. Leslie's history of the greater New York . est surviving son of the late distinguishedColonel V\o\(\ Claikson and Harriet A., daughtei- of John Yan Bos-kerck, a New York mercliant, and is grandson of Samuel Floyd Clark-son. During the ten years ](receding his fathers death, from 1881 to1891, he was associat<-<l with him in his extensive real estate business 401 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. under the firm style of Floyd (larki^ou ..^- Sun. SiiRe that time lie hasbeen carryinji on and develoi)ing the business. He is also a civil engi-neer, in which capacity he has been connected with
. Leslie's history of the greater New York . est surviving son of the late distinguishedColonel V\o\(\ Claikson and Harriet A., daughtei- of John Yan Bos-kerck, a New York mercliant, and is grandson of Samuel Floyd Clark-son. During the ten years ](receding his fathers death, from 1881 to1891, he was associat<-<l with him in his extensive real estate business 401 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. under the firm style of Floyd (larki^ou ..^- Sun. SiiRe that time lie hasbeen carryinji on and develoi)ing the business. He is also a civil engi-neer, in which capacity he has been connected with the BrooklynElevated Ifailroad, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Kail-road, and the Hartford and Harlem Ivailroad in Connecticut, nowin process of construction. He is a director of the Riverside Bank,as well as of the corporation of which he is Treasurer. He is a mem-ber of the Union League and St. Nicholas clubs, the Society of Colo-nial Wars, the Sons of the Kevolution, the Sons of Veterans, and theMilitarv Order of the Loval McCREADY, NATHANIEL LHOMMEDIEU, after being edu-cated in New York City, and receiving a linsiness training in the ship-ping trade at Mobile, Ala., in 1840returned to New ^Ork City andcstalilislicd the >^hiiii)ing and com-iiiission tirm of N. L. McCready &((iiii]iaiiy. In 1865, after a success-ful quarter of a contury as head ofthis firm, he withdrew and engagedin the management of a steam-siiip line, in association with Liv-ingston, Fox & Company. In 1807he organized the now famous OldDominion Steamship Com]iany, in18t)t» became its President, and socontinued until his death, October3, 1887. He was also Bresident ofthe Missouri, Kansas and TexasRailway Company, and for fourteenyears was on its directorate. Hewas a director of the Farmers Loanand Trust Company, the Empireand the Washington Life InsuranceCompany. He was a member of tlie New York Chamber of Commerce,an honorary member of the ^Marine Society, and a member of theUnion and St
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