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JOHN SYflONDS RADWAY, fl. D., manufacturer, born Feb. 17, 1858, in New
York city, is a son of the late Dr. John Radway and Anna E. Lewis, his wife. The
senior Radway came to New York in 1832 from Chedworth, England, where he was
born in a manor house, which had been in possession of the family for generations.
The family name is derived from a parish in Warwickshire. In 1848, Dr. Radway, in
conjunction with Dr. Pierre C. Van Wyck, a druggist friend, began in a small way,
under the name of Radway & Co., the manufacture of Radway's Ready Relief, a medi-.
cine which is now known throughout the two Americas and beyond. His brother,
Richard G. Radway, was also a member of the firm. Dr. Radway died in 1870, his
brother in 1884, and Dr. Van Wyck in 1883. After the death of the last of the three
founders, the business was incorporated under the presidency of John S. Radway. The
latter began life with an excellent education, having graduated from the University of
the City of New York and the College of Physicians & Surgeons, receiving from the
latter the degree of M. D. He has continued the business founded by his father with
marked success. One of the largest advertisers in America, he has left no newspaper
reader in any part of the various countries, in which his remedy is sold, unaware of its
merits; and his prosperity is based largely upon his liberal expenditures in this direc¬
tion. Dr. Radway is a member of the Delta Phi and Manhattan Athletic clubs. He
was married in Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1884, to Mary A. Mailler, and their children
are John Oakley, Gladys C, and Edward Mailler Radway.

JAHES IRVING RAYflOND, merchant, head of the importing house of A. A.
Vantine & Co., was born in Bedford, Westchester count}^ N. Y., Aug. 23, 1843. His
father was Edward Raymond, a prosperous farmer. The boy attended the public
schools and academy of his native town and spent his time, not needed for study, in
the work of the farm. In 1864, he came to New York city to enter commercial life,
equipped with a good education and a determination to merit success. His first and
only engagement was with the house of A. A. Vantine & Co. Here, he applied himself
earnestly, studying the details of the extended business of the firm and evincing a
rectitude and capability, which soon brought promotion. In 1875, he became a partner.
After the death of Mr. Vantine, founder of the business, Mr. Raymond purchased
the entire interest. He is now sole owner of an unequaled establishment. The house
has been and is to-day the greatest of the kind in the United States, making a specialty
of the finest rugs and other goods of China, Japan, Turkey, India and other Oriental
countries. A retail and wholesale business is done, extending to every section of the
country and requiring representatives in nearly all the markets of Europe and Asia.
While Mr. Raymond is personally of modest and retiring temperament, the fame of
his business is world wide and the reputation of the house for solidity and exact busi¬
ness methods is enviable. In 1875, Mr. Raymond married Grace, daughter of Col.
John Quincy Adams of Brooklyn, the union resulting in one son, Irving Edward Ray¬
mond, now eighteen years of age and preparing for a collegiate course. Mr. Raymond
is a member of the Presbyterian church and lives in Stamford, Conn., in a home which
exemplifies all w^hich is artistic and tasteful. He is a mamber of the Union League
club and the Stock Exchange, and a director of The New^ York Real Estate Trust Co.
 

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