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SOUTHACK, LOUIS VICTOR-Real Estate, 396 Broadway, New York City; residence 330 West 89th street. Born in Madison, N. J., June 20, 1872. Edu- cated at Columbia ('93). (Single.) Member Univer- sity, Democratic and Psi Upsilon Clubs.
SOUTHARD, GEORGE CARROLL - Civil Engi- neer, Lehigh Gap, Pa .; residence 111 Montague street, Brooklyn. Member Alpha Delta Phi Club and Colum- bia Alumni Association.
SOUTHARD, GEORGE H. - Banker, 164 Monta- gue street, Brooklyn; residence 85 Remsen street. Born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 23, 1841. Educated in public schools and English High School, Boston. (Married.) President and director Franklin Trust Co. and Frank- lin Safe Deposit Co .; director Union Theological Sem- inary, Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church and New York Fire Insurance Co .; trustee Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank. Member Union League Club and Down Town Association of New York City, and Hamilton, Riding and Driving and Rembrandt Clubs of Brooklyn.
SOUTHARD, GEORGE H., JR .- Banker, 164 Mon- tague street, Brooklyn; residence 117 Montague street. Born in Newburgh, N. Y., 1871. Educated at Brook- lyn Polytechnic Institute, The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., and Yale Sheffield Scientific School ('95). (Mar- ried.) Connected with Franklin Trust Co. Member Hamilton Club, Yale Club of New York City, and Delta Phi Society.
SOUTHARD, MILTON I .- Lawyer, 155 Broadway, New York City. Born in Ohio. Educated at Denison University, Granville, Ohio. (Married.) Director Mer- chants' National Bank of Newton, N. J., and the Farmers' Bank of Marysville, Ohio. Member Twilight Club, Ohio Society of New York, and Society of Medi- cal Jurisprudence.
SOUTHER, CHARLES EDWARD-Lawyer, 7 Nassau street, New York City; residence South Or- ange, N. J. Born in Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 16, 1844. (Son of Elbridge Hanson and Mary Dustin [Whittier] Souther of Haverhill.) Educated at Harvard College (A.B., '65) and Columbia Law School (LL.B., '69). (Married Mary Burges, daughter of Tristam and Sarah Williams {Blodget] Burges of Providence, R. I.). President Bay View Cemetery Association of New Jersey; treasurer New York Law Institute; counsel Mexico City Light, Heat and Power Co. Member Es- sex County (N. J.) Country and Union League Clubs, New England Society of New York City, American Economic and Down Town Associations and Associa- tion of the Bar of the City of New York.
SOUTHWORTH, ELLIS B .- Lawyer, 120 Broad- way, New York City; residence 431 West 147th street. Born in Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 23, 1865. Educated at Dryden Academy, Columbia College and New York Law School. (Married.) Director M. S. Mosher Co .; member Republican County Committee: delegate to several State Republican Conventions. Has acted as receiver and referee in many important matters. Member Lawyers' and Heights Clubs, Alpha Tau Omega Alumni and Dwight Alumni Associations, Kane Lodge, F. & A. M .. and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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SOUTHWORTH, THOMAS S .- Physician, 47 West 56th street. Born in West Springfield, Mass., June 7, 1861. Educated at Yale ('83). (Single.) Now attend- ing physician, Nursery and Child's Hospital; visiting physician Minturn and Randall's Island Hospitals. Member Yale, Quill and University Clubs and New York Academy of Medicine.
SPACKMAN, WILLIAM M .- Treasurer, 32 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 820 Madison ave- nue. Educated at Harvard. Trustee Bowery Savings Bank. Member Harvard Club, Phi Beta Kappa So- ciety, Century Association and Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1
SPAFFORD, JOSEPH H .- Lawyer, 115 Broadway, New York City; residence 152 West 57th street. Mem- ber New York Athletic, Barnard and Westchester Golf Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, Amherst Alumni Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SPAHR, CHARLES B .- Editor, 287 Fourth ave- nue, New York City; residence Upper Montclair, N. J. Born in Columbus, Ohio, July 20, 1860. Educated at Amherst College and at the University of Leipzig. Degree of Ph.D. from Columbia University. (Mar- ried.) Associate editor of "The Outlook" since 1886. Author of essays on "The Taxation of Labor" and "The Single Tax."
SPALDING, CHARLES A .- Retired, Saugerties. Born and educated in Albany, N. Y. (Married.) Mem- her Manhattan, Players' and Reform Clubs of New York City, and Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C.
SPALDING, FREDERICK PUTNAM-Civil En- gineer, Ithaca. Born in Bradford County, Pa., April 7, 1857. Educated at Lehigh University (C.E., '80). (Married Annie Packer Wilbur of Bethlehem, Pa., 1885.) Instructor at Lehigh University, 1886-8; assist- ant professor of civil engineering at Cornell University, 1891-8. Now in general practice as a consulting and civil engineer.
SPALDING, GEORGE BURLEY-Presbyterian Clergyman, Syracuse. Born in Montpelier, Vt., Aug. 11, 1835. Educated at the University of Vermont ('56) and at Andover Theological Seminary ('61). Received degrees of D.D. from Dartmouth College and LL.D. from Syracuse University. (Married Sarah Living- ston, daughter of Rev. John W. Olmstead of Boston, Mass., 1861.) Has held pastorates in Vermont, Con- necticut and New Hampshire, has served as a mem- ber of the New Hampshire Legislature, and was a delegate to the New Hampshire Constitutional Con- vention. Now pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Syracuse. Trustee Hamilton College and Auburn Theological Seminary.
SPALDING, J. WALTER-Manufacturer of Ath- letic and Sporting Goods, 130 Nassau street, New York City; residence 61 West 50th street. President and di- rector Spalding-Bidwell Co .; treasurer and director A. G. Spalding & Bros .; director Citizens' Insurance Co., George Barnard & Co., Lamb Mf'g Co., National Exhibition Co. and Union Selling Co .; trustee Manhat- tan Savings Institution. Member Adirondack League, New York Athletic, Engineers', Atlantic Yacht and Hardware Clubs.
SPALDING, JOSEPH W .- Banker, 514 Fifth ave- nue, New York City; residence 18 Woodlawn avenue, New Rochelle. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1858. Educated at Columbia. (Married.) Teller in Fifth Avenue Trust Co. and director Board of Trade. Member New York Athletic Club, Rowing Club of New Rochelle, Columbia Alumni Association, Royal Arcanum and Masonic fraternities.
SPALDING, LYMAN A .- Lawyer, 63 Wall street, New York City; residence 80 Washington square, East. Born in Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1868. Educated at Lockport (N. Y.) Union School, and Polytechnic Insti- tute at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany. (Single.) Member Manhattan Club.
SPARROW, JOHN E. - Cement Importer, 15 Whitehall street, New York City; residence 252 Gold street, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, Feb. 9, 1865. Educated in Brooklyn. (Single.) Member of the firm of Sparrow, Fridenberg & Co. Member Reform Club, Crescent Athletic and Church Clubs of Brooklyn, and Masonic bodies.
SPAULDING, EUGENE W .- Publisher, 1 Madison avenue, New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. Born in Ohio. Educated in Brooklyn, N. Y. (Mar- ried.) Manager and director Curtis Publishing Co. Member Aldine Association.
SPAULDING, HENRY K .- Civil Service Exam- iner, 125 Centre street, New York City; residence 102 West 93d street. Born in Tewksbury, Mass., Dec. 25, 1847. Educated at Harvard ('70). (Married.) Exam- iner for Municipal Civil Service Commission. Member Harvard, Reform and Barnard Clubs.
SPEARS, HENRY D .- Stock Broker, 80 Broadway, New York City; residence 34 Gramercy Park. Born in Delphi, Ind., Aug. 1, 1848. Educated in Germany. Member of the firm of Woerishoffer & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Union, Players', Somerset Hills Country and German Clubs and His- torical Societies of New York, Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia.
SPEARS, JOHN RANDOLPH-Author, North- wood, Herkimer County. Born in Ohio, 1850. Author of "The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn," "The Port of Missing Ships and Other Stories of the Sea," "The History of Our Navy," "Our Navy in the War with Spain" and many other works.
SPEER, ALFRED - Editor, 65 West Broadway, New York City; residence Passaic, N. J. Born in Ac- quackanonk, N. J., Nov. 2, 1823. Educated in Passaic. (Married.) President and director Speer Wine Co. of New Jersey since 1884. Was first mayor of Passaic, N. J., and president of the first rapid transit company organized in the city of New York.
SPEIDEN, WILLIAM-Clerk, Custom House, New York City; residence 138 West 16th street. Born in Washington, D. C., Sept. 26, 1835. Educated at George- town Classical and Mathematical Academy. (Mar- ried Marion, daughter of Commodore Isaac Mckeever, U. S. N.) Served as purser's clerk on the U. S. S. Miss- issippi during expedition of Commodore Perry to Japan, 1852-5; present at first landing of Americans at Uraga, Japan, July, 1853; United States naval store- keeper at Hong Kong, China, 1856; resigned, 1864; in United States customs service since 1870. Member National Academy of Design.
SPEIR, FRANCIS, JR .- Lawyer, 52 Wall street, New York City; residence South Orange, N. J. Born in New York City, Nov. 11, 1856. Educated at Prince- ton. (Married.) Member of the firm of Forster & Speir. Member Princeton Club, St. Nicholas Society and Century and Down Town Associations.
SPEIR, GILBERT McMASTER-Lawyer, 62 Wall street, New York City; residence 55 West 33d street. Educated at Columbia ('73). Member University, Manhattan, St. Anthony, Democratic, University Athletic and Lambs' Clubs, Century, Columbia Uni- versity Alumni and Down Town Associations, National Academy of Design and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SPEIR, OSWALD-Secretary, 160 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence Perth Amboy, N. J. Secre- tary Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Co. Member National Arts and Reform Clubs, Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn and National Sculpture Society.
SPELLISSY, DENIS ALOYSIUS- Lawyer, 237 Broadway, New York City: residence 245 West 112th street. Born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, Dec. 15, 1846. (Son of Denis and Elizabeth [Moloney] Spel- lissy.) Educated in Ireland. Studied law in New York City, and was admitted to the Bar in 1870. Has been referee in many important cases, and has served on commissions appointed by the Supreme Court for the purpose of condemning lands, etc., for public pur- poses. Member Gaelic Society and Society of Medical Jurisprudence.
SPELLMAN, EMANUEL LOUIS-Importer of Liquors, 481 Washington street, New York City; resi- dence 76 West 119th street. Born in Rotterdam, Hol- land, July 24, 1845. (Son of Louis and Sophia Spell- man.) Educated in Europe and in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Married.) Resident of New York City since 1870. Member of the firm of E. L. Spellman & Co. Director San Gabriel (Cal.) Mining Co., Federal Distilling Co. of Baltimore, Md., and other corporations.
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SPENCE, LEWIS H .- Steamship Agent, 11 Broad- way, New York City; residence 320 West 75th street. Treasurer and director Charleston Transport Line and North American Transportation Co .; director Texas Transport and Terminal Co. Member New York Ath- letic, Colonial, Larchmont Yacht and Delta Kappa Epsilon Clubs and American Geographical Society.
SPENCER, EDWARDS-11 West 16th street, New York City. Born in New York City. (Married.) Mem- ber St. Nicholas Society and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
SPENCER, JAMES CLARK-Lawyer, 280 Broad- way, New York City; residence 39 West 49th street. Born in Fort Covington, Franklin Co., N. Y., May 29, 1826. Educated at Fort Covington Academy. Studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1848. (Married.) Was for a time superintendent of schools in Franklin County; removed to Ogdensburg in 1854; United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1857- 60. Resident of New York City since 1864; has been Judge of the Superior Court and president of the Board of Aqueduct Commissioners, and is now assist- ant corporation counsel in charge of the collection of personal taxes. Was for many years one of the re- porters of the Superior Court, and assisted in editing thirty-five volumes of the "Superior Court Reports." Member Democratic and Manhattan Clubs, American Geographical Society, American Museum of Natural History and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SPENCER, LORILLARD-Manufacturer, 394 First avenue, New York City; residence Newport, R. I. Formerly publisher of the "Illustrated American." Member Metropolitan, Union and Whist Clubs, Aldine Association, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colo- nial Wars and National Academy of Design.
SPENCER, NELSON S .- Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 230 Central Park, South. Born in Naugatuck, Conn., May 5, 1856. Edu- cated in Stratford, Conn., at the College of the City of New York ('75) and at Columbia Law School. Member of the firm of Stickney, Spencer & Ordway. Member City, Alpha Delta Phi, University, Reform, National Arts and Social Reform Clubs, National Sculpture So- cety, National Society of Mural Painters, College of the City of New York Alumni and Civil Service Re- form Associations and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SPENCER, SAMUEL - Capitalist, 80 Broadway, New York City; residence 29 West 73d street. Born in Columbus, Ga., March 2, 1847. (Son of Lambert and Vernona [Mitchell] Spencer.) Educated at the Univer- sities of Georgia and Virginia ('67). (Married Louisa Vivian, daughter of Hon. H. L. Benning of Columbus, Ga.) Formerly president of the Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co .; receiver of the Richmond and Danville R. R. Co., receiver of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Ry. Co. and rapid transit commissioner of the City of New York, 1891-4. Now president and director Alabama Great Southern R. R. Co., Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Ry. Co., Georgia Southern and Florida Ry. Co. and Southern Ry. Co .; director Central Ry. Co. of Georgia, Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. Co., Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. Co., Erie R. R. Co., Lawyers' Surety Co., West End Street Ry. Co. of Boston, Mass., Northern Pacific Ry. Co. and other corporations. Member Metropolitan, Lawyers', Tuxedo and University Clubs, Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C., Chicago (III.) Club, Queen City Club of Cincinnati, Ohio, Southern Society and Ameri- can Society of Civil Engineers.
SPENCER, W. S .- Dry Goods Merchant, New Ro- chelle. (Married.) Director Bank of New Rochelle. Member Huguenot Lodge No. 46, F. & A. M., Huguenot Council Royal Arcanum, New Rochelle Conclave No. 493 and Improved Order of Heptasophs.
SPERRY, FREDERICK P .- Coal Merchant, 237 West 125th street, New York City: residence 23 West 127th street. (Son of John J. Sperry.) Secretary, treasurer and director Sperry-Popham Coal Co .; treas- urer and director District Telegraph and Burglar Alarm Co. Member Harlem Club.
SPERRY, JOHN J .- Coal Merchant, 237 West 125th street, New York City; residence 23 West 127th street. President and director Sperry-Popham Coal Co., Bank
Building Co. of Harlem, and District Telegraph and Burglar Alarm Co .; director Hamilton Bank and Har- lem Board of Commerce. Member Harlem Club.
SPEYER, JAMES-Banker, 30 Broad street, New York City; residence 257 Madison avenue. Born in New York City, 1861. (Son of Gustavus and Sophie [Rubino] Speyer.) Educated in Frankfort-on-the- Main, Germany. (Married Ellen, daughter of John Dyneley Prince, 1897.) Member of the firm of Speyer & Co. of New York City, Frankfort-on-Main and London. Served as a member of the Committee of Seventy of 1894; also of its executive and finance com- mittees, and was a school commissioner during the administration of Mayor Strong, 1895-7. President Provident Loan Society of New York; trustee Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, German Savings Bank, Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association and Teachers' College. Member Manhattan, Lotos, Rac- quet and Tennis, Players', Lawyers', Reform, City, New York Yacht and Whist Clubs.
SPEYER, LEO-Banker, 20 Nassau street, New York City; residence 17 East 82d street. (Married.) Member of the firm of Simon Borg & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange.
SPIEGELBERG, FREDERICK-Lawyer, 44 Broad street, New York City; residence 36 West 76th street. Born in New York City, Nov. 3, 1862. Educated at Frankfort-on-Main Gymnasium, Universities of Ber- lin and Leipzic, Germany, and Columbia Law School. (Married.) Member of the firm of Spiegelberg & Wise. Director Educational Alliance and Aguilar Free Library Society. Member Century Country and Harmonie Clubs, New York State Bar Associa- tion and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SPIES, ALBERT-Editor, 3 West 29th street, New York City; residence Glenwood avenue, Jersey City Heights, N. J. Born in New York City, 1862. Educated at Stevens Institute of Technology. Member Reform Club, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and American Institute of Mining Engineers.
SPILSBURY, EDMUND GYBBON-Civil and Mining Engineer, 45 Broadway, New York City; resi- dence 216 West State street, Trenton, N. J. Born in London, England, 1845. Educated in Belgium. (Mar- ried.) Practicing in New York City since 1870. Mem- ber Engineers' and Fulton Clubs, Technical Club of Chicago, Ill., Lotus and Country Clubs of Trenton, N. J., American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mining Engineers (past president) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
SPIRO, CHARLES-Inventor and Manufacturer, 37 West 116th street, New York City; residence 21 West 95th street. Born in New York City, Jan. 1, 1850. Edu- cated in public schools; studied law at Washington and New York Universities. (Married.) Practiced law in New York City, 1875-84. Published a new sys- tem of phonography in 1880; patented the "Columbia" Typewriter in 1885, and later the "Bar-lock," the first machine with writing constantly in view. Is also the inventor of a patented watch, and of telegraphic and automatic machinery for various purposes. Director Columbia Typewriter Mf'g Co.
SPITZKA, EDWARD CHARLES- Physician, 66 East 73d street, New York City. Born in New York City, Nov. 10, 1852. Educated at the College of the City of New York, at New York University (M.D., '73) and in Leipzig and Vienna. (Married.) Makes a specialty of diseases of the nervous system, and has frequently appeared as an expert in cases of insanity or injury to the brain. Member Society of Medical Ju- risprudence (ex-secretary), Liederkranz and other or- ganizations.
SPOFFORD, PAUL N .- Merchant, 29 Broadway, New York City; residence Elmwood, Hunt's Point road, Bronx Borough. Born in New York City (No. 524 Broadway), 1823. Educated at Daniel P. Bacon's Select School, New York City. (Single.) Director Ninth Avenue R. R. Co. of New York. Has been con- nected with various railroads, banks and other busi- ness enterprises as president or director, among them being United States Steam Sugar Refining Co., Sixth National Bank, Fire Proof Warehouse Co., Samana Bay Co. of San Domingo, Bean's Wharf Co. of Galves-
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ton, Tex., International and Great Northern R. R. Co. of Texas, and Texas Land Co. Was State Engi- neer-in-Chief, with rank of brigadier-general, on staff of Governor Hamilton Fish. Member Union League and Union Clubs, American Geographical and New York Botanical Societies, Society of Colonial Wars, Chamber of Commerce, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Essex Institute of Salem, Mass., and life member New York Historical Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
SPRAGUE, CARLETON - President, Buffalo. Born in Buffalo, Dec. 24, 1858. Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy ('77) and Harvard (A.B., '81). (Mar- ried.) President and treasurer Buffalo Pitts Co .; trus- tee Charity Organization Society, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and Security Safe Deposit Co. Director and member of executive committee of the committee on building and grounds and the fine arts committee of the Pan-American Exposition. Member Buffalo, Sat- urn, University, Ellicott and Country Clubs, and Har- vard and University Clubs and Century Association of New York City.
SPRAGUE, CHARLES EZRA-Banker, 54 West 32d street, New York City; residence 117 West 75th street. Born in Nassau, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Oct. 9. 1842. (Son of Ezra and Elizabeth [Edgerton] Sprague.) Educated at Union College (A.B., '60, and Ph.D., '93). (Married Ray, daughter of John Smith Ellison of New York City, 1866.) Served in Union Army during Civil War, becoming brevet colonel of New York Volunteers, and was wounded at Gettysburg. Has been president of the Board of Examiners for Public Accountants of the State of New York, president of the Institute of Accounts, member of the Academy of Volapük and Assistant Paymaster-General of New York. Now president and trustee Union Dime Savings Institu- tion, with which he has been connected since 1870. Member Alpha Delta Phi, West Side Republican and Army and Navy Clubs, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Union College Alumni Association, Military Order of the Loyal Legion and G. A. R.
SPRAGUE, FRANK JULIAN-Electrical Engi- neer, 20 Broad street, New York City. Born in Milford, Conn., July 25, 1857. Educated at United States Naval Academy ('78). Resigned from the navy in 1883, and founded the Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Co. Spent several years in electrical studies on war ships and in torpedo stations and navy yards. Introduced the modern electric railway system and high speed electric elevator, and invented many of their most im- portant features. Vice-president and director Sprague Electric Co. and Sprague Electric Elevator Co .; direc- tor Amsterdam Street R. R. Co., Greathead Tunnel and Subway Co. and Twin City Construction Co. Member University, Colonial, New York and City Clubs, New England Society, Aldine Association and American Institute of Electrical Engineers (ex-presi- dent).
SPRAGUE, HENRY L .- Lawyer, 15 Broad street, New York City; residence 330 West 23d street. Edu- cated at Cornell ('73). Secretary and director William P. Montague Co .; director Hastings Pavement Co., St. Lawrence and Adirondack Ry. Co., Terminal Ry. Co. of Buffalo, and Standard Trust Co. of New York. Member Union League, Metropolitan, Alpha Delta Phi. University, University Athletic and Cornell University Clubs, Country Club of Westchester, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SPRAGUE, IRVIN AUCHINCLOSS-Coffee Mer- chant, 93 Wall street, New York City; residence 166 Amity street, Brooklyn. Educated at Columbia. Member of the firm of Sprague & Rhoades. Member St. Anthony Club, Crescent Athletic Club of Brook- lyn, and Columbia University Alumni and Down Town Associations.
SPRAGUE, NATHAN T .- Banker, Fourth and At- lantic avennes, Brooklyn, and Brandon, Vt .; residence 1 South Portland avenue, Brooklyn. Born and edu- cated in Vermont. (Married.) President and director Sprague National Bank of Brooklyn, Elk State Bank of Clyde, Kan., and First National Bank of Brandon, Vt .; president Great South Bay Water Co. and East Greenwich (R. I.) Water Supply Co .; trustee City Sav- ings Bank of Brooklyn. Member Montauk Club, Berkeley Institute, Hanson Place Baptist Church and Brooklyn Central Dispensary.
SPRAGUE, SETH-Dry Goods Commission Mer- chant, 72 Franklin street, Boston, Mass., and 66 Worth street, New York City; residence 4 Spruce street, Bos- ton, and 267 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in Boston. (Single.) Member of the firm of F. A. Foster & Co. Member Union, Calumet, New York Athletic and Merchants' Clubs, and Puritan and Country Clubs of Boston.
SPRATT, JOSEPH A .- Lawyer, 96 Broadway, New York City; residence 126 Glenwood avenue, Jersey City, N. J. Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 15, 1868. Educated at Union College. Director Thomas Con- ville Brewing Co. and Pelham Electric Light and Power Co.
SPRINGETT, H. A .- Merchant, 1024 Sixth avenue, New York City; residence Newark, N. J. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1855. Educated at United States Military Academy, West Point. (Widower.) Secretary and director American Mills and Debenture Co., Anglo-American Finance Trust and Guarantee Co., Syndicate Gold Mines and Mill Co., Tri-State Road Contract Co., and J. P., Ryan Mf'g Co .; treas- urer and director United States Guarantee Labor and Security Trust. Was officer in the 4th United States Artillery from June, 1877, to August, 1884. Captain of 2d United States Volunteer Engineers during Spanish- American War, and served in Hawaiian Islands from July, 1898, to May, 1899.
SPRINGS, RICHARD A .- Lawyer, 170 Broadway, New York City; residence 154 Madison avenue. Born in South Carolina, June 10, 1856. Educated at Prince- ton. (Single.) Member of the firm of J. H. Parker & Co., members of the New York Stock, Cotton, Produce and Coffee Exchanges. Member Princeton, Democrat- ic, Manhattan and New York Clubs, Southern Society and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SPRINGMEYER, ALBERT A. - Insurance, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 1855 Seventh avenue. Born in New York City, Oct. 4, 1863. (Mar- ried.) Connected with the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Member Country Cycle and Lawyers' Clubs.
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