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SMITH, FRANCIS MARION
Capitalist; b. Richmond, Wis., Feb. 2, 1846; s. Henry G. and Charlotte (Paul) Smith; ed. Milton Coll., Wis .; m. Jan. 23, 1907, Evelyn K. Ellis. Oakland Realty Syndicate, Pacific Coast Borax Co. Republiean. Con- gregationalist. Trustee of Mills Coll., Calif., and owner of steam yacht Hauoli and sloop yacht Effort, Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Pacific Union (San Francisco), Union League (N. Y. City), N. Y. Yacht, Atlantic Yaeht, Larehmont Yaeht. Summer home: Presdeleau, Shelter Island, N. Y. Addresses: Oakland, Calif., and 100 William St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, FRANK HYATT
Clergyman, prof. and lecturer; b. Auburn, N. Y., July 22, 1857; s. J. Stanley and Sophia (Payne) Smith. Nephew of J. Hyatt Smith, Congressman and elergy- man; related to Horace Bushnell and John Howard Payne. Lectures on "Sermons from Shakespeare," "Knight of 20th Century," "Canes & Crutches," well known; ed. Hamilton Coll., 1884-1885; Prineeton Univ., B.A., 1887; Princeton Theol. Seminary, 1890, M.A., Princeton, 1890, Fellow of English Literature, 1887. Baird Prizeman, 1886, Princeton; Lynde
Debater, Princeton, 1887; m. N. Y. City, Oet. 17, 1893, Elizabeth Breed. Traveled in Europe, 1890. Pastor of North Av. Cong'l Ch., Cambridge, Mass., 1891-1895; tutor at Princeton Univ., 1897; Chautauqua Leeturer, 1903- 1904; Lecturer in English, Univ. of Buffalo, 1905-1908; preached in Phila., Atlantie City, Williamsport, Brook- lyn, Batavia, Olean, Jamestown, Silver Creek, N. Y .; Pastor Park Presby'n Ch., Buffalo, N. Y., 1909-1910; Lyceum Orator east and west, Kansas, Tex., Tenn., Mass., N. Y., Pa. Has contributed to press, hymnolo- gist. Independent. "Monograph on Shakespeare" pre- served in memorials at Stratford. Mem. Am. Whig Soe. Reereation: Walking. Clubs: University, Lit- erary Clinic (Buffalo, N. Y.). Pastor Presby'n Ch., Kenmore, N. Y. Address: Kenmore, N. Y.
SMITH, FRANK SULLIVAN
Lawyer, railroad mg'r; b. Granger, Allegany Co., N. Y .; s. Dr. William M. Smith, formerly surgeon general on staff of Gov. John A. Dix and health officer Port of N. Y., and Adeline (Weeks) Smith; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1872, Alfred Univ., LL.D., 1903; m. Oct. 17, 1877, Clara A. H. Higgins, sister of later Gov. Frank Way- land Higgins. Engaged in gen. practise of law in N. Y. City. V .- p., acting pres. and receiver Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern R. R. Co .; pres. Shawmut Mining Co., Shawmut Coal & Coke Co .; pres. Olean Land Co .; dir. Hamilton Trust Co., Manhattan Life Ins. Co., Am. Light & Traetion Co .; v .- p. Wilson River Lumber Co. In 1887 was offered the deanship of Cornell Coll. or Law, but declined; mem. State B'd of Law Examiners, 1902-1905, and sinee 1909. Delegate to Rep. Nat. Conv., at Chicago, 1884 and 1912; sec. Rep. State Com., 1887- 1891; hon. mem. Ass'n of 85th N. Y. Vol. Reg't, Soc. War 1812, Mil. Order of Loyal Legion. Presby'n. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. Co. Lawyers' Ass'n, Soe. of Med. Juris- prudence; trustee Alfred Univ., N. Y. State Seh. of Agr., Alfred, N. Y .; mem. Wolf's Head Soc.' (Yale), Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Reereations: Shooting, fishing, motoring. Clubs: University, Yale, Barnard, Republican. Alfred, Olean City. Hamilton Country (Olean), Ellieott (Buffalo), St. Andrew's Golf, Auto- mobile of America, Triton Fish and Game. Summer residence: "Sunnycroft," Angelica, N. Y. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, FREDERICK APPLETON
Retired army officer; b. Craigville, N. Y., May 15, 1849; s. Frederick Baldwin and Sarah Jane (Durno) Smith; ed. publie sch., Chester Acad., Montgomery Acad .; grad. U. S. Mil. Aead., 1873; m. Calif., Oct. 3, 1878, Wilhelmina Fowler: children: Eva A. (Mrs. A. La Rue Christie), Ethel Fowler (Mrs. Steven Buhrer), Raymond Durno (Lieut. U. S. A.). Comm'n 2d licut.
12th Inf., June 13, 1873; 1st lieut., June 28, 1878; eapt., Dec. 29, 1890; major chlef commissary, Subsistence Vols., July 16, 1898-June 13, 1899; major 1st U. S. Inf., June 20, 1899; detailed insp. gen. Feb. 28, 1901; lieut .- eol., 29th Inf., July 14, 1902; re-detailed insp. gen. July 30, 1902; col. 8th Inf., Jan. 24, 1904; mem. Gen. Staff, Aug. 15, 1903-March 28, 1904; brig .- gen., Oct. 24, 1908; retired from active service, May 15. 1913. With Co- lumbian Guard at World's Fair, Chieago, 1892-1894, and highly commended by officials for work. Served in Indian campaigns on Western frontier in Arizona, Dakota and Nevada, in Cuba and Philippine Islands, during Spanish-Am. War; in cominand of forces of Island of Marinduque, 1901; received surrender of in- surgent forces, and eommended for serviees. In charge of field operations against Pulajanes, Islands of Samar and Lcyte, P. I., 1906-1907. Republiean; Episcopalian. Address: War Dep't, Washington, D. C.
SMITH, FREDERICK WALTER
Physician; b. on a farm in Town of Triangle, Broome Co., N. Y .; s. John Lewis Smith (farmer) and Rose ('Walter) Smith; cd. Lisle Aead. and Univ. of City of N. Y., M.D., 1881; m. Oet. 11, 1882, Hattie M. Smith, of Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y .; children: Walter Lewis, b. 1883, Leon Frederiek, b. 1886, George Kellogg, b. 1890, Lyman Stevens, b. 1893. After graduation spent a short time in St. Luke's Hosp., N. Y. City, as resident physician. Began practice of medicine, June, 1881, in Syracuse, where has been continuously since that time and has a large general practise. Mem. Syracuse Aead. Medicine, Onondaga County Med. Sce., Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Public Health Ass'n, obstetriclan to St. Joseph's Hosp., Syracuse, N. Y. Has been coroner of Onondaga Co. for three years. sec. N. Y. State Ilealth Com. for 6 years, sec. N. Y. State Tuberculosis Com. 5 years, health comm'r City of Syracuse 6 years, health offieer eity of Syracuse, 3 years. Author: Essentials of Practical Hygiene. Has had in addition to a large gen. practiee mueh praetieal experience in sanitary work. Aetive Republican; Presby'n. Mem. all Masonie bodies, Odd Fellows, S.A.R. Clubs: Citizens, Masonic Temple. Address: 1350 S. Salina St., Syracuse, N. Y.
SMITH, GEORGE CARSON
Identified with Westinghouse interests: b. Granville, N. Y., March 4, 1855; s. Harvey J. and Olivia Cordella (White) Smith; ed. North Hebron Inst., Washington County, N. Y., Castleton Sem., Vt., grad. Adrian Coll., Mich., 1877; m. 1878, Jennie Prosser, of Pittsburgh; children: Olivia (Mrs. H. A. Cornelius, of Pittsburgh), Somers Hayes, George C., Jr., Warren Prosser. Was private sec. to Gov. of Mich., 1877-1881. In 1881 en- tered railroad service as sec. to gen. mg'r Teaxs & Pacific and Internat. & Great Northern R'ys; became ass't v .- p. Missouri Paeifie System, 1887; was ass't gen. mg'r of Missouri-Pacific and gen. mg'r of Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern R. R., 1890-1894; pres. and gen. mg'r of Atlanta & West Point R. R., and the Western R'y of Alabama, 1894-1900. Later be- eame gen. mg'r St. Louis, Louisville lines of Southern R'y; held position of v .- p. Sceurity Investment Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., of which George Westinghouse is pres., 1901-1908; pres. Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit Co., Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Mus- kegon R'y Co., Westinghouse Interwork Railway Co .; v .- p. Manila Eleetrie R. R. & Lighting Corp'n. Electric Power Securities Co. of Niagara Falls, The East Pitts- burgh Improvement Co .; dir. Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., Union Switch & Signal Co., Electric Properties Co., Nlagara, Lock- port & Ontario Power Co., Atlanta Water & Electric Power Co., Westinghouse Lamp Co. and other West- Inghouse eos., 1902-1911; N. Y. representative Canada Syndicate, Ltd .; dir. Eastern Power Co. of N. Y .; sp'l mem. James Stewart & Company, eng'rs and contrac- tors, since 1911. Clubs: Engineers, Rallroad (N. Y. City). Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, GEORGE HERBERT
Lawyer; b. Elmira, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1857; s. Lewis E. and Luey (Boardman) Smith; ed. dist, sch., Livonia, Livingston Co., N. Y., Rochester public schs., Roches- ter Free Acad., University of Rochester, Columbia law School (competitive scholarship in Univ. of Rochester; hon. mention for extra work in college), A.B., 1881, A.M., 1889; m. Somerset, Pa., Oct. 22, 1896, Maud Louise Cook; children: Lucy Boardman, b. 1898, Malcolm, b. 1900, Margaret Louise, b. 1905, Mary Eleanor, b. 1908, Hilda Agnes, b. 1910. Admitted to bar, State of N Y., October, 1883; now of law firm Smith, Degraff, Castleman & Mosher. Traveled exten- sively in Europe, 1877 and 1597, Wash., Ore. and Calif., 1889. Mem. B'd of Ed'n, Rochester, N. Y., 1593; B'd of Supervisors Monroe County, 1896-1901; Assembly, 1902- 1903; Mem. B'd Mg'rs State Hosp. for Insane, Roches- ter, 1905-1912. Progressive; Unitarian. Mem. State
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Bar Ass'n, Rochester Bar Ass'n, Delta Psi, Univ. of Rochester. Recreations: Gardening, fishing. Clubs: Political Equality, University. Address: 360 Mt. Ver- non Av., Rochester, N. Y.
SMITH, GEORGE J.
Manufacturer, merchant; b. Kingston, N. Y .; s. George J. and Harriet M. (Ryder) Smith; ed. Kingston Acad .; m. Kingston, N. Y., Laura N. Lynch. Organized firm of Powell, Smith & Co., later Am. Cigar Co. of N. Y. and N. J., and was first treas. and head of mfg dep't, now v .- p., Acker, Merrall, Condit Co. of N. Y. Pres. George J. Smith Co., Dyker Park Development Co .; chm'n B'd of dirs. H. W. Palerls Sons; dir. Bay- side Flushing Co., Steinway Realty Co. Mem. Con- gress for 24th Dist. of N. Y., Counties of Ulster, Dela- ware, Schoharie and Otsego. Mem. Rep. State Com. and treas. State Com. during Taft and Sherman Cam- paign of 1908; chin'n Rep. County Com. Ulster Co., many years. Republican; Presby'n. Trustee Sch. for Crippled Children; Y. M. C. A., Kingston and others. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Yacht, Automobile of America, Republican, N. Y. Athletle, Sleepy Hollow Country, Knollwood' Country, Kingston, Kingston County, Young Men's Republican, Ulster County, Re- publican. Residence: Kingston, N. Y., and 43 W. 72nd St. Address: 519 Broadway, Kingston, N. Y., and 366 Fifth Av., N. Y. Clty.
SMITH, GEORGE J.
Educator; b. Lebanon, 'O., Oct. 7, 1866; s. John E. and Elizabeth M. (Blackleach) Smith; grad. Normal Univ., Lebanon, O., A.B., 1884; Nat. Law Sch., Washington, D. C., LL.M., 1893; Univ. of Wooster (Ohio), Ph.D., 1893 (history and social science); Harvard Univ., A.M., 1895 (English and philology); m. Washington, D. C., 1893, Mary Hyacinth Stoddart; children: Thalia Howard, b. 1896; Evan Whitehill, b. 1901. Was for one year instr. in mathematics, Normal Unlv., Lebanon, O .; six years head of the dep't of English In high schools of Washington, D. C .; one year prof. of Eng- lish literature, Columbian Univ., Washington; one year master of English, Penn Charter Sch., Philadel- phia; one year first ass't in English, Morris High School, N. Y. City; for past 15 years, and now mem. B'd of Examiners Dep't of Ed'n, N. Y. City. Author: Synopsis of English and American Literature, 1890 (Ginn & Co.); Writing in English (with William H. Maxwell, 1901; American Book Co.); Longmans' Eng- Ilsh Grammar (revision), 1902; Longman's Briefer Grammar, 1904; Longmans' English Lessons, 1906. Residence: 351 W. 114th St. Address: 500 Park Av., N. Y. City.
SMITH, GEORGE WILSON
Trustee; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1842; s. Phineas Wilson and Susan Hamilton (White) Smith; ed. in Lawrence Inst. and Brooklyn public schools; m. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 20, 1875, Emma Adelia Flint. En- tered office of Hon. Samuel J. Tilden Nov., 1866, and in the following May became private sec. to Mr. Tilden, so remaining until his death, Aug. 4, 1886. Conducted investigation of accounts of "Tammany Ring" in Nat. Broadway Bank and Tenth Nat. Bank, which resulted in conviction of mems. of the ring. Officer and dir. of varlous Mich. corp'ns, 1867-1890; trustee for bond- holders of The World Co. (newspaper), 1874-1875; att'y for trustee under land-grants of Chicago & Northwestern R'y Co., 1883-1884; executor and trustec Estate Samuel J. Tilden, since 1886; trustce Tilden Trust Corp'n; trustee N. Y. Public Library, Astor, Len- nox and Tilden Foundations. Democrat. Residence: 143 Madison Av. Address: 18 West 34th St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, HARLAN INGERSOLL
Anthropologist; b. Saginaw, Mich., Feb. 17, 1872; s. Harlan Page and Alice Elvira (Ingersoll) Smith; ed. Saginaw public schs. and Unlv. of Mich .; m. Saginaw, Mich., Nov. 25, 1897, Helena E. Oakes; children: Eliza- beth Alice, b. 1898, Marjorie Oakes, b. 1902. Had charge of field exped'n for the exploration of Ohio Mounds for the World's Columbian Exp'n, 1891-1892; in charge of collections of anthropology of Univ. of Mich. Mu- seum, 1891-1893; charge of North Am. Archæol. Col- lection World's Fair, 1893; explored Kalamazoo "Gar- den Beds" for Archæol. Inst. of America and . Univ. of Mich., 1894; in charge of exped'n to Kentucky for the Am. Museum of Natural History, 1895; sinco Dec., 1895, mem. of the faculty of the latter; Am. archæe- ologist on Jesup North Pacific Expd'n, 1897-1899; exped'n to desert region of Central Washington, 1903, to Wyoming, 1907-1908, to British Columbia and Alaska, 1909, for Am. Museum Natural History; lec- turer for N. Y. B'd of Ed'n, 1898-1911; instr. in evo- lution of industries, Pratt Inst., 1906-1907; archæol- ogist Geol. Survey, Canada, since 1911. Hon. curator of archaeology Am. Museum of Natural History sluce 1911. Councillor Am. Anthropol. Ass'n; fellow A.A.
A.S .; charter mem. Mich. Acad. Sciences; mem. Ass'n of Am. Museums, Mich. Hist. and Pioneer Soc., Wis. Archæol. Soc .; corr. mem. Anthropol. and Geog. Soc. of Sweden, Anthropol. Soc. of Paris, Anthropol. Soc. Washington. Author: Archæology of Lytton; Archæe- ology of Thompson River Region; Cairns of British Columbla and Washington (jointly with Fowke); Shell Heaps of the Lower Fraser, B. C .; (G. P. Put- nam's Sons); Archæology of Puget Sound and the Gulf of Georgia (Brill, Lelden, Holland); Archæology of the Yakima Valley; Prchistorle Ethnology of a Kentucky Site (Am. Museum Natural History). Recre- ations: Rambles, horsehack riding, boating. Resi- dence: 49 Frank St., Ottowa. Canada. Address: Am Museum of Natural History, N. Y. City.
SMITH, HARRY ALEXANDER
Ins. official; h. Springfield, Mass., May 24. 1869; 8. Alexander S. and Charlotte E. Smith; prepared for coll Williston Sem. and Cayuga Lake Mil. Acad., grad. from Amherst Coll., A.B., 1890; m. Hartford, Conn., 1890, Ilelen C. Nichols; children: James Nichols, b. 1892; Harriet H., b. 1897; Malcolm Keith, b. 1902. V .- p. and dir. Nat. Fire Ins. Co., Colonial Fire Underwriters, Mechanics' & Traders' Ins. Co .; dir. State Bank & Trust Co. of Hartford; sec. Colonial Securitles Co. Clubs: Hartford, Hartford Golf, Farmington Country. University (Hartford), Lawyers, The Recess (N. Y. City). Residence: 639 Prospect Av. Address: 95 Pearl St., Hartford, Conn.
SMITH, HARRY BACHE
Dramatic author; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1861: s. Josiah B. and Elizabeth (Bache) Smith; ed. common schs., Chicago, Ill., and in newspaper offices. Author of musical plays: Robin Hood, The Serenade, Rob Roy, The Fortune Teller, The Wizard of the Nile, The Liberty Belles, The Highwayman, The Parisian Model, The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer, The Tattooed Man, Foxy Quiller, The Idol's Eye. The Fencing Mas- ter, The Little Corporal, Half a King, The Office Boy, The Tar and the Tartar. Babette. A Madcap Princess, The Billionaire, The Viceroy, Jupiter. Clover, The Tzigane, Papa's Wife, The Little Duchess, The Begum, Don Quixote. The Knlekerbockers. The Mandarin, The Three Dragoons, Maid Marian, The Wild Rose, The Rounders. The Belle of Bohemia, The Casino Girl, The Strollers. The Singing Girl, A Girl from Dixie, The Crystal Slipper, Sinbad, The Soul Kiss, The Spring Maid, Little Nemo, The Siren, Gypsy Love. The En- chantress. Sweethearts. Clubs: Am. Dramatists, Players, Lambs, Larchmont Yacht. Address: 166 St. Marks Av. Brooklyn, N. Y.
SMITH, HENRY C.
Capitalist, broker; b. Bridgewater, Vt., June 29, 1869; s. George E. and Mary T. (Southgate) Smith; m. N. Y., 1907, Helen Gaines Clarke. Pres, and dir. Wood- stock Hotel Co .; dir. Ticonderoga R. R. Co., Bristol R. R., Herald & Globe Ass'n. Address: 127 W. 43d St., N. Y. Clty.
SMITH, HENRY LEAVITT
Publisher, bookseller; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 19, 1848; s. Rev. Dr. Asa D. and Sarah Ann (Adams) Smith; ed. common schs., N. Y .; grad. Phillips Andover Acad., Andover, Mass., 1865; Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, N. H., A.B., 1869, A.M., 1872; m. June 1, 1871, Jane Isa- belle Noyes. One of incorporators of and dir. in Charles Scribner's Sons; retired from business Feb. 1, 1912. Independent Republican; Presby'n; officer Brick Presby'n Ch. Treas, and mem. Exec. Com. of Coll. B'd Presby'n Ch .; formerly pres. N. Y. Bible Soc., sec. and dir. N. Y. City Mission Soc., Phi Beta Kappa. Recreations: Travel and golf. Clubs: Century, Engle- wood Country. Address: 201 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, HERBERT L.
Banker; b. North Adams, Mass., Dec. 23, 1867; s. Benjamin and Emily A. (Hall) Smith; ed. Cortland Normal Sch. (academie dep't); m. Adeline C. Bennett; children: Vernon B., b. 1894; Emma C., b. 1895; Flor- enco A., b. 1896; Harrlet R., b. 1906. Pres. Champion Milk Cooler Co .; sec. and treas. The Ekenberg Co. Mayor of Cortland, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1905-Jan. 1, 1907. Republican; Presby'n. Club: Tioughnloga. Address: 53 Prospect St., Cortland, N. Y.
SMITH, HOWARD CASWELL
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 19, 1871; s. Charles Stew- art and Henrietta H. (Caswell) Smith; ed. Dr. A. Cal- lisen's Sch., N. Y. City, 1889; Harvard Coll., A. B., 1893; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 26, 1898, Katherine Lyall Moen; children: Caswell Moen, b. 1899; Howard Caswell, Jr., b. 1901; Rene Moen, b. 1904; St. Clair Moen, b. 1908. Entered employ of Charles Hathaway & Co., Jan. 1, 1894; has been mem, firm since Jan. 1, 1897; firm name changed to Hathaway, Smith, Folds & Co., Jan. 1.
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1910; served on various reorg'n coms .; dir. and chm'n Finance Com. D. Appleton & Co .; dir. Lamont, Corliss & Co., Fifth Ave. Bank., C. W. Hunt Co .; pres. Wood- lawn Cemetery, Associates Land Co .; v .- p. and treas. Mercantile Real Estate Co .; trustee Franklin Sav- ings Bank. Became mem. of Troop A, N.G.N.Y., Dec., 1894; retired 1st sergeant Troop If, Squadron A, Oct., 1900; was in Brooklyn car riots, Jan., 1895, and Croton Dam Strike, April. 1900. Trustec Hahnemann Hosp., West Side Day Nursery; treas. N. Y. Training Sch. for Deaconesses, Ridgefield Sch., Conn. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, S. A. R., N. E. Soc., Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Harvard (life mem.), University (life mem.), Mendelssohn Glee (life mem.), Century Ass'n, Union League, Riding, N. Y. Yacht, Scawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Stamford Yacht, Laurentian (Canada), Piping Rock, Huntington Country. Residence: 54 W. 53d St., and "Merry Manor," Oyster Bay, N. Y. Address: 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, J. BOYCE, JR.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug, 15, 1881; s. J. Boyce and Mary Fischer (Kilpatrick) Smith; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1901; A.M., 1902; LL.B., 1904; LL.M., 1905; (Phi Beta Kappa; mem. editorial b'ds Columbia Law Review and Columbia Spectator, capt. Columbia Univ. Track Team, 1900-1901); m. Evanston, Ill., Sept. 14, 1911, Harriet Mather Illsley; one son: John Boyce, 3d, b. July 25, 1912. Admitted to bar N. Y. State, 1904, N. J. 1908; associated with law firm Hatch, Keener & Clute, 1904-1906; mem. Williamson & Smith, 1906-1912; now senior mem. Smith, Schenck & McDavitt. Trav- eled In France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Swithzerland and England. Progressive Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Theta Delta Chi fraternity, N. Y. Clty Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Bergen County Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Columbia Univ., Lawyers, Progressive Republican (financial scc., 1910-1911). Residences: 523 W. 112th St. and Woodcliff Lake, N. J. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SMITH, J. WALDO
Civil eng'r; b. Lincoln, Mass., March 9, 1861; s. Fran- cis and Abigail Prescott (Baker) Smith; ed. Phillips Acad., Mass. Inst. of Technology, S. B., 1887. Ass't with Holyoke (Mass.) Water Power Co., 1887-1890; with E. Jersey Water Co., Paterson, N. J., 1890-1892, as resident eng'r; 1892-1900, prin. ass't, and 1900-1903, chief eng'r; during 1902-1903 consulting eng'r for water supply system for Jersey City, also 1897-1903, sup't and cng'r Passaic Water Co. and eng'r Montclair Water Co. and Acquackanonk Water Co., Passaic; 1903-1905, chicf eng'r Aqueduct Comm'rs, N. Y. City; chief eng'r B'd of Water Supply, City of N. Y., since 1905. Dir. Old Dominion Co., Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co .; pres. N. E. Water Works Ass'n; v .- p. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; dir. Municipal Eng'rs N. Y. City; mem. Inst'n of Civil Eng'rs of Great Britain, Am. Soc. Mechanical Eng'rs, Am. Water Works Ass'n, Franklin Inst. of Philadelphia, Boston Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Chamber of Commerce of N. Y., N. E. Soc., N. J. Sanitary Ass'n. Clubs: Century, Engi- neers, City, Technology (N. Y.), Hardware, Ilamilton (Paterson, N. J.). Residence: 136 Madison Av. Ad- dress: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SMITH, JAMES DUNLOP
Dealer in securities and investments; b. Mlss., 1860; s. James Dunlop and Mary J. (Tuttle) Smith; ed. Chi- cago High Sch., Lake Forest Univ .; m. Evelyn Whit- ney of Mass .; one son: James Dunlop, Jr. (deceased). At age of 21 became deputy U. S. marshal, Dist. of Colo., and performed sp'l service averting Ute Indian outbreak; was closely associated with Philip D. Ar- mour several years; in 1890 purchased granite quar- ries in Me. and Vt .; pres. Granite Mf'rs Ass'n, Vt., and v .- p. and dir. N. E. Granite Mf'rs Ass'n; at Spanish evacuation started Havana Herald; one of the pioncers in development of wireless telegraphy and telephony; identified with timber, mining and railroad interests in South, also oil properties in Oklahoma and the West; now engaged in development of large mining property in Nevada. Republican; Mason, 32º; Knight Templar and mem. Mystic Shrinc. Recreation: Auto- mobiling. Club: N. Y. Athletic. Residence (summer) : Lake Mahopac, N. Y.
SMITH, JAMES MacGREGOR
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, March 26, 1857; s. Henry Janies and Jane (MacGregor) Smith; ed. Coll. City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 18, Helen A. Crapser. In general practise of law in N. Y. City since 1878. Edi- itor Abbott's Annual N. Y. Digest since 1896. Pres. B'd Mg'rs Central Islip State Hosp. for Insane, 1901- 1912; mg'r St. Andrew's Soc. Mem. N. Y. Law Inst., N. Y. Soc. Medical Jurisprudence, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Club: Salmagundi. Residence: 146 W. 85th St., N. Y. City, Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, JANE LUELLA DOWD
Author, educator; b. Sheffield, Mass., June 16, 1847; d. Almeron and Emily (Curtiss) Dowd; ed. Westfield (Mass.) High Sch .; grad. Westfield State Normal Sch. (essayist) and from North Granville Ladies' Seminary (valedictorian) ; m. Westfield, Mass., May 18, 1875, Henry Hadley Smith, M.D .; taught sch. for 10 years, being principal public schs. 6 years and South Egre- mont Acad. 4 years. Wrote for temperance papers and Nat. Temperance Publication House; for many years edited temperance, suffrage and humane columns in city and county papers. Author: Way- side Leaves (verse), Wind Flowers (verse), Flowers from Foreign Fields (translations of poetry), Ways to Win (prose); also of pamphlets; The Church from a Woman's Standpoint, In Memoriam-Mrs. Ella Roys Gore, and various temperance tracts. Sup't Univer- yalist Sunday sch., Hudson, N. Y., twelve years; county sup't Woman's Christian Temperance Union; dir. Needlework Guild; treas. Columbia Co. Humane Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Ani- mals; sec. Hendrick Hudson Chapter, D.A.It., Ladies of Maccabees, N. Y. State Woman's Suffrage Ass'n. Ad- dress: 533 Warren St., Hudson, N. Y.
SMITH, JESSE MERRICK
Consulting eng'r and patent expert; b. Newark, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1848; s. Henry and Lucinda (Salisbury) Smith; ed. in private school in Detroit, Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., and Ecole Central des Arts et Manufactures, Paris, M. E .; m. Newark, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1879, Ella A. Moore (died Nov. 7, 1901); m. 2d, Nov. 26, 1903, Annie Coffin. Engaged in eng'ring work in Hocking Valley coal mines and the building of blast furnaces in Ohio until 1880; then located in Detroit as consulting eng'r and expert in patent litigation; since 1898 In N. Y. City. Mem. and former pres. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs; charter mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Detroit Eng'ring Soc. Société des Ingénieurs Civils de France. Republican; Presbyterian. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., A. A. A. S., Ohio Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Machinery, Engineers. Address: 90 West St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, JOHN TALBOT
Clergyman, author; b. Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1855; academic ed'n in Albany, N. Y, divinity in St. St. Michael's Coll., Toronto, Ont .; received LL.D. degree from Mount St. Mary's Coll., Emmittsburg, Md., and from Notre Dame Univ., Indiana. Catholic missionary in the Adirondacks, 1881-1889; editor N. Y. Catholic Ileview, 1889-1892. Author: A Woiran of Culture, 1881; Solitary Island, 1884; His Honor the Mayor, 1891; Saranac, 1893; The Training of a Priest, 1896; The Chaplain's Sermons, 1896; Brother Azarias, 1897; Lenten Sermons, 1899; The Black Cardinal, 1900; The Man Who Vanished, 1905; History of the Catholics of New York, 2 volumes. 1907. Magazine contb'r; lec- turcr. Address: Dobb's Ferry, N. Y.
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