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SUTLIFF, EZRA A.
Lawyer; b. Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1865; s. Julius R. and Emeline (Barns) Sutliff (both deceased); ed. in common school; m. Sacandagu Park, Aug. 1892, Aliee M. Hudson; one d .; Winifred Hudson, b. March 31, 1897. Studied law with Nelson H. Anibal, of Gloversville, N. Y., later admitted to
bar. Mem, firm of Banker & Sutliff, att'ys, Clovers- ville, 1901-1903; with U. S. Gov't stationed at Eliis Island, N. Y., 1903-1905; detailed to Washington in office of solieitor of Commerce and Labor, 1904-1905; mem. law firm Scribner & Sutliff, Gloversville, N. Y., 1905-1906, and mem. law firm of Sutliff & Titcomb, Gloversville, N. Y, since 1906. Democrat; mem. Dem. City Com., mem. Fulton-Hamilton County Com. Nom- inated for justice of peace, recorder, and dist. att'y, always defeated (city being strongly Republican) ; nominee of Dem. party for second time for dist. att'y 1908; Dem. candidate for recorder, Gloversville, N. Y., 1913. Mem. of First M. E. Ch., Gloversville, Knight of Pythias, past chancellor, mem. Gloversville City Lodge, No. 320. Recreations: Cribbage and other
games of cards. Residence: 85 West St. Address: Arietta Bld'g, Gloversville, N. Y.
SUTPHEN, WILLIAM GILBERT VAN TASSEL
Editor, author; b. Philadelphia, Pa., May 11, 1861; s. Morris Crater (D.D.) and Eleanor (Brush) Sutphen; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1882. Author: The Gol- ficidc, The Golfer's Alphabet, The Cardinal's Rose, The Golfer's Calendar, The Nineteenth Hole, The Gates of Chance, The Doomsman. Demoerat; Episco- pallan. Vestryman St. Peter's Ch., Morristown, N. J. Reereations: Golf, musie. Clubs: Morris Country
Golf, The Players. Residence: Morristown, N J. Address: Harper & Bros., Franklin Sq., N. Y. City.
SUTRO, RICHARD
Banker; b. N. Y. City, s. Bernard and Pauline (Josephthal) Sutro; ed. Coll. City of N. Y .; m N. Y. City, Jan. 8, 1889, Ella Hunt; children: May Pauline, b. Oct. 25, '1889; Edith Hunt, b. Feb. 21, 1894. V .- p. and dir. Atlantie Power & Light Corp'n, treas. and dir. United Electric Light & Water Co .; dir. and mem. Exee. Com. Albany Southern R. R. Co., dir. County Trust Co., Central Bank of Westchester Co., Pittsburgh Terminal Coal & R. R. Co., Glenville Land Co., West- chester Eleetrie Street R'y Co., J. G White Manage- ment Corp'n, Tennessee Copper Co. Mom. Chamber of Commeree. Clubs: Greenwich Country, Lawyers, Re- cess. Residence: 465 West End Av. Address: 44 Pine St., N. Y. City.
SUTRO, THEODORE
Lawyer, author, journalist, orator; b. Aix-la-Cha- pelle, Prussia, March 14, 1845; s. Emanuel and Rosa (Warendorff) Sutro; grad Baltimore City Coll., 1863; Phillips-Exeter Acad., N. 11., 1864; Harvard, A.B., 1871; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1874; m. Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 1, 1884, Florenee Edith Clinton, mu- sieian, painter, speaker and social leader (died April 27, 1906). While student at llarvard established and conducted a commission business In Boston Admit-
ted to bar, 1874, and 1887-1892 conducted large liti- gations in Nevada, involving interests of Sutro Tun- nel Co .; reorganized the company into the Comstock Tunnel Co., by buying the property in on mortgage foreclosure for the stockholders for $1,000,000 eash, which he raised from a syndicate of bankers; was its pres., 1887-1894; now engaged in general practice, but of late years has made specialty of questions and litlgations relating to taxation. Mem. law firm Sutro & Wright. Democrat; one of organizers and second pres. German-Am. Reform Union, which played im- portant part in anti-Tammany movement 1894, and in election of Mayor Strong; comm'r of taxes and assess- ments for City of N. Y., 1895-1898, under apptm't; delegate to Nat. Dem. (Sound Money) Conv., In- dianapolis, 1896, which nominated Palmer and Buck- ner; appt'd by Mayor Van Wyck, mem. Com. of Dewey Reception, 1899, and by Mayor Mcclellan, mem. Hud- son-Fulton Celebration Comm'n. German Lutheran. Delegate Internat. Congress Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1901; Nat. Confs. on Taxation, Columbus. O .. 1907; Toronto, Canada, 1908, and N. Y. State Conf. en Taxation, Utica, 1910, at all of which eonfs. read papers by sp'l request. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Bar As'n (ex .- v .- p. and ex-chm'n Com. on Tax- ation) ; N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n (ex-mem. Com. on Professional Ethics) ; Internat. Law Ass'n, Internat. Tax Ass'n, Polit. Science Ass'n, German-Am. Nat. Alliance (v .- p., life mem, and chm'n Com. on Legislation); German-Am. Alliance of N. Y. State (hon. pres.); United German Sors. City of N. Y. (hon. pres.); Geneal, and Blog. Soc., Asa'n of German Authors in America; German Language Soc., N. Y. Turn Verein, Deutsche Gesellschaft, Literary Soc. of Morrisania and Nat. Fed. of Theatre Clubs. Former pres. and chm'n D'd Trustees Soc. Med. Jurisprudence; mem. Phillips-Exeter Acad. Alumni, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni, Columbia Univ. Alumni, Columbia Law School Alumnl, ete Has written works and articles on vari- ous subjects, including taxation, med. jurisprudence, and other legal topics, art, ele., and many poems in English and German; is much in demand as a public speaker, both in German and English languages. 1s
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an art collector; his collections of the Edward Moran thirteen historical marine paintings has attracted at- tention throughout U. S .; Exhibited them for over a year at the Met. Museum of Art, and more recently at Nat. Museum, Washington, D. C. Pres. and editor Deutsches Journal; pres. German Publication Soc. Dur- ing contest for United States Senatorship in Legis- lature of State of N. Y., the early part of 1911, was among those most favorably considered for that high office. Recreations: Musie, oratory and literature. Clubs: Harvard, Arion, Liederkranz and German Press. Residence: 320 W. 102d St. Address: Woolworth Bld'g. N. Y. City.
SUTTON, GEORGE WILLIAM, JR.
Writer, editor; b. South Bethlehem, Pa., June 4, 1887; s. George William and Margaret K. (Bates) Sutton; ed. St. Matthew's Mil. Seh., Betts Aead., Stamford, Conn .; Mt. Pleasant Mil. Acad., Ossining, N. Y .; grad. Centenary Collegiate Inst., Hackettstown, N. J., 1906. Engaged in journalism and real estate business; lived in Zanzibar, East Africa, and Mombasa, engaging in the ivory and elove. trade. Contb'r to magazines and newspapers; has written many stories of Eastern life; now asso. editor Motor Boat Magazine and Ignition- Carburetion-Lubrication Magazine. Republican. Mem. Alpha Phi fraternity. Clubs: Manor (Pelham Manor, N. Y.), Les Hiboux (New Rochelle, N. Y.), Adventurers' of N. Y. Residence: Sutton Manor, New Rochelle, N. Y. Address: 110 W. 40th St., N. Y. City:
SUTTON, JOHN EDWARD
Physician and surgeon; b. Carlton, N. Y., 1856; s. Thomas and Kitty (Brown) Sutton; ed. in country schools, Albion Acad., and Med. Dep't Unlv. of Buffalo, M.D., 1883; m. 1st, Albion, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1891, Lizzie Post Bruner (died March 7, 1901); 2d, Buffalo, N. Y., May 7, 1902, Aliee E. Rogers; children: John E., Jr .. b. Sept. 29, 1892; Henry Bruner, b. Nov. 2, 1893; Janet M., b. Feb. 10, 1895; William Rogers, b. 1904. Praetised medicine and surgery with Dr. S. R. Cochrane, 1883- 1890, in Albion, N. Y. Sinee that time has been In aetive individual practice of medielne at Albion with- out a partner. Coroner of Orleans County for several terms; health officer of Albion for several years. Re- publiean. Mem. Orleans County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Renovaton Lodge No: 97, F. and A. M., Orleans Chapter No. 175, R. A. M., Albion Lodge No. 58 1. O. O. F., National Geog. Soc., A.A.A.S. Mem. B'd of Ed'n of Albion Free Sch. Mem. Masonic lodge and chapter; Odd Fellow. Address: Albion, N. Y.
SUZZALLO, HENRY
Professor of Philosophy of Ed'n (Edn'l Sociology) slnee 1909; b. San Jose, Calif., Aug. 22, 1875; s. Peter and Anne Suzzallo; grad. State Normal Sch., San Jose, Calif., 1895, Leland Stanford, Jr., Univ., Calif., A.B., 1899, Columbia Univ., A.M., 1902, Ph.D., 1905; m. 1912, Edith Moore, of Chicago. Principal Rural Seh., Al- viso, Callf., 1896-1897, City Sch., Alameda, Calif., 1899- 1901, ass't sup't of schs., San Francisco, Calif., 1902, 1903, 1907; instr. State Normal Sch., San Francisco, Calif., 1901-1902, lecturer State Normal Sch., San Jose, Calif., 1905-1907. Fellow, 1903-1904, lecturer, 1904- 1905, Teachers' Coll., Columbla Univ., ass't prof. ed'n Leland Stanford, Jr., Univ. (Callf.), 1905-1907; adjunct prof. elementary ed'n, Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ. Author: Rise of Local School Supervision in Massa- chusetts, 1635-1827; Professional Use of the History of Education, The Teaching of Arithmetic, The Teaching of Spelling. Editor. Riverside Edn'l Monographs (Houghton, Mifflin Co.); 'Departmental Editor: Cyclo- pedia of Education. Mem. Exec. Com. Nat. Counell of Ed'n, Nat. Ed'n Ass'n from 1908. Address: Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.
SWANN, EDWARD
Jurist; b. Mar. 10, 1862; s. Samuel A. and Martha R. (Travers) Swann; ed. City of N. Y .; grad. Columbia Coll., M. A., 1886, Columbla Law Seh., LL.B., 1886. En- gaged in practice of law in N. Y. City, 1886-1907. Mem. Congress from N. Y. City, 1902-03; elected Nov., 1907, Judge of Court of Gen. Sessions, City of N. Y., for term expiring Dec. 31, 1921. Residence: 39 W. 11th St. Address: Criminal Courts Bld'g., 32 Franklin St., N. Y. City.
SWARTWOUT, RICHARD HENRY
Banker; b. Morristown, N. J .; s. W. H. and Minnie (Evans) Swartwout; m. N. Y. Clty, Oct. 6, 1910, Ethei Rogers. Senior mem. firm Swartwout & Appenzellar, mems. N. Y. Stock Exchange; pres. and dir. Holding Corp'n; v .- p. and dir. Norfolk Southern R. R., John L. Roper Lumber Co .; dir. Liquidation & Realization Val- ley Farms Co., Am. La France Fire Engine Co., Inc. Republican. Clubs: Metropolitan, Ardsiey, Sleepy Hol- low, Lawyers'. Residence: 515 Park Av. Address: 44 Plne St., N. Y. City.
SWARTZ, WILLIAM KING
Banker: b. Duneannon, Pa., Jan. 2, 1872; s. Willlam R. and Adelaide F. (Steele) Swartz; attended Williams- port Diekinson Sem., Pa., Dickinson Coll., Carlisle, Pa., Ph.B., 1898; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1901, Carrie, d. Hon. Charles E. Teale; one d .: Roberta Teale, b. 1903. Sec. Home Trust Co. of N. Y. and Brooklyn; dir. Eagle Savings & Loan Co. of Brooklyn. Methodist. Mem. Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Mason, Elk. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Club: Crescent Athletic. Residence: 100 Grecne Av. Address: 44 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SWARTZ, WILLIAM PALEY
Clergyman; b. Circleville, O .; s. Rev. Joel (D.D.) and Adelia (Rosecrans) Swartz; grad. Pa. Coll., Gettys- burg, A.B., 1881, A.M., Ph.D .; m. Frazer, Pa., May 9, 1888, Florence Allen Reed, d. Rev. Villeroy D. Reed, D.D .; children: Philip Allen, b. Fcb. 25, 1889; Charies Benjamin, b. Sept. 11, 1890; Howard Villeroy, b. Oct. 29, 1892; William Crosby. b. Dec. 23, 1904. Spent five years as book and job printer before going to eoll. Principal High Sch., Hazelton, Pa., 1881-1882; tutor Pa. Coll., 1882-1883; missionary to Guntur, India, 1883- 1887; pastor Fifth Presby'n Ch., Trenton, N. J., 1887- 1889, Central Presby'n Ch., Wilmington, Del., 1859- 1890, First Presby'n Ch., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1896- 1910; now see. N. Y. Sabbath Com. Traveled in Eu- rope, Asia, Afriea an.1 U. S. and Alaska. Mem. Dutch- ess N. E. Soe., Phi Gamma Delta, F. and A. M., Hon. mem. Central Labor Couneil, Controlling B'd N. Y. State Sabbath Ass'n, Internat. Missionary Union, Prin- gle Home (for aged literary men). Published essays on important religious and soelal topics, among which are: Is the Bible Trustworthy? In or Out, The Young Men and the Churches, The Authority of the Sunday Sabbath, The l'inaneial Problem, The Gospel for the Times, The Temperance Question, The Family and Re- ligion, Economle Consumption and the Social Welfare. Clubs: Quill, Alpha Sigma, Poughkeepsie Yacht (hon. mem.). Address: 31 Bible House, N. Y. City.
SWEET, CHARLES ALBERT
Physiclan, surgeon; b. Waterloo, N. Y., Apr. 3, 1880; s. Hon. William L. and Mary A. (Cook) Sweet; ed. Waterloo High Seh., Syracuse Univ .; attending phys. Clty Tuberculosis Hosp .; phys. to Dispensary St. John's Riverside Hosp .; phys. to Dispensary for Tuber- culosis. Mem. County and State Med. Socs., Am. Med. Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Address: Belfort Apart- ment, Post St., cor. Hamilton Av., Yonkers, N. Y.
SWEET, WILLIAM L.
Merchant; b. Waterloo, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1850; s. Abram L. and Charlotte L. (Cook) Sweet; ed. lfriends Aead., Unlon Springs, N. Y., Cazenovia, (N. Y.) Sem .; m. Mary A. Cook; children: Melen, Elizabeth, George C., Will- iam L., Charles A., Charlotte, Richard, James A., Kath- erine. Merchant miller and maltster in Waterloo, N. Y., 1872-98; pres. Empire Coal Mining Co., 1895- 1911; meni. firm of W. L. Sweet & Co., N. Y. City; dir. Tygart's River Coal Co .; pres. B'a Ed'n, Waterloo, N. Y., 1884-88; pres. Village of Waterloo, N. Y., 1885; mem. Assembly, 1887. State Senator 26th Dist., 18SS- 89. Republican; Eplseopaiian. Clubs: Transportation (N. Y. Clty), City (Yonkers, N. Y.). Address: 2 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
SWETT, PAUL F.
Clergyman; b. Bethel, Vt., Jan. 18, 1861; s. Rev. Josiah (D.D.) and Lucy Miranda ( Wheeler) Swett; grad. Univ. of Vt., A.B., 1888; Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, 1891; in. Baltimore, Oct. 18, 1905, Louise Poole Thompson. Ass't Christ Ch., Detroit, 1893-1898; ass't Grace Ch., Brooklyn Heights, 1898-1902; private sec. to Bishop Burgess, 1902-1904; sinco 1902 precentor Ca- thedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, L. I .; also sinee Sept., 1904, sup't Church Charity Foundation, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mem. Chapter, Cathedral of the In- earnation, Garden City, L. I .; treas. House of St. Giles , the Crippie, Brooklyn, N. Y. Episcopalian. Ciubs. Garden City Goif, Hamilton (Brooklyn). Residence: Garden City, N. Y. Address: Albany and Atlantic Avs., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SWIFT, EDWARD P.
Physician; b. Mllbrook, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1858; s. Nathan G. and Esther (Lane) Swift; ed. Oak Grove Sem., Vas- salboro, Me., Penn Charter Seh., Philadelphia; grad. (with honorable mention) ilahnemann Med. Coii., Philadelphia (M.D.), 1881; in. Ossining. N. Y., 1885, Elizabeth Plerce. Practised 19 years (1)82-1901) at Pleasantville, Westchester Co., N. Y .; removed to N. Y. City, 1901; appt'd visiting physician Met. Hosp., Black- welis Island, 1902; prof. physical diagnosis, N. Y. Home. Med. Coll. and Hosp. for Women, 1904; visit- ing physician Hahnemann Hosp., 1904; chair of prac- tlse, 1905, ass't prof., 1910, N. Y. Homce. Med. Coli. and Hosp .; visiting physician Flower Hosp., 1910.
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Health officer Mt. Pleasant, N. Y., 1888-1901; one of founders Pleasantville Public Library and first pres. of Library Ass'n. Assisted in incorporating Village of Pleasantville and candidate for its first pres., de- feated by small majority. Independent Republican; mem. Soc. of Friends (orthodox). Mem. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, N. Y. State Homœ. Med. Soc., N. Y. Co. Homœ. Med. Soc., Acad. Pathological Science, Clinical Club. Mem. Med. B'd Met. Hosp., Blackwells Island and Flower Hosp., N. Y. City; mem. West End Ass'n. Trustee 21st Ward Mission and Trade Sch., N. Y. City; mem. B'd Mg'rs N. Y. Colored Mission. Club: N. Y. Medical. Residence: Lake Mohonk, N. Y., and Rye, N. Y. Address: 170 West 88th St., N. Y. City.
SWIFT, FREDERICK ROTCH
Lawyer; b. New Bedford, Mass., July 21, 1878; S. Frederick and Sarah Rodman (Rotch) Swift; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1899; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B. (cum laude). 1902; m. Washington, D. C., Nov. 23, 1903, Eliza Morgan Bates; children: Caroline Water- man, b. June 4, 1905; Rodman Morgan, b. June 30, 1907. Ass't gen. counsel Mexican Central R'y Co., Lt'd, 1905-1907; mem. Underwood, Van Vorst & Hoyt, 1909-1911, and Van Vorst, Marshall & Smith since 1912. Dir. Mexican Central R'y Co., Lt'd, Mexican Nat. Construction Co. and Brownsville Ferry Co. Pro- gressive; Unitarian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Century Ass'n, Univer- sity, City, Midday, Baltusrol Golf, Harvard. Resi- dence. Short Hills, N. J. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
SWIFT, GEORGE MONTAGUE-
Physician; b. Sept. 2, 1856, Brooklyn, N. Y .; s. Will- iam Swift, M.D., U. S. N., and Martha E. (Phelps) Swift; ed. Amherst Coll., A. B .. 1876, A. M., 1879; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia) M. D., 1879; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 1, 1887, Bessie P. Ely; children: Elisabeth, Marian, Nathalie, Walker Ely. House physician Belle- vue Hosp., 1881; resident physician N. Y. Foundling Asylum, 1882-1883; visiting physician St. Mary's Free Hosp. for Children, N. Y. City; instr. in medicine Co- lumbia Univ .; consulting physician Orphan Home and Asylum of P. E. Ch. Mcm. professional firm of Walker & Swift. Presby'n. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Bellevue Hosp. Alumni Ass'n, Chi Psi fraternity, and several private medical socie- ties. Club: Century. Address: 20 West 55th St., N. Y. City.
SWINTON, MARION
Artist; b. Staten Island, N. Y .; d. Alfred and Mary Louise (Demarest) Swinton; grand-niece of Col. Wm. Oliver Grace of British Arms; 2d cousin Capt. John Kidd, who was decorated by the late Queen Victoria for great efficiency; also of Prof. Wm. Swinton and John Swinton, philanthropist. Studied art under Will- iam M. Chase, N. Y. Art Sch. Has exhibited through- out U. S. and abroad, making a specialty of portrait painting. Has traveled in U. S., France, Belgium, Holland, England and Scotland. Sec. and treas. Velas- quez Club during the years of its existence. Lcader of 13th Assembly Dist. Woman Suffrage Party and treas. Internat. Non-Partisan Suffrage Leaguc. Rec- reation: Horseback riding. Club: 20th Century. Resi- dence: State and Ward Sts., Hackensack, N. J. Ad- dress: Van Dyck Studios, 56th St. and 8th Av., N. Y. City.
SYKES, EUGENE LANIER
Lawyer; b. Glenwood Plantation, near Aberdeen, Miss., Aug. 27, 1873; s. Augustus James and Georgia Augusta Sykes; ed. Univ. of Miss., 1892, Law Univ. of Va., B.L., 1897, N. Y. Law Sch., B.L., 1898; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 23, 1897, Jennie Prewett Shoup; children: Dorothy Wayne, Eugene Lanier, Jr., Conwell Shoup. Has practised law in N. Y. City since 1898. Was Dem. candidate for Alderman, 19th dist., N. Y. City, 1901, but defcated. Dir. Autographic Register Co. Meth- odist Episcopalian. Mem. Chancellor Walworth Lodge No. 271 of Masonic Order, Southern Soc., Confederate Veteran Camp (asso. mem.), Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n, Commercial Law League of America. Recreations: Automobiling, horseback riding. Clubs: Phi Delta Phi, Nyack Country, Engle- wood. Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SYMONDS, BRANDRETH
Physician; med. dir. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y .; b. Sing Sing, N. Y., March 4, 1863; s. Col. Henry C. and Beatrice (Brandreth) Symonds; grad. Ilobart Coll., A.B., 1881, A.M., 1885, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, M.D., 1884; m. 1st, Gardiner, Mc., Dec. 31, 1889, Caro- line Bradstreet Bachelder; 2d, Goshen, N. Y., June 11,
1904, Florence Bacon; one son, Brandreth, Jr., b. 1896. Served as interne at Bellevue Hosp., 1884-1886; be- came med. examiner to Mutual Life Ins. Co., of N. Y., 1889, and served through grades of ass't med. dir. and med. dir., becoming chief med. dir. 1907. Has been lecturer at N. Y. Polyclinic, the Unlv. and Belle- vue Hosp. Mcd. Coll., and Coll. Phys. and Surg .; has served as attending physician at Northwestern Dis- pensary, Bellevue Hosp. Dispensary and Roosevelt Hosp. Dispensary. Has been sec., v .- p. and pres. of the Ass'n of Life Ins. Med. Dirs. of America. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Med. Soc. County of N. Y., Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Soc. Alumni of Bellevue Hosp., Sigma Phi Soc., Colonial Order of the Acorn. Clubs: University, Grolier, Church. Ad- dress: 444 W. 22d St., N. Y. City.
SYMONDS, CHARLES STANLEY
Banker; b. Watertown, N. Y .; s. Chas. F. and Sarah Louise (Grannis) Symonds; ed. Chas. Bartlett's School, Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; read law with Brown & Beach, Watertown, N. Y .; m. Mary Ella, d. Thomas Brockway Fitch, of Syracuse, N. Y .; children: Karl F., Harold W. Pres. and dir. Utica City Nat. Bank; dir. Utica Gas & Elec. Co .; pres. Stillville Knitting Co .; dir. Internat. Heater Co .; 1st v .- p. Utica Trust and Deposit Co .; treas. and dir. Utica Canning Co .; v .- p. Utica Pipe Foundry Co., and Chas. Millar & Son Co .; dir. Robert Wicks Co .; treas, and dir. Utica, Clinton & Bingham- ton R. R. Co .; Consolidated Water Co. of Utica, N. Y .; trustee of several large cstates. Republican; many years mem. Rep. State Com. Was contb'r to John- son's Encyclopedia. Mcm. S. A. R. Soc., Descendants of Colonial Governors, Soc. Colonial Wars, Mayflower Soc .; trustee of Utica Art Ass'n and of House of the Good Shepherd; councilor Oneida Hist. Soc. Club; Fort Schuyler (v .- p.). Address: Utica, N. Y.
SYMONS, THOMAS WILLIAM
Colonel Corps of Eng'rs; b. Keesville, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1849; ed. in public schools, Flint, Mich., and from there appt'd to U. S. Mil. Acad .; grad. 1874, at head of class; m. 1884, Letitia V. Robinson, of Pittsburgh, Pa. On graduation, assigned as lieut. to Eng'r Corps, in which has ever since served as officer; promoted capt. 1880; major, 1896; licut .- col., June 11, 1904; colonel, May 8, 1908; retired at his own request July 28, 1908. On duty at torpedo sta., Willets Point, 1874-1876; on sur- veys in Utah, Nevada, Oregon, California and Wash- ington, 1876-1879; chief eng'r Dep't of the Columbia, 1879-1882; investigated and settled threatened uprising of Skagit and Sauk Indians; in charge of works for improving the Mississippi, 1882-1883; made examination of Mexican boundary line, 1883, under orders from Scc. of State, and for it received formal thanks of State Dep't; in Washington on duty improving water supply of city, and in Dist. Gov't in charge of water supply, sewerage, pavements and other public works, 1883-1889; in charge of river and harbor works in . Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, 1889-1895, and made surveys, plans and estimates for ship canal north of Seattle, connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington; also one of originators and chict eng'r private ship canal from Seattle Harbor to Lake Washington; at Buffalo, N. Y., 1895-1903, in charge of river and harbor works; cng'r of 10th Light- house Dist., comprising Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Detroit, Niagara and St. Lawrence Districts, and planned and built a very exposed and claborate light- house and fog signal sta. in Lake Erie, near Toledo; in Washington, D. C., on duty in charge of publie build- ings and grounds and military aide to Pres. with rank of col., 1903-1904. Made an exhaustive study and re- port, 1895-1897, en subject of canals, from Great Lakes to sea, at N. Y. City, and outlined and proposed plan for barge canal for which Legislature made an appro- priation of $100,000,000 and which was ratified by popular vote; appt'd 1899 by Gov. Roosevelt mein. of the Canal Advisory B'd which recommended and made estimates for barge canals across the State; with A. E. Blackmer, drew an act, 1902, which passed the Legis- lature, providing for construction of barge canals, and was appt'd March, 1901, by Gov. Odell, mem. of the Advisory B'd of Consulting Eng'rs on construction of barge canals; accepted that position 1. authority of sp'l act of Congress authorizing him to do so, and is Now serving. Was mem. B'd Dirs. and of Exec. Com. of Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo, N. Y., 1900-1901. Built at Buffalo the longest breakwater in world. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; hon. men. Soc. Civil Eng'rs of West- ern N. Y. Clubs: Country, Thursday, Yacht (hon.), Ellicott (hon.), Buffalo (hon.), Erie Yacht (Erie, Pa., hon.), Metropolitan, Chevy Chase (Washington), Fort Orange (Albany, N. Y.). Address: 1606 N. 11. AV., Washington, D. C., Buffalo, N. Y., and Capitol Bld's, Albany, N. Y.
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TABER, CHARLES SEYMOUR
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 6, 1862; s. Frank- lin W. and Elizabeth (Van Deusen) Taber; ed. public schools, Brooklyn, Hart's Coll. Grammar Sch., Brook- lyn; Law Seh. Univ. City of N. Y., LL.B .; m. 1st, Brooklyn, N. Y., Grace Cleveland (died April 27, 1907); children: Edith G., b. Aug. 28, 1893, Donald C., b. Sept. 12, 1895; two other children died young; 2d, New Brighton, S. I., 1910, Genevieve S. Heywood. Ad- mitted to bar March, 1885; senior mem, firm of Taber & Case (Chas. S. Taber and George C. Case), 1888- 1892; since then has practised alone. Ass't corp'n counsel, 1902-1903, in charge of Bureau of Street Openings, Borough of Brooklyn. Independent Re- publiean; Presby'n. Mem. Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, Brook- lyn League, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Staten Island Ass'n Arts & Sciences. Mem, Covenant Lodge, F. and A. M. Clubs: Queens County Chess, Staten Island Chess. Address: 189 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
TABOR, FRANCIS HEBARD
Edueator; b. Horsmonden, Kent, Eng .; ed. Univ. Coll., London, and Christ's Coll., Cambridge. Asso. of Coll. of Preceptors, London, 1888; ass't master at Parmiter's Foundation Sch., London, 1890-1893; head- master Horsmonden Sch., Kent, 1893-1897; asso. head- master of St. Bernard's Seh., 111 E. 60th St., sinee 1904. Sup't The Boys' Club of Tompkins Sq., N. Y. City, 1898-1911; principal of Summer Sch., N. Y. City, 1897, and dir, out-door athletics at The Edn'l Alliance, N. Y. City, 1897-1904. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Players, Apawamis. Address: 111 E. 60th St., N. Y. City.
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