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SINCLAIR, Upton :
Author: b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 20, 1ST8: s. Upton B. and Priscilla ( Harden ) Sinclair: grad. Coll. City of N. Y. A.B., 1997; m. 1901. Meta H. Fuller. His novel The Jungle, har- ing to do with conditions in the packing-houses in Chicago led to the Government investi- gation (in which he assisted) of the Chicago Stock Yards, 1906, which led to legislation and reforms in slaughtering and packing methods: founded llelicon Home Colony. Englewood, N. J., 1906, which however ended by the burning of the buildings, 1907. Au- thor: Springtime and Harvest. 1901: King Midas, 1901; The Journal of Arthur Stirling. 1903; Prince Hagen, a Phantasy. 1903; Manas- sas, A Novel of the War, 1902: The Jungle. 1906: The Industrial Republic. 1907: The Overman, 1907; The Metropolis, 1907 ( Moffat. Yard & Co.) : The Money Changers, Bus (W. B. Dodge & Co.). Socialist; candidate for Congress from N. J .. 1900: v .. p. Inter. collegiate Socialist Soc. Address: Box 206t. N. Y. City.
SINGER, Isidor:
Publisher, editor: b. Weisskirchen, Mor- avia, Austria, Nov. 10. 1559; ed. high schools. Ing. Hradisch, Troppan, and
Kremsier : Univ. of Vienna ( Ph. D. ) and Univ. of Berlin. Founded and published Allgemeine Oesterreichische Literaturzeitung. Vienna, ILS; went as vre and librarian to the late French AAmbassador at Vienna, Count
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Alexandre Foucher de Careil (editor of Leib- nitz's works), to Paris, 1887; became em- ployee French Foreign Office, in Bureau de la Presse; founder and editor-in-chief La Vraie Parole (paper founded to counteract Ed. Drumont's anti- Semitic La Libre Pa- role); went to Italy, 1891; came to N. Y. City, 1895 to carry out his life work of The Jewish Encyclopedia (of which he was man- aging editor), and whose 12th and Sinal sol- ume was issued Dec. 30, 1905; v .- p. and gen. mg'r Singer Co. Publishers, and mn'g editor The International Insurance Encyclopedia (6 vols. ), and of The International Encyelepedia of Philanthropy (12 vols.). Has taken active part in the East Side campaigns in favor of the Republican Party, and, in 1905, in the Jerome campaign. Late pres. Justice Lodge 536, I. O. B. B. Publications: Berlin, Wien und der Antisemitismus, 1882; Presse und Judenthum, 2d ed., 1882; Sollen die Juden Christen werden ? (with prefatory letter by Ernest Renan), 2d edition, 1884; Briefe Be- rülımter Christlicher Zeitgenossen über die Judenfrage, 1>>4; Die Beiden Elektren-Hu- manistische Bildung and der Klassische Un- terricht, 1:84; Auf dem Grabe Meiner Mutter ( translated into Hebrew by Dr. Solomon Fuchs), Iss8; Le Prestige de la France en Europe, 1889: La Question Juive, 1893; Anar- chie et Antisemitisme, 1894; Der Juden Kampf ums Recht, 1902: Russia at the Bar of the American People, 1904; Jacob H. Schiff and the Zionists; Rabbi and Pope, 1907; The Jews and Jesus, 190S; also numer- ous translations of French works into Ger- man. Recreations: Extended promenades. Residence: 571 E. 140th St. Address: 55 E. 20th St., N. Y. City.
SINGER, Michael:
Author and editor: b. in Hungary, 1$53; s. Herman and Cecilie ( Pollak) Singer; ed. Budapest Univ. and Vienna Univ. At 16 years of age edited in a Hungarian country town a newspaper, became later associated with the leading papers in Budapest and Vienna, published and edited in Budapest a magazine The Philanthropist; wrote and published 14 novels and several volumes of short stories; arrived in this country = the year 1892: always did newspaper work; publisher and editor the Hungarian news- paper A Bevándorló (The Immigrant). Ad- dress : 327 E. 13th St., N. Y. City.
SINGLETON, Esther:
Author; b. Baltimore, Md. Author: Tur- rets, Towers and Temples. 198; A Guide to the Opera. 1-99 (Dodd. Mead) : Great Pic- tures, 199; The Furniture of Our Foreta- thers, 1900 (Doubleday Page) ; Wonders of Nature, 1900; Paris, 1900; Romantic Castles and Palaces, 1901: London, 1901; Love in Literature and Art. 1901: Social New York Under the Georges, 1902 (D. Appleton & Co.) ; Golden Red Fairy Book. 1904: Russia, 1904: Japan, 1901; French and English Furniture, 1904 ( MeClure. Phillips) ; Historic Buildings, 1905: Famous Paintings, 1905: Famous Wom. en. 1905: Great Portraits, 19.5: Venice. 19:5: Wild Flower Fairy Book. 1905: Holland, 1905: Great Events of the World's History (Collier & Son, 5 vols. ) ; Story of the Universe. 1905 (Collier & Son, 4 vols. ) : Flemish and Dutch Furniture, 1907 (Hodder, Stoughton & Co., London) ; Historic Buildings of America. 1906; Rome, 1906; Germany, 1907; Historical 1192
Landmarks of America, 1907; The White House, 1907 (M:Clure, Phillips) ; Holland Galleries, 1908 (A. C. McClurg) ; Switzer. land, 1908; Famous Rivers, 1908; Dutch New York, 1908 (Dodd, Mead) ; translator Lavignac's Music Dramas of Richard Way. ner and Musical Education. Traveled in Europe, 1905. Address : 851 Seventh Av., N. Y. City.
SISSON, George Wing:
Mif'r lumber and paper; b. Glens Falls, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1828; of English Ancestry and Quaker descent: s. James Sisson, one of the earlier merchants of Glens Falls; grand- son of Nathaniel Sisson (b. Dartmouth. Mass., settled in town of Queensbury, near Glens Falls. 1873) : descended from Richard Sisson, resident of Dartmouth, Mass., 1650. also in father's line descended from Richard Warren, Francis Cook and John Cook, who came to America in the ship Mayflower, 1620, and were signers of the famous May- flower Compact. His Wing . ancestors were members and supporters of the first Society of Friends, or Quakers, organized in Amer- ica (that at Sandwich, Mass., 1656) ; and his mother, Guliaelma S. Wing (b. Glens Falls, N. Y.), d. Joseph Wing (b. Nine Part- ners, Dutchess County, N. Y.), s. Edward Wing (b. Sandwich, Mass. ) who were pion- eer settlers of Glens Falls, N. Y., then called Wing's Falls. Descendant in ith generation from Deborah Batcheller Wing, d. Rev. Stephen Batcheller and wife of Rev. John Wing (matriculated at Oxford Univ., 159g) a Nonconformist minister of ability and note in England, who died in London, 1630. De- borah, with her four sons and father came to America in the ship William and Francis in 1632, and with other pioneers settled at Sandwich, Mass., 1637. George Wing Sisson was educated in common schools and Glens Falls- Acad .; m. Coxsackie. N. Y., Feb. 15. 1834, Saralı A. Hamilton (b. Kingston. N. Y.) whose father was of Scotch descent. and her mother of Holland Dutch and the Palatinates who settled in Ulster County, N. Y., previous to 1700. They have sons, two daughters and IS grand children : their children are Cornelia (wife of. E. R. Safford, attorney. Glen Falls, N. Y.), Rufus Lasher, James. George W .. Grace. Charles Hamilton. Francis Ten Eyek. Fred R., all except Mrs. Safford residing at Potsdam. N. Y. Mr. Sisson was a clerk in Schenectady, N. Y., 1847-45: druggist and bookseller (firm of Wing & Sisson). at Coxsackie, N. Y .. 1549-60: druggist and merchant in Glens Falls. N. Y., 1949-60: mem. B'd of Trustees of Glens Falls. Removed to Potsdam. N. Y .. Isti, and began the manufacture of humber. the logs being floated or driven to the mill from points along the Racquette River. In 1875. with Mr. Augustus Sherman of Glens Falls, organized the A. Sherman Lumber Co. of Potsdam, of which Mr. Sisson was resi- deut partner and me'r. After Mr. Sher- man's death the business was incorporated under the same title, and still continues. Mills are owned and operated at Tupper Take, N. Y., and Potsdam, N. Y .. the pro- duct in 1906, and also in 1907 being nearly 25,000,000 feet of lumber, graded, dressed and distributed to the trade. In 1992 Mr. Sisson. with others, organized the Racquette River Paper Co., of Potsdam, N. Y .. owning i) separate water.powers on the Racqueite
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River, a ground wood mill, sulphite fibre mill and paper mill, with annual capacity of 10,00. tons of finished paper. Mr. Sisson has been pres. since incorporation of both the lumber and paper companies, which are close corpor- ations under his own and his sons' owner- ship and management. owning about 90,000 acres of timber lands on the Racquette River watershed for the supply of their mills. Mr. Sisson was formerly mem. Local B'd of Mg'rs of the State Asylum for the Insane at Ogdensburg. N. Y .; is stockholder People's Bank of Potsdam, N. Y. Mem. Presbyterian Church. Was Whig from 140, his first active participation in a political campaign; Republican from organization of the party in 1:56. Mr. and Mrs. Sisson be- gan the 55th year of their married life Feb. 15, 190s, in fair health and mentally vigorous. Address: Potsdam, N. Y.
SISSON, William Worth:
Dry goods merchant; b. Binghamton, N. Y., Oet. 15, 1849; s. Benjamin Franklin and Maritta (York) Sisson; ed. in schools of Binghamton, N. Y .: m. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 7, les1, Ida Bronson; one daughter, Eva Sisson Chittenden, b. Oct. 20, les2. Treas. Sisson Brothers Welden Co .; director City Nat. Bank, trustee Chenango Valley Bank. Comm'r Binghamton Water Works; trustee Barlow School of Industrial Arts. Mem. Masons, Odd Fellows. Elks, Red Men and Knights of Pythias. Address: 135 Front St., Binghamton, N. Y.
SKEEL, Frank D .:
Physician; b. Sterling Valley, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 1851; s. Harlow and Lucy L. (Deuel) Skeel; ed. Falley Sem., Fulton, N. Y., Fair- field Sem., N. Y .; Wesleyan Univ., Middle- town, Conn., A.B., 1st5, N. Y. Univ. (M.D.), 1951; m. 1ss3. Mary A. Robertson; one son : Henry Robertson, b. les6. Surgeon N. Y. Eve Infirmary: ophthalmic surgeon Deaf and Dumb Inst., N. Y. Republican: Methodist. Mem. Med. Soc. Greater N. Y., Harlem Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Broux Med. Soc., N. Y. Ophthal- mic Soc., N. Y. Mieros. Soc. Clubs: Aldine, Salmagundi. Residence: 361 Mott Av. Ad- dress: 147 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
SKENE, Frederick:
State eng'r aud surveyor; b. Garrisons-on- Hudson, Putnam County, N. Y., 1974; ed. N. Y. City public schools and N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1896, C.E., 1897. In 1900 appt'd eng'r in charge of the Dep't of Highways, Borough of Queens, N. Y. City, which position held until Jau. 1, 1907, when he became State en- g'r. having been elected Nov., 1906, of the nominee of the Democratic Party and the Independence League. Mason 32° and Shrin- er: Odd Fellow, mem. B. P. O. Eiks and Order of Eagles. Address: Albany, N. Y. SKILLIN, Augustus H .:
Lawyer; b. Hempstead. N. Y., Dec. 22, 1871; s. Edward and Dallas ( Hewlett ) Skil- lin; grad. N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1992. N. Y. Law School. LL.B .. 1-93. Episcopalian. "Mem. Bar Ass'n. Phi Beta Kappa. Psi Upsilon. Clubs: University, Church, Underwriters. Essex Co. Country. Address : 31 Pine St., N. Y. City.
SKINNER, Avery W .:
Sup't schools; b. Mexico, N. Y., Aug. 18, Is70: s. Timothy W. and Sarah ( Rose) Skin-
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ner; grad. Syracuse Univ., A.B .. 1892; m. Titusville. Pa., Ang. 24, 1:03, Nancy Brown Bates: children : Margaret R., b. 194, Char- lotte HI .. b. 1897. Principal of Andes Col- legiate Inst., 1892-94, Mexico Acad., 1995-99, sup't of schools, Queida. N. Y., since 1599; Instr. in history State Summer Sch .. Thou- sand Islands Park. Author: Explorers and Founders of America; Captains of Industry; Selections for Memorizing. Contb'r of ar- tieles on education to Education, American Education. and School Journal. Pres. As- sociated Academic Principals, State of N. Y .; mem. Delta Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs : Business Men's, Oneida Golf ( Oneida, N. Y.); Univ: (Syracuse) ; Plattsburg Rod and Gun. Address: Oneida, N. Y.
SKINNER, Charles M .:
Editor, author; b. Victor, N. Y., March 15. 1852; s. Rev. Dr. Charles A. and Cornelius ( Bartholomew) Skinner; Litt.I)., Tuft's Coll. : m. N. Y. City, 1876, Ada Blanchard; children : Rev. Clareuce R., Harold Otis. Re- porter, editor, special correspondent, lecturer on travel and music, author and adapter of sev. eral plays. Represented the Brooklyn Eagle with the Army, at Chickamauga in 199s, aud on U. S. Relief Expd'n to Martinique and St. Vincent. 1902: traveled about U. S. ex- teusively in preparing articles on army life, prison methods. labor conditions and com- inuuistic experiments; now editorial writer, Brooklyn Eagle. Author: Myths and Leg- ends of Our Land: America Myths and Legends: Myths and Legends of Our New Possessious; Myth and Legends Beyoud Our Borders; Nature in a City Yard; With Feet to the Earth: Do-Nothing Days: Flowers in the Pave; Little Gardens. Hlas also con- tributed to magazines. Independent in pol- ities. Recreations: Walking. Address: Care Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y.
SKINNER, Charles Rufus:
Ass't U. S. appraiser. Port of N. Y .; b. Union Square, Oswego Co., N. Y .. Aug. 4, 1844; s. Avery and Charlotte Prior (Stebbins) Skiuner; ed. Mexico (N. Y.) Acad., Clinton ( N. Y.) Liberal Inst .; Hamilton Coll., M .... , Colgate Univ., LL.D .. Tuft's Univ., Litt. D .: m. Oct. 16. 1$73. Elizabeth Baldwin : children : Harold Baldwin, b. 1876, Albert Merriman, b. 1883, Charles Rufus, b. 1956, Elizabeth. b. 1590. In mercantile business in
Y. City, 1867-70: in journalism, 1570-71. Watertown (N. Y.) Daily Times. as
city editor and manager: mem. B'd of Ed'n, Watertown, N. Y., 1574:3. mem. of Assembly for Ist Dist. Jefferson Co., N. Y .. 1877-81. Representative in Congress from Jefferson, Herkimer and Lewis Cos., 19-1-si; deputy State sup't public instruction of N. Y., ISS6-92; supervisor Teachers Institutes and Teachers Training Classes. 1992-95: State sup't publie instruction of N. Y .. 1995-1001; since Dec., 1906. ass't U. S. appraiser port of N. Y. Republican. Pres. Municipal Improve- ment I.cagne Watertown,
('lub : Black River Valley (Watertown ). Residence: Watertown, N. Y. Address: (11 Washington St., N. Y. City.
SKINNER, Edward Alburnt:
Banker: b. Grinin's Mills, N. Y., May 1. ISH1; ed. Westfield, N. Y .; m. Ist, Oct. "", 1861, Frances M. Barger. 2nd, Ang. 10. 1 ;; Augusta Wheeler. Q. m. 9th Res't. N. Y. Vol. Cav., later brigade q. m. Civil War, Isol- 1193
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65. Ass't cashier and cashier of First Nat. Bank, Westfield, N. Y., 1864-70; banker Ot- tawa, Kan., 1870-73; v .- p., 1874-76, and sinee 1876 pres. First Nat. Bank and its successor, the Nat. Bank of Westfield. Supreme treas. Royal Arcanum since 1850. Republican. Presbyterian. Supervisor of town. Mem. G. A. R., and Loyal Legion. Address: West- field, N. Y.
SKINNER, Frank Woodward:
Civil eng'r; b. Brownville, N. Y., 1858; grad. Cornell, as B.C.E., 1879, and later as C.E. He has specialized in bridge engi- neering and substructures; was assistant eng'r Pittsburgh Bridge Co., on reconstruc. tion of the railroad suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, afterward with Delaware Bridge Co .; bridge eng'r N. J. Steel and Iron Co .; resident eng'r Dominion Bridge Co., Montreal, and after that eng'r of bridges St. Paul and Northern Pacific R. R. Co., building large bridges- across the St. John's and Mississippi rivers; since 1886 prac- tising in N. Y. City as consulting and ex- pert constructional eng'r. Associate editor of The Engineering Record. Author: Types and Details of Bridge Construction; Arches, Plate Girders, and Standard Short Spans. Non-resident lecturer in charge of course in field eng'ring. Cornell Univ .; lecturer in field eng'ring McGill Univ. ( Montreal), Harvard, Yale, Mass. Inst. of Technology, Princeton and Brown Univs. and State Univs. of Maine and Wisconsin. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; honorary mem. Soe. Civil Eng'rs of Connecticut; mem. Cornell Soc. of Civil Eng'rs of N. Y. Residence: Tompkinsville, L. I. Address: 239 W. 39th St., N. Y. City. SKINNER, George I .:
Lawyer, deputy sup't of banks; b. Sher- burne, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1858; s. Dan Barnes and Jennet ( Horton ) Skinner; grad. Col- gate Acad., 1876 (first Dodge prize for scholarship), Madison (now Colgate) Univ. A.B., (third honor), 1980; m. Smithville, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1890, Mary Elizabeth McCrea; children : George McCrea, Elizabeth Laura Ione, Margaret Irene. AAss't sup't schools, Norwich, N. Y., 1880-82, principal Smithville Union Sch., 1882-83; admitted to bar, Syracuse, Jan., 1887; practised law at Bainbridge, N. Y., 1887; post-master, Bain- bridge, N. Y., 1890-94; bank examiner, Jan., 1897; chief of Foreign Mortgage and Bld's and Loan Ass'n Bureau, State Banking Dep't, 1897-1903; second deputy sup't of banks, 1902- 03; first deputy sup't of banks since Jan. 1903; acting sup't of banks, July 1, 1907, to Oct. 15, 1907. Has held various local offices. Delivered addresses before State League of Local Bld'g and Loan Ass'ns, 1997, and 1 92; before U. S. League of Local Bld'g and Loan Ass'ns, Boston, 1903; commendatory resolu- tions adopted for work done in supervision of bld'g and loan ass'ns by both leagues. Delegate to Rep. State Conv., 1596. 1:98, 1960, 1902, 1904. 1906. Ropublican; Episco- palian. For many years trustee Bainbridge High Sch. and vestryman St. Peter's Ch., Bainbridge. Mom. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Chenango Co. Bar Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Susquehanna Lodge No. 167, F. and A. M., Vallonia Chapter, R. A. M., Susquehanna Tribe, I. O. R. M. Clubs: Albany, Fort
Orange. Residence : Bainbridge, N. Y. Address: State Banking Department, Albany, N. Y.
SKINNER, Otis:
Actor; b. Cambridge, Mass., June 25, 1. .
s. Rev. Dr. Charles A. and Cornelia .B., tholomew ) Skinner; ed. High Sch., H1 .... ford, Conn., and Tuft's Coll., M .. 1 .: ... Corning, N. Y., April 21, 1:05, Maud Duri :: one daughter: Cornelia Otis, b. 1599. M .. . first professional appearance in Wood's MI . seum, Philadelphia in Oct. 1877; organiz !! own company, Sept. 1$94. Address : Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
SKIRROW, John Foster:
Electrical engineer; h. Blackburn. En :: land, Feb. 19, 1:69; s. John and Alice (F .: ter) Skirrow; ed. English private school : m. Jacksonville, Fla., April 20, 1:90, Florence Crozier Thomas; children: Sinclair, b. 1: 1. Paul, b. 1893, John, b. 1901. Commenced a. sch. teacher; later entered dry goods busi ness, and tool-making trade, afterward gomn; to sea; became bookkeeper and operator in employ of the Western Union Telegraph Co., and later chief operator; left their serv. ice to take position as chief operator with Postal Telegraph Co. in 1901, Savannah, Ga .: resigned and started as an extra operator on "waiting list, " New York; promoted to present position of asso. electric eng'r, Pos- tal Telegraph-Cable Co., through successive positions of repeater chief, wire chief, quad- ruplex chief, electrician and ass't my'r N. Y. Main Operating Dep't, electrician Eastern Div. and ass't electrical engineer. Well-known inventor of electric telegraph and pneumatic dispatch tube apparatus; sys- tems and apparatus of his invention and design having been
adopted generally throughout U. S. and abroad in telegraphi and pneumatic field. Mem. Hope Lodge, F. and A. M. (E. Orange, N. J.). Recreations : Boating and outdoor life. Club : Magnetic. Address: 253 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SLADE, Charles Blount:
Physician; b. Columbus, Ga., May 15. 1874; s. James J. and Leila ( Bonner) Slade: grad. Univ. of Georgia (Literary), Bellevue Med. Coll., M.D .; had 212 years service in Bellevue Hosp. and attending physician to various clinies; visiting physician to Otis- ville Sanitarium for Tuberculosis; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 12, 1901. Constance A. Thill; children: Charles Blount, Jr., b. June 2. 1902, Constance Susanne. b. Feb. 13, 1994. William Bonner. b. Dec. 31, 1966. Teacher and lecturer in the Univ. and Bellevue ilosp. Med. Coll., in various capacities since I-gs: 2 years in Mexico organizing medical serv- ice of Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y .: trav. elled through Western U. S. and Mexie) hunting, also travelled through Enrope. Med. inspector for the Dep't of Health, N. Y. City, for three years. Men. Soc. of Alumni of Bellevue Hosp., International Congress on Tuberculosis; delegate from N. Y. Dep't of Health. Phi Delta Theta, Phi Alpha Signia (medical), Univ. of Gia. S ... and N. Y. Southern Soc. Address: 113 W. 5th St., N. Y. City.
SLADE, Emma Maleen Hardy:
Founder patriotic societies, philanthropist : b. howell. Mass., Jan. 11. 1-17: d. Walter and Ruth M. (Clark) Hardy: paternal grand- father, Samuel Hardy cept. militia com- pany), and maternal grandfather. Samuel Clark (town officer and representative 10 Gen. Court of Mass. ), were both residents
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of Lowell, Mass., when it first became a city; their ancestors were William Clark and Thomas Hardy, who came from England. with Governor Winthrop to Salem in 3630, and were two of the original thirteen sent by him with Winthrop, Jr., to settle Jps- wich, Mass., in 1633; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 22, 1871, William Gerry Slade; one daugh- ter, Harriet, (wife of William Murray Crom- bie). Founder, organizer and Ist and 4th
and chm'n in its work for families of en- listed men in Spanish-Am. War; founder and pres. Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry; was reorganizer and pres. of both the Nat. Soc. U. S. Daughters of 1812, and the N. Y. State Division of same, and in- strumental in securing national corporation for that society ; v .- p. Nat. Genealogical Soc. Was mem. b'd of Blue Anchor Soc., J. Hood Wright Hosp., and Ladies' Auxiliary of the Flower Hosp. Mem. Exec. B'd Am. Flag Ass'n; gen. councilor on Exec. B'd Nat. Soc. Daughters of Founders and Pa- triots of America; trustee Post-Parliament. Was mem. Woman's Nat. Relief Ass'n, Wo- man's Relief Ass'n, Squadron A Relief Ass'n, during Spanish-Am. War; mem. Clio, Vassar Students' Aid Ass'n, Santa Clara League, Stony World Ass'n, Rutgers League, George Junior Republic Auxiliary, Woman's Auxilary, Am. Scenic and Historical Preser- vation Soc., Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, Daughters of the Revolution, and the two Sunshine Societies; now mem. Prison Ship Martyrs Ass'n, Mary Washington Memorial Ass'n, Floral Emblem Soc., Mary Washing- ton Colonial Chapter D. A. R., Old Planters' Society of Massachusetts, New York Gen- ealogical and Biographical Women' J. Auxiliary to International Com. Y. M. C. A., Ipswich Historical Soc., Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, N. Y. Hist. Soc., Co- lonial Dames of America ( State of Mass. ), New England Genealogical Soc .: charter mem. George Washington Memorial Ass'n, Colonial Daughters of Seventeenth Century; v .- p. Auxiliary No. 75, Nary League of U. S .; charter mem. Pocahontas Memorial Ass'n; mem. Geographical Soc .. Navy Relief Ass'n, Nat. Soc. of Patriotic Women of America, Emery Family Ass'n, Bailey Family Ass'n, National Red Cross, Jackson Hermitage Ass'n. Editor of the monthly publication of the National Soc. of United States Daugh- ters of 1512. Has in preparation a History of the National Soc. of New England Wom- en, a collection of documents and data with history of the War of 1-12, and a Genealog- ical History of the Slade and Hardy Fam- ilies of America with allied marriage con- nections. Address: 322 W. Sith St., N. Y. City.
SLADE, Francis Louis:
Banker: b. N. Y. City, April 11, 1870; s. Francis H. and Elizabeth (Stokes) Slade; ed. private schools, N. Y. City, Yale Univ .. B.A .. 1591. Director N. Y. Real Estate Ass'n. Good I and Cypress Co .: 2d v. p. and director Standard Plunger Elevator Co .: president and director St. Nicholas Skating && Ice Co. Interested in reform movements in N. Y. City : made trip around the world in 1 96 97. Republican. Presbyterian. Trustee Madis m Sq. Presbyterian Ch, and Madison Sq. Church House; director N. Y. Juvenile AAsylum ; v. p.
West Side Y. M. C. A., N. Y City: mem. Squadron A .. N. G. N. Y., for 612 years : mem. Psi Upsilon, Met. Museum, Am. Mu- seum of Natural History, N. Y. Zoological Soc., New England Soc. Recreations: Camp- ing in the Adirondacks. Clubs: University, City, Yale. Residence: 18 W. 52d St. Ad- dress : 49 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
SLATER, Frederick Raymond:
Electrical eng'r; b. Washington, D. C., pres. of Nat. Soc. of New England Women. i July 30, 1872; s. Samuel Edward and Marion Virginia ( McLean) Slater: ed. common schools, Washington, D. C .; grad. High Sch., 1890, and Cornell Univ., M.E., 1894; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 24, 1901, Alma Bruns Lyons; children: Louise Marion, b. 1903. Elizabeth Jean, b. 1906. Ass't to sup't bld'gs and grounds, Columbia Univ., 1991- 95; designer for Otis Elevator Co., 1-95-90. N. Y .; mg'r Springfield Elevator and Pump Co., 1896-98; ass't elec. director Interborough Rapid Transit Co., 1903-05, consulting eng'r. 1906: consulting elec. eng'r, Rapid Transit R. R. Comm'rs, N. Y., 1907. First lieut. and adj. 1st U. S. Vol. Eng'rs, serving in Porto Rican campaign, 1898-99. Republican : Epis- copalian. Mem. Am. Inst. Mech. Eng'rs. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Nat. Geog. Soc .. Phi Delta Theta Soc. Recreations: Tennis, golf, motor-boating. Clubs: Engineers. Transpor- tation. Address : 100 Broadway, N. Y. City. SLATER, George Atwood:
Lawyer; b. Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 2. 1867; s. Atwood and Julia E. ( Scott) Slater: ed. Greenwich common schools, Greenwich Acad., Columbia Coll. Law School: m. Por Chester, N. Y., 1901, Eva Sours. With law department Title Guarantee and Trust Co. and private practice at Port Chester; sec. and treas. Port Chester Realty Co .: sec. Port Chester Land Co. and Byram Realty Co. Mem. Republican Town Com. of Town of Rye, and County Rep. Com., Westchester County; member B'd of Trustees village of Portchester, N. Y., for last 6 years. Has traveled in Europe. Mem. Acacia Lodge of Elks, 85, F. and A. M. (Greenwich, Coun. ). Portchester Lodge of Elks, 863. Clubs: Re- publican, (N. Y. City) ; City ( Port Chester, N. Y.). Address: Port Chester, N. Y.
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