. Leslie's history of the greater New York . e removed to New YorkCity and established the bankingfirm of Marvin & White. At the end of two \ears he engaged in the batdving and l)rokeiage businc^ss underhis own name, while since 1S82 he has l>een head of the firm of S. cV: Company. In 1886 he was elected TOCongress from his homedistrict in Iti-ooklyn, but declined a renonnnation. For nearly thir-ty years he has lu^en a leading niembi r of ll,iontli (hurch ofBro(d<lyn, of which the late Henry Ward lieecher was long the ]) lia^- long been a nienil)er of its lionrd of truste
. Leslie's history of the greater New York . e removed to New YorkCity and established the bankingfirm of Marvin & White. At the end of two \ears he engaged in the batdving and l)rokeiage businc^ss underhis own name, while since 1S82 he has l>een head of the firm of S. cV: Company. In 1886 he was elected TOCongress from his homedistrict in Iti-ooklyn, but declined a renonnnation. For nearly thir-ty years he has lu^en a leading niembi r of ll,iontli (hurch ofBro(d<lyn, of which the late Henry Ward lieecher was long the ]) lia^- long been a nienil)er of its lionrd of trustees. He has donenotable work asan amateur astronomer. In I8!tl he failed for |1,000,-(1(10 A\ hiie manipulating an ininiense corn deal, through the misappro-]aialion ef his funds by a famous ttrm of brokers. But within a yearhe liad made another fortune, and |)aid off every obligation, dollarfor ilollar. with interest. !]<? is rresi(hnl of tiie Bower-Barff EustlessTi-oii roiiipany nnd a director of ijie New -brsey Magnetic Concen-. STEPHEN VAN CULLEN WHITE. 274 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. tratiiii; rompaiiT. llv is :i iiiciiiher of the Union League and Hamil-ton t-liilis of Brooklyn and tln Lawyers Club of New York. TAT*PAX, J. B. COLES, lawyer, was born in (2neens Connty, NewYork, April L 18(50, and is the son of De ^Vitt Tai>i)an and 31arjiaretColes. He descends from the Tai)i)aiis and De Witts, on his fathersside, and is of Eni^lisli descent thron<:li his mother. Amon^ hisancestors were Colonel Charles T)e AYitt and ^Major Christopher Tap-pan, Revolutionary officers. Mr. Tap]ians father was a successfulphysician, who was educated at Yale College and the New YorkColleiio of Physicians and Sur-^eons. Mr. Tap])an is likewise a Yaleman. haviuii been liraduated from that university in 1880. He was alsograduated from the Columbia Colleueens (onnty continuously since. He is now a
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