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SCHUYLER, WALTER G. - Lumber Merchant, First avenue and 98th street, New York City; residence 174 West 76th street. Member of the firm of G. L. Schuyler & Co. Member Colonial, New York Athletic and Lawyers' Clubs and Holland Society.
SCHWAB, GUSTAV H .- Shipping Merchant and Steamship Agent, 5 Broadway, New York City; resi- dence 4 East 48th street. Born in New York City, May 30, 1851. Educated in New York City and in Germany. Member of the firm of Oelrichs & Co., American agents for the North German Lloyd Steamship Co. Served as a member of the Committee of Seventy of 1894. Director Merchants' National Bank and New York Produce Exchange Safe Deposit and Storage Co .; trustee Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co., Birkbeck In- vestment, Savings and Loan Co. and United States Trust Co. Member Riding, Metropolitan, City, Men- delssohn Glee and Reform Clubs, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson, Century Association and Lieder- kranz.
SCHWAN, LOUIS M .- Lawyer, 80 Broadway, New York City; residence 205 West 57th street. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1852. (Married.) Vice-presi- dent, secretary and treasurer Lake Erie and Western R. R. Co. Member Union League, Riding and New York Athletic Clubs and others.
SCHWARTZ, LOUIS L. - Merchant Tailor, 163 Broadway, New York City; residence 203 West 85th street. Born in New Jersey, April 27, 1863. Educated in Newark (N. J.) public schools. (Married.) Member Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association and Mer- chant Tailors' Society.
SCHWARZ, HENRY F. - Toy Manufacturer, 39 West 23d street, New York City; residence 20 East 61st street. Born in Baltimore, Md., June 19, 1866. Edu- cated at Charlier Institute in New York City. (Sin- gle.) Member of the firm of F. A. O. Schwarz. Mem- ber New York Athletic Club, Good Government Club "A," Aldine Association and Liederkranz.
SCOFIELD, WILLIAM HEDGES - Mantels and Fireplaces, 9 West 30th street, New York City. Born in New Hamburgh, N. Y., July 28, 1867. Educated at Princeton ('89). (Married.) Active stockholder in Con- over Fireplace Mfg Co. Member Princeton Club, 7th Regiment, N. G. N. Y., and Ancient Lodge, F. & A. M.
SCOLLARD, CLINTON-Author, Clinton. Born in Clinton, Sept. 18, 1860. Educated at Hamilton College ('81). (Married.) Instructor in Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1881-3; assistant professor of elocution at Hamilton College, 1888-92; professor of English litera- ture at same institution, 1892-6. Author of "Pictures in Song," "Old and New World Lyrics," "Songs of Sunrise Lands," "A Boy's Book of Rhyme," "Hills of Song," "Under Summer Skies," "On Sunny Shores," "A Man-at-Arms," "The Son of a Tory" and many other works. Member Authors' Club of New York City.
SCOTT, CHARLES H .- Retired Coffee Merchant, 111 Broadway, New York City; residence 24 West 38th street. Born in New York City, 1835. Educated in New York City. (Single.) Member Union League and Men- delssohn Glee Clubs and Down Town Association.
SCOTT, EDWARD W .- Insurance, 346 Broadway, New York City; residence 339 West 88th street. Presi- dent and director Provident Savings Life Assurance Society. Ex-director International Banking and Trust Co. Member Union League and Colonial Clubs, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
SCOTT, FRANCIS MARION-Supreme Court Jus- tice, County Court House, New York City; residence 42 Park avenue. Born in New York City, March 14, 1848. Educated in public schools, at the College of the City of New York ('67) and at Columbia College Law School ('69). (Married.) First assistant corporation counsel, 1885-8; aqueduct commissioner, 1888-95; cor- poration counsel, 1895-8. Supreme Court Justice since Jan. 1, 1898, for term expiring Dec. 31, 1911. Director Empire City Fire Insurance Co. Member Manhattan, University, New York Yacht and Larchmont Yacht Clubs, Century Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SCOTT, FRANK H .- Publisher, 33 East 17th street, New York City; residence Orange, N. J. President "The Century" Co. Member Players' Club, American Fine Arts Society and Century and Aldine Associa- tions.
SCOTT, GEORGE ISHAM-29 Broadway, New York City; residence 15 Washington square. Born in New York City, Dec. 27, 1872. Educated at Columbia. (Single.) Member Racquet and Tennis, and Union Clubs.
SCOTT, GEORGE S .- President, 29 Broadway, New York City; residence Newport, R. I. Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Jan. 25, 1837. Educated at Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia. (Married.) Formerly presi- dent Richmond and Danville R. R. Co., vice-president Pacific Mail S. S. Co. and director Chicago and North- western R. R. Co., Union Pacific R. R. Co., Panama R. R. Co. and East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia R. R. Co. Member Metropolitan, New York Yacht, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, American Yacht and Union Clubs, American Geographical Society, Sons of the American Revolution and American Museum of Natural History.
SCOTT, GEORGE W .- Commission Merchant, 70 Franklin street, New York City; residence Pelham Manor. Born in Ireland. Educated at the College of the City of New York. (Single.) President Scott Brothers Co. Member Racquet and Tennis, Ark- wright, New York Athletic, Larchmont Yacht and New York Yacht Clubs and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
SCOTT, HENRY W .- Lawyer, 93 Nassau street, New York City; residence 201 West 122d street. Born in Sangamon County, Ill., about 1865. Studied law and was admitted to practice at the age of eighteen. Was Democratic candidate for Judge of the Sixteenth Ju- dicial District of Kansas in 1889 and was defeated by eight votes. Appointed United States District Judge for Oklahoma Territory in 1893, but resigned to en- gage in practice in New York City. Member of the firm of Scott & Treadwell.
SCOTT, JOHN WINFIELD-Vice-President and Treasurer, 100 Broadway, New York City; residence East Orange, N. J. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 22, 1856. Educated in public schools and at Connecti- cut Literary Institution, Suffield, Conn. (Married Florence E. Bucklin of Cleveland, Ohio.) Vice-presi-
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dent, treasurer and director American Register Co .; assistant to the president Pacific Co .; director Manoas R. R. Co. Was secretary New York State Society Sons of the American Revolution for three years; chairman of committee for the preservation of the New York City Hall; member Columbian Celebration Municipal Committee of One Hundred and adjutant- general School and College Parade; member Grant Monument municipal committee, and chairman first committee Sons of the American Revolution for re- building U. S. frigate Constitution ("Old Ironsides"). Member Sons of the American Revolution.
SCOTT, RUFUS LEONARD-Lawyer, 95 Nassau street, New York City; residence 430 Greene avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Lanesborough, Mass., March 31, 1835. (Son of Leonard and Fanny [Dickinson] Scott.) Educated in public schools, at Fast Williston (Mass.) Seminary, Charlotteville (N. Y.) Seminary and at the University Law School of New York City. Practic- ing in New York City since his admission to the Bar in 1861, and is now senior member of the firm of Scott & Treadwell. Collector of arrears of taxes in Brook- lyn, 1877-9: member of the Brooklyn Board of Alder- men, 1884-5; member of the Brooklyn Board of Edu- cation, 1886-9. Trustee Bushwick Savings Bank of Brooklyn. Member Twilight Club, Bushwick Demo- cratic and Aurora Grata Clubs of Brooklyn, New York Historical, Long Island Historical and New England Societies and Society of Medical Jurisprudence.
SCOTT, WILLIAM A .- Insurance, 54 William street, New York City; residence 149 West 79th street. Member of the firm of Scott, Alexander & Talbot. Member New York Athletic and Colonial Clubs and Lafayette Post, G. A. R.
SCOTT, WILLIAM FORSE-Lawyer, 59 Wall street, New York City; residence Croton-on-Hudson. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1844. Educated in Day- ton and Washington, D. C. (Married.) Senior partner of the firm of Scott & Upson. Four years continu- ously in active service in the field during the Civil War, from private to adjutant of Fourth Iowa Vete- ran Cavalry. Has written a book on the Campaigns of the Southwest ("The Story of a Cavalry Regiment," large octavo, with maps, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1893). Member Anthropological Club of Yonkers, Justinian Society, Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion, State Bar Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SCOTT, WILLIAM HOYT-Retired Lawyer, 111 Broadway, New York City; residence 20 East 65th street. Born in New York City, 1831. Educated at Kenyon College. (Widower.) Member of the firm of Chapman, Scott & Crowell. Member Union Club and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SCOVILLE, JOHN H .- Broker, 3 Broad street. New York City; residence Brooklyn. (Married.) Member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of Maxwell & Scoville. Member Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, and Metropolitan and Racquet and Ten- nis Clubs.
SCRIBNER, ARTHUR H .- Publisher, 155 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 2 West 43d street. Educated at Princeton ('81). Member of the firm of Chas. Scribner's Sons. Member Princeton, University, Racquet and Tennis, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Grolier Clubs, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hud- son, Century and Aldine Associations and Dunlap So- ciety.
. SCRIBNER, CHARLES-Publisher. 155 Fifth ave- nue, New York City; residence 12 East 38th street. Born in New York City, Oct. 1854. Educated at Princeton ('75). (Married.) Head of the publishing house of Charles Scribner's Sons. Director Park Na- tional Bank and Plaza Bank; trustee Bowery Savings Bank. Member Union, University, Princeton and New York Riding Clubs, Century and Aldine Associations and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
SCRIBNER, FRANK KIMBALL-Author, 26 East 21st street, New York City. Born in New York City, Feb. 22, 1867. Educated at Williams College and at Harvard Law School. (Single.) Engaged in the writ- ing of short stories for magazines and periodicals since 1889. Author of "The Honor of a Princess," "The Fifth of November" and many others. Member American Canoe Association.
SCRIBNER, FREDERICK W .- Banker, Canton. Born 1845. (Nephew of Charles Scribner, founder of the Scribner publishing house; also nephew of Wil- liam H. Kimball, president of the Seventh National Bank of New York City.) Assistant cashier of the St. Lawrence County Bank since 1880.
SCRIBNER, G. HILTON - Lawyer, Yonkers.
Born in Monroe County, N. Y., 1831. Educated at Oberlin College. (Married.) Formerly member of New York State Legislature, Secretary of State of New York, president Palisade Bank and Central Park, North and East River R. R. Co., director Atlantic National Bank and Bank of New Amsterdam and also a former trustee Rochester Theological Seminary. Member Union League Club, Society of American Au- thors, American Association for the Advancement of Science and British Association for the Advancement of Science.
SCRIBNER, JOHN MARSTON-Lawyer, 2 Wall street, New York City; residence 240 West 56th street. Born in Middleburg, Schoharie Co., N. Y., Oct. 4, 1839. (Son of Rev. John M. and Ann Eliza Scribner.) Edu- cated at Delaware Literary Institute and at Union College ('59). Studied law in New York City and was admitted to the Bar in 1861. (Widower.) Counsel to various street railroads and ferry companies. Mem- ber University and Lawyers' Clubs, Union Alumni Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SCRUGHAM, WILLIAM WARBURTON-Lawyer, 34 Warburton avenue, Yonkers; residence 13 Greystone terrace. Born in Yonkers, Feb. 18, 1860. Educated at Columbia and Columbia Law School. (Married.) President Yonkers Gas Light Co .; director First Na- tional Bank of Yonkers. Formerly acting City Judge of the City of Yonkers, and member of the Board of Education. Member City Club, Sons of the American Revolution, Columbia Alumni and Westchester County Bar Associations and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SCRYMSER, JAMES A .- Capitalist, 37 Wall street, New York City; residence 107 East 21st street. Born in New York City, 1839. Educated at College Hill Academy, Poughkeepsie. Served with the 12th Regi- ment, New York Volunteers, during Civil War and participated in all the principal battles of the Army of the Potomac until June, 1864. Projected and or- ganized, in June, 1865, the International Ocean Tele- graph Co. for laying and operating submarine cables between the United States, the Island of Cuba and other West India islands, which were successfully es- tablished in 1866 and 1870. In 1879, he projected, and in 1881 established, the Mexican Telegraph Co. and subsequently the Central and South American Tele- graph Co., connecting the United States via Galveston, Texas, with sixteen nationalities in Mexico and Cen- tral and South America. President and director Central and South American Telegraph Co., Mexican Telegraph Co. and Pacific Cable Co. Member Metro- politan, Union League and Riding Clubs, Century and Down Town Associations, Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.
SCUDDER, EDWARD M. - Lawyer, 59 Wall street, New York City; residence 21 East 22d street. Educated at Trinity College ('77). Member Republi- can, University and Church Clubs, Trinity College Alumni Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SCUDDER, HENRY T .- Protestant Episcopalian Clergyman, Patchen and Jefferson avenues, Brooklyn; residence 916 Union street. Educated at Columbia ('74). Rector of St. Stephen's Church. Member Uni- versity and Grolier Clubs of New York City, Colum- bia University Alumni Association, Society of Colo- nial Wars and Sons of the Revolution.
SCUDDER, MOSES L .- 32 Liberty street, New York City; residence 109 East 18th street. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Wesleyan Univer- sity. (Married.) President Lincoln Traction Co., and St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern R. R. Co. Mem- ber Union and Players' Clubs, Chicago Club of Chi- cago, American Geographical and New York His- torical Societies and Down Town Association.
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SCUDDER, TOWNSEND-Congressman, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., and Lawyer, 7 Pine street, New York City; residence Glen Head, Nas- sau County. Born in Northport, Suffolk Co., N. Y., July 26, 1865. (Son of Townsend and Sarah M. [Frost] Scudder.) Educated in Europe and at Columbia Col- lege Law School (LL .. B., '88). (Married.) Was coun- sel to Queens County for four terms. Now represent- ing the First New York District in the Fifty-sixth Congress. Director Nassau County Bank, Mineola. Member Lotos and Hardware Clubs, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SCULLY, PATRICK JOSEPH-City Clerk, 11 City Hall, New York City; residence 5 Willett street. Born in New York City, Jan. 9, 1855. Educated at De La Salle Institute. Deputy county clerk, 1889-96. Clerk of the Municipal Council and city clerk of the City of New York since Jan. 3, 1898. Member Catholic and Democratic Clubs.
SEABROOK, HARRY H .- 118 East 72d street, New York City. Born ir. Keyport, N. J., Oct. 23, 1859. Edu- cated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons ('81). (Married.) Was house surgeon Bellevue Hospital, 1882-3; attending ophthalmic surgeon St. Luke's Hos- pital, 1894-6; surgeon New York Eye and Ear In- firmary since 1891. Member Sons of the Revolution, Academy of Medicine, County Medical Society and Lenox Medical and Surgical, Bellevue Hospital Alum- ni and Harlem Medical Associations.
SEABURY, FRED CHANDLER - Banker and Broker, 7 Wall street, New York City; residence 414 Grand avenue, Brooklyn. Member of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Crescent Athletic, Lincoln and Polytechnic Clubs of Brooklyn, Society of Colo- nial Wars, Society of Mayflower Descendants and Sons of the American Revolution.
SEABURY, GEORGE J .- Manufacturing Chemist and Pharmacist, 59 Maiden lane, New York City; residence 249 West 74th street. Born in New York City, 1844. Educated in New York City. (Married.) President Seabury & Johnson and Mersereau Mf'g Co. Member New York Athletic, Republican and West Side Republican Clubs and of many scientific, educa- tional and benevolent organizations.
SEABURY, WILLIAM JONES-Protestant Epis- copalian Clergyman, 8 Chelsea square, New York City. Born in New York City, Jan. 25, 1837. Educated at Columbia (A.B., '56, and A.M., '59) and at the General Theological Seminary (D.D., '66). Received degree of D.D. from Hobart College in 1874. (Married.) Rec- tor of the Church of the Annunciation, 1868-98; profes- sor of ecclesiastical polity and law at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church since 1873. Author of "Lectures on Haddan's Apostolic Succession," "An Introduction to the Study of Ecclesiastical Polity" and of many sermons, essays and reviews.
SEAGER, G. E .- Butter and Cheese Dealer, Ran- dolph. Born in Randolph, Feb. 6, 1834. Educated at Randolph Academy. (Married.) Was president of the village of Randolph for four years, and of Board of Education and Randolph Union School for six years. Director State Bank of Randolph.
SEAGER, JAMES M .- Ship Broker, Produce Ex- change, New York City; residence 319 West 46th street. Vice-president John C. Seager Co. Member Marine and Field Club of Brooklyn, and Democratic Club.
SEAGRIST, FRANCIS W., JR .- Building Mater- ials, 304 Avenue B, New York City; residence 141st street and Broadway. (Married.) Senior member of the firm of F. W. Seagrist, Jr. & Co. Member Har- lem, Manhattan, Building Trades and Washington Clubs, 7th Regiment Veteran Association, Charity Organization Society, Royal Arcanum and Knights of Honor.
SEAMAN, ALFRED P. W .- Lawyer, 141 Broad- way, New York City; residence 147 West 87th street. Born in West Winsted, Conn. Educated at Columbia. (Single.) Member Colonial, Fencers' and Psi Upsilon Clubs, Columbia Alumni Association and Sons of the Revolution.
SEAMAN, ALLAN HAY-Editor, Tuckahoe. Born in Tuckahoe, April 8, 1871. Educated in Bronxville, N. Y., and New York City. (Single.) Editor and pro- prietor "Eastchester Citizen-Bulletin"; secretary Tuckahoe Lyceum Co. and Home Building and Loan Association. Was coxswain on board U. S. S. Yankee during Spanish-American War. Member New York Athletic Club and Tuckahoe Hose Co. No. 1.
SEAMAN, HENRY BOWMAN-Civil and Con- sulting Engineer, 40 Wall street, New York City; res- idence 135 St. James place, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, Jan. 20, 1861. Educated at Swarthmore College (C.E., '81). Was engaged in the construction of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg R. R., the Kings County Elevated Ry. and the New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. Was bridge engineer on the Erie Railway system, chief engineer to the Audit Co. of New York, and had charge of the grade cross- ings in the City of Syracuse. Member Engineers' Club of Brooklyn (vice-president), Engineers' Club of New York City, American Society of Civil Engineers (director), American Society of Mechanical Engineers and American Institute of Mining Engineers.
SEAMAN, LOUIS DE W .- Insurance, 621 Broad- way, New York City; residence 72 Maple avenue, New Rochelle. Born in New York City, Feb. 13, 1873. Edu- cated in New Rochelle. (Single.) General agent New York Life Insurance Co. Member New York Ath- letic Club.
SEAMAN, LOUIS LIVINGSTON-Physician, 18 West 31st street, New York City. Born in Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1851. Educated at Cornell, Jefferson Medical College, University Medical College (M.D., '76) and at New York University Law School (LL.B., '84). (Widower.) Resident surgeon to New York State Emigrant Hospital, 1877-9; superintendent of State Emigrant Insane Asylum, 1879-81; chief of staff in the various hospitals on Blackwell's Island, 1881-5. Dele- gate to International Medical Congresses held in Lon- don in 1881, Berlin in 1894, and in Moscow in 1897. Served as major-surgeon of the 1st Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers during Spanish-American War. Author of "The Social Waste of a Great City" and of many medical papers. Member Reform, Lotos, Calumet, Quill, Cornell University, Good Government and Players' Clubs, New York Genealogical and Bio- graphical, and Dunlap Societies, Society of Medical Jurisprudence, Academy of Medicine, Society of Co- lonial Wars and New York University Medical Alumni Association.
SEARING, PETER J. L .- Salt, 33 Fulton street, New York City; residence 212 West 130th street. Born in New York City, Oct. 28, 1842. Educated in public schools and at West Cornwall (Conn.) Institute. (Married.) Proprietor of Snow Flake Salt business. Member Fulton and Church Clubs, Army of the Po- tomac, G. A. R. and Roanoke and Hawkins Zouave Associations.
SEARLE, GEORGE M .- Astronomer, and Roman Catholic Clergyman, 415 West 59th street, New York City. Born in London, England, June 27, 1839. Edu- cated at Harvard (A.B., '57 and A.M., '60). Received degree of Ph.D. from the Catholic University. As- sistant in the Dudley Observatory, Albany, N. Y., 1857-9; with the United States Coast Survey, 1859-62; assistant professor at the United States Naval Acad- emy, 1862-4; assistant in the Harvard Observatory, 1866-8. Was converted to the Roman Catholic faith in 1862; joined the Paulists in 1868, and was ordained to the priesthood in March, 1871. Became a teacher of science in the Paulists' Seminary and was appointed chief professor of mathematics to the Catholic Uni- versity in October, 1895. Is a brother of Arthur Phil- lips Searle, professor of astronomy at Harvard Uni- versity. Author of several works and is a frequent contributor to scientific journals.
SEARLES, ALBERT R .- Treasurer, 42 West 13th street, New York City; residence 1654 Bathgate ave- nue. Born in New York City, Oct. 22, 1850. Educated at Free Academy, now College of the City of New York, and Polytechnic Institute of Hanover, Germany. (Married.) Warden St. Paul's Church of Morrisania, N. Y. Member Republican and Church Clubs and General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.
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SEARLES, JOHN ENNIS-Capitalist, 117 Wall street, New York City; residence 810 St. Marks ave- nue, Brooklyn. President and director American Cot- ton Co., American Typefounders' Co. and Hyatt Roller Bearing Co .; vice-president and director Minneapolls and St. Louis R. R. Co., International Trust Co. and Union Traction and Electric Co .; chairman and direc- tor Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Ry. Co .; sec- retary and director Brooklyn Cooperage Co .; director American Coffee Co., American Sugar Refining Co., Preferred Accident Insurance Co., Western National Bank, Sprague Electric Co., Terminal Warehouse Co. and Universal Lasting Machine Co .; trustee American Deposit and Loan Co., American Surety Co., Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Equitable Life Assur- ance Society of United States, People's Trust Co. of Brooklyn, Terminal Improvement Co. and Mercantile Trust Co. Member Lawyers' Club and Down Town Association.
SEARS, CHARLES W .- Merchant, Binghamton; residence River terrace. Born in Newark Valley, N. Y., June 13, 1830. Educated in Newark Valley. (Married.) Member Binghamton Club.
SEARS, JOSEPH HAMBLEN - Journalist, 331 Pearl street, New York City; residence 132 East 38th street. Born in Boston, Mass., April 10, 1865. Edu- cated in Boston, in Germany and at Harvard Univer- sity. (Married.) Connected with the publishing house of Harper & Bros, as editor of "Harper's Round Ta- ble" and "Harper's Bazar"; assistant editor "The Cosmopolitan." Member Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Harvard Clubs and Century Association.
SEAVER, JOHN-Coroner, Rosebank, S. I .; resi- dence Richmond. Born on Staten Island. Educated in public schools. Engaged in the express business in New York City, 1874-97. School trustee of the First District of Southfield and Northfield for six years, five years of which he was chairman of the board; treasurer of the Board of Highway Commissioners for the town of Southfield, 1889-97; chairman of the Board of Coroners for Richmond Borough of the City of New York since Jan. 1, 1898.
SECOR, HORACE, JR .- Lawyer, 132 Nassau street, New York City; residence Freeport, L. I. Born in New York City, Nov. 18. 1856. (Son of Horace and Hannah [Fuller] Secor.) Educated by private tutors, in public schools and at Columbia College Law School. (Married Annie V., daughter of George W. Bergen, 1879.) Practicing in New York City since his admis- sion to the Bar in 1877, and is now senior member of the firm of Secor & Page.
SEDGWICK, ARTHUR GEORGE-Lawyer, 115 Broadway, New York City; residence 8 East Tenth street. Born in New York City, Oct. 6, 1844. (Son of Theodore Sedgwick.) Educated at Harvard ('64) and at Harvard Law School. Served as first lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Regiment during the Civil War; was captured at Deep Bottom, Va., and con- tracted an illness in Libby prison which disabled him from further service. Engaged in practice in Boston, Mass., and edited (with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.) the "American Law Review" for several years. Prac- ticing in New York City since 1875. Was for a time on editorial staff of the "Evening Post" and "The Na- tion." Member Century Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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