Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 117

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 1430

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SILL. Louise Morgan:

Editor; b. Honolulu, H. I .: d. Gen. Mor- gan L. and Louise Genella Smith: ed. private school: m. Washington, D. C., George Im- brie Sill, of Albany, N. Y. On editorial staff of Harper's Magazine. Author (poems) : In Sun or Shade, 1906 ( Harper's). Address: Care Harper & Bros., Franklin Square, N. Y. City.

SILL, Thomas Henry:

Clergyman : b. Middletown, Conn., Nov. 7. 1838: s. Frederick and Margaret Ann (Cocks) Sill; ed. Russells Mil. Sch., New Haven. Conn., Trinity Sch., N. Y., Columbia Coll .. N. Y., B.A. and M.A., Gen. Theol. Sem .. N. Y. : m. N. Y. City, May 28, 1865, Jane Burzes Miller; children : Henry A., James B., Fin- rence M., Mary M. Ordered deacon. July. 1864, priest, Sept .. 1561, by Bishop Horatio Potter. Rector Grace Episcopal Ch .. Can- ton, N. Y., 1864-65: vicar of St. Chrysostom's Chapel, N. Y. City, since Nov .. 195. Repub- lican. Pres. Parochial Societies St. Chry- sostom's Chapel: v .- p. Church AAss'n for Ad- vaneement of Interests of Labor: chaplain St. Mary's Free Hosp. for children: chap- lain Kraus Alumni Association of Kinder- gartens; dean of chaplains, Actors' Church Alliance; v .- p. N. Y. Bible and Prayer Book Soc .; mem. Alummi Ass'n Gen. Theol. Sem .. Alumni Ass'n Trinity Sch .. Alumni Ass'n Columbia Coll .: mem. Charity Organization Soc .. Chelsea dist .: Federation of Churches. N. Y., Sunday Sch. Comm'n, West Side Min- isters' Ass'n. Recreation: Farming cin summer). During July, August and Sep- tember, minister in charge of $ :. Andrew's Ch., Lake Sunapee, New London. N. H. Ad- dress: 33 W. 46th St., N. Y. City.

SILLCOCKS. Henry:

Lawyer: b. Brooklyn, N. Y .. July 14. 10: s. Warren Scott and Mary (Wyckow) Sill cocks: grad. Adelphi Acad. Brooklyn. 1. Yale. B. A., 1995, N. Y. Law Sch., LL B .. com Ada Jackson. Men. Fletcher. Silleocks & Leally: pres. and director Labrty Mora " Co .; v.p. and director Lincoln Iron Works.

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Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Ass'n Bar | City of N. Y., Sons of Revolution, Zeta Psi and Alta Phi fraternities. Clubs: Yale, Drug and Chemical. Residence: 750 Park Av. Ad- dress: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.

SILLIMAN, Reuben D .:

Lawyer; b. Hudson, Wis., May 17, 1871; s. Dr. D. and Marietta (Parks) Silliman; ed. High School, St. Paul, Minn., 18s7-91; grad. Univ. of Mich., LL.B., 1994; m. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 3, 1895, Belle Evelyn Eddy; one son, Sherwood Eddy, b. 1901. Practised law, Duluth, Minn., 1894-98, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, 1:98-1903; San Francisco, 1904-05; since then in N. Y. City. Appt'd circuit judge, Hawaiian Islands, by President Mc- Kinley on organization of Territory of Ha- waii, April 30, 1900; resigned, 1901. Repre- sented executors and trustees of Adolph Sutro in will contest (San Francisco, 1904- (5) ; represented Honolulu Plantation Co. iu the closely-contested condemnation suit brought by U. S. Gov't for the site of the Naval Station at Pearl Harbor; represented Col. C. K. C. Rooke, of British Army, in celebrated Rooke will case, by which prop- erty worth more than a quarter of a million dollars, claimed by the Queen's Hosp., Hono- lulu, was awarded to Col. Rooke, after hav- ing been in the possession of the hospital for nearly twenty years. Republican. Mem. firm Choate & Larocque. Address: 40 Wall Si., N. Y. City.

SILLMAN, Robert Henry:

First lieut. U. S. A .; b. N. Y. City, May 3, 1:62; s. William and Mary ( Jamieson) Sillian; self educated. Sup't J. Hood Wright Hosp., N. Y. City, 1886-88, Grace Hosp., Detroit, Mich., 1ss8-93, Alma Sanitar- ium, Alma, Mich., 1893-94, Elizabeth Gen. Hosp., Elizabeth, N. J., 1594-95. N. Y. Infant Asylum, N. Y. City, 1895-97; ass't sup't Pres- by'n Hosp., N. Y. City, 1897-98. "Enlisted 13th Inf., N. G. N. Y., Feb. 28, 1879, and be- came successively sergeant. Ist sergeant and lientenant, 1879-88; Mich. N. G., 1ss3; appt'd major and ass't insp. gen. on staffs of Gen- erals Hawley and Lyons: lieut. col. and ass't insp .- general on staff of General Robinson, and captain on Governor Rich's staff. En- tered U. S. Mil. Acad., West Point, N. Y., 1583, discharged Jan., 18:4; enlisted in the Astor Battery, U. S. V., May 30, 1599, served as sergeant, and wounded in engagement be- fore Manila, against Spaniards, August 13. 1998; mustered out Feb., 1999, and recom- mended for Medal of Honor; appt'd 2a lieut .. 26th U. S. Vol. Inf., July 5, 189; served in Philippine Islands, to Sept .. 1992, and or- ganized and commanded Visayan Scouts in Panay Island, P. I .: mustered out Vols., June 30, 1901; appt'd 1st lieut. 15th Inf., Feb. 2. 1901; Nov. 6, 1905, embarked for Philippine Islands for third term of foreign service. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. U. S. Inf. Ass'n, U. S. Cav. Ass'n, Mil. Service In. stin. Member Union Lodre P. and A. M., Detroit, Miel, Recreations : Shooting, fene- ing. Address: Manila, P. 1.

SILSBEE, George C .:

Postmaster, editor, banker: b. Avoca, Steu- ben Co., N. Y., Oct. 20. 15 : s. Horace A. and Ruth M. (Griswold) Silsbee: gradnate public school, Avoca; m. Avoca, N. Y., Aug. 1198

15, 1552, Jennie E. Burns; one daughter, Rhies J., b. 1893. Was for four years postmaster under President Arthur ; in

now 1 third term, having been appt'd by Presi- dent Mckinley and President Roosevelt; pub- lisher and editor Avoca Advance for 20 years: pres. and founder Bank of Avoca; also served in several other town and village offices: pres. of Avoca Creamery; v .- p. Avoca Bu-i- ness Ass'n. Republican. Mason, Odd Fel- low, mem. Maccabees, etc. Address: Avoca, Steuben Co., N. Y.

SILVER, Edgar Oscar:

Publisher; b. Bloomfield, Vt., April 17, 1560; s. Albert A. and Sarah W. (Jeune) Silver; ed. common schools, Derby Acad., Vt., Water- ville ( Me.) Classical Inst., Colby Coll., Water- ville, Me., Brown Univ., _1.B., les3, A.M., 1886; m. Providence. R. I., Jan. 4, Ises, Susan Florence Maine; children, Katherine, b. 1:90, Annie Louise, b. 1592, Edgar O., Jr., b. 1801, Helen Florence, b. 1536, Priscilla Warren, b. 1898, Geraldine Susan, b. 19.0, Blanche, b. 1902. Connected with D. Appleton & Co., publishers, N. Y. City, 1883-85; founded, April 21. 1855, the business of the present house of Silver, Burdett & Co., publishers of school and college text-books, musical instruction books, and standard literature; pres. Silver, Burdett & Co., since its incorp'n in 1:93. Also director Century Bank of N. Y. Traveled in Europe, Is91 and 1:99: in Hawaiian Islands. 1901, and through every State and Territory in Union except Alaska. Appt'd by Gov. Proctor a comm'r from State of Vt. to Jamestown Tercentennial Exp'n, 1907. Republican. Bap- tist. Mem. Aldine Ass'n, New England Sve., Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon; trus- tee Brown Univ. since 1996; trustee Shaw Univ .: mem. Exec. B'd Am. Bapt. Home Mis- sion Soc .: trustee Derby Acad., Vt .; mem. Visiting Com., Dep't of Economics, Brown Univ. Recreations: Farming, camping and fishing. Clubs: Brown University (N. Y. City), University ( Boston). Laurentian ( Can- ada). Residences: East Orange, N. J .: (sum- mer) Derby, Vt. Address: 231-241 W. 30th St., N. Y. City.

SILVER, Lewis Mann:

Physician : b. Brooklyn. N. Y., July 24. 1860; s. Charles Alexander and Helen L. (Mann) Silver: grad. Phillips Acad., And- over, Mass., 1.7S, Yale, AA.B., 192. Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1>>5; Bellevue Hosp .. les7; m. Philadelphia, 1994, Roberta Shoe- maker; children: Helen Mann, b. 1995, Mar- garet Bird, b. 1895, Henry Mann, b. 1911. . Has been practising medicine in N. Y. City since les9. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Am. Med. Ass'n. N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc. Soc. of Alumni of Bellevue Hosp .. Yale Alum- ni Ass'n. Address: 103 W. 22d St., N. Y. City.

SILVERMAN. Joseph:

Cler_yman. b. Cincinnati. O., Ang. 25, 1-00: <. Michael Henry and Ulrika (Piorkowsky) silverman: grad. Univ. of Cincinnati. O., 1-3; rabbi Hebrew Union Coll., Cincinnati, 0, 1st, Henriette Block; children: Sulamith, Iomise, Edith. Aimee, Josephine. Rabbi of Temple Fmanu- El. Dallas, Tex., Sopt .. Ist, to June. 1.5; rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel. Gal- veston, Tex .. July, IS to Feb. 20. ISS; rabbi of Temple Emanu. El, N. Y. City, since

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Mar. 1, 1SS8. While in Texas did volunteer service as circuit preacher to the Jewish com- munities in vicinity of Dallas and Galveston, and aided in organizing many Sabbath schs. and congregations; was consulting editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia ( Funk & Wagnalls ). Was a member of the council which organ- ized the Religious Congress of the World's Fair in Chicago, 1:93. his address on this occasion being: The Popular Errors About the Jews. Independent Republican. Ex-pres. of New York Board of Jewish Ministers; ex-pres. and now trustee of Central Con- ference of Am. Rabbis; mem. of Liberal Ministers' Club of N. Y. City; ex-pres. of Mt. Sinai Lodge of I. O. Bnai Brith of N. Y. State; grand chaplain emeritus of Grand Lodge of N. Y. State, I. O. O. F. and A. M .; trustee of Actors' Church Alliance of Amer- ica; founder and pres. of Emanu-El Brother- hood for Religious and Moral - Education: trustee Emanu-El Sisterhood for Personal Service; mem. general committee Indepen- dent Order of B'nai Brith. Member of The Pilgrims of America. Author of many pa- pers and lectures on The Origin and Sig- nificance of Christmas, Jesus and Moses. The Sabbath Question, etc .: also of a Catechism on Judaism and Patriotism of the Jews; pub- lished Monograph on The Woman of Isreal: contb'r to magazines and journals. Address: 45 E. 75th St., N. Y. City.

SIM, John Robert:

Teacher: b. in Virginia, Feb. 15, 1849; s. Robert and Margaret (Couthill) Sim; ed. pri- vate and public schools of Va. and N. Y. grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 19's: m. Nov. 23, 1551, Mary Adelaide Duff: children : Robert Lee, b. I>>3, Marjorie Duff, b. iss7, Adelaide Margaret, b. 1s90. Appt'd tutor in Coll. City of N. Y., 1970; taught in Cooper Union Technical Sch., and Harlem Evening High Sch .: Instr. in pure mathematics Coll., City of N. Y., 1990, ass't prof. and' prof., 1905; prof. in charge Academie Dep't, Coll .. City of N. Y., since 1903. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Southern Soc. of N. Y. Address: 536 W. 150th St., N. Y. City.

SIMKHOVITCH, Vladimir G .:

University professor; b. Russia, 1874; ed. in Russia and Germany; received Ph.D. de- gree in Halle. Germany, 1sys: m. Jan., 19:9, Mary Kingsbury. Now adjunet prof. eco- nomic history in Columbia Univ. Has writ- ten on various historical and economie topics in English, German and Russian. Became engaged to his present wife while studying in Berlin, Miss Kingsbury being at the time at the head of the College Settlement. Since their marriage they have both been identified with the settlement movement and the betterment of the conditions of our telle- ment.house population, and they now reside in Greenwich House, a settlement on the lower West Side, which they organized in 1901. He is a member of numerous learned societies and academics here and abroad. CInhs : Century. City. Camp Fire. Resi- dence : Greenwich House, Des Jones St. AAddress : School of Political Science, Co. lumbia University, N. Y. City.

SIMMONS, Edward Alfred:

Publisher, manntacturer: b. Brooklyn. N. Y., Mar. 20, 1555: s. JJohn Wesley and AAgues Anne ( Owers) Simmons; ed. common sch.,

Brooklyn: m. Carrie Hamilton Horton, 1:93. Entered service of Railroad Gazette, Sept .. Is99, in editorial dep't: elected sec. in 1:0s and v .. p. and treas. in 19.3; now (150s) v .. p .; elected pres. Am. Machinery and Export Co., 1900, and v .- p. Am. Sawmill Machinery Co. (owned by Am. Machinery and Export Co.) in 1904, which position now holds. Clubs : Engineers. New England Railroad, Law- vers', Railroad Club of N. Y. (N. Y. City). Duquesne (Pittsburgh). Residence: Brook- lyn, N. Y. Address: 83 Fulton St., N. Y. City.

SIMMONS, J. Edward:

Banker: b. Troy, N. Y., Sept. 9. 1941; s. Joseph Ferris and Mary Sophia ( Gleason) Simmons: ed. in schools of Troy: grad. Wil- liams Coll., A.B., 199, LL.B., Albany Low School. 1sf3, later A.M., and in Isss. LL.D .. from Univ. of Norwich, Vt .; m. N. Y. City. April 12, 1866, Julia Greer: children: Joseph Ferris and Mrs. John Packwood Tilden. Ad- mitted to bar, 1803, and practised at Troy, N. Y., until Iser; then went to N. Y. City and engaged there in banking and brokerage; elected pres. Stock Exchange Isst and 1s.5. but declined a third term; has likewise de- clined nominations to various political offices of N. Y. City, among them being those of mayor of N. Y. and Collector of the Port of N. Y .; rendered important assistance in the Presidential campaign of Grover Cleveland in 1892: accepted presidency of B'd of Ed'n of N. Y. City, Isso, of which has been appt'd commissioner in 1ss1: served as pres. five years : mainly through his influence a bill was passed through the legislature in Is .. con- ferring collegiate rank and power on the N. Y. Normal Coll .: successfully worked for development of Coll. City of N. Y .: pres. of Fourth National Bank since Ises: served as receiver of the Am. Loan & Trust Co. of N. Y .: was pres. of Clearing House. Isps: was for ten years pres. Panama R. R. Co. : pres. Columbia Steamships Co. : trusive Met- ropolitau Trust Co., director Bank for Sar- ings. Ann Arbor R. R. Co. Nat. Surety Co., U. S. Casualty Co .. Standard Milling Co. : pres. Chamber of Commerce of N. Y. First pres. B'd of Water Supply, now building the Catskill Aqueduct. Pres. N. Y. Infant Asy- Imm; gor. and treas. of N. Y. Hosp .: life trustee of Williams Coll. Democrat. Episer palian. Of high rank in Masonic Order. Clubs: University, Metropolitan, N. Y. Ath- letie. Lawyers. Tuxedo. Democratic. Ad- dress: 28 W. 52d St., N. Y. City.

SIMMONS, Joseph Ferris:

Printer and bookbinder: b. N. Y. City. April 4, 195: s. Joseph Edward and Jniis (Greer) Simmons; of ohl Puritan and New England colonial descent : ed. St. Paul's Sch .. Concord, N. H .: m. N. Y. City. April 3. mon, Mabel Lonisa Storm. Treas, and di- rector firm Trow Directory, Printing and

Bookbinding Co. Nemwert. Friscopalian.

During ispod was me. of Company B. ith Res't. N. G. N. Y. Mem. Chamber of Con- merce. Th Ros't Veteran Ass'n. Kane Indze. F. and A. M., Scottish Rite, SP : & Nichols Soc., New England Sve. Soc. Colonial Wars. Sons of Revolution. Clubs: St. Nich dis. N. Y. Athletic. Metropolitan. Residence: Phea Hotel. AAddress : 21 213 E. th St., and $9.91 Third Av., N. Y. City.

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SIMMONS, Maurice:

Lawyer: b. London, England. March 4, 1878; s. Sunny and liettio Simmons: grad. Coll. of City of N. Y., 1897, B.S. (editor-in- chief of Phrenocosmian Magazine) ; N. Y. Univ. Law Sch .. LL.B., with first honorary mention, 1999. Taught in N. Y. City public schools, 1597-99: local sup't of lectures, B'd of Ed'n, 1596-1901: instr. in political science and history, N. Y. City evening high schs., 1501-03; broke up control of dock front of N. Y. City by the Fish Trust. Enlisted at age of 20 as private in 8th N. Y., C. S. V., Inf., Co. F, serving during war with Spain; honorally discharged at its termination. Mem. law firm Simmons & Harris; director and soc. Independent Wholesale Fishdealers' Ass'n (N. Y. corp'n). Independent Demo- crat. Past comd'r of Old Guard, Camp, No. 19; past judge advocate and present de- p:rtment commander of the United Spanish War Veterans of the State of New York, 19 1-06; past colonel Hebrew Veterans of the War with Spain; honorary mem. Hebrew Vet- erans' Ass'n of the Civil War. Mem. Nat. Lodge No. 209, F. and A. M., Gibson Garri- son Army and Navy Union of U. S., Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. U. Law Sch. Recreations : Pedestrianism and literature. Address: 1314 53d St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

SIMON, Carleton:

Physician, writer, lecturer; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 28, 1s71; s. Gustave Simon; ed. Wien- er's Acad., Public School Univ. of France, 1890 (medical), N. Y. Polyclinic, 1593, N. Y. Eclectic Med. Coll .. M.D., 1894; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 28, 1:92. Monetta Worthington Marler: children: Rosa Bonheur, b. 1895, Carleton, Jr., b. 1596. Discovered sleep cen- ter in the brain for which was made honor- ary mem. French Psychological Soc .; his researches into field of hypnotism are class- ics. Inventor of the Simon spygmograph to measure pulse tracings. Exposed the tor- ture of the "water-cure" carried on by U. S. soldiers in Philippines, May, 1902. Med- ical and insanity expert in many criminal and civil cases ( Garrabrandt murder case, Burntz murder case, Morrison murder case, etc.) ; has made many medical experiments for the lay press. George Francis Train left his brain to Dr. Simon for examination after death. Author: The Line Between Crime and Insanity; Inheritance: Hypnotism in Minsic, Color, and Sound; Moral Imbeciles; Longevity; Handwriting of Insanity; The Phenomena of Life and Death. Has made extensive experiments on effects of smoking cigarettes in children and criminals, an- thropological investigations, examined Czo !- gosz, murderer of Mckinley, for anthropologi. cal data: examined every criminal of note in America before execution from 1894 to 1908. Masonic Faith. Honorary mem. French Psychological Soc .: mem. Medico Legal Soc .: expres. Hundred Year Club: pres. Universal Research She .. Soc. for Lou- gevity and Vital Research. Am. Congress Tu- berenlosis. Recreations: Annaties. Address: 111 2. 30th St., N. Y. City.

SIMONDS, Lawrence B .:

Captain, commissary: U. S. Army; b. V. Y. City. Ang. 26. 11: s. AAlonzo B. and Susan ( Hathaway ) Simonds: grod. Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Military Acad., les ?; m. Cheyenne, 1190

Wyoming, Jan. 18, 1629, Louise Marshall tered U. S. Army in 1593: served in Sam!' ( Cuba ) campaign, 1899; in Cuba to 1 .: . campaign in Philippine Islands, 1902.1 ; lief duty during the earthquake and fir .. San Francisco, Calif., April-June, 15 % ;

to purchasing commissary, San Fra! . June, 1006 to Aug., 1907; since then in Pit: pine Islands. Episcopalian. Is ent .: to U. S. medals for Santiago and Philip : campaigns, by Act of Congress. VIem. . of the Army of Santiago de Cuba. Mil. (Ir,, of the Caraboa (Philippines). Clubs: U'll League, University ( Chicago), Cheyel .; (Wyoming). Officers ( Presidio, San Fran.c. co). Address: Care Adjutant General, W .: Department, Washington, D. C.

SIMONS, George Albert:

Clergyman : b. La Porte, Ind., March 1. 1874; s. Rev. George Henry and 0:111 (Schulz) Simons; ed. Adelphi Coll .. Brun. lyn, N. Y., German Wallace Coll., Berea. O A.B., and M.A., N. Y. Univ., N. Y. CE :: A.B., Drew Theol. Sem., Madison, N. J., B.D D.D. German Wallace Coll., Berea, O. 1 ... came mem. East German Conference M. } Church; pastor Wyckoff St. M. E. Chur ... Brooklyn, 1899-1902, having succeeded 1 ::- father on latter's decease: transferred 10 N. Y. East Conference, 1903, and appt'd as. . ciate pastor Sixty-first St. M. E. Chur, N. Y. City, remaining two years. From Apr. 1905, to August, 1907, pastor Bayside M Ch., Bayside, Borough Queens. N. Y. City Appt'd superintendent of the Finland a:d St. Petersburg Mission Conference of M. F Church, August, 1997. Published memorial edition of Der Lebens Compass (by Rev George H. Simons, his father) a year af .. his father's decease. Editor of quarterly Methodism- in Russia. Associate editor of Continental quarterly: Methodism in F .: rope. Address: 9th Line, 18, W. O. t. Petersburg, Russia.

SIMONSON, George Whitefield:

Clergyman : b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 11. 1861; s. Arthur Benjamin and Julia Anca Simonson ; ed. Brooklyn pub. schools, Wesley- an Acad., Wilbraham, Mass .. 1:20; ET ... Temple Coll., Philadelphia, Pa., B.D., 1:84. S.T.D., Temple Univ., 1905: m. Wilbraham1. Mass., Aug. 7. 1:00, Jennie E. Small: North Grosvenor Dale, Conn., April 26, 1:29. Louva C. Potter; children : Alfred T., b. 1991. AAlive M., b. 1900, Mulford B., b. 1901. Arthur C .. b. 19 3. Prohibitionist. Methodist Episcopal clergyman. Address : Greenport, L. I., N. Y.

SIMPSON, George W .:

Pay inspector. U. S. N., with the rank of commander : b. in N. Y .: ed. in private and public schools, on N. Y. Nautical Scho 1 Ship. St. Mary's, 1.70. Appt'd from N. Y. ass't paymaster April 1, 1852: paymaster. Nov. 1. 1-97: pay inspector, March 3, 1 .8. Navy Department. Bureau of Provisions an! Clothing, 192. U. S Iron Clad Steamer. Nantneket. 152; U. S. S. Passaic: U. s. > Alarm, 1994: U. S. S. New Hampshire. 1 .. Si; U. S. S. Constellation, IST: U. S. - New Hampshire, IST: P. S. S. JJamestow; 1SS: U. S. S. Constellation, les: r. s. .. Jamestown. IL! Navy Yard, N. Y .. .... 93: U. S. S. Detroit, 1898 Navy Yard N. Y., IN: U. S. S. Terror. 1 (pn master "Tres Hermanas"') isps; Naval Base

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Key West, Fla., 1898; U. S. S. Newark, 1898- 99; assis't to Bureau Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., 1899- 1904; U. S. S. Olympia, (fleet paymaster, European Squadron), 1901; U. S. S. Maine, (fleet paymaster Ú. S. Atlantic Fleet) 1905-06; Navy disbursing officer at Washing- ton, D. C., since May 28, 1906. Mem. Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-Am. War, Mil. Order Foreign Wars of the U. S., Naval Order of the U. S., Soc. American Wars. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Army and Navy, (N. Y. City), Met- ropolitan, Army and Navy, (Washington, D. C.), Chevy-Chase ( Maryland). Address: Navy Department, Washington, D. C.

SIMPSON, Wendell L .:

Officer U. S. A .; b. in Township of Carl- ton, Orleans Co., N. Y .; s. Emery H. and Mary A. (Thompson) Simpson; ed. in com- mon sch., Van Buren Co., Mich., Mich. Agr'l Coll. two years, U. S. Mil. Acad .; grad. 1884; and appt'd 2d lieut. 3d U. S. Cav., June 15, 1884; m. Piqua, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1336, Marion O. Wood; children: Bethel Wood, b. July 11, 1888, Dorothy Wood, b. May 3, 1890. On graduation June 15, 1884, com'd 2d lieut. promoted Ist lieut., April 20, 1901: capt. Sept. 17, 1898: 2d lieut, 3d Cav., 1984-87, 24th Inf., 1887, 1901, Ist lieut. 20th Int., April-July, 1901; transferred to 9th Int., July, 1901; capt. 6th Inf., 198; major 19th Inf., March 7, 1907. Instr. mil. science and tactics, Mich. Agr'l Coll., Lansing, Mich., 1887-91; adj. 9th Int., 1896-98; ; quartermaster, 6th Inf., January- August, 1903; adj. 6th Inf., 1903-05; capt. and quartermaster, U. S. A. by detail from the In- fantry from March, 1905 to March, 1907. Served in Cuban campaign as acting adj .- gen. 3d Brigade, Ist Div., 5th Army Corps; partic- ipated in battle of San Juan Hill; in Philip- pine Insurrection, 1899-1900; transport q .- m. U. S. Army transport Logan, March-Nov., 1905, sailing from San Francisco, Calif., to Manila, and other ports of Philippine Is- lands. Philippine ports, Hong Kong and Peking, China and Nagasaki, Japan, with party of See. of War Taft, in summer of 1905; ass't to depot quartermaster San Fran- cisco, 1905 to June, 1907. Served with reg't (19th Inf.) Sept., 1907 to Feb., 1908; on duty at Washington, D. C., in Information Divi- sion of General Staff. In charge of relief oper- ations, sufferers from tornado. in Mississippi, May, 1908; in charge of relief operations, flood sufferers, lower Mississippi Valley, July. 1908: commissary purchasing agent Panama R. R. since Aug. 3, 1908, in charge of all subsistence and other commissary purchases in the U. S. for supply of the Isthmian Ca- nal Zone. Address : 24 State St., N. Y. City.

SIMPSON, William A .:

Colonel U. S. Army: b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1>54; s. George W. and Caroline L. ( Hanson) Simpson; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Sch .: grad. West Point. N. Y., IST5: m. Shepherdstown, W. Va .. April H. les0. Laura Lee (died Sept. 13, 1-95) : children : Caroline Hanson (Mrs. V. Chappell). b. 19-1. William Fitzhugh Lee, b. 19-3, George West, b. Issti. Elizabeth Parran, b. 150. In garrison at varions artillery stations until Spanish War: on staff Gen. Merrill, P. I .. 198; in charge Mil. Information Div., War Dept, Washing- ton, Nov. 1sys to July 1003; adj .- gen, (after.

wards title changed to Mil. Sec.) Philippine Div. Manila, to Dec., 1905: mil. secretary, Dept. of Calif., San Francisco; since March 5, 1907, Col .- adjutant. gen. same dep't. Clubs : Army and Navy (N. Y. City), Metropolitan ( Washington), Cosmos ( San Francisco). Address: Headquarters, Department of Cali- fornia, Chronicle Bld'g, San Francisco, Calif. SINCLAIR, Angus:

Engineer, editor, publisher; b. Forfar, Scotland, Mar. 16, . 1841; s. Alexander Sin- clair and Margaret ( MeLeay) Sinciair; ed. in parish school, Laurencekirk, Scotland. and Iowa State Univ., received degree of Doctor of Engineering from Purdue Univ., Lafayette, Ind .; m. Iowa City, 1977, Mar- garet E. Moore. Received engineering train- ing at Arbroath, Scotland in workshops of Caledonian R'y; ass't eng'r of Chicago, Clin- ton & Western R. R., Iowa City, Ia .; engine house foreman Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern R'y, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Associate editor American Machinist; pres. Am. Ma- chinist Publishing Co .; editor National Car Builder and of Railway and Locomotive En- gineering, N. Y. City. Pres. Angus Sinclair Publishing Co. Author: Locomotive Engine Running ( Wiley) ; Combustion in Locomo- tive Fireboxes; Firing Locomotives: Twen- tieth Century Locomotives; Railroad Men's Catechism; History of the Development of the Locomotive Engine; all except first, pub- lished by Angus Sinclair Publishing Co. Director Tabor Manufacturing Co. Indepen- dent in politics. Governor St. Andrews Soc. of N. Y., mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs; treas. Am. Railway Master Mechanics Is- s'n; mem. of Five Railroad clubs. Recrea- tions: Golf, automobiling. Pres. N. J. Auto- mobile Club and of Arsdale Golf Club (E. Orange). Residence: 77 Beach St .. East Orange, N. J. Address 114 Liberty St., N. Y. City.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 117

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1904 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 1430

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 1430