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SHEPARD, FREDERICK J.
Librarian; b. Essex, Conn., Jan. 23, 1850; s. Dr. Fred- erick W. and Maria T. (Green) Shepard; ed. Hartford (Conn.) High Seh .; grad. Yale, A.B., 1873; m. Worecs- ter, Mass., Nov. 10, 1881, Ellie J. Sumner. Connected with Woreester Press, 1873-1874; Indianapolis (Ind.) Sentinel, 1874-1876, N. Y. World, 1877-1880, Buffalo Courier, 1880-1897; since 1897 reference librarian in Buffalo Public Library. Compiler of numerous his- tories of his college class, of which he has been sec. since 1876; eontb'r of articles, generally historical, to local and other publications; editor reprint of Thomas Budd's Good Order in Pennsylvania. Author of The Johnson's Island Plot in Vol. 9 of Publications of Buf- falo Hist. Soe .; especially interested in history of Great Lakes. Independent Democrat; Presby'n. Mem. Buf- falo Hist. Soc.
Clubs: University, Westminster, Thursday. Address: 17 Pearl Placc, Buffalo, N. Y.
SHEPARD, HELEN MILLER GOULD
Philanthropist; b. N. Y. City, Juno 20, 1868; eldest d. Jay and Helen Day (Miller) Gould; m. Irvington-on-
Hudson, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1913, Finley Johnson Shepard. Identified with many benevolent works. Address: Lyndhurst, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y., and 579 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
SHEPARD, WOOLSEY A.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, April 24, 1880; s. J. Woolsey and Ida W. (Adams) Shepard; grad. Trinity Sch., 1897, Columbia Coll., A.B., 1901, Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1903; m. N. Y. City, June 9, 1903, Mary C. Fran- cis. Engaged in practise of law since graduation. Mem. law firm of Benjamin, Shepard, Iloughton & Tayior; v .- p. and dir. De Lamiater Byrnes Automobile Co .; treas. and dir. Maltzyme Co., Inc .; mem. Com. on Law and Legislation of West End Ass'n; mem. N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n. Episeopalian. P.ecreations: Golfing, automobiling. Clubs: Columbia University, West Side Republican, Underwriters, Knollwood Coun- try. Residenee: 2345 Broadway. Address: 111 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
SHEPPARD, JAMES JOSEPH
Principal High Sch. of Commeree; b. Panola, Ill., Jan. 1, 1868; s. David and Nancy (Hayes) Sheppard; ed. public and high schools of Panola, Ill., State Nor- mal Univ. (grad. Academie and Normal Dep'ts), 1891, Harvard, A.B., 1894, graduate work Columbia Univ., 1897-1900, N. Y. Univ., 1901-1902; m. July 12, 1905, Rena French Masters. Teacher in public schools, 1884- 1886; principal Decatur (Ill.) High Sch., 1894-1897; head Dep't of History, DeWitt Clinton High Sch., N. Y. City, 1897-1902, and aeting principal of Annex same sch., 1900-1902, since 1902 prineipal High Sch. of Com- merce, which he organized, and whileh was first inst'n of its kind in U. S. Editor: Appleton's Series of Texts for Commercial Schools. Pres. N Y. City High Sch. Teachers' Ass'n, Nat. Edn. Ass'n, Nat. Municipal League (see. Com, on Instr'n in Municipal Gov't), Nat. Geog. Soe .; fellow Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Harvard, Gradu- ates, Schoolmasters. Residence: 308 W. 97th St. Ad- dress: 157 W. 65th St., N. Y. City.
SHEPPARD, JOHN EVANS
Physician; b. Greenwich, N. J., June 1, 1859; s. George Wood and Ruth (Bacon) Sheppard; ed. Yard- ley Warner Private Sch., Germantown, Pa., 1868-1871, Westtown Boarding Sch., 1872-1874; grad. Haverford Coll., A.B., 1879, Univ. Pa., M.D., 1882; m. Brooklyn, Aug. 11, 1894, Janet A. Campbell; onc daughter. In- terne Pa. and Univ. Hosps., Philadelphia, 1882-1883; in general praetise Atlantic City, N. J., 1883-1888; while there attending physician to Mercer Memorial Home, and Sea Shore Auncx of Friends Insane Asylum of Frankford, Pa., also a term as health officer; in sp'l praetise of ear, nose and throat in Brooklyn since 1889. Dir Brooklyn Development Co .; mnem. Am. Otol. Soc .; Am. Laryngol. Rhinol. and Otol. Soe .; Am. Acad. of Medicine; Am. Med. Ass'n; N. Y. Otol. Soc .; N. Y. State Ned. Soc .; King's County Med. Soe. (pres., 1904-1905) ; Brooklyn Pathol. Soc .; Associated Physicians of Long Island. Consulting aurist, Brooklyn Eye and Ear, Brooklyn, Jewish, M E., and St. Catherine's Hosps .; attending aurist, Long Island Coll. Hosp .; prof. otology, L. I. Coll. Hosp. since 1895. Clubs: Hamilton, Winter's Night. Residence: 37 Pierrepont St. Ad- dress: 130 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SHERER, WILLIAM
Mg'r N Y. Clearing House Ass'n; . b. Brandenburgh, Ky .; s. William and Susan H. (Alfriend) Sherer; ed. schs. of Montrose, Pa .; m. 1st, Brooklyn, N. Y., Mary I. Collins; 2d, Westmoreland, N. Y., Adelaide J. Clark; children: William, Mary, Harvey, Howard, Arthur, Caroline, Dunham, Kenneth. V .- p. Metropolitan Sav- ings Bank, N. Y. Presidential elector from N. Y., 1900. Republiean Grand master of Masons, N. Y., 1892- 1893; trustce St. John's Guild, 25 years. Mem. Cham- ber of Commeree, N. Y. Clubs: Union League (N. Y.), Union League (Brooklyn). Residence: 235 W. 75th St. Address: 77 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
SHERMAN, CHARLES COLEBROOK
Editor; b. Syraeusc, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1860; s. Charles Wager and Mary Harriet (Colebrook) Sherman; ed. Yale Coll., B.A., 1883 (first Winthrop prize), Yale Di- vinity Sch., 1886-1888, Univ. of Chicago 1895-1896, 1899-1900, Univ. of Berlin, 1897-1898; m. Nov. 11, 1908, Mary Louise Colebrook, of New Rochelle, N. Y. Taught in Ilopkins Grammar Sch., New Haven, Conn., 1883- 1884, at Syracuse, N. Y., 1884-1886, and 1890-1894; on staff of Syracuse Journal, 1889-1890; editor dep't of . religion New Internat. Encyclopedia, 1902-1903; mu'g editor New Schaff-Herzog Religious Encyclopedia, 1903-1907. Address: 610 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
SHERMAN, DE WITT H.
Physician; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1864; s. Robert De Witt and Martha (Rogers) Sherman; grad. Buffalo Classical Seh .; Williams Coll., 1886; Med. Dep't of
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Univ. of Pa., M.D., 1830; Univ. of Buffalo, 1891. Prof. materia medica and therapeutics, Univ. of Buffalo. Visiting physician at Children's Hosp., and the Fresh Air Mission Hosp .; clinical prof. children's diseases, Univ. of Buffalo; pediatrist at Buffalo Gen. Hosp. Mem. of Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Erie Co. Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine of Buffalo, Kappa Alpha Soc., at Willlams Coll. Clubs: Saturn, Country (Buffalo). Address: 680 W. Ferry St., Buffalo, N. Y
SHERMAN, FRANK DEMPSTER
Educator; b. Peekskill, N. Y., May 6, 1860; s. John Dempster and Lucy ( McFarland) Sherman; grad. Co- lumbia Univ., Ph.B., 1884; Harvard Univ., 1884-1885; m. Peekskill, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1887, Juliet Mersereau Du- rand; one son: Dempster Durand, b. Feb. 19, 1890. Instr. architecture, Columbia Univ., 1886; adjunct prof. architecture, 1891; prof. of graphics since 1904. Au- thor of several volumes of poems. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Geneal. and Biog. Soc., Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters. Club: Century. Residence: 158 W. 105th St. Address: Sch. of Architecture, Columbla Univ., N. Y. Clty.
SHERMAN, GEORGE CHARLES
' Banker, mfr; b. Watertown, N. Y., July 25, 1862; s. Charles A. and Caro (Norton) Sherman; grad. St John's Sch., Manlius, N. Y., Watertown High School; m. Watertown, Nov. 17, 1886, Alice. L. Taggart; one d., Katherine L. (Mrs.' Winfield A Fox). Treas. St. Regis Paper Co., Taggart's Paper Co .; trustee Jefferson County Savings Bank. Democrat. Episcopalian. Ves- tryman Trinity Ch., Watertown. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Hanover, Transportation, Black River Valley, Century, Jefferson County Golf, Thousand Island Yacht. Ad- dress: Watertown, N. Y.
SHERMAN, GORDON EDWARD
Educator; b. Morristown, N. J., Aug. 11, 1854; s. By- ron and Julia Antoinette (Burnham) Sherman; ed. College Gaillard, Lausanne, Switzerland, Sheffield Sci- entific Sch., Yale Univ., Ph.B .; Washington Univ. Law Sch., St. Louis, LL.B .; m. Morristown, N. J., June 12, 1894, Harriet Emmons Sheiton. Admitted to N. J. Bar 1883, and N. Y. 1886; now ass't prof. comparative and Internat. law Yale Univ. Republican. Presby'n. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Morris County Bar Ass'n, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Phila .; Am. Acad. Polit. Science, N. Y. City; Am. Pollt. Sclence Ass'n. Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Conn. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Am. Hist. Soc., Internat. Soc. Comparative Jurisprudence and Polit. Economy, Berlin, Prussia. Trustee South St. Presby'n Ch. Morristown, N. J .; dir. Morristown Memorial Hosp., Morristown Public Library and Lyceum. Club: Graduates (New Haven). Address: Hendrie Hall, Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.
SHERMAN, HENRY HANDRICK
Lawyer; b. Lynn, Pa., Jan. 4, 1860; s. Henry N. and Estella Theresa (Handrick) Sherman; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., Law Sch. Columbia Coll .; m. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 31, 1888, Jessle Wheaton Rhoads; children: Estella M., b. 1889; John R., b. 1892; Mary W., b. 1896. Admitted to bar, N. Y. City. 1883; has practised in N. Y. courts since 1883; associated in law practice for many years with Hon. Charles F. MacLean. Occupied several public positions, Including undersheriff, deputy register, sec. to Mayor Hewitt, mem. B'd of Ed'n, trus- tee of Normal Coll., and chm'n exec. com. Normal Coll. Independent Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N Y., Ass'n Bar County of Bronx. Royal Ar- canum. Recreations: Bowling, fishing. Clubs: City, Bronx, The Bronx Church. Address: 1006 Trinity Av., Bronx, N. Y. City.
SHERMAN, JOHN S.
Lawyer; h. Corinth, N. Y., May 1. 1866; s. Avery C. T. and Sarah M. (Putnam) Sherman; cd. Glens Falls (N. Y.) Acad .; m. Glens Fails, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1899, Lena Wait; one son, b. July 22, 1906. Has been acltvely en- gaged In business since 15th year, first handling his father's farm and lumber business; from 21 (at father's death) engaged in business for self. Studied law and was admitted to bar, 1894; engaged in active practise for 10 years: now engaged in many other interests, legal pursuits being confined to office work and con- sultations. Mg'r. Sherman Bros. Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. West End Board of Trade, Repub- lican Club of the 9th Assembly Dist., Republican Club of the 7th Assembly Dist. Mason. Residence: 88 71st St., Brooklyn. N. Y. Address: 206 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
SHERMAN, PHILEMON TECUMSEH
Lawyer: b. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 9, 1867; s. Gen. Will- lam T. and Ellen (Ewing) Sherman; grad. St. Louis Unlv., A.B., 1886; Yale, Ph.B., 1888; Columbia Law Sch., 1890. Admitted to N. Y. Bar. 1590; mem. law ' firm of Taft & Sherman. Alderman N. Y. City, 1898-
1900; comm'r of labor, State of N. Y., 1905. Author: Inside the Machine. Republican. Roman Catholic Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Clubs: Unlon League (N. Y. City), Metropolitan (Washington), Fort Orange (Albany). Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
SHERMAN, RICHARD W.
Civil eng'r; b. Utica, N. Y. Dec. 4, 1848; s. Richard U. and Mary F. Sherman; brother of late James Schoolcraft Sherman, V .- p. of U S .; ed. in public schs. of Utica and New Hartford, N. Y., and commer- cial schoo' ed'n at Utica; m. May 20, 1873, Julia H. Hammond; children: Eugene H., b. June 1, 1874 (diec Dec. 25, 1896); Richard W., b. Sept., 1877 (died Sept. 7, 1879); Elizabeth H., b. Sept. 8, 1884. Engaged as civil eng'r in railroad construction 1866-1875, as con- tractor 1875-1888; since then as pres. of a construc- tion company; city eng'r of Utica, 1887-1888, and 1893; mayor of Utica. 1890-1891 and 1896-1897. Democrat; nominee on N. Y. State ticket (with Bird S. Coler for gov.) in 1902 for State examiner and surveyor; ticket defeated by a small plurality. Appt'd chief eng'r to Conservation Comm'n, Aug. 15, 1911. P'resby'n. Alem. Utica Lodge Masons, Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; mem. Oneida Hist. Soc. Address: 20 Plant St., Utica, N. Y.
SHERMAN, THOMAS TOWNSEND
Lawyer; b. London. Eng., July 28, 1853; s. Edward Standish and Catharine Augusta (Townsend) Sherman; ed. Dwights Sch., N. Y. City, Fairfield Acad., Fairfield, Conn., Hopkins Grammar Sch., New Haven, Conn .; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1874, Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1876. Studied in office of Evarts, Southmayd & Choate. Admitted to N. Y. State Bar 1876; m. Rye, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1887, Anne Loder Wiggin; one child: Emily Balch. Practised law with Evarts, Southmayd & Choate, and Evarts, Choate & Beaman. Mem. firm of Evarts, Tracy & Sherman, now Evarts, Choate & Sherman. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n; mem. and trustee N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc. Warden and clerk of the vestry of Christ's Ch. at Rye, N. Y. Recreations: Golf, genealogy. Clubs: University, Yale, Down Town, Apawamis (gov., formerly pres.), Am. Yacht. Resi- dence: Rye, N. Y. (town house): 126 E. 31st St. Ad- dress: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SHERRILL, CHARLES HITCHCOCK
Lawyer, former diplomat; b. Washington, D. C., April 13, 1867; s. Charles Hitchcock and Sarah Fulton (Wynkoop) Sherrill; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1889, LL.B., 1891, A.M., 1892; in. Feb. 8, 1906, N. Y. City, Miss G. B. Gibbs, d. late Edward N. Gibbs; onc son: Gibbs Wynkoop. b. March 25, 1908. Engaged in practice of law, chiefly corp'n practice. Has traveled extensively. Col. and a.d.c. on staff Gov. Higgins; four years a.d.c. on staff Gov. Odell. Active in campaigns since 1887, principally in organizing interest among business men in polit. affairs. Presby'n. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Sons of Revolution, Soe. Colonial Wars. Founders and Patrlots, Soc. War of 1812. Originator of Internat. inter-university track athletic meetings, having arranged Yale-Oxford match in London, 1894, and Yale-Cambridge match in N. Y. City, 1895. Won Intercollegiate championship 100 yards (4 years), 220 yards (3 years), Am. 100-yard champion, 1887. Am. Minister to Argentine Republic, Marchi, 1909-July, 1911. when was compelled by ill health to deciine the em- bassy to Japan, offered him by Pres. Taft. Author: Stained Glass Tours in France: Stained Glass Tours in England: A Stained Glass Tour in Italy. Clubs: University, Union League, Yale, Army and Navy. N. Y. Athletic (for 7 years one of officers). Metropolitan (Washington). Graduates (New Haven). Sports. Isth- mian, Leander (London), Puteaux and Boulle (Paris). Residence: 20 E. 65th St. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
SHERRILL, HIRAM
Banker; b. East Hampton, Suffolk County, N. Y., Apr. 16, 1853; s. Hiram Lupton and Mary Adaline (Miller) Sherrill (is of the 7th generation of Sherrills who settled in the town about 1669): ed. common schs. and Clinton Aend .; m. 1st. Mav 17. 1880, Anastasia Williams: 2d. Jan. 12. 1903. Sophronia Douglas: chil- dren: one son by 1st wife (died in Infancy) : Florence F., Adaline M. Pres. East Hampton Nat. Bank (and one of founders), pres., now sec. and treas. East Hamp- ton Realty Co. Mem. B'd of Ed'n and Magistrate of town of East Hampton for over 25 years. Judge of Sp'l Sessions. Republican. Recreations: Shooting. fishing. Address: East Hampton, Suffolk Co., N. Y.
SHERWOOD, BRADFORD WYCKOFF
Physician and surgeon; b. Jamesville, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 18, 1859; s. Bradford and Adelaide (Wyck- off) Sherwood; grad. Syracuse Classical Sch., 1877,
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Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1882, A.M., 1885; Hahnemann Med. Coll., M.D., 1890, Philadelphia Lying-in Charity; m. Nov. 1, 1883, Cora L. Poland; children: Esther (Mrs. Walter L. Bennett, Bridgeport, Conn), b. Feb., 1885; Edwin B., b. Nov. 14, 1893; Adelaide Marie, b. Feb., 1898. Has been practising medicine in Syracuse since 1890; chm'n Health Com. Syracuse Chamber of Com- merce, 1907-1908; mem. Onondaga Co. Homo. Med. Soc., Medico-Chirurgical Soc., Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, N. Y. State Home. Med. Soc. (v .- p., 1905-1906), Syra- cuse Acad. of Medicine. Pres. N. Y. State Homo. Med. Soc., 1913-1914; dir. Syracuse Chamber of Com- merce, 1907-1908-1909-1910. Republican; Congregation- alist. Mason. Mem. Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Club: University (Syracusc). Summer residence: Ne-Pah- Win. Fourth Lake, Adirondacks. Address: 1441 S. Salina St., Syracuse, N. Y.
SHERWOOD, FRANK ROOSEVELT
Clergyman; b. Nov. 25, 1851; s. Roosevelt Rensselaer and Fanny (Hurd) Sherwood; ed. Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn .; grad., A.B., 1876; m. Mayfield, Ful- ton Co., N. Y., June 18, 1878. Catherine Ann Mckinlay; children: Roosevelt Rensselaer, b. 1885; Clarence Mc- Kinlay, b. 1887. Joined Troy Conf. M. E. Ch., 1877; has served as pastor at Mayfield, 1877; Glenville, 1878- 1879; West Chazy, 1880-1882; Port Henry, 1883-1885; Broadalbin, 1886-1888; Luzerne, 1889-1891; Northville, 1892-1895; First Ch., Cohoes, 1896-1899; Johnstown, 1900-1901; St. Luke's Ch., Albany, 1902-1907; Ash Grove Ch., Albany, 1908-1910; First M. E. Ch., since 1911, Address: Albany, N. Y.
SHERWOOD, WILLIAM CARMAN
Lawyer; b. Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 29, 1871; s. Thorne P. and Sarah (Carman) Sherwood; grad. Rutgers Coll., A.B., 1892 (mem. Delta Phi fraternity and Theta Nu Epsilon ) ; N. Y. Law Sch., LL. B., 1894; m. Bryn Mawr, Pa., May 17, 1906, Lida C. Ramscy; children: William Carman, Jr., Thorne. In gen. practice of law, 1894- 1900; since then has made a specialty of corp'n law and mgm't. Has traveled extensively since 1899 throughout Europe, Nova Scotia, Canada, etc. En- tered as 1st Serg't, Signal and Telegraph Corps, N.G. N.J., 1899; became 2d lieut., 1901; 1st lieut., 1902; capt. of corps and chief signal officer of State, 1903-1910. Dir. and v .- p. Registrar and Transfer Co. of N. Y., Registrar and Transfer Co. of N. J., Registrar and Transfer Co. of Del. and Me .; dir. Commercial Invest- ment Co. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., S.A.R., Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: Rutgers Alumni, University, University Glec, Underwriters, Montclair Athletic. . Residence: Montclair, N. J. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
SHERWOOD-DUNN, BERKELEY
Banker; s. William Erwin and Harriet Isabella (Peterson) Dunn; ed. N. Y. Univ., Univ. of France, Paris, bachelier-ès-lettres, 1887; bachelier-ès-sciences, 1888; m. Nice, France, 1892, Louise Lacy Knapp, d. Royal C. Knapp, of Rochester, N. Y .; children: Gladys, b. 1893; Yerkes and Hamilton, twins, b. 1894; Dorothy, b. 1896. Practised medicine in Paris, France. 1888- 1895; traveled over continental Europe and all over U. S. Am. mem. com. to revise laws governing foreign students admitted to Univ. of France, 1892; one of founders and dir. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Paris; delegate from U. S. Gov't to Internat. Med. Congress, Amsterdam, Holland, 1897; re-entered business, 1898; part owner and cditor Annals of Gyne- cology and Pediatry, Boston, 1898. Author: Medical Education in France; How I Married in France; Mothers and Daughters; The Sociological Aspect of the Dreyfus Case; Gynecic Surgery in Its Relation to Ner- vous Diseases; From Obscurity to Fame in One Day, etc .; pres. and dir. N. Y. & Delaware R.R. Co .; dir. Bankers' Life Ins. Co .; Delaware & Northampton R. R., Quaker Portland Cement Co., Lehigh Construction Co., Northampton Portland Cement Co .; pres. and dir. Aiken Trust & Savings Bank; v .- p. and dir. First Nat. Bank of Aiken; dir. Bank of Wagener, S. C. Nat. Com- mitteeman Progressive Party for S. C .; elected foreign corr. mem. Société Obstetrique et Gynecologique de Paris, 1895; mem. Société Clinique des Practiciens de France; A.A.A.S., Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Ass'n Obstet- ricians and Gynecologists, Am. Forestry Ass'n, Alumni Soc. N. Y. Univ .. Société Alliance Francaise de New York; decorated by French Gov't, 1893, with cross of Officier d'Academie Francaise. Clubs: Automobile of America, Lawyers, N. Y. Athletic, Aiken Gun. Ad- dress: Waldorf-Astoria; (Winter) Aiken, S. C.
SHIELDS, G. O. ("Coquina")
Publisher; b. Batavia, O., Aug. 26, 1846; s. John F. and Eliza J. (Dawson) Shields; attended common sch, in Delaware Co., Ia .; unmarried. Entered the Union Army, 1863, and served to end of Civil War. Contb'r to Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, Chicago Tribune, Inter Ocean and many other newspapers and periodi-
cals, 1866-1894; organized 1898, and pres. 1898-1913, League of Am. Sportsmen; organized and was pres., 1897-1903, Camp Fire Club; has devoted whole life to the protection of song birds, game and game fishes. Author: The Big Game of North America; Cruisings in the Cascades; American Game Fishes; Hunting in the Great West; The American Book of the Dog; Camping and Camp Outfits; The Battle of the Big Hole; besides his numerous contb'ns to periodicals. Address: 1081 Simpson St., N. Y. City.
SHIELS, GEORGE FRANKLIN
Surgeon; b. San Francisco, Cal., April 15, 1863; s. William and Sarah (Esdale) Shiels; ed. in Univs. of Edinburgh, Leipzig, Vienna and Paris; M.D., C.M., Edinburgh; Fellow Royal Coll. of Surgeons and Licen- tiate Royal Coll. Physicians; m. N. Y. City, Emily M. B. Mead. Lecturer on med. jurisprudence, and subse- quently prof. surgery Univ. of California; now ad- junct prof. surgery Fordham Univ., N. Y. City, also on visiting staff of Kings Park and St. Vineent's Hosps. Major and brigade surgeon U. S. Vols., 1898- 1900, Philippine Expd'n; in field 14 months, recom- inended for brevet of brig .- gen. by Gen. Lloyd Wheat- on; granted Cong. Medal of Honor for bravery in action. Nat. treas. Naval and Mil. Order Spainsh-Am. War; mem. Order of Foreign Wars of U. S., Order of the Caraboa, Order of Philippines. Clubs: The Brook, Army and Navy. Address: 80 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
SHILAND, ANDREW
Lawyer; b. Mount Kisco, Westchester Co., N. Y., April 15, 1855; s. Rev. Andrew (D.D.) and Mary (Stark) Shiland (d. Rev. Andrew Stark, D.D., LL.D.); ed. U. S. Mil. Acad., and Colu nbia Law Sch., LL.B .: m. N. Y. City, July 15, 1886, Ada L. Hedges, née Howell; one son, Andrew Romaine, Admitted to bar, N. Y. City, 1877; now senior mem. firm of Shiland & Hedges, Re- publican; Presby'n. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Was one of the founders of N. Y. Throat, Nose and Lung Hosp., and pres. from its foundation, 1891-1904; pres, and trustee of Clinton Hall Ass'n, which was founded to maintain the Mercantile Library of N. Y. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Manhattan, Metropolitan Opera, Automobile of America, Lawyers, Apawamis, Oakland Golf. Residence: 109 E. 57th St., N. Y. City.
SHINN, FLORENCE SCOVEL
Illustrator; b. Camden, N. J .: d. Alden Cortlandt and Einily (Hopkinson) Scovel; in. Philadelphia, 1898, Eve- rett Shinn. Among the books she illustrated are: Four-Masted Catboat, The Loom of Destiny, The Autobiography of a Tomboy, The Tomboy at Work, A Drone and a Dreamer, Stepping leavenward, The Flight of Pony Baker, The New Boy at Dale, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Lovey Mary, The Men- nonite Maid, Coniston, The Van Dwellers, The Talking Woman. Address: 112 Waverly Place, N. Y. City.
SHIPMAN, ANDREW JACKSON
Lawyer; b. Springvale, Fairfax Co., Va., Oct. 15, 1857; s. John James (of Va.) and Priscilla (Carroll) Shipman (of' Md.); ed. common schs. of Va., George- town (D. C.) Coll., N. Y. Univ., A.B .. 1878, LLB., 1886, A.M., 1889, LL.D., 1911; Canisius Coli., LL.D., 1913; m. Adair Mooney. Engaged in U. S. Customs Service, 1884-1885, investigating sugar frauds upon customs; counsel in the St. Stephen's Ch. (N. Y.) cascs, 1890- 1894, a litigation defining the power of church trustees; in the labor cases in 1898-1900 (N. Y. City), involving the right to strike, Democrat; Roman Catholic. Mem. Southern Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Ain, Soc. Internat. Law, Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Pan-Am. Soc., Municipal Art League; pres. local Alumni of George- town Univ. Elected Regent of State of N. Y., 1913. Writer upon topics regarding Russia and the Siavic race, the Eastern Church and Slavie, Hungarian and Italian emigration to U. S .; speaks several European languages and is acquainted with their literature. Clubs: Manhattan, Deutscher Vercin, Catholic. Ad- dress: 41 Wali St., N. Y. City.
SHIRLEY, RUFUS GEORGE
Publisher; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 7, 1873; s. William Fairclo and Caroline Chester (Sidell) Shirley; ed. Peekskill Mil. Acad., Trinity Sch., N. Y. City, Columbia Inst., N. Y. City, Depuy Sch., Trenton, N. J .: grad,, 1891. Late Naval Cadet, U. S. N .. class of 1895. At- tended N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., 1902-1903. Agency dir. N. Y, Life Ins. Co., May. 1895-July, 1909. Summer of 1901 traveled extensively throughout England, Hol- land, Belgium, France and Germany. Hunted large game throughout a greater part of province of Quebec, 1899-1906, and in Newfoundland fail of 1907. Veteran, 4th Div. 1st Naval Battalion, Naval Militia, N. Y., ex- 1st lieut., 20th Co. Coast Art'y Corps, N.G.N.Y., 9th Art'y Dist. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Decora- tion Order of Bust of the Liberator of Venezuela, St. George's Soc., Veteran Corps of Arty; St. Nicholas
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WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK
Soc .; Soe. of Am. Wars; v .- p. N. E. Soc .; Soc. War of 1812 of Phila, Pa .; Soc. Colonial Wars; Japan Soc. of N. Y .; Sons of the Revolution; S.A.R .; Huguenot Soc .; Hist. Soc. ef N. Y .; Mil. Service Inst'n of U. S .; Navy Athletic Ass'n of Annapolis; Army Athletic Council, West Point, N. Y .; Alumni Ass'n Peekskill Mil. Acad. (v .- p.). Clubs: Atlantic Yacht, Graduates, North Lake Fish and Game ( Montreal, Can.), v .- p. Royal Canadian Yacht (Toronto, Can.), Delta Chi fraternity. Address: 342 \V. 57th St., N. Y. City.
SHOEMAKER, HENRY FRANCIS
Capitalist; b. Orwigsburg, l'a., March 28, 1845; s. John Wise and Mary A. (Brock) Shoemaker; grad. Genesee Sem., Lima, N. Y., 1861, and same year re- ceived apptm't to U. S. Naval Acad, in class of 1865, but entcred the army instead, at the beginning of the Civil War; on staff of Gen. McClelland, 1861-1862; comm'd 1st lieut. 27th Pa. Vols., 1863; in. April, 1874, Blanche, only d. of Col. James W. Quiggle, LL.D., of Philadelphia; children: Henry Wharton, b. Feb. 24, 1881, William Brock, b. July 29, 1883 (died June 21, 1906), Blanche. Engaged in anthracite coal business, 1863-1881; was interested in railroads many years; chm'n B'd Directors, Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R'y Co., 1890-1904; chm'n Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific R'y, 1899-1904; Chatham Nat. Bank, all of N. Y. City; New River Coal Co., of Ohio, and other corp'ns. Dir. Good Samaritan Dispensary, N. Y. City; mem. Sons of the Revolution, Met. Museum of Art, Pa. Soc. of N. Y. Recreations: Yachting, automobiling. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union League, Lotos, Lawyers, N. Y. Yacht, Automobile of America, Riding, Army and Navy, Greenwich Country. Country seat: Riverside, Conn. Residence: 26 W. 53d St. Address: 71 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
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