. The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century .. . he oldest and largest male musi-cal organizations in the country ; andhe has been for many years its secretary anda member of its board of directors. In 189(1he was instrumental in establishing the TroyDaily Record, the only morning newspaper in the city ; and he is at present vice president of thecompany publishing that journal. PERS ONAL CHR ONOL OGY— WilliamHenry Hollister, Jr.,
. The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century .. . he oldest and largest male musi-cal organizations in the country ; andhe has been for many years its secretary anda member of its board of directors. In 189(1he was instrumental in establishing the TroyDaily Record, the only morning newspaper in the city ; and he is at present vice president of thecompany publishing that journal. PERS ONAL CHR ONOL OGY— WilliamHenry Hollister, Jr., ivas born at Coxsackie, N. Y.,October 11, lSJf7 : graduated from Williams College,Uilliamstmvn, A/ass., in 1870; studied laiv, and7vas admitted to the bar in 187J/.: married JuliaFrances Hillman of Troy, N. Y., October 16, 1878;was one of the school commissioners of Troy, 1878-81;has been vice president of the Troy Record Co. since1890: has practiced law in Troy since 1874- CalViU E. IReaCb, prominent at the bar ofRensselaer county as a criminal lawyer, was born inthe town of Hoosick fifty-two years ago. After at-tending the common schools for several years inchildhood, he completed his education at Balls. U7 HEXRY HOLLISTER. JK. Academy at Hoosick Falls, graduating there-from in 1861. He then studied law with hisfather, Briggs Keach, and in 1868 was duly ad-mitted to the bar. 36 MEN OF XEW YORK— SECT/OX Mr. Keach at once began the practice of his pro-fession at Hoosick Falls, and has been actively en-gaged therein ever since with the exception of abrief interval from 1870 to 187?. He has neverformed partnership , preferring to retainhis freedom and independence entirely unhampered.
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