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RUPP, CHARLES A. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo April 1, 1850 ; attend- ed the district schools ; married Nellie Pilot of. Buffalo September 11, 1872, and Anna T. Henafelt of Buffalo October 2, 1889 ; was elected alderman on the Demo- cratic ticket in 1881 ; was appointed a civil-service commissioner in June, 1890,
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and a police and excise commissioner March 1, 1894; entered the service of Henry Rumrill, builder and contractor, in 1868, and formed a partnership with him in 1874; has been in business alone, as builder and contractor, since 1893.
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RUSSELL, LESLIE W .; resides in Can- ton ; was born at Canton April 15, 1840; was educated at Canton Academy ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1861 ; married Harriet Lawrence of Malone, N. Y., October 19, 1864 ; practiced law at Canton, 1861-81, and at New York city, 1884-91 ; was district attorney of St. Lawrence county, 1869-72, and county judge, 1878-81 ; was attorney-general of New York state, 1882-83 ; was a regent of the University of the State of New York, 1878-91; was elected justice of the Su- preme Court of New York state in 1891.
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RYAN, STEPHEN ; resides in South Otse- lic ; was born at Homer, N. Y., November 10, 1859 ; was educated at Homer Acad- emy ; married Ettie M. Cook of South Otselic June 6, 1883 ; conducted a cloth- ing and furnishing-goods store at South Otselic, 1884-95 ; has been a member of the Chenango-county Democratic commit- tee since 1886, and postmaster of South Otselic since 1894.
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RYAN, STEPHEN VINCENT ; resided in Buffalo ; was born at Almonte, Ont., Janu- ary 1, 1825; was taken by his parents when a child to Pottsville, Penn. ; was sent to St. Charles's Seminary, Philadelphia, in 1840, to begin a course of study to fit him for the priesthood ; was ordained at St. Louis in 1849 ; was consecrated bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Buffalo November 8, 1868 ; died in Buffalo April 10, 1896. . 72 W
SAGE, RUSSELL; resides in New York city ; was born at Verona, Oncida county, N. Y., August 4, 1816 ; established a gro- cery store in Troy, N. Y., in 1837, and a similar wholesale establishment in 1839; was alderman of Troy, 1845-52, treasurer of Rensselaer county for seven years, and member of congress, 1853-57 ; married Maria Winne of Troy in 1841, who died in 1867 ; married Margaret Olivia Slocum of Syracuse in 1869 ; has been increasingly interested in railroad management since 1850, and in Wall-street operations since 1861. 72 M.
SANBORN, LEE R .; resides in Sanborn : was born at Sweden, Monroe county, N. Y.,
August 8, 1831 ; was educated in public schools ; married julia C. Crawford of Lewiston, N. Y., September 9, 1849; was a member of the New York state assembly, 1870 -- 71 ; has lived at Sanborn, engaged in lumber dealing, farming, and various commercial enterprises, since 1848. 387 W
SAWYER, A. H .; resides in Watertown ; was born at Potsdam, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., June 19, 18344; was educated in public schools and by private tutors ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1857 : married Caroline M. Buckley of Watertown November 3, 1859, who died in April, 1867 : married Frances C. Fox of Pulaski, N. Y., December 15, 1869 ; was county judge of Jefferson county, 1868-78 ; has practiced law at Watertown since 1857.
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SAXTON, CHARLES T .; resides in Clyde ; was born at Clyde, Wayne county, July 2, 1846 ; was educated in the village schools ; served in the Union army, 1861-66; was admitted to the bar in December, 1867; married Helen M. Field of Clyde October 1, 1868 ; was member of assembly, 1887- 39, and state senator, 1890-94; was lieu- tenant governor of New York state, 1895- 96; was appointed by Governor Black presiding judge of the state Court of Claims for the term 1898-1903. .
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SCATCHERD, JAMES N .; resided in Buf- falo ; was born at Wyton, Ontario, Decem- ber 4, 1824; attended common schools : went to Buffalo in 1852 as agent for a firm of lumber dealers in Canada ; married Annie Belton of Wyton November 7, 1855; was chairman of the board of water commis- sioners of Buffalo, 1880-84: engaged in the lumber business in Buffalo, 1857-85 ; died at Buffalo January 18, 1885. 28 D
SCHATTNER, JOSEPH P .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo August 5, 1859 ; was educated at St. Mary's Roman Catho- lic School ; studied law in the office of Abram Bartholomew, and was admitted to the bar in 1881 ; has been secretary of the Broadway Brewing & Malting Co. since 1886, and of the Erie County Natural Gas & Fuel Co., Limited, since 1893; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1881. 270 W
SCHEU, AUGUSTUS F .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo November 7, 1855 ; was educated in the public schools and at the Buffalo Normal School, from which he graduated in 1872; married
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Anna Frances Kraft of Buffalo January 8, 1879; was the Democratic candidate for sheriff of Erie county in 1885 : entered the malting business with his father in 1872, and has managed the business since 1888. 228 W
SCHEU, SOLOMON; resided in Buffalo ; was born at Standenbuehl, Bavaria, Ger- many, January 6, 1822; was educated in local schools ; came to the United States in 1839, and learned the baker's trade in New York city ; moved to Buffalo in 1844, and followed the bakery and grocery busi- ness until 1860; married Minnie Rinck of Buffalo in 1847 : was receiver of taxes for Buffalo, 1856-59, alderman, 1854-55 and 1866-67, state-prison inspector, 1868- 73, and mayor of Buffalo, 1878-79 ; estab- lished a malt house in 1860, and conducted the same until his death ; died at Buffalo November 23, 1888.
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SCHOELLKOPF, ARTHUR; resides in Niagara Falls ; was born at Buffalo June 13, 1856 ; was educated in Buffalo and in Germany ; learned the miller's trade in Buffalo, 1873-77 ; married Jessie Gluck of Niagara Falls, N. Y., October 13, 1880 ; has been local manager of the Niagara Flouring Mills since 1877, and secretary and treasurer and manager of the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power & Mfg. Co. since 1878, and is an officer in many other com- mercial and financial organizations in Niag- ara Falls ; was mayor of Niagara Falls in 1896. 366 W
SCHOELLKOPF, JACOB F .: resides in Buffalo ; was born at Kirchheim-unter- Teck, Germany, November 15, 1819; was educated in German schools, and learned the tanner's trade in his native land ; came . to the United States in 1841, and settled in Buffalo in January, 1844; married Christiana Sophie Duerr of Kirchheim- unter-Teck March 12, 1848: has been engaged in the tanning business since 1844, in milling since 1857, and in the management of various corporations for many years. 406 W
SCHOELLKOPF, LOUIS ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo March 25, 1855 : studied in Buffalo schools and colleges and in Germany ; learned the tanner's trade in Buffalo, 1873-77 ; married Myra Lee Hor- ton of Sheffield, Penn., May 18, 1881 ; has been engaged in the tanning business in Buffalo since 1877 as a member of the firm of J. F. Schoellkopf's Sons. . . 407 W
SCHWARTZ, JOHN L .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo April 13, 1859 ;
was educated at St. Canisius College, Buf- falo ; worked in his father's planing mill, 1874-78, and in a coal office, 1878-79; carried on a coal and wood business in Buffalo, 1880-92; married Elizabeth J. Zegewitz of Rochester October 12, 1887 ; has been manager and part owner of the Star Brewery, Buffalo, since 1892. 459 W
SCOTT, ALLEN D. ; resided in Buffalo ; was born at Springville, N. Y., January 15, 1831 ; was educated at Springville Academy and Genesee Wesleyan Semi- nary, Lima, N. Y .; was admitted to the bar in 1857, and began practice at Ellicott- ville, N. Y. ; married Elizabeth Louisa Noyes of North Collins, N. Y., in Sep- tember, 1854, and Vida Cox of Otto, N. Y., in May, 1862; was elected sur- rogate of Cattaraugus county in 1857 and again in 1861 ; was state senator, 1870-71, and county judge, 1876-87 ; was ap- pointed receiver of the Alleghany & Kin- zua railroad in 1892; practiced law in Buffalo from 1892 until his death March 7,1897.
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SCOTT, RUFUS; resided in Wellsville ; was born at Friendship, N. Y., October 8, 1838 ; was educated at Alfred Univer- sity and Friendship Academy ; enlisted in the Union army in 1861, and served throughout the war ; married Mary M. Axtell of Friendship November 12, 1864; was admitted to the bar in 1866; was district attorney of Allegany county, 1869-74; was a member of the Allegany- county board of supervisors, 1861-62 and 1876-79; practiced law at Belmont, N. Y., 1866-83, and at Wellsville from 1883 until his death October 16, 1896. . 55 D
SEIBERT, SIMON ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo September 12, 1857; was educated in public schools and Bryant & Stratton's Business College ; was in busi- ness, 1878-89 ; was United States gauger, 1889-93 ; was elected member of assembly in 1893 and 1894, and state senator in 1895; has been connected with the Magnus Beck Brewing Co., Buffalo, since 1893. 272 W
SESSIONS, FRANK E. ; resides in James- town ; was born at Chautauqua, N. Y., May 22, 1847 ; was educated in the com- mon schools of Wisconsin ; taught school in Wisconsin and in Chautauqua county, N. Y., 1862-69 ; studied law and engaged in Business, 1869-74, and was admitted to the bar in the latter year : married Julia R. Bush of Jamestown June 1, 1876; was
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appointed special county judge in 1880, and elected to the same office for a term of three years in the same year ; has practiced law in Jamestown since 1876 ; was elected an alderman of Jamestown in 1895. 298 W
SESSIONS, WALTER L. ; resided in Panama ; was born at Brandon, Rutland county, Vt. ; was educated in the common schools and in Westfield ( N. Y. ) Academy; married Mary R. Terry of Clymer, N. Y., in 1848 ; was admitted to the bar in 1849; was member of assembly, 1853-54, state senator, 1860-61 and 1866-67, member of congress, 1871-75 and 1885-87 ; lived in Panama, Chautauqua county, from 1846 until his death May 27, 1896. 138 W
SEWARD, WILLIAM. H .; resides in Auburn ; was born at Auburn June 18, 1839; was educated by private tutors ; was clerk in a store in Albany, 1857-59, and private secretary to his father, 1859 -- 60; married Janet McNeil Watson of Auburn June 27, 1860; served in the Union army, 1862-65 ; was a presidential elector at large in 1889 ; since the close of the war has made his home in Auburn, engaged in banking, and in other business enterprises. 35 G
SEYMOUR, HENRY H .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Mount Morris, N. Y., October 27, 1849 ; prepared for college at Mount Morris Academy ; after one year in Dartmouth College entered Cornell Uni- versity, from which he graduated in 1871 with the degree of Bachelor of Science ; studied law at Mount Morris, and was admitted to the bar in 1874; served as judge advocate of the 4th division, N. G., S. N. Y., 1880-85; was appointed com- missioner of jurors for the northern district of New York state in the United States District Court in 1889, and deputy com- missioner of jurors for Erie county in 1895 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1874. 73 W
SHAFER, EDWARD C .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Honesdale, Penn., April 17, 1850; received a common- school and an academic education in Pennsylvania ; moved to Buffalo in 1872 ; married Elizabeth Anderson of Buffalo June 25, 1874; engaged in the hardware business, 1877-83 ; was appointed police commissioner of Buffalo May 7, 1887 ; . was city comptroller, 1890-91 ; has been' connected with the Buffalo School Furni- ture Co. since 1883. 287 W
SHAW, ALBERT DUANE; resides in Watertown; was born in the town of Lyme, Jefferson county, N. Y., Decem- ber 27, 1841 ; was educated at Belleville (N. Y. ) Union Academy and St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y .; served in the Union army, 1861-55 ; was a member of the New York state assembly in 1867; married Mary Sherwood Keith of Chicago October 12, 1872; was United States consul at Toronto, Ont., 1868-78, and at Manchester, Eng., 1878-86; has been engaged in the development of Niagara Water power since 1590 ; was elected de- partment commander of the G. A. R. for New York state in 1897.
SHEPARD, SIDNEY; resided in New Haven ; was born at Cobleskill, Schoharie county, N. Y., September 28, 1814; began business in 1828 as clerk in a hard- ware store in Dansville, N. Y .; purchased a hardware store in Bath, N. Y., in 1835; moved to Buffalo in 1836, and bought an interest in a similar business, of which he became sole owner the following year ; became proprietor of the Shepard Iron Works in 1849; married Elizabeth De Angelis Wells of Buffalo June 12, 1851; went to Europe with his family for several years' travel in 1865, and on his return settled in New Haven, Oswego county, N. Y., where he died December 26, 1893.
SHOEMAKER, J. MONROE; resides in Elmira ; was born at Dundee, N. Y., July 31, 1842 ; was educated at Dundee Acad- emy ; married Delia M. Benedict of Dun- dee September 11, 1862; served in the Union army, 1862-65; engaged in the manufacture of carriages at Dundee, 1865-74; went to Elmira in 1874, and engaged in oil refining ; was alderman of Elmira, 1893-95 ; has been general man- ager of the Standard Oil Company in southern New York since 1878. . .
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SHULTS, CHARLES J .; resides in Cherry Creek ; was born at Ellicottville, N. Y., February 23, 1867 ; was educated in com- mon schools ; married Eva M. Morian of Cherry Creek May 4, 1887 ; learned the printer's trade at Ellicottville ; was ap- pointed District Deputy Grand Master of Masons in 1894, and again in 1896; has been a newspaper owner and publisher in western New York since 1882. 438 W
SIGMAN, ALBERT J .; resides in Buffalo : was born at Cattaraugus, N. Y .; was edu- cated in district schools and Chamberlain
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Institute, Randolph, N. Y .; taught school, studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Buffalo in June, 1877 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since January 1, 1878. . 273 W
SILVER, DILWORTH M. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Peruville, N. Y., March 10, 1853; was educated in common schools and academies ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1880 ; married Elizabeth Englehart of Batavia, N. Y., in January, 1888 ; has practiced law in Buf- falo since February, 1880. 417 W SIMMONS, J. EDWARD ; resides in New York city ; was born at Troy, N. Y., September 9, 1841 ; graduated from Wil- liams College in 1862, and from the Al- bany Law School in 1863 ; practiced law in Troy, 1863-67 ; married Julia Greer of New York city April 12, 1866 ; was presi- dent of the New York Stock Exchange, 1884-85, and of the board of education of New York city, 1886-91; was made president of the New York Clearing House Association in October, 1896; has been engaged in banking in NewYork city since 1888. 31 M
SKINNER, CHARLES R .; resides in Al- bany ; was born at Union Square, Oswego county, N. Y., August 4, 1844 ; was educa- ted at common schools and academies and Clinton Liberal Institute ; engaged in busi- ness in New York city, 1867-70; was manager and part owner of the Watertown .(N. Y.) Daily Times, 1870-74 ; married Elizabeth Baldwin of Watertown October 16, 1873 ; was member of assembly, 1877- 81, and representative in congress, 1881- 85; was deputy state superintendent of public instruction, 1886-92, and supervisor of teachers' institutes and training classes, 1892-96; has been state superintendent of public instruction since April 7, 1895 ; was elected president of the National Edu- cational Association in July, 1896. 30 F
SKINNER, EDWARD A .; resides in West- field ; was born at Griffin's Mills, Erie county, N. Y., May 10, 1841; was edu- cated at Westfield Academy ; served in the Union army, 1861-64; was assistant cashier and cashier of the First National Bank of Westfield, 1864-70; engaged in banking at Ottawa, Kan., 1870-73 ; mar- ried Frances M. Barger of Westfield Octo- ber 20, 1864, who died June 16, 1872 ;. married Augusta Wheeler of Portville, N. Y., Angust 19, 1874: became vice president of the First National Bank of Westfield in 1874, and has been president
of that bank and its successor, the Na- tional Bank of Westfield, since 1876; has been Supreme Treasurer of the Royal Arcanum since 1880. 383 W
SLATER, JONATHAN L. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Ellington, Chautau- qua county, N. Y., March 26, 1857 ; attended public schools and Ellington Academy, and graduated from Chamber- lain Institute, Randolph, N. Y., in 1880 ; taught school and studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1883; married Susan A. Jameson of Dublin, Ireland, Sep- tember 16, 1885; was president of the Buffalo Sunday School Association, 1890- 92, and has been president of the Erie County Sunday School Association since 1893 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1883.
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SMITH, ALBERT R. ; resides in North Tonawanda ; was born at North Tona- wanda August 18, 1871; was educated in public schools and a business college ; was clerk for a lumber firm in North Tona- wanda, 1889-93; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1896; was elected city judge of North Tonawanda in the spring of 1897. 439 W
SMITH, HIRAM; resides in Jamestown ; was born at Hanover, N. Y., October 25, 1819; was educated in the district school and Fredonia Academy ; engaged in gen- eral mercantile business, 1836-61; was elected to the state legislature in 1859, and re-elected in 1860; served in the Union army, 1861-65 ; was nominated for member of congress from the 34th district in 1884 and 1890; married Melissa P. Love of Forestville, N. Y., September 10, 1844, and Anna L. Gray of Jamestown September 10, 1894; has lived in James- town since 1867, and has been engaged in the insurance business there since 1870.
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SMITH, LEE H. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Conneaut, O., August 10, 1856 ; moved to Buffalo in 1868 ; graduated from the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1877, and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, in 1881 ; married Corrie Emma Lacy of Buffalo October 5, 1880 ; has been vice president of the World's Dispensary Medi- cal Association since 1889. 317 W
SMITH, T. GUILFORD; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Philadelphia August 27, 1839 ; graduated from the Central High School of Philadelphia with the degree of
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B. A. in 1858, and from Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute in 1861 ; married Mary Stewart Ives of Lansingburgh, N. Y., July 14, 1864; was with the Philadelphia & Reading railroad as civil engineer, 1861-65; was general manager of the Philadelphia Sugar Refinery, 1866-69; was secretary of the Union Iron Co. of Buffalo, 1873-78 ; was sales-agent of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co., 1878-92 : has been sales-agent of the Car- negie Steel Co., Ltd., since 1889; has been a regent of the University of the State of New York since 1890.
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SMITHER, ROBERT K .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Winchester, Eng., October 10, 1851; came to America in 1858 ; became a clerk in a Buffalo drug store in 1868 ; married Lucretia C. New- kirk of Buffalo August 23, 1874; was a member of the Erie-county board of super- visors, 1880-87 ; was alderman from the 24th ward, Buffalo, 1892-97, acting as president of the common council in 1894 and president of the board of aldermen in 1895; has conducted a drug business in Buffalo since 1875. 445 W
SNELL, JACOB; resides in Fonda ; was born at Stone Arabia, N. Y., July 11, 1847 ; was educated in common schools ; married Nancy L. Nellis of Palatine Bridge, N. Y., July 1, 1868 ; was a farmer and stone contractor, 1867-81; was super- visor from the town of Palatine in 1880, town clerk, 1869-79, and sheriff of Montgomery county, 1886-89 ; was pro- prietor of the Snell House at Fonda, 1881-91 ; has been superintendent of the Mohawk division of the Erie canal since 1895. 101 E
SOUTHWICK, A. P .; resides in Buffalo : was born at Ashtabula, O., May 18, 1826 ; was educated in the public schools ; en- gaged in the steamboat business, 1844-62, becoming chief engineer of the Western Transit Co. at Buffalo in 1855; married Mary M. Flinn of Buffalo May 26, 1853 ; has practiced dentistry in Buffalo since 1862. 229 W SPAULDING, E. G. ; resided in Buffalo ; was born at Summer Hill, N. Y., Febru- ary 24, 1809 ; received a common-school education ; was admitted to the bar at Batavia, N. Y., in 1834; was city clerk of Buffalo in 1836, alderman in 18-41, and inayor in 1847 ; married Antonette Rich of Attica, N. Y., in 1837 ; was member of the state legislature in 1848 : was rep-
reseniative in the 31st, 36th, and 37th congresses (1849-51 and 1859-63) ; was treasurer of New York state, 1854-55; was president of the Farmers' and Me- chanics' Bank, Buffalo, 1850-96; died May 5, 1897.
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SPENCER, HARVEY S .; resides in Ham- burg ; was born at Turin, N. Y., July 15, 1839 ; was educated at Lowville and Fair- field academies and Whitestown Seminary ; taught school, 1863-65 ; established an in- surance agency at Hamburg in 1865 ; mar- ried Julia A. Bunting of Eden, N. Y., October 12, 1870 ; was a member of the Erie-county board of supervisors, 1881- 82 ; has been cashier of the Bank of Ham- burg since its organization in 1883. . 340 W SPENCER, SETH S .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Batavia, N. Y., August 25, 1838; was educated in country schools and at Rural Seminary, East Pembroke, N. Y .; was a railway mail clerk, 1861-73 ; was admitted to the bar in 1865, but never practiced law ; married Mrs. Agnes J. Derrick of Buffalo December 22, 1870 ; has been manager of the R. Ovens Branch U. S. Baking Co., Buffalo, since 1883. 77 W
SPRAGUE, EBEN CARLETON ; resided in Buffalo; was born at Bath, N. H., November 26, 1822 ; prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, and graduated from Harvard in 1843; was admitted to the bar in 1846; married Elizabeth H. Williams of Buffalo June 25, 1849; was state senator, 1876-77 ; practiced law in Buffalo from 1846 until his death February 14, 1895. 42 D
STAFFORD, JAMES B .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Dublin, Ireland, September 23, 1853 ; came to the United States in childhood, and settled in Buffalo in 1863 ; married Henrietta Ella Holloway of Buf- falo June 13, 1878 ; carried on a grocery business, with various partners, 1874-92 ; has been president of the Security Invest- ment Co. of Buffalo since 1892. . 230 W
STAFFORD, RICHARD H .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Dublin, Ireland, August 10, 1848 ; was educated in the common schools of Dublin ; came to the United States and settled in Buffalo in 1861 ; was a clerk in grocery houses, 1861-72; was associated with his brother in the manage- ment of Fulton Market, 1873-92 ; married Ella S. Gatchell of Medina, N. Y., Octo- ber 29, 1877 ; has been treasurer of the Security Investment Co. of Buffalo since 1892. 231 W
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STEARNS, GEORGE R. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo March 20, 1853 ; attended Buffalo public schools, and grad- uated from the University of Rochester in 1875 ; graduated from the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospi- tal in 1878, and spent the following year in Ward's Island Homeopathic Hospital, New York city ; married Jennie S. Olver of Buffalo May 25, 1880 : has practiced medicine in Buffalo since 1879.
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STEARNS, LESTER F. ; resides in Dun- kirk ; was born at Villanova, Chautauqua county, N. Y., July 27, 1856 : graduated from Forestville Free Academy in 1878 ; was admitted to the bar at Dunkirk in 1882; was elected special surrogate in 1884; was elected district attorney in 1886, and re-elected in 1889 ; married Mary M. Hiller of Dunkirk July 16, 1889 ; was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1896; in March, 1897, was offered the position of third assistant post- master-general ; has practiced law in Dun- kirk since 1882. 185 W
STEPHAN, FREDERICK, JR. ; resides in Kingston ; was born at Rondout, N. Y., May 20, 1859; was educated in common schools and Ulster Academy, Rondout ; worked as a bookkeeper in Boston, 1880- 84 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1886; married Alice Vignes of Kingston February 22, 1888; has prac- ticed law in Kingston since 1886; was elected city judge of Kingston in the fall of 1895.
STICKNEY, CHARLES D .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Holland, N. Y., August 9, 1857 ; was educated at Ten Broeck Academy, Franklinville, N. Y. ; was admitted to the bar at Rochester in 1882 ; married Ida MI. West of West Val- ley, N. Y., April 30, 1882; was clerk of the board of supervisors of Erie county in 1888 ; has been attorney for New York state in the transfer-tax department since 1894 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1882. 275 W
STOCKTON, LEWIS : resides in Buffalo ; was born at Evansburg, Penn., March 12, 1862 : graduated from Lehigh University in 1881, and taught at South Bethlehem, Penn., 1881-83 : was admitted to the Buf- falo bar in 1885 ; married Eloise Gilbert of Glencoe, MId., April 5, 1xx5 : has prac- ticed law in Buffalo -ince Isst. 349 W
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