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SPENCE, LEWIS HENRY
Steamship ag't; b. Ireland, Sept. 18, 1847; s. Joseph B. and Eliza J. (Christie) Spence; ed. in N. Y. public schs. and Coll. City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 29, 1878, Anna Tuthill; children: Haroid T., b. 1878; Lewis G., b. 1881, Kenneth M., b. 1886. Formerly one of mg'rs N. Y. Produce Exchange, also trustee Gratuity Fund of that Exchange; served for some years on Arbitration Com. Mem. N. Y. Produce Exchange, Mari- time Exchange and Chamber of Commerce (one of official arbitrators). Mem. firm Simpson, Spence & Young. Progressive; Episcopallan. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Larchmont Yacht, N. Y. Athletic, Knoli- wood Country. Residence: 320 W. 75th St. Address: 11 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SPENCE, LEWIS J.
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R'y official; b. Wilmington, Del., Sept. 16, 1868; ed. public and high schs. of Wilmington; m. Adelia L. Mc- Cord; children: Lewis A., b. Aug. 24, 1899; Cecil A., b. Aug. 2, 1909. Entered railroad service as stenog- rapher in office of Edwin Hawley, 1885; later gen. eastern ag't of Southern Pacific Co .; became chief clerk and later eastern freight ag't; succeeded Mr. 'Hawley as gen. eastern freight ag't, 1902, and in 1906 became gen. freight ag't Atlantic S. S. Lines in addi- tion; appt'd ass't dir. of traffic, with headquarters in Chicago, 1911; succeeded J. C. Stubbs as dir. of traffic, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Systems, 1912, bccom- ing also mem. B'ds of Dirs. of constituent companies. Upon separation of these systems, in compliance with recent decree of Supreme Court, became dir. of traffic, Southern Pacific Co. Mem. B'd of Dirs. Southern Pacific Co., Louisiana Western R. R., Gulf S. S. Co., Southern Pacific R. R. of Mexico, Chicago & Alton R. R. Clubs: Union League, Traffic (Chicago), City Lunch, Railroad, Traffic (N. Y.), Midwood (Brooklyn). Residence: 208 Argyle Road, Brooklyn. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SPENCE, THOMAS BRAY
Physician; b. Starkey, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1867; s. Byron (M.D.) and Susan (Beardslee) Spence; grad. Penn Yan Acad., 1886, Cornell Univ., A.B., 1890; Coli. of Phys, and Surg. (Columbia Unlv.) (M.D.), 1893; m. Gananoque, Ontario, Can., Jan. 18, 1899, Janet M. Taylor; ass't surgeon, 1896-1906, surgeon, 1906-1907, surgeon-in- chlef since 1907, Methodist Episcopal Hosp .; pres. Brooklyn Surg. Soc., 1905-1906. Capt. and ass't sur- geon to 14th Reg't, N. Y. Vol. Inf. in Spanish-Am. War, 1898; capt. and ass't surgeon, 14th Reg't, N.G.
N.Y., 1898-1906. Republican; Presbyterian. Mem. Med. Soc. of County of Kings, Med. Soc. of State of N. Y., Am. Med. Ass'n, Brooklyn Surg. Soc., Associ- ated Physicians of L. I., N. Y. Physicians' Mut. Aid Soc., Ass'n of Mil. Surgeons of U. S., Alumni Ass'n of M. E. Mfosp., Cornell Ass'n of Brooklyn. Recre- ation: Automobiling. Club: Montauk. Address: 541 3rd St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SPENCER, ANDREW
Lawyer; b. Milford, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1863; s. Andrew and Minerva (Cronkhite) Spencer; ed. Hartwick Sem .. Cooperstown High Sch .; grad. Cornell Univ., Ph.B. 1888 (mid-course honors in history and polit. science; sp'l mention on theses; v .- p. graduating class; prizes to amount of $1,200); Lombard Unlv., Ph.D, 1892 (hon.); Albany Law Sch., 1898; m. Milford, N. Y., 1886 Minerva E. Bowe; children: Minerva, b. 1888; Vinyls, b. 1889; Genevieve, b. 1891. Principal New York pub. lic schools; Maryland, 1888; Sharon Springs, 188); Hamburg, 1890-1891; sup't U. S. Indian schools, East- crn Cherokce, 1892; Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1893-1897. Reading law and Albany Law Sch., 1898-1899; prac- tising law Milford, N. Y., 1899-1907; examiner of mu- nicipal accounts, N. Y. State Comptroller's Office, since 1907. Clerk B'd Supervisors, Otsego Co., 1901-1901; 1905-1906. Democratic candidate for dist. att'y, Ot- sego Co., 1905; designated local att'y for Att'y-Gen.'s Office, 1903-1905. Democrat; Mason; Odd Fellow; Knights of Maccabecs; mem. Nat. Protective League. Address: Care State Comptroller, Albany, N. Y.
SPENCER, CHARLES FRANCIS
Physician; b. Manchester, Conn., March 10, 1857; 4 Francis and Eliza (Keeney) Spencer: ed. Med. Dep't N. Y. Univ., M.D .; m. Caneada, N. Y., July 8, 1885, Lii- lian Burr; children: Charles Burr. b. Sept. 22, 1886; Frederick Burr, b. May 27, 1890; Edgar Burr, b. Feb. &, 1892. Borough Chief of Div. of Gen. Sanitary Inspec- tion, Borough of Bronx. Mem. and eider Morrisania Presby'n Ch. Mem. Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n. Mem. Columbia Lodge, 484, F. and A. M., N. Y. City, Descendant of revolutionary soldiers on both father's and mother's lines; descendant of Thomas Spencer, the preacher, a co-worker of Bishop Asbury of Methodist Ch., who gave to Methodist Soc. of Manchester, Conn. (at that time part of East Hartford), a church built by him and ground on which it stood (date of deed, Feb. 28, 1800); also descendant in direct line from Thomas Spencer, one of founders of Hartford (monu- ment in cemetery of Center Ch., Hartford). Address: 1124 Tinton Av., N. Y. City.
SPENCER, CREIGHTON
Clergyman; b. Tarrytown, N. Y .; s. Rev. Dr. James Seiden and Mary Frances (Mounsey) Spencer; ed. Co- lumbia Coll., A.B., and Gen. Theol. Sem .; m. Joanna Livingston, d. Henry and Elizabeth (Wetmore) Meiser. of Wappingers Fails, N. Y. Formerly rector of St. George's Ch., Hempstead, L. I .; Christ Ch., Tarrytown, N. Y .; St. Thomas's Ch., New Windsor, N. Y., and St. John's Ch., Bisbee, Ariz .; now rector Christ Ch., West Collingswood, N. J. Clubs: University (N. Y.), Au- thors' (London). Address: West Collingswood, N. J.
SPENCER, LORILLARD
Manufacturer; b. Westchester, N. Y., July 4. 1883; s. Lorillard and Caroline Suydam (Berryman) Spencer; cd. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. If., and Columbia Coli .; m. Newport, R. I., 1905, Mary Ridgley Sands; one son: Lorillard, Jr., b. 1906. Pres. and dir. Austral Window Co .; pres., treas. and dir. Panama Eng'ring Co .;. v .- p. and dir. McNutt Can Co., Inc. Eight years in Squadron A (now 1st Cav.), N.G.N.Y. Comm'd 2d lieut. 8th Arty Dist., Co. C, N.G.N.Y., 1st lieut., 1913. Mem. Delta Pili fraternity, Soc. War 1812, Soc. Automobile Eng'rs. Mem. Exec. B'd Nat. Council Boy Scouts of America; Pres. N. Y. City Council Boy Scouts of Amer- ica; mem. B'd of Mg'rs Am. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Clubs: Union, Country of West- chester, N. Y. Yacht, Automobile of America. Resi- dence: 71 E. S2d St. Address: 50 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
SPENCER, NELSON STANLEY
Lawyer; b. Naugatuck, Conn., May 5, 1856; s. Gus- tavus and Mary C. (Hurlbut) Spencer; grad. Coli. City of N. Y., A.B., 1875; m. Aldenham Ch., Aldenham, Wat- ford, Ilerts, Eng., Aug. 20, 1901, Katharine H. Rice. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City since 18$1; mem. firm of Stickney & Shepard, 1886-1890; of Stick- ney, Spencer & Ordway, 1890-1903, and since 1903 of Spencer, Ordway & Wierum. Chm'n B'd of Inspectors of Schools for the 21st Dist. of tire Borough of Man- hattan, 1896-1902. Alem. Municipal Civil Service Comm'n of City of N. Y., 1902-1904; trustee Hudson- Fulton Conim'n, 1906-1910. Independent Democrat. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n,
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Nat. Municipal League, Municipal Art Soc. (dir. and counsel), Nat. Civil Service Reform League (mem. Council), Civil Service Reform Ass'n of N. Y. (mem. Exec. Com.), Nat. Sculpture Soc., Soc. of Mural Painters, Philharmonic Soc. of N. Y. (dir.), and others. Clubs: Century, National Arts, University, City (trustee). Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.
SPEYER, JAMES
Banker; b. N. Y. City, 1861; ed. Frankfort-on-Main; m. Nov., 1897, Ellin L. Prince (Mrs. John A. Lowery), d. John Dyneley Prince and Mary Travers. Began busi- ness career in father's banking house in Frankfort. Went to Paris and London, 1885, returned to N. Y. Now senior partner in N. Y. banking house of Speyer & Co., also partner in Frankfort and London houses. Treas. and trustee Provident Loan Soc. of N. Y., v .- p. Société Financiere Franco-Americaine; trustee German Sav- ings Bank, Title Guarantee & Trust Co., Union Trust Co., N. Y .; dir. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., Bank of Manhattan Co., Gen. Chem. Co., Lackawanna Steel Co., N. British & Mercantile Ins. Co. of N. Y., Rock Island Co. of N. Y., Corn Products Refining Co., Mo. Pacific R'y Co., and St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern R'y Co. Me,n. B'd Mg'rs Isabella Heimath; trustee Mt. Sinai Hosp., Hosp. Saturday and Sunday Ass'n; mem. Exec. Com. Nat. Civic Federation, The Pilgrims, Am. Ass'n for Internat. Conciliation; chim'n Finance Com. and trustee Teachers' Coll .; v .- p. Mexico Soe .; treas. Am. Museum of Safety; trustee Nat. Acad. Ass'n; mem. Exec. Com. Pan-Am. Soc. of U. S. Clubs: City, Man- hattan, Players', Lotos, Reform, Lawyers, Whist, Rac- quet, Recess, City Midday (trustee), N. Y. Yacht, Eco- nomic (pres.), Deutscher Verein, Sleepy Hollow Coun- try. Address: 1058 Fifth Av., N. Y. City, and "Wald- heim," Scarborough-on-Hudson, N. Y.
SPINGARN, ARTHUR B.
Lawyer; b. N. Y., March 28, 1878; s. Elias and Sarah (Barnett) Spingarn; grad. Columbia Univ., A.E., 1897, A.M., 1899, Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1900. Practising law in N. Y. City since 1900. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Columbia Coll. Alumni Ass'n; treas. N. Y. Vigilance Com. Clubs: City, Harmonie. Residence: 52 W. 90th St. Address: 55 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
SPINGARN, ELIAS
Merchant; b. in Austria, 1838; s. Joel and Rebecca (Lowenstein) Spingarn; m. June, 1874, Sarah Barnett; children: Joel Elias, b. 1875; Harry J., b. 1876; Arthur B., b. 1878; Sigmund, b. 1885. Engaged in tobacco busi- ness in N. Y. City since 1861 (packing and importing tobacco). Partner E. Spingarn & Co. Republican. Mem. Chamber of Commerce of N. Y. City. Residence: 52 W. 90th St. Address: 5 Burling Slip, N. Y. City.
SPINGARN, JOEL ELIAS
Author; b. N. Y. City, May 17, 1875; s. Ellas and Sarah B. Spingarn; grad. Columbla Univ., A.B., 1895, Ph.D., 1899; graduate student Harvard and Columbia, 1895-1899; also studied abroad; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 21, 1905, Amy Einstein. Ass't tutor and adj. prof. In com- parative literature at Columbia, 1899-1909; prof. com- parative literature, Columbia, 1909-1911; chm'n div. of modern languages and literaturcs, Columbla, 1910- 1911. Author: Literary Criticism in the Renaissance, 1899, revised edition, 1908, translated into Itallan, 1905; The New Hesperides and Other Poems, 1911; The New Criticism, a lecture, 1911; A Question of Academic Freedom, 1911; conth'r to Cambridge History of Eng- lish Literature; also numerous articles, poems and reviews in literary periodicals here and abroad. Editor: Critical Essays of the Seventeenth Century, 3 vols. (Clarendon Press, Oxford); Temple's Essays; etc .; eo-editor and founder, Journal of Comparative Literature, 1902-1904. Phi Beta Kappa Poet, 1901. Republican nominee for Congress, 18tl N. Y. Dist., 1908; delegate to first Nat. Conv. of Progressive party, Chicago, Aug., 1912; pres. N. Y. branch, Nat. Ass'n for Adv. of Colored People; champion of civil rights of Am. 'negro; Pres. Amenia Field Day Ass'n, Amenia Times Co. Clubs: City, Columbia Faculty (N. Y.), North Lake Fish and Game (Canada). Residences: Amenia, N. Y., and 9 W, 73d St,, N. Y. Clty.
SPITZER, HENRY
Physician; b. Hungary, July 8, 1862; s. Leopold and Marie (Steiner) Spitzer; ed. N. Y. Grammar School, 13, Coll. City of N. Y., A.B .. 1881, N. Y. Univ. Med. Coli., M.D., 1884; m. N. Y., Jan. 25, 1899, Allne Hirsch; one d .: Marie Irma, b. Aug. 21, 1905. Physician to Essex Market Dispensary, Union Dispensary. Instr. in gynecology in Post-Graduate Med. Sch. of N. Y., vislt- ing gynecologist Metropolitan Hosp .; visiting physi- cian United Hebrew Charitles. Surgeon major, Ist Reg't, Lafayette Post Volunteers for Spanish War,
1898; surgeon Germania Schützen Bund, Washington Rifles No. 1, 1884-1896. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, Metropolitan, Eastern Med. Ass'n, Manhattan Clinical Ass'n, Owl and Scroll. Recreations: Yachting, riding. Club: Progress. Address: 249 W. 139th St., N. Y. City.
SPITZKA, EDWARD ANTHONY
Anatomiist, physician, educator; b. N. Y. City, June 17, 1876; s. Dr. Edward Charles and Katharine ( Wacek) Spitzka; ed. N. Y. City public schs; Coli. City of N. Y. (Devoe prize) ; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia Univ.), M.D., 1902 (third Harsen clinical prize); m. White Plains, N. Y., June 20, 1906, Alice Pauline Eberspacher. Appt'd feilow in anatomy in Columbia on graduating. 1902-1906; demonstrator of anatomy, 1904-1906; prof. gen. anatomy, Jefferson Med. Coll., Philadelphia, since 1906; dir. Daniel Baugh Inst. of Anatomy. Performed autopsy on Czołgosz (McKinley's assassin); has examined brains of many criminals and representa- tives of various races ( Eskimos, Papuans, Negroes, Japanese, Andamanese, Nicobarese, etc.), studied brains of notables (Prof. E. D. Cope, Prof. Jos. Leidy, Prof. Harrison Allen, Geo. F. Train, Dr. William Pepper Major J. W. Powell, Dr. Edward Seguin, Dr. E. C. Seguin, Dr. Philip Leidy, Major J. B. Pond, Dr. A. J. Parker, Dr. Persifer Frazer, Dr. John H. Musser, Dr. W. I. McCee, etc.). Author of 40 articles on brain anatomy. Interested in various problems in biology: particularly brain development, heredity, morphology of the primates and mammalia in general. Editor of 19th edition of Gray's Anatomy, 1913 (published by Lea & Febiger). Also interested in subject of crime and punishment; death by electricity, etc. Mem. Co. I, 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., 1898-1906. Collaborator in several journals of anatomy, anthropology, crimi- nelogy, etc. Fellow A. A. A. S., Am. Philos. Soc., Am. Anatomists); mem. Com. on Resuscitation from Elec- fraternity, Sigma Xi, Alumni Ass'n of Phys. and Surg., Theta Nu Epsilon, Philadelphla Neurol. Soc .; Coll. of Physicians of Philadelphia, Am. Acad. of Natural Sciences, Geog. Soc .; sec. Section of Somatology, Con- gress of Arts and Sciences, St. Louis, 1904; sec. Com. en Brain Bequests and Brain Investigations (Am. Anatomists); mein. Com. on Resuscitation from Elec- tric Shock. Club: University. Summer residence: Mt. Pocono, Pa. Addresses: Jefferson MMed. Coll., Philadel- phia, Pa., and 66 E. 73d St., N. Y. City.
SPOONER, ALLEN NEWHALL
Civil eng'r; b. Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 2, 1864; s. Ed- ward A. and Angela (Newhall) Spooner; grad. Colum- bia Coll., Sch. of Mines, C.E., 1886; m. 1st, Jersey City, N. J., March 15, 1888, Emma F. Browne (deceased) ; 2d, Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 4, 1903, Bertha Klaproth; children: Vlolet Langsford, b. 1889; John Irving, b. 1891; Ray Newhall, b. 1893; Addison Ware, b. 1907. Mem. corps of Eng'rs, Pa. R. R. Co., 1886-1887; super- vising and constructing eng'r, Dep't of Docks and Ferries, City of N. Y., 1887-1907; comm'r of docks, N. Y. City, Feb. 11, 1908-Jan. 3, 1910; now with N. Y. Sub- marine Construction Co., N. Y. City. Consulting eng'r Passaic Valley District Sewage and Drainage Comm'n, N. J .; Midland R. R. Terminal Co., Staten Island, New Dorp Beach, S. I .; N. Y. Dock Co .; James Shewan & Sons Dry Docks, N. Y .; N. Y. and College Point Ferry, Port Morris Terminal, N. Y. and Astoria Ferry; Ameri- can Dock Co., etc. Democrat. Recreation: Outdoor sports. Mem. Am. Soc., Civil Eng'rs, Municipal Engi- ncers, Alumni Ass'n, Sch. of Applied Science, Worth Lodge, F. and A. M., Psi Upsilon fraternity, Royal Arcanum. Club: Columbia University. Address: 130 Pearl St., N. Y. City.
SPOONER, JOHN COIT
Lawyer, ex-U. S. Senator; b. Lawrenceburg, Dear- born County, Ind., Jan. 6, 1843. Moved with his father's family to Wis, and settled at Madison, June 1, 1859. Grad. from the State Univ., 1864; was private in Co. 1), 40th Reg't and capt. of Co. A, 50th Reg't, Wls, Inf. Vols .; bvt'd maj. at close of service; was private and mil. sec. of Gov. Lucius Fairchild, of Wis. Admitted to bar, 1867, served as ass't aty'y-gen. of State until 1870, when moved to Hudson, Wis., and practised jaw there, 1870-1884. Mem. Assembly from St. Croix County. 1872; mem. of B'd of Regents of Wis. Un.v .; ciected U. S. Senator to succeed Angus Cameron, Republican, for term beginning March 4, 1885. Was succeeded as U. S. Senator March 4, 1891, by William F. Vilas, Denio- crat. Unanimously nominated as Republican candidate for Gov. of Wis., 1892, but defeated; moved from Hud- son to Madison. 1893; actively engaged in practice of profession, 1892-1897; unanimously nominated in Re-, publican caucus, Jan. 13, 1897, and duly elected, Jan. 27, 1897, U. S. Senator for term beginning March 4, 1897, to suceced William P. Viias, Democrat. Was tendered by Pres. MeKinley, Dec., 1898. a position in his cabinet, as sec. of the interior, and duellned it; was
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also tendered in 1898 by Pres. Mckinley membership of the U. S. and British Joint High Comm'n, and de- clined it; was tendered by Pres. Mckinley, Jan. 3, 1901, position of att'y-gen. to take office March 4, 1901, and declined it; on July 6, 1900, in a communication to Republicans of Wis., announced hls purpose not to be a candidate fer reelection; but on Jan. 27, 1903, was, notwithstanding, elected for another term, beginning March 4, 1903; resigned 1907, engaged in practice of law, N. Y. City. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
SPRAGUE, FRANK JULIAN
Elec. eng'r and inventor; b. Milford, Conn., July 25, 1857. Won a competitive apptm't to U. S. Naval Acad., 1874, and grad. 1878. Took sp'l course in elec. matters and developed strong inventive faculties; ordered to U.S.S. Richmond, bound for Chinese Station; sp'l cor- respondent Boston Herald during this cruise and Gen. Grant's visit to China and Japan; returned 1880 and carried on elec. experiments at Stevens Inst. shops, and Brooklyn Navy Yard; ordered to duty on train- ing shlp Minn., where made first attempt to introduce incandescent electric light in U. S. Naval Service; later continued experiments at Torpedo Station, New- port. Ordered to U.S.S. Lancaster, Mediterranean Squadron, and subsequently assigned to Crystal Palace Elec. Exb'n, Sydenham, England. Was young- est mem. and only Am. on the jury, his assos. on which, included Horace Darwin, Capt. de Abney and Profs. Frankiand, W. Gryll Adams and Fleming Jen- kins, all famous scientists; made sec. of his section, and organized and conducted experiments on dynamo machines, electric lights and gas engincs. Later re- signed from navy to become ass't to Mr. Edison, dur- ing which connection made Important improvements in matters connected with electric light distribution. Becoming interested in electric transmission of power, resigned a year afterward, and with E. H. Johnson, organized Sprague Electric R'y & Motor Co., and began development of electric motors. In 1884 ex- hibited several of these at Phila. Elec. Exb'n, which were soon afterward endorsed by parent Edison Elec- tric Light Co. for use by its. licensed co's. May, 1887, teok contract for equipment of Union Passenger R'y of Richmond, Va., with 80 motors for 40 cars, complete overhead system and a central station, the first com- mercial electric road on a large scale, and foundation of modern electric trolley development. The Sprague Co. was absorbed about 1890 by Edison Gen. Electric Co., with which remained for a time as consulting eng'r. Took up development of electric elevators, or- ganized Sprague Electric Eleveater Co. and developed high speed screw elevator, automatle house elevator, and double motor elevator, the latter being adopted for Central London R'y In 1892, with Drs. Louis Dun- can and Cary Hutchinson, designed one of carliest lo- comotives. In 1897 took personal contract for carrying out multiple unit system of train equipment on South Side Elevated R'y in Chicago, which was beginning of a train system which has now beceme universal with electrie train operation on underground, elevated and other roads. Elected mem. of Electric Traction Comm'n of N. Y. Central R'y, and for four years was active in inauguration of electric system on that road, collaborating with its chm'n, v .- p. W. J. Wilgus, in development of the protected under-contact third rail. Consulting eng'r Sprague Electric, Gen. Electric and Otis Elevator Co.'s; selected by Southern Pacific Co. to prepare, in collaboration with its officers, a re- port on possibility of electrifying the Sierra Nevada Mountain section of the Sacramento Div. of that Co. to increase its capacity. Awarded medal at Phila. Exb'n; gold medal, Parls Exp'n, 1889; Elliott Creson medal of Franklin Inst., 1902; grand prize La. Purchase Exp'n for inventions and developments in electric motors and electric r'ys and Edison medal fer meritorious achievement in electric arts. Past pres, and mem. Am, Inst. of Elec. Eng'rs. N. Y. Elec. Soc .; mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs. English Inst'ns of Civil and Elec. Eng'rs, U. S. Naval Inst .; asso. mem. Soc. Naval Architects and Marinc Eng'rs. Clubs: University, Century. Resl- dences: Sharon, Conn., and 21 West End Av. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SPRAKER, BENJAMIN F.
Banker, lawyer; b. Canajoharie, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1855; s. Frasier and Catherine (Fedenburgh) Spraker; ed. Clinton High Sch., Union Classical Inst., Albany Boys' Acad .; grad. Albany Law Sch .; m. Canajoharie, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1884, Florence Moreii; one son: Livingston M. Pres. Nat. Spraker Bank; v .- p. Nat. Mohawk River Bank. Mem. B'd Supervisors Montgomery County, 13 years; Dem. State Com., B'd of Ed'n, 25 years; trustee Palatine. Democrat; mein. B'd of Trustees St. Mark's Lutheran Ch. Address: Canajoharie, N. Y.
SPRONG, SEVERN D.
Diee. eng'r; b. Schodack, N. Y .; s. Willard D. and Pauline A. (Melius) Sprong; ed. publie sch. and by
tutors; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1897, Margaret A. Mc. Mullen; one d .: Katharine Watson. b. 1906. Eiec. eng'r for Brooklyn Edison Co. Fellow Am. Inst. Eiec Eng'rs (v .- p. 1911-1914) ; mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'm, Frankiln Inst. (Philadelphia), N. Y. Elec. Soc. A.A.A.S., Brooklyn Inst. Arts & Sciences. Clubs: En- ginecrs (N. Y.), Crescent Athletic (Brooklyn), Brook - lyn Engineers. Residence: 533 Second St. Address: 360 T'earl St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SQUIBB, EDWARD HAMILTON
Physician (retired); b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 30. 1853; s. Edward Robinson and Caroline Lownds (Cook) Squibb; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., Univ. of Va .; grad. llarvard Univ., 1878, N. Y. Coli. Phys. and Surg,, 1881; m. Louisville, Ky., Mar. 27, 1884, Jane Graves Sampson; children: Caroline, b. 1885; George Samp- son, b. 1889; Charles Graves, b. 1893. Treas. N. Y. Soc. for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Med. Men; dir. N. Y. Phys. Mutual Ald Ass'n. Independent la l'olltles. Mem. N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. Acad of Sciences, A.A.A.S., N. Y. Zool. Soc., Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences. Clubs: Century, Harvard (N. Y. City); Crescent Athletic (Brooklyn). Address: 148 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y.
SQUIRE, ADLIS BÉLA
Insurance; b. Kent. O., July 26, 1884; s. Charles Béla and Emma M. (Cobb) Squire; ed. Univ. Sch., Cieve- land, O .; Carteret Acad., Orange, N. J., and Princeton Univ .; m. Feb. 26, 1913, Emma Breckinridge Arm- strong. Pres. and treas. Squire Co. Inc. Clubs: University Cottage (Princeton, N. J.), Essex County Country (Orange, N. J.). Address: 95 William St. N. Y. City.
SQUIERS, ARNON LYON
Lawyer; b. Smyrna, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1869; s. James P. and Ellen W. (Lyon) Squiers; ed. Cazenovla Sem., class of 1889; Columbia Univ., A.B., 1893; N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1894; m. Ist, Brooklyn, N. Y., May 28, 1895, Caroline Wylic (died Apr. 24, 1901), 2d, Syra- cuse, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1902, Gertrude M. Cooper; one son: Arnon Lyon Squiers, Jr., b. Apr. 18,. 1901. Ass't instr. in mathematics, Columbia Univ., 1893-1895; instr. Barnard Coll., 1894-1895; admitted to bar by Supreme Court of N. Y., 1895; since engaged continuously in practise of the law. Dir. and counsel Press Equipment ('o. Republican; Congregationalist. Mcm. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Brooklyn Bar Ass'n; Past Master Angio- Saxon Lodge No. 137 F. and A. M .; nem. B'd of Dea- cons Central Cong'i Ch., Brooklyn; hon. mem. Am. B'd Comm'rs for Foreign Missions. Clubs: Repub- lican of N. Y., Kit Kat, Union League, Young Repub- lican (Brooklyn) ; Brooklyn League. Residence: 226 New York Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 34 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
SQUIRES, GRANT
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, April 17, 1863; s. Robert and Mary Elizabeth (Forbes) Squires; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., class of 1885; LL.B. (cum laude), class of 1887; m. at Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 1, 1891, Saliy Eaton Jenkins. Military Censor of telegraphie cables and press in Spanish-Am. War, 1898; Lieut. Vol. Sig- nal Corps, U.S.A., May-Dec., 1898. Republican in nat. politics. Non-partisan in state or municipal affairs. Fellow Royal Geog. Soc. of Eng .; mem. Am. Geog. Soc. In N. Y. City, and Nat. Geog. Soc. in Washington, 1). C. Fellow in Perpetuity Metropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y. City. Trustee Knickerbocker Hosp., N. Y. ('ity trustee Nat. Geog. Soc., Washington, D). C. Club: Union League. Residence: 260 W. 76th St. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
STACEY, ALFRED E.
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