Dr. Wende married, August 25, 1881, Frances Harriet Cutler, of Buffalo. Children: Flavilla; Margaret, became the wife of Chauncey F. Lufkin, 2nd; and Hamilton H. To his family and his friends, Dr. Wende left a memory and a reputation that transcends any money value.

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R. GROVER WILLIAM WENDE, of Buffalo, was born at Mill Grove, Erie county, New York, April 6, 1867, the son of Bernard Philip and Susan (Kirk) Wende and he is therefore the younger brother of the distinguished Dr. Ernest Wende already written of in this work. He was educated in the country district schools and the high school of Alden, New York. In 1889 he graduated from the medical department of the University of Buffalo. He then did post-graduate work in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1890, and the University of Prague, Vienna and in Paris, 1897 and 1898. He is the dermatologist at the Erie County, Buffalo Sisters of Charity, German, Buffalo General, Children's, Municipal, and United States Marine hospitals, and at the Good Samaritan Dispensary, Buffalo, New York. He is Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology, University of Buffalo, Medical and Dental departments, and a member of the Advisory Committee on Venereal Diseases to the Surgeon General, there. "A Reference Handbook of Medical Sciences," by Albert H. Buck, M.D., published by William Wood & Company, New York City, 1901-1908, contains the following articles by Dr. Grover W. Wende: "Elephantiasis," Vol. III, pp. 781-786; "Keratoderma Palmare et Plantare," Vol. V, pp. 304-306; "Keratosis Follicularis," Vol. V, pp. 306-307; "Keratosis Follicularis Contagiosa," Vol. V, p. 307; "Keratosis Pilaris," Vol. V, pp. 307-308; "Porokeratosis," Vol. VI, pp. 735-736. Other articles by Dr. Wende are as follows: "Official Report of the Proceedings of the American Dermatological Association, 1905-1909"; "A Case of Rhinoscleroma Originating in the United States," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1896, Vol. XIV, p. 90; “An Interesting Case of Tinea Favosa Epidermidis," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1896, Vol. XIV, p. 383; "Mycosis Fungoides, with report of a case," Buffalo Medical Journal, 1896, Vol. XXXVI, p. 832; "The Use of Electricity in Acne Vulgaris and Acne Rosacea, Buffalo Medical Journal, 1898, Vol. XXXVIII, p. 254; "A Case of Multiple, Idiopathic Sarcoma," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1898, Vol. XVI, p. 205; "Porokeratosis, with report of a case," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1898, Vol. XVI, p. 505; "Rhinophyma," conjointly with Ernest Wende, M.D., Buffalo Medical Journal, 1899, Vol. XXXIX, p. 207; "Acute Circumscribed Edema associated with Hemoglobinuria," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1899, Vol. XVII, p. 178; "Dermatitis Vesico-Bullosa et Gangrenosa Mutilans," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1900, Vol. XVIII, p. 548; "A Case of Dermatitis Herpetiformis, illustrating an unusual variety of the Disease, jointly with Herbert D. Pease, M.D., Journal of Cutaneous and

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Venereal Diseases, 1901, Vol. XIX, p. 171; "Vegetating Dermatitis developing during the course of Infantile Eczema," conjointly with Herman K. DeGroat, M.D., Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1902, Vol. XX, p. 58; "Sarcomatosis Cutis," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1903, Vol. XXI, p. 307; "A Case of Epidermolysis Bullosa Hereditaria, associated with congenital Alopecia and Atrophy of the finger ends," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, Vol. XXII, p. 14; “A Case of Epidermolysis Bullosa; report of a case," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, Vol. XX, p. 537; "Rhinophyma; a pathological analysis of five separate tumors occurring in the same patient," conjointly with Charles A. Bentz, M.D., Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1904, Vol. XXII, p. 447; "Alopecia Areata, as Associated with Nail Changes," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1905, Vol. XXIII, p. 517; "Erythema Perstans, with report of two cases involving Circinate Lesions," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1906, Vol. XXIV, p. 241; "Infectious Dermatitis Gangrenosa," conjointly with Charles A. Bentz, M.D., Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1908, Vol. XXIV, p. 445; "Keratosis Follicularis resulting in Multiple Epithelioma; report of a case," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1908, Vol. XXIV, p. 531; "Erythema Figuratum Perstans," Journal of American Medical Association, 1908, Vol. LI, pp. 1936-39; "A Nodular, terminating in a Ring Eruption (granuloma annulare)," Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1909, Vol. XXVII, p. 388; "Localized Facial Sweating, following certain olfactory stimuli," conjointly with Frederick C. Busch, M.D., Journal of American Medical Association, 1909, Vol., LIII, pp. 207-8; "Dermatology as a Specialty, and its relation to Internal Medicine," Journal of American Medical Association, 1910, Vol. LV, pp. 1-3; "Nodular Tuberculosis of the Hypoderm, Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1911, Vol. XXIX, p. 1; "Mutual Relations of Physician and Layman," Buffalo Medical Journal, February, 1911; "A Case of Lymphatic Leukemia apparently developing out of Hodgkin's Disease, accompanied by Leukaemic Lesions and Pigmentations of the Skin, culminating in streptococcus infection," American Journal of Medical Sciences, December, 1901; "Pellagra in Buffalo," Buffalo Medical Journal, May, 1911; "Dermatitis Vegetans in Infants," conjointly with Herman K. DeGroat, M.D., Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, 1911, Vol. XXIX, p. 437; and "Modern Methods in Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Syphilis," Buffalo Sanitary Bulletin, Vol. VII, No. 1, January 31, 1914.

Dr. Grover W. Wende is ex-president of the American Dermatological Association, of which he is yet a member; ex-chairman of section on Dermatology of the American Medical Association; ex-president of the Medical Society of the State of New York; member of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists; American Association for Cancer Research; American Association for the Control of Syphilis; Medical Society of the County of Erie; Buffalo

Academy of Medicine; Roswell Park Medical Club; Buffalo Medical Club; Buffalo Medical Union; and the Gross Medical Club. He is also a member of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, and of the Saturn and Rotary Clubs. He married Mary Graham Tucker, deceased, daughter of David and Mary (Graham) Tucker.

EDWARD JAMES WARE, M.D., a general practitioner of medicine of all-around capability, was born in New York City, June 16, 1859, a son of Enoch Richmond and Mary Coutant (Peck) Ware, the former a native of Winterport, Maine, and the latter of New York. Dr. Ware on both paternal and maternal lines comes of worthy Colonial families, Robert Ware, who was the progenitor of the American branches of the main English family of that patronymic, having voyaged from England to Boston Bay in 1625, in the same year joining the Massachusetts Bay Colony, settling at Dedham, his name being preserved in Colonial archives as having been a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston in 1644. The maternal lineage is derived from the French Huguenot family of Coutant, and the Dutch family of Varian.

Edward J. Ware was educated at the Peekskill Military Academy, Irving Institute, Tarrytown, New York, and Harvard University, graduating therefrom in 1881 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, receiving the degree of M. D., in 1885. After serving in Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, for eighteen months as an interne, he entered upon the active practice of his profession, first on the upper west side of New York City. He was for several years a lecturer and instructor in the Department of Diseases of the Chest at the New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital, has been assistant attending physician to the out-patient department of Roosevelt Hospital and attending physician to St. Luke's Home for Aged Women, of New York City. Dr. Ware is a member of the New York Academy of Medicine, New York County Medical Association, American Medical Association, Medical Society of the State of New York, the Society of Alumni of Mt. Sinai Hospital, and a member and former president of the West End Medical Society. He is a member of the Harvard Club of New York, was a member of the famous Hasty Pudding Club while a student at Harvard, and for many years a vestryman of St. Michael's Episcopal Church.

Dr. Ware was married on October 4, 1888, to Caroline L. Barlow, of Ossining, New York. They have three children: Edward Richmond, born March 25, 1892; William Barlow, born March 20, 1895; Catherine, born May 27, 1902.

HARMON ALBERT VEDDER, A.B., M.D., is a general practi

tioner of medicine of all-around capability, equally skilled in the medical and surgical branches of the profession. He was born at Flushing, Long Island, January 16, 1868, a son of Dr. Maus Rosa and Sarah (Outwater) Vedder. Dr. Maus R. Vedder, father of Dr.

Vedder, had been one of three brothers who were prominent physicians of the State of New York, his brothers being Dr. Alexander M. Vedder, of Schenectady, and Dr. Joseph H. Vedder, of Flushing. The Vedder family is of Dutch origin and prominent in Colonial times in this country, Dr. Harmon A. Vedder being of the eighth generation in the direct line from Harmon Albertse Vedder, who came to this country about the year 1635.

Harmon A. Vedder received a liberal classical education in the private schools of New York City and Columbia University, graduating therefrom in 1888 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He entered upon the study of medicine at the medical college of the same institution, graduating therefrom with the degree of M. D., in 1891. Immediately thereafter he became an interne in the New York Hospital, remaining a member of its house staff for eighteen months, also acting in a similar capacity at the Sloane Maternity Hospital for three months. He afterwards went abroad, where he took a postgraduate course at the famous Edinburgh University, Scotland, and at the clinics of the Royal Infirmary of the same city. In 1893 he returned to New York City and engaged in the private practice of his profession, where he has been successfully engaged to the present time. Dr. Vedder was a statistician for the New York Hospital for many years. He is a member of the Quiz Medical Society, the New York Academy of Medicine, American Medical Association, MedicoSurgical Society, and the alumni societies of the New York and Sloane Maternity hospitals. He is also a member of the Greater New York Medical Association and the Holland Society.

On December 12, 1894, Dr. Vedder was married to Effie Boultbee, of Toronto, Canada. They have three sons: Harmon Boultbee, James Outwater and Glen Turner Vedder.

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AMES WALTER LYMAN, M.D., general practitioner of medicine of all-around capability, equally skilled in the medical and surgical branches of his profession, has been in general practice in New York City for thirty-four years, and is one of New York's representative physicians.

James W. Lyman was born in Hartford, Connecticut, December 10, 1856, a son of Norman and Louisa Gertrude (Wickham) Lyman. Dr. Lyman comes of ancient and honorable Colonial ancestry in this country, on both his paternal and maternal lines, Richard Lyman, the progenitor of the Lyman family of America, having reached this country from England in 1631, also Miles Standish, who was a grandancestor of the maternal line, who is famous in Colonial history as one of the Plymouth Pilgrims. James W. Lyman received a liberal classical education in the public schools of his native city and the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut. He entered upon the study of medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, graduating therefrom in 1881 with the degree of M. D. He immediately joined the house staff of the Almshouse and Workhouse Hospital on Blackwell's Island, where he remained until 1882, and in