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SATTERLEE, EUGENE-Lawyer, Pittsford. Born in Rochester, N. Y., July 11, 1847. Educated at the Uni- versity of Rochester and at Heidelberg, Germany. (Married.) Vice-president German-American Bank, Rochester German Insurance Co. and Title Guarantee Co. of Rochester. Member Genesee Valley Club.
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SATTERLEE, GEORGE B .- Banker and Commis- sion Merchant, 42 Broadway, New York City; residence 31 East 28th street. Born in New York City, Nov. 15, 1833. (Married.) Formerly president New York Min- ing Stock Exchange and Hampshire and Baltimore Coal Co., vice-president Washington Fire Insurance Co. and United States representative of Krupp-Gruson Iron Works, Prussia. Member St. Nicholas Society, Sons of the Revolution and Century Association.
SATTERLEE, GEORGE REESE-Physician, 136 Madison avenue, New York City. Born at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1873. Educated at Columbia ('94) and College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., '98). Degrees of M.A. in 1898. (Single.) Member of the staffs of J. Hood Wright and Sloane Maternity Hos- pitals. Member Psi Upsilon Club, New York County Medical and New York Medical Societies and Colum- bia Alumni Association.
SATTERLEE, HERBERT LIVINGSTON - Law- yer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 31 East 2Sth street. Born in New York City, Oct. 31, 1863. Edu- cated at Columbia ('83). Degrees of A.B., A.M., Ph.D. and LL.B. (Single.) Member of the firm of Ward, Hayden & Satterlee. Was one of the organizers of the Naval Reserve Association of the State of New York and was its first president. Aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel on the staff of Governor Morton, 1894-7; served as lieutenant during the Spanish-Ameri- can War. Counsel Missouri, Kansas and Texas Ry. Co., International Car Wheel Co. and Gruson Iron Works. Member University, St. Anthony, Seawan- haka-Corinthian Yacht, Lawyers', New York Yacht and Strollers' Clubs, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the War of 1812, Columbia Alumni Association, Naval Order of the United States, Veteran Artillery Corps and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SATTERLEE, WALTER - Artist, 148 East 18th street, New York City. Born in New York City. Edu- cated at Columbia ('63); studied art at the National Academy of Design. (Single.) Member Twilight Club, Columbia University Alumni and Century Associa- tions, Sons of the Revolution and National Academy of Design.
SATTLER, WILLIAM R. - Naval Architect and Mechanical Engineer, 35 Dey street, New York City; residence 906 Broad street, Elizabeth, N. J. Born in Baltimore, Md., 1864. Educated at Lehigh University. (Married.) Proprietor Rumsey Pump Machine Co. Formerly superintendent and naval architect of vari- ous ship yards. Member Mattano Club of Elizabeth, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and of several yacht and country clubs.
SATTERTHWAITE, THOMAS EDWARD - Phy- sician, 7 East 80th street, New York City. Born in New York City, March 26, 1843. (Son of Thomas W. and Ann Fisher [Sheafe] Satterthwaite.) Educated at Yale College ('64), Harvard University ('65), New York College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., '67), New York Hospital (Interne Diploma, '69), and University of Würtzburg ('71). (Married Isabella Banks, of New York City, 1884.) Assistant surgeon and captain in Prussian service during Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1; received from Emperor William decoration of the Iron Cross for his services; in practice in New York City since 1871. Microscopist and pathologist St. Luke's Hospital, 1872-84; pathologist Presbyterian Hospital, 1873-87; one of the founders of the Post-Graduate Med- ical School and Hospital, the New York Polyclinic, 1882, and the Post-Graduate School; connected with the latter until 1890; lecturer Columbia Veterinary Col- lege for two years; president New York Pathological Society, two terms. At present consulting physician to the Post-Graduate, Orthopaedic and Babies' Hospitals and Northeastern Dispensary. Author of "Manual of Histology" and "Practical Bacteriology;" has contrib- uted extensively to medical journals. Member New York County Medieal, New York State Medical and Pathological Societies, Physicians' Mutual Aid and Century Associations and Academy of Medicine.
SAUNDERS, SAMUEL J. - Professor, Hamilton College, Clinton. Born in Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 3, 1862. Educated at the University of Toronto. Degree of D.Sc. from Cornell. (Married Jennie A. Stewart, of Hagersville, Ontario, 1887.) Fellow in
mathematics at Cornell, 1888-9; fellow in physics and mathematics, 1889-90; instructor in physics, 1890-2. Professor of physics and astronomy at Hamilton Col- lege since 1892.
SAVAGE, MINOT J .- Unitarian Clergyman, 34th street and Park avenue, New York City. Born in Norridgewock, Me., June 10, 1841. Educated in pre- paratory schools and at Bangor Theological Seminary. Received degree of D.D. from Harvard in 1896. (Mar- ried Ella A. Dodge, of Harvard, Mass., 1864.) Was ordained to Congregational ministry and held pastor- ates at Framingham, Mass., 1867-9, and at Hannibal, Mo., 1869-73. Became a Unitarian in 1873. Pastor of Third Unitarian Church of Chicago, Ill., 1873-4; Church of the Unity, Boston, Mass., 1874-96, and of the Church of the Messiah in New York City since 1896. Author of "The Religion of Evolution," "Life Questions," "The Morals of Evolution," "Beliefs About the Bible," "The Modern Sphinx," "The Religious Life," "Signs of the Times," "The Evolution of Christianity," "Facts and Theories," "Religion for To-Day," "Our Unitarian Gos- pel" and many others. Member Harvard Club.
SAVAGE, RICHARD HENRY-Author, 123 West 44th street, New York City. Born in Utica, N. Y., June 12, 1846. Educated at United States Military Academy ('68). (Married Anna Josephine Scheible of Berlin, Germany, at the Gernian Embassy, Washing- ton, D. C., 1872.) Served in the Egyptian Army, 1871-4; engineer on railroads in the South, 1874-84. Was ap- pointed in May, 1898, senior major of the 2d United States Volunteer Engineers and served throughout Spanish-American War; hoisted the first American flag in Havana, Cuba, in November, 1898. Author of "My Official Wife," "A Daughter of Judas," "The Anarchist." "In the Old Chateau," "The Masked Ve- nus," "In the Shadow of the Pyramids," "In the Swim" and many other works.
SAVAGE, WATSON L .- Physician, 308 West 59th street, New York City; residence Cromwell, Conn. Born in Cromwell, Nov. 26, 1859. Educated at Am- herst (A.B., '82, and A.M., '85), Long Island College Hospital (M.D., '85). (Married.) Resident physician and surgeon St. Peter's Hospital, Brooklyn, 1885-7; medical director Berkeley Athletic Club, Lyceum and School, 1887-90. Now president Dr. Savage Physical. Development Institute; vice-president Nason Ryder Co. and New York Society of Physical Education; secretary, treasurer and director College Gymnasium Society. Ex-member British Medical Society of Lon- don. Member Westchester Golf Club, New York County Medical Society, American Academy of Med- icine, Amherst Alumni Association and Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.
SAVIDGE, EUGENE COLEMAN-Physician, 66 West 50th street. New York City. Born in Maryland, Oct. 21, 1863. Educated at the University of France and at New York University (B.S., B.L. and M.D.). Has traveled extensively and devoted his time to medicine and literature. Member of the staffs of Roosevelt and St. Mark's Hospitals. Author of "Gal- lery of Eminent Men," "The American in Paris," "The Life and Times of Brewster" and other works. Fre- quent contributor to scientific journals. Director Bow- ery Bank. Member New York Academy of Medicine and other organizations.
SAVILLE, MARSHALL H .- Archaeologist, 77th street and Central Park, West, New York City; resi- dence 145 West 84th street. Born in Rockport, Mass., 1867. Educated at a high school and at Harvard. (Married Annie W. Lyon of Salem, Mass., 1893.) As- sistant curator in anthropology in the American Mu- seum of Natural History since 1894. Was in charge of the Central American exhibits at the World's Colum- bian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; has made explorations and discoveries in Yucatan, in Honduras for the Pea- body Museum of Harvard University, among the re- mains of the mound-builders in Southern Ohio, at the ruins of Palenque for the American Museum of Natu- ral History, and of Aztec remains in Mexico. Au- thor of several monographs on anthropological and archaeological subjects.
SAVIN, WILLIAM M .- Broker, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence 305 West 86th street. Member of the firm of Wilcox & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Alpha Delta Phi and New York Athletic Clubs.
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SAWIN, THEOPHILUS PARSONS-Presbyterian Clergyman, 120 First street, Troy. Born in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 14, 1841. Educated at Kimball Union Acad- emy and at Yale. Received degree of D.D. from Wil- liams College. (Married Emeline T. Farel, 1864.) Or- dained to Congregational ministry in 1871. Held pas- torates at Racine and Jamesville, Wis., and at Med- ford, Mass. Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Troy, since 1886.
SAWYER, AZARIAH HALL-Lawyer and Presl- dent, 23 Washington street, Watertown; residence 5 Ten Eyck street. Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., June 19, 1834. Educated at Lowville (N. Y.) Academy and by private tutors. Received honorary degree of LL.D. from Hobart College in 1896. (Mar- ried.) Was Judge of Jefferson County for ten years (1868-78), member of the Board of Education of the City of Watertown for nine years, for a part of that time being president of the Board, and vice-president and later president of the National Union Bank. Has been senior warden of Trinity Church for the past twenty-five years; is also chancellor and member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Central New York. President Agricultural Insurance Co .; director National Union Bank, Watertown Carriage Co. and other corporations; trustee Jefferson County Institute. Past master Watertown Lodge, F. & A. M., and past commander Watertown Commandery Knights Templar. Member Jefferson County Golf and Union Clubs, Mastigouche Fish and Game Club of Montreal, Canada, Lincoln League, New York State Bar Association, Order of Founders and Patriots of America and Sons of the American Revolution.
SAWYER, GEORGE PLINY-Lumber Merchant, 321 Gauson street, Buffalo; residence 770 West Ferry street. Born in Buffalo. Educated at Yale. (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of Noyes & Sawyer. Mem- ber University, Buffalo, Ellicott and Country Clubs and Yale Alumni Association.
SAWYER, J. THEODORE-Banker, Waverly; residence 329 Chemung street. Born Oct. 8, 1834. (Married.) President Citizens' Bank and Waverly Water Co. Formerly president village of Waverly, supervisor of the town and member of State Assembly. Member Sons of the American Revolution.
SAXE, MARTIN-Lawyer, 265 Broadway, New York City; residence 54 West 71st street. Born in New York City, Aug. 28, 1874. Educated at Princeton and New York Law School. (Single.) Secretary Commercial Law League League of America, 1898-9. Now president Phoenix Cap Co. and director Phoenix Cork Co. Member Lotos, Republican, Princeton and Arkwright Clubs.
SAXTON, CHARLES T .- Lawyer, Graham Block, Clyde; residence East Genesee street. Born in Clyde, July 2, 1846. Educated at Clyde High School. Re- ceived degree of LL.D. from Union College in 1892. (Widower.) Served during Civil War in 90th Regi- ment, New York Volunteers. Member of the New York State Assembly, 1887-9; State senator, 1890-4; temporary president of the State Senate, 1894; Lieuten- ant-Governor of New York, 1895-6. Was appointed Presiding Judge of the New York State Court of Claims in 1897, for term beginning Jan. 1, 1898, and ending Dec. 31, 1903. Was offered appointment as the first United States District Judge of Puerto Rico on May 24, 1900, but declined the office. Delegate to the National Republican Convention of 1900. Member Re- publican Club of New York City, Whist Club of Roch- ester, and Union Alumni Association.
SAYER, JOHN-Railroads, Warwick. Born in Greenwood Lake. N. Y., Jan. 4, 1845. Educated in Bell- vale, N. Y. (Married.) Treasurer and general pas- senger agent Lehigh and Hudson River Ry. Co. Mem- ber Masonic lodge.
SAYRE, CHARLES D .- Oils, Greenpoint avenue and West street, Brooklyn; residence 174 Clinton ave- nue. Born in Brooklyn, Oct. 1, 1869. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. (Married.) Formerly director Maine Steamship Co. Now director Peoples' Line. Member Crescent Athletic and Englewood (N. J.) Golf Clubs.
SAYRE, EDWIN H .- Wholesale Grocer, 58 Hudson street, New York City; residence 868 Carroll street,
Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, 1854. Educated in pub- lic school and commercial college. (Married.) Con- nected with the firm of R. C. Williams & Co. Secre- tary Hudson Mf'g Co. Member Arkwright Club, and Nassau Country, Montauk, and Marine and Field Clubs of Brooklyn.
SAYRE, LEWIS ALBERT - Physician and Sur- geon, 285 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in Bottle Hill (now Madison) N. J., Feb. 29, 1820. Edu- cated at Transylvania University ('39) and at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (M.D., '42). (Married Eliza Ann, daughter of Charles Henry Hall.) Was one of the founders of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1861; resident physician to the City of New York, 1861-6; president of the American Medical Association, 1880; delegate to International Medical Congresses of 1881, 1884 and 1887. Emeritus professor of orthopedic surgery at the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College; also consulting surgeon to Bellevue and City Hos- pitals and to the Home for Incurables. Has intro- duced new methods in the treatment of various dis- eases and was made a Knight of the Order of Wasa by the King of Sweden for distinguished services to surgery. Member American Geographical and New York Pathological Societies, Medical Society of St. Petersburg, Russia, British Medical (honorary), Amer- ican Medical and American Surgical Associations, New York Academy of Medicine, American Museum of Nat- ural History and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
SAYRE, REGINALD HALL-Physician and Sur- geon, 285 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in New York City, Oct. 18, 1859. Educated at Columbia ('81) and at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege. (Single.) Treasurer of trustees New York Acad- emy of Medicine; consulting surgeon Hackensack Hos- pital of Montclair, N. J., and Mountain Side Hospital and Home for Cripples of Newark, N. J. Formerly clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Uni- versity and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. Mem- ber City, New York Athletic and University Clubs, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Patholog- ical and State Medical Societies, American Academy of Medicine and Medical, Orthopaedic (ex-vice-presi- dent), Columbia Alumni and State Medical Associa- tions.
SCANLAN, MICHAEL J .-- Lawyer, 56 Pine street, New York City; residence Crotona Park, North. Born in New York City, 1854. Educated in public schools, Christian Brothers' Schools and Law School of New York University. (Married.) Member Catholic, Dem- ocratic and Brownson Catholic Clubs.
SCANNELL, JOHN J. - Commissioner, 157 East 67th street, New York City; residence 1 West 102d street. Born in New York City, 1840. Educated in public schools. Commissioner of the Fire Department of the City of New York since 1893.
SCHAEFER, EMIL-Ice Manufacturer, foot of East 52d street, New York City; residence 243 Central Park, South. President and director New York Hy- geia Ice Co .; director Brooklyn Elevated R. R. Co., F. & M. Schaefer Frewing Co. and Sea Side and Brooklyn Bridge Elevated R. R. Co. Member New York Athletic and Democratic Clubs and Liederkranz.
SCHAEFFER, HERMANN-President, 644 Broad- way, New York City: residence 270 Berkeley place, Brooklyn. Born in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 4, 1855. Edu- cated in Germany. (Married.) President Dr. Jae- ger's Sanitary Woolen System Co. Member of the firm of W. Benger, Sons & Co. Member Merchants' Central and New York Athletic Clubs, Hamilton, Riding and Driving, and Germania Clubs of Brooklyn, and Lieder- kranz.
SCHALL, WILLIAM, JR .- Banker, 54 Wall street, New York City; residence 20 Gramercy Park. Born in New York City, 1858. Educated in Lelpzig, Germany, and Paris, France. (Married.) Member of the firm of Muller, Schall & Co., and of the New York Stock Ex- change. Trustee Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co. and New York Marine Underwriters' Association. Member Racquet and Tennis and German Clubs, Essex County Country Club of Orange, N. J., and Down Town Association.
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SCHANCK. GEORGE E .- Dry Goods Merchant, 19 West 13th, and 20 West 14th streets, New York City; residence 33 West 12th street. Born in New York City, 1863. Educated in New York City and New Jersey. (Married.) Member of the firm of James A. Hearn & Son. Member Lotos, New York Athletic, Salmagundi, Arts, Apawamis and Fairfield County (Conn.) Golf Clubs, Chamber of Commerce, St. Nicholas Society, Sons of the Revolution and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
SCHARPS, BENJAMIN - Lawyer, 45 Broadway, New York City; residence 70 West 52d street. Born in Newburgh, N. Y., July 21, 1864. Educated at Yale ('84). (Single.) Member of the firm of Fullerton & Scharps. Member Yale Club.
SCHAUFFLER, ADOLPHUS FREDERICK - Presbyterian Clergyman, 105 East 22d street, New York City; residence 260 Fourth avenue. Born in Constantinople, Turkey, Nov. 7, 1845. Educated in Constantinople and at Williams College (A.B., '67, and A.M., '70). Received degree of D.D. from New York University in 1887. (Married Julia Baker, 1884.) Su- perintendent of New York City Missions. Member Century Association and Presbyterian Union.
SCHAUMBURG, ATKINSON-Lawyer, 57 Broad- way, New York City; residence Stapleton, S. I. Born in Baltimore, Md., May 31, 1847. Educated at Univer- sities of Virginia and Heidelberg. (Single.) Was Pro- hibition candidate for district attorney and attorney general; formerly editor "Forum Law Review." Mem- ber Southern Society, Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, University of Virginia Alumni Association, Sons of the Revolution and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SCHEFER, CARL-Merchant, 476 Broome street, New York City; residence 40 West 37th street. Born in Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, March, 1843. Educated in Germany. (Married.) Member of the firm of Sche- fer, Schramm & Vogel. Director Thuringia-American Fire Insurance Co. and Frankfurt-American Insur- ance Co .; trustee Washington Trust Co, Member Merchants' and Riding Clubs, American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Deutscher Verein.
SCHELL, EDWARD HARTT-Lawyer, 66 Broad- way, New York City; residence 19 East 24th street. Educated at Yale. Director Citizens' Insurance Co. and Manhattan Life Insurance Co .; trustee Manhattan Savings Institution. Member St. Nicholas, Manhattan and Yale Clubs, St. Nicholas Society and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SCHELL, FRANCIS-Lawyer, 280 Broadway, New York City; residence 21 East 62d street. Educated at Yale ('72). Member Yale, Metropolitan and University Clubs, American Geographical and St. Nicholas So- cieties and Yale Alumni Association.
SCHELL, PHILIP L. - Merchant, 81 Leonard street, New York City; residence 308 West 83d street. Born in New York City, Sept. 22, 1858. Educated at private school. (Married.) Member of the firm of W. Stursberg, Schell Co. (commission merchants and im- porters). Vice-president Germania Mills of Holyoke, Mass .; director Ounegan Woolen Co. of Old Town, Me. Member Merchants' Club.
SCHELL, ROBERT-Banker, 100 East 14th street, New York City; residence 33 West 56th street. Vice- president and trustee German Savings Bank; director Associated Land Co., Bank of the Metropolis, New York and Harlem R. R. Co. and Woodlawn Cemetery. Member St. Nicholas Club, St. Nicholas and American Geographical Societies and Aldine Association.
SCHENCK, EDWARD - Lawyer, 171 Broadway, New York City; residence 167 Lexington avenue. Born in Fonda, N. Y. Educated at Union College ('69). (Single.) Member Society of Medical Jurisprudence and Union College Alumni Association.
SCHENCK, EDWARD F .- Salesman, 258 West 43d street, New York City. Born in Kentucky, Nov. 6, 1848. (Single.) Member New York Athletic and Fel- lowship Clubs and Royal Arcanum.
SCHENCK, HERBERT DANA-Physician, 241 Mc- Donough street, Brooklyn. Born in Union Springs, Cayuga County, N. Y., June 28, 1857. Educated at Friends' Academy, Union Springs, and Cornell Uni- versity. (Married.) Now oculist and aurist to Brook- lyn Homoeopathic Hospital, Nursery and Infants' Hos- pital, and Brooklyn Maternity and Hospital, and con- sulting oculist and aurist to Brooklyn Central Homo- opathic Dispensary. Formerly chief of staff of Brook- lyn Eastern District Homeopathic Dispensary; secre- tary for several years and president Homoeopathic Medical Society of the County of Kings; secretary for several years of the American Homeopathic Ophthal- mological, Otological and Laryngological Society. Member Cornell University, Unanimous and Æscula- pian Clubs, and Medical Club of Brooklyn.
SCHENCK, H. PENDLETON-Lawyer, 19 Liberty street, New York City; residence 162 Columbia Heights. Brooklyn. Educated at Columbia. Member of the firm of Schenck & Punnett. Member Delta Phi and Union Clubs, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, Church Club of the Diocese of Long Island, St. Nicholas So- ciety and Columbia University Alumni Association.
SCHENCK, JOHN CORNELL-Lawyer, 209 Bar- bey street, Brooklyn. Born in Flatbush, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1837. (Son of Isaac C. and Catharine [Meserole] Schenck.) Educated at Mount Washington Collegiate Institute and Columbia College Law School, under Prof. Dwight, ('60.) (Married Josephine M. Petty, and has one daughter, Elizabeth Meserole Schenck.) Chairman Citizens' Association of the town of New Lots, for the relief of volunteers, drafted men and their families, 1861-5; served as justice of the peace in Kings County: as town clerk of New Lots, and as Associate Justice of the Court of Sessions in Kings County. Prepared and attended to enactment of the charter of the East New York Savings Bank in 1868, and had it opened for business May 1, 1869; was in charge of general management of the bank, its legal adviser and a member of the board of trustees until 1884, when he resigned. Was interested in the forma- tion of the Union Gas Light Co. of the town of New Lots, and numerous other corporations. Member Hol- land Society and Masonic Veterans.
SCHENCK, FREDERICK BRETT - Banker, 191 Broadway, New York City; residence Englewood, N. J. Born in New York City, June 9, 1851. Educated in Brooklyn, N. Y. (Widower.) President Brooklyn Young Men's Christian Association, 1890-7; treasurer International Committee of same since 1895. President Mercantile National Bank; vice-president Hamilton Bank; director Fourteenth Street Bank, National Surety Co. and Safe Deposit Co. of New York. Mem- ber Union League Club, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, Chamber of Commerce, Holland Society and many church and benevolent societies.
SCHENCKER, PETER AUGUST-Organist and Composer, 235 East 52d street, New York City. Born in Germany, Aug. 26, 1850. Studied harmony in New York City and composition at Leipzig Conservatory. (Married.) Organist and musical director in the West Presbyterian Church, New York City, since 1872. Has composed considerable church music. Member New York Manuscript Society.
SCHERER, ROBERT G .- Lawyer, Albany; resi- dence 618 Madison avenue. Born March 20, 1861. Edu- cated at Cornell and Columbia Law School. (Mar- ried.) Member of New York State Assembly. Trus- tee Mechanics' and Farmers' Savings Bank. Member Fort Orange Club.
SCHERMERHORN, ARTHUR FREDERIC - In- surance, 100 Broadway, New York City; residence 77 West 68th street. Born in New York City, April 1, 1860. Educated at Cutler School and Charlier Institute in New York City. (Married.) Was adjutant 12th Regi- ment, N. G. N. Y., lieutenant-colonel commanding 112th Regiment, N. G. N. Y., and first vice-president Associated Board of Officers of Provisional Regiment, N. G. N. Y., 1898. Director American Surety Co. and New York Connecting R. R. Co., and member Consoli- dated Stock and Petroleum Exchange. Member Army and Navy (governor) and Lawyers' Clubs, St. Nich- olas Society. Sons of the Revolution, American Insti- tute of Architects, Old Guard, 12th Regiment, N. G. N. Y., and 7th Regiment Veteran Association.
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SCHERMERHORN, CHARLES AUGUST-Real Estate and Insurance, 1286 Broadway, New York City; residence 270 Boulevard, West. Born in New York City, 1839. Educated in New York City. (Mar- ried.) Formerly trustee Society for Relief of Desti- tute Blind, House of Mercy, and others. Now trustee Real Estate Trust Co. Member St. Nicholas and Hol- land Societies, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the War of 1812, Lafayette Post, G. A. R., and Sons of the Revolution.
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