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Oct. 27, 1881; s. Henry E. Sheldon and Ella Frances (Staniels) S .; ed. Milton high sch .; Hopkinsoz Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1904; in. Alice Ilaw, thorne Hadden of Cleveland, O., Sept. 5, 1901 children-John E., Mrs. F. Mary Sheldon Sprague In wool bus., 1904 -; mem. Sheldon & Co., woot merchants, Boston; tr. Milton Sav. Bk .; mem. lat Corps Cadets, Mass. N.G., 1904-14; mem. sch. com. Milton; cemetery tr., mem. Masons. Clubs: Har- vard (Boston), Milton, Hoosic Whisiek (Canton), South Shore Country. Travel: Western U.S. Unt. tarian. Republican. Offiec: 216 Summer St., Bos. ton. Home: Adams St., Milton.
SHELDON, Raymond Wilmont, publisher; b. Wood- stock, Conn., July 17, 1893; s. Wayland Wilmont Sheldon and Emma Louisc (Coldman) S .; ed. Wood stock Acad .; Williston Acad .; A.B., Brown Univ 1917; m. Prudence Hinckley of Stonington, Conn, June 28, 1924; 1 son-Raymond Wilmont, Jr. Asst purchasing agt., Merrimac Chem. Co., Boston, 5 yrs .; publisher and owner, Webster Times, 1921 -; v.p Webster Five Cent Sav. Bk., Webster Ilosp .; pres Sheldon Press Co., Boston; mcm. Adv. Bd., Town of Webster; 2nd lt., Inf., World War, 11 mos .: mem. Masons, Elks, Am. Legion, Mil. Order World War. Clubs: Rotary (past pres.), Worcester City Webster Golf. Congregationalist. Republican Office: 363 Main St., Webster. Home: 835 School St., Webster.
SHEPARD, Elmer Irwin, asso. professor of mathe. matics; b. Winona, Minn., Mar. 3, 1878; s. Irwin Shepard and Mary (Elincr) S .; ed. State Normal Sch., Winona, Minn .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1900, A.M., 1904; Columbia, 1900-01; Harvard, 1906-08. Ehren Senator, Tübingen Univ., Ger., 1927; m. Elizabeth Branch of Champaign, Ill., July 5, 1904 (d.); m. (2d) Lillian C. Klossner of New Ulm, Minn., Dec. 30, 1908 (d.); m. (3rd) Laura Brayton llarwood of Billings, Mont., Jan. 2, 1913; children -John Klossner (d.), Mary Elizabeth, Harwood Teacher, Univ. Sch., Chicago, Il., 1 yr .; math., State Teachers Coll., Charleston, Ill., 1 yr .; instr. math., Williams Coll., 1903-05; Harvard, 1906-08. asst. prof., Williams Coll., 1908-27, asso. prof., 1927 -; esp. interested in preparation of students for actuarial ins. and in statistics; capt. inf., U.S.A., 1916, instr. O.T.C., Fort McPherson, Ga., 1917, now lt. col. 390th F.A. Rcs .; mem. Am. Math. Soc., Theta Delta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Williams (N.Y.). Travel: Europe (several times). Family from Skaneateles, N.Y., and Newtown, Conn. Republi- can. Office: Williams College, Williamstown. Home: Williamstown.
SHEPARD, Frederick Johnson, Jr., treasurer; b Derry, N.H., Dec. 10, 1889; s. Frederick J. Shepard and Annie B. (Bartlett) S .; ed. Pinkerton Acad., Derry, N.H .; B.S., M.I.T., 1912; m. Caroline L. Clark of Boston, 1915; m. (2d) Elisabeth McArthur of Montreal, 1927; children-Helen R., Frederick J., III, Carol C., George C. Engr., B. F. Sturtevant Co., 1912-13; Elec. Storage Battery Co., 1913-15, treas. Lewis-Shepard Co., 1915 -; capt. Design Sect., Ord. Dept., U.S.A., 1917-18; mem. Am. Soc. M.E. Clubs: Brae Burn Country, Corinthian Yacht, Eastern Yacht. Desc. Gov. Winthrop ( Mayflower). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 125 Walnut St., Watertown. Ilome: 67 Berkeley St., West Newton. Summer res .: Marblehead Neck.
SHEPARD, Grace Florence, professor of English; b. Everett, Jan. 11, 1875; d. Harvey N. Shepard and Fannie May (Woodman) S .; ed. Roxbury high sch .; grad. State Normal sch., Framingham, 1896; A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1912, A.M., 1913; unmarried. Teacher hist., Framingham State Normal Sch., 1897-98, Ilaverhill pub. schs., 1898-1900; prin., An- dover Pvt. Sch., 1902-04; Roxbury Pvt. Sch., 1904- 11. Instr. Eng., Wheaton Coll., 1913-15, asst. prof. 1915-18, asso. prof. 1918-22, prof. 1922 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Modern Lang. Assn. Am., Harvard Teachers' Assn. Travel: Gr., Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Sicily, It., etc. Author: many mag. articles, gen. on prof. subjs. Ancestors In Newbury, 1636; father active in civic. Masonle, and social service. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: Wheaton College, Norton.
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Home: 228 Townsend St., Boston. Summer res .: Sagamore Highlands.
YSHEPARD, Horace B., merchant; b. Dorchester, 1855; s. Otls Shepard and Emily (E.) S .; m. Flor- ence O. Gaut of Somerville, Feb. 14, 1882; children -Ralph A., Otis N., Herman G. (d.), I. Minot (d.), Eliot B., H. Wentworth. Pres. Shepard & Morse Lumber Co., Shepard S.S. Co. (pres.), Shepard Lum- ber Co .; v.p., Lumber Mut. Fire Ins. Co .; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Boston City, First Parish (Brookline), Seawanhaka-Corin- thian Yacht. Unitarian. Office: 40 Central St., Boston. Home: 20 Clark Rd., Brookline.
SHEPARD, John, Jr., capitalist; b. Boston, Jan. 2, 1857; s. John Shepard and Susan Annle (Baglcy) S .; ed. pub. schs .; m. Maude Miller of Boston, Jan. 10, 1911. Chmn. Bd. and owner of The Shepard Stores, Providence, R.I., 1880 -; chmn. bd. and owner, The Yankee Network, Inc .; owner, The Crown Hotel, Providence, R.I., and of many corps .; mayor, Palm Beach, Fla., 1930-1935. Winter home: Palm Beach, Fla. Summer res .: Lenox.
VSHEPARD, John, HI, broadcast executive; b. Bos- ton, Mar. 19, 1886; s. John Shepard, Jr., and Flora E. (Martin) S .; ed. Brookline high sch .; Wertz Naval Acad. Prep. sch., Annapolis, Md .; m. Mabel Ethel Fletcher of Providence, R.I., Feb. 19, 1912; children-Mrs. Dorothy Shepard Mclaughlin, Nancy, Joan. Rose from floormanager, Shepard Co., Providence, R.L., to gen. mgr. and pres. Shep- ard Stores, Boston, estab. radio sta. WNAC, Bos- ton, 1922; organizer, now pres., Yankee Network, pres. of latter, since incorporation; pres. Colonial Network; dir., v.p., Shepard Co., Providence, 1925 -; tr. Suffolk Univ .; dir. Crown Corp .; chmn. exec. com., Nat. Assn. Regional Broadcast Stas .; dir. Independent Radio Network Affiliates. Club: Al- gonquin. Travel: West Coast and So. Am. Uni- tarian. Republican. Office: 21 Brookline Av., Boston. Home: 324 Warren St., Brookline.
Y SHEPARD, Thomas Hill, merchant, manufacturer; b. Boston, Nov. 23, 1866; s. Otis Shepard and Emily E. (Blanchard) S .; ed. Chauncy ITall Sch., Boston; Harvard, 1884-86; m. Edna Parker of Chicago, Ill., Junc 12, 1895; children-Mrs. Katherine Shepard Barrows, Francis Parker, Stuart. In lumber bus., 1886 -; treas. Shepard & Morse Lumber Co., 1900 -; treas. Shepard S.S. Co. since its establishment; pres. Blanchard Machine Co., mfrs. machine tools, Cambridge, 1900 -. Clubs: Boston City, 20th Cen- tury, Longwood Cricket, Tedesco Country (Swamp- scott), Eastern Yacht, Corinthian Yacht (Marble-) head), Brae Burn Country. Unitarian. Republi- can. Office: 40 Central St., Boston. Ilome: 89 Rawson ltd., Brookline.
YSHEPARD, Warren S., banker; b. Worcester, Nov. 17, 1889; s. Frank L. Shepard and Lena J. (Hall) S .; ed. Worcester high sch .; m. Bernice Blackmer of Worcester, Sept. 3, 1915; children-Barbara, Suzanne. Clk., Mechanics Nat. Bk., Worcester, 1907-10; auditor and teller, Worcester Co. Instn. Sav., 1910-15; treas., gen. mgr., Morris Plan Co., 1915-20; v.p. Worcester Bk. & Trust Co., 1920-33, Worcester Co. Nat. Bk., 1933-34, Worcester Co. Trust Co., 1934 -; pres. Gardner Sav. Bk., Sept. 1, 1939 -; p. pres. Real Estate & Mortgage Corp., Shepard Mfg. Co., tr. People's Sav. Bk .; mem. Mass. Bankers Assn. (chmn. personal loan commn.), 1935-39. Clubs: Garden, Boat, Rotary, Country (Worcester). Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: 29 Parker St., Worcester. Home: 8 Fenimore Rd., Worcester.
SHEPLER, Dwight Clark, artist; b. Boston, Aug. 11, 1905; s. Rev. Joseph M. Shepler and Winifred (Johnson) S .; ed. Newton high sch .; Sch. Boston Mus. Fine Arts; A.B., Williams Coll., 1928; m. Helen B. MeElwain of Chestnut Hill, 1939. Painter; works on exhbn. in galleries in Boston, N.Y. City, San Francisco, London, shown in various group exhbns. of Am. painting; teacher of painting, Ves- per George Sch., Boston, and at Univ. N.C .; mem. Zeta Psi Club (N.Y.). Author: articles in Boston Herald and mags, Protestant. Studio: 20 Charles St., Boston. Home: 535 Hammond St., Chestnut Hill.
Y SHEPLER, Joseph McGuire, clergyman; b. Cumber- land, O., Oct. 13, 1869; s. John Irwin Shepler and Lydia L. (Clark) S .; ed. A.B., Scio Coll. (now com- bined with Mt. Union), 1896; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1900; D.D., Mt. Union Coll., 1913; m. Winifred Johnson of Steubenville, O., May 30, 1900; children-John Rex, Dwight C. Pastor, Finley (M.E.) Ch., Steubenville, O., 1896-97; asst. påstor, Centre Ch., Malden, 1898-1900; pastor, Glendale Ch., Everett, 1900-06, South St. Ch., Lynn, 1906- 08, Hyde Park Ch., 1908-15, St. John's Ch., Water- town, 1915-20; supt., Boston Dist., 1920-26; pastor, Lafayette Ch., Salem, 1926-31, Stanton Av. Ch., Dorchester, 1931-35, Winchendon Ch., 1937 -; tr. Boston Univ .; dir. N.E. Deaconess Hosp .; mem. Masons. Clubs: Boston Itinerant, Kiwanis. (Son, J. Rex Shepler, pastor at Jamaica Plain, Dwight C. Shepler, Boston artist.) Methodist. Republican. Office and home: 66 Lincoln Av., Winchendon. Summer res .: Townsend.
SHEPLEY, Henry Richardson, architect; b. Brook- line, May 1, 1887; s. George Foster Shepley and Julia Hayden (Richardson) S .; ed. Groton Sch., 1901-1906; A.B., Harvard, 1910; diplome, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1914; m. Anna Lowell (Gard- Iner) Draper of Boston, Sept. 14, 1919; children- Henry Richardson, Jr., Hayden Richardson, Rob- ert Gardiner, Hugh, Anne. Began career as archi- tectural draughtsman in office of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, Architects, Boston, 1914; became partner, firm Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Ab- bott, 1924; designed: The New York Hosp., Univ. Va. Med. Sch., Lakeside Hosp. (Cleveland, O.), White Memorial Bldg. of the Mass. Gen. Hosp., B.B. Chemical Co. bldg. (Cambridge), Northeastern Univ. (Boston), and many Ilarvard blogs, as Dun- ster Hall, Hemenway gymnasium, Littauer bldg. and Fogg Art Museum, Awarded the Gold Medal, N.Y. Arch. League, 1933, for New York Hosp. design; tr., Carnegie Instn. of Washington, D.C., Brooks Sch. (No. Andover), Am. Acad. in Rome; capt. Air Service, U.S.A., FFr., 1917-18; fellow Am. Inst. Architects; mem. Beaux Arts Soc. (v.p., 1931- 33), Boston Soc. Architects (pres. 1936-38), ad- visory com. on architecture to U.S. Treas. Dept., Nat. Com. of Fine Arts, Wash., D.C. Clubs: Har- vard (Boston, N.Y.), Somerset, The Country (Brookline), Century (N.Y.), Cosmos (Washing- ton), Beverly Yacht (Marion). Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office: 122 Ames Bldg., Boston. Home: 11 Chestnut PI., Brookline. Summer home: Ware- ham.
SHEPPARD, Carl Rogers, business executive; b. Quincy, Mar. 19, 1888; s. Eben Wallin Sheppard and Fannie May (Pratt) S .; ed. Thayer Acad .; Cornell; m. Gertrude J. Alexander of Quincy, July 23, 1937; 1 son-Joel Fithian (by carlier marriage). Worked up from clk. to pres. J. F. Sheppard & Sons, Inc., coal, Quincy, 1907 -; tr. Quincy Sav. Bk .; served with U.S.N.R.F., World War; mem. So. Shore Coal Dealers Assn. (treas., 1st pres.), Taleb Grotto, Phi Delta Theta, A.F.&A.M. (Rural Lodge), Unitarian Laymen's League. Clubs: So. Shore Country (v.p.), Kiwanis (past pres.). Protestant. Republican. Office: 27 Granite St., Quincy. Home: 46 Edgemere Rd., Quincy. Summer res .: West Harwich.
SHEPPARD, Julius Warren, manufacturer; b. Barre, July 13, 1880; s. James Edward Sheppard and Mar- garet Jane (Cross) S .; ed. Barre pub. schs .; Worces- ter high sch .; m. Florence Vaughan of Worchester, Apr. 10, 1905. With L. P. Goddard, printer, 1894- 97; Frost Stamp & Stationery Co., 1897-1900; printer to supt., Sherman Envelope Co., Worcester, 1900- 20; organized Sheppard Envelope Co., ifrs. all kinds of envelopes, Worcester; pres., gen. mgr., 1921 -; mem. Masons, Shriners, LO O.F. Clubs: Nat. Rep. N.Y., Doberman Am. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Sheppard Envelope Co., Worces- ter. Home: 21 Buckingham St., Worcester.
SHERBURNE, Charles H., business executive; b. Charlestown, May 31, 1869; s. Charles W. Sher- burne and Sarah (Damon) S .; ed. Boston pub. schs .; m. Josephine Woods of Somerville, Oct. 11, 1895; children-Mrs. Sarah Sherburne Putnam, Mrs. Charlotte Sherburne Ropes. Began in Ry. supply
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bus., partner Sheburne & Co., 1888; pres., treas., dir., Sherburne Co .; Armstrong Transfer Express Co .; pres., dir., Star Brass Mfg. Co .; dir. Boston Plate & Window Glass Co. Clubs: Algonquin, Ex- change (Boston), Eastern Yacht (Marblehead). Office: 53 Oliver St., Boston. Home: 419 Beacon St., Boston.
Y SHERBURNE, John Henry, lawyer; b. Boston, Jan. 29, 1877; s. John Henry Sherburne and Elizabeth Thayer (Nye) S .; ed. Hopkinson Sch .; A.B., Har- vard, 1899; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1901; m. Mary Patterson Harris of Baltimore, Md., Nov. 26, 1901; children-John, Alice, Elizabeth, Sid- ney Hall; m. (2d) Ilelen K. Stark of Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 23, 1931. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1901; began practice, Boston, 1901; mem. firm, Sher- burne, Powers and Needham; chinn., Gen. In- vestors' Trust, Eureka, Nevada Ry .; mem. Mass. Legislature, 1911-17; served as col., Mass. F.A., on Mexican border, 1916; col. and brig. gen., U.S.A., A.E.F., 1917-19; brig. gen., U.S.R .; chmn. on comm. on necessarles, Mass., 1919-20, with Fed. Food Adm., 1919; mem. Mass. Safety Counell (pres.), Nat. Safety Council, Am. Legion (chmn. nat. legislative com., 1929), Am. Bar Assn., Bar Assn. of City of Boston. Clubs: The Country (Brookline), St. Botolph (Boston), Harvard (N.Y.). Travel: Europe (extensive). Author: Massachu- sctts in the World War (Tercentenary Hist. of Mass.). Desc. Henry Sherburne, Portsmouth, N. H., 1631. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: 25 Cleveland Rd., Brookline.
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SHERBURNE, Raymond Warren, lawyer; b. Tyngs- borough, Sept. 4, 1885; s. Warren Alvah Sher- burne and Francena Louisa (Davis) S .; ed. Lowell high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1908, A.M., 1909; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1916; m. Ethel Marion Queen of Tyngsborough, July 17, 1912; children -- Eleanor, Russell, Esther, Marian. Teacher Greek and Latin, high sch., 1909-13; practiced law, Lowell, 1916 -; mem, Howard, Rogers & Sherburne, 1932 -; corporator, City Instn. Sav., Lowell; tr. Littlefield Lib., Tyngs- borough; treas. Town of Tyngsborough, 1933 -; niem. Lowell, Middlesex Co. and Mass. Bar Assns., Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Masons. Protestant. Republican. Office: 45 Merrimack St., Lowell. Home: Tyngsborough.
SHERINYAN, Elizabeth, artist, instructor, lec- turcr; b. Harpoot, Armenia, Jan. 29; d. Manoog Sherinyan and Varter Rose (Taterian) S .; cd. Eng. high sch., Worcester; Worcester Art Mus. Sch .; Mass. Sch. Art; pvt. studies in Europe; Univ. Extension courses; Clark Unlv. (instr.) basketry and water color painting, No. Ben- nett Indust. Sch., Boston, 1909-11; instr. man- ual training, crafts, drawing, painting, sculp- ture, Mass. State Indust. Sch. Girls, Lancaster, 1911-13; supervisor art edn., Bolton, Oakdale,.
West Boylston, 1912-16; supervisor basketry, Worcester summer playgrounds, 1911-17; super- visor fine and industrial arts, Claremont, No. and So. Charleston, N.H., 1916-17; instr. design and water color painting, Hartford (Conn.) high sch., supervisor art, Wash. and Wilson dists., Hartford, Conn., 1917-19; instr. manual train- ing, pub. sch., Worcester, 1919 -; Iccturer travel and art before clubs and church organs .; cxhib- ited Worcester Art Mus., Springfield Art League, Conn. Acad. Fine Arts, Ilartford, Conn .; Meri- den (Conn.) Art League, Jordan Marsh Co., Bos- ton; Armenian Monastery, Jerusalem, Pales- tine; in pvt. collections, Norway, Den., Sweden, Ger., Eng., U.S .; maintains an estate to exhibit over 500 paintings of her own and objet d'art from all over the world gathered In her travels; galleries open free of charge to publie; mem. Worcester Art Mus., Conn. Acad. Fine Arts, Ilartford, Conn., Worcester Drama League. Au- thor: articles on travel; for mag. Instructor:
in prize contests (winner threc prizes). Travel: l'r., Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Europe, Asia. In- terested in gardening and raising flowers to show at local horticultural exhibits. Congre- gationalist. Office: Educational Dept., Worces- ter. Home: 11 St. Elmo Rd., Worcester.
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SHERK, Kenneth Wayne, asst. professor of chem. Istry; b. Cottage Grove, Ore., Mar. 29, 1907; s Alvin Lloyd Sherk and Fiorence Ethel (Bisbey) S .; ed. Washington (Orc.) high sch .; A.B., Reed Coll., Portland, Ore., 1928; Ph.D., Cornell, 1930; nı. Dorothy Lucille Blacking of Eden, N.Y., June 7, 1930; 1 son-Larry Wayne. Asst. in chem., Cornell, 1928-30, 1931-33; teaching fellow, Rice Inst., Houston, Tex., 1930-31; Pfister research fellow, Cornell, 1933-34; asst. prof. chem., Smith Coll., 1935 -; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Sigma Xt Acacia Frat., Masons, Lions. Author: sci. arti- cles in chem. jours. Travel: throughout U.S Protestant. Republican. Office: Smith College. Northampton. Home: Williamsburg.
SHERMAN, AHen, lawyer; b. New Bedford, July 30, 1892; s. Clifford Parker Sherman and Emma B. (Allen) S .; ed. Mosher Sch., New Bedford: A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1915; student, Harvard Law Sch., 1916-17; LL B., Univ. Me. Law Sch, 1918, I.L.M., 1919; m. Eleanor Shaw of Bangor, Me., Aug. 1, 1922. Admitted to Me. bar, 1918. Mass. bar, 1921; asst. prof. law, Univ. Me., 1920; practleed law, New Bedford, 1921 -; mem. Cook. Brownell, Taber & Sherman; dir. Welfare l'ed New Bedford (past pres.); vice pres. St. Luke's Ilosp .; chin, bd. mgrs., Sol-e-Mar Ilosp .; mem Am., Mass., and New Bedford (past sec.) Bar Assns., Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Luncheon, Square & Compass. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 1 Ma- sonlc Bldg., New Bedford. Ilome: 112 Cottage St, New Bedford.
SHERMAN, Charies Lawton, asso. professor of Latin, political science, and history; b. Newport, R.I., Feb. 16, 1894; s. Benjamin B. H. Sherman and Charlotte A. (Lawton) S .; ed. Rogers high sch., Newport, R.I .; A.B., Harvard, 1917, Ph.D), 1928; Licencié-ès-Lettres, Univ. Grenoble, 1920; student, London Sch. Economics, 1933-34; 10 Dorothy A. Arnold of Newport, R.I., July 13. 1918; children-Charlotte A., Fred A. Travel- ing fellow, Harvard, 1919-20; asst. prof. Greek and Latin, O. Wesleyan Univ, 1920-22; instr. French and Classles, Harvard, 1922-29; asso. prof. Latin, polit. sel., and hist., Amherst Coll., 1929 -; mem. Representative Town Meeting, Am- herst, 1939; enlisted 301st Engrs., Sept. 1917, 1st It. 535th Engrs. Serv. Bn., U.S.A., France, Aug. 1918-July 1919; mem. Plri Beta Kappa, Am. Philol. Soc., Medieval Acad. Am., Am. Assn. Polit. Sci. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: articles on classics and pollt, scl. Travel: Eu- rope, 1911-12, 1919-20, 1933-34. Desc. John How- land, Plymouth. Congregationalist. Republican. Oillce: Amherst College, Amherst. 1lome: 155 Woodside Av., Amherst. Summer res .: 12 Francis St., Newport, R.I.
VSHERMAN, Charles Winslow, civil engineer; b. Kingston, Sept. 26, 1870; s. Eben Sherman and Lucy Morton (Burgess) S .; ed. Kingston high sch,; S.B., M.I.T., 1890, grad. course, 1890-91; M.C.E., Cornell, 1895; m. Caroline Elizabeth Mac- Duffle of Cambridge, June 23, 1898 (d. Feb. 20, 1930); children-John MacDuffie, Richard WIn- slow; m. (2d) Mrs. Frances Rathbone Coe of Belmont, June 8, 1935 (d. Mar. 9, 1936). Instr. civil engring., Cornell, 1891-95; asst. engr., Bos- ton-Metrop. Water Works, 1895-1901; prin, asst. engr. with Leonard Metcalf, (now Metcalf & Eddy), 1904-1913, partner 1913-38; consulting engr., associated with Metcalf & Eddy, 1938 -; dir. Merchants Coop. Bk .; pres. and tr. Bel- mont Sav. Bk .; water commr., Belmont, 1908-32; sergt., 2d It., 1st lt., Mass. State Guard, 1917-19; mem. Am, and Boston Socs. C.E .; hon. mem. and past pres. N.E. Water Works Assn. (awarded Dexter Brackett medal); former mem. Mass. Soc. Mayflower Descs., S.A.R. Author: various pa- pers in Engring. Periodicals. Warren and other Mayflower Pilgrims. Uni- Desc. Richard tarian. Republican. Office: Statler Bldg., Boston. Ilome: 16 Myrtle St., Belmont.
SHERMAN, Ellen Burns, author, home-maker; b. Montgomery Centre, Vt., May 4, 1867; d. Ezra Wright Sherman and Harriet Ann (Chasc) S .;
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ed. Brigham Acad., Bakersfield, Vt .; Litt.B., Smith Coll., 1891; unmarried. Teacher, Feller Inst., Grande Ligne, Q., 1885-86; Birds' Sch., Auburn- dale, 1886-87; Greylock Acad., S. Williamstown, 1887-88. Author: Taper Lights (essays) ; Words to the Wise-and Others; On the Manuscripts of God; volume of poems; essays and poems in mags. Desc. 2 Sherman brothers; U.S., 1633; one ancestor of Gen. and Senator Sherman, other of Roger Sherman, Senator Hoar, Frank Dempster. Plain Christian in religion. Inde- pendent in politics. Home: 7 West St., Feeding Hills.
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V SHERMAN, Herbert Leslie, chemist; b. Kingston, Nov. 11, 1881; s. Eben Sherman and Lucy Mor- ton (Burgess) S .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1902; m. Adaline Mead Swift of Belmont, 1906; children-Jane Morton Earl, Robert Swift. Condueted own bus., Industrial chem., Boston, 1904-12; pres., treas. N.E. Bur. Tests, 1912-18; head, commercial dept., Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, 1919-21; treas. Skinner & Sherman, Inc., Boston, 1921 -; treas. Mfg. Improvement Corp .; civilian chief of inspection, Constrn. Dlv. U.S.A., Washington, June 1918-Feb. 1919; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Am. Concrete Inst. Desc. Mayflower pioneers. Unitarlan. Republican. Office: 246 Stuart St., Boston. Home: 25 Hillside Ter., Belmont.
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SHERMAN, James Woodward, publisher; b. Hope- dale, Dec. 2, 1898; s. Eliner Ellsworth Sherman and Helen Steele (Babbitt) S .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1920; in. Doris Frances Pineo of Gardner, June 23, 1928. With Small, Maynard & Co., book publishers, 1920-21; with Little, Brown and Co., publishers, 1921 -; ed. and mgr., schoolbook dept., 1933 -; dir., 1935- sec. 1938 -; inem. Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Harvard (N.Y.), Wellesley Country, Author: The Talka- tive Table, 1925; The Captain of the Clothes- pins, 1926; A Quart of Moonlight, 1928; (with Paul G. Edwards) The Nature Activity Readers, Outdoor Land, The Outdoor Playhouse, The Outdoor World, 1931; Earth and Sky, 1937; (with Verne O. Graham) Forest Families, 1937. Epis- copalian. Republican. Office: 34 Beacon St., Boston, Home: 48 Whittier Rd., Wellesley Ilills. Summer res .: Birch Island, Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H.
Y SHERMAN, Jessle Gordon, artist; b. Lenox, July 6, 1884; d. Gardiner Sherman and Jessie (Gordon) S .; ed. Brearley Sch., N.Y. City; Winsor Sch., Boston; Essex House, Woodford Green, Eng .; N.E. Sch. Art, 1930-31; Vesper George Sch. Art, 1932; studied with Prescott M. M. Jones and Umberto Romano; unmarried. Painter, sculptor; works shown in N.Y. and Boston exhbns., at Mus. Art, Wichita, Kan .; mem. Boston Soc. In- dependent Artists (pres.), Fitzwilliam (N.H.) Art Center (dir.), Nat. Assn. Women Painters & Sculp- tors (N. Y.). Clubs: Vincent, Women's Republi- can ( Boston). Travel: Europe, W.I., Can., U.S. Dir, dese. Roger Sherman, signer of Declaration of Independence. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: 231 Bay State Rd., Boston.
SHERMAN, Margaret Eliza; b. Ludlow, Vt., Jan. 11, 1889; d. George Sherman and Jennie Flora (Swan) S .; ed. grad., Wheaton Sem., Norton, 1909; A.B., Colo. Coll., 1912. Teacher sciences, Summerville Acad., Augusta, Ga., 1912-14; teach- er, Lincoln Sch., Providence, R.I., 1914-26; finan- cial sec., 1917-26; teacher and asst. treas., Choate Sch., Brookline, 1926 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Congregationalist. Home: 12 School St., North- boro.
SHERRARD, Glenwood J., business man; b. Dor- chester, July 20, 1895; s. J. Alfred Sherrard and Catherine M. (McLean) S .; ed. Moses Brown Sch., Providence, It.1 .; m. Jessie L. Sherrard of Ev- erett, Nov. 15, 1925; children-Glenwood J., Jr., Andrew A. In hotel business; pres., dir. Parker House, Boston, Bellevue Ilotel Co., Somerset llotel Co .; served in U.S.A., May 1917-June 1919; capt. when discharged; tr. Deaconess Hosp .; pres. Mass. Hotch Assn., 1936-38; pres. N.E. Hotel Assn., 1937 -. Clubs: Algonquin, Engineers, Brac
Burn Country. Protestant. Office: The Parker
llouse, Boston. Home: 121 Forest Av., West Newton. Summer res .: Sunapee, N.H.
SHERRILL, Edgar Beaman, printer, typographer; b. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 11, 1880; s. Benjamin Mason Sherrill and Sarah Lila (Miles) S .; ed. Louisville (Ky.) pub. schs .; Phillips Andover Acad., 1898; in. Elizabeth Prescott of Woodmere, 1.1., N.Y., Apr. 15. 1924. In wholesale paper bus., Boston, 1899-1910; printing plant, 1910-18; purchased plant, prop. Sherrill Press, 1918-36; liquidated bus., 1936; with University Press, Cambridge, 1936 -; splty. designing of books (sev- eral on list given award by Am. Inst. Graphlc Arts); active in preservation and restoration of things of hist. value; owner and restorer, llist. Winslow House (Kenelmn Winslow house, 1617), Marshfield, helped form nat, orgn. for upkeep and preservation; mem. Hist. Winslow House Assn. (dlr.), Bostonian Soc., Soc. Preserva- tion N.E. Antiq., Marshfield Hist. Soc. Sweden- borgian. Republican. Oflice: University Press, Cambridge. Home: 1060 Beacon St., Brookline.
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