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RYAN, THOMAS FORTUNE
Financier; b. in Nelson Co., Va., Oct. 17, 1851; ed. in schs. of that county; m. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 25, 1873, Ida M. Barry; five sons. Went to Baltimore at age of 17 and worked in dry goods comm'n house of John S. Barry until 1870, when came to N. Y. City and be- came connected with a house in Wall St .; became mem. of N. Y. Stock Exchange, 1874, and soon became iden- tified with corp'n interests and securities and espec- ially to consolidating and extending the street railway and lighting systems of N. City, Chicago and other large citics, being associated in and having active charge of enterprises of the late William C. Whitney for nearly thirty years; notably in effecting the con- solidation of various street railway systems of N. Y. City for a combination of capitalists, in 1886; went to London, in 1902, to take charge of fight which Am. Tobacco Co. was then making against the Imperial Tobacco Co. for a division of world territory for the tobacco trade, and in few weeks won the fight com- pletely; established harmonious relations with the British corp'n, and greatly enhancing the value of Am. company's business; was a leader in reorganization of Richmond & Danville System into present South- ern R'y; formed and executed the plans for the Cen- tral of Ga. R. R. and Banking Co .; sccured control of Scaboard Air Line N'y after an 8-year contest; ar- ranged the recent merging of street railways with the clevated railways and the subways system in such a way as to give to him and his associates practical control of the entire rapid transit system of N. Y. City; purchased a controlling interest in the stock of the Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of the U. S. in 1905; and is interested in and practically controls many important interests, domestic and foreign. Dir. Guaranty Trust Co., Am. Tobacco Co. Democrat; del- cgate from Va. to Nat. Dem. Conv. of 1904, where was largely instrumental in reconciling the delegates to the acceptance of Judge Parker's telegram declaring for the gold standard. Catholic. Ilas a home, named Oak Ridge, on the site of his birthplace in Va., where malntains legal residence, and country house also at Suffern, N. Y., besides his winter residence in N. Y. City. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Southern Soc. in N. Y. Clubs: Army and Navy (N. Y. City), Automobile of America, Catholic, City Midday, Columbus (Ohio), Country of Westchester, Knollwood Country, Lawyers, Manhattan, Metropolitan (N. Y. City), Metropolitan (Washington), N. Y. Athletic, Nat. Democratic, Riding, Tuxedo, Union, The Virginians. Residence: 858 Fifth Av., N. Y. City,
RYAN, WILLIAM HENRY
Underwriter, ex-congressman; b. Hopkinton, Mass., May 10, 1860; s. Patrick and Jane (Cleary) Ryan; mnoved to Buffalo with parents, 1866; ed. in public and high schs. in Buffalo; m. Sept. 19, 1887, Ellen T. Cosgrove. Pres. James Ryan Sons Co., gen. bonding, liability and hre insurance. Elected to represent Sec- ond Ward of Buffalo in B'd of Supervisors of Erie County, 1894; re-elected 1897, and on org'n of B'd of Supervisors, 1898, was elected clim'n. Delegate Dem. Nat. Conv., St. Louis, 1904; elceted to 56th. 57th, 58th, 59th and 60th Congresses. Residenee: 236 Hamburg St. Address: 400 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y.
RYDBERG, PER AXEL
Curator N. Y. Botanical Garden since 1899; b. Ohd Parish, Westergötland, Sweden, July 6, 1860; s. Ernst Fredrik and Elfrida (Otterström) Rydberg; grad. Royal Gymnasium, Skara, Sweden, 1881; Univ. of Neb., B.Se. 1891, M.A. 1905; Columbia Univ., Ph.D .. 1898; scholarship 1895-1896, fellowship 1896-1897, Columbia Univ .; m. Mount Vernon, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1903, Alfrida Amanda Rydherg; children: Arthur Alfred, b. Oct. 21, 1904; Elsa Margreta, b. May 13, 1906: Lilly Irene, b. Dec. 26, 1908; Linnea Astrial, b. May 13, 1911. Teacher mathematics and natural seiences, Luther Acad., Wahoo, Neb., 1884-1890. 1891-1893; prof. mathematics and natural sciences, Upsala Coll., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
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and Kenilworth, N. J., 1895-1896 and 1897-1899; field agent U. S. Dep't Agr., summers, 1891-1896, traveling in Rocky Mountain regions; field agent N. Y. Botanical Garden, summers of 1897, 1900, 1905, 1911. Republican; Lutheran. Dir. and treas. of Upsala Coll., Kenilworth, N. J .; mem. B'd Home Missions. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Torrey Botanical Club, Botanical Soe. of America, Nat. Geog. Soc., Ass'n Ph.D. of Columbia Univ. Ad- dress: N. Y. Botanical Garden, N. Y. City.
RYDER, ALBERT P.
Artist; b. New Bedford, Mass., March 19, 1847; 6. Alexander Gage and Elizabeth (Cobb) Ryder; art ed'n under William E. Marshall and at Nat. Acad. of De- sign. Toured Europe for the purpose of viewing the museums. Academieian, Nat. Aead. of Design. Ad- dress: 308 W. 16th St., N. Y. City.
RYDER, CHARLES J.
Cong'l elergyman; b. Oberlin, Ohlo; s. Oliver Roberts and Harriet (Jackson) Ryder; grad. Oberlin Coll., Ohio, A.B., A.M., B.D., D.D .; m. Chester, N. H., Aug. 21, 1876, Sarah Hale Tenney; children: Harriet Mary, Alice Tenney, Charles Daniel, Oliver Woleott. Condueted the interesting campaign of the Jubilee Singers In Europe, 1876-1878. Was pastor of Cong'l Ch., Medina, Ohio, 1880-1885. Became sup't of the Am. Missionary Ass'n, 1895. Elected corresponding see. Am. Mission- ary Ass'n; appt'd treasurer of same May, 1913. En- listed in U. S. Vol. troops, but was too young to serve during the Civil War. Republican; Congregationalist. Trustee Oberlin Coll., Ohio; Fisk Univ., Tenn .; Straight Univ., La .; Tougaloo, Miss .. Taught in Oberlin Coll. Aead .; Am. Acad. of Polit, and Social Selenee. Reere- ations: Walking, wheeling. Address: 287 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
RYDER, CLAYTON
Lawyer, banker; b. Carmel, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1860; s. Ambrose and Mary M. (Hillyer) Ryder; ed. publie schs. of Carmel, N. Y .; Hudson River Inst., Cornell Univ., B.S., 1879; Columbia Law Seh .; m. Ravenna, O., July 31, 1888, Carrie Holeomb Cornwell; children: Earle Ambrose, Morton, Willis H. Admitted to bar 1881. @Pres. Putnam Co. Nat. Bank. Republiean. Treas. and trustee Drew Sem. for Young Women. Address: Carmel, N. Y.
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SABIN, ALVAH HORTON
Chemical eng'r; b. Norfolk, N. Y., April 9, 1851; s Henry S. and Zaida (Vernal) Sabin; g. g. s. William Spooner, one of Prescott's Reg't at Bunker Hill, and pensioner of the Revolution; g. s. Daniel Sabin, pen- sioner of War of 1812; descendant of Warrens of May- flower, and of Gov. Dudley of Mass .; grad. Bowdoin Coll., B. S., 1876, M. S., 1879; m. Chicago, Ill., 1880, Mary Ellen Barden; children: Raymond E., b. 1887; Warren D., born 1897. Prof. chemistry, Ripon Coll., 1876-1879; same, Univ. of Vt., 1880-1886; State chemist of Vt., 1882-1886; ehem. eng'r, William Johnson Co., Montreal, Can., 1886-1887; ehemist and varnish mf'r, N. Y. City, 1888-1905; consulting chemist Nat. Land Co., 1910. In 1883 invented a process for making sugar of milk; mem. Am. Chem. Soe., Am. Soc. Meeh. Eng'rs, Royal Soc. of Arts, (London), Am. Soe. for Testing Materials; asso. mem. Am. Soe. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soe. of Naval Arehlteets and Marine Eng'rs; mem. Paint and Varnish Soe., London; Nat. Geog. Soc., Soe. of Chem. Industry: Phi Beta Kappa Society, fellow A.A.A.S .; leeturer at N. Y. Univ. on preservation of structural metal from corrosion; invented and superintended constr'n sp'l coating for cables and steel flooring, Williamsburg Bridge. One of editors of Abstract Journal of Am. Chem. Soe. (semi-monthly journal). Author: The In- dustrial and Artistie Technology of Paint and Varnish, 1904; House Painting, 1908. (with M. Bottler) German and American Varnish Making, 1912. Clubs: Chemists, Fireside. Address: 432 Sanford Av., Flushing, N. Y.
SABIN, CHARLES H.
Banker; b. S. Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 24, 1868; s. Thomas and Cordelia (Eldridge) Sabin; grad. Grey- loek Inst., S. Williamstown, Mass .; m. Albany, N. Y., 1897, Mabel Whitney; one son: Charles H., Jr. With Henry Russell flour eoneern, 1885-1887, Nat. Commer- cial Bank of Albany, 1887-1889, Park Bank, Albany, as teller, 1889, later eashler until 1898; eashier Albany City Nat. Bank, 1898-1902; bank consolidated with Nat Commercial Bank, and eleeted v .- p .; was pres. Nat. Copper Bank of N. Y., 1907-1910, when it merged with Mechanies Nat. Bank, under name of Mechanics & Metals Nat. Bank, of which was v .- p. until July, 1910; v .- p. and dir. Guaranty Trust Co. of N. Y., since July,
1910. Dir. Mechanies & Metals Nat. Bank, Seaboard Air Line R'y, Nat. R'ys of Mexico, Montana Power Co. Canadian Mining & Exploration Co., Internat. Smeiting & Refining Co., Pa. Coal Co. Episeopalian. Recrea. tions: Polo, golf. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Metro. politan, Union League, Riding, Rumson Country, Pip. ing Roek. Residence: 636 Fifth Av. Address: 110 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SACKETT, HENRY WOODWARD
Lawyer; b. Enfield, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1853; s. Dr. Solos P. and Lovedy K. (Woodward) Saekett; ed. Ithaca Acad .; grad. Cornell Univ., A. B., 1875 (class essayist elected to Phi Beta Kappa) ; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 198 Elizabeth Titus, d. late Edmund Titus, one of founders of N. Y. Produce Exchange. Admitted to N. Y. Bar. 1879; early became a law writer, and later editorial writer and counsel for N. Y. Tribune; associated with C. A. Runkle in 1884, and after his death with Charles Gibson Bennett, as Saekett & Bennett; subsequently senior mem. firm Sackett, Chapman & Stevens, corp's lawyers and atty's for estates. Was for six years mem. Troop A and Squadron A, holding various posi- tions; in 1897 appt'd aide on mil. staff of Gov. Black. with rank of eol .; during Spanish-Am. War, did re. eruiting service, and also served as ass't paymaster. gen. of N. Y. In Southern States. Republlean. Episco. palian; warden St. Thomas' Ch., Mamaroneck, N. Y. Trustee and see. Hudson-Fulton Celebration Comm'n; trustee and v .- p. Am. Seenic and Historie Preservation Soe .; trustee Cornell Univ .; Comm'r Fire Island State Park; trustee and counsel Clarkson Home for Children: dir. and counsel for New Netherland Bank of New York and other financial inst'ns. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., The Pilgrima,. Municipal Art Soe., Founders and Patriots of America, Sons of Revolution, St. George's Soe., St. Nicholas Soc. ete. Frequent contb'r to editorial columns of N. Y. Tribune and other publications, on legal topies; also lecturer at Cornell Univ. Law Coll. Recreations: Golf, horseback riding, arborleulture, horticulture. Cluba: University, Union League, Church, Squadron A, Cornell University, Nat. Arts, Barnard, Garden City Golf, Apa. wamis Golf, Hardware. Country residence: Quaker Ridge, Mamaroneck, N. Y. City residence: 515 Madison Av. Address: Tribune Bld'g, 154 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
SACKETT, JOHN THOMPSON
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 1, 1864; s. Guernsey and Gertrude R. (Bertine) Saekett; ed. St. Paul's Seh., Gar- den City, N. Y .; grad. Cornell Univ., B. S., 1886; Colum- bia Law Seh., LL.B., 1888; m. S. Amenia, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1891, Lucie B. Reynolds; children: Justine R., b. 1896, Guernsey, b. 1904. Mem. law firm Sackett & Lang; see. Sunlight Gas Machine Co., dir. Dover Plain Nat Bank, T. B. Aekerson Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. County Law Ass'n, N. Y. Law Inst., Vestry. man Church of the Incarnation, Brooklyn. Mem. Nat Geog. Soe., Dutchess County Soe. Recreations: Driv- ing, shooting, boating at suminer home. Clubs: Press, Church (diocese of I. I.), Beta Theta Pi, Musical and Literary Coterie, Cornell Ass'n (Brooklyn). Summer residence: S. Amenia. N. Y. Residence: 412 Hancock St., Brooklyn. Address: 99 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
SACKETT, MARTIN R.
U. S. eonsul; b. Plymouth, Chenango County, N. Y. 1855; s. Russell R. and Deborah (Brown) Sackett; ed. in common school, Cortland Normal Sch., Cazenovia (N. Y.) Sem .; Syracuse Univ., A. B., A.M .; m. June 27, 1882, Marion Josephine Cowles; children: Irma J., Mar- lon C., Julia B., Russell Hamilton. Principal Gouver- neur Wesleyan Sein., 1880-1887; editor and mg'r The Tribune, Gouverneur, N. Y., 1887-1903; treas. St. Law- rence County, N. Y., two terms, 1893-1900; appt'd by President Roosevelt, May, 1903. In Am. Consular Service; now Consul at Prescott, Canada. Republican; political writer and platform speaker for 20 years in Northern N. Y. Presbyterian. Was pres. B'd of Edl'n of Gouver- neur, N. Y. Mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity. Address: Prescott, Canada.
SADLER, WILBUR FISK, JR.
Banker, finaneier; adj. gen. of N. J .: b. Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 4. 1871; s. Wilbur F. and Sarah E. (Sterrett) Sad- ler; ed. publie schs. of Carlisle, Pa., Lawrenceville, N. . T., and Diekinson Coil. Built thirty miles of street n'y in Schuylkill County. Pa., between Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Ashland; street l'ys from Carbondale to Seranton; Greensburg to Irwin; Philadelphia to Trenton; Morrisville to Yardley, all in Pa., and Trenton to Prineeton, N. J .; consolidated several eleetrie light, water and gas plants; pres. Broad St. Nat. Bank. Tren- ton, N. J. Major, Pay Dep't, Gen. Collins' Staff; aide on Gov. Fort's staff; adj. gen. State of N. J. since April 15, 1909. Organized Trenton Chamber of Com- ineree and was first pres. Republican; Episcopallan. Vestryman St. Michael's Ch. Rosidenee: 9 W. State St Address: Broad Street Nat. Bank, Trenton, N. J.
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SAFFORD, PHILO PERRY
Lawyer; b. Bellevue, O., July 10, 1863; s. Rev. John Safford, D.D., pastor of college churches at Crawfords- ville, Ind., and Grinnell, Iowa, and Cornelia M. (Walker) Safford; grad. Oberlin Coll., A.B., 1885; Co- fumbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1888 (prize fellowship, 1888-1891); m. Pleasant Valley, Conn., Aug. 28, 1889, Christabel Lee; children: Geoffrey Lee, b. 1893, Eliza- beth Lee, b. 1896, Theodore Lec, b. 1898, Philip Lee, b. 1902. Admitted to N. Y. Bar in 1889; since then in gen. practisc. Democrat; . Presby'n. Recreation: Golf. Club: Crescent Athletic. Address: 76 William St., N. Y. City.
SAGE, CORNELIA BENTLEY
Artist, art critic, editor; b. Buffalo, N. Y .; d. William S. and Josephine (Bentley) Sage; ed. Private French Sch. and Seminary, Buffalo, N. Y .; Art Students' League, Buffalo: Art Students' League, N. Y. City, under James Carroll Beckwith, John H. Twachtman, Robert Reid, Irving R. Wiles, also studied under Charles C. Curran, N. Y., and E. Wyly Grier, of Toronto; diplomas for English, French and Latin in Sem. Miniature hung on line in N. Y. Water Color Club, 1902; prize in paint- ing class, Art Students' League, Buffalo, 1904; appt'd ass't sec. Buffalo Fine Arts Acad. 1904, ass't to late Dr. Charles M. Kurtz, dir. Buffalo Fine Arts Acad. 1905-1909. Appt'd ass't dir. Buffalo Fine Arts Acad., Albright Art Gallery, Oct., 1909, acting dlr. March 22, 1910; unanimously appt'd dir. Buffalo Fine Arts Acad., Albright Art Gallery, and Albright Art Sch., Oct., 1910; pres. Buffalo Soc. of Artists, Nov., 1910, 1913. Organ- ized 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Annual Exb'ns of Se- lected Paintings by Am. Artists for Buffalo and St. Louis, May-Nov., 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913; organ- ized first exb'n of Société Nouvelle of Paris for Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis and Boston during winter of 1911- 1912; first exb'n of works of Bernard Boutet de Monvel for St. Louis, Buffalo, Providence and Chicago; exb'n of bronzes by Prince Paul Troubotzkoy for Chicago, St. Louis and Toledo. At present organizing all exb'ns. directing all work and writing "Academy Notes" and all publications, for Albright Art Gallery; writing art citicisms for several leading newspapers. Mem. Art Students' League, Buffalo; pres. Buffalo Soc. of Artists. hon. pres. Guild of Allicd Arts, Feb., 1912. Elected mem. Am. Ass'n of Museums, Philadelphia, 1909; Am. Federation of Arts, Washington, D. C., 1909; Am .- Scandinavian Soc., N. Y., 1912; 2nd v .- p. Archæol. Soc., Washington, D. C., 1912. Appt'd one of five on com. on U. S. Museums, Am. Federation of Arts, May, 1911. Elected hon. mem., Buffalo Public Library, 1913; hon. Fellow Museum of French Art, French Inst, of United States, 1913. Appt'd mem. Advisory Com. for N. Y. State, Panama-Pacific Internat. Exp'n, San Francisco, 1915. Clubs: Scribblers, American Lyceum. Address: Buffalo Fine Arts Acad., Albright Art Gallery, Buf- falo, N. Y.
SAGE, DEAN
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1875; s. Dean and Sarah A. (Manning) Sage; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1897; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1900; m. Albany, N. Y., June 9, 1900. Anna Parker; children: Cornelia, b. 1901; Sarah, b. 1902; Dcan, Jr., b. 1908. Mem. firm Zabriskie, Murray, Sage & Kerr; trustee N. Y. Trust Co., dir. Weeks-Numan Co. Deputy ass't dist. att'y, N. Y. County, 1902. Republican. Mcm. Exec. Com. Prison Ass'n of N. Y. Clubs: University, Brook, Rac- quet. Yale. Residence: Bernardsville, N. J. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SAGE, EBEN CHARLES
Ass't sec. Gen. Ed'n B'd; b. Virden, Ill., Nov. 14, 1855; s. Charles T. and Sophie E. (Gunnison) Sage: ed. Shurtleff Coll., A.B., A.M., D.D., Chicago Univ. Divin- ity School, B.D., Yale Univ., Ph.D .; m. Virden, Ill., 1879, Nora Amanda Cowen: children: Nora A., b. 1880, Eben B., b. 1883, Truman B., b. 1886. Pastor of Bap- tlst churches in Ill. and Conn .; New Haven, Conn., 1886-1904. and of First Baptist Ch., 1901-1904; since then with the Gen. Ed'n B'd. Republican. Trustee N. Y. State Colonization Soc., Conn. Literary Inst. Residence: 419 W. 118th St. Address: 17 Battery Pl., N. Y. City.
SAGE, HENRY M.
Merchant, state senator; b. Menands, N. Y., May 18, 1868; s. Dean Sage and Sarah (Manning) Sage; grad. Yale Coll., 1890; m. May 14, 1911, Cornelia Cogswell; children: Anne, Katherine, Cornelia. Engaged in land and timber business since 1890. Pres. Sage Land and Improvement Co., dir. Albany Ins. Co., trustee Albany Savings Bank, v .- p N. Y. State Nat. Bank. Elected state senator from 28th senatorial dlst., 1910; re- elected 1912. Republican. Address: 33 State St., Al- bany, N. Y.
SAGE, MARGARET OLIVIA SLOCUM
(Mrs. Russell Sage); b. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1828; d. Hon. Joseph and Margaret Pierson (Jermain) Slocum; ed. in schools of Syracuse; grad. Troy Female Sem., 1847; received degree of Mistress of Letters from N. Y. Univ., 1904; m. Watervliet, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1869, Hon. Russell Sage. Since death of her husband has devoted herself to important philanthropies. Pres. Emma Willard Ass'n. Mem. Soc. Mayflower Deseend- ants and many other org'ns, Presbyterian. Address: 604 Fifth Av , N. Y. Clty.
SAGE, WILLIAM
Author, journalist; b. Manchester, N. H., May 8, 1864; s. Abby Sage Richardson; ed. in public schools of Boston, Mass., and at schools in France and Ger- many; moved to N. Y. City in 1881, and was for ten years engaged in railroad and banking business. Author: Robert Tournay, a tale of the French Revo- lution; The Claybornes, a story of the Civil War; Frenchy, the Story of a Gentleman; The District At- torney, a story of the present day; By Right Divine, and Robert Tournay, a dramatization of the novel by that name. Address: 604 W. 116th St., City.
SAGE, WILLIAM H.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City; s. Francis and Mary Eliza (Rol.son) Sage; ed. Mt. Washington Collegiate Inst .; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., A.M., LL.B., 1871 (second in class; Latin salutatorian); m. N. Y. City, June 20, 1895, Katherine Robson, b. 1896. Was mem. law firm Forbes & Sage, 1876-1884; since has had no asso. in business; dir. North River Savings Bank. Republican: Episcopalian; warden St. Andrew's Ch., since 1901. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n, St. Nicholas Lodge, F. and A. M. (past master) ; dir. Y. M. C. A. of N. Y. City. Former mem. N. Y. County Republican Com .; mem. Scarsdale Republican Town Com., Scarsdale B'd of Ed'n, trustce Scarsdale Golf and Country Club; veteran Co. "H" 7th Reg't. N.G.N.Y .; director N. Y. Sunday Sch. Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Camping, fishing, hunting. Clubs: Union League, Aldine Ass'n, Address: 156 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
SAGUE, JAMES E.
Mechanical eng'r; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1862; ed. public schs., high sch., grad. Stevens Inst., Hoboken, N. J., M.E., 1883. Employed with Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R., Erie R. R., and Jamaica R. R., 8 years, as gen. foreman mech. eng'r, and sup't of motive power; mech. eng'r Schenectady Locomotive Works; chief mech. eng'r Am. Locomotive Co., later elected v .- p. of co. Mem. Public Service Conim'n. Mcm. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Clubs: Lawyers, Engineers, Nat. Arts, Mohawk, Fort Orange. Address: Office of Public Service Comm'r, Albany, N. Y.
SAHLER, CHARLES OLIVER
Physician and surgeon: b. Ulster Park, N. Y., June 23, 1854; s. Solomon and Caroline (Winfield) Sahler; ed. in common schools and Med. Dep't, Columbia Coll., N. Y. City, Coll. Phys. and Surg., M.D., 1878; in. Stone Ridge, N. Y., April 20, 1880, Jennie Sahler. Founder, pres. and dir. Dr. C. O. Sahler Sanitarium, Kingston, N. Y .; mem. Am. Phys. and Surg. Ass'n, Chicago, Medico-Legal Soc., N. Y. City. Author: Psychic Life and Laws; contb'r to publishers on psychology; lec- turer in many cities upon subject of psychology. Ad- dress: Kingston-on-Hudson, N. Y.
ST. JOHN, CYNTHIA MORGAN
Wordsworthian; b. Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1852; d. Edward J. (M.D.) and Anne (Bruyn) Morgan; studied with private teachers and attended lectures, Cornell Univ .; m. Ithaca, June 25, 1883, Henry Ancel St. John (civil eng'r); children: Edward Morgan. m. March 10, 1886, Sheila Annesley, b. May 5, 1891. Editor: Wordsworth for the Young, with an introduction for Parents and Teachers, 1891 (1). Lathrop Co.); Ameri- can Bibliography of Wordsworth, 1896 (Macmillan); Memorial Lincs On the Death of Charles Lamb, pri- vately printed from original edition of 1835, with a supplementary note by Cynthia Morgan St. John, fifty copies only printed, Ithaca, N. Y., 1904; miscellaneous artleles to reviews on Wordsworth and other topics: Bibliography of Willlamı Wordsworth, based on the Library of Mrs. St. John, with notes and experiences of a Wordsworth Collector (In preparation); Words- worth and llis Sponsors in the America of Long Ago (in preparation). Has collected all the editions of Wordsworth (English and American) to date, and much important Wordsworthiana. "Letters of the Wordsworth Family," edited by Prof. William Knight (3 vols.), 1908 (Ginn), has this dedication: "To Cyn- thia Morgan St. John, the best known student of Wordsworth in America, and but for whose aid these volumes may never have been published." Address: Ithaca, N. Y.
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SALANT, HENRY
State senator; b. 1873; s. Solomon and Tobie Salant; ed. N. Y. Univ. Coll., Ph.B., 1895, N. Y. Univ. Law Schi., LL.B., 1898; post-grad student at Columbia (prize essayist at Coll.); unmarried. Taught N. Y. Public Evening Schools, and private inst'n. Engaged in prac- tice of law since 1898. Specialty is real cstate law and commercial practice; several of his appcals are re- ported in law reports where he argued novel points of law successfully. Realty owner and taxpayer. En- tered politics as Good Gov't watcher while a college student and has been active in Citizens' Union affairs. Mem. Citizens' Union County Com. and Exec. Com. of Assembly District; delegate to Citizens' Union convs. Republican. Candidate as Roosevelt delegate to Rep. Presidential Conv. from 17th Cong. Dist. 1912; elected State Senator from 19th Senatorial Dist. on Progressive Ticket, 1912. Mem. Law Inst. Residence: 113 W. 122d St. Address: 200 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SALMON, HAMILTON HENRY
Importer; b. N. Y. City, March 14, 1861; s. Hamilton H. and Emily Morris (Butler) Salmon; ed. Cornwall (N. Y.) Mil. Sch .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1889, Jessie B. Sweetland; one son: Hamilton H., Jr., b. Jan. 26, 1893 .. Treas. Fertilizer Material Supply Co. Mem. Cong'l Ch. Mason (32"), Medical Society of N. Y. Recreations: Driving horses, riding, outdoor sports. Clubs: Riding & Driving of Brooklyn (v .- p.), Mon- tauk, Glenwood Country. Residence: 1154 Dean St., Brooklyn. Address: 88 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SALMON, LUCY MAYNARD
Prof. history, Vassar Coll .; ed. Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1876, A.M., 1883, fellow in history, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1886-1887, graduate work at Univ. of Paris and at Florence, Italy, 1898-1900. Principal of high sch., McGregor, Iowa, 1876-1881; teacher of history Indiana State Normal Sch., 1883-1886; connected with faculty of Vassar since 1887 as ass't prof., 1887-1889, prof. history since 1889. Author: Domestic Service, Prog- ress in the Household, 1906. Address: Vassar Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
SALMON, WILMER WESLEY
Civil eng'r, mf'r; b. Del., 'Dec. 4, 1866; s Daniel and Anna M. (Hess) Salmon; grad. Dickinson Coll., A.M .; m. Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 1889, C. Belle Klink. In eng'ring dep't of Pa., Phila. & Reading, and Chicago & North- western R'ys, 1886-1892; with Hall Signal Co., suc- 'cessively as eng's, gen. ag't and v .- p., 1892-1897; in charge of European business, 1897-1901; pres. Taylor Signal Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 1901-1904; Gen. R'y Signal Cp., Rochester, N. Y., since 1904. Mn'g dir. Gen. R'y Signal Co. of Canada, Ltd .; pres. and dir. Potter- Winslow Co., Chicago; treas. and dir. Bryant Zinc Co., Chicago. Mem. Western Soc. of Eng'rs; R'y Sig- nal Ass'n; Am. Acad. Polit. & Social Science; Meta Delta Chi fraternity. Trustee Rochester Chamber of Commerce, Dickinson Coll .; dir. R'y Business Ass'n. Recreations: Motoring, fishing, shooting, golf. Clubs: Buffalo (Buffalo), Genesee Valley, Rochester Country, Oak Hill Country (Rochester), Transportation, Rail- road (N. Y.). Address: Rochester, N. Y.
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