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

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34 CLASS OF ISQI S., YALE -COLLEGE. course. Before entering Yale he attended schools at St. Louis, Mo., Rochester, N. Y., Caledonia, N. Y., Peekskill Military Academy Peekskill, N. Y., Wfashington High School, Wfashington, D. C., and Friends Seminary, New York City. His father, Angus Cameron, a lawyer, and graduate of the Yale Law School QBachelor of Law 18675, of St. Louis, Mo., Rochester, N. Y., and Brooklyn, N. Y., was born June 28, 1848, in Edwardsville, Ill. He was of Scotch descent, his grandfather having come from Scotland. He was mar- ried February 23, 1870, and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., December 18, 1888. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary Ellen Wfilson, was born january 27, 1849, at St. Louis, Mo. He has one brother, john H. CUniversity of Buffalo D.D.S., 1896j, also two sisters: Florence, who died in June, 1897, and Margaret VV. He married Mary Louise Moore, daughter of the late Robert Moore, a coal merchant, january 29, 1902, at Rochester, Ni. Y. They have two children: Allen Vtfilson, born August 5, 1903, and Robert Moore, born November 20, 1904, at Caledonia, N. Y. In May, 1906, Cameron went into the concrete construc- tion business, and is now President and General Manager of the company. In politics he is an Independent Republican. Since leaving Yale he has been 'connected with a Chicago electrical manufacturing company, street railway track work, five years as assistant engineer with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., and ten years as con- tractor and builder, with special reference to concrete construction in Caledonia, N. Y., Rochester, N. Y., and New York City. Busmess addrcfss: 150 Nassau St., New York City. Home address: 2104 Beverley Road, Brooklyn, N. Y. ROBERT I-IANNA CARNAHAN was born April 25, 1868, in Lafayette, Ind. He prepared at the Hill School,

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BIOGRAPHIES. 33 devoted to designing, correspondence, business management, selling and cost recording, and in steam and refrigerating fields. Pe1 mcz.1zent 'll'lCl'lif'Z'llg czdd1'css: VVatertown, N. Y. BROWN CALDWELL was born March 25, 1869, in Allegheny, Pa. He prepared at Shadyside, Pittsburg, Pa., and entered college at the beginning of Freshman year, taking the Select course. Wfhile in college he was a mem- ber of the Berzelius society. He also attended Exeter Col- lege, Exeter, N. H., before entering Yale. His father, john Caldwell, Treasurer of the XfVCSlIlllg- house Air Brake Co., was born july 22, 1843, in County Mayo, Ireland. He resided in Pittsburg, Pa. His parents were lrish descent. His mother, whose maiden name was Lidie J. Miller, was born August 20, 1844, in Vlfillow Grove, Allegheny Co., Pa. Her parents were Americans. He has one sister, Elizabeth Caldwell Fountain CBryn Mawr BA., I8Q7D. He married Blanche Davis Follansbee fBryn Mawr '94j, daughter of George A. Follansbee, a lawyer, and graduate of Lawrence University, December 29, 1898, in Chicago, Ill. They have one son, George, born July 8, 1901. Caldwell, in 1904, was elected President and Treasurer of the Caldwell Co., turpentine operators. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, M. O. Loyal Legion, Uni- versity club, New York City, Oglethorpe, Savannah, Ga., Onwentria and Lake Forest, Ill. Bzzaszvzcss address: 124 Bay St. East, Savannah, Ga. Home address: 230 Oglethorpe Ave., East Savannah, Ga. DE LANCEY ALLEN CAMERON was born July 11, 1871, in St. Louis, Mo. He prepared at Hales School, Rochester, N. Y., and entered college at the beginning of Freshman year, pursuing' the Mechanical Engineering 3 x

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BIOGRAPHIES. 35 Pottstown, Pa., and the Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., entering college in the fall of 1888, pursuing the Mechanical Engineering course. His father, VVilliam Lane Carnahan, who was a shoe manufacturer and jobber with the W. L. Carnahan Co., was born March 5, 1837, in Lafayette, Ind., and died June 26, 1897, at Fort VVayne, Ind. He was married November 3, 1864, and resided in Lafayette, Ind. His parents were James G. Carnahan, of Hamilton County, O., and Mar- garet Brown. His antecedents were Robert and XxVilliam Carnahan, Lancaster County, Pa., and James Carnahan, County Antrim, Ireland. H His mother, who was Clara Louise Hanna, was born October 15, 1845, in Fort VVayne, Ind. Herd parents and antecedents were James Bayles Hanna and Mary King Fairfield, and Samuel Hanna and Eliza Taylor, all of Fort Wfayne. He has three sisters: Louise Carnahan Deming, Clara C., and Virginia C. . He married Constance Lumbard, daughter of Sidney Corliss Lumbard, a real estate dealer of Fort VVayne, June 18, 1896, at Fort Vlfayne, Ind., and has three children: Robert Hanna, Ir., born April II, 1897, VVilliam Lumbard, born March 22, 1902, and Sidney Lumbard, born May 30, 1905. All were born in Fort Wayiie. lVIZl1'Cl'1'2O, 1906, Carnahan was made President of the Carnahan-Sherwood Co., designers and manufacturers of systems of accounting and factory cost systems, also audit- ing and accounting. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Episcopal church, and has held various church positions including Vestryman, Treasurer, Diocesan finance committee, and delegate to State and National conventions. He is also a member of the ,Kelciouga and Anthony XIVHYIIC clubs off Fort Wfayne, Ind., and the Country, University and Marion clubs, and 56 K. of P. of Indianapolis, Ind. Since leaving college up to IQO3 he was in theawholesale shoe business in Fort Wfayne, from