Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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130 cLAss or 1891 s., YALE coLLEG1z. in june, 1890, and daughter of Henry Barnard, a manu- facturer of Rochester. They have one child, Charlotte Eugenia, born February 19, 1895, in Utica. - lfVilliams became a partner in the firm of I. A. Williams 81 Co. in 1893, was elected Treasurer and General Manager of the Robe1'ts-Wicks Co., November 16, 1896, and was elected President of the Avalon Knitwear Co., in November, 1900. He is another of the many Republicans of the Class. He is also a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, the Epsilon Tau Pi fraternity fUtica Free Academyj, Univer- sity, Citizens,, Fort Schuyler and Sadaquada clubs of Utica, N. Y. Biismess address: 16-20 Catherine St., Utica, N. Y. Home address: 465 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y. CHARLES MORGAN WOOD was born july 23, 1870, in Dayton, O. VVilliston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., prepared him, and he entered college in Freshman year, pursuing the Chemistry course. Wfhile in college he was a member of the Record Board, Banjo, Renaissance and Uni- versity clubs, Book 81 Snake society, was Vice President of both the Navy and Tennis associations, and was an Appoint- ment man in Senior year. His father, E. Morgan Wfood QYale B.A., 18575, with the Dayton Linseed Oil Co., was born in Cincinnati, O. He is the son of Wfilliam and Mary fMorganj VVood. He resides in Dayton, O., and has been a Trustee of Kenyon College, President of the National Linseed Oil Co., Chair-- man of the Police Commission, President of the School Board, President of the Council, and a member of the Standing Diocesan Committee. His mother's maiden name was Victoria Helen Clegg. Her parents were joseph and Thirza QBaileyj Clegg. She died in 1899, in Dayton, O. He married Annie Howard Stoddard, a graduate of Peeble's and Thompson's School, and daughter of john 'William Stoddard QPrinceton ISSSD, a manufacturer, of

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BIOGRAPHIES. I 29 His mother, whose maiden name was Mary Tennis, was born in Cleveland. Her father was john Tennis. He'has one brother, Tennis. He married Florence Wiclc Bissell, daughter of Charles Bissell, September 18, 1894, in Cleveland. They had three children: Florence, Barbara and Henry. Wick went to work for the Fox Furnace Co., Elyria, O., in 1894, and is now Manager, Secretary and Treasurer of the company. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, of which he has been a trustee, the Elyria club, and the Union and Euclid clubs of Cleveland. P67'77ZCl1'L87Lf 711ia'iZ'i1'Lg' add1'ess.' Elyria, O. ARAS JAMES WILLIAMS was born July 15, 1870, in Utica, N. Y. The Utica QN. YQ Free Academy prepared him for college, which he entered in Freshman year, taking the Mechanical Engineering course. lNilliams says that he lived, loved and lost before entering Yale. VVhile in col- lege he was on the Freshman Glee club, Second University Glee club, the Class crew Cafter Freshman yearj, and was a member of Delta Phi fraternity. His father, Irvin Abijah Vlfilliams, a retired manufac- turer of Utica, was born june 9, 1829, in Oriskany, N. Y. He is the son of Abijah jewel VVilliams and Mary Billing- ton. The earliest ancestor in this country was Thomas Williains of X!VC'Cl1C1'Sl:lClCl, Conn., 1640. He was twice married, September 25, 1851, to Cynthia B. Rogers, who died October 15, 1860, and October 24, 1865, to Charlotte L. Smith. His mother, whose maiden name was Charlotte Louise Smith, was born March 7, 1840, in London, England. He has four sisters: Mary Cynthia, Fannie Jane, Ella Louise, who died August 10, 1906, at Big Moose Lake, N. Y., and Charlotte Elizabethg also one brother, Charles Irvin. He married, May 16, 1894, in Rochester, N. Y., Eugenia Davison Barnard, a graduate of Mrs. Piatt's School, Utica, 9 X

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BIOGRAPHIES. I3I Dayton, December 4, 1893, in Dayton, O. They have two children: Armenal, born Qctober 13, 1895, and Susanah, born September 17, 1899. VVood is a member of the Episcopal church, Dayton. Buzfuz, Dayton Golf and Denver Country clubs. He is a member of the Republican party. P67 l71GIL6IZ-I 'l7Z02'Il.71g add1'e5s.' II33 Rose St., Denver, Colo. 1 PIERRE JAY WURTS was born July 16, 1869, in Nice, France. He prepared at Hopkins Grammar School and Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn., and entered college in Freshman year, taking the Mechanical Engineer- ing course. Before entering Yale he passed three years at Hopkins Grammar School, graduating with the Class of 1886, then went to Europe and studied in Germany two years. On returning he entered Hillhouse High School with the Class of 1889. He was Captain of the Football team in his junior year. 'While in college he played on the Banjo club, was in the Glee club and assisted the Yellow Bird into being, was a member of Berzelius society, played halt'-back on the Freshman Football team, and won scholar- ships, prizes and held offices. He says he was glad enough to simply pass. His father, Charles Pemberton Wfurts, a graduate of Dr. Muhtenberg's School, was born january 4, 1824, in Mont- ville, N. 1. He was a great-grandson of Johannes Conrad VVirz, who was born in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1706, and emigrated to America in 1732. Further records of the family back to the early part of the 14th century are pre- served in the City Library of Zurich, where the family in olden times held a prominent position. He was married February 8, 1854, and died August 11, 1892, in Bar Harbor, Me. He resided at 113 'Whitney Ave., New Haven, Conn., and was a retired civil engineer, having been with the D. 81 H. Canal Co., as Chief Engineer. x