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Edmund L. Baylies

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Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution ...: Containing an Account of the Origin of the Sons of the American Revolution ... the Constitution and By-laws of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; Lists of the National, State and Chapter
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for 47 years. He served as the Institute's counsel from 1892 to 1915 and was chairman of the executive committee from 1905 until he became president in 1913. In the January preceding his death, was made honorary lay president. He was a member of the
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Baylies was born in New York on December 2, 1857. He was the eldest child of Edmund Lincoln Baylies (1829–1869), a merchant and philanthropist, and Nathalie Elizabeth Ray (1837–1912). He was the brother of Cornelia Prime Ray, who married Judge
597:"E.L. BAYLIES IS DEAD; WAS LEADER IN BAR; Socially Prominent Attorney Helped to Create Cathedral of St. John the Divine. SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE HEAD Was Its President for 19 Years | Handled Many Large Estates Member of Old Family" 1027:"OPENS FUND DRIVE TO HELP SEAMEN; Church Institute Is Seeking $ 2,000,000 to Complete Annex to Sailors' Home. $ 750,000 ALREADY GIVEN E.L. Bayiles Calls on New Yorkers to Help Keep This Port the "Friendliest in the World."" 943:"DENIES VANDERBILT DENOUNCED BRITISH; Edmund L. Baylies, His Lawyer, Repudiates Alleged Interview Assailing Triple Entente. WIDELY PRINTED IN GERMANY Vanderbilt Is Now on His Way to New York on White Star Liner Olympic" 713:"W. C. BAYLIES DIES; UTILITIES LEADER; Former President of Edison Company in Boston and a Prominent Industrialist, IN RETIREMENT FOR YEAR Began His Career With the Erie Railroad After Graduation From Harvard in 1884" 1266:"NOTABLES MOURN EDMUND L. BAYLIES; Bishops Freeman and Manning and Other Clergyman Take Part in Funeral. AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL Impressive Service Held for Prominent Lawyer, Churchman and Philanthropist" 1056:"THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" 397: 367: 1026: 799: 712: 1265: 970: 942: 914: 627: 1318: 274: 147: 596: 1117: 886: 219: 347:. In 1895, Baylies, who focused on real estate, became partner at the firm, then known as Carter & Ledyard, after the admission of 1313: 560: 339:
After graduating from law school, he spent a year traveling around the globe, and then joined Scudder & Carter, a firm founded by
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Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State
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Officers; Roll of Members, with Personal Data and Genealogies; Roll of Revolutionary Ancestors ...
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Baylies died at his home on 10 East 62nd Street in Manhattan on April 29, 1932. He was buried at
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in Manhattan. She was the daughter of Alexander Van Rensselaer (1814–1878) and his second wife,
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in support of the bill to establish a cable between the United States and the
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The Sons of the American Revolution: New York State Society, 1893-94
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Sons of the American Revolution. Empire State Society. p. 84
285:, his first cousins. Another aunt, Cornelia Ray, was married to 1086:"Mrs. Edmund Lincoln Baylies (Louisa Van Rensselaer, 1865-1945)" 312: 835:
Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York, Volume 3
240:. His paternal grandparents were Edmund Baylies (a cousin of 351:. He retired from the firm in 1926, which was then known as 201:, philanthropist, and member of New York Society during the 838:. New York: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1166, 1341 222:
who married Charlotte Upham; in 1888, and Ruth Baylies.
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In 1892, Baylies and his wife were both included in
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The ushers were Herbert Robbins, 220:Edison Electric Illuminating Company 561:William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven 474:. Her paternal grandparents were 14: 1205:"France Honors Mrs. E.L. Baylies" 1183:Schenectady County Public Library 1146:"THE BAYLIES--RENSSELAER WEDDING" 686:Miller, Tom (September 8, 2014). 497:In 1919, he suffered from double 387:Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company 396:Baylies was associated with the 323:, in 1882. He also obtained an 181: 999:"THE SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE" 381:Corporation, a director of the 130: 1319:Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery 1233:"Edmund L. Baylies Recovering" 1: 860:Hall, Edward Hagaman (1899). 743:Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1911). 658:Hall, Edward Hagaman (1894). 514:Columbia University President 366:In 1896, he spoke before the 1173:Sullivan, Robert G. (1911). 434:Baylies was a member of the 355:, following the addition of 353:Carter Ledyard & Milburn 229:Prime) Ray (the daughter of 109:Carter Ledyard & Milburn 1094:New-York Historical Society 403:New-York Historical Society 192:Edmund Lincoln Baylies, Jr. 44:Edmund Lincoln Baylies, Jr. 1335: 1179:www.schenectadyhistory.org 664:. Republic Press. p.  488:2nd Governor of New Jersey 476:Stephen Van Rensselaer III 450:, the Riding Club and the 383:Metropolitan Opera Company 377:He was a president of the 1314:Harvard Law School alumni 832:Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). 407:Society of the Cincinnati 398:Seamen's Church Institute 279:George Cavendish-Bentinck 180: 30: 1309:New York (state) lawyers 772:"Mrs. Walter C. Baylies" 521:Cornelius Vanderbilt III 361:Cornelius Vanderbilt III 315:, in 1879 and then from 543:, Henry Hill Anderson, 307:Baylies graduated from 692:Daytonian in Manhattan 517:Nicholas Murray Butler 405:and the Massachusetts 531:, Henry B. Anderson, 464:Louisa Van Rensselaer 304:, his first cousins. 120:Louisa Van Rensselaer 1185:. pp. 1814–1821 951:. September 18, 1914 563:and the daughter of 503:Virginia Hot Springs 501:and traveled to the 294:John Church Hamilton 275:Elizabeth Livingston 216:Francis Cabot Lowell 166:Francis Cabot Lowell 148:Elizabeth Livingston 808:. November 18, 1888 636:. December 10, 1912 533:Frank Gray Griswold 510:Green-Wood Cemetery 452:New York Yacht Club 444:Century Association 391:Green-Wood Cemetery 329:Columbia Law School 302:Robert Ray Hamilton 242:U.S. Representative 160:Robert Ray Hamilton 96:Columbia Law School 73:New York City, U.S. 1271:The New York Times 1238:The New York Times 1213:. November 1, 1917 1210:The New York Times 1154:. January 19, 1887 1151:The New York Times 1126:. December 2, 1945 1123:The New York Times 1064:The New York Times 1032:The New York Times 1007:. December 5, 1926 1004:The New York Times 979:. January 18, 1896 976:The New York Times 948:The New York Times 920:The New York Times 892:The New York Times 805:The New York Times 777:The New York Times 718:The New York Times 633:The New York Times 602:The New York Times 529:Charles D. Wetmore 436:Knickerbocker Club 428:The New York Times 349:Lewis Cass Ledyard 341:Henry Joel Scudder 317:Harvard Law School 298:Alexander Hamilton 271:Maturin Livingston 91:Harvard Law School 1241:. January 5, 1919 1090:www.nyhistory.org 549:Hamstead Marshall 478:, the Patroon of 468:St. Thomas Church 290:Schuyler Hamilton 253:Revolutionary War 189: 188: 154:Schuyler Hamilton 25:Edmund L. 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New York City
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Columbia Law School
Carter Ledyard & Milburn
Elizabeth Livingston
Schuyler Hamilton
Robert Ray Hamilton
Francis Cabot Lowell

New York City
lawyer
Gilded Age
Francis Cabot Lowell
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
née
Nathaniel Prime
New York Gov.
John Alsop King
U.S. Representative
Francis Baylies
Benjamin Lincoln
Revolutionary War
aide-de-camp
Washington
Thomas Baylies
Maturin Livingston
Elizabeth Livingston
George Cavendish-Bentinck

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