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STEDMAN, THOMAS LATHROP
Physieian, editor; b. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 11, 1853; s. George Turner and Abigail (Porter) Stedman; grad. Trinity Coll., Hartford, A.B. 1874, A.M. 1896; Coll. of Phys. and Surg., N. Y., M.D., 1877; m N. Y., June 1, 1893, Linda Wadnan. Editor Med. Record. Mem. N. Y. Aead. of Medicine, Med. Soc. Co. of N. Y., Med. Soe. State of N. Y., Am. Med. Ass'n. Club: Century. Ad- dress: 1425 Broadway, N. Y. City.
STEDMAN, WILLIAM G.
Physician, surgeon; b. Perth, Ont., Canada; s. R. and Mary (Andison) Stedman; ed. Perth (Ont.) sehs., Perth Collegiate Inst., Nat. Business Coll., Ottawa, Can .; Trinity Univ. Med. Dep't, Toronto, Ont., Can., M.D., 1891; Buffalo (Unlv. Med. Dep't, 1893. Re- publiean; Presby'n. .Mem. Rochester Pathol. Soc., Monroe Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soe., Am. Med. Ass'n, Nu Sigma Nu Soe., Buffalo, N. Y. Alem. Yon- nondio Lodge No. 163, F. & A. M .; Hamilton Chapter No. 62, R. A. M .; Monroe Commandery No. 12, K. T .; Damaseus Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mem. Tuesday Musical Soe., Central Presby'n Ch. Choir, Men's Club Central Ch. Recreations: Music, golf. Club: Genesee Golf. Address: 74 Park Av., Rochester, N. Y.
STEELE, CHARLES
Lawyer; b. Baltimore, Md .; s. I. Nevett and Rose L. (Nelson) Steele; grad. A.M., Univ. of Va., 1878: LL. B., Columbia Univ., 1880; m. Nannie French; ehildren: Eleanor, Nancy G., Kathryne N. Mem. firm J. P. Morgan & Co. Clubs: Metropolitan, Automobile of Ameriea, Raequet and Tennis, Riding, Piping Rock, University, Turf and Field, City Midday, St. Anthony, Meadow Brook, Down Town Ass'n. Residence: 11 E. 62d St. Address: 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
STEELE, SANFORD H.
Lawyer; b. Stanstead, Province of Quebee, Nov. 26, 1847; s. Sanford and Mary (Hinman) Steele; grad. Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 1870; George Washington Univ.,. I.L.B., LL.M .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 21, 1876, Carrie Hinman; one d: Carrle Steele Roberts (wife of Dudley Roberts, M.D.); pres. Gen. Chem. Co .; dir. Chatham Nat. Bank, Title Guarantee & Trust Co., Nichols Cop- per Co., Brooklyn Savings Bank. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Univ., Dartmonth, Ilamilton of Brooklyn, Chemists'. Address: 36 Pierre- pont St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
STEELL, WILLIS
Playwright, author; b. Detroit, Mich., 1866; s. Will- iam and Jessica (Tait) Steell; m. 1898, Emily Varian Higman; one d .: Susan. Author (acted plays): The Battle of the Strong; Wolfville; A Juliet of the People: Consuelo; The Fifth Commandment; The Firm of Chu- ningham: A Bride from llome; Ollella; Girl of the Golden Horn (with Reginald de Koven); also a book of short plays (all belng acted in vaudeville) entitled Drama in Parva. Author (books): Isidra; Mortal Lips; A Mountain of Gold; The Death of the Discoverer: Senator Lumley's Daughters; In Seville; The Kinder- garten; Morning After the Play; Brother Dave. Ad- dress: 18 W. 33d St., N. Y. Clty.
STEFFENS, JOSEPH LINCOLN
Journalist; b. San Francisco, April 6, 1866; s. Joseph and Elizabeth Louise (Symes) Steffens; grad. Univ of Calif., Ph.B., 1889; special courses at universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Leipzig, Sorbonne ( Paris); m. Lon- don, 1891, Josephine Bontecon (deceased). Reporter N. Y. Evening Post; city editor N. Y. Commercial Ad- Vertiser (now The Globe); managing editor Mcclure's Magazine: asso. editor The American Magazine, now of Everybody's. Author: The Shame of the Citles;
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The Struggle for Self-Government; Upbuilders; The Least of These. Clubs: City (Boston), Players, Liberal (N. Y.), Cobden (Eng.). Residence: Riverside, Conn.
STEIGER, ERNST
Publisher, bibliographer; b. Gastewitz, Saxony, Oct. 4, 1832; located in N. Y. City, 1855; m. 1867, Bertha Krehbiel. Mem. firm E. Steiger & Co., publishers and importers of German and other foreign books, and dealers in and mf'rs of kindergarten materials. Author: Der Nachdruck in Nordamerika; Das Copy- right-Law in den . Vereinigten Staaten; periodical literature; Drei und fünfzig Jahre Buchhändler in Deutschland und Amerika, an Autobiography; Das Gespenst des Nachdrucks deutscher Bücher in Nord- amerika. Address: 49 Murray St., N. Y. City.
STEINMETZ, CHARLES PROTEUS
Electrical eng'r; b. Breslau, Germany, April 9, 1865; ed. in Univs. of Breslau, Berlin and Zurich; specializing in mathematics, chemistry and elee, eng'ring; A M., Harvard, 1902; Ph.D:, Union, 1903. Chicf consulting eng'r Gen. Electric Co .; prof. elcetrophysics Union Univ., Schenectady, N. Y. Author: Theory and Cal- culation of Alternating Current Phenomena; Theoreti- cal Elements of Elec. Eng'ring; Gen. Lectures on Elec. Eng'ring; Theory and Caleulation of Transient Elee- trie Phenomena and Oscillations; Radiation, Light and Illumination; Eng'ring. Mathematics; Electric Dis- charges, Waves and Impulses, and many technical ar- tieles on elec. subjects. Address: Care Gen. Eleetrie Co., Seheneetady, N. Y.
STEINWAY, CHARLES H.
Manufacturer of pianos; b. N. Y. Clty, June 3, 1857; s. Charles G. and Sophie (Millinet) Steinway; ed. in U. S. and abroad; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 10, 1885, Marie Anna Mertens; children: Charles F. M., b. 1892; Marie Louise, b. 1894. V .- p. 1878-1896, pres. since 1896, Stein- way & Sons, mf'rs pianos. Dir. Citizens' Savings Bank and Pacific Bank. Decorated with Order of Liakat by Sultan of Turkey; Légion d'honneur by Republic of France; Comd'r Order Lion and Sun, by Shah of Persia. Order of the Red Eagle by the King of Prussia and German Emperor. Mem. of German niederkranz, German Soc., Chicago Athletic Ass'n, Chamber of Commerce, Nat. Manufacturers' Ass'n. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Manhattan, Lambs, German. Ad- dress: 109 12. 14th St., N. Y. City.
STEPHENS, KATE
Author; b. Moravia, N. Y .; d. Nelson Timothy and Elizabeth (Rathbone) Stephens; ed. public and private schools of N. Y. and Conn .; grad. Univ. of Kansas, A.B., A.M .; grad. study in Cambridge, Mass., and Ger- many. One year ass't prof. and six years (1879-1885) prof. of Greek in the Univ. of Kansas. Interest in ed'n of women led to articles on women in Am. Supple- ment of Eneyelopædia Britannica, Forum, Atlantie Monthly. Author: American Thumb-Prints; Mettle of Our Men and Women, 1905: A Woman's Heart; 1906: The Greek Spirit, 1914. Editor: Johnson's Life of Pope, 1897, and other English classies; Stories from Old Chronicles, 1909. Co-editor: Heroes Every Child Should Know, 1907; ITeroincs Every Child Should Know, 1908. Also constructive editor of many books. Address: 420 W. 124th St., N. Y. Clty.
STEPHENSON, CHARLES S.
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April, 1870; s. William Wilson and Mary Millington (Sing) Stephenson; grad. Yale, Ph.B., 1895; N. Y. Law Seh., LL.B .; m. Brooklyn, 1896. Sarah Lewis. Pres. Lewis & Egginton Co., The W. B. Sing Co. Mem. Bar Ass'n City of N. Y. Clubs: Crescent Athletic, Lawyers, Yale (Brooklyn). Ad- dress: 27 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
STERLING, GEORGE L.
Lawyer; b. Trumbull. Conn., Dee. 3, 1855: s. Stephen H. and Rebecca J. (Brinsmade) Sterling; ed. Mr. Strong's Private Sch., and Mr. Day's Private Seh., Bridgeport, Conn .; grad. Yale Univ., academic dep't, A.B., 1876; 2 years post-grad. course; Yale Law Sch., LL.B., 1880; m. N. Y. City, July 1, 1901, Marie Louise Doyle (died Feb. 11, 1908). Admitted to bar in Conn., 1880, and in N. Y., 1881; has practised law in N. Y. City since 1881. Since 1885 ass't in corporation coun- sel's office through all administrations: formerly act- ing corporation counsel. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., New England Soc. Clubs: University. Manhattan, Yale. Residences: 699 Fifth Av., St. Regis llotel. Ad- dress: 2 W. 54th St., N. Y. City.
STERLING, JOHN WILLIAM
Lawyer; b. Stratford, Conn., May, 1844; s. John William and Catherine Tomlinson (Plant) Sterling: grad. Stratford Acad. (valedictorian) ; then entered
Yale, where he took one of the Townsend prizes; grad. with high honors, 1864, LL.D., 1893; spent 1865 in study of English literature and history, under Prof. Noah Porter; next entered Columbia Law Seh., grad. 1867 (delivered valedictory address); unmarried. Soon after graduating front Columbia Law Seh., entered office of David Dudley Field. In May, 1868, took posl- tion of inanaging elerk in another office, but In Dec. 1868, returned to become partner with Mr. Field under firm name of Field & Shearman. In Sept., 1878, Mr. Field retired and firm name became Shearman & Sterling. One of the notable cases in whleh new firm was engaged was the defense of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, every detail of which was under the personal supervision of the firm, the litigation, which lasted two years, ended in defeat of plaintiff and their payment of costs. Other important suits in which they were retained as counsel in 1876 were the out- come of the "Black Friday" gold panic in 1869. For a number of years has been personally eoneerned in formation, foreclosure and reorganization of rall- road companies. Is counsel for many trust estates and for many British corporations and Investors. Di- rector Nat. City Bank of N. Y., N. Y. Trust Co., Con- solidated Gas Co. of N. Y., Central Union Gas Co., Northern Union Gas Co., Standard Gas Light Co. of N. Y., Bond and Mortgage Guarantce Co., New Ain- sterdam Gas Co. I'res. and trustee Miriam Osborn Memorial Home Ass'n for aged, indigent gentlewomen, whose home is at Rye, N. Y. Mem. N. E. Soc., Am. Fine Arts Soc., Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Delta Phl Clubs: Down Town, Tuxedo, Union League, Uni- versity, lawyers, Yale, Metropolitan, Union, Am. Yacht. Residence: 912 Fifth Av. Address: 55 Wall St., N. Y. City.
STERN, CHARLES MANN
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1876; s. Lewis and Rosa (Mann) Stern; grad. Albany High Sch., 1895; Albany Law Sch., 1897; m. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1909, Esther II. Barnet; children: William B., Robert L. Admitted to the bar, 1899, and to practise in U. S. Dist. and Circuit Courts for Northern Dist. of N. Y. Mn'g clerk, Corp'n Counsel's Office, Albany, N. Y., 1905-1907; att'y for county treas. of Albany ('ounty, 1908; appt'd Deputy Atty Gen. of State of N. Y., Jan. 1, 1909. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Albany County Bar Ass'n, The Old Philogians, Unlon Coll. Alumul Ass'n of Northeastern N. Y .; past pres. Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, Dist. No. 1. Clubs: Adelphi (pres., 1911-1912), Unconditional Republican { Albany), City ('N. Y.). Address: 13 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.
STERN, LEOPOLD
Senior mem, firm Stern Bros. & Co .; b. Germany. Trustee Maiden Lane Savings Bank; dir. Jewelers' Protective Union; Great Eastern Casualty Co., Hudson Realty Co. (Exec. Com.), Jewelers' Security Alliance of U. S., Market & Fulton Nat. Bank. Trustee Belle- vue and Allied Flosps .; dir. and v .- p. Montefiore Home and Hosp. for Chronic Invalids. App'td comm'r State of N. Y. by Gov. Roosevelt at time of Pan-Am. Exp'n; appt'd State elector MeKinley and Hobart, 1897, and Taft and Sherman, 1909. Club: Republican (mem. Exec. Com.). Residence: 27 WV. 87th St. Ad- dress: 68 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
STERN, LOUIS
Merchant; b. Germany, Feb. 22, 1847: s. M. A. and Sophia Stern; ed. Albany, N. Y .; m. July 30, 1879. L. Starupp. Mem. firm Stern Bros .; dir. Bank of New Amsterdam, Madison Safe Deposit Co., New Amster- dam Safe Deposit Co. of N. Y., Mutual Lite Ins. Co .; pres. Library Square Realty Co. Republican candi- date for Pres. Borough of Manhattan, 1897: U. S. comm'r to Paris Exp'n, 1900; chi'n Exec. Com. of N. Y. State Comm'n to La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904. Pres. Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Mein. Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural History, .Wdine Ass'n, Am. Geog. Soc., Albany Soc. Clubs: Lotos, Patria. Residence: 993 Fifth Av. Address: 41 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
STERNER, ALBERT
Arti-t; b. London, England, Mar. 8, 1863; attended King Edward's Sch. Birmingham, England; Julian's Aend., and Ecole des Beaux Arts. Opened a studio in N. Y., 1855; hon. mention in Paris Salon; bronze medal at. Paris Exp'n, 1900; silver medals, Buffalo Exp'n, 1901; gold medai, Munich, 1905. Instr. Art Students League, N. Y. City, and N. Y. Sch. of Applied Design for Women. Illustrator of many books. Asso. of Nat. Acad. of Design, mem. Am. Watercolor Soc. ('lubs: Players, Lotes. Address: 132 E. 19th St., N. Y. ('ily.
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STERRETT, JOSEPH EDMUND
Certified public accountant; b. Brockwayville, Pa., June 17, 1870; s. Ezekiel and Martha Jane (McCurdy) Sterrett; ed. publie sehs. of Pa .; m. Broekwayville, Pa, June 17, 1897, Margaret MeCurdy; children: Wal- ter Edmund, b. 1902; Raymond Arthur, b. 1905. Co- author (with F. B. Kirkbride): The Modern Trust Company. Mem. Price, Waterhouse & Co. Republi- can; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Ass'n of Public Accountants (pres., 1908-1910) ; Chamber of Commeree, Am. Economic Ass'n, Acad. of Polit. Seienee, and other org'ns. Clubs: City, Lawyers, Union League (N. Y. City), Art (Philadelphia). Residenee: 350 W. 88th St. Address: 54 William St., N. Y. City.
STERRY, FREDERIC
Mn'g dir. of hotels; b. Lansingburgh, N. Y .; s. Ed- win S. and Mary E. (Seotlay) Sterry; ed. Albany Mil. Aead .; m. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1889, Catharine C. Cleveland; children: Prudence Cleveland, b. Jan. 15, 1896; Virginia, b. Dec. 15, 1902. Mn'g dir. Plaza Hotel, N. Y., Copley-Plaza Hotel, Boston; Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, Va., and interested in Palm Beach Hotels. V .- p. Plaza Operating Co., N. Y., and Catherine Van Vliet (DeWitt) Sterry; ed. private son Country, Seabright Beach. Residenee: 19 W. 58th St., Seabright, N. J. Address: The Plaza, N. Y. City.
STERRY, JOHN DeWITT
Importer; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 29, 1865; s. George E. and Catherine Van Vliet (DeWitt) Sterry; ed. private schools and Princeton Univ. V .- D. Weaver & Sterry, Lt'd. Demoerat. Mem. Sons of Revolution, Am. Geog. Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc., Am. Geneal. and Biog. Soe., Zeta Psi fraternity. Recreations: Tennis, swimming. Clubs: Princeton, Players. Residenee: 121 E. 2Ist St. Address: 79 Pine St., N. Y. City.
STETSON, AUGUSTA E.
Formerly Christian Seience teacher and practitioner; b. Waldoboro, Me .; d. Peabody and Salome (Sprague) Simmons; ed. Damarascotta (Me.) High Seh., Lineoln Acad., Newcastle, Me., Blish Seh. of Oratory, Boston, Mass., Metaphysical Coll., Boston, degree of Christian Seienee Doetor (C.S.D.); m. Damaraseotta, Me., Capt. Frederick J. Stetson (now deceased). Began practise of Christian Science healing 1884, in Boston, and in 1885 preached on alternate Sundays in The Mother Ch., Chiekering Hall, Boston; sent to N. Y. City by Mrs. Eddy, 1886, and was among charter members who organized First Ch. of Christ, Seientist, N. Y. City, 1887; preached regularly in that ehureh, and appt'd pastor, 1888; in 1895 title of pastor changed to First Reader, which position in the pulpit she con- tinued to fill until rotation in offlee was inaugurated, making it a term of three years. Principal N. Y. City Christian Science Inst., chartered in 1891; raised $1,250,000 to build First Ch. of Christ, Scientist, N. Y. City, and dedieated it, free of debt, as soon as eom- pleted. Resigned from membership, First Church of Christ, Seientist, N. Y. City, 1909. Author: Reminis- eences, Sermons, and Correspondenee, a book of 1,200 pages (published by G. P. Putnam's Sons); also a book of Poems. Address: 7 W. 96th St., N. Y. City.
STETSON, FRANCIS LYNDE
Lawyer; b. Keeseville, N. Y., April 23, 1846; s. Hon. Lemuel and Helen (Massali) Stetson; grad. Williams Coll., A.B. (with honors), 1867; m. Rahway, N. J., 1873, Elizabeth Ruff. In practice of law, N. Y. City, since 1869, senior mem. Stetson, Jennings & Russell. Gen. counsel U. S. Steel Corp'n, Northern Pacifie R'y Co., U. S. Rubber Co., Internat. Mercantile Marine Co .; pres. and dir. Northern Pacific R'y Co .; dir. Niagara Falls Power Co., Niagara Development .Co., Erie & Jersey R'y Co., U. S. Rubber Co., N. Y., Susquehanna & Western R. R., Erie & Jersey R'y, Chieago & Erie R. R., U. S. Express Co. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Trustee Williams Coll. Clubs: Metropolitan, Univer- sity, Down Town, Nat. Arts, Tuxedo, Grolier, Riding, Century. Residence: 4 E. 74th St. Address: 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
STEVENS, EDWARD FRANCIS
Librarian; b. Rangoon, Burma, Sept. 22, 1868; s. Rev. Edward O., DD., and Harriet Calista (Mason) Stevens; ed. Colby Coll., B.A., 1889, Pratt Inst. Seh. of Library Seience, 1903; m. Sept. 21, 1899 Sally Elizabeth Field. With Baker & Taylor Co., publishers and booksellers, 1889-1891; Longmans, Green & Co., publishers, 1891- 1902; Cataloger Yale Univ. Library, 1903-1906. Head of Applied Science Referenee Dep't, Pratt Inst. Free Library, 1906-1910; Librarian, Pratt Inst. Free Li- brary, since 1910; dir. Pratt Inst. Sch. of Library Science since 1911. Progressive; Bapt. Mem. Am. Li- brary Ass'n, Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n,
Audubon Soe. of N. Y., Delta Kappa Epsilon frater- nity. Recreation: Gardening. Residenee: "The Din- gle," Shoreham, L. I. Address: Pratt Inst. Free Ll- brary, Ryerson St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
STEVENS, EDWARD LIVINGSTON
Lawyer; b. Rome, N. Y., June 24, 1877; s. Edward Livingston and Clara (Catlin) Stevens; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B., 1899 (Phi Beta Kappa); Cornell Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1902; m. Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 15, 1906, Emily Caroline Stevens; children: Emily Frances, b. 1907; Edward Livingston, Jr., b. 1910. Engaged in gen. legal practice. Mem. firm Sackett, Chapman & Stevens; dir. Batopilas Mining Co., and several other corp'ns. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Mem. B'd of Trade, Greenwich, Conn. Recreations: Golf, canoeing. Clubs: Psi Upsilon, Cornell Univ., Greenwich Country. Resi- dence: 17 Trinity Pl., New Rochelle, N. Y. Address: 154 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
STEVENS, FRANK W.
Chm'n Public Service Comin'n; b. Leon, N. Y., 1847; ed. common schs., Randolph Acad., grad. Harvard Law Sch., LL.B. Admitted to bar 1872; appt'd ass't dist. atty, Cattaraugus County, 1876-1883; mem. B'd of Ed'n, Jamestown, 1891-1897; appt'd publie service comni'r, and one of mems. B'd of Water Comm'rs of James- tow11. Prosecuted charges against Justice Hooker of Supreme Court, before Com. of State Bar Ass'n, later before Legislature. Address: Jamestown, N. Y.
STEVENS, FREDERICK C.
Financier; b. Attica, N. Y., 1856; s. Hon. Robert S. Stevens, and g .- s. of Judge Alden S. Stevens; grad. Attica Collegiate Inst., and Cornell Univ .; m. Ilanni- bal, Mo., Jan., 1879, Belle C. Sprowle. Has been ac- tively engaged in business enterprises in various parts of the country. Established West End Nat. Bank, subsequently merged it with Citizens', becoming pres. of that inst'n, and afterwards selling it to Nat. Metro- politan, withdrawing from concern and establishing the Commercial. Arranged consolidation of all city and suburban street railroad lines of Washington, with single exception of Capital Traction, and with- drew, after placing amalgamated lines on good foun- dation. At one time was largely interested in Poto- mac Electric Lighting Co., and effected its consolida- tion with U. S. Elcetric Lighting Co .; maintains a resi- dence in Washington, but has his home at Attiea, N. Y. Eleeted and served as State Senator from the 46th Senate Dist. of N. Y., and was ehm'n N. Y. Legislative Com, to investigate city lighting. Appt'd, Jan., 1907, by Gov. Hughes as sup't publie works, State of N. Y .; reappt'd 1909. Address: Attica, N. Y.
STEVENS, GEORGE THOMAS
Physician; b. in Essex Co., N. Y., July 25, 1832; s. Rev. Chauncey Coe (Congregationalist clergyman) and Lueinda (Hoadley) Stevens, both deseendants from carly settlers of New England, and both children of soldiers who served through tho Revolutionary War; grad. Castleton Med. Coll. (Vt.), M.D., 1857; Ph.D., Union Coll .; in. April 17, 1861, Harriet W., d. William L. Wadhams, of Wadhams Mills, N. Y .; children: Fran- ces Virginia (Mrs. George T. Ladd), Dr. Charles W. Began practice of medicine in Northern N. Y., in 1857; commissioned, 1861, ass't surgeon, 77th N. Y. Vols. and soon promoted to surgeon; operating surgeon of div., two and one half years and for some time ined. insp. 6th Army Corps, serving in all campaigns of the Army of Potomne, and in Shenandoah campaign, un- der Sheridan. Praetised at Albany, N. Y., 1865-1880; prof. physiology and diseases of the eye, Union Univ. Med. Coll., 1870-1876, and surgeon to Albany Hosp .; since 1880, praetising in N. Y. City. Received highest prize from Royal Acad. of Medicine at Belgium for treatise on Functional Diseases of Nervous System, 1883; has devised many instruments for surg., philos. and optical purposes, which are standard in America and Europe; well known among oculists for researches on anomalies of ocular muscles. Author: Threo Years in the Sixth Corps, 1866; Flora of the Adirondacks, 1868; Maladies des Centres Nerveux, 1883; Functional Nervous Diseases, ISS4; Coaching in North Wales, 1895; Les Muscles Moteurs de l'Oeil et l'Expression du Visage, 1892; Treatise on the Motor Apparatus of the Eyes, 1906. Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plants, 1910, and many articles on ophthalmological subjeets. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Ophthalmol. Soc., A.A.A.S., Torrey Botanical Club; Phi Beta Kappa Alumini Ass'n of N. Y. Republican. Mem. Mil. Order Loval Legion, Nat. Sculpture Soc. Clubs: National Arts, Grolier, Re- publican. Address: 350 W. SSth St., N. Y. City.
STEVENS, HARRIET WADHAMS
Born Wadhams Mills, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1842; d. Will- iam 1 .. and Rineiine (Cole) Wadhams; g .- d. Gen. Lu-
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man Wadhams who took conspicuous part In battle of Plattsburg, N. Y., in War of 1812; ed. in private sem- inaries; m. April 17, 1861, Dr. George Thomas Stevens; children: Frances Virginia (m. 1895, Prof. George Trumbull Ladd, of Yale), Dr. Charles Wadhams Stev- ens of N. Y. City. During husband's service In Civil War, spent much time in Washington, D. C. Active in social, patriotic and church work. Congregation- alist. V .- p. two years, and pres. 1905-1906, Nat. Soc. New England Women; N. Y. Gencal. and Biog. Soc .; v. - p. N. Y. chapter Dames of the Loyal Legion; for several years engaged in preparing a work on the genealogy of the Wadhams famlly which has recently been published. Clubs: Sorosis, Women's Art, Bar- nard, Patria. Address: 350 W. 88th St., N. Y. Clty.
STEVENS, WILLIAM H.
Pres. Agr'l Ins. Co. (Fire) ; b. La Fargeville, N. Y., May 3, 1859; s. Henry M. and Carrie F. (Harman) Stevens; grad. Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1880; m. Potsdam, N. Y., 1884, Elizabeth I. Coon; one son, Henry H., b. 1885. Always identified with present business. Dir. Jefferson Co. Nat. Bank, N. Y. Trust Co., v .- p. Hungerford-HIol- brook Press. Vestryman Trinity Ch. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Recreations: Golf, camping. Club: Black River Val- ley. Address: 227 Ten Eyck St., Watertown, N. Y.
STEVENSON, A. RUSSELL
Clergyman; b. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 29, 1856; s. John McPherson and Margaretta E. (Paxton) Stevenson; ed. Chambersburg Acad., Chambersburg, Pa., 1870- 1873; Princeton, A.B., 1876 ;- Union Theol. Scm., N. Y. City, 1878-1879; Princeton Theol. Sem. one year, grad. 1880; Union Coll., D.D., 1897; m. Chambersburg, Pa., April 11, 1882, Mary Margaret, d. Col. Thomas B. Ken- nedy, of Chambersburg, P'a. (pres. Cumberland Valley R. R., 1870-1906); children: Thomas Kennedy, b. 1883, .Alexander R., Jr., b. 1893, Stuart Riddle, b. 1896. Ll- censed by Presbytery of N. Y .; ordained by Presby- tery of Lehigh, Dec. 7, 1880. Pastor Brainerd Presby'n Ch., Easton, Pa., 1880-1888, First Presby'n Ch., Schenec- tady, N. Y., since 1888. In spring of 1895 made tour of Palestine. Republican. Presbyterian. Address: Union St., Schenectady, N. Y.
STEVENSON, ALTON Z.
Clergyman; b. London, England; s. George John, M. A., and Sarah (Thompson) Stevenson; ed. London, England, Ch. and Coll. of Astrology of Minnesota (in- corporated, Doctor of Astrology, and Minister of their ch. in N. Y .; m. May 23, 1883, Susle Annie Gilshnan. Writer and lecturer on astrological and blbllcal sub- jects for Nat. Astrological Soc. Sec. and dir. Nat. Astrological Soc. of U. S., Inc., pres. Astrological Soc., Inc., N. Y. Address: 1629 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
STEVENSON, ARCHIBALD EWING
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Lawyer; b. Uniontown, Pa., Sept. 23, 1884; s. John J., LL.D., and Mary (Ewing) Stevenson; grad. N. Y. Unlv., B.S., 1904, C.E., 1905 (Hoe Sanitary Science Prize) ; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1909; m. N. Y. City, April 27, 1910, Katharine De La Vergue; onc d., Mary De La Vergue, b. Jan. 26, 1911. Instr. Mineralogy N. Y. Univ., 1905; in charge of dep't of Geology 1908-1909. Admitted to practice in N. Y., 1910. Travelled ex- tensively throughout Europe and N. America. Mem. firm Graham & Stevenson, lawyers. Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n, West End Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, Seismolo. Soc. of America, Soc. or Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Delta Phi fra- ternity. Clubs: Union League, Quill, Underwriters', County (New Canaan), St. Elmo. Residence: 128 E. 34th St. Address: 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
STEVENSON, EDWARD LUTHER'
College prof .; b. Rozetta, Ill., Oet. 18, 1860; s. Thomas Porter and Cassandra Booker (Ewing) Stevenson; ed. public schs., Ill., Franklin Coll., Franklin, Ind., A.B., , 1881, A.M., 1884; Johns Hopkins Univ., 1887-1888; Heidelberg, Halle, Jena, Germany, Ph.D)., Heidelberg, 1890; LL.D., Franklin Coll., 1913; in. New Brunswick, N. J., 1895, Grace Rue Runyon; children: Katharine Lawrence, b. 1898, Edward Luther, Jr., b. 1900. Sup't of schs. in Ind. and Ill. Prof. of History, Rutgers Coll., New Brunswick, N. J., sinec 1891. Non-resident lecturer on Ilist., Geography, Johns Hopkins Univ .; lecturer on Hist. Geography, Columbia Univ., N. Y. Sec.
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