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mance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman, 1907; Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Water Col- or Soc., Philadelphia and Cincinnati Art Clubs, and Inst. of Arts and Letters. Clubs: Century, Authors, Players, (N. Y. City), Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.) ; Tavern (Boston). Address: 150 E. 34th St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, Francis Marion:
Capitalist; b. Richmond, Wis., Feb. 2. 1846; s. Henry G. and Charlotte (Paul) Smith; ed. Milton Coll., Wis .; m. Jan. 23, 1907, Evelyn K. Ellis. Pres. Oakland, San Francisco & San Jose R. R., Tonopah & Tidewater R. R., Oakland Realty Syndicate, Oakland Traction Co., Pacific Coast Borax Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Trustee of Mills Coll., Calif., and owner of steam yacht Hanoli and sloop yacht Effort. Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Pacific Union (San Francisco) ; Union League (N. Y. City) ; N. Y. Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, Larchmont Yacht. Summer home: Presdeleau, Shelter Island, N. Y. Resi- dence: Arbor Villa, Oakland, Cal. Address: 100 William St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, Frank Sullivan:
Lawyer, railroad manager: b. Granger, Allegany County, N. Y .; s. Dr. William M. Smith, formerly surgeon general on staff of Gov. John A. Dix and health officer Port of N. Y., and Adeline (Weeks) Smith; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1872, Alfred Univ., LL.D., 1903; m. Oct. 17, 1577, Clara A. H. Higgins, sister of late Governor Frank Wayland Hig- gins. Engaged in general practice of law in N. Y. City. V .- p., acting pres. and re- ceiver the Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern R. R. Co .: pres. Shawmut Mining Co., and The Shawmut Coal and Coke Co .; director Hamilton Trust Co., and Continental Finance Co., Am. Light and Traction Co .; pres. Olean Land Co .; v .- p. Wilson River Lumber Co. In 1987 was offered the deanship of Cornell Coll. of Law, but declined; mem. State Board of Law Examiners, 1902-05. Delegate to Re- publican Nat. Convention at Chicago, 1884; sec. Republican State Com., 1887-91; hon- orary mem. Ass'n of Sith N. Y. Vol. Reg't, Soc. War 1812, Mil. Order and Loyal Legion. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence; trustee Alfred Univ .; mem. Wolf's Head Society (Yale). Alpha Delta . Phi fraternity. Recreations :
Shooting, fishing, motoring. Clubs: Univer- City, Trident Game and Fish. Summer resi-
sity, Barnard, Republican, Alfred, Olean dence : "Sunnycroft," Angelies, N. Y. Ad- dress : 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, Frederick Walter:
Physician; b. on a farm in Town of Tri- angle, Broome Co., N. Y .; s. John Lewis Smith (farmer) and Rose ( Walter) Smith; ed. Lisle Acad. and Univ. of City of N. Y., M.D., ISS1: m. Oct. 11, Js-2, Hattie M. Smith. of Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y. : children: Wal- tor Lewis, b. 1-$3. Leon Frederick, b. les6. George Kellogg. b. 1800, Lyman Stevens, b. 1.93. After graduation spent a short time in St. Luke's Hosp .. N. Y. City, as resident physician. Began the practice of medicine. June, 1981. in Syracuse, where he has been continuously since that time and has a large general practice. Men. Syracuse Acad. Medieme. Onondaga County Med. Soc., Med. 1201
Soc. State of N. Y. Am. Med. Ass'n. m. Public Health Ass'n, obstetrician to St. Jo- sephi's Hosp., Syracuse, N. Y. Has been coroner of Onondaga Co. for three years. N. Y. State health comm'r six years, ser. N. Y. State Tuberculosis Com. 5 years, health comm'r City of Syracuse, six years. health officer City of Syracuse three years. Author: Essentials of Practical Hygiene. Has had in addition to a large general prac- tice much practical experience in sanitary work. Active Republican ; Presbyterian. Mem. all Masonic bodies, Odd Fellows: mem. Sons Am. Revolution. Clubs: Citizens. Ma- sonic Temple. Address : 606 South Salina St., Syracuse, N. Y.
SMITH, George Clark:
Lawyer; b. Newburgh, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1563; s. George Thomas and Augusta (Jordan) Smith; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1886; New York Law School, LL.B., 1892: m. Newburgh. N. Y., July 12, 1899, Addie Marie Whitehill : one son, George Clark, 2d, b. 1890. Sec. and instr. since 1894, N. Y. Law School, N. Y. City. Republican. Mem. Alpha Tau Omega. Address: 420 Grand St., Newburgh, N. Y.
SMITH, George Herbert:
Lawyer; b. Elmira, N. Y .. Dec. 11, 1557; s. Lewis E. and Lucy (Boardman) Smith; ed. dist. sch., Livonia, Livingston Co., N. Y .. Rochester public schools, Rochester Free Academy, University of Rochester, Columbia Law School (competition scholarship in Uni- versity of Rochester; honorable mention for extra work in college), A.B., ISSI, A.M .. 1889; m. Somerset. Pa., Oct. 22. 1:96, Maud Louise Cook; children: Lucy Boardman, b. 1898, Malcolm, b. 1900, Margaret Louise, b. 1905, Mary Eleanor. b. 1908. Admitted to bar, State of N. Y., Oct .. 1553; now of law firm Smith, Degraff, Castleman & Mosher. Traveled extensively in Europe, 1-77 and 1897. Wash., Ore. and Calif., 1999. Mem. B'd of Ed'n, Rochester, N. Y., 1893: B'd of Super- visors Monroe County, 1890-1901: Assembly. 1902, 1903. Mem. B'd Mg'rs State Hosp. for Insane, Rochester, since 1905. Republican. Unitarian. Mem. State Bar Ass'n, Rochester Bar Ass'n, Delta Psi, Univ. of Rochester. Recreations: Gardening, fishing. Clubs: Po- litical Equality. Rochester. Address: 360 Mt. Vernon Av., Rochester, N. Y.
SMITH, George J .:
Educator: b. Lebanon. O., Oct. 7, 1$66: S. John N. and Elizabeth M. ( Blackleach ) Smith; grad. Normal Univ., Lebanon. O., A.B., 1984: Nat. Law Sch., Washington, D. C .. LL.M., 193; Univ. of Wooster ( Ohio). Ph.D .. 1:03 (history and social science) : Harvard Univ., A. M., 1995 ( English and philology) : in. Washington, D. C., 1993, Mary Hyacinth Stoddart : children: Thalia Howard, b. 1996. Evan Whitehill, b. 1901. Was for one year instr. in mathematics. Normal Univ., Le- banon, O .: six years head of the dop't of English in high schools of Washington, D. C .; one year prof. of English literature. Co- lumbia Univ .. Washington: one year master of English, Penn Charter School. Philadel- phia: one year first ass't in English, Morris lligh School. N. Y. City: for past ten years and now mem. B'd of Examiners Dep't. of Ed'n. N. Y. City. Anthor: Synopsis of English and American Literature, Ist (Ging
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& Co.) : Writing in English (with William H. Maxwell, 1901; American Book Co. ) ; Long- mans' English Grammar ( revision ), 1902; Longmans' Briefer Grammar, 1904: Long- man's English Lessons, 1906. Residence: 1 W. 104th St. Address: 500 Park Av., N. Y. City.
SMITH, George R .:
Col. Pay Dep't, U. S. A .; b. Smith's Mills, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., May 7, 1550; s. Hiram and Melissa (Love) Smith; cadet at U. S. Mil. Acad., July 1, 1870; out of service, Dec. 10, 1870; reinstated, July 1, 1571; grad. June 16, 1875; m. Jamestown, N. Y., 1878, Corinne Barrett. Appt'd from N. Y .; 2d lieut., 12th U. S. Inf., June 16, 1875; 1st lieut., Jan. 11, 1881; major and paymaster, July 5, 1882; served in Spanish-Am. War; promoted lieut .- col., Jan. 25, 1904; served in Philippines, May 26, 1902, to Nov. 15, 1901; promoted colonel, ass't paymaster gen. April 7, 1908. Companion Mil. Order of Loyal Legion of the U. S. Ad- dress: Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.
SMITH, George Williamson:
Clergyman; b. Catskill, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1836; s. George and Catherine ( Williamson) Smith; grad. Hobart Coll., Geneva, N. Y., A.B., 1857; later A.M., D.D., also D.D., Co- lumbia and Yale, and LL.D., Trinity Coll., and Williams Coll .; m. Bladensburg, Md., Mary Susanna Duval. Ordered deacon in Episcopalian ministry, March 4, 1800; ass't minister in Ch. of the Epiphany and St. John's Washington, D. C .; ordained pres- byter, July, 1864; clerk U. S. Navy Dep't, April, 1861, to July 2, 1864; chaplain U. S. N., July, 1864, to Oct. 1, 1576; blockade duty off Fort Fisher, 1864, acting prof. mathematics and chaplain, 1864-65, U. S. Naval Acad .; chap- lain U. S. S. Franklin, 1865-71; also U. S. Naval Acad., at time of resignation. Rector Grace Ch., Jamaica, N. Y., Ch. of the Re- deemer, Brooklyn, N. Y .; pres. Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., for 21 years and now prof. emeritus of metaphysics in that institution. Trustee Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City; mem. B'd Missions, Domestic and Foreign Mis- sionary Soc., P. E. Ch .; Visiting Com. Queens Co., N. Y. State Charities Aid Ass'n. Mem. Loyal Legion, Naval Ord., Century Ass'n, N. Y. City, Theta Delta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa. Address : Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn.
SMITH, George Wilson:
Trustee; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1812; s. Phineas Wilson and Susan Hamilton (White) Smith; ed. in Lawrence Inst. and Brooklyn public schools: m. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 20, 1875, Emma Adelia Flint. Entered office of Hon. Samuel J. Tilden Nov. 1866, and in the following May became private secretary to Mr. Tilden, so remaining until his death Ang. 4, 1ss6. Conducted the investigation of the accounts of the "Tam- many Ring" in the Nat. Broadway Bank and Tenth Nat. Bank, which resulted in the conviction of the members of the ring; officer and director of various Michigan corpora- tions, 1-67-90; trustee for bondholders of The World Company ( newspaper) 1574-75: attorney for trustee under land-grants of the Chicago and North Western R'y Co. 1883-84; executor and trustee of the Estate of Samnel J. Tilden, since Isso: trustee Til- den Trust Corporation; trustee
N. Y.
Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Democrat. Address : 143 Mad- ison Av., N. Y. City
SMITH, Harlan Ingersoll:
Anthropologist: b. Saginaw, Mich., Feb. 17, 1872; s. Harlan Page and Alice Elvira (Ingersoll) Smith; ed. in Saginaw public schs. and Univ. of Michigan; m. Saginaw, Mich., Nov. 25, 1897, Helena E. Oakes; chil- dren: Elizabeth Alice, b. 1898, Marjorie Oakes, b. 1903. Had charge of field expedition for the exploration of Ohio Mounds for the World's Columbian Exp'n, 1591-92; in charge of collections of anthropology of Univ. of Mich., Museum, 1591-93: charge of North Am. Archeol. Collection, World's Fair, 1893; ex- plored Kalamazoo "Garden Beds" for Archæol. Inst. of America, and Univ. of Mich .. ' 1894; in charge of expd'n to Kentucky for the Am. Museum of Natural History, 1595: since Dec., 1895, mem. of the faculty of the latter; Am. archaeologist on Jesup North Pacific Expd'n, 1897-99: expd'n to desert region of Central Washington 1903 and to Wyoming, 1907 for Am. Museum Natural His- tory; lecturer for N. Y. B'd of Ed'n since 1898; instr. in evolution of industries. Pratt Inst. since 1906. Councellor Am. Anthropol. Ass'n; fellow A. A. A. S. : charter mem. Mich. Acad. Sciences: mem. Mich. Hist. and Pioneer Soc., Wis. Archaol. Soc .; corr. mem. Anthro- pol. and Geog. Soc. of Sweden. Anthropol. Soc. of Paris, Anthropol. Soc. Washington : mem. Am. Folk-Lore Soc .; Museums Ass'n of United Kingdom, Michigan Soc. Author: Archeology of Lytton; Archaeology of Thomp- son River Region ; Cairns of British Columbia and Washington (jointly with Fowke) : Shell Heaps of the Lower Fraser, B. C .; (G. P. Putnam's Sons) : Archeology of Puget Sound and the Golf of Georgia ( Brill. Leiden, Hol- land). Recreations: Rambles, horseback, boat- ing. Club: Explorers. Residence: : 12 West End Av. Address: Am. Museum of Natural History, 77th St. and Eighth Av., N. Y. City.
SMITH, Harry Bache:
Dramatic author: b. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1861; s. Josiah B. and Elizabeth (Bache) Smith: ed. common schools, Chicago, Ill., and in newspaper offices. Author of musical plays: Robin Hood, The Serenade, Rob Roy, The Fortune Teller, The Wizard of the Nile. The Liberty Belles, The Highwayman, The Parisian Model, The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer. The Tattooed Man, Foxy Qniller. The Idol's Eye. The Fencing Master. The Little Corporal. Half a King, The Office Boy, The Tar and the Tartar, Babette, A Madcap Princess, The Billionaire, The Viceroy, Jupiter. Clover. The 'I'zigane. Papa's Wife, The Little Duchess. The Besum. Don Quixote, The Knickerbock- ers, The Mandarin, The Three Dragons, Maid Marian, The Wild Rose, The Roundters, The Belle of Bohemia, The Casino Girl. The Strollers, The Singing Girl. A Girl from Dixie, The Crystal Slipper, Sinbad, The Ca. det Girl. The Second Fiddle. The Soul Kiss. Pollies of 1907. Nearly a Hero, Little Nemo, The Free Lance, The Three Graces, etc. Clubs: Am. Dramatists', Players. Lambs. Larchmont Yacht. Address: 159 W. 5th St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, Harry Monmouth:
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(Hunt) Smith; ed. common schools, Middle- town; grad. Wesleyan Univ., A B., 1891, M.A., 1894; Heidelberg, Germany, Ph.D., 1896-98; chemist at Storrs Agr'l Experiment Station,
1892; Commn. Agr'l Experiment Station,
1893; Heidelberg, 1896-98; adjunct . prof.
science, Hampden-Sidney Coll., Va., instr.
in chemistry, Syracuse Univ., 1899, ass't prof., 1900-03; prof. of chemistry since 1903. Special ag't U. S. Dep't Agr. in Nutrition Investi- gations, 1894.96. Independent in politics. Presbyterian. Mein. Am. Chem. Soc., A. A. A. S., Syracuse Chemical Soc. (sec.). Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Club: University (Syracuse). Residence : 742 Crouse Av., Syracuse, N. Y. Address : Syracuse University, Department of Chemis- try, Syracuse, N. Y.
SMITH, Henry:
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., April 1, 1863; s. Henry Smith one of the most distinguished lawyers of the State (dist. att'y Albany County, 1867, speaker of Assembly, 1872), and of Sallie A. (Feeck) Smith; grandson of Thomas Smith (admitted to bar, 1829) a notable lawyer of his day; ed. Albany Boy's Acad, and Phillips Exeter Acad., grad. 1882; m. Jamestown, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1885, Minnie E. Jeffords. Admitted to bar, 1885; same year removed to Jamestown, N. Y. and engaged as mf'r of fine tools; reorganized the Fenton Guards, a military company of the State and was its captain until 1889, when he removed to N. Y. City, where has since practised law; for many years counsel for well-known firm of Lord & Taylor and many other prominent companies and indi- viduals. Pres. Park Comm'n and Comm'r in Charge of the parks of the Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond. Collector of fine paintings. Democrat. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. Law Inst., Mein. Mt. Moriah Lodge, F. and A. M., Jamestown, N. Y., Western Sun Chapter, Jamestown Command- ery, K. T., and Ismaila Temple, Mystic Shrine. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Atlantic Yacht, Lawyers, Lambs, Union League, Na- tional Democratic; also the Tamarora and other Democratic Clubs. Residence : 362 Riverside Drive. Address: 132 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, Henry C .:
Banker and broker; b. Bridgewater, Vt., June 29, 1869; s. George E. and Mary T. (Sonthgate) Smith: ed. public schools and St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Acad. Commenced as clerk in general offices of Rutland R. R. Co., and later as ass't treas., treas., purchasing ag't, and v .- p. Director Bristol R. R. Co., Ticon- deroga R. R. Co., Sherbrooks St. R'y Co., Herald and Globe Ass'n; director and v .- p. Woodstock Hotel Co .: partner Clement & Smith, bankers. Traveled in Europe in 1903. in S. America, 1901-05; on return, 1905, en- gaged in present business. Actively engaged in campaign in Vt., 1902, for repeal of pro- hibition law, as soc. Local Option League : movement successful, resulting in repeat of law. Republican. Club: Lawyers. Address: 1 Nassan St., N. Y. City,
SMITHI, Henry Leavitt :
Publisher and bookseller: b. N. Y. City, Feb. 19, 1:18; s. Rev. Dr. Asa D. and Sarah Ann (Adams) Smith: ed. common schools. N. Y .; grad. Phillips Andover Acad., Andover,
Mass .; 1865; Dartmouth Coll., Hanover. : II., A.B., 1869, A.M., 1572; m. June 1. ]- Jane Isabelle Noyes, Director in Ch. ! Scribner's Sons. Independent Repub !!
Presbyterian; oficer Brick Presby'n Mem. Exec. Com. of College B'd, Pres, Ch .; formerly pres. N. Y. Bible Soc .. . Beta Kappa. Clubs: Century, Aldine, D) : mouth, Englewood Golf. Recreation: G .. Residence: 201 W. 55th St. Address: 1 .. Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
SMITH, Herbert L .:
Banker; b. North Adams. Mass .; s. Boni !. min and Emily A. (Hall) Smith; ed. Cortl .: i Normal Sch. (academic dep't) ; m. Adeline 1 Bennett; children; Vernon B., b. 1:34, Film C., b. 1895, Florence A., b. 1996, Harr. : R., b. 1906. Pres. Champion Milk Cool : Co .; sec. Ekenberg Milk Products Co. : cashe : The Second Nat. Bank, Mayor of Cortla' c. N. Y., Jan. 1, 1905, to Jan. 1, 1907. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Club: Tioughnioga. id. dress: 53 Prospect St., Cortland, N. Y.
SMITH, Howard Caswell:
Banker: b. N. Y. City, Feb. 19, 15;1: Charles Stewart and Henrietta H. (Caswell Smith; ed. Dr. A. Callisen's Sch .. N. Y. City, 1989: Harvard Coll. A.B., 1:93: m. N. Y. City, Oct. 26, 1:98, Katherine Lyall Mon children: Caswell Moen, b. 1599, How:r! Caswell, Jr., b. 1901, Rene Moen. b. lv !. Entered employ of Charles Hathaway & Co .. Jan. 1, 1894, has been mem. firm since J. 1, 1897; served on creditors' com. N. Y. (. Wheel Works, 1902; trustee in bankruptcy Moench, Fisher & Goenssler, 1903-05; reor. !!! ized it and became chin'n b'd directors (. Moench Sons Co., its successor, Gowanda al Buffalo, since 1905: director and chm'n Fi nance Com,, D. Appleton & Co .: director 1. :. mont, Corliss & Co., Stuyvesant Ins. C. : director and sec. the Woodlawn Cemetery. v .- p. Associates Land Co., trustee Franklin. Savings Bank. Became mem. of Troop .1. N. G. N. Y., Dec. 1:91; retired Ist serzea !! Troop II, Squadron 1, Oct., 1900: was i: Brooklyn car riots, Jan,, 1995, and Cr to! Damn strike, April, 1900. Vestryman, Chris: Ch., Oyster Bay, N. Y. : director Hahnema ... Hosp .: Mem. Chamber of Commerce, S. . \. I. . lite mem. New England Soc., Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Harvard (Life mem. ), Chiave ?. sity, Union League. Lawyers. Riding, M ... delssobn Glee ( life mem. ), N. Y. Yacht. .. .. wanhaka-Corinthian Yacht ( trustee ). Lanr. .. tian, ( Canada ) : Wyandanch ( Smithtown. 1 .. I.). Address: 45 Wall St., N. Y. City. SMITH, James D .:
Banker and broker: b. Exeter. N. H., Nr. 21. 1:29; s. Rov. Dr. John and Esther Mory ( Woodruff) Smith; ed. Wilton Acad., Wilt. Conn .: m. N. Y. City, Ang. 1s. 1:57. I.b ... both Henderson : has had four children. I". daughters and two sons, one now living. Mr- Homer S. Comanings, Sold whole issu. the bonds of St. Louis Bridge Co. to J. > Morgan & Co., London. Mem. of firm James D. Smith & Co. Mem. N. Y. Ste. Exchange since July 21, Des (now pres mem. N. Y. Produce Exchange, Chicago 's Exchange. Pres. Wood Lawn Cemetery Y.). Associated Land Co. (N. Y.). Now land Land Co. (Seattle, Wash.). Pres. S: ford Hosp, and ex-mayor Stamford. las traveled extensively in Europe. Old 1:
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Whig and Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. | Reeder & Sons, Baltimore: entered U. S. New England Soc. Recreation : Yacutting; owns the fine yacht Viking, which has crossed the Atlantic twice. Clubs: Union Leagne, New York, Players, N. Y. Yacht, New Haver Yacht, Stamford Yacht, Riverside Yacht, Cor- inthian Yacht. Residence: Stamford, Corn. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City,
SMITH, James Dunlop:
Dealer in securities and investments; b. in Miss., 1860; s. James Dunlop and Mary .f. (Tuttle) Smith; ed. Chicago High Sch., Lake Forest Univ .; m. Evelyn Whitney of Mass- achusetts; one son: James Dunlop. Jr. (de- ceased). At 21 became deputy U. S. marshal, Dist. of Colorado, and performed special ser- vice averting Ute Indian outbreak; was closely associated with Philip D. Armour several years; in 1590 purchased granite quar- ries in Me. and Vt .; also pres. Granite Mf'rs Ass'n, Vt., and v .- p. and director New Eng- land Granite Mf'rs Ass'n; at Spanish evacu. ation, started Havana Herald; one of pioneers in development of wireless telegraphy and telephony; identified with timber, mining, and railroad interests in South. Pres. and director Gold Ridge Co., Radio Telephone Co., and Fiscal Agency Co. of N. Y. Repub- lican. Mason 32°, Knight Templar and mem. Mystic Shrine. Recreation: Automobiling. Club: N. Y. Athletic. Address: 34 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
SMITH, James MacGregor:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, March 26, 1857: s. Henry James and Jane ( MacGregor) Smith ; ed. Coll. City of N. Y .; mn. N. Y. City, Sept. 18, Helen A. Crapser. In general practice of law in N. Y. City since 1578. Editor Abbott's Annual N. Y. Digest since 1896. Pres. B'd Mg'rs Central Islip State Hosp. for the Insane; ing'r St. Andrew's Soc. Mem. N. Y. Law Inst., N. Y. Soc. Medical Jurisprudence, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Club: Salmagundi. Address: 146 W. 85th St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, Jesse Merrick:
Consulting eng'r and patent expert; b. Newark, Ohio, Oct. 20. 1945; s. Henry and Lucinda (Salisbury) Smith; ed. in private school in Detroit, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y., and Ecole Central des Arts et Manufactures, Paris, M.E .; m. New- ark, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1979, Ella A. Moore (died Nov. 7, 1901) ; in. 2d, Nov. 26, 1903, Annie Cof- fin. Engaged in eng'ring work in Hocking Valley coal mines and the building of blast furnaces in Ohio until les0; then located in Detroit as consulting eng'r and expert in patent litigation ; since 1998 in N. Y. City. Mem. and former v.p. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs; mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Detroit Eng'ring Soc .. Societe des Ingénieurs Civils de France. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Nat. Geog .. Soc., .1. A. A. S., Ohio Soc. of N. Y. Republican,
Clubs : Engineers. Resi- dence: Riverside Drive. Address: 20 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
SMITH, John Addison Baxter:
Rearadmiral U. S. N., retired; b. Balti- more Md., Mar. 21. 1413: s. of Cant. JJohn A. Smith and Sophia F. Smith: ed. Balti. more publie schs. and Hich Sch., and Dick. iuson Sem., Williamsport, Pa. : served a reg. ular apprenticeship as machinist, with C. II.
Navy on 21st of April, 1:03, as 3d ass't eng'r; was ordered immediately to the U. S. S. Housatonic, doing blockade duty off Charleston, and was attached to that vessel when she was blown up by a rebel torpedo on the night of Feb. 27, 1$64; was rescued by the U. S. S. Canandaigua; afterwards was ordered to the Wabash, and later to the U. S. S. Paul Jones; was promoted to 2d ass't eng'r, Sept. 28, 1864, and ordered to U. S. S. Mohongo; promoted 1st ass't eng'r, 1868; m. Ella E. Smith, Baltimore, Oct. 10, 1871. Promoted chief eng'r, 1992: comit's eng'r corps, 1996; comd'r in the line, 1:03: capt .. June, 1902; served with Shuieldt: head dep't steam eng'rs. Pensacola Navy Yard, and in charge of the monitors laid up there dur- ing yellow fever epidemic of 174; chief eng'r Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1:96-99, June, 1899: head of steam eng'r dep't of Nary Yard, N. Y., since 1899; in charge of building mi- chinery of battleship Connecticut. and finish- ing the ships taken from the U. S. ship- building Co., viz .: Chattanooga, torpedo boats Nicholson and O'Brien. Has had charge of reconstructing the buildings and selecting and placing all of the new machinery of the steam eng'ring dep't N. Y. Navy Yard, be- sides superintending the building of the machinery of U. S. S. Philadelphia and Montgomery. Has served on Housatonic, Wabash, Paul Jones, Mohongo, Saco, Semin- ole, Mayflower. Hartford, Suagus, Wyandotte, Tallapoosa, Atlantic. Montgomery and Texas. Mem. Am. Soc. of Naval Eng'rs, Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Eng'r Mil. Order of Loyal Legion. Retired, Mar. 21. 1905, with rank of, and three-quarters pay of, rear- admiral, and Mar. 22. 1905, ordered as gen. insp. of machinery and pres. of the Board on changes in machinery of all vessels build- ing for the navy under contract. Address: Room 503, Custom House, N. Y. City.
SMITH, John Talbot:
Catholic priest, author: b. Saratoga. N. Y., Sept. 22. 1855; academic education in Albany, N. Y., divinity, in St. Michael's Coll., Toronto, Ont., received L.L.D .. degree from Mount St. Mary's Coll .. Emmittshur :. Md .. and from Notre Dame Univ., Indiana. Catholic missionary the
in AAdirondacks. 1>>1-89: editor N. Y. Catholic Review. 1 .- 9- 92. Author: A Woman of Culture. Isst; Solitary Island. issi: His Honor the Mayor, 1-91; Saranac. 1593: The Training of a Priest. 1.06: The Chaplain's Sermons. ING: Brother Azarias, 1997: Lenten Sermons, 199: The Black Cardinal, 1900: The Man Who Vanished. 1900: The Closed Road. 1906; History of the Catholics of New York, 2 volumes, 1907: Magazine contributor: lecturer. Address : 1075 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
SMITH. Jonathan Hunt:
Vi.p., see, and director The U. S. Finishing Co .: b. Hamilton, N. Y., June 16, Ist; s. Adlon and Louisa Smith; ed. at N. Y. City nnd Poughkeepsie, N. Y. : m. Hamilton. N. Y .. Istit, Adaline A. Blish. Pres. and director Am. Sienna Marble Co. (Portland, Me. ). Dime Savings Bank, and Merchants' Nat. Bank ( Norwich, Conn.) : vice-pres., director and sec. of U. S. Finishing Co. (V. Y (Pr). see., treas, and director the Sterling Drie and Finishing Co. (Sterling, Coan : treas. 1207
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and director Silver Spring Co. ( Providence. R. I.); director First Nat. Bank and Thames Loan and Trust Co. ( Norwich, Conn.). Res- idence and address: Norwich, Conn.
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