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tastes, and who declared that she could never lose him, for if ever missed, he could, with certainty of discovery, be sought in some archaeological museum or gallery of art. He never seemed to ex- perience fatigue in this labor, which was to him a true diversion. He was the re- cipient of many special favors by the keepers of the great museums, receiving exceptional opportunities for study of particular objects. In the museum at Constantinople the keeper furnished him daily with a special guide, without ex- pense. One of the most spectacular and interesting (though not edifying) re- ligious ceremonies that he witnessed was the so-called descent of the Holy Fire in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jeru- salem. In all their journeys and voyages Dr. and Mrs. Zimmerman have been especially favored by the absence of accident or illness and the presence of favorable weather. When visiting the North Cape they saw the midnight sun on five consecutive nights, and had per- fect weather during the several months spent in Norway, a very unusual experi- ence in that country. He experienced some severe storms on sea, especially a violent monsoon that drove the ship from Hong Kong to Singapore.
In addition to his other literary work, pub- lished in various journals, he contributed special articles to the "Lutheran Quar- terly," "Records of the Past," the "Na- tional Geographic Magazine," the "Homi- letic Monthly," the "Numismatist," the "Numismatic Circular" of London, and other periodicals. He has the distinction of being the first man in this country to lecture on the coins of the ancients as monuments of ancient history, and for many years delivered lectures on this sub- ject in Syracuse University as Professor of Numismatics. Since 1885 he has care- fully studied the famous collections of coins in the great museums of the world
because of their fundamental importance in archaeological research in giving vivid objective realism to the historic past. By the aid of the ancient medallic art that contains contemporaneous inscriptions, types, copies of public buildings, statues, effigies of gods and goddesses, and the veritable portraits of the emperors, kings and members of the royal families that were stamped upon the coins, we are enabled to reproduce the distant past. Through these we are enabled to vital- ize those ancient heroes, and to visu- alize the remote events connected with their lives. The next thing to seeing a man is to look upon his portrait. The portrait of every coin is identified, and there is no uncertainty in their portrait- ure. When the Standard Dictionary, whose production cost more than one million dollars, was projected, Dr. Zim- merman, as a recognized authority on historic coins of the Greeks and Romans, was selected to make a special contribu- tion to the department on ancient coins. Dr. Funk, the editor-in-chief, sent this significant caution : "Be careful and admit no mistake into your work, for if the dictionary is wrong where shall the people go?" Fortunately his work es- caped adverse criticism, and his connec- tion with this great dictionary has been his ready passport into all the great museums of the world, where he en- joyed special privileges for critical ex- amination and study of rare objects not seen by the general public. When the words "In God We Trust" were omitted from the new American gold pieces, he wrote a number of articles on the subject, illustrated from the History of Coinage, and elaborately illustrated articles were furnished for the "Records of the Past" and the "Numismatic Circular" on the re- ligious character of ancient coins. This was followed by a request from a London publisher for a work on the subject, and
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in due time it was issued. An English edition of his "Spain and Her People," was also published in London. His latest book is: "Help When Tempted."
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1896 from Pennsylvania Col- lege, from Wittenberg College of Spring- field, Ohio, and Susquehanna University. In 1902 Pennsylvania College conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. for scholar- ship, and in 1908 he received the degree of L. H. D. from Susquehanna University. Broad scholarship gained through exten- sive study and world-wide travel, a fair- minded and sympathetic nature, an in- tense love for his fellowmen, without dis- tinction of race or creed, are character- istics of Dr. Zimmerman. His broad sym- pathies have made him feel at home with all classes, and he cherishes with special affection the personal friendship of that celebrated Algerine chieftain, Abd-el-Ka- der, who during the terrible massacre of August, 1860, in Damascus, saved twelve thousand Christians from slaughter. An- other was that eminent scholar and archaeologist of the Ottoman empire, Hamdy Bey, keeper of the National Mu- seum in Constantinople; and also that remarkable man, ex-President Diaz, the waning hope of Mexico. In Egypt in the Sudan he met Lord Kitchener, and Sir Rudolph Slatin Pasha, the two heroic and most intimate friends, but whom this most unnatural war has alienated. Dr. Zimmerman has many friends in every country and a dear one in London, whom he baptized at the Jordan, in 1878, but he appreciates the fact that there is no coun- try like ours, where men get so much money for service, and so much for their money. It is a delusion that living is so cheap in Europe and so expensive in America. It is the high-artificial or fast living that is so expensive.
In all his many public lectures Dr. Zim- merman has sought to instruct and ele- vate, as well as to entertain, and to em-
phasize the fact that a life of honorable service is always worth the living. He says it is easy to win a man if we ap- proach him with a human heart and not with a cudgel. The greatest object of interest that he ever saw was not the Taj Mahal, nor the vast Himalayas, but Man, the unrivalled masterpiece of the Al- mighty, and made in God's own image. Dr. Zimmerman always deplored the spirit of bigotry and intolerance as being unreasonable and unchristian, for since man is a thinker, we cannot all think alike, although we can all love alike. It is a crime to attempt the impossible, and to coerce a man to believe contrary to his will, is a violation of liberty of con- science, that inalienable God-given right of every man. His righteous indignation was aroused by a minister who took him to task as having committed a grievous offense in delivering an address at the dedication of the Jewish Temple of Con- cord in Syracuse. The rage and em- barrassment of the critic increased as Dr. Zimmerman asked him: "To whom did Jesus preach? To the Jews. I have followed his example and spirit." During one of his visits to Palestine he partici- pated in the ceremonies of the Samaritan Passover and dined with the high priest in his tent on Mt. Gerizzim. He has been present at special services of the Greek and Latin churches, and participated in the Easter Day services about the Holy Sepul- chre in Jerusalem, and he says: "In spite of all the ecclesiastical differences, in Christ we may be one in love. We need to em- phasize the words of Jesus: 'This I com- mand that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.'" A different stand- ard has often been substituted. In view of his broad catholicity it is not strange that in 1912, when the Secretary of the State. owing to sudden illness, was unable to deliver the address at the Centennial of
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the Catholic observances on Pompey Hill, Onondaga county, the presiding judge and priests invited Dr. Zimmerman, who happened to be in the audience, to deliver the address instead. He at once re- sponded, to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, and he never felt more at home. On the evening of February 22nd, 1916, he delivered the annual address on "Washington and America," before the Knights of Columbus, and never was there greater freedom of speech, and a more enjoyable evening for all. It was a unique occasion, for it was the first that a Protestant minister had spoken in the rooms of the Knights of Columbus. Sure- ly such Christian spirit of love is in- finitely more pleasing to our Heavenly Father than the old-time hatred. That he enjoys the esteem and confidence of all who know him is well expressed in an editorial which appeared in the "Post Standard," August 4, 1904, more than a year after he had resigned as pastor of his church, and when absent on his twenty-eight months of travel for study around the world, and with which we close his sketch :
Dr. Zimmerman's Retirement-The announce- ment that Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Zimmerman is to retire from the active ministry of the First Eng- lish Lutheran Church in this city is received with regret by a great many persons. There is prob- ably no better known preacher of the Gospel in Syracuse than Dr. Zimmerman. He has spent twenty-five active years with the First English Lutheran Church and during that period he has not only endeared himself to the members of the church and congregation, but through hundreds of kind acts has won a place in the hearts of the unchurched.
Dr. Zimmerman is of the broad type. Like the late Bishop Huntingdon he possesses a feeling of love for all, and he loves best to serve the afflicted. Dr. Zimmerman is called upon many times every year to minister to the sick and preach for the dead in families of no church connection. It is this class of people that will miss him now that he is to lay down the duties of clergyman.
Dr. Zimmerman has been honored by a num- ber of colleges and various societies and when he returns from his present foreign travels he will be warmly welcomed as a citizen whose presence is helpful to the community as well as to the church.
SATTERLEE, Francis Le Roy, Physician, Professional Instructor.
Professor Francis Le Roy Satterlee was born June 15, 1847, in New York City, a descendant of New England forbears, who were many of them distinguished citizens. From them he has inherited many qualities that make for supremacy, and by his own efforts he has won a place of distinction in the Empire State. The family is claimed to have descended from Edmund Satterley, a knight of Suffolk, England, in 1235, and through his de- scendant, Sir Roger Satterley, Lord of the Manor of Satterley, in Suffolk, in 1307. The line is completely traced from Wil- liam Satterley, Vicar of St. Ide, near Exeter, England. He received the de- gree of Master of Arts from Pembroke College, Oxford, and was imprisoned by Cromwell until the restoration, for loyalty to the king. His son William was an Episcopalian clergyman. Another son, Benedict Satterley, born at St. Ide, 1656, was a captain in the English navy. While his vessel was in the harbor of New Lon- don, Connecticut, he became enamoured of a young lady there and resigned his commission and settled in New London. There he married, August 2, 1682, Re- becca Dymond, daughter of James Bemis, of New London. Their son, William Sat- terlee, born 1684, in New London, resided there, and married, September 6, 1711, Anne Avery, baptized June 19, 1692, daughter of John and Abigail (Chese- brough) Avery, of Groton, then part of New London. They were the parents of Benedict Satterlee, born August II, 1714, resided first in New London, later in
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Stonington, Connecticut. He married, January 16, 1738, Elizabeth Crary, of New London, and they were the parents of William Satterlee, a soldier of the French and Indian War, later of the Revolution- ary War, in which he was a brigade major. He was a captain in the First Regular Troops established by the pres- ent United States government. Another son of Benedict and Elizabeth (Crary) Satterlee, was Samuel Satterlee, born March 2, 1744, in Plainfield, who was a captain of minute-men in the Revolution, and after the war settled at Burnt Hills, Saratoga county, New York, where he died April 12, 1831, aged eighty-eight years. He married, in 1773, Prudence, daughter of Rev. John and Content (Brown) Rathbone, of Rye, New York. Rev. John Rathbone continued his serv- ices in the pulpit to the age of ninety-six years.
George Crary Satterlee, born Novem- ber 10, 1799, in Burnt Hills, New York, married Mary Le Roy Livingston, a de- scendant of the old New York family of that name (see below). Children : George Bowen, born 1833; Mary, died young; Livingston, born 1840; Walter, January 18, 1844; Dr. Francis Le Roy, mentioned below; Adele Marie, 1853, married Wil- liam Henry Willis.
Dr. Francis Le Roy Satterlee, son of George Crary and Mary Le Roy (Liv- ingston) Satterlee, combines in his per- son the mingled qualities of the Scotch and the New England blood. As a youth he was a student in the schools of New York City, and graduated from New York University with the degree of Bach- elor of Philosophy in 1865. Three years later he was graduated from the medical college of that university, and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine and subsequently Doctor of Philosophy. In his early student life he was an enthusias- tic devotee of chemistry, and his precep-
tor was the celebrated Professor John William Draper, president of the New York University Medical College. Young Satterlee made a specialty of the study of rheumatic diseases, being himself afflicted with the malady, and succeeded in curing himself. For some years after graduation Dr. Satterlee was Professor of Chemistry and Hygiene in the American Veterinary College, and for sixteen years was a police surgeon of the City of New York, from which he resigned. He is attending phy- sician of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, New York, consulting physician of the Mid- night Mission, and was formerly attend- ing physician of the Northeastern Dis- pensary, in the departments of skin and rheumatism. He is Professor of Physics, Chemistry and Metallurgy in the New York College of Dentistry, where he still lectures four times a week, and was until recently surgeon of the Eighty-fourth Regiment, National Guard, State of New York. He is the ranking member of the board of trustees and directors of the New York College of Dentistry, having served since 1869, and is treasurer of the board. Dr. Satterlee has achieved great success in the treatment of disease, espe- cially in rheumatic cases, and the treat- ment of gallstones by medicine and with- out operation, and has thus gathered some of the emoluments due to skill and indus- try. He is a trustee of the West Side Savings Bank of New York City; is a fellow of the New York Academy of Med- icine ; a member of the New York County and State Medical societies; an honor- ary member of the Society of Arts, Lon- don, England; American Medical Asso- ciation ; member of the Pathological Soci- ety ; American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science; Medical Associa- tion of Greater New York; New York Geographical Society, and fellow of the New York Historical Society. He is also a member of various patriotic organiza-
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tions, including Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars and St. Nicho- las Society. He is a member of the Cen- tury Club and of the college fraternity Zeta Psi, of which he has been president. Dr. Satterlee has been a writer for medi- cal publications, and is an acknowledged authority on uric acid disease, in whose treatment he has been wonderfully suc- cessful, treating patients from all parts of the United States. He is the author of pub- lications published by Davis of Detroit, Michigan, and others, including: "A Modern View of Rheumatism," "Rheumat- ic Poison and its Treatment," and "Rheu- matism and Gout" (1890). His remark- able success has not operated to injure his disposition or manner, and he is among the most democratic of gentlemen, widely known and universally esteemed for his qualities as a man.
He married (first) December 9, 1868, Laura Suydam, daughter of Henry Suy- dam, of New York; (second) September 19, 1906, Mary Philipse (Gouveneur) Ise- lin, widow of John H. Iselin, and grand- niece of the Colonial patriot, Frederick Philipse. Children : Madeline Le Roy, Dr. Henry Suydam Satterlee, married Ethel Whitney ; Francis Le Roy, Jr., mar- ried Ebba Peterson; Laura Livingston, wife of Tracy Johnston.
(The Livingston Line).
Livingston arms: For the families resid- ing in America, the technical blazon of the coat-of-arms is: Quarterly, first and fourth, argent, three cinquefoils gules, within a double tressure flowered and counter-flowered with fleur-de-lis vert, for Livingston; second and third, sable, a bend between six billets or, for Callendar. Crest : A full-rigged ship at sea, proper. Motto: Spero meliora.
Robert Livingston was the first Lord of the Manor of Livingston. He was born at Ancrum, on the Teviot, Rox- burghshire, Scotland, December 13, 1654, son of Rev. John Livingston and his wife, Janet (Fleming) Livingston. He is gen- erally distinguished in history as "Rob- ert the Elder," because his nephew, like- wise a prominent person in the colony, bore the same name and was known as "Robert the Nephew." At the time of his birth his father was the minister at An- crum, and this son accompanied his par- ents to Rotterdam, Holland, in the win- ter of 1663, when nine years old. During his stay there, he learned to speak the Dutch tongue fluently, which was excel- lent preparation for his coming to live in a Dutch colony in America, where he rose to be one of the most influential person- ages. He was eighteen years old when his father died, and being one of the fif- teen children of one who had earned his living by preaching, was naturally thrown upon his own resources. He had no thought to follow in his father's footsteps, having suffered severely through the re- ligious persecution of the family, hence he decided to test his fortune in the new world, about which unexplored place everyone was talking. However, he went back to Scotland with his mother for a short stay after his father's death, and on April 28, 1673, sailed from Greenoch on the ship "Catherine," Captain John Phillips, commander, bound for Charles-
The family name of Livingston origi- nated in the place of residence of its users. It was at first de Levingston, meaning of or from the town or tun of Leving. A tun at first meant the quick-set hedge or stockade around the home of the head of the manor, and afterwards came to mean the manor house and the settlement around it. The name originated in Lin- lithgowshire, Scotland, where for long has been the village of Livingston, known at an earlier period as Levingstun, and as written by the monks Villa Leving. The town in New England, which facts he re-
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corded in a diary. He shortly removed from New England and selected Albany, New York, for his abiding place. It was only a few months after his arrival there that he began buying land, thus inaugu- rating his final achievement of being a great landed proprietor. He bought what was known as lot "No. I on the hill," in March, 1675, most of the people having residences along the level bank of the Hudson, with gardens extending to the river. Not long afterward, he added the lot on the south, which was the northwest corner of State and Pearl streets, now the site of the Tweddle office building. He resided there until he bought the land of his manor, and thereupon transferred this Albany property to his son, Philip, the oldest surviving male child at the time. The Manor of Livingston originated when Robert Livingston petitioned Sir Edmund Andros, governor-general of New York province, to allow him to purchase some of the land on the east bank of the Hud- son river, which was owned by the In- dians, and the grant was signed Novem- ber 12, 1680. Robert Livingston married, in the Presbyterian church at Albany, July 9, 1679 (old style), Alida (Schuyler ) Van Rensselaer, widow of Dominie Nich- olas Van Rensselaer, and daughter of Philip Pieterse Schuyler. She was born February 28, 1656, died March 27, 1729. They had nine children.
Philip Livingston, son of Robert and Alida (Schuyler-Van Rensselaer) Liv- ingston, was born July 9, 1686, at Albany, New York, and died February 4, 1749, in New York City. He was the fourth child and second son, and became the second Lord of the Manor of Livingston. On the death of his father, in 1728, he succeeded to ownership, as second Lord of the Manor, of the largest portion of the vast manorial estate, as well as to all the privi- leges. He married, September 19, 1707, Catrina Van Brugh, born at Albany, New
York, but baptized in the Dutch church, New York City, November 10, 1689, died February 20, 1756, daughter of Colonel Pieter Van Brugh. They had eleven chil- dren.
Robert Livingston, son of Philip and Catrina (Van Brugh) Livingston, was born December 16, 1708, at Albany, and died at his home in Clermont, New York, November, 1790. He succeeded his father as the third Lord of the Manor of Liv- ingston in 1749. The family seat in the Legislature was occupied by his uncle, Gilbert, until 1737, then he took it and held it until 1758. At the other extreme of his life, when the Revolution broke out, he was too old to take an active part as an officer or member of the manor militia, but he urged his sons to belong, and four of his sons took active positions in the struggle for liberty. However, instead of remaining inactive, he proved his loyalty by placing his iron mines and foundry at the disposition of the committee of safety. He married (first ) May 20, 1731, Maria Thong, or Tong, daughter of Walter Tong, born June 3, 1711, died May 30, 1765. He married (second) Gertrude (Van Rensselaer) Schuyler, born October 1, 1714, died previous to May 28, 1769. He had thirteen children, all by the first marriage.
John Livingston, son of Robert and Maria (Thong or Tong) Livingston, was born February II, 1749, in New York City, and died at his home, "Oak Hill," Columbia county, New York, October 24, 1822. He built the Livingston mansion known as "Oak Hill," the only one, ex- cept "Clermont," now owned by a Liv- ingston, where he lived the life of a coun- try gentleman. He bequeathed this resi- dence to his youngest surviving son, Her- man, and many of the ancestral portraits, family furniture and silver combined to make it a charming abode for his descend- ants. He was commissioned aide-de-
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camp to Governor George Clinton, in April, 1778, and accompanied him in the pursuit of Sir John Johnson and his raid- ers, in May, 1780. He married (first) May II, 1775, Mary Ann Le Roy, daugh- ter of Jacob and Cornelia (Rutgers) Le Roy; (second) November 3, 1796, Cath- erine Livingston Ridley, daughter of Hon. William Smith, "War Governor of New Jersey." He had ten children, all by first marriage.
Daniel Livingston, son of John and Mary Ann (Le Roy) Livingston, was born June 3, 1786, resided in New York City, and married Eliza Oothout. Chil- dren: Mary Le Roy and Eliza.
Mary Le Roy Livingston, daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Oothout) Livingston, became the wife of George Crary Satter- lee (see Satterlee ).
LIPE, Willard C., and Clifford E., Men of Enterprise.
The association in the popular mind of the names of particular families with the localities in which they have lived and grown to prominence and influence is very natural, and under the old aristocratic in- stitutions of the past it was a matter of common occurrence for towns, cities and even larger regions to regard some family as having a sort of half proprietory inter- est in their affairs and a certain hereditary right to preside over them. It is out of the question, of course, in republican America that such a feeling could be carried to this extent, yet even here we often see the phenomenon of certain names being re- garded with a peculiar respect for a num- ber of generations on account of the serv- ices rendered by them to the community. There is one profound difference, how- ever, between the occurrence of this as it prevailed, let us say, in Europe under the feudal system and in America to-day, for in the first place it was then often only
necessary for one member of a family to display an especial talent or ability in order that honor should be done his de- scendants for an indefinite period, while here it is only while they live up to the standard set by him that a man's de- scendants can hope to share his honor. It is thus a far more notable achievement for a family to remain influential and re- spected here, to-day, than it ever was elsewhere in other ages, and we feel that an added praise is due to those names that have persevered in their high places. Such has been the case with the Lipe fam- ily of Syracuse which has now been repre- sented for two generations by members who have distinguished themselves in the industrial life of that flourishing city of Syracuse, New York. It is with men of both generations of the Lipe family that this brief sketch is concerned. Willard C. Lipe and Clifford E. Lipe, uncle and nephew, the elder of whom is now the active head of many important industrial enterprises in Syracuse, and the younger deceased, his brilliant career cut off short almost at the threshold. His death at Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks, whither he had gone for his health, on February 7, 1916, was felt as a severe loss by the whole community and mourned by a large circle of devoted friends and admirers.
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