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Capitalist : b. Williamsburg, Blair County, Pa., Feb. 18, 1:62; family removed to Loretto, Cambria County, Pa., 1872: grad. from St. Francis Coll. at 16; m. Loretto. Pa., 1883, Emma Dinkey. Is a boy worked for neigh- boring farmers: drove coach to and from Cresson, Pa., his father at one time being contractor for carrying the mails between Loretto and Caresson: clerk in grocery store at Braddock, Pa., ISTS. He was anxious to become a civil eng'r and in 1881 made his ambition known to Captain Jones. cne of the sup'ts in the Edgar Thompson Steel Works of the Carnegie Company, whom he asked for employment. Began by driving stakes at $1 a day, but in less than a year was Capt. Jones' chief ass't, and in 7 years was chief of the Eng'r Dep't, and it was principally under his direction that the Home- stead plant was erected. On death of Capt. Jones was made sup't of the Edgar Thomp- son Works, and in 1:92 of the Homestead Works also: elected mem. B'd Mg'rs, Car- negie Company, 1-96, and its pres. 1897, and when the Carnegie interests were merged in the larger U. S. Steel Corp'n. in 1901, became pres. of the latter until 1904, when he re- signed the presidency. Now pres. Bethlehem Steel Corp'n, trustee N. Y. Trust Co., direc- tor in Carnegie Steel Co. and many other iron, steel. coal and coke corporations. Built a magnificent Catholic Ch. at Loretto, Pa., and established a complete electric lighting plant there; built a convent house at Cresson, Pa., a thoroughly equipped industrial school at Homestead. Pa., and fitted up. on the Southern Shore of Staten Island. N. Y., a sanitarium . for sick and crippled children during the summer months. Has summer residence at Braddock. Pa .. and a house in Pittsburgh. Residence: 323 W. 74th St. and Riverside Drive. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SCHWAB, Gustav H .:
Merchant: b. N. Y. City. May 30, 1851: s. Gustav and Catherine Elizabeth (von Post) Schwab: sent to Europe when 13 years old to be educated in gymnasium (Latin Sch.) at Stuttgart, Germany: at 17 entered office of a firm in Bremen for mercantile train- ing: spent 6 months in Liverpool: m. Ford ham, N. Y., Ort. 25. 15;6. Caroline Wheeler: children: Emily Elizabeth. b. 1-73. Gustav. Jr., b. 1879. Entered firm of Oelrichs &&
Co. (founded by greatgrandfather, 1755), July 1, 1876, and took charge of steamship business of firm, which had held the agency of North German Lloyd S. S. Co. since 1-1, relieving father. Active in People's & Mu- nicipal League, 1:90, in the nomination of Mayor Strong and formation of Citizens' Union, 189+; also in nomination of Mayor Low; chm'u Com. on Foreign Commerce and the Revenue Laws of the Chamber of Com- merce of the State of N. Y .; conducted sound money campaign of Chamber of Commerce against free silver, and was prominent in work of agitation for the en- largement of Canal System of N. Y. State, resulting in the adoption by the people of the Barge Canal plan which is now in process of execution. First v .- p. Merchants Ass'n of N. Y. Partner Oelrichs & Co .: director United States Trust Co., Merchants' Nat. Bank, Produce Exchange Safe Deposit Co., Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co. Independent Republican. Episcopalian. Senior warden All Souls' Ch., N. Y. City: Senior warden St. Mary's Ch., Scarborough, Y. Director German Soc. of City of N. Y .; chm'n Canal Com. N. Y. Produce Exchange; director St. John's Guild. Received Prussian decoration of Red Eagle of the 3d class and Italian SS. Maurizio Lazaro (cavalier), Oldenburg Decoration of Ritterkreuz. Country home : Scarborough. Residence: 31 W. 47th St. Address: 5 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SCHWARTZ, Adolph I .:
Physician and surgeon ; b. Bucharest (Rou- mania ), Jan. 1, 1873; s. Favel and Sima ( Bir- enbaum) Schwartz; ed. in Roumania, in primary school and Gymnasium in City of Fockschany and academic degree of Bachelor in Letters and Science from the Univ. of Bucharest: m. N. Y. City, Sept. 23. 1996, Anna Barasch; one son. Felix, b. July 7. 1907. Entered the Faculty of Medicine at Univ. of Bucharest, 1991, made 5 years col- lege work and 6 years hospital work in different hospitals, connected with the Fae. ulty of Medicine; viz .: Coltzia Hosp., Bran- covenessa Hosp., The Maternity of Buch- arest, Philanthropia Hosp., Hosp. for Chil- dren, Colentina Hosp .. skin diseases, and Syphilitie Section of Coltzia Hosp. and Car- itas Hosp. Served in Romania AArmy 1897-98 in the Military Hospital and Infirm- ary of the 21st Reg't Infantry with special work in the genito-urinary department. Di- rector and cultural sup't for 5 years of Tahnuth, Thora Malbim School for the Poor. Bucharest ( Roumania ) : mem. and ex-pres. Junimea Studiosa medicala Israelita (Rou- mania). Established in general practice as physician and surgeon in N. Y. City in 1905. Mem. East Side Physicians Ass'n. of City of N. Y .. Physicians League of N. Y. City. Examining physician to the Baron De Hirsch Aer'l School of Woodbine. N. J. Mem. Galatzer Handwerker K. I. V. (Sick Benevolent Ass'n. N. Y. City). Philip Bernstein K. U. V .. Independent N. Y. K. U. V., Erste Galatzer Frauen P. V., Jupiter Lodge I. O. O. F., 276; Breitbart Lodge. I. O. B. A. Address: 31 St. Mark's Place, N. Y. City.
SCHWARTZ. John J .: Real estate operator and builder: b. N. Y. City. July 4, 1553: s. Philip and Catharine B. Schwartz; ed. N. Y. City public schools; 1155
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m. Feb. 21, 1878, Mary Franeis Tompkins : children : Harvie Ellsworth, b. 1884, Clarence Tompkins, b. 1887, Viola Blanche, b. 1856. Left public schools at 16 years of age for work; first in dry goods store making fires. sweeping, ete .; then retail salesman for about five years, and nine years in shipping dep't, credits, etc., in wholesale dry goods; after that for 16 years real estate broker; since 1901, real estate operator and builder, and expert on values in N. Y. City real estate. Pres. Sterling Realty Co., which starting in 1901 with small capital is now a well-established and successful enterprise : a close corporation (James W. Taylor being partner, sec. and treas.); pres. Sterling Building and Operating Co .; v .- p. Reliance Construction Co. Republican. Methodist : pres. b'd trustees of the Morsemere Metho- dist Church, Yonkers, N. Y .; trustee Drew Sem., Carmel, N. Y. Address: 203 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
SCOLLARD, Clinton:
Author; b. Clinton, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1860: s. James I. and Elizabeth (Stephens) Scol- lard; Hamilton Coll., 1881: post-grad. work in Harvard Univ., Cambridge Univ., Cam- bridge, England; Hamilton, L.H.D., 1905; m. Jackson, Mich., July 3, 1890, Georgia Brown ; one daughter, Elizabeth, b. 199. Formerly for eight years prof. English literature in / Hamilton Coll. Contb'r of poems to leading magazines. Author: Pictures in Song, 1884; With Reed and Lyre, 1896; Old and New World Lyrics, 18SS; Giovio and Giulia, 1891; Songs of the Sunrise Lands, 1892; Under the Summer Skies, 18$2: On Sunny Shores, 1893; The Hills of Song, 1895: Skenandoa, 1896; A Boy's Book of Rhyme. 1896; A Man-at-Arms, 1898: The Son of a Tory, 1900; A Knight of the Highway, 1901: The Lutes of Morn, 1901: The Cloistering of Ursula, 1902; Lyries of the Dawn, 1902: Count Falcon of the Eyrie, 1903; Footfarings. 1904; The Lyric Bough, 1904: Ballads of Valor and Vietory (with Wallace Rice), 1904; Lyrics and Legends of Christmas-Tide. 1901; Odes and Elegies, 1905: A Southern Flight (with Frank Dempster Sherman). 1905: Easter Song. 1906; Blank Verse Pastels, 1907: Voices and Visions, 1908. Editor: Ford's Broken Heart, 1891; Ballads of American Bravery, 1900. Clubs: Authors, Century ( N. Y. City). Ad- dress : Clinton, N. Y.
SCOTT, Francis M .:
Jurist; b. N. Y. City, 1548; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1667, Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1569: m. 1558, Lucy Parkman Higgins; children : Eleanor S. (Tow), Margaret S., T. Sutherland. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1869; appt'd ass't corp'n counsel of N. Y. City, Feb., 1$$5: aqueduct comm'r of N. Y. City, Aug., 1888: appt'd corporation counsel of N. Y. City, Feb., 1995; elected justice of the Supreme Court of N. Y., 1-97, for term Jan. 1, 1598, to Dec. 31. 1911. Democrat. Clubs: University, Manhattan, Contury, Larchmont Yacht, Oakland Golf, Garden City Golf. Resi- dence: 42 Park Av. Address: County Court- house, N. Y. City.
SCOTT, Frank Hall:
Publisher, pres. the Century Co .; b. Terre Haute, Ind., April 7. 1548: s. William Clement and Maria Frances ( Crawford) Scott: ed. 1156
public schools of Richmond, Ind .; Pennsyl- vania Military Academy: L. H.D., Mariettas College, O., 1894; m. N. Y. City, 1575. Juliss Draper Davis; children: Donald. Clement. After slight business experience in India :... came to N. Y. City, 1670, and entered emplo: of Scribner & Co .; helped launch the first number of Scribner's Monthly and when name of magazine was changed to the Con- tury, in 1981, became treas. and since 1-02 pres. of The Century Co. Active in all general movements affecting the publishing field. One of founder and later pres. Aldine Chib; director and pres., 1904-06, of .\m. Publishers' Ass'n. Clubs: Aldine, City, Cen- tury. Players. Address: 33 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.
SCOTT, George Anson:
Nat. pres. Nat. Protective Legion; b. Friendship, N. Y., April 25, 1866; s. George and Rebecca (Benjamin) Scott; ed. Friend- ship (N. Y.) Aead., and Williams and Rogers Business Univ., Rochester; in. Wellsville, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1891, Lottie J. Webster; one daughter: Lillian, b. 1595. Teacher, news- paper editor and prop'r and life ins. agent ; engaged for eleven years as sec. and has since that time been holding the position of Nat. pres. of the Nat. Protective Legion. a fraternal beneficiary society. Has traveled very extensively throughout U. S. in promo- tion of business interests. Also sec. and treas. Am. Concrete Stone Co., v .- p. Brees- port Deep Rock Water Co. Demoerat: was candidate for Assembly from Allegheny Co .. 1893. Mason (Chapter and Consistory). Odd Fellows' Protective Home Cirele, Maceabces, Home Guards of America. Mystic Workers of the World. Ancient Order United Work- men. Modern Woodmen of America. Address: Waverly, N. Y.
SCOTT, Henry Wilson:
Author and jurist: b. in Sangamon Coun- ty, Ill., 1866: admitted to bar, 1s'4 at age of 15 years: appt'd by President Grover Cteve- land, last, register U. S. Land Office at Larned, Kan., and was fraudulently defeated for judge of the 16th Judicial Dist. of Kansas by a majority of 5 votes: in 1800 declined Demoeratie nomination for Congress in the 7th Congressional Dist. of Kansas (giving his strength to Jerry Simpson in the can- paign resulting in the latter's first election as the Fusion Candidate) on account of his ineligibility, being under the required con- stitutional age: in 1:93 appt'd by President Grover Cleveland, in his second administra- tion, judge of U. S. Dist. Court of Oklahoma ; Voluntarily resigned and took up the prac- tice of law in N. Y. in 1596, becoming coun- sel for extensive western interests. Author: Scott's Probate Law and Practice: Scott's Commentaries on the Evolution of Law: Historical Review of the Evolution of Law : Scott on Executive Authority: Scott's Com- mentaries on the Laws of Nations: Scott on Hoffman's Legal Outhues: Distinguished American Lawyers: Uniform Marriage and Divorce Reviews, etc. Now counsel for large corporate and commercial interests. Office : 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SCOTT, Hugh Lenox:
Oficer U. S. A .: b. Panville, Ky. Sent. 22, 1553; s. William M. and Mary ( Hodge)
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Scott; grad. from U. S. Mil. Acad., June 14, 1876; m. Standing Rock, Dak., June, 1880, Mary Merrill; commissioned 2d lieut., 9th Cav., June 15, 1876; 2d lieut. 5th Cay., June 26, 1876; second lieut. Vth Cav., Jung 26, 1876; first lieut. 7th Car., June 28. 1878; capt. Cav., Jan. 24, 1995; major ard ass't adjutant-gen. U. S. V., May 12, 1898, lieut. col. and ass't adjutant-gen., U. S. V., Aug. 17, 1999; honorably mustered out of voi- unteer service, June, 1901. Served in Sioux Expd'n, 1876; Nez Perce Expd'n, 1877; Camp Robinson, Neb. and Cheyenne Expd'n, 1878: routine duty, principally with Indians of the Plains, 1878-91: hon. mention from War Dep't, Okla., 1991; in charge investigation Ghost Dance disturbances, 1890-91, and kept seven tribes from making same trouble as the Sioux made at that time; enlisted and com'd Kiowa, Comanche and Apache In- dians; trop L, 7th Cav., 1592, until raus- tered out after 5 years' enlistment (last Indian troop mastered out), in charge Geron- imo's band Chiricahua Apaches, 1894-97. On duty at Bureau of Ethnology. Smithsonian Inst'n, writing work on sign language. Plains Indians, of N. America, Nov., 1897, until outbreak of Spanish-Am. War. Ad- jutant gen. 2d and 3d Divisions, 1st Army Corps, May, 1898, to February, 1899; adju- tant gen. Dep't of Havana. under Gen. Lud- low, March, 1899, to May, 1900; ass't adjutant gen. Division of Cuba, May. 1900 to Ang. 12, 1900; adj't gen. of Cuba, under Major General Leonard Wood, mil. gov. of Cuba, 1900-02; took part in turning over gov't of Cuba to the Cubans, May 20, 1902: governor Sulu Archi- pelago and comd'r Post of Jolo. Sept. 3. 1903, to July 9, 1906: abrogated slavery in that Archipelago; sup't U. S. Mil. Acad., since Aug. 31, 1906. Author of various mon- ographis and reports relating to Plains In- dians. Mem. Masonic Order. Clubs: Metro- politan (Washington), Union League, Boong and Crockett, Army and Navy, (N. Y. City). Address: West Point, N. Y.
SCOTT, Jacob C. E .:
Lawyer; b .. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1865; s. William J. and Martha Jane (Waters) Scott; ed. Albany High School, Cornell Univ., and Albany Law School; m. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1891, Irene Embler; children: Gor- don Embler, b. 1-98, Janet, b. 1904. . Has been engaged in general practice of law from graduation. Mem. Faculty of Albany Law School, having the course in Criminal Law. Has been actively interested in political matters, having devoted much time to the interest of the Democratic party. Served as police commissioner of Albany and has been delegate to munnerons judicial and State Democratic conventions.
Mem. Albany Comity Bar Ass'n. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Delta Upsilon fraternity. Phi Delta Phi (Inw fraternity), Masters Lodge, No. 5, F. and Ai. M. Chibs: Fort Orange, Burns. Address : 196 Lancaster St., Albany, N. Y.
SCOTT, James Hutchison:
Agent Marine Don't Electric Cable Co .; b. East Liberty, Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 11, 1868; s. Thomas and Matilda Dallas (Sand- ers) Scott: ed. at La Rochelle, Paris, Galt, Philadelphia : Annapolis
Revenue Cutter Acad .; m. Camden, N. J., Aug. 19, 1>91, Edith
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Graham; one daughter, Elizabeth De Puy, . 1595. Received presidential appin't as cadet, U. S. Naval Acad .; was in merchant service 3 years; U. S. Revenue Cutter Service 13 years; with Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 6 years; agent for Harlan & Hollingsworth Corp'n. Traveled in France, England. Ger- many, Spain, Portugal, South America, Sonth- ern Africa, India, Japan. Recommended for bravery in saving J. F. Mountain. Lis- bon Harbor, July 4,- 1890: saving crew of schooner Mary Barker, off coast of Maine, January 13, 1891; saving crew and passen- gers of Portuguese bark Fraternidada, off Blackstone Reef, August, 1899; received thanks of Congress for getting line to U. S. S. torpedo boat Winslow while under action at Cardenas, Cuba, May 11, 1595; presented with sword by city of Philadelphia; awarded gold and silver medal for bravery. Mem. Soc. of the Carribbean, Nat. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Railroad (N. Y. City), Markham ( Philadelphia). Address: 17 Battery Place, N. Y. City.
SCOTT, James Lee:
Lawyer; b. Ballston Spa., N. Y .. Jan 9, 1856; s. George Gordon and Lucy Pitkin ( Lee) Scott; ed. Greylock Inst., South Williams- town, Mass .; grad. Williams Coll., A.B., 1576; m. Louisville, Ky., June 17, 1896, Anna May Boone. Practised law at Ballston Spa until 1899; since then at Saratoga Springs; mem. firm of Rockwood, Scott & McKelvey. County clerk Saratoga Co., Iss6-87; referee in bank- ruptcy for counties of Saratoga, Schenectady and Warren, since 198. Pres. Ballston Re- frigerating Storage Co .: 1st v .- p. Adirondack Trust Co .; pres. Congress Spring Co .. v .- p. Security Steel and Iron Co. Republican. Recreations: Cycling, fishing. Clubs: Univer- sity, Saratoga Golf, Saratoga, Maganassippi Fish and Game. Address: Saratoga Springs. N. Y.
SCOTT, John W .:
Philatelist, numismatist and writer; b. Lon- don, England; s. John and Martha (Stone) Scott: m. Minnie Peyton; children: Charles P., Waller S., Minnie Martha, Emily Flor- ence, Dorothy K. Came to N. Y., 1963, and created present business, which is now known throughout world. Author of various stamp albums and reference lists, of which over half a million have been sold. Treas. The J. W. Scott Co. (Lt'd). Treas. The Philatelic Soc., N. Y .: mem. Numismatic and Archivo- logieal Soc. (N. Y.), British Numismatic Soc. Treas. Collectors' Club, N. Y. (6 years) : pres. The Vegetarian Soc., N. Y. (10 years). Recreation : Traveling. Lecturer on the ver- etarian doctrine: has indneed hundreds to adopt this healthful mode of living. Ad- dress: 36 John St., N. Y. City.
SCOTT, Joseph Alvah:
Naval architect and marine eng'r; b. Mon- treal, Province of Quebec, Can., Oct. 1. 100: s. David Bryce and Edmere Lydia (llensles) Scott; ed. Brooklyn public schools, supple- mented with home and professional studies; mi. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1-25. Carrie Marion Trueman: children : Herbert Jeffer. son, b. Feb. 12. 197: Lydia Louise. b. Jan . 1901, Hilda Isabelle, b. April 6. 19. Was associated with William Gardiner and C. D. Mosher in naval architectural and marine
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eng'ring work, and has since been engaged, becoming successively superintending eng'r The Holland, Torpedo Boat Co., laying out and superintending the construction of the submarine torpedo boat Holland, the first of its type in U. S. N .; superintending eng'r and gen. sup't Gas Engine and Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Morris Heights, N. Y. City; sup't Power and Plant Dep't William Cramp & Sons Ship and En- gine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pa .; now engaged in professional service as a naval architect and marine engineer. Traveled in Europe, investigating manufacture of in- ternal combustion engines. Inventor of ma- rine water tube boilers in use in torpedo boats in U. S. N., also of self-starting rever- sible internal combustion engine, as well as several mechanical devices. Served as a passed ass't eng'r, lieut., U. S. N., during Spanish-Am. War, attached to U. S. repair ship Vulcan, in charge of all repairs which were made from that vessel on board the various vessels of the U. S. fleet in Cuban waters, the Spanish flagship Infanta Maria Teresa and the Spanish gunboats Sandival and Alverado, serving throughout Cuban campaign on southern coast of Cuba, taking part in several engagements and was later attached to U. S. flagship Newark. Served as ass't superintending eng'r U. S. A. trans- port service, and later as marine expert for quartermaster's dep't, U. S. A., designing and superintending the construction and al- terations of numerous war dep't vessels. including U. S. A. transports. Sec., treas. and director Scott Engine and Construction Co .: consulting eng'r Cockburn Barrow and Machine Co. Republican. Protestant. Mem. Am. Soc. Mechanical Eng'rs, Am. Soc., Naval Eng'rs, Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs; companion Naval Order of U. S .. and Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-Am. War. Mem. Rising Star Lodge, No. 450, F. and A. M., Yonkers, N. Y., Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner. Recreations : Photography, outdoor sports. Clb: Am.
Model Yacht (honorary mem.). Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
SCOTT, Rufus Leonard:
Lawyer; b. Lanesboro, Mass., Mar. 31, 1835; s. Leonard and Fanny (Dickenson) Scott; ed. Lenox Acad., East Williston Sem., Mass .; Charlottesville Sem., N. Y .; m. June 26, 1866, Maria E. Hull: children: Rufus L., Jr., b. July 28. 1872, Howard Dickenson, b. June 26, 1867, Clara Louise, b. Oct. 4, 1-69 (died May 8, 1903). Admitted to bar, 1561. Traveled in Europe, 1889. Collector of arrears of taxes. Brooklyn. 1877-78; alderman, 1 84-85: mem. B'd of Ed'n, 1987-89; comm'r of taxes, City of N. Y., 1902-03. Trustee and counsel Bush- wick Savings Bank. Democrat. Mem. Au- rora Grata Masonic Club; pres. Masonic Vet- erans' Ass'n, Brooklyn, 1900. Summer home : Lanesboro, Mass. Address: 93 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
SCOTT, William Forse:
Lawyer: b. Dayton, Ohio., Dec. 27, 1844 ; ed. in schools of Dayton, Ohio, and Wash- ington, D. C .; enlisted as private. Ith Iowa Cav., 1561; mustered out as adjutant of res't in 1-65. After war studied law: now senior mem. law firm of Scott & Upson, N. Y. City. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State, 1135
Bar Ass'n, Mil. Order Loyal Legion, MI !! Service Inst'n of U. S. Author: The Str of Cavalry Regiment, 1893; Histor. Roster of the 4th lowa Cavalry Veter ... 1905. Residence: Croten, N. Y. Address : William St., N. Y. City.
SCOVILL, Edward Washburn:
Treasurer of Columbia County, N. Y .: 6 Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1870; s. Willis: Henry and Elizabeth ( Whiting) Scovili ed. in public schools in City of Hudson and private boarding school. Mem. General _1 ... sembly, 1903-04-05 and '06. Honorably dis charged from N. G. N. Y. Republican. Epi: copalian. Mem. Columbia County Ass'n : N. Y. City; treas. Sons of Veterans; ex. pres. C. H. Evans Hook and Ladder ( .. No. 3, Volunteer Fire Dep't. Mem. Aqui !!. Lodge F'. and A. M., Hudson Chapter, R. . 1. M., De Witt Clinton Council of Albany, N. Y .; eminent Commander, Lafayette Command- er, K. T., Scottish Rite Mason 32; past ex- alted ruler Hudson Lodge B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Albany (Albany), Hudson (ex-pres. ), Columbia County ( ex-pres.), Masonic. Ad dress : Hudson, N. Y.
SCRATCHLEY, Francis Arthur:
Physician; b. New Orleans, La., 1558; s. Dr. George and Mary Minor ( Humphreys) Scratchley ; ed. by tutors and at Washington and Lee Univ., Lexington, Va., which was founded by an ancestor: medical education N. Y. Univ. ; m. Bella Kenner Harding. d. George Harding, the celebrated patent law- yer of Philadelphia, 1900. Served in the Manhattan State Hosp., Wards Island. and the Hudson River State Hospital, Pough- keepsie; now clinical lecturer on nervous dis- eases and chief of clinic in Univ. and Belle- vue Hosp. Med. Coll. of the N. Y. Univ .. attending neurologist to the University clinic and to the City Home for the Aged: senior attending neurologist to the Hospital for Nervous Diseases of N. Y. City: consult- ing neurologist to the Home for Inenrables. Lecturer for the Dep't of Education of N. Y. City; examiner for the Soc. for Instruction in First Aid to the Injured. Mem. Sigma Chi fraternity, for several years pres. of the New York Alumni chapter of the same. Mem. Am. Medical Ass'n, County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., and numerous other societies. Anthor many papers and edited and translated Electro-diagnosis and Electro-Therapeutics. Address: 19 E. 45th St., N. Y. City.
SCRIBNER, Arthur Hawley:
Book publisher: b. N. Y. City, Mar. 15. 1$59: s. Charles and Emma L. (Blair) Scrib. ner: grad. Princeton, 1Ss1; m. 1900, Helen C. Annan. Treas. and v.p. Charles Scribner's Sons. Mem. Met. Museum of Art. Clubs: Century, University. Grolier. Racquet and Tennis, Riding. Aldine, Ardsley. Princeton. Residence : 39 E. 67th St. Address: 135 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
SCRIBNER, Charles:
Publisher: b. N. Y. City, Oct. 18, 1:54: S. Charles Scribner (founder of the Scribner publishing house) and of Emma E. (Blair) Scribner; grad. Princeton, 175: m. Louise. d. Rev. Jared B. Flags. D.D. Connected with the publishing house since gradnation in 1575 Director of Nat. Park Bank, Bank of the Metropolis and Plaza Bank, (mem. Nat.
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Acad. Design) ; formerly pres., now v .- p. Am. Publishers' Ass'n. Clubs: Century, Univer- sity, Union, Morristown, Riding, Racquet and Tennis, Morris Co. Golf, Princeton. Residence: 12 E. 38th St. Address: 155 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
SCRIBNER, Eugene D .:
Lawyer; b. Delafield, Wis., Dec. 21, 1867; s. Robert C. and Frances L. (Hillabrandt) Scribner; ed. in public schools of Fulton Co., N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, April 20, 1899, Mollie A. Groff; children : Donald Chevalier, b. Feb. 24, 1900, Hilda Elizabeth, b. Sept. 3), 1901, Robert E. D., b. May 30, 1903, Wil- liam Francis, b. June 13, 1908. Successful general practitioner of law, orator and
journalist. Served as police judge of North- ville, N. Y .; pres. of Northville Fire Depart- ment; mem. B'd of Education. For five years chairman of Democratic assembly dis- triet com. comprised of the counties of Ful- ton and Hamilton. Director People's Co- operative Stores of Fulton Co., N. Y. Demo- crat. Episcopalian. Mein. New York Bar Ass'n and Gloversville Bar Ass'n, I. O. Red Men, I. O. O. F., Maccabees. Trustee North- ville Schools. Recreations: Athletic sports and horsemanship. Clubs: Manhattan, Til- den, (N. Y. City). Address: 124 Kingsboro Av., Gloversville, N. Y.
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