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SEVERANCE, Claude M .:
Clergyman, lecturer, financier: b. West Salisbury, Vt., Nov. 3, 1e61; s. Rev. Milton Leonard and Emily Augusta ( Spencer) Sev- erance; ed. Seleet School. Orwell, Vt., pri- vate tutoring of parents, Beeman Acad., New Haven, Vt., 1 78.79, Middlebury Coll., 1879-80, A.B., 1583, A.M., 1856; matriculated at Univ. of Göttingen. Germany, 1885, Yale Divinity School. 1887.90, B.D., 1990: m. 1st, Kobe, Japan, July 12. 1892, Almona Gill, skilled artist and efficient missionary (died Nov. 7, 1898) ; In. 2d, Borough
Park, Brooklyn, N. Y., July 8, 1901, Minnehaha Schnabel, distinguished gospel singer: chil- dren : Claude M., Jr., b. Jan. 15, 1963, Walter Frear, b. Ang. 13, 1905. Page in House of Representatives, Montpelier, Vt., 1874; clerk in dry goods and clothing store, Bristol. Vt., two years. Taught Greek, German and Latin, Burr & Burton Sem., Manchester, Vt., 1883.85; prof. French and ancient history, Oahn Coll., Honolulu, H. I., 1886-87. Or- dained a minister at the Congregational Church in Newton, Mass., 1990; missionary Am. B'd Comn'rs Poreign Missions in Japan, 1.90-95; taught English at Tottori, 1:90-92, and also at Doshisha Univ., Ryoto, 1594; made life mem of the Asiatic Soc. of Japan, 1\94: working among Japanese soldiers at
military headquarters, Hiroshima, Japan, 1-95; orgamzing ard building Denison AAv. Congregational Ch .. Cleveland, Ohio, 1>96.99: pastor ed Congregational Ch., Baltimore. Md .. 180g 1900: Port Morris, Bronx, N. Y. City, 190218; lecturing in public schools. V. Y. Vits. under B'd of Ed'n. 193 01. preach ing at Manhattan Terrace, Brooklyn, and Nyack-on-Hudson, N. Y., 1905.06; gen. sec. at various times, over Europe and Oriental
ing Mexico and raising funds for further de- velopment of the Santa Domingo group of mines in the State of Jalisco, Mex- ico, that have produced $20,000,000 under the crude Spanish methods of mining; di- rector and mem. Exec. Com. Mexico Elec- tric Power and Tramway Co. Popular lec- turer on Japan, Hawaii and other subjects; contributor to religious and secular press : edited the Beacon (N. Y. City) 2 years in connection with church work. Mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity, Manhattan - Brooklyn Ass'n of Congregational Ministers. Repub- lican. Favorite recreation : Travel. Sup-
plying vacant churches almost constantly, regardless of denomination. Permanent ad- dress: Twelfth Av. and 7th St., Borough Park, Brooklyn, N. Y. Present address : 121 W. 90th St., N. Y. City.
SEVERANCE, Frank Hayward:
Journalist, author; b. Manchester. Mass., Nov. 28, 1856; s. Lucius Warren and Lucretia Maria ( Hayward) Severance; grad. Cornell, B.S., 1879; m. Isle La Motte, Vt .. 1865, Lena Lillian Hill; children: Hayward M .. b. 1ss7. Mildred, b. 1892, Edith Lillian, b. 1900. City editor Erie (Pa.) Gazette, 1879-60; reporter and city editor Buffalo Express. 1981-6; managing editor Illustrated Buffalo Ex- press, 1986-1902; sec. Buffalo Hist. Soc. since 1898, treas. since 1906; sec. N. Y. State Champlain Tercentenary Comm'n. Has
traveled in Europe and Africa several times : around the world, 1891; and to West Indies. Canadian Northwest, Author: Old trails on the Niagara Frontier. 1899, 1903;
editor vols. 4 to 12 Buffalo Historical Soc. publications ; contb'r to American Library Ass'ns Bibliography of American History. 1901; special contb'r Encyclopedia Ameri- cana; editor Gilbert-Family Captivity, 19 4: Millard Fillmore Papers (2 vols. ), 1907. Author: The Story of Joncaire. 1906; and many historical papers and pamphlets. Di- rector Buffalo Hist. Soc. Independent R». publican. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, Nat. Geos. Soc., Zeta Psi fraternity. Recreations : Anything out of doors: mountain tramps preferred. Club: University ( Buffalo). Ad- dress : 150 Jewett Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
SEVERN, Edmund:
Composer, violinist, lecturer, teacher: b. Nottingham, England, Dec. 10, 1962: s. Ed- mund and Elizabeth (Thornton) Severn; ed. in Hartford, Conn .. Boston, Mass .. Berlin. Germany: in. Montelair, N. J., 190. Minna Sites. Composer of orchestral, choral, and chamber music and solos. Published works. including violin solos, songs and piano solos. Lecturer for B'd of Ed'n. N. Y. City, on musical subjects. Violin soloist : has per- formed in Maine, Mass., N. Y., N. J., Pa .. Conn., Vermont, N. H. Clubs: Clef. Com- posers; pres. N. Y. State Music Teachers' Ass'n. Address: 131 W. 56th St., N. Y. City. SEVIER, Clara Driscoll:
Author: b. St. Mary's. Texas, April 2. 11: d. Robert and Julia ( Fox) Driscoll: ed. Mrs. Gregory's Sch., San Antonio, Texas. Misses Peebles and Thompson's Sch., N. Y. City, Chateau Diendonne, France: in. N. Y. City. July 31, 1906, Il. H. Sevier. For years had her home on her father's extensive 50. . (opere Palo Alto Ranch, in Nueces County, Texas, but spent considerable time in travel.
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countries. She became interested in preserv- ing the site of the historic Alamo Mission for the organization of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and when the money for its purchase could not be raised otherwise, put up the money for the property, $75,000, herself; was afterward reimbursed by a special act of the Twenty-ninth Texas Legis- lature, and was made honorary custodian of the Alamo by the organization. Author : Letters of Travel; Girl of La Gloria; Mexi- cana (comic opera) ; In the Shadow of the Alamo (G. P. Putnam's Sons). Catholic. Mem. Texas Woman's Press Ass'n, Pen and Brush Club (N. Y. City), Texas Hist., Ass'n, Daughters of the Confederacy. Recreations : Hunting, riding. Address: 37 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
SEWALL, Charles Grenville:
Clergyman; b. Newark, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1872; s. Albert C. (D.D. ) and Helen Sarah (Ives) Sewall; ed. Williams Coll., A.B., 1893; Union Theol. Sem., B.D., 1599; Johns Hopkins Univ., 1893-94; m. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 16. 1900, Kate Louise, d. Pres. A. H. Strong, D. D., of Rochester Theol. Sem .; children : Grenville Strong. b. Jan. 11, 1902, John Ives, b. Sept. 5, 1905, Richard Benson, b. Feb. 11, 1908. One year of travel and study abroad, 1896-97. Ass't minister, Third Pres- by'n Ch., Rochester. 1598-1900: minister, Pres- by'n Ch., Rome, N. Y., 1900-07; minister, State Street Presby'n Ch., Albany, N. Y. since 1907. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, and Kappa Alpha Soc., Williams Coll. Visitor, State Charities Aid Soc. Recreations: Sea-
shore occupations, golf. Address: 27 Dove St., Albany, N. Y.
SEWALL, G. P .:
Clergyinan; b. Westbrook, Me., 1St1; s. Rev. Jotham and Anna (Baker) Sewall: ed. North Granville (N. Y.) Acad., one year in Middlebury (Vt.) Acad .; grad. Williams Coil., 1567; Auburn Theol. Sem., 1870; m. Williamstown, Mass., 1879, R. E. Cole; one son, Theodore Grenville. Has been pastor of Presby'n churches at Cayuga. N. Y .. 1870-79; Troy, Pa., 1979-95; Syracuse, N. Y., E. Genesee, 1896-99: Aurora. N. Y .. since 1901. Visited Europe in 1979 and 1599. Presby- terian. Address : Aurora, Cayuga Co., N. Y. SEWARD, Frederick W .:
Lawyer; b. Auburn. N. Y., July S, 1830; s. William H. and Fraures A. ( Miller) Seward : ed. public schools of Auburn; grad. Union Coll., 1:49; m. Albany. Nov. 9, 1:54, Anna M. Wharton. Studied law with Judzes Kent and Davies in N. Y. City; admitted to N. Y. City Bar, 1551: became asso. editor and later one of the prop'rs Albany Evening Journal; in 1861 was sent from Wasington to Phila- delphia to warn Pres. Lincoln of a plot to assassinate him in Baltimore: appt'd ass't sec. of State and held office during admini- stration of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson: his assassination was attempted ou the same night that President Lincoln was murdered by Booth: chief diplomatie work was during Johnson's administration: was instrumental iu carrying through the purchase of Alaska and negotiating new treaty with China; ro- tired from office in 19: elected to N. Y. Legislature, IST4; had charge of bill for first elevated railroad iu N. Y. City: returned to State Dep't in 1-57: introduced reforms in Consular Service: conducted negotiations se-
curing a Samoan harbor for U. S. ress. and aided in developing commercial and lomatic relations with Oriental powers: . . one of the comm'rs in behalf of the State N. Y. to participate in the Yorktown tennial in les1; pres. Sagaponack Realty ( men. Union Coll. Alumni Ass'n, Soc. of . Cayugas; was mem. Internat. Arbitr ::. Conf. at Washington, 1904; presided at . Centennial of Republican Party. Sarams. 1904; v .. p. Hudson-Fulton Celebration Conmm a and clim'n Plan and Scope Com. Author: Biography of William H. Journal oi West Indian Cruise, 1:44. Seward, 1. !: Address : Montrose, N. Y.
SEWARD, George Frederick:
Insurance president ; b. Florida, N. Y. Nov. S, 1840; ed. Seward Inst. and Uni - Coll .; LL.D., Union Coll .; m. 1×70. Kate Sher man, d. Isaac Sherman, of Ohio and Call' Consul at Shanghai. 1s61-63, consul-general 1:03-76; minister to Corea. 1:09: minister Wo China, 1876-80: special mission to Siam. IN .. pres. North China branch of the Royal As .- atic Soc .. 1965-67; since 1893. pres. Fidelity and Casualty Co., of N. Y. City: also pres Va. Electrolytic Co. Mem. Am. Geog. Sw .. Amn. Acad. Polit. and Social Science. AAm. Iast. Civies, Am. Electro-Chem. Soc .. Am. Peace Soc., Chamber of Commerce (v .. p. and chm'n Com. on Taxation), Civil Service R. form Ass'n, New England Soc. of Orange. N. J., Hist. Soc. of N. J., Nat. Municipal League. Sons of Revolution, Union College Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. : trustee Union College. Holds decoration of Danish Gov't ( Commander of Danebrog) and of French Gov't (Command r of the Dragon of Annam). Author: Chinese Immigration and Its Social and Economic Aspects, 1ss1 ( Scribner) : Digest of Taxation System. N. Y .; Rapid Transit in New York and Other Great Cities, 1900: various papers on economic, social and political subjects. Clubs: Authors, Lawyers, Reform. Address: 99 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
SEWARD, John Perry:
Physician : b. Philadelphia, Pa .. Dec. 20. 1ºCS: s. Rev. Samuel S. and Chrissie F. ( Kimber ) Seward: ed. public schools. Gib- bens & Beach Sch. ; grad. Columbia. A.B .. 1590, N. Y. Honie. Med. Coll., M.D., 1:13. I. N. Y. City, June 2. 1900. Edith de C. Hibbard: children: Ruth de C .. b. 1001. Christine K., b. 1903, John Perry, Jr., b. 1. 5. Ralph Theodore. b. 1907. Was house physi- cian, Nat. Home. Hosp .. Washington, D. C .. 1-93-94; demonstrator and lecturer on an- tomy, N. Y. Home. Med. Coll., 1-91-10; prof. hygiene and dietetics. N. Y. Med. Coll. for Women. 1999-1901: prof. materia medica. N. Y. Home. Med. Coll., 143; visiting physician, Hahnemann Hosp., Laura Frank lin Hosp., Metropolitan Hosp. Swedenborgian. Mem. Am. Inst. of Homeopathy. N. Y State and Co. Home. Med. Soes. Acad. Pathol. Science, N. Y. Home. Materia Medica Sx. Columbia Coll. Alumni Assin. Phi Beta Kappa Soe. Clubs: Dunham, Columbia & m. Residence: 335 W. 7th St. Odice address: 200 W. 70th St., N. Y. City.
SEWARD, William F .:
Librarian; b. Yonkers. N. Y. 1556; S. Dwight M. and Lydia HI. Seward: grad. Williams Coll .. 10: m. I. Phocke S Sar geant. Isss. Formerly managing editor of the Binghamton Republican: now librarian
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Binghamton Public Library. Lecturer and writer. Has served as school conu'r; pres. Binghamton Press Club; pres. Boys Club; v .- p. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals. Republican. Address: Public Li- brary, Binghamton, N. Y.
SEWARD, William H .:
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Soldier, banker; b. Auburn, N. Y., Juae 1S, 1839; youngest s. William H. (sec of State of U. S., 1861-69) and Frances A. ( Miller) Seward; privately educated; m. June, 1:60, Janet M. Watson; children: Cornelia ( wife of Frederick I. Allen), William H., Frances Janet. Began business career as clerk in hardware store in Albany, N. Y., J857-59; private sec. to father (then U. S. senator from N. Y.), 1859-60; with Clinton .D. Mac- Dougall, 1860, established, at Auburn, the banking house of William H. Seward & Co. Appt'd, 1862, by Gov. Morgan, one of War Com. of his Congressional dist.,. of which: committee was made sec. ; appt'd, Aug., 1862, lieut .- col., 138th N. Y. Vols., soon after changed to 9th N. Y. Heavy Art'y; reg't was assigned to duty in Haskins' Div., 22d Army Corps, defenses of Washington, where, under direction of Eng'rs Dep't, took active part in construction of several of the large forts on the Potomac; in spring of 1st3, with much danger and hardship, successfully accom- plished secret mission from President Lin- coln to Gen. Banks, then operating on Bayou Teche, in Louisiana : promoted col., 9th Ar. t'y, May, 1864, and joined Army of the Potomac at Hanover Court House, Va., and became part of 2d Brigade, Ricketts' 3d Division, Wrights' 6th AArmy Corps, under General Grant; participated in many of the engagements around Petersburg, including Cold Harbor ( where personally led success- ful assault on the rebel earthworks in front of his command with loss to his reg't of 142 killed and wounded ) ; was at battle of Mono- cacy, where was wounded in arm and had leg broken by fall of horse which was shot under him on final charge (brevetted brig .- gen., Vols., "for gallant and meritorious ser. vices"' there). As soon as wounds permitted was sent to Martinsburg, to command Ist Brigade, 3d Div., Dep't of W. Va., then oper- ating in the Shenandoah Valley, and for short time, after capture of Gen. Crook, was in command of same division at Harper's Ferry. Resigned at end of war and resumed position at head of banking house of W. H. Seward & Co., in which has ever since con- tinued. Established at Auburn, at his own expense, Free Reading Rooms for Workmen, which has become a popular institution. Re- publican; prominent candidate for nomina- tion for governor at Saratoga Convention, 1881; twice nominated as presidential elector- at-large, and was pres. Electoral College of N. Y. at its session at Albany, 1s-9. Pres. Auburn City Hosp. ; trustee Wells Coll., Ca- yuga Co. Savings Bank: director Am. Ex. press Co. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Loyal Legion. Grant Monument Ass'n, Am. Hist. Soe. G. A. R. (Ibs: Union League, United Service. Address : Auburn, N. Y.
SEWELL, Albert Henry:
Jurist : b. Hamiden. N. Y., Oct. 30. 1817: S. William 11. and Colinda Sewell: grad. Cor- nell. A. B .. 1-71. Albany Law Sch .. L.L.B .. 1573: m. MMary R. Wright. 199. Engaged in practice of law at Delhi, N. Y., 1973.58; N. Y.
assemblymon, 1.7s. county judge and surro- rogate, Delaware, ISTe, county judge and sur- rogate, Delaware Co., 1999.99; nominated by Republican Party, 1:39, and elected justice of Supreme Court, for Sixth Judicial Dist., of N. Y., for term expiring in 1913. Repub- lican. Address: Delhi, N. Y.
SEWELL, Robert van Vorst:
Artist, mural painter: b. N. Y. City, 1860; s. Robert and Sarah ( Van Vorst) Sewell; grad. Columbia, A.B., 1993: art student un- der Lefebvre and Boulanger; m. Lydia Amanda Brewster. His work includes the mural paintings in many private residences and public buildings, notably that in the res- idence of George Gould, at Georgian Court, Lakewood, and in the St. Regis Hotel, N. Y. Awarded first Hallgarten prize, Nat. Acad. of Design, 1888; silver medal at Pan-m. and other expositions. Mem. Architectural League: associate Nat. Acad. Design; mom. Soc. Mural Painters, Municipal Art Soc. Clubs: Century. Union League. Lotos. Ad- dress: 25 W. 67th St., N. Y. City. SEXTON, Lawrence Eugene :
Lawyer; b. Cleveland, Ohio, July 26, 1959; s. David Botsford and Caroline Elizabeth ( Hale) Sexton; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad. ( Exeter, N. H.), Isso, Harvard Univ., A.B., cum laude, les4; Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LI .. B., 1ss7; unmarried. Admitted to bar in N. Y. City, June, les7. In Iss9, became mem. of present firm of Wetmore & Jenner, and has been in active practice ever since, both in Federal and State courts. Director Ramapo Foundry and Wheel Works. Has traveled extensively in Europe, in U. S .. Canada, Mexica and Cuba. For some years was active in Democratic and Independent politics. Candidate for justice Supreme Court in 1900, nominated by Judiciary Nom- inators and endorsed by Republican Party. N. Y. County: received 125.000 votes. For many years chm'n Sound Currency Commit- tee of Reform Club. Democrat. Mem. Exec. Com. AAss'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Nat. Goog. Soe., Met. Mu- seum of Art. N. Y. Zool. Gardens, Am. Mu- seum Natural History, Alpha Delta Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Recreations: Shooting- fishing, traveling. Clubs: Century, Univer- sity. Harvard, National Arts. Reform (N. Y. City ) ; Ardsley ( AArdsley-on-Hudson) : Union (Cleveland, O.): Blooming Grove Hunting and Fishing ( Pike Co., Pa.). Address: 34 Pine St., N. Y. City.
SEXTON, Pliny Titus:
Lawyer, banker: b. Palmyra, N. Y .. June 12, 1540: s. Pliny and Hannah (Van Alstine) Sexton: ed. private schools, Palmyra Class- ical Union Sch., Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. : grad. State and National Law Sch .. Pough- keepsie, N. Y., LL.B., 159; L.L.D. Umon Univ., 193; m. Palmyra. N. Y., Isto. Har- riet Hyde. AAdmitted to N. Y. Bar, Iso1. Su- preme Court of U. S., 192. Pres. First Nat. Bank of Palmyra since Ist. Pres. Village of Palmyra, 1979-3, and of its B'd of Ed'n. 1- 3- 9: Republican candidate for treas. State of N. Y., 1>3; regent of Univ. of State of N. Y. since 1590, Procured from Legislature of State of N. Y. appropriation and authority for Univ. Extension work by the l'hiv. of the State, first legislation on that subject in l'. S. Honorary chancellor of Union U'niv .. 1:23: mem. Am. Library Ass'n. N. Y. State
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Hist. Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. [ Clubs: Buffalo (chm'n Library Com.), Uni State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'o. Address: i versity ( former pres. ), Country. Country Palmyra, N. Y. place: The Terraces, Mount Morris, N. Y. SEYMOUR, Alec H .: Address : Buffalo Club, Buffalo, N. Y. SEYMOUR, John Sammis:
Lawyer; b. Whitney Point, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1875; s. George B. and Jennie ( Parsons ) Sey- mour; grad. Whitney Point High Sch .; took course at business coll. and later studied lav with prominent firm at Binghamton. N Y .; m. Binghamton, Aug. 8, 1903, Edith D. Thom- son. Admitted to N. Y. State Bar, 1902; appt'd clerk Surrogate Court, Broome Co., 1901; sec. State Dep't of Health since Sept. 1, 1906; served as ordnance serg't, Ist Reg't, N. Y. N. G. Episcopalian. Mem. Broome Co. and N. Y. State Bar Ass'ns, Oiseningo Lodge 445, F. and A. M. Clubs: Young Men's Republican (pres. 1904-05), Bingham- ton Press (pres. 1904-05), Fort Orange (Al- bany). Address: Binghamton, N. Y.
SEYMOUR, Edmund:
Banker, broker; b. St. Albans, Vt., Oct. 3, 1858; s. Henry Edmund and Susan K. ( Hubbell) Seymour: ed. St. Alban's Acad., Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; grad. Wii- liams Coll., B.A., 1852 (Alpha Delta Phi), capt. football team, pres. Athletic Ass'n) ; m. Plattsburgh, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1891, Anne Sprague Beckwith; children : Emeroy Vilas, b. 1892, Katherine, b. 1894, Anne Hubbell, b. 1902. Engaged in cattle business 8 years ; banker and broker at Tacoma, Wash., firm of Seymour, Barto & Co., 1889, Seymour Bros. & Co., 1893, now Edmund Seymour & Cc., N. Y. City; deals principally in municipal and corporation bonds. V.p. and director Orleans Co. Quarry Co .; pres. and director Standard Beef Co., Ellensburgh Water Sup- ply Co., Nebraska Land and Feeding Co .; director Washington State Land Co. Repub- liean; Congregationalist. MIem. B'd Gover- nors, Am. Bison Soc .; trustee Alpha Delta Phi fraternity Williams Coll. Clubs: Uni- versity, Camp Fire of America (treas. and mem. B'd Governors), Alpha Delta Phi (N. Y. City ) ; The Manor Club ( Pelham Manor). Summer home : Bord-de-l'Eau, Chazy, N. Y. Residence: Pelham Manor, N. Y. Address : 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SEYMOUR, Frederick :
Lawyer; b. Whitney's Point, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1856; . s. George W. and Mary ( Freeman) Seymour; grad. Yale, A.B .. 1s>1; attended Columbia Law School; m. Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 14, 1885, Julia C., d. Nathan Dikeman. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 18. 2: mem. law firm of Seymour, Seymour & Megrath; practice is chiefly in cases involving the law of corporations. Residence : East Orange, J. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City. SEYMOUR, Henry Hale:
Lawyer, jury commissioner; b. Mt. Morris, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1549; s. Norman and Frances Hale (Metcalf) Seymour; great-grandson of Norman Seymour. of West Hartford, Conn. ; coll. preparation at Mt. Morris Acad .; Dart- month Coll., 1867.65; grad. Cornell Univ .. B.S., 1571 (winner Goldwin Smith prize) ; un- married. Hlas visited Europe on 6 occasions; bar examiner, 4th Dep't, 1581.93: Heut .- col., judge-advocate. 4th Div., N. G. N. Y., 1850- $5; lecturer on agency and partnership. Buf. falo Law Sch., 1:59.91; U. S. comm'r of jurors since 1.90: Erie Co. Supreme Court, deputy comm'r of jurors since 1-95. Author: Ceramic Art in Egypt. Recreation: Golf.
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Patent and trade-mark lawyer; b. Whit- ney's Point, N. Y .; s. George Whitfield aud Mary Freeman ( Seymour) Seymour; grad. Yale Coll., A.M., 18.5, LL.B., la7s; m. Nor- walk, Conn., Ciara E., d. Gen. Charles Oli- stead; children: Marion Franke (deceased ), Harold Freeman Seymour (of Hetlin, Ala. ), Geoffrey Olmstead (deceased), Mary. Mem. of law firm of Seymour, Seymour and Meg- rath, practising patent, trade-mark and cor- poration law in N. Y. City. Served as State senator in Conn. in the Dead-lock ses- sions of1891-93; comm'r of insurance of Conn., 1893, U. S. comm'r of patents, 1893-97. Deti- oerat. Clubs: Lawyers (N. Y. City), Nor- walk, Country, Pine Lodge (Conn.). Resi- dence : Norwalk, Conn. Address: 71 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
SEYMOUR, Nan Gilbert:
Physician : b. Peekskill, N. Y., Aug. 4. 1875; d. Frederick Seymour of Peekskill, and Cornelia S. ( Clarke ) Seymour, Watertown, N. Y .; ed. Cornell Univ., A.B., 1897, M.D. 1902 (Honor Roll Med. Coll.). Served as resident in Methodist Episcopal (General) Hosp., Philadelphia, 1902-03. Ass't attend- ing physician Cornell Dispensary (Dep't of Dermatology) since 1903; clinical assistant Gouverneur Hosp. Tuberculosis Clinic since 1903. In charge St. George's Church Tu- berculosis Class since 1907. Attending
physician Salvation Army Rescue Home. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Cornell Med. Alumni Soc., Am. Soc. Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis. Clubs: Woman''s University (charter mem.), Cornell Alumnæ. Address : 129 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.
SHACK, Ferdinand:
Lawyer b. Toronto, Ont., Aug. 17, 1856; s. Abraham and Sarah (Rossin) Shack; ed. in Upper Canada Coll., Toronto, and Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., B.S. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1974. A.M., 1977, Columbia, LL.B., 1976. Admitted to N. Y. Bar 1877; engaged in practice in N. Y. City ever since. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. (and was chm'n of its com. appt'd to secure a Hall of Records for N. Y. City ), N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. m. Bar Ass'n. mem. and ex.pres. Alumni Coll. City of N. Y .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa Alunni: see. Northwestern Dispensary of N. Y. Club: City College (pres. 1906). Residence : Prince George Hotel. Address: 52 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SHAFFER, Newton Melman:
Physician, surgeon ; b. Kinderhook, N. Y., Feb. 14. 1:46: s. Rev. James N. Shaffer: grad. New York Univ. Med. Coll., M.D .. 167; married, Ort. 15, 1-73, Margaret 11. Per- kins, of Gardiner, Me. Student, INBO, ass't resident surgeon, Ist7-68, Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled, and has since Its been en- gaged first in private practice and subse- quently as an orthopedie surgeon. .1ss't surgeon, IST1.75. surgeon-in-chief, 17005. of N. Y. Orthopaedic Dispensary ard Hosn. raising it in face of opposition and by stron. personal efforts to a very high standard of efficiency. practically founding this great work. Clinical prof. orthopedic surgery
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SHARP
N. Y. Univ. Med. Coll., 1882-86 and 1897-98, and since 1898, clinical prof. Orthopaedic Dep't at Cornell Univ. Med. Coll. Consulting orthopedic surgeon to St. Luke's, Presbyte- rian and other hosps .; founder and surgeon- in-chief of N. Y. State Hosp. for the Care of Crippled and Deformed Children. W. Hav- erstraw, N. Y. Originated the movements which led to the formation of the N. Y. Orthopedic Association, and the American Orthopedic Association, securing the ad- mission of the latter to the Congress of Am. Physicians and Surgeons, 1887; also se- cured recognition of orthopaedic surgery in Internat. Med. Congress, Berlin, 1890. Has devised muehr improved apparatus for de- formities of spine, hip and feet. Ex-pres. Am. Orthopaedic Ass'n treas. Congress Am. Physicians and Surgeons mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. Medicine, ete. Delegate
to Internat. Med. Congresses, 1881-1900. Author of treatises and monographs on or- thopædic subjects. Clubs: University, Cen- tury, Ardsley. Address : 28 E. 38th St., N. Y. City.
SHAINWALD, Ralph Louis:
Mf'r; b. Great Falls, N. H., Feb. 8, 1851; s. Nathan and Minna Shainwald; ed. N. Y. City public and private schools; m. N. Y. City, ISS1, Riette Hart ; children : Ralph L., Jr., Maisie (m. Michael Dreicer of N. Y. City), Marion. Began business life in pri- vate bank of Culver, Penn & Co .; later, for eight years, with Importers and Traders' Nat. Bank; then San Francisco, Calif., 11 years, organizing and managing the Vulcan Powder Co., the Tonite Powder Co., West- ern Chemical Co., California Can Co., and Paraffine Paint Co .; returned to N. Y. City, in 1556, and organized the Standard Paint Co .; and later the Ruberoid Gesellschaft of Germany, Ruberoid Co., Ltd. of England, and Compagnie Francaise du Raberoid of France, all of which organizations have proved successful; pres. Standard Paint Co. of N. J., Standard Paint Co. of Canada, Lt'd; clim'n the Ruberoid Co., Lt'd, of England. Independent in politics. Mem. Soc. for Ethi- cal Culture, Met. Museum of Art. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce; trustee Packard Com- mercial Sch. Recreations: Golf, motoring.
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