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SHELDON, Androw Flint:
Physician : b. Iluron, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1830; s. Ralph and Minerva ( Plint) Sheldon : ed. public schools, Red Creek Acad. ; m. Clyde. N. Y., May 22, 1-35. Lucetta Salsbury; chil- dren : Dr. Ralph Sheldon, b. 1570, Albert F., b. 1872. Practised medicine in Wayne Co.,
N. Y., 50 years, except during 4 years in the army; treas. Wayne Co. 9 years; ass't surg., 7th N. Y. Cav. and 7th Reg't N. Y. Vols., and surgeon U. S. Vols .; was surgeon of Campbell U. S. Gen. Hosp., Washington, D. C., with rank of bvt. lieut .- col., at close of Civil War. Republican; Presbyterian. Mem. Nat. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State and Wayne Co. Med. Socs .; med. director Dep't of N. Y., G. A. R .; sec. Fire Relief Ass'n of Wayne Co .: pres. Wayne Co. Soldiers and Sailors' Ass'n. Address: Lyons, N. Y. SHELDON, Edward W .:
Lawyer; b. Plainfield, N. J., Dec. 17. 1858; s. Rev. George D. Sheldon, D.D .. and Martha (Lyman) Sheldon: ed. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1879, A.M., 1882, Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1881. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City; counsel for Southern Express Co., the Atlantic Coast Line R. R., and other corporations; pres. U. S. Trust Co. of N. Y. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Metropolitan, Univer- sity, Century. Down Town. City Midday. Racquet, Riding, Grolier. Residence: 15 E. 38th St. Address: 45 Wall St., N. Y. City. SHELDON, Floyd Preston:
Physician; b. Rutland, Vt., Jan. 1+. 1955; s. Henry A. and Sarah F. ( Marvin ) Shel- don; ed. Chester (N. Y.) Acad., 1870- 72: Fort Edward Collegiate Inst., 1872-74, Univ. of Mich., Med. Dep't, M.D., 1878, N. Y. City Ophthalmic Hosp., eye and ear. 1ss1-2: m. Cornwall. Orange Co., N. Y., 1954, Clara B. Mead; children: Marguerite, b. 1550, Alice M., b. 1888. Director and v .. p. Citizens' Savings and Loan Ass'n. Republican; Epis- copalian. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., Acad. Pathol. Science, Am. Ophthal., Otol., and Laryngol. Soes. Mem. Masonic order (Crescent Lodge. Crescent Chapter, Adeiphic Council, Coeur de Lion Commandery, Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine). Recreations: Golf. rowing, sailing. Club: Graduates. Address : 272 Manhattan Av., N. Y. City.
SHELDON, George Preston:
Pres. Phenix Ins. Co .: b. N. Y. City, Jan. 17, 1847: s. Charles and Janet ( Reid) Shel- don ; ed. Yale. A.B .. 1867. Became pres. Phenix Ins. Co., ISSS. Clubs : University. New York, Down Town, N. Y. Whist, Men- delssohn, Indian Harbor Yacht. Fairfield County Golf ( Conn.). Residence: Greenwich, Conn. Address: GS William St., N. Y. City. SHELDON, George Rumsey:
Banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y .. April 16. 1557: s. William C. and Mary (de Forest ) Shel- don; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord. N. H .. Harvard, A.B .. 1579; m. Brooklyn, Dec., Is-1. Mary R. Seney. Since graduation continu. ously engaged in the banking business in N. Y. City; mem. firm of William O. Shel. don & Co. Pres. and director Electrical Securities Corp'n: treas, and director Do- troit Edison Co., Milwaukee Elec. R's and Light Co .. Milwaukee Light, Heat and Trace. tion Co., The North American Co. ; director Am. Locomotive Automobile Co. Am. Loco. motivo Co., Bethlehem Steel Corp'n. Cincin- nati Northern R. R. Co., Laclede Gas Light Co., The Locomotive and Machine Co. of Montreal, It'd, Locomotive Seenrity Co. Metropolitan Trust Co. of N. Y. Nat. Cop- per Bank, N. J. Terminal Dock and Improve. mont Co., Republic Iron and Steel Ca, of N. J., Rogers Locomotive Works. St. Louis 1175
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Transit Co., Union Bag and Paper Co. of N. J., Union Elec. Light and Power Co., Union Elec. Light, Heat and Power Co. of St. Louis, United Railways Co. of St. Louis. Republican; delegate to Nat. Republican Con- vention, 1900; mem. Nat. Republican Com., 1903-04, treas. N. Y. County Republican Com., 1899-1903; treas. N. Y. State Republican Com., 1906; Nat. Republican Com. from
1908. Episeopalian ; trustee St. Paul's Schi., Concord, N. HI. Clubs: Union League (pres. 1907-08), University, Republican, Union, N. Y. Yacht, Harvard, Racquet and Tennis (N. Y. City) ; Metropolitan ( Washington, D. C.). Residnce : 21 E. 38th St. Address: 2 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SHELDON, James C .:
Lawyer; b. Randolph, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1S71; s. Charles C. Sheldon; ed. Randolph Union Sch. and Chamberlain Institution; grad. 1ss9. Was for four years associated with father, and later engaged alone in mercantile and retail coal business; began study of law, 1893, in offices of Judge William H. Hender- son and Alexander Wentworth, Randolph, N. Y .; admitted to bar, Rochester, N. Y., 1896, and established practice at Randolph, N. Y. Elected justice of the peace at 21, being then the youngest magistrate in the United States, held the office for 9 years; ass't sec. State Constitutional Convention of 1894; ass't chief revision dep't of the Assembly, 1899, chief same, 1900-02; elected to N. Y. Assembly in 1902, reelected 1903 and 1904, from Second Dist of Cattaraugus Co .; removed to N. Y. law. Republican; was for years chm'n Re- publican Com. of Randolph, N. Y. Address : 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SHELDON, John Layton, Jr .:
Lawyer; b. Royalton, Niagara Co .. N. Y .. Aug. 19, 1874; s. John Layton and Josephine A. (Brackett ) Sheldon; grad: Lockport ( N. Y.) High School, Buffalo Law School; m. Medina, Orleans Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1904, Irma M. Pixley. Sheriff's clerk of Niagara Co., 1896-97; studied law with C. E. Dunkle- berger and E. M. Ashley; admitted to bar, 1899, and since has practised at Loekport, N. Y .; became one of the prop'rs Loekport Daily Journal in 1903, and is sec. and treas. of the company. Republican. Pres. Fron- tier Eng'ring Co. Clubs: Town and Country (Lockport ), Alerts ( Medina, N. Y.) Ad-
dress : 400 Park Av., Mediua, N. Y.
SHELDON, Samuel:
Electrical engineer, educator: b. Middle- bury, Vt., March S. 1862; s. H. Alexander and Mary (Bass) Sheldon ; grad. Middlebury
Coll., A.B., 1553, A.M., ISSO; Würzburg (Ger- many) Univ., Ph.D., 1 38; D.Se. Univ. of Pa., 1907; m. Brooklyn, June 18, 1901, Frances Warner Putnam: one son, Samnel, Jr., b. 1896. During studies at Würzburg was ass't to Prof. Kohlrausch: ass't in physics at Harvard one year: prof. physics and elec. ong'ring. Poly. Inst .. Brooklyn, 199: pres. Am. Inst. Elec. Ens'rs 1906.07: pres. Dep't of Electricity, Brooklyn fust. Arts and Sei- ences, since 1906. Independent in politics :
Episcopalian. Anthor: Dynamo Electrical Machinery; Alternating Current Machines (joint author). Mem. N. Y. Elee. Soc., .1. A. A. S., Am. Physical Soc., Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. Elec. Soc., hon. follow Am. Elve- tro Therapeutic Ass'n, Ist V.p. United En-
g'ring Soc. ; director John Fritz Medal Ass'n; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Club: Engineers. Address : Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y.
SHELTON, George Gregory:
Physician; b. Birmingham, Conn .. Aug., 24, 1853: s. George Wellington and Margaret (Atwood) Shelton; ed. in schools of Andover, Mass., N. Y. Homco. Med. Coll. and Hosp., M.D., 1885; m. Bridgeport, Conn., Oct., 1 .- 74, Ida E. Sherman: children: Harriet May (now Mrs. F. K. Hollister), b. Aug. 14, 1-74, Allen W., b. Oct. 31, 18-7. Engaged in prac- tice of medicine since 1993. Was prof. ma- teria medica in N. Y. Homco. Med. Coll., now emeritus prof .; formerly registrar of same. Mem. N. Y. State Homoo. Med Soc .. N. Y. County Homdo. Med. Soc., Am. Inst. Homeopathy; was surgeon to Mil. Soc. War of 1812. Now retired; has traveled extensive- ly in Europe, Egypt, America, Alaska. Mexi- co and West Indies. Episcopalian. Trustee N. Y. Homo. Med. Coll. and Flower Hosp .: Prison Ass'n of N. Y. Recreation: Country life in home in Ridgefield, Conn. Address: Ridgefield, Conn.
SHEPARD, Charles Norman:
Clergyman; b. New Haven, Conn., Jan. S, 1S70; s. Francis Waterman and Emma (Bel- den ) Shepard; grad. Trinity Coll., B.A. (with honors), 1891, M.A., 1894, Gen. Theol. Sem., B.D., 1594; was also student at Columbia Univ. and Univ. of N. Y .; m. Bristol. Conn., June 22, 1901, Marguerite Dunbar; children : Katharine, b. June 4, 1905, Alice Emma, b. June 30, 1906: Marguerite Dunbar. b. Oct. 25, 190S. Fellow of the Gen. Theol. Sem., 1894-98; instr. in Hebrew. same, 1599-1902; adjunct prof. Biblical learning, 1902-05: prof. Hebrew and cognate languages since 1thmi. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Soc. of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Am. Oriental Soc .. N. Y. Oriental Club, and N. Y. Churchman's Ass'n. Address: 9 Chelsea Sq., N. Y. City. SHEPARD, Charles Sidney:
Capitalist; b. Buffalo, N. Y., July 20. 1856: s. Sidney and Elizabeth De Angelis ( Wells) Shepard: grad. Yale. B.A., ISTS: Hamilton, LL.B., 15,9. Director Continental Trust Co. of Baltimore, Cumberland Corporation, Elec. trical Properties Company, International Trust Company of Maryland, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co., Philippine Railway Construe- tion Co., Republic Metalware Co. (Buffalo). Savannah Trust Co. (Savannah), Seaboard Air Line R'y, United Railways Investment Co., Western Union Telegraph Co. Trustee Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y. Chibs: Buffalo. Sainru ( Buffalo), Fortnightly (Oswego. N. Y.). Lawyers, University, (N. Y. City). Address: New Haven, Oswego Co., N. Y.
SHEPARD, Edward Morse:
Lawyer: b. N. Y. City, July 23. 150; s. Lorenzo B. and Lucy ( Morse) Shepard !: ed. public schools of N. Y. Chy and Brooklyn: one year in prep. school Oberlin (0.) Coll. and at Coll. City of N. Y .: unmarried. . Is special att'y con., directed prostention of the famous boss, John Y. Mckame, and en other offenders for ballot-box stifting at Gravesend, Coney Island. 1-93; active il Democratie and reform politics; chin'n Civil Service B'd of Brooklyn: leader Dem. R . form Party, Brooklyn, NY8; Dem. candı date for mayor of N. Y., Bul; promoter tarif
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reform, civil service reform, ballot reform, tax reform, etc .; pres. and director Berk- shire Apartment Ass'n: director Alvarez Land and Timber Co., Old Mill Farm Co., Brooklyn Acad. of Music, Coahuila Coal R. R. Co., Compania Metalurgica Mexicana, E. R. Squibb & Sons Co., Mexican Coal and Coke Co., Mexican Mineral R'y Co., Mexican Northern R'y Co., Montezuma Lead, Morris- town & Erie R. R. Co., Patterson, Gottfried. & Hunter, Potosi & Rio Verde R'y Co., Som- brerete Mining Co., Tezuitlan Copper Co., and Tezuitlan Copper Mining and Smelting Cc .. Chm'n B'd Trustees, Coll. City of N. 1 .; trustee Winifred Masterson Burke Relief Foundation, Packer Collegiate Inst. Author of many magazine and review articles; Life of Martin Van Buren, and monographs and addresses on social, economic, political and historical subjects. Clubs: Century, Uni- versity, Reform, Hamilton (Brooklyn), Uni- versity (Brooklyn). Residence: 44 Pierre- pont St., Brooklyn. Address : 128 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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SHEPARD, Frederick J .:
Librarian; b. Essex, Conn., Jan. 23, 1850; s. Dr. Frederick W. and Maria T. (Green) Shepard; ed. Hartford (Conn.) High Sch .; grad. Yale, A.B., 1973; m. Worcester, Mass., Nov. 10, 1883, Ellie J. Sumner. Connected with Worcester Press, 1873-74; Indianapolis (Ind.) Sentinel, 1874-76. N. Y. World, 1877-80, Buffalo Courier, 1s80-97: since 1897 refer- ence librarian in Buffalo Public Library. Compiler of five histories of his college class. of which he has been sec. since 1876; contb'r of articles, generally historical, to local and other publications; editor of reprint of Thomas Budd's Good Order in Pennsylvania. Author of The Johnson's Island Plot in Vol. 9 of Publications of Buffalo Hist. Soc .: es- pecially interested in history of the Great Lakes. Independent Democrat. Presbyte-
rian. Mem. Buffalo Hist. Soc. Clubs: Uni- versity, Westminster, Thursday. Address : 17 Pearl Place, Buffalo, N. Y.
SHEPARD, Frederick M .:
Manufacturer, merchant; b. Norfolk, Conn., Sept. 24, 1827; s. John A. and Margaret (Mills. Shepard: ed. public schools, Norfolk Acad .; m. Colebrook, Conn., Sept. 28, 1854, Annie C. Rockwell: children: Frederick M., Jr., Annie R., Joseph M., John A., Edith M. Pres. Goodyear Rubber Co., Rubber Clothing Co., Lambertville Rubber Co., Or- ange Water Co., Norfolk Water Co .: director U. S. Rubber Co .: director Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. of Newark, N. J., pres. E. Or- ange Safe Deposit and Trust Co. Mem. New England Soc., Orange. N. J., Met. Museum of Art; pres. Essex Co. Park Comm'n, Ad. visory B'd of Orange Memorial Hosp. Resi- dence: East Orange, N. J. Address: 787 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SHEPARD, J. Woolsey :
Lawyer; b. Huntington, N. Y., April 17. 1550; s. George HI. and Sarah (Silliman ) Shepard; w. April 25. 1-20, Ida Wood Adams; children: Woolsey A. b. Isso, Margaret, b. 18-5. Has been in gen. practice 30 years ; mom. law firm Shepard & Houghton; treas. Sharp & Sons Steel and Copper Plite Co., the Greenwich Cove Corporation. Republi. can. Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. City Bar Ass'n; vestryman St. Michael's Ch. Recrea.
tions : Travel, golf, yachting. Clubs: Law- yers, Independent, Church, Barnard. Dick- ens Fellowship (pres. Manhattan Branch ), Riverside Yacht, Sound Beach Country. Res- idence: ''Lucerne," 79th St. and Amsterdam Av., N. Y. City. Country residence: Sound Beach, Conn. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SHEPARD, William Pierce:
Educator; b. Utica, N. Y., June 9, 1870; s. Leroy F. and Marion (Barber) Shepard; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B. (highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa), 1892, A.M., 1893; studied subsequently at Univs. of Heidelberg and Paris, Ph.D., Univ. of Heidelberg, 1597; m. Utica, N. Y., June 20, 1901, Agnes Stewart. Ass't in biology, Hamilton Coli., 1:52-93; student of Romance philology, Heidelberg, 1893-96; asso. prof. Romance languages, Ham- ilton Coll., 1896-1900; prof. of same, 1900. Member Modern Languages Association of America, Société des anciens textes français, Gesellschaft für romanische Litteratur, Delta Upsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Author: Contributions to the History of the Unaccented Vowels in Old French, 1997: The Syntax of Antoine de la Salle, 1595; Parataxis in Provençal, 1906, contb'r to Modern Lan- guage Notes. Address: Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y.
SHEPARD, Woolsey A .:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, April 24, 1850: s. J. Woolsey and Ida W. (Adams) Shepard; grad. Trinity School, 1997, Columbia Coll., A.B., 1901. Columbia Univ. Law School. LL.B., 1903; m. N. Y. City, June 9, 1903, Mary C. Francis. Engaged in practice of law from graduation. Director and treas. Auto Se- curity Equipment Co. Mem. Law Com. of Republican County Com. of N. Y. County. Episcopalian. Recreations: Golfing. antomo- biling, yachting. Clubs : Columbia Univer- sity, West Side Republican, Underwriters. Address: 262 W. &d St., N. Y. City.
SHEPARDSON, Frank Lucius:
Teacher; b. Princeton, Me .. April 10, 1961; grad. Providence (R. I.) High Sch., 1979: Brown Univ., A.B., 1853, A.M., 1556 (elected to Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Brown Chapter, 182, junior year) ; m. Worcester. Mass .. June 25, 18SS, Sarah Whidden; children : Whitney Hart, b. 1-90, Margaret. b. 1:93. Has been teacher since graduation: taught in private school in Cumberland, Md .. 1>>3-54: mem. faculty Worcester ( Mass. ) Acad .. 1>>4- 96: acting principal same, 1894-95; principal Colgate Acad .. Hamilton, N. Y .. since 1-96; traveled in Europe summers of Issi and 1900. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Address: Hamilton, N. Y.
SHEPPARD, James Joseph:
Principal High School of Commerce: b. Panola, Ill., Jan. 1. 1sos; s. David and Naney ( Hayes) Sheppard: ed. public and high schools of Panola, Ill., State Normal Univ. (grad. Academic and Normal Dep'(s). 1-01, Harvard. A.B., Ist. graduate work (). lumbia Univ, Pepinod. N. Y. Univ. 1901.09: m. July 12. 1905. Rena French Masters. Teach. er in public schools, ISSES6; principal Deca. tur (III.) High School, 199007; head Dep't of History. DeWitt Clinton High Sel .. N. Y. City. 1 1902, and acting principal of Annex. same school, 1900 02, since 1:02 principal High School of Commerce, which he organ.
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ized, and which was the first institution of its kind in the United States. Editor of Appleton's Series of Texts for Commercial Schools. Pres. N. Y. City High School Teachers' Ass'n, Nat. Edn'l Ass'n, Nat. Municipal League (sec. Com. on Instruction in Municipal Government), Nat. Geog. Soc .; fellow Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Harvard, Graduates, Schoolmasters. Residence: 308 W. 97th St. Address: 155 W. 65th St., N. Y. City.
SHEPPARD, John Evans:
Physician; b. near Greenwich, N. J., June 1, 1859; s. George Wood and Ruth (Bacon) Sheppard; ed. Westtown (Pa.) Boarding Sch .; grad. Haverford Coll., A.B., 1879, Univ. of Pa., M.D., 18:2; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1894, Mrs. Janet Argyle Campbell; one daughter, Ruth Douglass, b. Mar. 27, 1904. In gen. practice at Atlantic City, N. J., 1883- 88; traveling in Europe, for study and pleas- ure, 1888-89; studying and practising specialty of diseases of the ear, nose and throat since 1889. Independent Republican ; Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Acad. of Medi- cine, Am. Otol. Soc., Am. Laryngol., Rhinol. and Otol. Socs., N. Y. Otol. Soc., Med. Soc. Kings Co. (pres. 1903-01), Brooklyn Pathol. Soc., etc. Consulting aurist, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hosp., and of Day-Kimball Hosp., Putnam, Conn., attending aurist to Brook- lyn, Jewish and M. E. Hospitals; prof. clin- ical otology, L. I. Coll. Hosp. Med. Sch. Recreations : Golf, automobiling. Clubs : Medical, Hamilton, L. I. Automobile, Dyker Meadow Golf, Winter's Night ( Brooklyn). Summer home: South Woodstock, Conn. City home: 37 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Office: 130 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y. SHERMAN, Charles Colebrook:
Editor; b. Syracuse, N. Y., December 18, 1860; s. Charles Wager and Mary Harriet ( Colebrook ) Sherman; ed. Yale Coll., B .. 1., 1883 ( first Winthrop prize), Yale Divinity Sch,. 1886-88, Univ. of Chicago, 1895-96, 1899- 19.0, Univ. of Berlin, 1897-98; unmarried. Taught in Hopkins Grammar Seh., New Ha- ven, Conn., 1883-84, at Syracuse, N. Y., 1sst- 86, and 1890-94; on staff of Syracuse Journal. 18-9-90; editor dep't of religion, New Inter- nat. Encyclopedia, 1902-03: managing editor New Schaff- Herzog Religious Encyclopedia, 1903-07. Address: 65 Irving Place, N. Y. City.
SHERMAN, De Witt H .:
Physician; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1864; s. Robert De Witt and Martha ( Rogers) Sher- man; grad. Buffalo Classical Sch. : Williams Coll., 18>6; Medical Dep't of Univ. of Pa., M.D., 1890; Univ. of Buffalo, 1-91. Adjunct prof. of therapeutics, Univ. of Buffalo. Visit- ing physician at Children's Hosp., and the Fresh Air Mission Hosp .: podiatrist at Buffalo General Hospital. Member of Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med Soc., Erie C'o. Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine of Buffalo. Kappa Alpha Soe., at Williams Coll. Clubs: Saturn, Country ( Buffalo). Address: 650 W. Ferry St., Buffalo, N. Y.
SHERMAN, Frank Dempster:
Educator: b. Peepskill, N. Y., May 6, 1860; s. John Dempster and Lney ( McFarland) Sherman: ed. School of Mines (Columbia Univ. ). Ph. B., IsSI, Harvard Univ., special student. 1-$155; m. Peekskill, N. Y., Nov.
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16, 18>7, Juliet Merserean Durand: one son : Dempster Durand, b. Feb. 19, 1850. Prof. graphics, Columbia Univ., since 1994. Au thor: of several volumes of poems. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Nat. Inst. Arts & dl Letters. Clubs: Century. Residence : 15- V: 1:5th St. Address: Columbia University, N. Y. City.
SHERMAN, Frederick William:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 10, 1862: Edward S. and Catharine 1. (Townsend . Sherman: grad. Columbia Coll., Law Sch. LL.B., 1863; m. Salem, N. Y .. 1:97, Grace Blanchard. Lawyer at Port Chester, N. Y. . att'y for local street railroads; special ass' corporation counsel of City of N. Y., in pro- ceedings for protection of the water sunn !: in Westchester Co. Nominated for dist. att'y of Westchester Co. by Republican Party 1:92. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. West. chester Co. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Recreations: Yachting, fishing, shout- ing. Clubs: Republican (N. Y. City), Apa- wamis. Am. Yacht (Rye, N. Y.) : St. Bernard Fish and Game ( Canada). Address: Adina. Rye, N. Y.
SHERMAN, George Charles:
Manufacturer; b. Watertown, N. Y., July 25, 1962; s. Charles A. and Caro (Norton) Sherman; grad. St. John's Sch .. "Manlius. N. Y .; m. Watertown, N. Y., Nov. 17. 1-6. Alice L. Taggart : one daughter, Katharine L., b. 1886. Railroad commissioner Town of Watertown, 1994, effected settlement of Carthage, Sackets Harbor and Watertown litigation with N. Y. Central. Active Demo- crat, until 1896, when supported Palmer and Buckner. Treas. St. Regis Paper Co .. Taz. garts Paper Co .; pres. Watertown Engine Co., Brownville Paper Co., National Bank and Loan Co .; trustee Jefferson Co. Saving, Bank. Episcopalian ; vestryman Trinity Church, Watertown. Recreations: Riding. driving, yachting, golf. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht. Transportation, (N. Y. City) : Hanover. (Brooklyn ) ; Black River Valley, ( Water- town) ; Thousand Island Yacht, Century. (O _- densburg) : Jefferson County Golf. Address: 14 Ten Eyck St., Watertown, N. Y.
SHERMAN. Henry Clapp:
Educator, chemist: b. Ash Grove. Va .. Oct. 16, 1575: s. Franklin and Caroline M. C. ( Alvord ) Sherman; grad. Md. Agr'l Coll .. B.S., 1893, Columbia Univ., A.M., 1:96. Ph.D. 1.57; m. Providence. R. I., 1993. Cora Ald rich Bowen ; children : Phoebe, Henry Alvord. William Bowen. Ass't in chemistry, MId. Agr'l Coll .. 1593-95: fellow in chemistry. Co- lumbia Univ .. 1895-97; ass't in nutrition in- Vestigations, U. S. Dep't Agr .. 1959 99. Silice 1597 in School of Chemistry. Columbia Univ .. as ass't, 1-97-98, lecturer. 1-99-1901, instr. 1901-05. adjunet prof. 1905-05. prof. organic analysis since 1997. Mem. Am. Chem. S . (v .- p., and chm'n N. Y. Section, 1:07.4). Soc. Physiological Chemists (pres. DE0). Am. Soc. Biol, Chemists, Sve. for Experiment- al Biology and Medicine: fellow .. .. . 1. S .; mem. Soc. of the Sigma Xi, Chemists Club. Managing editor School of Mines Quarterly. AAuthor: Methods of Organic An- alysis and numerons contributions to chom ical journals. Address: Columbia Univer- sity, N. Y. City.
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SHERMAN, Henry Handrick:
Lawyer; b. Lynn, Pa., Jan. 4, 1860; s. Henry N. and Estella Theresa ( Handrick ) Sherman; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., Law School, Columbia Coll .; m. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 31, 1888, Jessie Wheaten Rhoads; chil- dren: Estella M., b. 1ss9, John W., b. 2892. Mary W., b. 1596. Admitted to bar, N. Y. City, 1883; has practised in N. Y. courts since 1883; associated in law practice for msny years with Hon. Charies F. Maclean, now justice Supreme Court of N. Y. Independent Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. B'd of Ed'n. Trustee Normal Coll. of City of N. Y .; mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Ass'n Bar Borough of Bronx, Royal Arcanum. Rec- reations: . Bowling, fishing. Clubs: Schror- er, Bronx (sec. ), The Bronx Church Club. Address : 1006 Trinity Av., Bronx, N. Y. City.
SHERMAN, James Schoolcraft:
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Vice-President of the United States; b. Utica, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1:55; s. Richard U. and Mary F. Sherman; ed. Utica Acad., Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1878, LL.B., 1879, A.M., Is$1, LL.D., 1905; m. E. Orange, N. J., Jan. 26, 1881, Carrie Babcock; children: Sherrill, b. 1883, Richard U., b. isst, Thomas M., b. 1856. Ad- mitted to bar, 179, and practised at Utica. Pres. Utica Trust & Deposit Co., Utica Ice Co .; v .- p. Utica City Nat. Bank; pres. New Hartford Canning Co .: director Queens County Trust Co., New Hartford Cotton Co .; Utica, Clinton & Binghamton R. R., Utica and Mohawk Valley R. R. Republican. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mayor Utica, les4; mem. Congress, 1eso-1907 (except 1891-93) ; reelected from 27th N. Y. Dist. to 60th Con- gress, 1907-09; delegate Nat. Rep. Conven- tion, 1892; chm'n N. Y. State Rep. Conv., 1895 and 1900; appt'd to B'd of U. S. Ap- praisers, 1898, by President Mckinley; de- clined; offered clerkship U. S. Senate, 1899. declined; chm'n Nat. Rep. Congressional Com .; nominated by National Republican Conv., Chicago, June, 190s, for Vice-President of the United States and elected to that of- fice for term 1909-1913. IIas traveled exten- sively in U. S .; traveled in Europe, 1904. Trustee Hamilton Coll. Clubs: Fort Schuy- ler, Arcanum, Sadaquada, Yahnundasis ( Utica), Union League, Republican, Trans- portation, Y. City) : Columbia Golf ( Washington). Address: Utica, N. Y.
SHERMAN, John S .:
Lawyer; b. Corinth, N. Y., May 1, 1866; s. Avery C. T. and Sarah M. ( Putnam) Sher- man; ed. Glens Falls (N. Y.) Acad .; m. Glens Falls, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1899, Lena Wait ; one son. John Wait, b. July 22, 1906. llas been actively engaged in business since 15th year, first handling his father's farm and lumber business; from 21 (at father's death) engaged in business for self. Studied law and was admitted to bar, 194; engaged in active practice for 10 years: now engaged in many other interests; legal pursuits being confined to office work and consultations. Pres. and director W. K. Putnam Co, (suc- cessors to Putnam & Sherman); me'r Sher- man Bros. Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. West End Board of Trade, Republican Club of the 9th Assembly Dist., Republican Club of the 7th Assembly Dist. Mason. Ad. dress :. 51:1 3d Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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