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Chair infr; b. Eibridge, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1846; 8. Richard and Agnes (Pierce) Stacey; ed. publie schools and Munroe Collegiate Inst .; m. 1st, Eibridge. N. Y., June 1, 1871, Bilen Gorham; 2d. Syracuse, N. Y., Mar. 15, 1883, jessie Rowe; children: Mabel Cornelia, b. Aug. 16, 1872; Maud Elien, b. Jan. 19, 1875; Alfred 10., Jr., b. March 10, 1885. Merchant at Elbridge, N. Y., 1869-18$4; chair mf'r since 1881; farmer since 1890; pres. Eibridge Chair Co. Has been pres. of village, postmaster In tho '70's, Assemblyman, 1886, 1887, from the 2d Onondaga Dist .; delegate to many
State and County convs. Enilsted, Sept. 5, 1864, in 9th N. Y. Heavy Art'y, 6th Army Corps, and served to end of war; wounded at Cedar Creek; participated at Petersburg and Lee's surrender at Appomattox. County treas, of Onondaga Co., 1993-1905. Wiren As- scml lyman framed and secured passage of act to care for indigent soldiers and sailors of Civil War and tirelr famliies, which law is still in force. Republican; Methodist. Senior vice dept. comd'r of N. Y. G. A. R., Past Noble Grand In Odd Fellowship. Ciub: Citizens' (Syracuse, N. Y.). Address: Eibridge, N. Y.
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STADLER, CHARLES A.
Merchant, capitalist; b. Germersheim, Bavarian Palatinate, July 15, 1848; came to America with parents, 1851; ed. St. Nicholas' Parochlal School, the public schools, and De La Salle Inst .; m. 1st, 1866, Josephine Contes (died 1885); 2d, June 21, 1888, Pau- line Roesicke, of Brooklyn; has five daughters. After graduating engaged in brewing industry, subsequently In grain trade, and eventually established as a malt- ster; now pres. Am. Malting Co. Also pres. Sebastian Wagon Co .; v .- p. Nineteenth Ward Bank; director of Germania Bank. Mem. Produce Exchange of N. Y., Chicago B'd of Trade, Buffalo B'd of Trade. Democrat; from early youth interested in public affairs; served as inspector of schs., State Senator, 1882-1892; dele- gate to Constitutional Convention; mem .. State Dem- ocratic Exec. Com .; declined other offices for business reasons. Major comd'g The Old Guard of N. Y .; Mem. Geog. Soc., German Soc., German Llederkranz, Arion Soc., and other public and charitable organiza- tions. Clubs: Manhattan, National Democratic, Army and Navy, N. Y Athletic. Residence: 114 W. 77th St. Address: 422 E. 54th St., N. Y. City.
STAFFORD, GEORGE A.
Dry goods comm'n merchant; b. Auburn, N. Y., Mar. 30, 1867; s. Emmet and Mary Ann (Rockwell) Stafford; grad. Port Byron, N. Y., Acad .; m. St. Louis, Mo., April 12, 1898, Mary Boyle; children: John Boyle, b. 1899; Jane, b. 1901; G. A., Jr., b. 1903; Richard Rockwell, b. 1907. Dir. and treas. The Farish-Stafford Co .; pres. G. A. Stafford & Co. (Inc.). Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, IllIni Yacht (St. Louis, Mo.), Arkwright (N. Y. City), Stamford Yacht. Resi- dence: 59 Worth St., N. Y. City.
STANCHFIELD, JOHN B.
Lawyer; b. Elmira, N. Y., March 30, 1855; s. John K. and Glovina S. Stanchfield; grad. Elmira Acad., 1872; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1876; law student in Harvard Law Sch. and in office of David B. Hill at Elmira, N. Y .; m. Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1886, Clara Spaulding. Admitted to N. Y. bar 1878; was a law partner of David B. Hill until 1885; dist. att'y Chemung County, 1880-1885; Mayor of Elmira, N. Y., 1886-1888; mem. Assembly of N. Y., 1895-1896; Dem. candidate for Gov. of N. Y., 1900; Dem. nominee for U. S. Senator, 1901; now senior mem. law firm of Stanchfield & Levy. Mem. Ass n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. Clubs: University, Manhattan, Psi Upsilon. Residences: El- mira, N. Y .; Park Av. and 34th St., N. Y. City. Ad- dress: 11 Pine St., N. Y. City.
STANFORD, HENRY
Actor; b. Ramleh, Egypt, Jan. 22, 1878; s. James (advocate for the Crown, Alexandria, Egypt) and Margaret ( Davis) Stanford; ed. Stoncyhurst Coll., Eng .; m. All Souls' Ch., N. Y. City, March 2, 1902, Laura Burt (actress). Leading man Lyceum, Criterion, Princess's, Duke of York's and Haymarket Theatres, London, Eng .; toured in South Africa as leading man with George Edwards' Dramatic Co., 1897-1898; first appearance in America, Knickerbocker Theatre, N. Y. City, as "Olivier" in Robespierre, with Sir Henry Irving, Nov., 1900; played "Prosper Le Gai" in The Forest Lovers, Lyceum Theatre, N. Y. Clty, Oct., 1901; re-engaged by Sir Henry Irving to play leads; opened at Lyceum Theatre, London, as "Fanst" in Faust, May, 1902; played with Sir Henry Irving until his death in 1905. Returned to America to play "Prinze- valle" in Monna Vanna with Madam Kalich; starring in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, season 1906-1907; season 1907-1908, The Walls of Jericho; season 1909, leading man with Eleanor Robson in Dawn of a To- morrow, Lyceum Theatre; 1909-1910. New Theatre, N. Y .; 1910 with Viola Allen in The White Sister; 1911- 1912, in Monsieur Beaucaire, Daly's Theatre. Created "Jerry" in Peg o' My Heart at Los Angeles; 1912-1913, "Charles Lord Collington" In A Good Little Devil, at Republic Theatre; 1913-1914, leading man for Oliver Morosco in Peg o' My Heart. Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Green Room (London, Eng.), Lambs (N. Y. City ), Great Kills Yacht. Address: Stanford Lodge, Great Kills, Staten Island, N. Y.
STANLAWS, PENRHYN (Penrhyn Stanley Adam-
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Artist; b. Dundee, Scotland, 1877; s. James and Jessle (Leith) Adamson; ed. West End Acad., Dundee, Scotland; grad. Princeton Univ., class 1901; m. N. Y. City, June, 1913, Jean Pughsley. Mem. Soc. of Modern Portralt Painters, London, Eng .; Soc. of Illustrators, N. Y. Clubs: Cannon (Princeton, N. J.), Princeton (N. Y.), Savage (London, Eng.). Address: 27 W. 67th St., N. Y. City.
STANLEY, EDWARD OTIS
Banker; b. N. Attleboro, Mass., 1855; s. Otis and Harrict (Whitney) Stanley; grad. Brown Univ., A.B.
1876, A.M. 1879; m. Fall River, Mass., Oct. 16, 1879, Caroline Clinton Durfee; children: Marjorie Alden (Mrs. Paul C. Carey), Edward Otis, Jr., b. 1885. En- gaged several years in editorial work; in publishing and printing business, Boston, in firm of Stanley & Usher; came to N. Y. City, 1889, as treas. Pond's Ex- tract Co .; treas. Title Guarantee & Trust Co., 1897; 2d v .- p. and mg'r banking dep't, same, 1904. Repre- sented ward two years in city gov't, East Orange; served on various comm'ns. Pres, and dir. N. Y. In- vestors' Corp'n; dir. Thompson-Starrett Co., Empire Steel & Iron Co., East Orange Bank, Long Island Safe Deposit Co., Hanging Rock Iron Co., Pond's Extract Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, New England Soc. of Orange. Clubs: Brown Univ, Republican. Residence: 40 Hawthorne Av., East Orange, N. J. Address: 176 Broadway, N. Y. City.
STANTON, JOHN ROBERT
Treas. and mn'g officer several Lake Superior cop- per mines; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 25, 1858; s. John and Elizabeth Romaine (Mcmillan) Stanton; partial course mining eng'ring, Columbia Coll. Sch. of Mines; m. Chicago, Ill., Sept. 4, 1899, Helen Maud Kilmer. Joined 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., Sept. 25, 1876; honorably dis- charged Nov., 1886. Served six years as lieut. and four years as capt. Co. 1, 7th Reg't Veteran Ass'n. Treas. and dir. Atlantic Mining Co., Mohawk Mining Co., Wolverine Copper Mining Co., Michigan Copper Mining Co .; sec., treas, and dir. Central Mining Co .; dir. Trimountain Mining Co., Iron Tire Pneumatie Wheel Co., Michigan Smelting Co. Republican. Mein. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mem. Am. Inst Mining Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Civil Eng'rs, Lake Superior Mining Inst., Franklin Inst., A.A. A.S., Nat., Geog. Soc. Mem. 7th Reg't Veteran, 7th Reg't Veteran and Active League, Old Boys of Company A, Active and Veteran Com- rades Co. A, Washington Continental Guards, Am. Museuin Natural History, Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Botanical Gardens, N. Y. Zoological Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n, N. Y. Horticulture Soc., Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Thomas Hunter Ass'n, Sons of Revolution, St. George's Soc., St. Andrew's Soc., Robert Burns Soc., Huguenot Soc., Municipal Art Soc., Psi Upsilon fra- ternity. Recreations: Aquatic sports and pastimes. Clubs: Union League, Lotos, Engineers, N. Y. Ath- letic, N. Y. Yacht, Columbia Yacht, Republican, Twi- light, Dunwoodie Country (N. Y. City), Miscowabik, Omgrainy Yacht and Ojibway (all located in Michigan), Chicago Athletic. Residence: 256 W. 70th St. Ad- dress: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
STANTON, ROBERT BREWSTER
Consulting civil and mining eng'r; b. Woodville, Miss., Aug. 5, 1846; s. Robert Livingston (D.D.) and Anna Maria (Stone) Stanton; grad. Miami Univ., A.B. 1871, A.M. 1878; in. Denver, Colo., Dec. 1, 1881, Jean Oliver Moore; children: Anna Al., Robert B., Jr., Harold O., Edwin M., Jean. Ass't eng'r Cincinnati Southern J'y, 1872-1880; division eng'r Union Pacific N'y, 1880- 1884; built Georgetown Loop l'y, 1881-1883; in gen. practice as civil and mining eng'r, 1884-1889; chief eng'r Denver, Colorado Cañon & Pacific R'y Co., 1889- 1890, exploring Grand Cañon of Colorado River; prac- tising as civil and mining eng'r since 1890 in U. S., Cimada, Mexico and Dutch East Indies. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, British Inst'n Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mining Eng'rs, British Inst'n Mining and Metallurgy; fellow Am. Geog. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc .; mem. Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. Anthor: Availability of the Canons of the Colorado River for Railway Purposes, The Great Land Slides in British Columbia. Club: Engineers. Residence: Setauket, L. 1. AAddress: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
STANTON, WALTER
Banker; b. Columbus, O .; s. S. B. and Lydia (Conrad) Stanton; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; m. Grace Van Cott. Republican; Catholic. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Athletic (N. Y. City), Havana Yacht, Country ( Havana). Addresses: Guayabal, Province of Tlavana: Banco Nacional Bld's, Havana, and 2 Wall St., N. Y. CIty.
STAPLETON, CHARLES W.
Lawyer; b. Hamilton, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1855; ed. com- mon schools; m. Genevieve Bishop, June 29, 1912; ad- mitted to bar 1880; practised law at Hamilton, N. Y., and Syracuse, N. Y .; county clerk of Madison Co. two terms. 1886-1892; State Senator, 24th Dist., N. Y., IS94- 1895; has practised law in N. Y. City since 1896; mem. Hamilton Masonic Lodge, Norwich Commandery, .Knights Templar. Club: N. Y. Athletic. Address: 220 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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STAPLETON, LUKE D.
Jurist; engaged in practise of law in Brooklyn, until appt'd Justice Supreme Court, State of N. Y., by Gov. Ilughes, March 8, 1908; elected Nov., 190S, on Dem. and Rep. tickets, for Second Dist., term expir- ing Dec. 31, 1922; designated to Appellate Dlv. by Gov. Mar. 1, 1913. Residence: 201 Garfield Pl. Address: County Court House, Brooklyn, N. Y.
STARR, CHARLES SACKETT
Physician and surgeon; b. Rochester, N. Y., May, 1844; s. Hon. Frederick and Lucy (Hills) Starr; ed. in Private schools in Rochester; grad. Rochester Univ., A.B., 1865, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y., M.D., 1869; hon. A.M., Hamilton Coll., 1895; m. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1885, Myra Osgoodby; children: Charles F., b. 1891, Rhoda M., b. 1892, Cecile C., .b. 1893. Has prac- tised medicine in Rochester since 1869; spent 1875 and 1876 in hospitals of Vienna, in lleidelberg, London and in European travel. Was surgeon (rank of capt.), 54th Reg't N. G. N. Y., 1871-1875; surgeon to Monroe Co. jail in 1879; physician to Monroe Co. coroner, 1880- 18$3. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Monroe Co. Med. Soc. since 1869 (pres. in 1399), Am. Med. Ass'n since 1884, Monroe Co. Med. Soc. since 1872; Med. Soc. since 1SS4; pres. Rochester Free Dispensary since 1877; mem. Rochester Pathological Soc. since organization, in 1S71 (pres., 1879); N. Y. Central Med. Ass'n since 1884; Monroe Co. Med. Soc. since 1872 (pres., 1884); Life mem. Blue Lodge and Chapter in Masonic Order. Residence: 64 Rowley St. Address: 27 Clinton Av. S., Rochester, N. Y.
STARR, FREDERICK W.
Lumberman; b. Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y .; s. Edwin A. and Margaret R. (Wentz) Starr; ed. N. Y. Public Schools, and Oneida Conference Sein., Caze- novia, N. Y .; m. Morrisville, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1872, Emma B. Tillinghast; one son: Russell T., . 1874. Started in retail lumber business in 1866, and has since been engaged in same. Served in 13th Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Pres. Bay Side Sash and Door Co .; trustee and v .- p. N. Y. Lumber Trade Ass'n; trustce Greater N. Y. Sav - ings Bank; Congregationalist. Mem. South Brooklyn B'd of Trade, Royal Arcanum, 13th Reg't Veteran Ass'n, Brooklyn League, Old Brooklynites, S. A. R., G. A. R. Clubs: Congregational, Hamilton, Apollo, Gienwood Country. Address: 565 Third St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
STARR, JOHN EDWIN
Mechanical and civil eng'r; b. Utiea, N. Y., 1863; s. John and Susan Starr; ed. schs. of Utica, N. Y .; re- ceived M.E. and C.E. degrees; widower; one d., Mrs. F. L. Ramlose, b. 1889. Past pres. and past v .- p. Am. Soc. Refrigerating Eng'rs; past v .- p. Am. Ass'n of Refrigeration; delegate in behalf of U. S. to Internat. Congress Refrigeration, Paris, 1908; writer for tech- nical press on subjects relating to refrigeration and original research on properties of liquifiable gases. Pres. Starr Eng'ring Co. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Refrigerating Eng'rs, London Cold Storage and Ice Ass'n, St. Louis Acad. of Science, Am. Ass'n of Refrigeration, Recreations: Art, literature. Clubs: Salmagundi, Transportation, Engineers. Residence: 12 Fifth Av. Address: 90 West St., N. Y. City.
STARR, LOUIS MORRIS
Diamond merchant, jeweller; b. Tenafly, N. J., Aug. 12, 1868; s. Theodore B. and Caroline (Morris) Starr; attended Charlier's, Ecole Monge, Paris; Fresenius Laboratory, Wiesbaden, Germany, and by private tutors; grad. Williams Coll., 1893; m. Emeliue J., d. of George H. Danforth, of N. Y .; children: Caroline Mar- garet May, b. 1899; Beatrice, b. 1901; Emeline D., b. 1904. Lived abroad three years, 1876-1879; travelled and studied abroad, 1884-1889; entered father's firm," 1894; became pres. Theodore B. Starr, Inc., 1910, which office stili holds, in addition to being treas .; trustee Fifth Av. Safe Deposit Co .; dir. Second Nat. Bank. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity, Museum Natural History, Met. Museum, N. Y. Acad. of Science, Sculpture Soc., Municipal Art Soc. Formerly treas. and mg'r Gor- don House for Boys. Recreation: Farming. Clubs: St. Anthony, University, Mendelssohn Glee (treas.), Rid- ing. Residence: 128 W. 70th St., and Ridgefield, Conn. Address: Fifth Av. and 47th St., N. Y. City.
STARR, MOSES ALLEN
Physician, educator; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 16, 1854; s. Egbert and C. Augusta (Allen) Starr; ed. private school, Princeton, A.B. 1876, A.M. 1879, Ph.D. 1884, LL.D. 1899; M.D. Coll. of Phys. and Surgs., N. Y., 1SS0; Sc.D. Columbia, 1904; studied aiso at Berlin, Ileidelberg and Paris; m. June 8, 1898, Alice Dunning; children: Allen Egbert, b. 1902; Katherine Eunice, b. 1904. Specialist in nervous diseases. Prof. nervous
diseases N. Y. Polyclinic, 1885-1888; since 1888 prof. diseases of the mind and nervous system Coll. Phys. and Surgs., Columbia Univ. Consulting neurologist to Presby'n, St. Vincent's and St. Mary's Hosps. in N. Y. City. Republican; Episcopalian. Trustce and treas. West Side Day Nursery, N. Y. City; trustee Middie- bury Coll., Vt. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Ass'n Am. Physicians; ex-pres. Am. Neurol. Ass'n and of N. Y. Neurol. Ass'n; fellow N. Y. Acad of Medicine; mem. A.A.A.S .; corr. mem. Societe de Neurologic and So- siété de Psychiatric of Paris, London Neurol. Soc., Vienna Neurol. Soc., Deutsche Gesellschaft Nervenartze. Author: Familiar Forms of Nervous Diseases, 1890; Brain Surgery, 1893; Atlas of Brain Cells, 1894; Or- ganic Nervous Diseases, 1899; Organic and Functional Nervous Diseases. 1907 (4th edition 1913), and many special articles on neurological subjects in medical journals. Clubs: University, Century, Princeton. Sum- mer home: Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Address: 5 W. 54th St., N. Y. City.
STARRETT, THEODORE
Engineer and constructor of fireproof bld'gs; b. Law. rence, Kan., Jan. 21, 1865; s. William Aiken and Helen (Ekin) Starrett; cd. Univ. of Kansas; grad. Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ., A.B., 1884. Engaged since leaving college solely in the designing and construction of fireproof buildings, especially skyscrapers. Began as student in office of Buruham & Root, architects, of Chicago; became eng'r of firm, and designed construc- tion of many of first skyscrapers of country, notably San Francisco Chronicle Bld'g, Society for Savings Bld's, Cleveland, O., where steel columns were first used in a building; left Burnham & Root in 1890 to go into business of his own. He constructed the Isabella Bld'g, Chicago, 1892-1893, and the Fisher Bld'g, 1895- 1896, in record time; has since constructed over one hundred high buildings, all noted for the phenomenally quick construction. Address: 103 Park Av., N. Y. City.
STARRING, MASON BRAYMAN
Railway official; b. Chicago, May 8, 1859; s. Henry J. D. and Alida M. (Tower) Starring; ed. public and high schs., Chicago; m. Chicago, Oct. 27, 1886, Helen Swing. Admitted to practice of law, 1894; ass't gen. counsel, 1894-1898; gen. solicitor, 1898-1904: gen. mg'r and dir. 1904-1906, and v .- p. 1906-1907, Chicago City R'y; pres. and chm'n B'd of Dirs., 1907-1911, North- western Elevated R. R. Pres, and mn'g dir. Chleago & Oak Park Elevated N'y Co., of N. J., since 1911; pres, and dir. United R'ys Investment Co., since 1911; pres. and dir. Calif. R'y and Power Co., Railroads and Power Development Co .; dir. Pittsburgh R'ys; Luquesne Light Co., Philadelphia Co., Mutual Alliance Trust Co., Allerton, Greene & King. Mem. S. A. R., Efficiency Soc., Japanese Soc., Stage Soc. Clubs: Recess, Merchants' Ass'n, Metropolitan (N. Y. City), Lake Geneva Country, Lake Geneva Yacht, Thousand Islands Yacht, Industrial, Chicago, Sleepy Hollow Country, Aero of America, Duquesne (Pittsburgh). Residences (summer): Lake Geneva, Wis. (winter): 25 E. Division St., Chicago; The Plaza, N. Y. City. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
STEAD, CHARLES MASON
Retired banker; b. Providence, R. I., Oct. 4. 1840; s. Thomas J. and Frances E. (Dyer) Stead; ed. Brown Unlv. and Harvard Law School, A.M .; in. German- town, Pa., May 17, 1866, Caroline C. Potter; children: William Potter, b. 'M.y 4, 1867; Thomas Jefferson, b, Dec. 1, 1869; Mrs. Paul R. Reynolds, b. Jan. 25, 1876. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, Nov., 1863; one of founders Open B'd Brokers, 1864, which united with N. Y. Stock Exchange, 1869; was mem. Gov. Com. Stock Exchange, 16 years and v .- p. 1877-1881; retired 1893. Ass't q .- m. gen. of R. 1., 1861-1862; interested in univ. settlement work. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mom. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Harvard Law School Ass'n, N. E. Soc. Club: Union League. Address: 1 E. 39th St., N. Y. City.
STEARNS, HENRY S.
Physician; b, Yonkers, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1861; s. John Noble and Alice Anu (Bloomer) Stearns; grad. Univ. City of N. Y., Med. Dep't, M.D., 1884; m. Brick Pres- byterian Ch., N. Y. City, April 14, 1884, Amy P. Brownlng; children: Anne B., b. 1885; Henry S., Jr., b. 1891. After graduation spent 18 months on surg. staff of Bellevue Hosp., followed by four months' sp'l work in Allgemeine Krankenhaus, Vienna. Since then steadily practising medicine in N. Y. City. Pres. N. Y. County Med. Soc., 1904-1905; pres. Soclety of the AAlumni of Bellevue Hosp., 1907-1908. Dir. John N. Stearns & Co. Republican. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medi- cine, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State and County Med. Socs., N. Y. Obstet. Soc., Soc. Alumni Bellevue Hosp. Trustee Am. Bible Society, N. Y. Christian Home for Intemperate Men. Club: Union League. 15 W. 58th St., N. Y. City, Address:
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STEARNS, WALDRON ALLEN
Physician; b. Eastport, Me., Aug. 21, 1869; s. Rev. J. Wellington and Mary J. (Hull) Stearns; of old colonial descent; ed. eommon sehool at Petersburgh, N. Y .; grad. Union Classical Inst., Schenectady, N. Y .; speclal study at Starkey Sem., Eddytown, N. Y .; Mich. Agr'l Coll .; one year at N. Y. Coll. Dental Surgeons; grad. Medieal Dep't of Union Univ., May 2, 1900, followed by one year serviee at St. Peter's Hosp., Albany, N. Y .; m. South Berlin, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1897, Franees H. Fuller; children: John Waldron, b. 1898; Henry Fuller, b. 1901; Mary Jeannette, b. Feb. 25, 1906. Engaged in gen. practice of medielne and surgery at Schenec- tady, N. Y., sinee June 1, 1901. Democrat (national, independent, local and State). Mem. Schenectady Co. Med. Soe., N. Y. Med. Ass'n; sec. Audubon Soe. for Schenectady County; mem. County Fish and Game Ass'n. Address: 302 Crane St., Schenectady, N. Y.
STEBBINS, CHARLES MAURICE
Educator, author; b. in town of Amboy, Oswego Co., N. Y., April 14, 1871; s. Charles Rufus and Lucy Jane (Bishop) Stebbins; ed. Colgate Univ., Amherst Coll., A.B., 1892, A.M., 1903; Columbia Unlv., 1904-1906; m. Blue Mound, Ill., June 24, 1896, Carrie Virginia Smith; children: Anna Katharine, b. April 14, 1897; Evelyn Virginia, b. Jan. 13, 1901; Helen Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1906. Teacher in High Sch., Portsmouth, Ohio, 1892- 1893; Salt Lake City, Utah, 1893-1899; private study, 1899-1903; teacher Boys' High Sch., Brooklyn, 1903- 1908. Lecturer in Cornell University summer session, 1907-1909. Editor of The High School English Leaflet, 1906-1908. Author: A Progressive Course in English for Secondary Schools (first year book, Grammar School book), Christmas Eve and Other Poems, 1894; The Painter of Madonnas and Other Poems, 1908. Editor: Byron's Prisoner of Chillon, Mazeppa, etc .; De Quincey's English Mail Coach and Joan of Arc, Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal and Other Poems. Editor and publisher of Child Lore Magazine. Dir. The English Leaflet Co. Lecturer Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences since 1913. Address: 1427 Union St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
STEBBINS, GEORGE COLES
Singing evangelist, composer; b. Carlton, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1846; s. William V. and Teressa (Waring) Steb- bins; ed. Alblon Aead., N. Y .; m. Carlton, N. Y., Emma Miller; one s., G. Waring. Dir. of music in 1st Bapt. Ch., Chicago, 1870-1874; Clarendon St. Bapt. Ch. and Tremont Temple, Boston, 1874-1876; associated with Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey, 1876, till death of the former in 1899; assisted them in thelr evangelis- tic work on three different occasions in Great Britain, and also in principal cities of the U. S. Spent one winter in India assisting Rev. George F. Pentecost in evangelistic work, and with wife and son giving services of song In the principal cities of that coun- try; also gave services of song in Egypt, Palestine, Naples, Rome, Paris and London. Asso. editor of Gospel Hymns and Saered Songs, 1877-1898. Author of Northfield Hymnal and conductor of music at North- field Conferences since 1880. Congregationallst. Trustee of Faith Home for Incurable Women, Brook- lyn. Address: 19 Verona Pl., Brooklyn, N. Y.
STECKLER, ALFRED
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 18, 1856; ed. publie schs., Columbia Law Sch., 1877. Practised law in N. Y. Clty from 1877, and served a term as judge of the 4th Dist. Court; as a judge of that court inaugurated many reforms. Upon the death of Justice David Mc- Adams of Supreme Court, Dee., 1901, was appt'd by Gov. Odell to fill the vacancy, and served until a suc- cessor was elected, then resumed practice of law. Residence: 120 W. 77th St., Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
STEDMAN, GEORGE W.
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1864; s. George L. and Adda M. Shuier ( Woolverton) Stedman; ed. Al- bany Acad .; grad. Univ. of Rochester, B.S. 1885, M.S. 1887, City Safe Deposit Co. since 1909. Republican; N. Y., June 18, 1898, Harriet T. Mather; one s .: George Woolverton, Jr., b. Sept. 28, 1900. Admitted to bar 1887, and since ther practising at Albany, N. Y .; mem. law firm Stedman, Thompson & Andrews, 1887- 1895, and of Stedman & Stedman since 1896. Mem. Assembly of State of N. Y., 1898. Dir. First Nat. Bank of Albany from 1907, Nat. Exchange Bank of Albany, 1906-1907, Union Trust Co. of Albany from 1906, Park Bank of Albany 1902, People's Gas Co. of Albany 1885- 1887, City Safe Deposit Co. since 1909. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Albany Ilist. Soc., Albany Co. Bar Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Theta Nu Epsilon. Pres. and trustee of Hudson River Bapt. Ass'n, North, since 1898; see. and trustee Emmanuel
Bapt. Ch. since 1898; trustee Albany Acad. 1896-1899, Colgate Univ. since 1893, and of Baptist Union for Ministerial Ed'n 1898-1900. Clubs: Fort Orange, Al- bany Country. Address: Albany, N. Y.
STEDMAN, JOHN HARRY
Transfer expert; b. Newport, R. I., Nov. 15, 1843; s. John R. and Hannah (Browneil) Stedman; grad. Univ. of Rochester, N. Y., A.M .; m. Utica, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1877, Aliee Sherwood Wells, of Buffalo. V .- p. and mg'r Rochester Bunging Apparatus Co .; prop'r Sted- man Transfers; sec. Ohmer Fare Register Co., Bag- dad Chase Gold Mining Co., Selden Motor Vehicle Co. Independent; Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity and S.A.R .; 2d v .- p. Rochester Home. llosp .; 1st v .- p. Soc. for Org'n of Charity; pres. Church Home. Author: Stedmania, That's a Mushroom, Auction Bridge Com- pendium, etc. Clubs: Rochester Art, Country (Roches- ter), Genesee Valley (founder), St. Paul's Men's. Resi- Genee: 840 Kast Av. Address: 61 E. Main St., Roenes- ter, N. Y.
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