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SHORTT, William Alliare:
Lawyer: b. Florence, Mass., Aug. 15, 1859; s. Rev. William and Mary Amanda ( Hag. gerty) Shortt; grad. Univ. of Toronto, B .. 1., (honors in mental and moral seience), Isso, M.A., Iss1; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov., 1900, Lucy E. Low; children: Allen, b. 1596, Elspeth. b. 1901. After graduating, traveled in Europe. 15-0.81: studied law in office of Bethune, Moss, Falconbridge & Hovles, To- ronto; of Martin & Smith, N. Y. City, and at Law Sch. of Univ. of N. Y. Mom. of As- sembly of State of N. Y. for Richmond County,
SHOVE, Benjamin J .:
Lawyer: b. Greene. Chenango Co., N. Y .. July 3, 1859; s. Benjamin and Cornelia E. ( Terwilliger ) Shove; grad. Syracuse Univ .. A.B., 1880, A.M., 1853; m. Cleveland, O .. May 8, 1SSS, Rose M. Davis; children: Marian. b. 1890, Benjamin E., b. 1891, John, ~b. 1:23. Counsel for N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. Co. in prosecution of Rome train- wrecking ease, People vs. Hildreth and others; special deputy atty .- gen. in inves- tigation of alleged canal fraud cases: has been ass't dist. att'y Onondaga Co., dist. att'y of same, first ass't corp'n counsel of Syracuse. Is especially interested in work of saving boys from becoming criminals through the probation system. Mem. of law firm Shove, Stevens & Deming. Republican. Mem. M. E. Church. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Zeta Psi fraternity. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Pres. Syracuse Boys' Club. Reerea- tions : Golf, fishing. Clubs: Century. Onon- daga Golf, Country, University, Citizens. ( Syracuse). Address: 365 Green St., Syra- cuse, N. Y.
SHRADY, Arthur Melville:
Physician; b. N. Y. City, April 14, 1869; s. John Shrady, M.D., and Jeannie Lockhart ( Sammis) Shrady: ed. in private schools. Princeton (class of 1-30), Coll. Phys. and Surg. ( Columbia), M.D., 193; interne Roose- velt Hosp., 1.95; m. June 7. 19. Aline B. Chaffee. Appt'd instructor in physical diag- nosis and later chief of clinic in Hydro. therapy at Coll. Phys. and Surg. AAttending physician Seton Hosp. for twelve years, How Consulting Physician; also ass't attending physician at Harlem Hosp. Examining physi- cian for N. Y. State Hosp. for lacipient Tuberculosis at Ray Brook. N. Y. Inde. pendent Republican. Mem. Am. Med. . Iss'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Alumni Ass'n Roose volt Hosp. and Sloane Maternity Hosp. Recreations: Golf. motoring. Address: 135 W. Fod St., N. Y. City.
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SHRADY, Henry M .:
Sculptor; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 24, 1571; s. George F. and Mary (Lewis) Shrady; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1894; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 18, 1896, Harrie E. Moore; children: Julia Hester, b. 1599, Henry Merwin, Jr., b. 1905. Won competition for Washington Eques- trian statue for Brooklyn, 1501, also for Grant Memortal for Washington, D. C .; com- missioned to make equestrian statue of Wil- liam the Silent for the Holland Society of New York, and equestrian statue of General Grant for Vicksburg, Miss .; 7 years mem. of 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Republican. Pro- testant. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Archi- tectural League; pres. 1904, Alumni Col. University. Clubs: National Arts, Columbia University. Address: Elmsford, Westchester Co., N. Y.
SHRAMM, Paul H .:
Artist, teacher of decorative design; b. · Heidenheim Brenz, Würtemberg, Germany, Dec. 22, 1867; s. C. F. and Sophie Wilhelmine (Muller) Schramm (now written Shramm) ; ed, in schools of Germany; 1885 entered art school at Stuttgart, where took many prizes and honors; studied engraving and sculpture at Pratt Inst., 1903-04. Served in the 1st Bavarian R'gt " Koenig " at Munich, 1987- 88. In 1892-96 had several ladies' portraits in the international art exhibitions at Stutt- gart, Berlin, and Munich, as well as various monotypes and etchings at the latter city; on three occasions won money prizes in public competitions for diploma designs at Nurnburg and Stuttgart; has exhibited wood burning and water colors at the Am. Water Color Soc. and Architectural League exhibi- tions, and jewelry and metal work at the St. Louis Exp'n. Was consecutively designer for wood engraving, Tetzner Erfurt, Ger- many: designer for weaving of C. F. Schramm & Son, Heidenheim, Germany; artist and designer, Standard Fashion Co., N. Y. City; die-sinker, designer, modeler and caster in gold rings, Johns & Woodland, Newark, N. J., and Hnestis Mf'g Co., Brooklyn; diamond designer, Belay Co., N. Y. City. Is. painter, sculptor, illustrator and art metal worker; teacher of decorative design at Cooper Union, N. Y. City. Mem. Nat. Craftsmen's Soc., Christian Science, Liederkranz (mem, sole quartette, 1897-99). Recreation : Traveling abroad. Address : 46 W. 2sth St., N. Y. City.
SHRIMPTON, Elizabeth Latimer:
Physician ; b. Fayetteville. N. Y., July 1, 1575; d. Charles James and Mary Ann ( Far- well) Shrimpton; grad. Knox Coll., B.S., 1.06, Med. Dep't. Syracuse Univ., M.D., 1901. Engaged in practice of medicine at Syracuse, N. Y., since 1901. Address: 611 East Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y. .
SHUBERT, Iee:
Theatrical manager; b. Syracuse, N. Y .. Mar. 15, 1575; s. David and Catherine Shu- bert : ed. public schools, Syracuse. N. Y. Pres. and director Babes in the Woods Co .. Baker Theatre Co., Casino Theatre Co., De Wolf Hopper Co., Grand Opera House Co .. Lyric Theatre C'o., Majestic Theatre Co., Princess Theatre Co., Sam S. and Lee Shu. bert (Incorporated ), Shubert-Fisher. Perley Dramatie Co .; pres. and director The Shi- bert Theatrical Co., The Shubert Anderson 11S1
Co., The Wilbur-Shubert Theatre Co .. The Shubert Realty Co., The Lew Fields-Shubert Co., and The Greenwich Bank; v .- p. alot director Garrick Theatre Co. (Chicago). Gar rick Theatre Co. (St. Louis), S. S. Shubert Amusement Co., Washington Theatre Co .; sec., treas. and director Broadway Thirty-ninth St., director Jefferson De Angeli Opera Co. Address: 1416 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SHUFELDT, Robert Wilson:
Physician, author; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 1. 1850; s. R. W. and Sarah Hudsons (Aber- crombie) Shufeldt; ed. with private tutors at New Orleans, La., and Havana, Cuha: in public schools of N. Y. City and Stamford. Conn .; Kinne's Prep. Sch. to Cornell Univ .. and, 1870-73, Sch. of Engineering, Corne !! Univ .; grad. medical dep't Columbia Univ., Washington, D. C., 1876; m. Ist, Washington. D. C., Sept., 1876, Catherine Babcock (died 1892) ; 2d, Florence Audubon, IsOS; 3d. Alex- andria. Va., Alfield Dagney Lowum; children (by first marriage) : Robert Wilson 3d. b. June 7, 1877 (died 1893), Percy Welles, b. Dec. 27, 1879, Sarah Abercrombie, b. June 8. 1ss2. Catherine, b. Oct. 9, 1892 (died May 5, 1902). Traveled in capacity of officer of U. S. Navy. U. S. Army, etc., in Mexico, West Indies and throughout U. S .; founded the departments of comparative anatomy at the Army Medical Museum and the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, D. C. Was connected with the U. S. Hydrographic Office, Washington, 1974. and later, under Dr. George A. Otis, col. Med. Dep't, U. S. A .; assisted in the com- pletion of the Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Was captain's sec., U. S. gunboat Protens, 1864-65, E. Gulf Squadron; Ist It., and ass't surg .. Med. Dep't U. S. A., 1876; captain, Iss1; major, 1904; re- tired, 1891; was surg, with various commands in the field, in Indian wars in the West: post surgeon at Laramie. Ft. Fetterman ( Wyo.), D. A. Russel, Ft. Wingate (N. Mex.); special duty at Washington. D. C .: served at Jackson Barracks (New Orleans) and other mil. posts. Associated with var- ions institutions furthering the ends of art. biology, law and medicine in this country and Europe. Mem. of many societies. among them being: Zoological Soc. of London : Societa Italiana d'Antropologia, Etnologia é Psicologia Comparata, of Florence, Italy: L'Alliance Scientifique Universelle de France : Acad. Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: Medico-Legal Sve. of New York. Fellow Am. Ornithologists' Union. Am. and British Societies for Psychical Research, Linn:van Soc. of New York. Acad. of Sciences of Chicago. Mem. of various international med. ical congresses: trustee Medico- Legal Soc. of N. Y .; mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Cornell Chapter. Anthor of over one thousand books. memoirs, criticisms, magazine articles, etc .. devoted to biology, medicine. law, art. psychies, popular natural history, travel. exploration, photography of fish, birds and other animals (living ). anthropology. crim. inology, etc. Principal books are: Osteology of Birds of North America : Anatomy of Helo- derma: Myology of the Raven : Chapters on the Natural History of the U. S .; Studies of the Human Form: The Negro: Fossil Birds: and many others. Address: 471 W.
115th St., N. Y. City.
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SHULL, George Harrison:
Botanical investigator; b. in Clarke Co., Ohio, April 15, 1874; s. Harrison and Catharine (Ryman) Shull; ed. in country schs. of Clarke, Miami and Montgomery counties, Ohio; grad. Antioch Coll., B.S., 1901; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. (in botany and zoology), 1904; m. Bushnell, Ill., July 8, 1906, Ella Amanda Hollar. Taught in public schools of Greene Co., Ohio, 1893-7; student ass't in Bureau of Forestry in E. Tenn., 1901; botan- ical ass't U. S. Nat. Museum, Washington, D. C., 1902; botanical expert, U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry, 1902-04; botanist, Carnegie Inst'n Station for Experimental Evolution, Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., 1904; sent to California to interpret the scientific aspects of the work of Luther Burbank, 1906. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club, Botanical Soc. of America, Association Internationale des Botanistes, Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft, Am. Breeders' Ass'n (life mem.) ; fellow A. A. A. S .; associate Royal Horticultural Soc., England. Author of papers on morphology, variation, inheritance and evolution in plants. Address: Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., N. Y. SHURTLEFF, Roswell Morse:
Artist; b. Rindge, N. H., June 14, 1838; s. Asahel Dewey and Eliza ( Morse) Shurtleff : ed. Dartmouth Coll., B.S., 1:57; worked as lithographer at Buffalo, 1558-59, drawing on wood for engraver, Boston, and studying in evening classes at Lowell Inst., 1559; illus- trator, N. Y. City, and student of Nat. Acad. Design, 1S60-61; enlisted as private 99th N. Y. Vols., April 16, 1861; promoted Ist lieut. and adjutant; wounded and taken prisoner July 19, 1:61, and spent eight months in Southern hospitals and prisons before being released on parole; m. Hartford, Conn., June 14, 1867, Clara E. Halliday. Con- tinued as illustrator of magazines and books in N. Y. City; since 1-70 painter in oils and water colors of animal pictures and landscapes; has specialized in recent years on scenes in The Adirondacks. Associate 1SS1, academician since 1:90, Nat. Aead. Design: inem. AAm. Water Color Soc. Ad- dress : 44 W. 22d St., N. Y. City.
SIBLEY, Hiram Watson:
Capitalist; b. Rochester, N. Y .; s. Hiram and Elizabeth ( Tinker ) Sibley: ed. Heidel- berg Univ., Ph.D., Columbia Univ., LL.B .: m. Feb. 6, 1573, Margaret Durbin Harper of N. Y. City: children: Mrs. John A. Gade. Harper, Urling. From 1.69 to 1ss1 interested and active in management of Southern rail- roads, with residence in N. Y. City; since then iu iron mines, timber lands and him. bering operations in West and South, and in banking, with residence in Rochester. Trustee Rochester Savings Bank, Security Trust Co. and Alliance Bank of Rochester. Clubs: Genesee Valley, Country. (Rochester) : University. Union League; N. Y. Yacht. Riding, National Arts (N. Y. City). Ad- dress 100 Sibley Block, Rochester, N. Y. SICKLES. Daniel Edgar:
Maj .- gen. U. S. A .: b. N. Y. City, Oct. 20, 1$23: ed. at Univ. of City of N. V., but left to learn printer's trade, which followed for several years; studied law, admitted to bar. 1987, and began practice in N. Y. City. Elected to N. Y. AAssembly Ist: appt'd cor- poration counsel City of N. Y., 153; in July, pheus.
1853, commissioned as sec. U. S. legation at London, and accompanied James Buchanan to England; returned 1955, and was elected to N. Y. Senate; elected to 35th and 36th Congress, served in 1557-61. At beginning of Civil War raised the Excelsior Brigade of U. S. Vols. in N. Y. City; commissioned by President Lincoln as colonel, and Sept. 3. 1861, nominated by President as brig .- gen .; com'd a brigade under Gen. Joseph Hooker and served with distinction at Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, the Seven Days' Battles before Richmond, and the Maryland campaign ; bore conspicuous part at Antietam, and succeeded Gen. Hooker in command of division; was engaged at Fredericksburg. On reorganization of the Army of the Potomac was assigned to command of Third Army Corps, and was appointed major-gen. Mar. ", 1863, his commission dating from Nov. 29, 1862; bore distinguished part in battles of Chancellorsville and at Gettysburg, where lost a leg; continued in active service, however, until beginning of 1865, when was sent on a confidential mission to Colombia and other South American countries. Joined regular army as col. 42d Inf., July 25, 1866; breveted Mar. 2, 1867, brig .- gen. U. S. A., for bravery at Fredericksburg and major-gen. for gallant and meritorious conduct at Gettysburg; com'd Mil. Dist. of the Carolinas, 1865-67; carried on work of reconstruction so energetically that President Johnson relieved him of his command after first offering him the mission to the Netherlands, which he declined: mus- tered out of volunteer service Jan. 1, 1-05, and on April 14, 1869, placed on retired list with full rank of major-gen. U. S. A. Active in promoting candidacy of General Grant for the Presidency; appt'd minister to Spain. May 15, 1869: resigned post Mar. 20, 1573. and returned to N. Y. City. resuming practice of law. Served as pres. N. Y. State B'd Civil Service Comm'rs several years: elected sheriff N. Y. County, 1890: elected mem. Congress. Nov. 1892, serving 1893-95. Address: 23 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
SIDWAY, Frank St. John:
Lawyer; b. Buffalo. N. Y., Dec. 5, 1º69: s. Franklin and Charlotte (Spaulding) Sidway: ed. public and private schools of Buffalo, Phillips Exeter Acad., 1ss, Harvard Coll. (1 year), Buffalo Law School, LL.B., 1994; in. Buffalo. N. Y .. April 16, 1903. Amelia Minerva Roberts, d. James 1. Roberts: one daughter, Margaret St. John, b. May 16, 1907. Admitted to bar Oct. 17. 1-94, was with the firm of Spragne. Moot Sprague & Brown- ell, 1-91-97: since then practising alone, prin- cipally in care of estates. Went to California via Panama in 1599 and 1992: took the Med- iterranean trip in 1900 and saw Paris Expo- sition : visited Europe again on wedding trip. Commissioned 2d lient. Co. B. TIth Res't. N. G. N. Y., March 1, 1-94. 1st lient. March. 1-95. capt. same company Nov. 23. 1-97, capt. Co. C. 202d. N. Y. Vols. Inf .. July 5. 1 to April 15, 1999; served with army of occupa- tion in Cuba; reflected captain Co. B. Fith Reg't on return and received full and honor. able discharge Oct. 1. 102. Republican: Episcopalian. Mom. Erie County Bar Iss'n. Spanish War Veterans, Naval and Military Order Spanish-Am. War, Buffalo Fine Arts Arad. Clubs: Buffalo, Saturn, Budalo Or- Address : 194 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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SIEBER, Edward G .:
Artist; b. Brooklyn, April 16, 1862;
Jacob and Ann ( McMahon ) Sieber; ed. Brooklyn grammar schools and Brooklyn High Sch .; studied art with Prof. F. T. Lee Boyle in Brooklyn Inst., Prof. Winter, Brooklyn High Sch., and at Academie Julian, Paris, Nat. Acad. of Design, N. Y. City. Exhibited at Charleston, Exp'n, where won bronze medal, St. Louis Exp'n, Omaha Exp'n. Detroit Museum, Nat. Acad. Design, N. Y. City, Philadelphia Art Club, and received the J. T. Story gold medal from Brooklyn Art Club. Has had various works published and copyrighted by Art Interchange, The Soule Photographic Co., Osborn Co., etc. Specialty in art is painting cattle and landscapes. Club: Brooklyn Art. Address : 212 Freeman St., Brooklyn.
SIEDLER, Charles:
Retired tobacco mf'r; b. Minden, Prussia, May 24, 1839; s. John J. and Charlotte (Alten- burg) Siedler; ed. public school 16, N. Y. City; m. 1st 1863, Mary Van Schaick, 2d. 1866, Julia Franklin, 3d 1879, Grace Syms; chil- dren : Mary Ella, George J., Julia F., Char- lotte, Marguerite, Ernestine, Mary Dorothy, Charles P., Howard D. For 35 years partner of late Peter Lorillard in tobacco business. Mayor of Jersey City, 1876, and 1977; manag- ing partner of P. Lorillard & Co., now re- tired; receiver of Lorillard Brick Works Co .; late pres. Terra Cotta Co .; pres. and receiver Ft. Plain & Richfield Springs R. R .; late pres. Dives & Pelican Mining Co. Independent in politics: honorary mem. Carteret Club. Address: 156 5th Av., N. Y. City. SIEGEL, Ferdinand:
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 15, 1866; s. William and Magdalena (Frick) Siegel; grad. N. Y. Univ. Med. Dep't, M.D. with honor, 1890; m. Ist. 1889, Louisa Long (died 1895); 2d, 1902, Grace Williams; children : Ferdinand F., b. 1:91, Caroline, b. 1893, Beatrice Grace, b. 1904, Herbert Carter. b.
1907. Surgeon Eastern Dist. Hosp. pensary, 1891; examiner Metropolitan Life Dis- Ins. Co., 1891-92; travelled in England, Hol- land, Germany, Switzerland and France, 1900; lecturer on care of infants and chil- dren's diseases to nurses in Eastern Dist. Hosp., 1906: Has travelled through Canada and Southern States. Mem. Kings County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soe., Am. Med. Ass'n: Physicians Mutual Aid Ass'n. Pres. Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. 1905-08. Re- publican ; Baptist. Mem. Knights of the Maccabees (also medical examiner), Odd Fellow, Allied AArts Ass'n. Recreations : Musie (plays the flute) ; chess, checkers. Address: 202 Rodney St., Brooklyn, N. Y. SIEGEL, Henry:
Merchant; b. Eubigheim, Germany, Mar. 17, 1852; s. Lazarus (burgomaster) and Zurich (Koch) Siegel: ed. in Germany, came to U. S., 1967: m. 1st 1>>5. Julia Rosenbaum (died 1460) : 24 1-95. Marie Vaughan Wilde, widow of George Wilde and d. Judge J. G. and Isa- belle Oliver (Peters) Vaughan. First bnsi- ness experience was gained in Washington, D. C., Parkersburg. Va., and Lanceburg. Pa .: established firm of Siegel. Hartshield & Co .. in Chicago, 76; ten years later estab. lished department store of Siegel. Cooper & Co., Chicago, in 196, established Siegel,
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Cooper & Co., N. Y. City: purchased Simp- son-Crawford Co. in Jan. 1902; opened Four. teenth Street Store, April 1904, and Henry Siegel & Co., Boston, 1905: controls five of the largest dep't stores in the world. Dir .... tor in several banks, street railways and various corp'ns. Fellow. Am. Geog. Soc .. mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc., Nat. Museum of Art. Club: Westchester Hunt. Residences : 26 East 82d St., N. Y. City, and " Driftwood." Mam- aroneck, N. Y. Address Simpson-Crawford Co., N. Y. City.
SIEGFRIED, Cyrus S .:
Physician and surgeon ; b. Delaware Grove. Mercer Co., Pa .: s. Daniel M. and Ann E. (Myers) Siegfried; ed. Greenville public school, Theol. Coll., Greenville, Pa .. Jeffer- son Med. Coll., M.D., 1891; m. Isabella .1. Green; children: Cyrus S. Jr., b. 1900, N. Os. borne, b. 1901. Practised surgery three years in Europe. has been a general surgeon lo years in Buffalo, N. Y. Republican. Preshy- terian. Mem. of Independent Order Rad Men, Mason, and K. T. Address: 6 N. Pearl St., Buffalo, N. Y.
SIEKER, Otto:
Clergyman; b. St. Paul, Minn., May ;. 1871; s. John H. and Julie (Strissguth) Sie- ker; came to N. Y. City with parents, 1s.6: ed. St. Matthew's Acad., 1876-51; N. Y. Pro- gymnasium, 1881-87: Northwestern Univ .. Watertown. Wis., A.B., 1991; studied theology in Concordia Sem. St. Louis, 1891-94; m. N. Y. City, July 7, 1596, Adelheid Weichmann : ass't pastor, 1894-1904, pastor since April 2. 1905, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church (oldes: Lutheran Church in America. founded 1sct). Evangelical Lutheran; mem. of Synod of Missouri. Ohio and other States. Mem. Alumni Ass'n, Concordia Coll .. Ministers (Lutheran ) Conference of N. Y .. B'd of .Mg'rs, Lutheran Hosp., East N. Y., Luth. City Mission B'd. Address: 146 Elizabeth St., N. Y. City.
SIGNOR, Isaac S .:
Lawyer: b. Skaneateles, N. Y., Nov. 11. 1842: s. Eleazer and Lucy (Rogers) Signor: grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., LL.B .: m. Brook- lyn, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1579. Mary Grierson: children: Charles G., b. 18:0, Beatrice. b. 15$4, Dorothy, b. 1856. Dist. att'y, Iss1->2: county judge Orleans Co., Jan., 1-54-96, and also since May, 1505. Mem. law firm Signor & Signor. Lecturer on law of real property. Buffalo Law School, one year, 1905. Club: University ( Buffalo). Address : Albion, N. Y.
SIGSBEE. Charles D .:
Rear-Admiral. U. S. N .: b. Albany, N. Y .. Jan. 16. 1>15: s. Nicholas and Agues (Or:) Sigsbee: appt'd to Navy from N. Y., Sept. 7, 1559. at Naval Acad .. 1-59-63: promoted to ensign. Oct. 1, 1863: West Gulf Squadron. 1863-64: Brooklyn West Gulf Squadron. 1-64 battle of Mobile, Ang. 5. 1-64: North Atlantic Blockeding Squadron, 1555, both attacks on Fort Fisher, and tinal assault on the same: steam sloop Wyoming. Asiatic Squadron. 14- 67; promoted to master. May 10. 1:06; com- m'ud as lient .- comd'r Mar. 12. bes: on duty at Naval Acad., 1-69-71: Severn and Wor- coster. flagships. N. A. Station, IST1-2: Ca. nandaigua, 1-72-73; hydrographie office. 175 it: coast survey, ITIS. cand's coast sur vey steamer Blake, 1575 7; hydrographic of-
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fire, 1878-52; promoted to comd'r, May 11, | SILL, Frederick Schroede :: 1882, and Naval Acad., 1582-85: comd'g prac- tice-ship Dale, summers of 1883-64; comd'g Kearsarge, European Station, 18:5-86; special duty, Navy Dep't, Sept. 1887; Navai Acad., 1887-89, comd'g the practice-ship Constellation part of summer of 1989; comd'g training ship Portsmouth, 1991-92; hydrographic, Navy Dep't, 1893-97; comm'd Capt., Mar. 21, 1897; comd'g battleship Maine, April, 1897, and until this splendid vessel was destroyed, by an act of dastardly . treachery, which pre- cipitated the Spanish- American war: ad- vanced for extraordinary heroism during war with Spain; comd'g auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, from April, 1598, to Jan., 1900; chief intelligence officer, Jan. 26, 1930, to May 1, 1903; rear-admiral, 1903: on U. S. S. Newark, in command of Caribbean Squadron North Atlantic Fleet, to 1906; retired by operation of law, Jan. 16, 1907. Address: Metropolitan Club, Washington, D. C.
SIHLER, Ernest Gottlieb:
Prof. Latin : b. Ft. Wayne, Ind., Jan. 2, 1833; s. Rev. William Sihler, Ph.D .; ed. Con- cordia Coll., Ind., A.B., 1:09, Concordia Lutheran Sem., St. Louis. Mo., Univs. of Berlin and Leipzig, specializing in classical philology, 1872-75; fellow in Greek, 1876-79, Ph.D., 1578, Johns Hopkins Univ .; m. N. Y. City, Iss1, Emily Johanna Birkner. Classical Instr., N. Y. Univ., 1579-91: prof. classical philology, Concordia Coll., Milwaukee, 1591-92, prof. Latin N. Y. Univ., since 1992, also lec. turer in Graduate School. Author: Lexicon to Latinity of Caesar's Gallie War; Testi- monium Animal, or Greek and Roman before Jesus Christ, dealing with the Spiritual Ele- ments in Classical Civilization, 1908 (Stech- ert ) ; editor of editions of Plato's Protagoras, and of Cicero's Second Philippic. Has writ- ten much on American Classicism in the N. Y. Evening Post, and in the Neue Jahr- bücher of Leipzig. Joint author, with Chan- cellor Henry M. MeCracken, of Memorial Volume on The Hall of Fame, and of His- tory of New York University. Took a lead- ing part in securing the transfer of the arch- æological collection of late Prof. Hübner from Berlin to N. Y. University. Visited Pompeii, Rome, and Oxford Univ., 1597. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n. Address: University Heights, N. Y. City.
SILCOCKS, William Ethelbert:
Physician and surroon; b. Cohoes, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1570: s. John E. and Mary Eleanor (King) Silcocks; ed. Cohoes High School, grad. Albany Med. Coll .. M.D., 1897; m. Watervliet, N. Y., Dec. 19, 198, Henrietta Smith: children: Dorothy Eleanor, b. 1901, William Robert, b. 1900. .Ass't surgeon Troy (N. Y.) Hosp .; surgeon to Delaware & Hudson, Railroad; coroner's physician, Al- bany Co .: health officer and public improve- ment comm'r, Green Island. Mem. Albany Co. Med. Soc., Rensselaer Co. Med. Soc., N.
Y. State Med. . Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n. N. Y. and New England Ass'n Railway Surgeons, Modern Woodmen of America : mein. Apollo Commandery. K. T., and Oriental Temple, Mystic Shrine: also mom. Royal Arcanum. Club: Green Island. Summer home: Stony (ral. V. Y. Address: 102 George St., Green Island, N. Y.
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Clergyman: b. N. Y. City, Nov. 1. 1-18; s. Richard and Lucy L. (Ifili) Sill: ed. Trinity School and Public School No. 3, N. Y. City, St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale. N. Y., B.A., 1869, M.A., 1:2, D.D., 1 -: 5, General Theol. Sem., New York City, 152: mi. Port- land, Me., Feb. 6, 1570, Mary Power Sexton: children: John Chauncey. b. Isso. Amy Lonise, b. 18:3, Frederick De Veber, b. 1-55, Mary Gertrude, b. 18 9. Ordered deacon by Bishop Horatio Potter, June 30, 1:72; priest by Bishop Henry A. Neely, Sept. 21. 15,3: rector St. John's Church, Cohoes, N. Y., since Feb .. 1884; served six years in Maine and six years in St. John, N. B., Canada, before going to Cohoes. Registrar Diocese of Albany since 1586; archdeacon, 1801-95; mem. Diocesan B'd of Missions; examining chaplain to the Bishi- op. Republican. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, N. Y. State, Eulexian Soc., N. Y. State Hist. Soc .; treas. Alumni Ass'n of St. Stephen's Coll .; trustees of Egbert's High Sch., Cohoes, N. Y. Author: Year Book of Colonial Times: Sketch of Sill Family of Middletown and Lyine, Conn. Address: St. John's Rectory, Cohoes, N. Y.
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