Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 131

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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STORM, Frederic:


Manufacturer; b. Alsace, France, July 2, 1844; came to this country, with parents, when two years old; ed. public schools of N. Y. City; m. Sept. 26, 1876, Annie Lawrence Bell, of Bayside. At an early age manifested great interest in politics, marching, when only 12 years old, in a Fremont procession ; resident of Bayside for nearly thirty years; elected Mem. State Constitutional Convention, 1894; elected to State Assembly. 1895; for sixteen years mem. County Republican Com., and three times its chim'n. Director Owl Commercial Co., successors to Straiton & Storm, cigar manufacturing firm, of Man- hattan. Founder the Flushing Hosp. Elected to 57th Congress on Republican ticket. Resi- dence: Bayside, L. 1., N. Y. Address: 208 E. 27th St., N. Y. City.


STORRS, Richard S .:


Banker; mem. firm Berton, Storrs & Gris- com; pres. and director Alden Lighting, Heating and Power Co., Altoona Gas Co., Chicopee Gas Light Co., Citizens' Gas and Fuel Co. (Terre Haute, Ind.), Consolidated Light and Power Co. ( Whitehall, N. Y.), Glens Fails Gas and Electric Light Co., Her- kimer County Light and Power Co., Rich- mond Light, Heat and Power Co., Rorick Glen Park Ass'n, West Water St. R. R. Co. ; v .- p. and director Chautanqua Steamboat Co., Dedham & Hyde Park Gas and Electric Light Co., Leavenworth Light and Heating Co., Pawtucket Gas Co. of N. J., United Gas and Electric Co .; sec., treas, and director James- town & Chantanqua & Lake Erie R'y Co .: director Ardsley Motor Car Co., Elmira Water, Light and R. R. Co., Hartford City Gas Co. of Rhode Island, Lockport Gas and Electric Light Co. Residence: Orange, N. J. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.


STOUGHTON, Arthur Alexander:


1894 in professional practice as mem. firm of Stoughton & Stoughton, architects, with his brother, Charles W. Stoughton. The Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial Monument, erected by City of N. Y. in Riverside Park, is the work of this firm, as well as the Canton Christian Coll., in China, and the plan of the Am. Coll., Madura, India. Lecturer i :. architecture in Extension Dep't of Columbia Univ. Has travelled professionally in Eng -. land and on the Continent of Europe. Mem. Soc. Beaux Arts Architects; (formerly sec. ), Soc. Columbia Univ. AArchitects (formerly pres. ) ; now a mem. of the B'd of Governors: mem. Council of Fine Arts Federation of N. Y., of which is chm'n of Com. on Archi- tecture; a director Bronx Soc. of Arts and Sciences; was a founder of this Society as well as of the former Bronx Free Library. Address: 96 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.


STOUGHTON, Bradley:


Consulting metallurgist ; b. New York City, Dec. 6, 1873; s. Col. Charles Bradley (LL.D.) and Ada Ripley (Hooper) Stougli- ton; grad. Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), Ph.B., 1893, Mass. Inst. Technology, S.B., 1896; m. Jan. 4, 1899, Brooklyn, N. Y., Grace A. Van Everen ( deceased) ; children: Philip. b. 1900, and William, b. 1900. Has held pro- fessional offices with Illinois Steel Co., Am. Steel and Wire Co., Driggs-Seabury Gun and Ammunition Co., Benjamin, Atha & C). Lecturer on metallurgy, N. Y. B'd of Ed'n. Former mem. Co. F., 2d Reg't Conn. Nat. Guard (New Haven Grays).


Episcopalian. Author: The Metallurgy of Iron and Steel. 190S. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Iron and Steel Inst. of London, Am. Soc. for Testing Materials, Nat. Geog. Soc .. Sigma Xi., Ass'n Foundry Foremen (honorary mem.). Clubs: Yale, Technology of N. Y .. Faculty of Columbia Univ. Address: 339 Prospect St., New Haven, Conn.


STOUT, Charles H .:


Banker: b. N. Y. City: s. Charles and Hanora Frances (Merrell) Stout: ed. N. Y .: m. N. Y. City. 1599, Henrietta Maria Schroe- der (d. Francis Schroeder, formerly U. S. minister to Sweden and Norway: grand- daughter James R. Langdon, Montpelier, Vt.) : one son. Merrel Langdon. b. 1903. V .- p. Manhattan Trust Co. of N. Y .: director Liberty Nat. Bank, N. Y. Mem. Vestry (also clerk) of St. Thomas (P. E.) Ch., N. Y .; mem. Chamber of Commerce, St. Nich- olas Soc .. N. Y. Chapt. Colonial Order (treas.). Clubs: St. Nicholas, Calumet, Law- yers, Baltustrol, Badminton, Country seat : Charlecote. Short Hills, N. J. Address: 137 Madison Av., N. Y. City.


STOUT, Joseph Suydam:


Banker, broker: b. N. Y., Nov. 20. 1575; s. Joseph S. and Julia F. ( Purdy ) Stout; ed. Berkeley Sch .; grad. Cohunbia Sch. of Arts. A. B., 1-95: Columbia Sch. of Mines. F.F .. TOT, A.M., 197; m. Ang. 30, 1905, Ethel G. Jacquelin; one son, Joseph S .. . Ir. b. I ... Mom. Stock Exchange firm of Stout & Co. ( bankers and brokers ) Mem. Phi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: University, Columbia I'ni- versity. Address: 55 Broad St., N. Y. City.


Architect: b. N. Y. City; s. Charles and Sarah J. ( Warren ) Stoughton; both descend- auts of Puritan colonial ancestors in Mass. : grad. School of Architecture of Columbia I'niv., 198; first holder of the Columbia Fellowship in Architecture. 1900; (a travel- STOVER, Martin Luther: ling scholarship to promote foreign profes- Lawyer: b. Waterloo, N. Y .. Oct. 19. 1515. s. Martin J. and Lydia (Hartman) Stover. ed. in public schools in Danville. Pa .. Wie. sional study) ; pupil for three years of Mons. Gaston Redon, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris: won the Prix Jean Leclaire, Since tenberg Coll., Springfield, Ohio, until 10, 1211


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STRAUS


when enlisted in 86th Olljo Inf., serving with | 1888. Prop'r, editor and publisher Olean that regiment until 1:63, then in the 13th Morning Times for past twelve years. Post- master, Cattaraugus, N. Y .; mem. Olean B'd of Ed'n (6. year: ) ; treas. of Cattaraugus Co. Active in Republican politics 20 years; dele- gate to ten Republican State conventions. Address: Olean, N. Y. Ohio Battery until the close of the Civil War, when returned to College, and, after graduation went to Amsterdam, N. Y., where taught school and studied law; m. Amster- dam, N. Y., 1874, Helen E. Shuler. Admitted to N. Y. bar, 1570, and practised law in STRANAHAN, Nevada Northrop: Amsterdam until 1891. Mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1875; elected 1891, justice of the Supreme Court of N. Y. for the Fourth District; mem- ber of Appelate Division, Fourth Dep't 1900- 05; since 1905, again practising law at Am- sterdam. Address: Amsterdam, N. Y.


STOWELL, Thomas Blanchard:


State Normal School principal: b. Perry, Wyoming Co., N. Y., Mar. 23, 1846; s. David P. and Mary Ann (Blanchard) Stowell; grad. Genesee Coll., A.B., 1865, A.31., 1968; Syracuse Univ., Ph.D., 15$1 ( Phi Beta Kap- pa) ; m. Lima, N. Y., 1869, Mary Blakeslee ; children: Roy Sherman Stowell, Vivian ( de- ceased). Principal Addison Acad., 1865-66, Morrisville Union Sch., 1866-67; prof. mathe- matics, Genesee Wesleyan Sem., 1867-68; prin- cipal Morris High Sch., Leavenworth, Kan .. 1868-69; prof. natural science, State Normal Sch., Cortland, N. Y., 1869-89; principal State Normal Sch., Potsdam, since 1S:9. Traveled in Europe in 1992. Republican; Methodist Episcopalian. Fellow A. A. A. S .; charter mem. Soc. Am. Anatomists, Nat. Edn'l Ass'n. Author: Outlines of Psychology for Normal Students; Outlines of History of Education; also papers and addresses before edr'l bodies; his most important scientific publi- cations pertain to the nervous system and his published articles are found in Pro- ceedings of Am. Philos. Soc., A. A. A. S., Journal of Comparative Neurology, Am. Micros. Soc., Soc. of Am. Anatomists, Syl- labus of Anatomy and Physiology for Nor- mal Students. Address: 6 Le Roy St., Pots- dam, N. Y.


STRACHAN, Grace C .:


Educator; b. Buffalo, New York; d. Thomas F. and Maria (Byrne) Strachan; grad. Buf- falo Normal Sch .; extension course, N. Y. Univ .; unmarried. Teacher, Graduating Class, P. S. 11, Brooklyn, 1:94-96; head teacher mathematics, physical training. penmanship. Brooklyn Training Seh. for Teachers, 1897- 1900; principal P. S. 42, Brooklyn, 1597-99; teacher history and civies. Evening High Sch. for Men and Boys, 1-$9-19:0; prin. Eve- ning Sch. $5, 1900-02: asso. sup't of schools, Brooklyn, since 1902; dist. sup't of schools Greater, N. Y. since Ang., 1904. Traveled extensively in Europe, the South, West. Can- ada, Nova Scotia, etc. Trustee St. Mary's Hosp., Brooklyn. Roman Catholic. Pres. Interborough Ass'n of School Women, Cath- olic Women's Ass'u, Ladies' Aid Ass'n of St. Mary's Hosp., International Sunshine Soc., District Supt's Ass'n. Recreations: Activities of Sardonyx Club, theatre, travel. Clubs: Sardonyx (v .- p. ), Optima (sec.). Address: 293 Henry St., Brooklyn, N. Y.


STRAIGHT, Charles D .:


Editor, publisher; b. Cattaraugus, N. Y .. Feb. 18, 1965: s. Geo. and Helen JJ. (Darling) Straight: ed. Cattaraugus, N. Y., common schools, Chamberlain Inst., Randolph, N. Y .: maried at Randolph, N. Y., Mabel L. Groves; children: Allen G., b. 1850, Emily A., b.


Lawyer; b. Granby, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1861; 3. Smith and Lucella Stranahan; ed. Val- ley Sem. and Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1584. Admitted to bar, Isst; and engaged in practice of law. Republican ; mem. N. Y. As- sembly from Oswego County, 1900-02; dist. att'y of Oswego County, 1802-95; mem. N. Y. Senate, 1596-1901; collector of customs, Port of N. Y., 1901-07; resigned. Address : Fulton, N. Y.


STRASBOURGER, Samuel:


Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, May 23. 1567; s. Henri and Rachel (Mayer) Strasbourger: ed. N. Y. City public school, Coll. City of N. Y., N. Y. Univ., LL.B., 1891; m. N. Y. City, 1903, May Blanche Gaynor; children : Sara J., Henri. Admitted to bar, N. Y. Supreme Court, 1891; since then in general practice. Comm'r of taxes N. Y. City, appt'd by Mayor Seth Low, 1002, and continued under Mayor McClennan to July 1, 1906; resigned voluntarily, receiving letter of re- grets, thanks, etc., from Mayor MeClellan. Head of firm of Strasbourger, Eschwege & Shallek, lawyers; director and counsel Jeffer- Bank. Republican;


Hebrew. Trustee Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Sydenham Hosp. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., State Bar Ass'n, Free Sons of Israel, Mount Neboh Lodge 257, F. and A. M., 32° Mason. Club : Republican. Residence: 102 W. 119th St. Address: 74 Broadway, N. Y. City.


STRASMER, William Frederick:


Lawyer; b. Buffalo, New York, son of Ernest II. and Catherine ( Hake) Strasmer ; ed. Buffalo public school. Central High Sch., Buffalo, N. Y .: grad. Univ. of Rochester. A.B., (appt'd Phi Beta Kappa by faculty on scholarship basis) : in. Buffalo, N. Y., June 17, 1897. Luln J. Colton: one daughter, Kathe- rine M., b. 1900. Prin. Whitney's Point. N. Y., Union Sch. and Acad., 1ss1-15:3. Ad- mitted to bar, Buffalo, N. Y., June, Iss5: appt'd Civil Service Comm'r by Mayor Jewett of city of Buffalo. Apr. S, 1. 2 years. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Odd Fellows, Mason, Delta Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: Lawyers, University. Address: 035 Lafayette Av., Buffalo, N. Y.


STRAUS, Adolph D .:


Consul-general of Nicaragua: has represent .. ed Nicaragua for many years as consul gen- eral in the U. S. and in other diplomatic capacities, and is the only citizen of the U. S. holding a military position in the army of Nicaragua. Was formerly one of the best known war correspondents in the Civil War and later in Mexico, being the only journal- ist who witnessed the expention of Emperor Maximillian, and for years was the repre. sentative of the N. Y. Associated Press and correspondent of the N. Y. Times. On leav- ing the newspaper field engaged in the export business, and is now senior partner of .I. D. Strans Co., export commission merchants. whose trade is largely with Nicaragua and


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Central America generally. Address : 18 | U. S. minister to Turkey under appointm -?.: Broadway, N. Y. City. of President Cleveland, 1ss7->0, and of Pr. STRAUS, Isidor: ident McKinles, 1597-190): rendered especia! . Merchant; born in Rhenish Bavaria, Feb. ruary 6, 1845; son of Lazarus and Sara Straus; educated Collinsworth Inst., Talbot- ton Georgia; Washington and Lee Univ., LL.D .; m. N. Y. City, July 12, 187), Ida Blun; children: Jesse Isidor, Percy Selden, Herbert Nathan, Sara (wife of Dr. Alfred F. Hess), Minnie (wife of Dr. Richard Weil), Vivian (wife of Herbert Scheitel). Mem. 53d Congress; v .- p. Chamber of Commerce, State of N. Y. Director in various banks, trust companies, and charitable institutions. Pres. The Educational Alliance. Mem. firm of L. Straus & Sons, R. H. Macy & Co., N. Y. City; Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn. dress 2745 Broadway, N. Y. City. valuable service in establishing the right ., Christian missionaries and Christian collez .. in Turkey, and in securing the right for t. .. selling of Bibles and tracts by American c porteurs; also secured for American univer-1. ties the right to excavate on the site .: ancient Babylon ; after Spanish-Am. War secured aid of the Sultan in inducing the adhesion of the Mohammedan sultans Mindanao to accept protection of the Unit l States rather than join hands with Aguinaldo,. Appt d Jan. 14, 1902, mem. Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, to fill the place made vacant by the death of ex-President Harrison ; appt'd and confirmed sec. com- merce and labor of U. S., taking office Der. 17, 1906. Has served as pres. N. Y. B'd of Trade and Transportation, and v .- p.


Ad- STRAUS, Nathan:


Merchant; b. in Rhenish Bavaria, Jan. 31, 1848; s. Lazarus and Sara Straus; came to U. S. 1854, with family, and settled in Tai- botton, Ga .; ed. in schools there and later in public and business schools of N. Y. City; m. 1875, Lina Gutherz. Joined father in im- porting pottery and glassware, firm of L. Straus & Sons, in which has retained interest; has been partner in department store of R. H. Macy & Co. from isss, and mem. of firm of Abraham & Straus, department store, Brooklyn. . Democrat ; was nominated for mayor of N. Y. City, 1894, but declined nom- ination; appt'd, 1893, by Mayor Grant, park comm'r of N. Y. City, and established many improvements in the park system of the city; pres. B'd of Health of N. Y. City, 1808. Identified with many practical charities, not- ably that of the distribution of Pasteurized milk to the poor of N. Y. City, maintaining the dispensaries at his own expense, with results, as shown by the Health Dep't statis- ties of the saving of the lives of many thou- sands of babies; this initial experiment has been copied in other cities at home and abroad. Gave installation for pasteurization of milk to the cities of Vienna, Munich, Eberswalde (near Berlin). Liverpool, Dublin, and Sandhausen (near Heidelberg). To the latter place also supplied for a year all milk free of charge. Succeeded in reducing death- rate of children under two years in this town to less than half of the average for the last five years. During the panic period of the '90s he provided lodging houses for the poor and homeless, and for two winters has maintained depots for distribution of coal at cost to the poor. Residence: 27 W. Tid St. Address: Broadway and 34th St.


STRAUS, Oscar Solomon:


Secretary of Commerce and Labor: b. Dec. 23, 1850; s. Lazarus and Sara Strans; edu- cated in schools in Georgia until 1865: grad. Columbia, A.B. ( Phi Beta Kappa), 1571. 1. M., 1873, LL.B., 173; L.I.D., Brown I'niv., 1.78; L.I.D .. Washington and Lee, Univ. of Pa., and Columbia Univ .; also studied in office of Charles O'Connor. On leaving law school, 1573, formed law firm of Hudson & Straus, later Sterne, Hudson & Strans, and afterward as Sterne. Strans & Thompson. and continued in practice of law nutil iss1. when he joined the importing pottery and glassware house of L. Straus & Sons, in which continued until Jau. 1, 1907. Was 1216


Vat. Civic Federation; and v.p. Internat. Law Ass'n, Columbia Alumni Ass'n. Author : The Origin of the Republican Form of Gover :- ment in the United States, ISS6: Roger Wil- liams, the Pioneer of Religious Liberty, 1:" !; The Development of Religious Liberty in the United States, 1896; Reform in the Consular Service, 1897. Club: Lawyers. Address: 2600 16th St., Washington, D. C.


STRAUS, Percy S .:


Merchant; born in New York; son of Isidor and Ida ( Blun) Straus; prepared for colle:». Dr. Sachs' Collegiate Inst .; grad. Harvard .Univ., A.B., 1897; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 2 .. 1902, Edith Abraham; children: Ralph Isidor. Percy S., Jr. Entered employ of R. H. Macy & Co., Oet., 1997; there continuonsly, with exception of eight mouths in fall of isos and spring of 1$$9. Sec. to U. S. Minister at Con- stantinople. 1898-99. Mein. of frin of R. H. Macy & Co. Jewish. Sec. Jewish Agricul- tural and Industrial Aid Soc. Mem. Amn. Ilist. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Harvard. Century, Country, Rumson Polo. Address : 1317 Broadway, N. Y. City.


STRAUSS, Albert:


Banker; mem. firm J. & W. Seligman & Co .; v .- p. and director Aztec Land and Cat- tle Co. (Limited) : trustee Mass. Gas and Coke Co., New England Gas and Coke Co .. director AAlma Cement Co .. m. Coal Pro- ducts Co., Decatur Land Co .. I. P. Morris Co., Omaha & Council Bluffs St. R'y Co .. Otto Coke and Chemical Co., United Coke and Gas Co., William Cramp & Sons Ship & Eu- gine Building Co. Residence : 317 W. 20th S !. Address: 21 Broad St., N. Y. City.


STRAYER, Paul Moore:


Clergyman : b. Edesville, Md., Dec. 30. 1571: s. Rev. Webster Matthew and Martha (Be- van) Strayer: ed. Baltimore City Coll .. I'niv. of Chicago, Yale Univ. (B.D.). Univ. of Edinburgh; m. Oct. 11. 1990. Beulah til- bert. of Baltimore (died Feb. 57. 12003) ; one son : Paul Gilbert Strayer. b. Feb. 10. 199. Pastor First Methodist Protestant Church. Pittsburgh for 11% years in interim of um. versity study: acting pastor Crouch Ilill Pres- by'n Church, London, England. while min- ister was on preaching tour in Australia for six months, summer Who Has accepted invi- tations to return to London for summer supply work: pastor Fest Cong'l Church, S. Norwalk, Conn. :


Pastor Third Presby'n Church,


WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK STRONG


Rochester, N. Y., since spring of 1903. Fra- ternal delegate to Central Trades and Labor Council of Rochester; contributes weekly to Rochester Labor Journal an article printed simultaneously in about 20 labor publications throughout the country. Leader of "Peo- ple's Sunday Evening" in Rochester's largest theatre. Director of Rochester Orphans' Home. Recreation: Horseback riding daily. Club : Genesee Valley. Address: 380 Oxford St., Rochester, N. Y.


STREAMER, Volney:


Librarian, editor; b. Magnolia, Ill .; s. Ja- cob and Sarah Louisa (Clark ) Streamer; ed. public school; later one college year at Ill. Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington, Ill., in pre- paratory classes. For twelve years with A. C. McClurg & Co., booksellers, Chicago, Ill. On stage several years; connected with many first-class attractions; traveled one season with Edwin Booth. Later literary adviser with Brentano's, N. Y. Compiler of eight vols. among them, In Friendship's Name, Voices of Doubt and Trust, etc .; now librar- ian of The Players' Club. Recreation : Books. Address: The Players' Club, 16 Gram- ercy Park, N. Y. City.


STREET, Jacob Richard:


Educator; b. Palmyra, Ontario, Canada; s. Joseph Lockwood and


Hannah (Teeple ) Street; ed. St. Thomas Collegiate Inst., On- tario; grad. Victoria Univ., Toronto, Canada, A.B .; Toronto Univ., A.M .; graduate study Clark Univ., Worcester, Mass., Ph.D .; m. Belleville, Ontario, Jan. 1, 1885, Rose North- cott ; children: Lockwood N., William Walter, John Northcott. Master modern languages, Walkerton High Sch. : principal Caledonia High Sch., Ont., 19-7-95; prof. education, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 189>-1900; head of Dep't of Sci- ence of Education, Syracuse Univ., 1900-06; dean Teachers' Coll., Syracuse Univ., since 1906. Literary editor Journal of Pedagogy, 1903-04. Mem. B'd of Ed'n for city of Syra- cuse since Jan. 1, 1900; public lecturer State Ed'n Dep't at Teachers' Institutes. Author : Adolescence ; The Mind of the Child; A Ge- netic Study of Immortality, etc. Has in prep- aration a volume on the Child and His Home and School Training. Republican. Mem. M. E. Church. Mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, Religious Educational Ass'n (one of exec. secretaries), Soc. for Scientific Study of Ped- agogy, Phi Beta Kappa; mem. and pres. Current Events Cinb, Syracuse. Recreations: Yachting, gardening. Address: 723 Comstock Av., Syracuse, N. Y.


STRONG, Arthur E .:


Physician and surgeon: b. Syracuse, N. Y., March 1, 175: s. Amasa M. and Eva ( Avery) Strong; ed. Syracuse Univ., Syracuse Med. Coll., M.D .; m. Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1.99, Jessie M. Mains. Formerly neurologist N. Y. Hosp. Out Patient Dep't; clinical ass't N. Y. Polyclinic Med. School; pres. Mt. Vernon Med. Soc .; see. Westchester County Med. Soc. : health officer City of Mt. Vernon. Republican; Methodist. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n. Westchester Co. Med. Soc., Mit. Vernon Med. Soc., Delta Upsilon fraternity, Nn Sigma Nu, Medical fraternity. Address :


133 Park Av., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.


STRONG, Augustus Hopkins:


Pres. Rochester Theol. Sem .; b. Rochester, N. Y., Ang. 3, 1-36; s. Alvah and Catherine


( Hopkins) Strong; grad. Yale Coll. A.B., 1957; D.D., Brown, 1870; Yale, 1590. Prince- ton, 1896: LL.D., Bucknell Univ., 1:91. Alfred Univ., 1994; m. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 6. 1861, Harriet Louise Savage; children : Charles Augustus, b. 1562, Mary Belle Strong Cook, b. 1564, John Henry, b. 1566, Kate Strong Sewall, b. 1870, Cora Harriet, b. 1570, Laura Rockefeller, b. 1884. Pastor Ist Bapt. Ch., Cleveland, O., 1505-72; pres. and prof. Roch- ester Theol. Sem. since 1972; pres. Am. Bapt. Missionary Union. Author: System- atic Theology, 1886 (5th edition, 1903) : re- vised and enlarged, in three volumes, 1905: Philosophy and Religion, 18'S: The Great Poets and Their Theology, 1597; Christ in Creation and Ethical Monism, 1899. Address : 17 Sibley Pl., Rochester, N. Y.


STRONG, George Alexander:


Clergyman ; b. Boston, Mass., May 23. 1959: s. Edward Alexander and Marion Hubbard (Clarke) Strong; ed. Boston Latin Sch .: grad. Amherst Coll., B.A., 1680, M.1., les5: Univ. of Leipzig, Germany: Episcopal Theol. Sch., Cambridge, Mass., B.D., 1555; m. Bos- ton, Nov. 29, 1857, Margaret Phillips Rey- nolds; children: Susan Sturgis, b. 1889, Alex- ander, b. 1890, Margaret Wendell. b. 1894. Ass't St. Paul's, Boston, 1585-87, rector St. Paul's Malden, Mass., 1857-20; St. Paul's, Brockton, Mass., 1891-1900; Christ Ch., Quincy, Mass., 1900-02; Christ Ch., N. Y. City. since 1002. Independent. Episcopalian. Yachting. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Club: N. Y. Yacht. Address: 213 W. 71st St., N. Y. City. STRONG, Josiah:


Clergyman; b. Naperville, Ill., Jan. 19, 1847: s. Josiah and Elizabeth Clough ( Webster) Strong: grad. Western Reserve Coll .. 1969: studied theology, Walnut Hills Sem., Cia- cinnati, 1569-71. D.D., 1886: Western Reserve I'niv., LL.D., 1905; Alfred Univ .; m. Chardon. O., Ang. 29, 1571, Aliee Bisber; children : Kate (deceased ), Elsie, Margery, Howard. Home Missionary, Cheyenne. Wyoming. 1-71- 73; chaplain, Territorial Legislature; chap- lain, Western Reserve Coll., instr. Nat. Theol., 1573-76: pastor, Sandusky, O., 1 76- S1; sec. Ohio Home, Miss., Soc., iss1-4: pas- tor, Cincinnati, 1884-86; sec. Evangelical Al- liance for U. S., 18 6-98; pres. Am. Inst. of Social Service since 1-98. Called to England, summer of 1904, to aid in organizing British Inst. of Social Service. Anthor: Our Coun- try, 186; revised edition, 1-91: The New Era, 1893; The Twentieth Century City, Is9 -: Re- ligious Movements for Social Betterment, 1900; Expansion, 1900: The Times and Young Men, 1001; The Next Great Awakening, IN2: Social Progress (a year book ), 10446: The Challenge of the City, 1907. These books have reached a cirenlation in English of more than 300,000. Several of them have been translated in European and Asiatic languages, including German, French, Japanese and Chinese. Trustee Talladega Coll. Indp- pendent Republican: Congregationalist. Mom. Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Am, and Foreign Christian Union (pres. ). Address: Greenwich, Conn.


STRONG, Marvin H .:


Lawyer; b. Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 2s. 1ST5; s. Alonzo P. and Catherine (Churchill) Strong: grad. Union U'uiv., A.B., 1SUG; Harvard Univ., Law Sch., LI. B, 149; 1217


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unmarried. City judge of Schenectady. Soc. A. Brown & Son Co. Mem. Schenectady Co. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Mohawk, Mohawk Golf, Schenectady County, Repub- lican. Address: 311 State St., Schenectady, N. Y.


STRONG, Mason Romeyn:


Civil eng'r; b. Passaic, N. J .; s. J. Paschal and Cornelia Whitney ( Heyer) Strong: ed. Albany Acad .; grad. Columbia Univ., Arts A.B., 1889; afterward year in Sch. of Mines; m. Racine, Wis., 1901. Nina Colville; chil- dren : Elizabeth Grier,


Vina Colville. Nathaniel Olcott. Consulting eng'r; formerly eng'r of bridges and buildings, jurisdiction extending over entire Erie R. R. system. Reformed (Dutch) Ch. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Columbia University Club. Address: 7 Wall St., N. Y. City.


STRONG, Selah B .:


Lawyer (retired ) ; b. Setauket, L. I., Oct. 1, 1841; s. Sclah B. and Cornelia ( Udall) Strong; grad. Yale, A.B., 1864, A.M., 1867, Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1865; m. New Haven, Conn., April 186S,




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