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Clubs : Lotos, Automobile. Residence : 667 Madison Av. Address: 160 William St., N. Y. City.
SHALE, Jacob B .:
Editor, publisher; b. Ligonier, Pa., July 9, 1855; s. John P. and Rebecca ( Best) Shale; ed. publie and private schools in Western Pa .; m. Mckeesport, Pa., Sept. 7, 15:0, Sarah M. Mills: children : Byrde B., Dorothy H., Francis M. Was engaged in mercantile pur- suits for many years in Mckeesport, and served as postmaster of that city for nearly five years: entered journalism in iss6, and was elected pres, and gen. mg'r Publishers' Press Ass'n of N. Y., in June, 197; re- elected 9 successive years: also pres. Cripple River Hydraulic Mining Co., and The Editor and Publisher Co. Address: 17 Park Row, N. Y. City.
SHANAHAN, Richard J .:
Lawyer: b. Syraense. N. Y., July 5, 1876; s. David and Nora (Sullivan ) Shanahan; ed. in Syracuse common and high schools, Syra. ruse Univ Coll. of Law. I.L.B., 1900; m. Syracuse, N. Y., July , 1902, Christine
Schmeer: one son, Paul R., b. Feb. 4, 1907. At 21 years of age (1897), elected supervisor of 15th ward of Syracuse on Republican ticket : in 1901 appt'd ass't deputy att'y general State of N. Y., May, 1901, by Attorney Gen- eral Davies; in July, 19.3 appt'd 3d deputy sup't of insurance of State of N. Y., remain- ing there until Jan. 1, 1906; in Nov., 1905, elected comptroller City of Syracuse, re- elected in Nov., 1907, for two years commenc- ing Jan. 1, 1908, leading city ticket in both elections. In 1903 elected chm'n Republican County Com. of Onondaga County and re- elected for years 1904-05-06. Roman Catholic. Mem. Phi Delta Phi, legal fraternity, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Chamber of Commerce, Mys- tique Krewe Kanoono, all of Syracuse, and many fraternal associations. Recreations : Baseball and all out-door sports. Club : Citizens. Address : 117 Sand St., Syracuse, Y.
SHANNON, Frederick F .:
Clergyman; b. near Parkersville, Morris Co., Kan., Feb. 11, 1877; s. James W. and Kate P. (Sullivan) Shannon; ed. Webb. Sch,. Belle Buckle, Tenn. Harvard Univ .; m. York, Pa., May 3, 1903. Ethie Grace Myers; one son, Frederick Nighbert, b. 1904. Pas- tor M. S. Ch. South, Logan, W. Va., 1898-99; Davis and Sutton. W. Va., 1900 and 1902; Harrisburg, Pa., 1903: visited Europe same year for travel and study; pastor Grace M. E. Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y., since 1904. Inde- pendent in politics. Mem. Masonic order. Club : Montauk. Address: 29 Seventh Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SHANNON, Richard Cutts:
Lawyer; b. New London, Conn., Feb. 12. 1839; s. Charles Tebbets and Jane Randell ( Stanwood ) Shannon; ed. Colby Coll .. . 1.B .. 1862; m. Sept. 19, 1ss7, Martha A. Greenough. Entered Union Army in 1861 as private served until end of war and mustered out in 1865 as major and brevet lieut .- col. U. S. V. Appt'd sec. U. S. Legation to Brazil, 1871, serving until 1875; remained in Rio de Janeiro several years as manager of the Botanical Garden R. R. Co., of which he later was vice-pres. and pres. Returned to U. S. and grad. Columbia Law Sch., LL.B .. 1885; admitted to N. Y. bar, 1586. Am. min- ister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador. 191-93: elected to 54th and 55th Congresses, serving 1:95-99. Republican. Address: Broekport, N. Y.
SHARE, William Waldemar:
Chemist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. S. 1839; s. George and Julia S. ( Lindt ) Share; grad. Columbia Univ., Ph.B., 1ss1, Ph.D., 1994; uu- married. Ass't in physics, Columbia Univ., 1ss1; sup't Columbia Chem. Works, Brook- lyn, lesi, consulting elve. eng'r, Dep't of Parks, Brooklyn, Iss9; prof. chemistry and geology, Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn, Is-9; bus- iness ag't for Corporation of Adelphi Coll .. 1.99; prof. chemistry Adelphi Coll. since 1900. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc. Ree- reations: Boating, swimming. rowing. golf. Clubs: Crescent Athletic ( Brooklyn), Marine and Field. Residence: Crescent Athletic
('lub. Address : Adelphi College, Brooklyn,
SHARP, Clayton Halsey :
Physical and ciec. eng'r: b. Seneca Falls. N. Y., Dec. 5, 1809; s. James B. and Martha
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( Halsey) Sharp; grad. Hamilton Coil. A.B. | SHAW, Adele Marie:
(physies and French prize's, Phi Beta Kap- pa), 1890; Corneil Univ., Ph.D., 1895 (Sigma Xi), 1895; research student Univ. of Leip- zig, Germany, 1:00-1900: m. Perth, Ont., Can., Oct. 27, 1900, Kathleen Hamilton Malloch ; children : Dorothy Malloch, b. 1901, Kathleen Halsey, b. 1903, Marjorie Hamilton, h. 1904, Eleanor Bruen, b. i908. Was engaged as teacher of sciences, Lyons (N. Y.) Union Sch., 1890-92; instr. in physics, Corneil Univ., 1895-1900; test officer Elec. Testing Labora- tories, N. Y. City, since 1901; traveled in Eu- rope, 1899-1900; on investigation of European laboratories, 1903: special eng'ring investiga- tions in Europe, 1906: in charge of equipment and technical operation of elec. testing labo- ratories, and engaged in consulting work. Independent in politics. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Physical Soc .; fellow A. A. A. S .; charter mem., past-v.p. and pres. Illu- minating Eng ring Soc .: mem. Societe Inter- nationale des Electriciens; mem. of the Am. Electrochemical Soc .; associate mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Author of many technical and scientine articles. Address : 118 Fisher Av., White Plains, N. Y.
SHARP, James Riddle:
Physician; b. Harrington, Delaware; s. William T. and Mary E. (Short) Sharp; ed. Wilmington Conference Acad., Dover, Del., and Univ. of Pa., M.D .; unmarried. Visiting physician Out Patient Dep't, Pres- byterian Hospital, N. Y., 1892-3-4. Manhat- tan Eye and Ear Hosp., 194. Traveled in Europe, 1906, as far north as the Arctic Cirele, returning through Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium France and Great Britain. Mem. Medical Alumni Soc. of Univ. of Pennsylvania of N. Y. City, Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Soc. of County of N. Y. Address: 7th Av. and 121st St., N. Y. City.
SHARPE, Henry G .:
Brig. gen. U. S. A .: b. Kingston, N. Y., April 30. 1858; appt'd from N. Y .; grad. from Military Acad., Isso, and appt'd 2d lieut., 4th Int., June 12, Isso; resigned, June 1, 1852, captain and commissary of subsist- ence, Sept. 12, 1ss3: major commissary subsistence, Nov. 11, 1:95; served in Spanish- Am. War; colonel, 'Feb. 2, 1901; brig .- gen. commissary-gen., Oet.
12, 1905. Address : Commissary - General's Office, Washington, D. C.
SHARPLESS, Frederick Fraley:
Mining engineer: b. West Chester, Pa., Jan. 22, 1866: s. Alfred and Elizabeth Sharp- less; grad. Univ. of Mich., B. S., in chem- istry, 188: m. Westbury, L. I., June 23. 1892, Caroline Hawxhurst; one son, Paul, b. 1901. After graduation. spent 6 years in Coll. of Mines, Houghton, Mich., as prof. metallurgy, ore dressing and assaying; since then, engaged in professional work, mining and metallurgical, engagements taking him to all parts of U. S., Alaska, British Colum. bia, Mexico, Central America, South Amer- ica, Europe, nud Southern Asia: consulting eng'r Consolidated Mines Selection Co .. It'd. London. Independent in politics. Men. Society of Friends, Mining and Metallurgi- cal Soe. of America. Am. Inst. Metallurgy, London. Residence : Westbury. L. I., N. Y. Address: 52 Broadway, N. Y. City
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Novelist, magazine writer; 1. Cone .. 1. N. H .; d. Rev. Judson' Wade and Anne D .. . ( Barrows) Shaw; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. 1887; unmarried, Taught s years in Giri High Seb., Brooklyn, N. Y .; was on st .. F of the World's Work ( magazine), 1903-04. ;. special correspondent to study and invest .. gate the public school system of the U. .. the result appearing in that magazine a. First-Hand Studies of the Public Schools, a series of twelve articles, 1903-66; contb'r of other articles to World's Work, and article. and stories to magazines, including series of outdoor stories for women, now running in the Outing Magazine. Author (with brother. Albert J. Shaw) : The Coast of Freedom. 1902; also of verses of children's song book, etc. Mem. College Women's Suffrage Ass n. and other ass'ns, philanthropic, geographi- cal, etc. Recreations : Reading, outdoor life. the theatre. CInb: Women's University. Address: Care Women's University Club, i. Madison Sq., N. Y. City.
SHAW, Albert:
Editor; b. Shandon, O., July 23, 1857 : S. Griffin and Susan Shaw; grad. Iowa Coll .. 1879; post-grad. course in constitutional his- tory; course in history and polit. science. Johns Hopkins Univ., Ph.D., 1ss4, LL.D .. Univ. of Wis., 1904; m. Reading, Pa., Eliza- beth Bacon; children: . Albert, Roger. Edi- torial writer on Minneapolis Tribune. 1ss- 90; studied in Europe, Isss-89: established1 American Monthly Review of Reviews, 1:91: has conducted it ever since, and is pres. vf The Review of Reviews Co. Republican. Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science. Am. Ass'n Polit. Science, Civil Service Re- form Ass'n, Am. Statist. Ass'n, Am. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Nat. Munic- ipal League, and other societies and ass'hs: trustee Gen. Ed'n B'd, Southern Ed'n Bid. Iowa Coll. President Jury of Awards. Jamestown Exposition, 1907. Anthor: Local Government in Illinois. 18$3; Icaria, les !: Cooperation in the Northwest, ISSS: Munici- pal Government in Great Britain, 1595; MIn -- nicipal Government in Continental Europe, 1>95; Political Problems of American Devel- opment, 1907: The Outlook for the Average Man, 1907; and other writings in the fields of politics, economics, and government. Rer- reation : Golf. Clubs: Aldine. Authors. City. Century, Quill. Barnard, Ardsley Country. St. Andrews Golf, etc. Address: 13 Astor PI., N. Y. City.
SHAW, Albert Judson:
Lawyer: b. Concord. N. H., Jan. 16, 15.1 ; s. Rey. Judson Wade and Anne Dana (Bar- rows) Shaw: grad. Phillips Andover lead .. Yale Univ., B.A. : unmarried. Has been en- gaged in practice of law in N. Y. City since 1896: pres. and director Colonial Mortgage Co .: counsel State Realty and Mortgage Co. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity of Yale. Anthor ( with sister Adele Marie Shaw) : The Coast of Freedom, 192: als. short stories in Scribner's and other naar vines. Recreation : Tennis. Clubs: West
Side Tennis, Yale. Address: 11 Pine St .. N. Y. City.
SHAW, Charles A .:
Water commissioner ; b. N. Y. Mills. Whitestown. Oneida Co., N. Y., Nor. S. I.El; s. Charles and Isabella Hutchinson (U're) .
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Shaw; ed. public schools, Whitestown Sem .; m. N. Y. Mills, Aug. 23. 1961. Sarah E. Forsey; one son, Charles 2., b. tsig (died 1906). After leaving school, became teacher; entered Union Army, as private, 14th N. Y. Lington Av., Albany, N. Y. Heavy Art'y; served to end of war. En- tered the office of Hanover Fire Ins. Co., 1800, SHAW, Leslie Mortier: passing through various posicions of trust, and being appt'd ass't sec. in April, 1884; 2d v .- p., Jan., 1896; v .- p., Jan. 19, 1:99, and sec., Feb. 16, 1509; elected pres., May, 1900, which position resigned in April, 1006, to devote entire time to duties as comm'r B'd of Water Supply of City of N. Y .. having been appt'd to that non-partisan board June 9, 1905, by Mayor Mcclellan, as representa- tive of N. Y. B'd of Fire Underwriters; sec. Nat. B'd Fire Underwriters, 1902-06. Director Hanover Fire Ins. Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, State of N. Y .; fellow Am. Geog. Soc., Prince Soc. of Boston, Mass., Brooklyn Ma- sonic Vets. (pres. 1901), Rankin Post, G. A. R. (commander 1559-90) ; mem. Mistletoe Lodge 647, Brooklyn (past master) ; repre- sentative Grand Lodge Wis., near Grand Lodge of N. Y., F. and A. M. Recreation : Reading. Clubs: Masonic (N. Y. City) ; Masonic (Brooklyn ). Residence: The Tour- aine, Brooklyn, N .. Y. Address: 299 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
SHAW, Charles Gray:
Eudcator; b. Elizabeth, N. J., June 23, 1871; s. Horace Gray and Emma Catherine (Gouge) Shaw: eighth in descent from John Alden; grad. Cornell Univ., B. Litt., 199 ;; Drew Theol. Sem., D.D., 1897, N. Y. Univ., Ph.D., 1897; studied in Jena and Berlin, 1897-90; m. Sept. 21. 1:97. E. Belle Clarke; one daughter, Winifred Clarke, b. Sept. 30, 1902. Spent two years in travel and study in Germany, 1:97-99. Prof. philosophy in N. Y. Univ. Methodist. Mem. Am. Philos. Ass'n, Religious Ed'n Ass'n, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Sphinx Head (Cornell), Soc. Mayflower Descendants, Soc. of Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Author: Chris- tianity and Modern Culture, 1906; The Pre- cinet of Religion, 1905. Address: New York University, University Heights, N. Y. City. SHAW, Harry Judson:
Lawyer; b. Rockland, Me .. Sept. 3. 1872; s. A. Judson and G. Frances ( Litchfield ) Shaw ; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1 94 ( Phi Beta Kappa) ; m. Northport, Me .. Sept. 7, 1904, Marian L. Kelley. AAdmitted to the N. Y. State Bar, 1900, and has been in gen. plat- tice in N. Y. City since: mem. law firm of Patterson & Shaw until March, 1997. Re- publican. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Delta Upsilon fraternity, Republic Lodge 690. F. and A. M., Maine Sac. of N. Y. Address : 30 Pine St., N. Y. City.
SHAW, Henry Larned Keith:
Physician; b. Chaumont, N. Y., Aug. S. IST3: s. Col. Albert D. and Mary Sherwood ( Keith ) Shaw; grad. Pa. Mil. Coll .. Chester. Pa., 1990, Cornell Univ .. A.B .. 1-93, Albany Med. Coll. (Union Univ.), M.D., 1-96; m. Little Falls. N. Y., Mar. 27, 1906, Susanne Sturtevant Burrell. Engaged in practice of medicine at Albany, N. Y., from 1900. ('lin. ical prof. diseases of children, Albany Med. Coll., from 1005. Translated Pfaunder and Schlossmann's Diseases of Children. Treas. N. Y. State Training School for Girls, Hud.
son, N. Y., 1907. Del. Internat. Med. Con- gress, Lisbon, Portugal, 1906. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Kappa Alpha fraternity. Residence: 42 Dove St. Address: 198 Washi-
Financier; b. Morristown, Vt .. Nov. 2, 1918; s. Boardman O. and Lovisa (Spaulding) Shaw; when four years old removed with parents to Stowe, Vt., where was educated in common schools, followed by a few terms in the village High School and in Morris- ville Acad .; grad. Cornell Coll., Iowa, M.S., 1874, Iowa Coll. of Law, Iowa City, LL.B., 1376; received degree of LL.D. from Simp- son Coll., Iowa, 1898, Cornell Coll., Iowa, 1899, Wesleyan Univ., 1904, Dickinson Coll., 1908; m. Dec. 6, 1877, Alice, d. James Cran- shaw, of Clinton County, Iowa. Admitted to bar, 1876; located in practice of law at Denison, County seat of Crawford County, Iowa. While continuing the practice vf law, soon became active in the negotia- tion of farm loans, and afterward in gen- eral banking at Denison, Manilla and Char- ter Oak, all in Crawford County, Iowa. Republican; made speeches for party in Na- tional campaigns, especially in campaign of 1896, and in 1897 was nominated and cieeted governor of Iowa, reelected 1899, and de- clined a third nomination in 1901, and also declined the United States senatorship; appt'd secretary of the Treasury of the U. S., tak- ing office Feb. 1, 1902, resigning March 4, 1907, to become pres. Carnegie Trust Co. of N. Y. City. Methodist, lay delegate to) General Conference M. E. Church, 1834, Isss. 1×92, 1596; trustee Cornell Coll., Iowa, since 1890. Residences: Denison, Iowa, and 310 W. 72d St., N. Y. City. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SHAW, N. Archibald, Jr .:
Teacher: b. Waddington, St. Lawrence Co .. N. Y., July 11, 1861; s. Rev. Archibald and Fannie (Nowlen) Shaw; grad. Hamilton Coll., B.A., 1SS2, M.1 .. 1$$5. Phi Beta Kappa) ; m. Utica, N. Y., June, 1>>>. Flor- ence de Graff Schofield : children: Archibald
Robert, b. 1559, Donald, b. 1-93. Has been principal and prop'r Hamilton Inst. for Boys for 17 years. Democrat. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Soe. Mason 32' and Pales- tine Commandery, K. T. Clubs: National Arts, New York, Lotos. Address: 45 W. Sist .St., N. Y. City.
SHAW, Richard E .:
Physician: b. Nottingham. Eng., Dec. 9. 1$60; s. Edwin and Mary A. (Gregory) Shaw ; ed. public and private schools; licentiate in pharmacy Kings Co. B'd; grad. L. I. Coll. Hosp., M.D., IS1; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 11, 18:2, Mary E. Snyder. Engaged in busi- ness in the West. 1576-79; after graduation became sup't of L. I. Coll. Hosp., where is now engaged. Mem. Kings Co. and N. Y. State Med. Soes .. N. Y. Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n: Mistletoe Lodge. M. F. and A. M. (past master) : Orient Chapter. Royal Arch Masons, Orient Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. Gilbert Council, Royal Ar canum, past grand director of ceremonies of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., State of N. Y. Address: Long Island College Hos. pital, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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SHAW, Robert Alfred:
Merchant; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 10, 1565; s. Robert and Harriette ( Ebrey ) Shaw ; ed. Brooklyn public schools; unmarried. Treas. and director Matheson Lead Company; v .- p. and director Casseila Color Co., Billings Ciapp Co .: pres. and director Robert Shaw's U. S. Bonded Warehouses. Swedenborgian. _idvisor Prospect Heights Hosp .; trustee Brooklyn Society of New Church and Na- tional Church, Washington, D. C. Clubs: Hamilton, Riding and Driving ( Brooklyn), Drug and Chemical, National Arts (N. Y. City), Nassau Country ( Long Island). Res- idence: 29S Carlton Av., Brooklyn. Ad dress: 182 Front St., N. Y. City.
SHEARER, George Lewis:
Clergyinan; b. Dillsburg, Pa., Oct. 16, 1835; s. Dr. George Lewis and Eliza ( Eichelberger) Shearer; ed. Tuscarora Acad., 1954; grad. Lafayette Coll., 1857; Princeton Theol. Sem., 1864; Lafayette, D.D., 1853; m. Clyde, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1865, Mary Wing Ketchumn; children : Mary Young, Elizabeth Eichelberger, Edith Louise, George Lewis (deceased), Leander Howard, Katharine Lilian (deceased), Con- way Wing, Margaret Juliet. Taught in Pa., 1852-54; principal Collegiate Sch., Monroe- ville, Ala., 1:57-59; Academia, Pa., 1859-61; licensed to preach by Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, April, 1:64; ordained by same Presbytery, Oct. 3, 1955; joined Presbytery of N. Y., 1870; entered service of Am. Tract Soc., N. Y., Mar. 22, 1962, continuing mean- while his theological education; missionary to soldiers and freedmen, Washington, D. C., 1862-61; organized schools for "contra- bands," Washington and Georgetown; min- istered to wounded as army missionary, and delegate to U. S. Christian Comm'n; on many battlefields of Northern Va., 1862-65; dist. sec. Am. Tract Soc. at Phila., 1864-65; same at Richmond, Va., 1$65-68; reorganized Southern work, Am. Tract Soc .; ass't sec. N. Y., 1868-72; founded Pacific Agency, San Francisco, 1869; corr. sec. Am. Tract Soc., since 1872; v .- p. Evangelical Alliance; one of founders Presby'n Union, N. Y., 1887; v .- p. Citizens' East Side Improvement AAss'n, N. Y. City; ex-trustee Lafayette Coll .; sec. comm'n for securing exemption from col- lateral inheritance tax in State of N. Y., for religious, charitable, and. edn'l institu- tions, 1989.90; trustee and chm'n exec. com. Soc. for Publishing Evangelical Literature for the Blind. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa and of the Pennsylvania Soc. of N. Y. City. Resi- dence. 117 E. 54th St. Address: 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
SHEARER, John Sanford:
Prof. physics: b. N. Y. City, Oct. 20, 1865: ed. Homer (N. Y.) Acad .; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1993, Ph.D., 1902; m. June 26, less, Minnie Lee: children: Lee C. (b. July 20. 1:91), lloward and llarold (b. March :. 1:99). Prof. physics Cornell Univ. Follow -1. . 1. . 1. S .; mem. Am. Physical Soc., Sigma Xi fraternity. Address: Gos Seneca St., Ithaca, N. Y.
SHEARER, Leander Howard:
Physician: b. N. Y. City, Oct. 27, 1876; s. Rev. George L. Shearer, D.D., and Mary Wing ( Ketcham) Shearer: ed. Chapin Col- legiate School. N. Y. City, Princeton Univ .. A.B., 1997, Coll. Phys, and Surg. (Columbia ),
M.D., 1901; m. Trinity Chapel, N. Y. Chy, Grace Thorndike Parker; one son, Frank Hartley Shearer, b. June 11, 19.8. Intern- at Bellevue Hosp., 1901-03; demonstrator 1: physiology Columbia Univ., since 1903; visit- ing physician to Seton Hosp. since 195; ass't visiting physician to Lincoln Hosp. since 1904; physician in Vanderbilt Clinic since 1903. Ist lieut. and ass't sur- geon, Squadron A, N. G. N. Y. Republican; Presbyterian. Mein. Am. Med. Ass'n. N. Y. County Med Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Alumni Ass'n of Bellevue Hosp., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Quiz Med. Soc., Practical Medicine Soc. Member of Kips Bay Dis- trict Com. Charity Organization Soc. Club : Princeton. Address: 449 Park Av., N. Y. City.
SHEARMAN, Frank E .:
Manufacturer; b. Jamestown, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1857; s. Rufus P. and Sophronia (Nerf) Shearman; ed. Jamestown High Sch. ; in. Jamestown, June 20, 1St3, Catherine L. Derry; children: Lulu C., b. ISei. Frank F .. , Jr., b. les6, Florence M., b. Isso. John C., b. 1892, William R., b. 1893, Catherine S .. b. 1900, Richard, b. 1902. Mem. firm Shearman Bros. for a number of years, until the busi- ness was incorporated, and since then pres. and treas. Chi'n Chautauqua C. Dem. Comm., 1890-92; chmi'n Jamestown Dem. City Com., 1891-93: alternate to Dem. Nat. Conv., 1896: mem. Cooper Union anti-Parker dele- gation to St. Louis Conv., 1901; delegate to Dem. Nat. Conv., Denver, 19.8. Has been delegate to numerous Dem. State Convs .: took an active part in the anti-Hill move- ment, 1892. Catholic. Grand Knight James- town Council Knights of Columbus. Club: Reform (N. Y. City). Address: Jamestown, N. Y.
SHEARMAN, Robert Willis:
Physician: b. New Brunswick, Can., June 4. 1876; s. Robert and Laliah Ada ( Steeves) Shearman; ed. Columbia Univ., A.B., Is95. A.M., 1901, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Colum- bia), M.D., 1901 ( Hlarsen Prize man) ; m. Brooklyn, April 17, 1006, Lily Shaw; one son: Keith Willis, b. June 11, 1906. Spent two years in Methodist Episcopal Hosp. 'in
Brooklyn; since then engaged in private practice. Republican. Methodist. MMem. Kings Co. Med. Iss'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Alumni of Methodist Episcopal Hosp. Mem. Kings County Lodge, F. and .A. M ... Nassau Conneil Royal Arcanum, Knight of Pythias. Address: IF Linden Av., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
SHEARS, George Peaslee:
Physician; b. in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Jan. 15, 1:60; s. Charles 11. Shears, M.D., and Lois M. (White) Shears; ed. Trinity Cull., Hartford, Conn, and N. Y. Univ .; m. Feb. 27, 1889, Susan H. Moore of Yonkers, N. Y .: children : Lambert Armour, b. 100. Randolph Moore, b. In, Jessica, b. 1993. Served at varions times as house surgeon N. Y. Cny and Maternity Hosp. : ass't attending surgem Mothers' and Babies' Hosp .: instr. in ole stetries Coruell Univ. Med. Coll. AAuthor of various monographs on medical and alited topics. Lecturer on obstetrics N. Y. Poly elinit: visiting obstetric surgeon to the Misericordia Hospital. Address : 203
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SHEEHAN, William Francis:
Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1859; ed. public schools and St. Joseph Coll., A.B. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1881, practised in Buffalo, 1881-95, since then in N. Y. City; mem. law firm of Parker, Hatch & Sheehan. Director of the Kings County Electric Light and Power Co. and of other electric light- ing corporations and other companies. Dem- ocrat ; mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1885-91, speaker, 1891, lieut-gov. of N. Y., 1892-95. Mem. Democratic State Com., 1859-93; mem. Dem. Nat. Com. from N. Y., 1892-96; dele- gate to Nat. Democratic Conventions, 1892, 1896, 1908. Residence: 16 E. 56th St. Ad-
dress: 3 S. William St., N. Y. City. SHEFFIELD, James Rockwell:
Lawyer; b. Dubuque, Ia., Aug. 13, 1564; s. Frederick W. H. and Sarah ( Kellogg) Shef- field; ed. Williston Sem. ; grad. Yale Univ., A.B .; Harvard Law Sch .; m. Cleveland, O., Nov. 2, 1898, Edith Tod; one son, Frederick, b. Feb. 26, 1902. Mem. State Assembly, 1893-94; pres. B'd Fire Comm'rs, N. Y. City, 1895-98; appt'd pres. Gas Comm'n by Gov. Higgins, but declined. Mem. law firm Betts, Sheffield & Betts. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. N. Y. City Bar Ass'n; trustee Chest- nut Hill Acad. Has been occasional contb'r of articles to magazines. Clubs: University, Yale, Union League, Republican, Lawyers, etc. Address: 120 Broadway, N. Y. City. SHELBY, Edmund Pendleton:
Physician; b. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 25, 1866; s. Edmund Pendleton and Susan ( Hart) Shelby; ed. Kentucky Univ., A.B., 1887, A.M., 1900; N. Y. Univ., M.D., 1891. In ac- tive practice of medicine since 1891. Demo- crat ; Presbyterian. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Pathological Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Recreations: Golf, fishing, hunt- ing. Clubs : N. Y. Athletic, Richmond County Country. Address: 116 W. 74th St., N. Y. City.
SHELDON, Albert Smith:
Lawyer; b. Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1856; s. AAlbert Norris and Frances Elizabeth (Ladd) Sheldon; grad Colgate University, A.B., A.M .; m. Utica, N. Y., June 4, 1907, to Mrs. L. P. Grandy. In gen- eral practice in N. Y. State since his grad- uation. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Col- gate Chapter Phi Beta Kappa Soc. (sec.), Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Recreations: Rid- ing, boating, golf. Club: Fort Schuyler ( Utica). Address: Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y.
SHELDON, Alexander J .:
Merchant ; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1SC2; s. Henry and Cecelia ( Farrington) Sheldon; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; m. Brooklyn, 1893, Anna Butts; one daughter, Florence McGregor, b. 1:08. Pres. A. J. Sheldon Co. Republican ; Episcopalian. Clubs: Crescent athletic, Excelsior, L. I. Automobile, Bolle Terre. Residence: 2d Av. and Stth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 100 Front St., N. Y. City.
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