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SHAW, ALBERT
Editor; b. Shandon, O., July 23, 1857; s. Griffin and Susan Shaw; grad. Iowa Coll., 1879; post-grad. course in constitutional history; course in history and polit science, Johns Hopkins Univ., Ph.D., 1884, LL.D., Univ. of Wis., Univ. of Mo., 1908; Marictta Coll., 1910; Univ. of Cincinnati, 1913; m. Reading, Pa., Elizabeth Bacon; children: Albert, Roger. Editorial writer on Minne- apolis Tribune, 1883-1890; studied in Europe, 1859- 1889; established in 1891, and has since conducted the American Review of Reviews; pres. Review of Reviews Co. Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Ass'n Polit. Science, Civil Service Reform Ass'n, Am. Statist. Ass'n, Am. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Nat. Municipal League, and other socs. and ass'ns; trustee Gen. Ed'n I'd. Southern Ed'n B'd, Iowa Coil. Pres. Jury of Awards Jamestown Exp'n, 1907. Author: Local Government in Illinois, 1883; Icaria, 1884; Co- operation in the Northwest, 1888; Municipal Govern- ment in Great Britain, 1895; Municipal Government in Continental Europe, 1895; The Business Career, 1905; Political Problems of American Development, 1907; The Outlook for the Average Man, 1907; Cartoon History of Roosevelt's Carcer, 1910; and other writing in the fields of politics, economics and government. Recrea- tion: Golf. Clubs: Aldine, Authors, City, Century, Bar- nard, Ardsley Country, St. Andrew's Golf. Address: 10 Irving Pl., N. Y. City.
SHAW, ALBERT JUDSON
Lawyer; b. Concord, N. H., Jan. 16, 1871; s. Rev. Jud- son Wade and Anne Dana (Barrows) Shaw; grad. Phillips Andover Acad., Yale Univ., B.A .; unmarried. Has been engaged in practise of law in N. Y. City since 1896; pres. and dir. Colonial Mortgage Co .; counsel State Realty and Mortgage Co. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity of Yale. Author (with sister, Adele Marie Shaw): The Coast of Freedom, 1902; also short stories in Scribner's and other magazines. Recrea.
tion: Tennis. Clubs: West Side Tennis, Yale. Address: 18 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
SHAW, CHARLES A.
Retired; b. N. Y. Mills, Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y., Nov. 8, 1839; s. Charles and Isabella Hutchinson (Ure) Shaw; ed. public schs., Whitestown Sem .; m. N. Y. Mills, Aug. 23, 1864, Sarah E. Forsey (dicd Feb. 1901); one son: Charles F., b. 1875 (died 1906). After leaving school became teacher; entered Union Army, as pri- vate, 14th N. Y. Hcavy Art'y; served to end of war; now treas. Soc. of Army of Potomac. Entered office of Ilanover Fire Ins. Co., 1866, passing through various positions of trust, and being appt'd ass't sec., April, 1884; 2d v .- p., Jan., 1896; v .- p., Jan. 19, 1899, and sec., Feb. 16, 1899; elected pres. May, 1900, which position resigned in April, 1906, to devote entire timc to duties as comm'r B'd of Water Supply of City of N. Y., hav- ing been appt'd to that non-partisan board June 9, 1905, by Mayor Mcclellan, as representative of N. Y. B'd of Fire Underwriters; resigned after more than five years' service, when politics were being brought into the work; sec. Nat. B'd Fire Underwriters, 1902- 1906. Dir. Hanover Fire Ins. Co. Republican. Preby'n. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. (Washington, D). C.), Prince Soc. of Boston, Mass., Soc. of Old Brooklynites, Brooklyn Masonic Vets. (pres. 1901), Rankin Post, G. A. R. (comd'r 1889-1890) ; mem. Mistletoe Lodge 647, Brook- lyn (past master); past representative Grand Lodge of Masons of Wis. Recreation: Reading. Residence: Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
SHAW, CHARLES GRAY
Educator, philosophical writer; b. Elizabeth, N. J., June 23, 1871; s. Horace Gray and Emma Catherine (Gouge) Shaw; eighth in descent from John Alden; grad. Cornell Univ., B.Litt., 1894; Drew Theol. Sem., B.D., 1897; N. Y. Univ., Ph.D., 1897; studied in Jena aud Berlin, 1897-1899; m. Sept. 21, 1897, E Belle Clarke; children: Winifred Clarke, b. Sept. 30, 1902: Lydia Gray, b. Aug. 9, 1910. Prof. philosophy in N. Y. Univ. Methodist. Mem. Am. Philos. Ass'n, Religious Ed'n Ass'n, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Sphinx Head (Cornell), Soc. Mayflower Descendants. Soc. of Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Author: Christianity and
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Modern Culture, 1906; The Precinct of Religion, 1908; "Philosophy" in Science History of the Universe, 1909; The Value and Dignity of Human Life, 1910; The Ego and Its Place in the World, 1913; contb'r to Encyclo- pædia of Religion and Ethics. Address: N. Y. Univ., University Heights, N. Y. City.
SHAW, FLORENCE DE GRAFF
Educator; b. Washington, D. C., March 31, 1865; d. Maj. Charles and Helen (De Graff) Scholefield; grad. Norfolk Coll .; m. 1888, N. Archibald Shaw, Jr .; chil- dren: Archibald Robert, b. April 16, 1889; Donald Scholefield, b. Sept. 18, 1898. Principal Hamilton Inst. for Girls since 1901. Clubs: Sorosis, Nat. Arts, Brown- ing, Twilight. Address: 601 West End Av., N. Y. City.
SHAW, HARRY JUDSON
Investment banker; b. Rockland, Me., Sept. 3, 1872; s. A. Judson and G. Frances (Litchfield) Shaw; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1894 (Phi Beta Kappa) ; m. Northport, Me., Sept. 7, 1904, Marian L. Kelley. Ad- mitted to N. Y. State Bar, 1900; mem. law firm Patter- son & Shaw until March, 1907; since then associated with A. H. Bickmore & Co., bankers. Republican. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Delta Upsilon fraternity, Republic Lodge 690, F. and A. M., Maine Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Columbia Univ., Atlantic Yacht. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SHAW, HENRY LARNED KEITH
Physician; b. Chaumont, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1873; s. Col. Albert D. and Mary Sherwood (Keith) Shaw; grad. Pa. Mil. Coll., Chester, Pa., 1890, Cornell Univ., A.B., 1893; Albany Med. Coll. (Union Univ.), M.1)., 1896; m. Little Falls, N. Y. Mar. 27, 1906, Susanne Sturtevant Burrell. Engaged in practice of medicine at Albany, N. Y., since 1900. Clinical prof. diseases of children, Albany Med. Coll. since 1905; consulting pediatrician N. Y. State Dep't of Health since 1912. Translated Piaunder and Schlossmann's Diseases of Children. Treas. N. Y. State Training Sch. for Girls, Hudson, N. Y., 1907. Delegate Internat. Med. Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, 1906; Am. Pediatric Soc. Dir. Am. Ass'n for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Kappa Alpha fraternity. Ad- dress: 361 State St., Albany, N. Y.
SHAW, IRVING M.
Treas. Quadri-Color Co., b. N. Y. City, March 8, 1864; s. D. McLean and Emma Louise (West) Shaw; ed. Trin- ity Sch., Univ. Grammar Sch .; m. N. Y. City, May 23, 1893, Lucy I. Burrows; children: Allen West, Marion Louise. Dir. Chelsea Exchange Bank. Veteran Co. E, 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Republican. Trustce and treas. West Park Presby'n Ch. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Am. Civic Alliance, gov. N. Y. Bible Soc. Recreations: Au- tomobiling, walking, swimming. Clubs: Republican, Riverside Yacht. Residence: Riverside, Conn. Ad- dress: 310 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.
SHAW, LESLIE MORTIER
Financier; b .. Morristown, Vt., Nov. 2, 1848; s. Board- man O. and Lovisa (Spaulding) Shaw; when four years old removed with parents to Stowe, Vt., where was ed. in common schools, followed by a few terms in the village High School and in Morrisville Acad .; grad. Cornell Coll., Iowa, M.S., 1874; Iowa Coll, of Law, Iowa City, LL.B., 1876; received degree of LL.D. from 'Simp- son Coll., Iowa, 1898, Cornell Coll., Iowa, 1899, Wes- leyan Univ., 1904, Dickinson Coll., 1908; m. Dcc. 6, 1877, Alice, d. James Cranshaw, of Clinton County, Iowa. Admitted to Bar, 1876; located in practice of law at Denison, county seat of Crawford County, Iowa. While continuing the practice of law, soon became active in the negotiation of farm loans, and afterward in gen. banking at Denison, Manilla and Charter Oak, all in Crawford County, Iowa. Republican; madc speeches for party in National campaigns, especially in cam- paign of 1896, and in 1897 was nominated and elected Gov. of Iowa, re-elected 1899, and declined third nomi- nation in 1901, and also declined U. S. senatorship; appt'd Sec. Treasury of U. S., taking office Feb. 1, 1902, resigning March 4, 1907, to become pres. Carnegie Trust Co. of N. Y. City, serving until 1908; pres. First Mortgage Guarantee & Trust Co., of Philadelphia, 1909-1911. Methodist, lay delegate to Gen. Conf. M. E. Church, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896; trustce Cornell Coll., Iowa, since 1890. Residences: Denison, Iowa, and 340 W. 72d St., N. Y. City. Address: 929 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SHAW, N. ARCHIBALD, JR.
Pres. and Treas. Hamilton Inst. for Boys, Inc .; b. Waddington, N. Y., 1861; s. Archibald M. and Fanny Almira (Nowlen) Shaw; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1882, A.M., 1885 (Phi Beta Kappa); in. 1888 Florence
DeGraff Scholefield; children: Archibald Robert, b. April 16, 1889; Donald Scholefield, b. Sept. 18, 1898. Ass't principal E. Orange High Sch., 1882-1883; dep't history and elocution, Mich. Mil Acad., 1884-1886; teacher and vice-principal Columbia Inst., 1886-1892; founder and principal Hamilton Inst. for Boys, since 1892. Democrat. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, and is a 32" Mason. Clubs: Twilight, Nat. Arts, West Side Ass'n, West Side Demo- cratic. Am. Billiard, Ye Olde Settlers. Residence: 601 West End Av. Bus. address: 599 West End Av., N. Y. City.
SHAW, RICHARD E.
Physician; b. Nottingham, Eng., Dec. 9, 1860; s. Edwin and Mary A. (Gregory) Shaw; ed. public and private schools; licentiate in pharmacy Kings Co B'd; grad. L. I. Coll. Hosp., M.D., 1884; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1882, Mary E. Snyder. Engaged in busi- ness in the West, 1876-1879; after graduation became sup't of L. I. Coll. Ilosp., where is now engaged. Mem. Kings Co. and N. Y. State Med. Socs., N. Y. Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n; Associated Physicians of L. I .; Mis- tletoc Lodge, 647, F. and A. M. (past master); Orient Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; St. George Soc., of N. Y .; Gilbert Council, Royal Acranum, past grand dir. of ceremonies of the Grand Lodge, F. and. A. M., State of N. Y. Address: L. I. Coll. Ilosp., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SHAW, ROBERT ALFRED
Merchant; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 10, 1865; 8. Robert and Harriette (Ebrey) Shaw; ed. Brooklyn public schs .; unmarried; pres. and dir. Robert Shaw's U. S. Bonded Warehouses; v .- p. and dir. Casella Color Co .; sec. and dir. Matheson Lead Co., Swedenborgian. Advisor Prospect Heights Ilosp., dir. Brooklyn Acad. of Music, Adelphi Coll. Associates; scc. and dir. North Country Colony; trustce Brooklyn Soc. of New Church and Nat. Church, Washington, D. C., New Church B'd of Publication. Clubs: Hamilton (Brooklyn), Drug and Chemical, National Arts, Chemists, McDowell (N. Y. City), Nassau Country (L. I.). Residence: 343 Carlton Av., Brooklyn, and Glen 'Covc, L. I. Address: 182 Front St., N. Y. City.
SHEARER, GEORGE LEWIS
H Clergyman; b. Dillsburg, Pa., Oct. 16, 1835; s. Dr. George Leonard and Eliza (Eichelberger) Shearer; cd. Tuscarora Acad., 1854; grad. Layfayette Coll., 1857; Princeton Theol. Sem., 1864; Lafayette, D.D., 1883; m. Clyde, N. Y., Dcc. 27, 1865, Mary Wing Ketchum; children: Mary Young, Elizabeth Eichelberger, Edith Louise, George Lewis (deceased), Leander Howard, Katharine Lilian (deceased), Conway Wing, Margaret Juliet. Taught in Pa., 1852-1854; principal Collegiate Sch., Monroeville, Ala., 1857-1859; Academia, Pa., 1859- 1861; licensed to preach by Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, April, 1864; ordained by same Presby- tery, Oct. 3, 1865; joined Presbytery of N. Y., 1870; entored service of Am. Tract Soc., N. Y., March 22, 1862, continuing meanwhile his theol. ed'n; missionary to soldiers and freedmen, Washington, D. C., 1862- 1864; organized schools for "contrabands," Washing- ton and Georgetown; ministered to wounded as army missionary, and delegate of U. S. Christian comni'n; on many battlefields of Northern Va., 1862-1865; dist. sec. Am. Tract Soc. at Phila., 1864-1866; same at Rich- mond, Va., 1865-1868; reorganized Southern work, Am. Tract Soc., ass't sec. N. Y., 1568-1872; founded Pacific Agency, San Francisco, 1869; corr. sec. Am. Tract Soc., 1878-1908; sec. emiritus since 1908; v .- p. Evangelical Alliance; one of founders Presbyterian (Union, N. Y., 1887; v .- p. Citizens' East Side Improvement Ass'n, N. Y. City; ex-trustee Lafayette Coll .; sec. comm'n for securing exemption from collateral inheritance tax in State of N. Y., for religious, charitable and edn'] inst'ns, 1889-1890, trustce and chm'n exec. com. Soc. for Publishing Evangelical Literature for the Blind. Mcm. Phi Beta Kappa, Pa. Soc. of N. Y. Clty. Ad- dress: 523 W. 121st St., N. Y. City.
SHEARER, LEANDER HOWARD
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 27, 1876; s. Rev. George L. Shearer, D.D., and Mary Wing (Ketchum) Shearer; ed. Chapin Collegiate Sch., N. Y. City; Princeton Univ., A.B., 1897, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1901; m. Trinity Chapel. N. Y. City, 1907, Grace Thorn- dike Parker; one son, Frank Hartley, b. June 11, 1908. Interne at Bellevue Ilosp., 1901-1903; demonstrator in physiology Columbia Univ. since 1911. Visiting phy- sician since 1911; ass't physician in Vanderbilt Clinic, physician Lincoln Hosp. since 1904 and visiting phy- sician since 1911; ass't physician in Vaderbilt Clinic, 1903-1909; adjunet ass't visiting physician to tuber- culosis service Bellevue Hosp., 1908-1910; adjunct as- sistant visiting physician to Bellevue Hosp, since 1911. Entercd service with Squadron A, N.G.N.Y., 1906; major and surgeon in 1st Cav. Reg't, N.G.N.Y., since
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1911. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Alummi Ass'n of Bellevue Hosp., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Quiz Mcd. Soc., Practical Medicine Soc., Ass'n of Mil. Sur- geons, U. S. A. Mem. Kip's Bay Dist., Com. of Charity Org'n Soc. Clubs: Princeton, Squadron A Club. Ad- dress: 449 Park Av., N. Y. City.
SHEARMAN, FRANK E.
Manufacturer; b. Jamestown, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1857; s. Rufus P. and Sophronia (Neff) Shearman; ed. James- town High Sch .; m. Jamestown, June 20, 1883, Cath- arine L. Derry; children: Lulu C., b. 1884, Frank E., Jr., b. 1886, Florence M., b. 1888, John C., b. 1892, William R., b. 1896, Catherine S., b. 1900, Richard, b. 1902. Mem. firm Shearman Bros. for a number of years, until the business was incorporated, and since then pres. and treas. Chm'n Chautauqua Co. Dem. Com., 1891-1893; alternate to Dem. Nat. Conv., 1896; mem. Cooper Union anti-Parker delegation to St. Louis Conv., 1904; delegate to Dem. Nat. Conv., Denver, 1908. Has been delegate to numerous Dem. State Convs .; took an active part in the anti-Hill movement, 1892. Catholic Mem. Jamestown Council Knights of Colum- bus. Club: Reform (N. Y. City). Address: James- town, N. Y.
SHEARMAN, ROBERT WILLIS
Physician; b. New Brunswick, Can., June 4, 1876; s. Robert and Laliah Ada (Steeves) Shearman; ed. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1897, A.M., 1901, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1901 (Harsen Prize man) ; m. Brooklyn, April 17, 1906, Lily Shaw; one son: Keith Willis, b. June 11. 1906. Spent two years in Methodist Episcopal Hosp. in Brooklyn .; since then engaged in private practise. Republican; Methodist. Mcm. Am. Med. Ass'n, Kings Co. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Alumni of M. E. Hosp., Flatbush Med. Soc., Kings Co. Lodge, F. and A. M., Nassau Council Royal Arcanum. Address: 400 Ocean Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SHEARS, GEORGE PEASLEE
Physician; b. in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Jan. 15, 1860; s. Charles H. Shcars, M.D., and Louls M. ( White) Shears; ed. Trinity Coll., Ilartford, Conn., and N. Y. Univ .; m. Feb. 27, 1889, Susan H. Moore, of Yonkers, N. Y .; children: Lambert Armour, Randolph Moore, Jessica. Served at various times as house surgeon N. Y. City and Maternity Ilosps .; ass't attending sur- geon Mothers' and Babics' Hosp .; instr. in obstetrics Cornell Univ. Med. Coll. Author of various mono- graphs on medical and allied topics; adjunct prof. of obstetrics N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch. and Hosp .; visit- ing obstetrician to the N. Y. City Hosp. and to the Misericordia Hosp. Address: 203 W. 103d St., N. Y. City.
SHEARSON, EDWARD
Banker; b. Galt, Ontario, Aug. 3, 1864; s. William Arrindell and Marion (Low) Shearson; ed. Collegiate Inst., Galt, Ontario; m. Boston, Mass., Nov. 14, 1903, Flora Josephine Shea. Auditor Wis. Central R.R., Chicago, 1890-1898; comptroller and ass't to pres., Fed- eral Steel Co., 1898-1901; comptroller U. S. Steel Corp'n, 1901-1902. In 1902 organized firm Shearson, Hammiil & Co., bankers, N. Y. City; pres. Macintyre Iron Co., treas. and dir. Guerrero Development Co., dir. Am. Steel Foundries, Phoenix Nat. Bank, Guerrero Iron & Timber Co. Independent; Episcopalian. Life mem. Met. Museum of Art. Recreations: Yachting, shooting, fishing, golfing. Clubs: Metropolitan, N. Y. Yacht, Indian Harbor Yacht, Greenwich Country (gov.), Apa- wamis, Automobile of America (gov. and v .- p.), White Oak (pres. and dir.), St. Johns Salmon, Lighthouse, Narrows Island, Economic, Sleepy Hollow, Nat. Golf Links of America. Residence: Spring Court. Green- wich, Conn. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SHEEHAN, DANIEL
Merchant, banker; b. Athens, Pa., 1861; s. John and Ellen (Walsh) Sheehan; ed. public schs. and business coll., Elmira, N. Y .; m. Elmira, N. Y., 1909, Ellen Loretta O'Herron. Senior mem. dry goods firm Shec- han, Dean & Co., Elmira, N. Y., since 1888; dir. Che- mung Canal Trust Co., Elmira Ice Co .. Elmira Herald Publishing Co. (publishers of Elmira Herald). Alder- man of Elmira, 1888-1892; police comm'r, 1895-1901; Mayor. 1902-1903, 1908-1913; mem. Dem. State Com. since 1902. Democrat; Catholic. V .- p. Catholic Mutual Benefit Ass'n .; dist. deputy Knights of Columbus. Clubs: City, Country, Pinecliff. Residence: 361 Maple Av. Address: 142 W. Water St., Elmira, N. Y.
SHEEHAN, WILLIAM FRANCIS
Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1859; ed. public schools and St. Joseph Coll., A.B. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1881, practised in Buffalo, 1881-1895; since then in N. Y. City. Dir. Kings County Electrle Light anu
Power Co. and of other electric lighting corp'ns and other companies. Democrat; mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1885-1891, speaker, 1891, lieut-gov. N. Y., 1892-1895. Mem. Dem. State Com., 1889-1893; Dem. Nat. Com. from N. Y., 1892-1896; delegate to Nat. Dem. Convs., 1892, 1896, 1908. Residence: 16 L. 56th St. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SHELBY, EDMUND PENDLETON
Physician; b. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 25, 1866; s. Ed- mund Pendleton and Susan (Hart) Shelby; ed. Ken- tucky Univ., A.B., 1887, A.M., 1900; N. Y. Univ., M.D., 1891. In active practice of medicine since 1891. Demo- crat; Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Pathol. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Recreations: Golf, fishing, hunting. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Richmond County Country. Ad- dress: 116 W. 74th St., N. Y. City.
SHELBY, EVAN
Lawyer; b. Lexington, Ky., Dec. 13, 1872; s. Edmund P. and Susan (Hart) Shelby; grad. Ky. Univ., A.B., 1893; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1896. Admitted to bar, 1896; served as sp'l ass't U. S. Att'y in prosecution of . Anti-Trust cases, 1911-1913, by app'tmt of att'y gen. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of' N. Y., trustee of The Ken- tuckians. Recreations: Shooting, fishing, golf. Club: Filson (Louisville, Ky.). Residence: 116 W. 74th St. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SHELDON, ALEXANDER J.
Merchant; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1862; s. Henry and Cecclia (Farrington) Sheldon; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; m. Brooklyn, 1893, Anna Butts; one d., Florence McGregor, b. 1898. Pres. A. J. Sheldon Co. Repubil- can; Episcopalian. Club: Crescent Athletic. Resi- dence: 8203 Ridge Boulevard, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad- dress: 100 Front St., N. Y. City.
SHELDON, GEORGE RUMSEY
Banker, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 16, 1857; s. Willlam C. and Mary (de Forest) Sheldon; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., Harvard, A.B., 1879; in. Brooklyn, Dec., 1881, Mary R. Seney. Since graduation continuously engaged in banking business in N. Y. City; mem. firm of Williamn C. Sheldon & Co. Pres. and dir. Electrical Securities Corp'n; treas. and dir. Detroit Edison Co., Milwaukee Elce. R'y and Light Co., Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction Co., The North American Co .; dir. Am. Locomotive Automobile Co., Am. Locomotive Co., Bethlehem Steel Corp'n, Cincinnati Northern R. R. Co., The Locomotive and Machine Co. of Montreal, Lt'd, Lo- comotive Security Co., Metropolitan Trust Co. of N. Y., Nat. Copper Bank, J. Rogers Locomotive Works, St. Louis Transit Co., Unlon Elec. Light and Power Co., Union Elec. Light, Heat and Power Co. of St. Louis, United Railways Co. of St. Louis. Republican; dele- gate to Nat. Republican Conv., 1900; mem. Nat. Rep. Com., 1903-1904, treas. N. Y. County Rep. Com., 1899- 1903; treas. N. Y. State Rep. Com., 1906; treas. Nat. Rep. Com. from 1908. Episcopalian; trustee St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H. Clubs: Union League (pres. 1907-1911), University, Republican, Union, N. Y. Yacht, Harvard, Racquet and Tennis (N. Y. City), Metropolitan (Wash- ington, D. C.). Residence: 24 E. 38th St. Address: 62 Cedar St., N. Y. Clty.
SHELDON, JAMES C.
Lawyer; b. Randolph, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1871; s. Charles C. Sheldon; ed. Randolph Union Sch. and Chamberlain inst'n grad. 1889. Was for four years associated with father, and later engaged alone in mercantile and re- tail coal business; began study of law, 1893, in offices of Judge William H. Ilenderson and Alexander Went- worth, Randolph, N. Y .; admitted to bar, Rochester, N. Y., 1896, and established practice at Randolph, N. Y. Elected justice of the peace at 21, being then the youngest magistrate in U. S .; held office for 9 years; ass't sec. State Constitutional Conv. of 1894; ass't chlef revision dep't of Assenbly, 1899, chief same, 1900- 1902; elected to N. Y. Assembly in 1902, re-elected 1903 and 1904, from Second Dist. of Cattaraugus Co .; re- moved to N. Y. City, where is now engaged In practice of law. Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SHELDON, SAMUEL
Electrical engineer, educator; b. Middlebury, Vt., Marein 8, 1862; s. HI. Alexander and Mary (Bass) Shel- don; grad. Middlebury Coll., A.B., 1883, A.M., 1586. D.Sc., 1911; Würzburg (Germany) Univ., Ph.D., 18SS; I).Sc. Univ. of Pa., 1907; m. Brooklyn, June 18, 1891, Frances Warner Putnamn; one son: Samuel, Jr., b. 1896. During studles at Würzburg was ass't to l'rof. Koll- rauseh; ass't in physics at Harvard one year; prof. physics and elec, eng'ring, Poly. Inst., Brooklyn, iss); pres Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, 1906-1907; pres. Dep't of Electricity, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, since 1906. Independent in politics; Episcopalian. Author:
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Dynamo Electrical Machinery; Alternating Current Machines (joint author); Traction and Transmission Engineering. Mem. N. Y. Elec. Soc., A. A. A. S., Am. Physical Soc., Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. Elec. Soc., hon. fellow Am. Electro-Therapeutic Ass'n, 1st v .- p. United Eng'ring Soc .; dir. John Fritz Medal Ass'n; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Club: Engi- neers. Address: Poly. Inst., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SHELTON, GEORGE GREGORY
Physician, banker; b. Birmingham, Conn., Aug. 24, 1853; s. George Wellington and Margaret (Atwood) Shelton; ed. in schools of Andover, Mass., N. Y. Homæ. Med. Coll. and Hosp., M.D., 1883; m. Bridge- port, Conn., Oct., 1874, Ida E. Sherman; children: Har- riet May (now Mrs. F. K Hollister), b. Aug. 14, 1875, Allen W., b. Oct. 31, 1887. Engaged in practice of med- icine since 1883. Was prof. materia mediea in N. Y. Homo. Med. Coll., now emeritus prof .; formerly reg- istrar of same. V .- p. First Nat. Bank, Ridgefield, Conn. Mem. N. Y. State Home. Med. Soc., N. Y. County Homo. Med. Soe., Am. Inst. Homeopathy; was surgeon to Mil, Soc. War of 1812. Now retired; has traveled extensively in Europe, Egypt, America, Alaska, Mexico and West Indies. Episcopalian. Prison Ass'n of N. Y. Recreation: Country life in home in Ridgefield, Conn. Address: Ridgefield, Conn.
SHEPARD, CHARLES NORMAN
Clergyman; b. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 8, 1870; s. Francis Waterman and Emma (Belden) Shepard; grad. Trinity Coll., B.A. (with honors), 1891, M.A., 1894, Gen. Theol. Sem., B.D., 1894, D.D., 1912; was also student at Columbia Univ. and Univ. of N. Y .; m. Bris- tol, Conn., June 22, 1904, Marguerite Dunbar; children: Katharine, b. June 4, 1905; Alice Emma, b. June 30, 1906: Marguerite Dunbar, b. Oct. 25, 1908. Fellow Gen. Theol. Sem., 1894-1898; inst'r in Hebrew, same, 1898- 1902; adjunet prof. Biblieal learning, 1902-1905; prof. Hebrew and cognate languages since 1906. Mcm. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Soc. of Biblical Literature and Exe- gusis, Am. Oriental Soe., N. Y. Oriental Club, and N. Y. Churchman's Ass'n. Address: 9 Chelsea Sq., N. Y. City.
SHEPARD, CHARLES SIDNEY
Capitalist; b. Buffalo, N. Y., July 29, 1856; s. Sidney and Elizabeth De Angelis (Wells) Shepard; grad. Yale, B.A., 1878; Hamilton, LL.B., 1879. Dir. Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co., Republic Metalware Co. (Buffalo) Trus- tee Cornell Univ., Ithaea, N. Y. Clubs: Buffalo, Saturn (Buffalo). Fortnightly (Oswego, N. Y.), Lawyers, Uni- versity (N. Y. City). Address: New Ilaven, Oswego Co., N. Y.
SHEPARD, FINLEY JOHNSON
Railroad official; b. Saybrook, Conn., Oct. 8, 1867; s. Rev. Peter Lake and Mary Anna (Burr) Shepard; ed. Seabury Inst., Saybrook, Conn., where was prepared for coll. and took examinations for Trinity Coll., Hart- ford, Conn .; m. Tarrytown, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1913, Ilelen Miller Gould. With Northern Pacific R'y, St. Paul, 1889-1901; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé R'y, 1901-1905, last 3 years of which period was gen. sup't of Santa Fé Coast Lines, headquarters Los Angeles, Calif .; in commercial business in Chicago, 1905-1911, when moved to St. Louis with exee. offices of Mo. Pacifie System; transferred to N. Y. office, Dec., 1912. V .- p. and dir. Mo. Pacific R'y, St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern R'y, Texas & Pacifie N'y; ass't to pres. and dir. Den- ver & Rio Grande R.R. Mem. Couneil N. Y. Univ., mem. exec. eom. Bureau for Safe Transportation of Explosives and other dangerous articles. Mem. Pan- Am. Soc. of U. S. Clubs: N. Y. Railroad, Railroad, Sleepy Hollow Country, St. Louis, Denver, Saddle & Cyele, South Shore Country, Chicago Athletic. Resi- denee: Tarrytown, N. Y. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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