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SEARS, JOSEPH HAMBLEN
Publisher; b. Boston, April 15, 1866; s. Joseph Henry and Emily (Nickerson) Scars; grad. Roxbury Latin Sch., Harvard Coll., A.B., 1889, studied one year in Univ. of Berlin and one year in Ecole des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France; ni. N. Y. City, 1891, Anna Wentworth Caldwell; one d., Penelope, b. 1894. Worked on Youth's Companion six months; six months ass't editor Cosmopolitan Magazine; with Harper & Bros., in various capacities, ten years; pres. D. Appleton & Co. since May, 1904. Clubs: Union, Century, Seawan- haka, Harvard, Cosmos (Washington), Garrick (Lon- don), Cercle Union Artistique (Paris). Summer home: Oyster Bay, L. I. Residence: 113 E. 62d St. Address: D. Appleton & Co., 35 W. 32d St., N. Y. City.
SEBRING, ARAD JOY
Clergyman; b. Ovid, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1833; s. John C. and Elizabeth (Covert) Sebring; ed. Ovid Acad., Rut- gers Coll., and New Brunswick Theol. Sem .; m. Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1862, Caroline H. Campbell; one son: William Campbell Sebring, M.D. Ordained to ministry Oct. 22, 1862. Pastor Second Reformed Ch. of Clave- rack, 1862-1885; pastor Reformed Ch. of Katsbaan since May 26, 1885. Author of two volumes of poems, en- titled Faith In Song, published by B'd publication, Re- formed Ch., and Girdle of Gladness, published by Rich- ard G. Badger, Boston, Mass. Has written numerous articles in N. Y. religious papers-latterly an essay on "Calvinism: Its Place in Modern Thought"-read by apptm't before particular Synod of Albany, and pub- lished in part, as an article, in the Christian Intelli- gencer, June 23, 1909. Mem. N. Y. Ministerial Ass'n, Hudson River Ministerial Ass'n. Was for 20 years mem. Board of Publication of the Reformed Church in America. Address: Saugerties, N. Y.
SECOR, HORACE, JR.
Lawyer (retired); b. New York City, Nov. 18, 1856; s. Horace and Hannah A. (Fuller) Secor. Descendant of Pilgrim, Puritan and Huguenot stock, all settled in New England and New York between 1620-1680, many having taken notable part in the civil and military affairs of the Colonics; grad. Columbia Univ., LL.B .; in. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1879, Annie V. (d. of George W. Bergen of the old Brooklyn firm of Valentine, Bergen & Co., wholesale grocers); children: Alfred B., b. Jan. 18. 1883 (died Jan. 29, 1896), Florence M., b. Nov. 29, 1887 (m. July 1, 1909, Dr. George G. Herr). Practised law in N. Y. City, 1879-1902; with firm of Secor & Page, the latter State Senator, 1896-1898. Progressive (Independent). Mem. 22d Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 1876-1879. Mem. Soc. Mayflower Descendants, Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Soc. War of 1812. Soc. of Am. Wars. Club: N. Y. Athletic (Sec. 1909-1910). Address: 118 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
SEDGWICK, ARTHUR GEORGE
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 6, 1844; s. Theodore Sedg- wick, lawyer and law author; ed. Harvard, A.B., 1864, LL.B., 1866, A.M., 1870. Admitted to bar 1866, practised in Boston; admitted to bar of N. Y., 1875, and since then practising in N. Y. City. Associated with Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., (now asso. justice Supreme Court of U. S.) in editing Am. Law Review while residing in Boston; was for several years on editorial staff of the N. Y. Evening Post and The Nation; delivered lectures on law before Lowell Inst., Boston, 1885-1886. Edited the 5th and was co-editor of the 7th and 8th cditions
of his father's best-known work, The Measure of Dam- ages; author Elements of Damages; also (with F. S. Wait) of a Treatise on the Principles and Practise Governing the Trial of Titles to Land; joint author Essays on the Nineteenth Century. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Club: Century Ass'n. Residence: 8 E. 10th St. Address: 54 William St., N. Y. City.
SEDGWICK, HENRY DWIGHT
Author; b. Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 24, 1861; s. Henry Dwight and Henrietta (Ellery) Sedgwick; grad. Harvard Univ., 1882; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 7, 1895, Sarah Minturn; children: Henry Dwight, Jr., b. 1896; Robert Minturn, b. 1899; Francis Minturn, b. 1904. Lawyer; mem. Suffolk Bar, Mass., N. Y. Bar. Ass't dist. att'y, Southern Dist. of N. Y., 1895, 1896, 1897. Author: Essays on Great Writers, Life of Francis Parkman, A Short History of Italy, etc. Independent in politics. Club: Century. Address: 120 East 22d St., N. Y. City.
SEDGWICK, THEODORE
Clergyman; b. Stockbridge, Mass., Aug. 2, 1863; s. Henry Dwight and Henrietta (Ellery) Sedgwick; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1886; m. May 4, 1903, Mary Aspin- wall Bend; children: Theodore, Jr., b. 1904; Edith Ludlow, b. 1906; Harold Lend, b. 1908; Charles, b. 1912 Ordained, 1890; Curate St. George's Ch., N. Y., 1890-1894; rector St. John's Ch., Williamstown, Mass., 1894-1900; rector St. John the Evangelist Ch., St. Paul, Minn., 1900-1911; rector Calvary Ch., N. Y. City, since 1911. Episcopalian. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Mem. Gen. B'd of Missions, P. E. Ch., trustee St. Luke's Home, N. Y. Mem. Churchman's Ass'n. Clubs: Cen- tury, Harvard, The Press, Ministerial, Theta, The Club, The Clericus. Address (summer) : Falmouth Foreside, Portland, Me .; (winter) 103 East 21st St., N. Y. City.
SEEGER, ALBERT H. F.
Jurist; b. Stuttgart, Germany; s. John and Louise (Hammer) Seeger; grad. Newburgh Acad., 1875; m. Newburgh, N. Y., 1884, May E. Riker; one son: John A., b. 1885. Admitted to Bar, 1880; practising since then at Newburgh. Ass't dist. att'y of Orange Co., 1896-1904; dist. att'y of Orange Co., 1904-1907; county judge Orange Co., since 1907. Practising in the courts of N. Y. State and U. S. Courts. Dir. Columbus Trust Co. of Newburgh. Republican. Mcm. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Newburgh Canoe Ass'n. Clubs: Republican (N. Y. City), Newburgh City, Wheelmen's. Address: Newburgh, N. Y.
SEELEY, JOHN
Physician; b. Woodhull, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1872; s. Dr. Albert H. and Margaret (Sullivan) Seeley; grad. Addi- son High Sch., 1892; Cornell Univ. Ph.B., 1896; Univ. of Penn., M.D., 1900; unmarried. Men. Assembly, 2d Steuben Dist., 1911 and 1912 (two terms). Senator 43d Dist. (Steuben and Livingston), 1913-1914. Democrat. Mem. Senate Coms. on Public Health (chm'n), Conser- vation, Internal Affairs, Military Affairs and Revision; local mem. N. Y. State Dep't of Health. Mem. Hornell Med. Soc. Club: N. Y. State Automobile Ass'n; hon. mem. State Sealers of Weights and Measures. Address: Woodhull, N. Y.
SEEMANN, ERNEST H.
Manufacturer; b. N. Y. City; s. Ernest and Johanna (Schnitzer) Seemann; ed. publle schools, N. Y. City; m. Brooklyn, Laura Klein; children: Walter, b. 1887; Arthur, b. 1899. Pres. and dir. Flatbush Hygeia Ice Co .; Metal Lubricating Co., N. Y. Dir. Empire Tin Mining Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. 18th Assembly Dist. Republican Club, Kings Co. Address: 200 East 17th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SEGGERMAN, FREDERICK K.
Merchant; b. Yonkers, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1857; s. Henry and Martha G. (Gleason) Seggerman; ed. schs. of N. Y. and Germany; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 18, 1887, Annie Haw- thorne Timpson; children: Frederick, b. 1890; Kenneth M., b. 1892. Traveled extensively in U. S., Mexico and Europe. Pres. Seggerman Bros. Ine .; v .- p. Wisconsin Condensed Milk Co. Served 416 years in 7th Reg't and 3 years in Squadron A. Episcopallan. Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, Mayflower Soc. Recreations: Golf, fishing. Clubs: Knollwood Country, Squadron A, N. Y. Athletic. Residence: 302 West Sist St. Ad- dress: 91 Hudson St., N. Y. City.
SEITZ, DON CARLOS
Business my'r N. Y. World; b. Portage, Wood Co., Ohio, Oct. 21, 1862; s. Rev. J. A. and Rebecca J. (Brown) Seitz; ed. Norway laboral Inst., Norway, Ale .; St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, N. Y., A.31 .; n. East Deer- ing, Mc., April 15, 1890. Mildred E. Blake; children: Mildred, b. 1891; Mabel G., b. 1597. Albany correspon-
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dent Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1887-1889; city editor Eagle, 1890-1891; city editor and business mg'r New York Reeorder, 1892-1893; mg'r Brooklyn Worid, 1893-1894; advertising ing'r N. Y. World, 1895-1897; business mg'r since 1898. Author: Discoveries in Everyday Europe, 1907; writings by and about James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1910; Elba and Elsewhere, 1910; Surface Japan, 1911; Letters of Franeis Park- man to E. G. Squirc, 1911; The Bueeaneers, 1912. Mem. Met. Museum of Art, Armstrong Ass'ın, St. Lawrence Soe. Clubs: Grolier, Authors, Manhattan, Riverside Yaeht. Address: 239 Hancock St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SELIGMAN, ALBERT JOSEPH
Banker, stoek raiser; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 24, 1859; s. Jesse and Henrietta Seligman; ed. N. Y. publie sehools, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., M.E., 1878, afterward at Royal Bergacademie, Freiberg, Saxony, and Royal Sehool of Mines, Liege, Belgium, 1878-1881. Went to Helena, Mont., in 1881, and acquired interest in mines near that place; sinee 1899 resident of N. Y. City and mem. firm of Seligman & Meyer, bankers and brokers. Republican. Mem. Territorial Legislature of Montana, 1884-1885; ehm'n Rep. State Com., 1889-1890; ehm'n Montana delegation to Nat. Rep. Conv. at Minneapolis, 1892. Knight of Pythias (grand chancellor K. P., Montana, 1888-1890); mem. B. P. O. Elks (exalted ruler Helena Lodge, 1897-1898). Residenee: 38 East 50th St. Address: 52 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SELIGMAN, DeWITT JAMES
Bonn N. Y. City, Mareh 22, 1853; s. James and Rose (Content) Seligman; grad. Columbia Coli., Ph.B., Coi- umbia Coll. Law Sch., UL.B .; m. N. Y. City, June 5, 1878, Addie S. Bernheimer; children: Mrs. Ethei S. Dinkelspiel, Mrs. Alma S. Seligsberg, James B. Mem. of N. Y. Bar., N. Y. Stock Exchange. Trustee N. Y. Ass'n for Improving Condition of the Poor since 1891; served as sch. comm'r N. Y. City, 1884-1889. Ciub: Columbia Univ. Address: Hotel Netherland, 59th St. and Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
SELIGMAN, EDWIN R. A.
McViekar prof. political economy, Columbia Univ .; b. N. Y. City, Aprii 25, 1861; s. Joseph and Babette (Steinhart) Seligman; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1879; LL.B., 1884; Ph.D., 1885; LL.D., 1904; student Univs. of Berlin, Paris, Heidelberg and Geneva, 1879-1882; m. April 4, 1887, Caroline Beer; children: Eustaee, Jr., b. 1889; Mabel H., b. 1894 (died 1905); Violet, b. 1899; Hazel, b. 1908. Adjunet prof. 1888-1891, MeViekar prof. political economy, Columbia Univ. since 1891. Chm'n Com. on Taxation, Nat. Civic Federation. Mem. N. Y. Com. of 70, of 1894; see. Com. of 15, of 1901; mem. Mayor's Com. on Municipal Finance and Taxation, 1905-1908; N. Y. State Comm'n on Taxation, 1906. Editor: Political Science Quarterly, Series in History, Economics and Publie Law. Author: Mediaval Guilds of England, 1887; Railroad Tariffs, 1887; Progressive Taxation, 1892 (2d edition, 1908); Shifting and Inei- denee of Taxation, 1894 (3d edition, 1910); Essays on Taxation, 1895 (8th edition, 1913); Economic Interpre- tation of History, 1902 (2d edition, 19v7) ; Principles of Economies, 1905 (5th edition, 1912); The Income Tax, 1911; The Social Evil (2d edition, 1912). Five of these works have been translated into French, three into Italian, three into Japanese, two into Spanish, two into Russian, one into Mahratti. Republican. Pres. Soe. for Ethical Culture, Am. Econ. Ass'n, 1902-1904; Nat. Tax Ass'n, Am. Corr. Royal Eeon. Society; eorr. mem. Russian Imperial Acad. Seienee, Academia dei Lincei (Italy), Société d'Economie Politique of Paris, ehm'n B'd Trustees Bureau of Municipal Research; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Hist. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. of Polit. Seience, Am. Arehæol. Soc., Am. Oriental Soc., Am. Polit. Seience Ass'n, Am. Soeiol. Soe., Am. Ass'n Labor Legislation, Am. Forestry Ass'n, Nat. Child Labor Comm'n, Civil Service Ass'n, Nat. Municipal League, Prison Ass'ın, N. Y. Probation Ass'n, Publie Ed'n Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soe., N. Y. Kindergarten Ass'n, State Charities Ass'n, Am. Seenie and Hist. Presorvation Soe., Columbia Alumni, Phi Beta Kappa, Nat. Sculpture Soe., Municipal Art Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Bo- tanical Garden; dir. University Settlement, Tree Plant- ing Ass'n, People's Inst., Ass'n Protection of the Adi- rondaeks, Pres. Coop. Social Settlement, Shore-owners' Ass'n of Lake Placid, v .- p. A.m. Soc. for Social Prophy- laxis. Recreation: Bicycling. Ciubs: City, National Arts, Municipal Art. Seulptors, Economic, Authors. Address: 324 West 86th St., N, Y. City.
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SELIGMAN, ISAAC NEWTON.
Banker; b. Staten Island, N. Y., July 10, 1855; s. Jo- seph Seligman, a well-known N. Y. banker; ed. Co- lumbia Grammar Sch., and Columbia Coll., A.B., 1876 (was one of the famous university crew that won the intereollegiate races in 1874) ; m. Frankfort, Germany.
1883, Guta, d. Solomon Loeb (of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., N. Y. City); children: Margaret V., b. 1895, Joseph L., b. 1897. On leaving eoliege became connected with bank- ing firm of J. & W. Seligman & Co. (founded by his father), at their New Orleans branch, 1876-1878, and in 1878 was ealled to the N. Y. house; became a part- ner on death of his father, and sinee the death of his uneie, Jessc Seligman, in 1895, has been active head of house. This firin eontroiled the St. Louis & San Fran- ciseo R'y, which they soid to Jay Gould and subse- quently was acquired by the Rock Island; reorgan- ized the Am. Steel and Wire Co. (now part of U. S. Steel Corp'n), the Cramp Steamship Co., and other large corp'ns. Was mem. Rep. Nat. Finance Com .; trustee Manhattan State Hosp. for Insane (appt'd by Gov. Morton and reappt'd by Gov. Roosevelt); now mem. Advisory Com., Nat. Rep. Com .; dir. Sound Money League; chm'n Finance Com. and treas. Citizens' Union. Dir. U. S. Savings Bank, Munich . Fire Ins. Co .; trustee Rossia Ins. Co., Mount Morris Nat. Bank, Lin- coln Trust Co., United Hebrew Charities. Treas. of "American Hebrew." Mem. com. of Nat. Conf. Chari- ties and Correction; trustce and treas. City and Subur- ban Homes Co. (model tencments); dir. Columbia Univ .; trustee Columbia Univ. Memoriai IIall; Colum- bia Alumni Ass'n, Civil Serviee Ass'n; dir. N. Y. Forest Preserve Ass'n, Gen. Grant Tomb Com .; trustee and treas. St. John's Guild; mein. Com. of Seven for Sup- pression of Raincs Hotels. Treas, and mem. of Com. of Nine on Police Reform; mem. of Com. on Municipal and State Taxation of Chamber of Commerce; trustee MeKiniey Memorial Ass'n; treas. and mem. Exee. Com. of Hudson-Fulton Celebration Comm'n; treas. and mem. Exce. Com. of Carl Schurz Memorial Com .; v .- p. and treas. Andrew Green Memorial Com .; v .- p. United Hebrew Charities, People's Inst., Co-operative Com. on Playgrounds, Hebrew Charities Bid'g (founded by his father-in-law). Trustee of Civic Forum, Legal Aid Soe., Univ. of Wiehita, Kan .; trustee, treas. and mem. Finance Com. Nat. Civie Federation; chm'n Finance Com. Nat. Child Labor Ass'n; treas. Com. of Nine to rcorganize Police Dep't; mem. Chamber of Commerce (and mem. of its Com. on Taxation). Treas. 4th of July Com .; mem. Munieipai Campaign Com. 1913, and chm'n of its Finance Com. Trustec-niem. Finance Com. of Canal Ass'n of Greater New York. Clubs: Lotos, University, N. Y. Athletie, City (trustee and treas.), Nat. Arts, Columbia, Recess, City Midday, Lawyers, St. Andrews, University Athletic, Lakewood Country, Garden City Golf, Scabright. Republican. Residenee: 36 W. 54th St. Address: 1 William St., .N. Y. City.
SELL, EDWARD HERMAN M.
8 Physician; b. Upper Saueon Township, Lehigh Co., Pa., Aug. 16, 1832; s. Samuel and Mary (Miller) Sell; ed. dist. pay school, Bethlehem Moravian Sch., Friends Seh., Quakertown, Bucks Co., Pa., Allentown Sem. (now Muhlenberg Coli.), Pennsylvania Coll. (Gettys- burg), A.B., 1856, A.M., 1859; grad. Gettysburg Theol. Sem., 1858; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1866; studied several years in Europe; grad. Master of Ob- stetrics, Vienna Univ., 1872; m. Deiphos, O .. Jan. 17, 1894, Anna J. Lloyd; children: Edward Lloyd (b. Nov. 24, 1894), Charles Samuel (b. Feb. 2, 1897). Praetised medieine, N. Y. City, 1866-1869, abroad 1869-1872, mak- ing sp'l studies of gynecology, obstetrics, chronic dis- eases, and the alcohol and opium imbits. Served
through cholera epidemic in N. Y. City, 1866, and the smallpox epidemie of 1869, having been specially appt'd for the service by N. Y. B'd of Health; was in Paris during the siege, 1870-1871, and later in 1871 organized at Univ. of Vienna the first, and at that time the only, practical gynecol., operative eourse in the world. Editor The Physician and Pharmacist, 1869-1880. Physician to N. E. Dispensary of N. Y., 1873-1876, to Eastern Dispensary for Diseases of Wom- en, 1874-1884; in 1876 was one of the seven physicians (now sole survivor) who organized at the Centennial Exp'n in Philadelphia the Am. Aead. Medicine; at same time discovered and brought to attention of the med. profession the medicinal properties of Avena Sativa, the common ont. for the cure of alcoholism and opium habit. Has been chin'n Section on Theory and Practice of Medicine in N. Y. Acad. Medicine, v .- p. and treas. m. Acad. Medicine: for several years trustee Medico-Legal Soe .; censor N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., delegate of Am. Med. Ass'n, to Internat. Med. Con- gress at Berlin. 1890, Rome, 1894. and to the British Med. Ass'n, 1870, 1873. 1876. Lite mem. Ingnenot Soc. of America, also mem, other med. societies. Author: The Opium Habit. 1883; aiso many conth'ns to current med. journals. Address: White Plains, N. Y. -
SELLENINGS, ALBERT EUGENE
Surgeon; b. Chillicothe, Ohio; s. Aibert C. and Vale. ria (Schmitt) Scilenings; ed. Ohio State Univ., Ph. B., 1896, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp., Med. Coil., M.D., 1899;
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m. Columbus, Ohio, 1902, Florence Corner; children: Eugenia, b. 1905, Florence, b. 1906. Interne Bellevue Hosp., 1900-1902; late demonstrator of anatomy, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp., Med. Coll., visiting surgeon Gou- verneur Hosp .; contb'r to surgical literature. Mem. Soc. of Alumni of Bellevue Hosp., N. Y., County Med. Soc., Med. Ass'n of Greater N. Y., Ohio State Univ. Ass'n of N. Y., Ohio Society, Chi Phi fraternity. Club: Hospital Graduates. Residence: (summer) Belle Terre, L. I., N. Y. Address: 104 E. 31st St. N,. Y. City.
SELLEW, FREDERIC S.
Physician; b. N. Y. City, July 27, 1858; s. Welles Hamilton and Helen B. (Smith) Sellew; grad. Colum- bia, 1881; m. Portland, Conn., 1887, Catharine E. Will- cox; children: Welles Ilamilton, b. 1888, Waldo White, b. 1892. Mem. Acad. of Medicine, Soc. Med. Judispru- dence. Pathol. Soc. Club: Grolier. Country residence: Portland, Conn. Address: 78 E. 79th St., N. Y. City.
SELLS, ELIJAH WATT
Certified Public accountant; b. Muscatine, Iowa, March 1, 1858; s. Elijah and Isabel ( Watt) Sclls; ed. in publie schs. and Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kan .; hon. M.A., Baker Union, June, 1909; m. Dubuque, Iowa, April 24, 1884, Mabel Graves. Employed in telegraph and railroad offices as telegrapher and agent in Kan- sas, later at Kansas City, Mo., until 1879, when be- came cashier, paymaster and gen. bookkeeper of the Clinton, Dubuque & Minnesota R. R., at Dubuque, Iowa; afterwards ass't to comptroller Oregon R'y & Navigation Co., and Oregon Improvement Co., also auditor of latter; ass't comptroller Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis R. R. Co., sec. and auditor Colo. Midland R'y. With late Charles Waldo Haskins es- tablished, in 1893, firm of Haskins & Sells, certified public accountants, of which is now senior mem .; firm selected by Joint Com. of 53d Congress, 1893, to effect a revision of accounting system of U. S. Gov't for purpose of simplifying and expediting public busi- ness; also audited sp'l assessment accounts of City of Chicago, 1871-1901, and installed an entirely new sys- tem of accounts for City of Chicago; has executed many other important comm'ns for municipalities in inaugurating, correcting and investigating accounting systems, reorganizing corp'ns, etc. Nov., 1908 jour- neyed to Philippine Islands on behalf of U. S. Gov't, proceeded Westward and completed trip around world. Mem. Am. Ass'n Public Accountants (pres. 1906-1908), and of State Socs, of Public Accountants for N. Y., Pa., Ill., Ohio and Mo .; mem. Empire State Soc., S. A. R., MIl. Order Loyal Legion, Am. Acad. Polit. and So- cial Science. Clubs: Manhattan, N. Y. Yacht, Riding, N. Y. Athletic, Lawyers (N. Y. City), The Pilgrims (London); Chicago. Chicago Athletic (Chicago), West- chester Country (N. Y.) Residence: Armonk, West- chester County, N. Y. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
SEMPLE, OLIVER CHEEVER
Lawyer; b. Bennington, Vt., 1861; s. Amzi Chapin and Mary Hepburn (Johnson) Semple; grad. Amherst Coll., class of 1883, B.A., Columbia Law Sch .; m. Baltimore, June 8, 1898, Hester M. Callahan. Teacher in Lowell, Mass., 1883-1884; lawyer, Minneapolis, Minn., 1886-1891; N. Y. City since 1891. Ass't corporation counsel City of N. Y., 1902-1903; Ass't counsel Public Service Comm'n First District since 1907. Trustee Good Gov't Club F, 1895-1897; chm'n Fifth Assembly Dist. Citizens' Union, 1897-1901 (mayoralty campaigns); mem. City Com.
Citizens' Union, 1901-1902, 1904-1905; chm'n Com. on Dist. Org'n of Citizens' Union, 1901-1902; candidate Re- publican Party and Citizens' Union for justice of Mu- nicipal Court, 1899. Republican; mem. Republican Co. Com., 1906-1913. Presby'n. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Ainherst Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: University, Republican, Wykagyl Country. Address: 154 Nassau st., N. Y. City.
SENIOR, H(AROLD) D(ICKINSON)
Anatomist; b. Croydon, Eng., Oct. 30, 1870; s. Joseph and Amy (Westall) Senlor; ed. Chatham House Coll., Ramsgate, Eng., Charing Cross Hosp. Med. Sch., and Durham Univ. (honors in intermediate and final M.B.) : fellow Royal Coll. Surgeons, Eng., Licentiate Royal Coll. Phys., London; hon. D.Sc., Syracuse Univ .; m. British Columbia, 1901, Jean Hedley. House surgeon and house physician Charing Cross Hosp., London, 1892-1893; ass'n demonstrator anatomy. Durham Univ., 1893-1894; demonstrator anatomy Charing Cross Hosp., Med. Sch., 1894-1895; med, registrar, Charing Cross Hosp., 1895-1897; demonstrator anatomy Medico-Chl- rurgical Coll., Phila., 1902-1904; asso. In anatomy, Wis- tar Inst. Anatomy, 1904-1907; prof. anatomy Syracuse Univ., 1907-1910; prof. anatomy N. Y. Univ., since 1910.
Mem. Am. Ass'n Anatomists; fellow A.A.A.S., N. Y. Acad. of Science. Club: Authors (London, Eng.). Resi- dence: 129 E. 40th St. Address: 338 E. 26th St., N. Y. City.
SERVISS, DAVID
Banker; D. near S. River, N. J., June 2, 1851; s. Rich- ard and Esther (Messler) Serviss; ed. public and pri- vate schs., Claverack Coll., Claverack, N. Y .; m. Brook- lyn, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1886, Mary Throckmorton; one d., Esther R., b. Sept. 15, 1889. Agent Home Ins. Co. of N. Y., Ins. Co. of N. America, Philadelphia, Phila. Un- derwriters, Continental Ins. Co. of N. Y., Standard Fire Ins. Co., Trenton, N. J., and New Brunswick Fire Ins. Co., of New Brunswick, N. J., conducting the ins. busl- ness at S. River. as well as surveying and convey- ancing, since 1883. Pres. First Nat. Bank, South River, N. J., since org'n, 1902. Appt'd township clerk, East Brunswick Township, 1877, re-elected till 1898; county collector, 1893-1905. Democrat. Trustee and sec. Washington Monumental Cemetery Ass'n since 1903. Address: South River, N. J.
SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON
Author; b. S. Shields, Durham, Eng., Aug. 14, 1860; ed. in Canada, Eng., and France; m. N. Y. City, June .1, 1896, Grace Gallatin; one d., Ann, b. Jan. 23, 1904. Went to Canada at age of 6, lived in the backwoods till 1870; ed. public schools of Toronto and Collegiate Inst .; received art training in London 1879-1881; went to Manitoba to follow natural history; became natu- ralist to the Gov't of Manitoba. Published in 1898 Wild Animais I Have Known (the biographies of eight wild animals), which went through ten editions in one year, and Birds of Manitoba. Author: Anatomy of Animals; Mammals of Manitoba; Trail of the Sand- hill Stag; Biography of a Grizzly; Lives of the Hunt- ed, 1901; Two Little Savages; Pictures of Wild Ani- mals; Monarch, The Big Bear; Wood Myth and Fable; The Birch-bark Roll; Animal Herocs; Biography of a Silver-fox; Life-histories of Northern Animals; The Forester's Manual, Manual of Scouting; Rolf in the Woods, Woodcraft and Indian Lore; Wild Animals at lIonic. Recreations: Hunting with the camera; natural history, and woodcraft. Mem. Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters, Chief Scout of Boy Scouts of America. Club: C'amp-fire (ex-pres.). Address: Wyndygoul Park, Greenwich, Conn.
SETON, GRACE GALLATIN
Writer, designer of book make-up; b. Sacramento, Calif .; d. Albert and Nemie N. (Rhodes) Gallatin; ed. Chicago Female Coll., Brooklyn, and privately; in. N. Y. City, June 1, 1896, Ernest Thompson Seton; one d., Ann, b. Jan. 23, 1904. Author: A Woman Tenderfoot; Nimrod's Wife; magazine articles. Songs: If You Were I and I Were You, Sweetheart, etc. Responsible for design of cover, title page, and several make-ups of following books: Art Anatomy of Animals; Wild Ani- mals I Have Known; The Trail of the Sandhill Stag; Biography of a Grizzly; The Wild Animal Play; A Woman Tenderfoot; Lives of the Hunted; Pictures of Wild Animals; Two Little Savages; Wood Myth and Fable; Animal Heroes; Nimrod's Wife, etc. Mem. Nat. Inst. & Social Sciences, Women's Auxiliary, N. Y. Peace Soc., N. Y. delegate League of Am. P'en Women; Councilor of Am. Civic Ass'n, v .- p. State B'd of Com. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n; v .- p. Greenwich Kanal Fran- chise League. Recreations: Outdoor country life, inuslc. Clubs: Pen and Brush (pres. 1898-190], 1902-1913). Woman's Press, Wednesday Afternoon. MacDowell Ass'n, Lyceum Club (London). Address: Greenwich, Conn., and 562 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
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