Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 2, Part 90

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 818

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SHOEMAKER, HENRY WHARTON

Newspaper prop'r; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb, 24, 1881, of distinguished Pa. ancestry; s. Henry F. and Blanche (Quiggle) Shoemaker; ed. Dr. E. D. Lyon's Classical Sch., N. Y .; Columbia Coll., N. Y., 1901; senior partner in Stock Exchange firm of Shoemaker, Bates & Co., N. Y., 1905-1911; pres. Daily Herald, Jersey Shore, Pa., 1905-1907; pres. Daily Record, Bradford, Pa., 1907- 1908; pres. Daily Times, of Reading, Pa., 1908-1912; pres. Daily Telegram, Bridgeport, Conn., 1911-1912; pres. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., since 1912. Author: Immaterial Verses, Random Thoughts, Wild Life in Western Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Mountain Stories, Pennsylvania Mountain Verses, More Pennsyl- vania Mountain Stories, The Indian Steps, Tales of the Bald Eagle Mountains, In the Seven Mountains, etc .; contb'r to newspapers and magazines. Delegate to various Rep. convs., N. Y. City, 1901-1908; sec. Am. Legation, Lisbon, Portugal, 1903; sec. Am. Embassy, Berlin, Germany, 1904; 2d lieut. 12th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 1907-1908; enthusiastic horseman, naturalist and trav- eller. Mcm. Sons of Revolution; Mason. Club: Army and Navy. Residence: McElhattan, Pa. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.

SHOEMAKER, HERBERT BRADISH

Lawyer; b. New Baltimore, Mich., March 18, 1868; s. Henry and Mary A. (Foss) Shoemaker; ed. Univ. of Mich., A.B., LL.B .; m. Brooklyn, Oct. 9, 1899, Mabel S. Rowland; children: Mary H., b. 1901, John R., b. 1903, Herbert, b. 1907. Formerly prof. law, Univ. of Colo .; mem. law firm Shoemaker & Doughty. Mem. Phl Beta Kappa Soc., Am. Economic Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Acad. of Polit. Science and kindred org'ns. Democrat; Episco- palian. Residence: Summit, N. J. Address: Wool- worth Bld'g, N. Y. City.

SHOEMAKER, MICHAEL MYERS

Author; b. Covington, Ky .; Robert Myers and Mary Colegate (Steiner) Shoemaker; ed. at Cornell, two years, class of 1874. Author: Eastward to the Land of the Morning, Kingdom of the White Woman, Islands of the Southern Seas, Quaint Corners of Ancient Em- pire, Palaces and Prisons of Mary Queen of Scots, The Great Siberian Railway, Heart of the Orient, Winged Wheels in France, Wanderings in Ireland, Islam Lands, Indian Pages and Pictures. Deputy gov .- gen. Soc. Colonial Wars of Ohio (charter mem. and founder of soc. in Ohio), mem. Sons of Revolution and Soc. War of 1812 in Md. and Ohio. Clubs: Union (N. Y.), Met- ropolitan (Wash.), Queen City, Riding and Country (Cincinnati). Address: Union Club, N. Y. City.

SHOLES, CHARLES ESTE

Chemical mfr; b. June 6, 1869, Cleveland, Ohio;'s. Thomas G. and Harriet (Este) Sholes; ed. Cleveland, O., schools, university, tutors, and in practicai work of construction and manufacture in chemical plants; m. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1896, Mary Elizabeth Bab- cock. Three years chemical works, Chleago; mf'r 3

years chem, works, Syracuse; mf'r for 10 years chem. works, N. Y .; pres. chem. works New York, 7 years; veteran Troop A of Ohio. Republican. Mem. Brick Presby'n Ch., N. Y. City. Mem. Soc. Chemical Indus- try, Am. Chem. Soc. Clubs: Chemists. Mendelssohn Glee. Address: 131 E. 15th St., N. Y. City.

SHONK, HERBERT BRONSON

Lawyer; b. Plymouth, Pa., Oct. 28, 1881; s. George W. and Ida E. (Klotz) Shonk; grad. Wesleyan Univ., A.B .; Harvard Law Sch., UL.B .; in. Buffaio, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1907, S. Gertrude Knight; children: Sally, b. Sept. 20, 1908; Mary Elizabeth, b. June 25, 1912. Mem. firm Cranc, Woodward & Shonk, lawyers; treas. and dir. Lubricating Metal Co. Mem. Co. K, 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; Alpha Delta Phi fra- ternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: Union League, Harvard, Alpha Delta Phi, Whitehall Lunch, Knoii- wood Country. Residence: Scarsdale, N. Y. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.

SHONTS, THEODORE PERRY

Railroad offcial; b. Crawford Co., Pa., May 5, 1856; s. Dr. Henry Daniels and Margaret Nevin (Marshali) Shonts; ancestry, Dutch and Scotch-Irish; went with parents in boyhood to Appanoose County, la .; ed. pub- lic schools Centreville, la., and Monmouth Coll., Mon- mouth, Iil., from which grad. 1876; m. Centerville, la., 1882, Harriet Amelia, d. Gen. (afterward Gov.) Francis M. Drake; children: Marguerite Theodora (now Duchesse de Chaulnes). After graduation became an accountant and in a very short time was employed by nat. banks in Ia. to standardize and simplify their methods of bookkeeping; studied law and practised a short time at Centervilie, Ia .; became associated with Gen. Drake, who had large financiai and railroad in- terests, and who placed much of the work of mg'mit and construction in his hands; had charge of con- struction of part of Ia. Central R.R .; afterward built the Mo., Ia. & Neb. R.R. and was its controlling owner, later selling it to the Lake Shore & Mich. Southern R.R .; after a few months of rest and travel returned to railroad business; with associates secured control of Toledo, St. Louis & Western R.R. (Clover Leaf), which rehabilitated and made successful; selected by Pres. Roosevelt, Spring of 1905, chm'n Isthmian Canal Comm'n, formulating the plans for that great work; continued at its head until Feb., 1907, when elected pres. of the Interborough-Metropolitan Co., of N. Y., - entering upon duties March 4, 1907. Was pres, of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western R.R. from Jan. 15, 1904, and of Chicago & Alton from Nov. 1, 1909, to Sept. 1, 1912, also of Ia. Central and Minneapolis & St. Louis R.Rs. from Nov. 1, 1909, to Oct. 9, 1911. Dir. Am. Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, Biaugas Co., of Amer- ica., Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. Co., Fifth Av. Coach Co., Interborough-Metropolitan Co., Interborough Rapid Transit Co., Iowa Central R'y Co., Kansas City, Mexico & Orient R'y, Long Island Electric R'y Co., Minneapolis & St. Louis R.R. Co., N. Y. R'ys Co., N. Y. & Queens County R.R. Co., N. Y. & Long Island Traction Co., N. Y. Transportation Co., Pittsburgh & Shawmutt R.R. Co., Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co., Realty Trust Co., Atlanta, Ga., Subway Realty Co., Toiedo, St. Louis & Western KJR. Co., United States Light & Heating Co., White Sulphur Springs, Inc. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.

SHOPE, JULIAN BEDFORD

Lawyer; b. Baltimore, Md .; s. William Brengie and Julia (Krebs) Shope; ed. St. Paul's Seh., Concord, N. Il .; studied iaw in office of the late James C. Carter, and at N. Y. Univ. Law Sch. (LL.M.). Has practised law in N. Y. City since admission to the bar. Demo- erat; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Author: Coliision at Sea, a law treatise. By order of the Navy Dep't, a copy of this book has been piaced on every vessel of the U. S. Navy, it having been adopted by the Gov't as tie standard authority on the subject. Clubs: Calumet, Apawamis, Golf. Residence: 059 Madison Av. Address: 37 Liberty St., N. Y. City.

SHORTT, WILLIAM ALLAIRE

Lawyer; b. Florence, Mass., Aug. 15, 1859; s. Rev. William and Mary Amanda (Haggerty; Shortt; grad. Univ. of Toronto, B.A. (honors in mental and moral science), 1880, M.A., 1881; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov., 1890, Lucy N. Low; children: Allen, b. 1596, Eispeth, b. 1901. After graduating, traveied in Europe, 1880- ISSI; studied law in office of Bethune, Moss, Falcon- bridge & Ilovies, Toronto; of Martin & Smith, N. Y. City, and at Law Sel. of Univ. of N. Y. Mem. of As- sembiy of State of N. Y. for Richmond Co., 1908, 1910, 1911. Counsel for George Cromwell in contest of 1897 for office of pres. of Borough of Richmond, when he was successful in Court of Appeals; for W. R. Hearst, in contest following elections of 1905, for mayor; for Richmond Co. in proceeding to set aside as unconstl-

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tutional the apportionments into Senate and Assembly Dists. made in N. Y. Legislature in 1906; counsel for Sailor's Snug Harbor, for Marine Soc., and supervisors of Richmond Co. Served in Queen's Own Rifles, To- ronto (Can. Militia), with rank of sergeant, four years; candidate (Fusion) for office of dist. att'y of Richmond Co., 1900. Republican and Citizens' Union. Mem. of Wadsworth Hose Co. No. 4 (Borough of Richmond Fire Dep't) for 12 years. Pres. Thurmond Land Co. of Va .; dir. Rush Creek Land Co., Coal Run Land Co. Vestryman St. Paul's Memorial Ch., Staple- ton, S. I. Mem. Law Soc. of Upper Canada, Med. Jurisprudence (N. Y.), Nat. Science Ass'n of Staten Island. Mem. Phi Sigma fraternity (Univ. of To- ronto), St. George's Soc., Alliance Française, Amateur Fencers' League. Clubs: City, Fencers' (N. Y. City) ; Staten Island, Brooklyn, Clifton Boat. Residence: 218 St. Paul's Av., Borough of Richmond, N. Y. Country home: Otterburn, Kingston, Ontario. Address: 45 Broadway, N. Y. City.

SHRADY, ARTHUR MELVILLE

Physician; b. N. Y. City, April 14, 1869; s. John Shrady, M.D., and Jeannie Lockhart (Sammis) Shrady; ed. in private schools, Princeton (class of 1890), Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1893; interne Roose- velt Hosp., 1895; m. June 7, 1898, Aline B. Chaffec. Appt'd instr. in physical diagnosis and later chief of clinic in Hydrotherapy at Coll. Phys. and Surg. At- tending physician Seton Hosp. for twelve years, now consulting physician; also ass't attending physician at Harlem Hosp. Formerly examining physician for N. Y. State Hosp. for Incipient Tuberculosis at Ray Brook, N. Y. Independent Republican. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Alumni Ass'n Roose- velt Hosp. and Sloane Hosp. for Women. Recrea- tions: Golf, motoring. Address: 135 W. 73d St., N. Y. City.

SHUBERT, LEE

Theatrical manager; b. Syracuse, N. Y., March 15, 1875; s. David and Catherine Shubert; ed. public schs., Syracuse, N. Y. Pres. and dir. Shubert Theatri- cal Co., Sam S. and Lee Shubert, Inc., Shubert Realty Co., Grand Opera House Co., Lyric Theatre Co., Shu- bert Holding Co., Hyperion Theatre Co., 39th St. Thea- tre Co., Elliott Theatre Co .; v .- p. and dir. Wm. A. Brady, Ltd., Sam S. Shubert Amusement Co., Winter Garden Co., Ready Money Co., 50th St. Broadway Co., Garrick Theatre Co. (St. Louis), Garrick Theatre Co. (Chicago), Washington Theatre Co .; sec., treas. and dir. Broadway and 39th St. Co .; dir. Greenwich Bank, 44th St. Realty Co., Central Theatre Leasing and Construction Co. Address. 1416 Broadway, N. Y. City.

SHUFELDT, ROBERT WILSON

Physician, author; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 1, 1850; s. R. W. and Sarah Hutchins (Abercrombie) Shufeldt; ed. by private tutors at New Orleans, La., and Havana, Cuba; in public schools of N. Y. City and Stamford, Conn .; Kinne's Prep. Sch. to Cornell Univ., and, 1870- 1873, Sch. of Eng'ring, Cornell Univ .; grad. medical dep't Columbia Univ., Washington, D. C., 1876; m. 1st, Washington, D. C., Sept., 1876, Catharine Babcock (died 1892); 2nd, Florence Audubon, 1898; 3rd, Alex- andria, Va., Alfhild Dagny Lowum; children (by first marriage) : Robert Wilson 3d, b. June 7, 1877 (died 1893), Percy Welles, b. Dec. 27, 1879, Sarah Aber- crombie, b. June 8, 1882, Catharine, b. Oct. 9, 1889 (died May 5, 1902). Traveled in capacity of officer of U. S. Navy, U. S. Army, etc., in Mexico, West Indies and throughout U. S .; founded the departments of comparative anatomy at the Army Medical Museum and at the Smithsonian Inst'n, at Washington, D. C. Was connected with the U. S. Hydrographic Office, Washington, 1874, and later, under Dr. George A. Otis, Col. Med. Dep't, U. S. A .; assisted in the completion of the Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Was captain's sec., U. S. gunboat Pro- teus, 1864-1865, E. Guif Squadron; 1st It., and ass't surg., Med. Dep't, U. S. A., 1876; captain, 1881; major, 1904; retired, 1891; was surg. with various commands in the field, in Indian wars in the West; post surgeon at Laramie, Ft. Fetterman (Wyo.), D. A. Russell, Ft. Wingate (N. Mex.); special duty at Washington, D. C .; served at Jackson Barracks (New Orleans) and other mll. posts. Associated with various inst'ns fur- thering the ends of art, blology, law and medicine in this country and Europe. Mem. of mnally societics, among them being: Zool, Soc. of London; Socleta Italiana d'Antropologia, Etnologia é Psicologia Com- parata, of Florence, Italy; L'Alliance Scientifique Uni- versello de France; Acad. Natural Sciences of Phila- delphia; Medico-Legal Soc. of New York. Fellow Am. Ornithologists' Union, Am. and British Societics for Psychical Research, Linnean Soc. of N. Y., Acad. of Sciences of Chicago, Royal Australasia Ornithol.

Union; mem. of various internat. med. congresses; trustee Medico-Legal Soc. of N. Y .; mem. Alpha Delta Phi, Cornell Chapter. Author of over one thousand books, memoirs, criticisms, magazine articles, etc., de- voted to biology, medicine, law, art, psychics, popular natural history, travel, exploration, photography of fish, birds and other animals (living), anthropology. criminology, etc. Principal books are: Osteology of Birds of North America; Anatomy of Heloderma; My- ology of the Raven; Chapters on the Natural History of U. S .; Studies of the Human Form; The Negro; Fossil Birds: and many others. Address: 3356-18th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

SHULL, GEORGE HARRISON

Botanical investigator; b. in Clarke Co., O., April 15, 1874; s. Harrison and Catharine (Ryman) Shull; ed. in country schools of Clarke, Miami and Mont- gomery counties, O .; grad. Antioch Coll., B.S., 1901; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. (in botany and zoology), 1904; m. 1st, Bushnell, Ill., July 8, 1906, Ella Amanda 'Hollar, b. Feb. 14, 1877 (died May 7, 1907); 2d, Brook- lyn, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1909, Mary Julia Nicholl. Taught in public schools of Greene Co., O., 1893-1897; stu- dent ass't in Bureau of Forestry in E. Tenn., 1901; botanical ass't U. S. Nat. Museum, Washington, D. C., 1902; botanical expert, U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry, 1902-1904; ass't in plant physiology, Univ. of Chicago, 1903-1904; botanist, Carnegie Inst'n Station for Ex- perimental Evolution, Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., 1904. Mem. Botanical Soc. of America, Torrey Bot. Club, Am. Soc. Naturalists (v .- p. and chm'n of Eastern Sec- tion, 1911), Am. Geog. Soc., Ass'n Internationale des Botanistes, Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft, Am. Breeders' Ass'n (chm'n Plant Section, 1912-1913); fel- low A. A. A. S .; asso. Royal Horticultural Soc., Eng. Author of papers on morphology, variation, heredity and evolution in plants. Address: Cold Spring Har- bor, L. I., N. Y.

SHURTLEFF, ROSWELL MORSE

Artist: b. Rindge, N. HI., June 14, 1838; s. Asahel Dewey and Eliza (Morse) Shurtleff; ed. Dartmouth Coll., B.S., 1857; m. Hartford, Conn., June 14, 1867. Clara E. Halliday. Worked as lithographer at Buf- falo, 1858-1859, drawing on wood for engraver, Bos- ton, and studying in evening classes at Lowell Inst., 1859; illustrator, N. Y. City, and student of Nat. Acad. Design, 1860-61; enlisted as private 99th N. Y. Vols., April 16, 1861; promoted 1st lieut. and adjutant; Wounded and taken prisoner July 19, 1861, and spent eight months in Southern hospitals and prisons be- fore being released on parole. Continued as illus- trator of magazines and books In N. Y. City; since 1870 painter in oils and water colors of animal pic- tures and landscapes; has specialized in recent years on scenes In The Adirondacks. Asso. 1881, academi- cian since 1890, Nat. Acad. Design; mem. Am. Water Color Soc. Address: 350 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.

SIBLEY, HIRAM WATSON

Capitallst; b. Rochester, N. Y .; s. Hiram and Eliza- beth (Tinker) Sibley; ed. Heidelberg Univ., Ph. D., Co- lumbia Univ., UL. B .; m. Feb. 6, 1873, Margaret Durbin Ilarper, of N. Y. City; children: Mrs. John A. Gade, Harper, Urling. From 1869 to 1881 interested and activo in mg'mt of Southern railroads, with residence in N. Y. City; since then In iron mines, timber lands and lumber operations in West and South, and in bank - ing, with residence in Rochester. Trustee Rochester Savings Bank, Security Trust Co., of Rochester. Clubs: Genesee Valley, Country (Rochester) ; University, Union League; N. Y. Yacht, Riding (N. Y. City). Address: 100 Sibley Block, Rochester, N. Y.

SIBLEY, RUFUS ADAMS

Merchant; b. Spencer, Mass., Dec. 3, 1841; s. Brig- ham and Adaline (Adams) Sibley; cd. in schools of Spencer, Mass .; m. Rochester, N. Y., 1885, Elizabeth S. Conkey; children: Dr. Edward R., Elizabeth Adams, John R. Pres. Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co .; trustee Se- curity Trust Co., Rochester Savings Bank, both of Rochester, N. Y .; dir. Minneapolis Dry Goods Co. of Minneapolis, Minn., and Erie Dry Goods of Erie, Pa., University of Rochester, Reynolds Library, Rochester. Clubs: Genesee Valley, Country (Rochester), Am. Jersey Cattle (N. Y. City). Address: Rochester, N. Y.

SIDENBERG, JOSEPH WILLIAM

Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 30, 1883; s. Henry and Mary ( Brooks) Sidenberg; grad. Yalo Univ. A. B., class 1904; m. N. Y. City, March 15, 1910. Mildred Barbara Scholle; one d. Janet, b. Dec. 12, 1911. Men. frin G. Sidenberg & Co., importers and converters of laces, cotton goods, etc. Recreations: Outdoor sports, tennis. Clubs: Yale, Century, Country. Residence: Ilastings- on-Iludson, N. Y. Address: 116 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.

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SIDWAY, FRANK ST. JOHN

Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1869; s. Franklin and Charlotte (Spaulding) Sidway; ed. publlc and pri- vate schools of Buffalo, Phillips Exeter Acad., 1888, Harvard Coll. (1 year), Buffalo Law School, LL.B., 1894; m. Buffalo, N. Y., April 16, 1903, Amelia Minerva Rob- erts, d. James A. Roberts; children: Margaret St. John, b. May 16, 1907; Martha Roberts, b. Oct. 1, 1908; Edith, b. Feb. 22, 1913. Admitted to bar Oct. 17, 1894, was with firm of Sprague, Moot Sprague & Brownell. 1894- 1897; since then practising alone, principally in care of estates. Comm'd 2đ lieut. Co. B, 74th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., March 1, 1894; 1st Ilcut., March 6, 1895, capt. same co. Nov. 23, 1897, capt. Co. C, 202d N. Y. Vols. Inf., July 5, 1898 to Aprii 15, 1899; served with army of occupation in Cuba; re-elected capt. Co. B, 74th Regt. on return and received full and hon. discharge Oct. 1, 1902. Chm'n Erie County Rep. Gen. Com. 1909 and 1910, Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Erie County Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Hist. Soc., S. A. R .. Spanish War Veterans, Naval and Military . Order Spanish-Am. War, Buffalo Fine Arts Acad. Clubs: Buffalo, Saturn, Ellicott, But- falo Orpheus. Address: 194 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.

SIEBER, EDWARD G.

Artist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 16, 1862; s. Jacob and Ann (McMahon) Sieber; ed. Brooklyn grammar schools; studied art with Prof. F. T. Lee Boyle in Brooklyn Inst., where won second prize; Prof. Winter, Brooklyn High Sch., and at Académie Julian, Paris, France, Nat. Acad. of Design, N. Y. City. Exhibited Charleston Exp'n (won bronz medal), St. Louis Exp'n, Omaha Exp'n, Detroit Museum, Nat. Acad. Design, N. Y. City, Philadelphia Art Club, Salmagundi Ciub, N. Y. City, and received the J. T. Story gold medal from Brooklyn Art Ciub. Has had various works published and copyrighted by Art Interchange, the Soule Photo- graphic Co., Osborn Co., the Knapp Art Publication Co. Represented in the 'Bueck, Frauenfelder, Hurley, Mills and Mollenhauer collections and others. Spe- cialty in art is painting cattle and landscapes. Ad-

dress: 212 Freeman St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

SIEDLER, CHARLES

Manufacturer; b. Minden, Prussia, May 24, 1839; s. John J. and Charlotte Siedler; ed. public schs., N. Y. Clty; m. 1st, 1863, Mary Van Schaick; 2d, 1866, Julia Franklin; 3d, 1879, Grace Syms; children: Mary Ella, George J., Julla F., Charlotte, Marguerite, Ernestine, Mary, Dorothy, Charles P., Howard D. In partnership with late Peter Lorillard in tobacco business, 35 years, as mn'g partner, now retired; receiver for Lorillard Brick Works Co. Pres. and receiver Ft. Plain & Richfield Springs R. R. Mayor of Jersey City, N. J., 2 years. Club: Carteret (hon. mem.). Address: 156 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.

SIEGEL, FERDINAND

Physician; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 15, 1866; s. Willlam and Magdaiena (Frick) Siegel; grad. N. Y. Univ. Med. Dep't M.D. with honor, 1890; m. 1st, 1889, Louisa Long (died 1895); 2d, 1902, Grace Williams; children: Ferdinand F., b. 1891, Caroline, b. 1893, Beatrice Grace, b. 1904, Herbert Carter, b. 1907. Surgeon Eastern District Hosp. Dispensary, 1891; examiner Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 1891-1892; traveled in England, Holland, Ger- many, Switzerland and France,' 1900; lecturer on care of infants and children's diseases to nurses In Eastern Dist. Hosp., 1906. Has traveled through Canada and Southern States. Mem. Kings County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n; Physicians Mutual Aid Ass'n. Pres. Brooklyn Symphony Ochestra. Rc- publican; Baptist. Odd Fellow. Mem. Allied Arts Ass'n. Recreations: Music (plays the flute), chess, checkers. Address: 294 Halsey st., Brooklyn, N. Y.

SIEGEL, HENRY

Merchant; b. Eublgheim, Germany, Mar. 17, 1852; s. Lazarus (burgomaster) and Zurich (Koch) Siegel; ed. in Germany, came to U. S. 1867; m. 1st, 1885, Julia Rosenbaum (died 1886); 2d, 1898, Marie Vaughan Wilde, widow of George Wilde and d. Judge J. G. and Isabeiie Oliver (Peters) Vaughan. First business cx- perience was gained in Washington, D. C., Parkers- burg, Va., and Lanceburg, Pa .; established firm of Siegel Hartsbield & Co., in Chicago, 1876; ten years later es- tablished dep't store of Sicgel, Cooper & Co., Chicago, in 1896 established Siegel, Cooper & Co., N. Y. City; purchased Simpson-Crawford Co. In Jan. 1902; opened Fourteenth Strect Store April 1904, and Henry Sicgel & Co., Boston, 1905; controls five of largest dep't storcs in the world. Dir. in several banks, street railways and various corp'ns. Fellow Am. Geog. Soc., mnem. N. Y. Hist. Soc., Nat. Museum of Art. Club: West- chester Hunt. Residences: 26 East 82d St., N. Y. City, and "Driftwood," Mamaroneck, N. Y. Address: Simp- son-Crawford Co., N. Y. City.

SIEGFRIED, FREDERICK H.

Pres. The Siegfried Co., Inc., of N. Y .; b. Louisville. Ky., Mar. 3, 1876; s. latc A. H. Siegfried, gen. mg'r of Curtis Publishing Co., and represents the fourth con- secutive generation of his family to engage in pub- lisling work; grad. Univ. of Pa., B.S., 1898, later tak- ing the degree of the Wharton Sch. of Economics; m. Oct. 1898, Mary Louise Delano. Removed to Boston and joined staff of Boston Herald, for several years doing important regular and sp'l work for this paper and also for N. Y. Herald, particularly in real estate and in marine and naval lines, of which he made especial study. Returned to N. Y. 1900 to joln busl- ness staff of Eng'ring Record, taking the business management of that periodical when the McGraw Pub. lishing Co. purchased it in 1902. Was later exec. head of two successful publishing houses in textile and pharmaceutical lines respectively. Entered advertis- ing agency field in 1907. Dir. Montclair Civic Ass'n. Mem. Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Clubs: Phi Gamma Delta, University of Pa. (N. Y.), Montclair, Montclair Dramatic. Residence: Montclair. N. J. Address. 50 Church St., N. Y .. City.

SIEKER, OTTO

Clergyman; b. St. Paul, Minn., May 7, 1871; s. John H. and Julie (Strissbuth) Sieker; came to N. Y. City with parents, 1876; ed. St. Matthew's Acad., 1876-1881; N. Y. Pro-gymnasium, 1881-1887; Northwestern Univ., Watertown, Wis., A.B., 1891; studied theology in Con- cordia Scm., St. Louis, 1891-1894; m. N. Y. City, July 7, 1896, Adelheid Weichmann; ass't pastor, 1894-1904, pastor since April 2, 1905, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church (oldest Lutheran Ch. in America, founded 1664), Evangelical Lutheran; mem. of Synod of Mis- souri, Ohio and other States. Member Alumni Ass'n, Concordia Coli., Ministers (Lutheran) Conf. of N. Y., B'd of Mg'rs, Lutheran Hosp., East N. Y., Luth. City Mission B'd. Address: 146 Elizabeth St., N. Y. City.

SIHLER, ERNEST GOTTLIEB

Prof. Latin; b. Ft. Wayne, Ind., Jan. 2, 1853; s. Rev. William Sihler, Ph.D .; ed. Concordia Coll., Ind., A.B., 1869, Concordia Lutheran Sem., St. Louis, Mo., Univs. of Berlin and Leipzig, specializing in classical philol- ogy, 1872-1875; fellow in Greek, 1876-1879, Ph.D., 1878, Johns Hopkins Univ .; m. N. Y. City, 1881, Emily Johanna Birkner. Classical Instr., N. Y. Univ., 1879- 1891; prof. classical philology, Concordia Coil., Miiwau- kee, 1891-1892, prof. Latin N. Y. Univ., since 1892, also lecturer in Graduate School. Author: Lexicon to Latinity of Caesar's Gallic War; Testimonium Anl- mal, or Greek and Roman before Jesus Christ, dealing with the Spiritual Eiements In Classical Civilization, 1908, Annais of Cæsar, a critical biography, 1910 (Steehert, N. Y.), of which B. G. Teubner of Leipzig brought out a German version in 1912; ed'r of edi- tions of Plato's Protagoras, and of Cicero's Second Philippic. Has written much on American Classicism in the N. Y. Evening Post, and in the Neue Jahrbücher of Leipzig. Joint author, with Chancellor Henry M. McCracken, of Memorial Volume on The Hall of Fame, and of History of New York University. Took a leading part in securing the transfer of the archæol, collection of late Prof. Hübner from Beriin to N. Y. University. Visited Pompcii, Rome, Oxford and Cambridge Univ., 1897. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n. Address: University Heights, N. Y. City.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 2, Part 90

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1914 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 818

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 818