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Anthony Philip Finder City of Troy |
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Anthony Philip Finder City of Troy |
Anthony Philip Finder was born in Troy, New York, September 24,
1865, and there completed courses of public school study, finishing in
high school, class 1885, where he qualified for admission to Cornell University. He completed courses of study at Cornell and later prepared
for the profession of law at that ancient and valuable institution, Albany
Law School, now the law department of Union University, receiving the
degree of Bachelor of Laws, class of 1890.
His years of preparation completed, Mr. Finder returned to Troy
with his newly-acquired degree and began the practice of law in the
city of his birth. Thirty-three years have since elapsed and he is still
engaged in general practice. In 1890 he was special agent for the
eleventh census of New York, 1900-05, to gather statistics on manufacturing in Rensselaer and Albany counties ; in 1898-99 he was attorney for the Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors; he was a member of the Board of Education of Troy; Clerk of the Surrogate's Court of Rensselaer County, 1902-07; and in 1910 was supervisor of the thirteenth census for Rensselaer and Washington counties, New York.
In Masonry Mr. Finder has acquired all degrees of both the York and Scottish Rites, up to and including the thirty-second. He is affiliated
with King Solomon's Lodge, No. 91, Free and Accepted Masons; Apollo
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Bloss Council, Royal and Select Masters;
Apollo Commandery, No. 15, Knights Templar; the Scottish Rite bodies
of Troy and Albany; and Oriental Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine. In religious faith he is an Episcopalian, and in
politics a Republican.
Anthony P. Finder married, at Troy, January 16, 1895, Mary Louise
Mearns, daughter of John and Charlotte A. (Law) Mearns. Mr. and
Mrs. Finder are the parents of a daughter, Dorothy, born January 6, 1896,
now a teacher of English at Elmira Free Academy; and of a son, William,
born April 7, 1898, a graduate of Williams College with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, class of 1920, now purchasing agent with the Eastern
Malleable Iron Company, of Troy, New York.
ANTHONY PHILIP FINDER, upon graduation from Albany Law School in 1890, began the practice of law in Troy, New York, and there continues. He is a son of William and Martha E. (Bachmann) Finder, of Troy, both deceased.
