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HUNTSMAN

CROSS

was a carver, designer and pattern maker, a
political refugee from Germany, who came
to America in 1848, and located at Auburn,
N. Y. One of the distinguished members of
this family was Dr. George Schweinfurth,
African explorer and botanist. Julius A.
Schweinfurth was educated at the Auburn
High School, where he completed the course
in 1877. He then studied architecture, and in
1884 became a partner of C. F. Schweinfurth,
in Cleveland, Ohio, with whom he was associated for two years. These days brought
with them the practical workings of his profession, in which he had every advantage of
the more theoretical and complex points of
architecture. Earnest and eager for further
knowledge, he went aboard in 1886 and devoted two years to professional study in Rome,
Paris, London, Florence, and Spain. Since
1895 Mr. Schweinfurth has been engaged in
the practice of his profession in Boston, and
numerous public and office buildings, schools,
churches, city and country residences remain
as evidences of his skill. He has written numerous articles for the "American Architect",
and is author of "Sketches Abroad", a collection of architectural sketches made in Europe
during the years 1886-1888. Mr. Schweinfurth
is a member of the American Institute of
Architects. He married, 27 April, 1889, M.
Fannie Bellows, daughter of Charles F. Bellows, iron merchant of Boston. They have
one son, Charles ISchweinfurth.
HUNTSMAN, Owen Benjamin, railroad
official, b. at Conyngham, Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania, 23 September, 1871, son of Benjamin Toch and Martha Grove (Brown)
Huntsman. His father (1840-1871), a millowner of Luzerne County and a young volunteer soldier throughout the Civil War, died
shortly after his thirty-first birthday, and three
days before the birth of his son. During his
military service, he participated in thirteen
of the hardest fought battles of the Civil War,
was confined in Andersonville Prison until exchanged, and was twice wounded. During the
last two years of the war he served as captain in the 142nd Regiment of Pennsylvania
Volunteers. His mother was a daughter of
George W. Brown, a merchant of Stroudsburg,
Pennsylvania. Mr. Huntsman was educated
in the local schools of Stroudsburg, completing
the course at the High School in 1887, and at
the age of sixteen entered upon an active career as a teacher. After two years (1887-1889)
of teaching in the public schools of Stroudsburg, he completed his professional training in
the State Normal School at Westchester,
Pennsylvania, and in 1892 received the degree
of B.E. During 1892-93, he was an instructor
in St. George's Hall, a college preparatory
school for boys at Summit, N. J., and the following year entered Harvard College where
he was graduated A.B. in the class of 1897.
In 1897-98, he continued his studies in the
Department of Philosophy of the Graduate
School of Harvard University, and in June,
1898, received the degree of A.M. During the
college year following, 1898-99, he received the
appointment as Fellow in Philosophy in Columbia University. The following winter,
1899-1900, while continuing at Columbia in ad

vanced work in experimental psychology and
education, he also taught mathematics and
English at the Wilson-Vail School, a boys'
college preparatory school in New York City,
and acted as a private tutor. Mr. Huntsman
then entered the railroad offices of Mr. George
J. Gould, was elected a Vice-President of the
Texas and Pacific Railway Company in 1907,
and served in that capacity until 1915. In
March, 1921, he was again elected vice-president of this company. He was a Director of
the Texas and Pacific Railway Company from
March, 1913, to March, 1915, and again from
December, 1921. In 1908 he was elected a
Vice-President of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company and of the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway Company;
and served until the receivership in 1915. During the receivership (1915-1917) he was VicePresident, Assistant Secretary and Assistant
Treasurer of these companies, and since June,
1917, he has been a Vice-President, Assistant
Secretary and Assistant Treasurer of the newly organized Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. Mr. Huntsman was a director of the
Missouri Pacific Railway Company and of the
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company during 1914 and 1915. He has
also served as a Director of the Western Pacific Railway Company, the Western Coal and
Mining Company of St. Louis, the New York
County National Bank and the Uehling Instrument Company, manufacturers of scientific recording instruments. He is a member of the
Harvard Club of New York, the Harvard
Club of New Jersey and the Wykagyl Country Club of New Rochelle, New York. In
religion he is a member of the Society of
Friends. On 18 September, 1902, he married
Elizabeth Marie Van Buskirk, a graduate of
Wells College in the class of 1897, daughter
of the late Dr. Michael B. Van Buskirk, a wellknown physician of central New York.
CROSS, Charles Robert, scientist, b. in
Troy, New York, 28 March, 1848, d. in Brookline, Massachusetts, 16 November, 1921, son
of George and Lucy Ann (Brown) Cross. He
came of a sturdy stock, of which many representatives have been closely identified with the
material growth and welfare of their respective communities. True to the highest traditions of his race, Charles 'R. Cross early began laying the foundation for his future success. He was educated in the public schools of
his native city, and supplemented this by a
course of study at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, where he was graduated B.S.
in 1870. In the same year he entered upon
the practical work of his career as an instructor at his Alma Mater, and in 1871 was made
assistant professor. For four years he ably
discharged his many duties with the patience
and perseverance so characteristic of his every
undertaking. In 1876 he was appointed professor, and from 1877 to 1917 was Thayer
Professor of Physics, then resigning to become Professor Emeritus. Prof. Cross was a
director of the Rogers Laboratory at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology from
1885 to 1917, and it was through his efforts
that the first course in electrical engineering
in the United States, leading to the degree of

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