., 1906-. F.A.A.; Math. Soc.; Eng. Educ.; Philos. Soc. Solution of algebraic equations in series.—Building up solutions of differential equations.

Lambert, Samuel W., physician, of 130 E. 35th St., New York City, was born, N.Y. City, June 18, 1859; son of Edward W. and Martha Melcher (Waldron) Lambert; educated in private schools, N.Y. City, Yale, A.B., 1880, Ph.B., 1882; Columbia (Coll. Phys. and Surg.), M.D., 1885; Yale, hon. A.M., 1905; married, N.Y. City, Oct. 21, 1893, Elizabeth Willets; children: Helen W., born 1895; Samuel W., Jr., born 1897; Martha, born 1899. Attending surgeon to N.Y. Lying-in Hosp., 1892-1903; attending physician to Nursery and Child's Hosp., 1890-1896, to N.Y. Hosp., 1896-1909; St. Luke's Hosp. since 1906. Prof. clinical medicine and dean Coll. Phys. and Surg. since 1904. Mem. N.Y. Acad. Med., Columbia Univ., Assn. Am. Phys., Am. Gastro-Enterol. Assn.; trustee Roosevelt Hosp. Clubs: University, Century, Racquet and Tennis, Yale, Grolier, Riding, St. Andrews Golf.

Lamia, Vincent Robert, fruit and produce broker and commission merchant, of 204 Franklin St., New York City, was born, New Orleans, La., Aug. 31, 1873; son of Gaspar and Mary Grace (Farrari) Lamia; educated in New Orleans public schools, 1879-1889; Tulane Law School, 1897-98; married, New Orleans, La., June 6, 1905, Madeline Fabacher; children: Madeline Fabacher, born April 10, 1906; Vincent Robert, Jr., born Sept. 24, 1907; Natalie Miriam, born Aug. 18, 1909; Lydia Grace, born June 10, 1911; Lillian Leonora, born Sept. 25, 1912. Independent Democrat; Catholic.

Lamson-Scribner, Prof. Frank, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Agriculture, botany. Born in Cambridgeport, Mass., April 19, 1851. B.S., Maine, 1873. Teacher Maine public schools; officer, Girard, Phila., 1876-84; asst. botanist, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1884-85; chief, sect. veg. path., 1885-87; prof. bot. and hort., Tennessee, 1887-94; chief, div. of agrost., U.S. Dept. Agr., 1894-1901; Insular Bur. Agr., PI, 1901-04; special agent and agrostologist, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1904. Director, Agr. Exp. Sta., Tennessee, 1889-94; in charge exhibits, bur. plant in- dust., U.S. Dept. Agr., La. Purchase Expo., 1904, Lewis and Clark Expo., 1905, Jamestown Expo., 1907, Alaska-Yukon Expo.,, 1909, International Agr. Expo., Buenos Ayres, Argentina, 1910, International Expo. at Turin, Italy, 1911, International Dry-farmed Products Expo., Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, 1912, International Dry-farmed Products Expo., 1913. Member Government Exhibit Board, Panama-Pacific Expo. Chevalier Mérite agricole. Phila. Acad.; Buffalo Acad.; New Eng. Bot. Club. Fungous diseases of plants; Gramineae.-Philippine agriculture.

Lancaster, George D., attorney; born, St. Mary's Co., Md., Feb. 4, 1867; son of John L. and Priscilla (Blakistone) Lancaster; English descent; educated Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's Co., Md., Georgetown University, graduate of Georgetown University, 1888; member Knights of Columbus, Elks; 1888 entered law office of Shepherd & Frazier; 1889 opened law office in partnership with Neil Caruthers; 1890 became engaged in partnership with Robert H. Williams under firm name of Williams & Lancaster; Democrat.

Landacre, Francis Leroy, Ohio State University, Columbus, 0. Zoology. Born, Columbus, 0., Feb. 13, 1867. A.B., Ohio State, 1895. Asst. zool. and entom., Ohio State, 1895-1900, asst. prof., 1900-02, assoc. prof., 1902-08, prof., 1908-. Prof. embryol., Star- ling-Ohio Med. Coll., 1896-1904; histol. and embryol., 1904-. Prof. of anat. and head of dept. of anat., 1914. F.A.A.; Assn. Anat.; Soc. Zool.; Micros. Soc.; Ohio Acad. Protozoa of Ohio; origin and distribution of taste buds in Ameiurus.-Cranial ganglion of Ameiurus.-Cranial ganglion of Lipictosteno.-Cranial ganglion of Rana.

Landis, H. K., engineer, 280 Broadway, New York City. Born in Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 19, 1865. Educated at Lehigh University. Single. Formerly an assistant engineer Bethlehem Iron Co.; professor of mining and metallurgy, Missouri School of Mines; engaged in editorial work on "Mineral Industry" and "Engineering Magazine." Now connected as editor with "The Gas Age," a journal devoted to gas engineering and the illuminating gas and lighting industries. Publisher of "Plain Talk," a local magazine. Member of a number of clubs and societies.
  

Landon, Francis G., ex-assemblyman of New York City, where he was born Aug. 20, 1859; son of Charles Griswold and Susan H. Landon; descendant John Leverett, governor Colony of Mass., 1673-79; Major Peter Gordon, Captain David Landon and Chaplain Andrew Hunter of the Army of the Revolution, and members of the Society of the Cincinnati. Educated, Anthon's Grammar School, N.Y. City, Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and graduated from Princeton University, class of 1881. He is a member Graduate Council, Princeton University. Married, 1897, Mary Horner Toel. Two children: Adelaide and Eleanor. Member of the Graduate Council, Princeton University; member 7th regiment of N.Y. City, and for four years was its adjutant; in 1895 became captain Co. I; in 1899, with associate officer, went to England to represent the 7th Regiment and National Guard of State; resigned and received full and honorable discharge, . 1902; rejoined 7th Regiment, Dec., 1908, having been elected major. Elected to Assembly, State of N.Y., 1900, upon Republican ticket and re-elected in 1901 and 1902. Presidential elector, State of N.Y., 1904; appointed by President Roosevelt 3d secretary American Embassy at Berlin, Jan., 1905, and 2d secretary American Embassy at Vienna, May, 1905, serving until June, 1907, when resigned. Elected Sept., 1907, chairman Dutchess County Republican Committee; appointed June, 1907, by Gov. Hughes, a member of the commission to inquire into the condition of the National Guard and Naval Militia; June, 1909, appointed by Gov. Hughes member of Militia Counsel State of N.Y.; member Chamber of Commerce State of N.Y. Clubs: Union, University, Princeton, N.Y. Athletic, N.Y. Yacht. 

Lane, Annie Eichberg, author; born in Geneva, Switzerland; daughter of the late Julius Eichberg, the distinguished violinist and composer, of Boston, and of Sophie (Mertens) Eichberg. She was educated in the Girls' High School and Gannett's Institute, in Boston. She married first in Boston, Feb. 26, 1884, Tyler Batcheller King, and second, in England, Aug. 13, 1898, John Lane, the London publisher. Mrs. Lane is the author of: "To Thee, 0 Country" (national hymn), and of the books: "Brown's Retreat," "Kalmyk," "The Champagne Standard," "Talks of the Town," "According to Maria." Address: 8 Lancaster Gate Terrace, Hyde Park, London, W., England.

Lane, Harry, United States senator from Oregon, was born Aug. 28, 1855, in Corvallis, Ore. He served two terms as mayor of Portland. He was elected a member of the United States Senate for the term of 1913-19; and resides in Portland, Ore.

Lang, Percy L., banker, Waverly. Born 1861. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Vice-president First National Bank of Waverly; president of the board of managers Craig Colony for Epileptics at Sonyea. Waverly Lodge and Cayuta Chapter, F. & A.M., St. Omer's Commandery of Elmira, and Kalurah Temple, Ancient Order of Mystic Shrine, Otsening Bodies Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Binghamton, N.Y., Monoca Lodge, I.O.O.F., 219.

Langdon, Woodbury G., Morristown, N.J. Member Church Club, New York Historical and American Geographical Societies and Society of Colonial Wars; president of the Hospital and House of Rest for Consumptives; manager of The Sheltering Arms.

Langham, Jonathan Nicholas, congressman, was born in Indiana County, Pa., Aug. 4, 1861. He served six years as assistant United States attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania; served as chief clerk and corporation deputy in the auditor- general's department of Pennsylvania; is at present the senior member of the law firm of Langham and Elkin, at Indiana; was elected to the sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third congresses as a Republican; and resides in Indiana, Pa.

Langley, John Wesley, congressman, was born in Floyd County, Ky. He served two terms in the Kentucky Legislature, receiving at his second term the caucus nomination of his party (the minority) for speaker of the house; was twice a delegate from Kentucky to the Republican National Convention; was elected to the sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses; and re-elected to the sixty-third congress; and resides in Spurlock, Kentucky.

Langmuir, Irving, chemist and scientist of Schenectady, N.Y., was born Jan. 31, 1881, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Gottingen university. In 1906-09 he was an instructor in chemistry in Steven's college. Since 1909 he has been research chemist to the General Electric company of Schenectady. He is the inventor of nitrogen and mercury-filled tungsten lamps.
  

Larrazolo, Octavian. A., attorney-at-law; b. in Allende, State of Chihuahua, Mexico, December 7, 1859. His grandfather, José Maria Larrazolo, was one of the wealthiest men of the state of Chihuahua, but in the various revolutions which convulsed the country and which finally culminated in the French intervention in 1862, the family fortune was wiped away and his family left in poverty. Mr. Larrazolo's father and four brothers served in the army of the republic during the French War. In 1870, the Rt. Rev. J. B. Salpointe, then Vicar Apostolic of Arizona (later Archbishop of Santa Fé, New Mexico), passed by Allende, and there happened to meet Mr. Larrazolo, then a boy 10 years old. Becoming interested in the lad, the Vicar secured the consent of the boy's parents and brought him to the United States. There he remained under the protection of the good Bishop, and accompanied him on his travels in Arizona and New Mexico from 1870 to 1877. In 1875 and 1876 he attended St. Michael's College, Santa Fé, N.M.; in 1878 moved to San Elzeario, El Paso County, Texas, where in 1881 he married Rosalia Cobos. After the death of his wife he married in 1892 Maria, d. of Carlos Garcia. Both her father and grandfather, Capt. Gregorio Garcia, participated in the Indian wars in Texas. In the race war that occurred at San Elzeario in 1877, where many Americans lost their lives, Capt. Gregorio Garcia, with his sons and a few others, held the insurrectionists at bay, and saved the town from pillage until the arrival of the U.S. troops, who restored order and authority.  From 1878 to 1884, Mr. Larrazolo taught school at San Elzeario, a Mexican community where only two of the natives spoke English; he brought the first school books that were ever used in El Paso County, and when he retired from his duties as school teacher to accept public office, there were over twenty well edu- cated boys in the small community. In 1885 Mr. Larrazolo was appointed clerk of the United States Courts at El Paso, Tex.; resigned in 1886 to become clerk of the District Court of the 34th Judicial District of Texas, with principal office at El Paso; reelected in 1888. In 1889 he was admitted to the bar and elected District Attorney for the 34th Judicial District; was re-elected in 1892. He moved to Las Vegas, N.M., in 1895, and has been practicing law there since. In 1900 and again in 1906 and 1908, he was the Democratic nominee for delegate to Congress from New Mexico. Address: Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N.M.

Lassiter, Newton Hance, general attorney Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Ry. and Trinity & Brazos Valley Ry. Office: Ft. Worth, Tex. Born Sept. 13, 1862, at Lexington, Tenn. Graduated from Law Department Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., June, 1881. Entered railway service April, 1887, with the St. Louis Southwestern Ry., since which he has been consecutively Dec., 1889, to May, 1892, general attorney Ft. Worth & Rio Grande Ry; May, 1892, to Oct., 1910, attorney Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Ry.; Oct., 1910, to date, general attorney Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Ry. and Trinity & Brazos Valley Ry.

Latrobe, Gamble, general agent and superintendent Pennsylvania Rd. Office: Baltimore, Md. Born Jan. 21, 1866, at Baltimore, Md. Educated in private schools. Entered railway service April 4, 1884, since which he has been consecutively to July 31, 1887, rodman on construction of the Philadelphia division Baltimore Ohio Rd.; Aug. 8, 1887, to May 28, 1888, levelman Pennsylvania Rd.; May 28, 1888, he resigned and entered service of the Philadelphia & Reading Ry. at. Williamsport, Pa.; Oct. 2, 1889, he returned to the Pennsylvania Rd. at Altoona, and was appointed assistant supervisor Feb. 1, 1890; Jan. 1, 1895, to April, 1902, supervisor; April, 1902, to March 11, 1908, division engineer Baltimore division; March 11 to Oct. 15, 1908, acting general agent and superintendent at Baltimore; Oct. 15, 1908, to date, general agent Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Rd. and the Northern Central Ry., and superintendent Baltimore division Northern Central Ry. at Baltimore, Md.

Laughton, Hunter H., auditor Southern Ry. Office: Washington, D.C. Born at Richmond, Va. Educated in the public schools. Entered railway service October 1, 1885, as messenger Richmond & Danville Rd., now the Southern Ry., since which he has been consecutively March 1, 1887, to Dec. 1, 1889, clerk freight auditing department; Dec. 1, 1889, to March 31, 1894, clerk general auditor's office and traveling auditor; April 1, 1894, to Dec. 31, 1900, chief clerk disbursing department; Jan. 1, 1901, to Jan. 31, 1909, auditor of disbursements; Feb. 1, 1909, to date, auditor; entire service with Richmond & Danville Rd. and its successor, the Southern Ry.
  

Source:  Men of 1914, Chicago, Ill, 1915   

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