Sheehan, Hon. William Francis, 16 East Fifty-sixth Street, New York City, was born in the City of Buffalo, N. Y., of Irish parents, on November 6, 1859. His father, William Sheehan, and his mother, Honora Crowley, were born in Cork, Ireland. At an early age both came to this country. He was educated in the public schools and graduated from St. Joseph’s College, Buffalo. He was admitted to the Bar in 1881, and practised law in Buffalo for thirteen years. At the same time he was active in politics, and became the leader of the Democratic party in Erie County, and in the western part of the State. He was elected a member of the New York Assembly from Erie County in the year 1884 and was successively elected in each of the six ensuing years, thus having had seven years of service in the Assembly, during six years of which he was Democratic leader. In 1891 he was the Speaker of the Assembly. In the fall of 1891 he was elected Lieutenant-Governor on the Democratic State ticket, with Roswell P. Flower as Governor, and was therefore presiding officer of the Senate for the years 1892, 1893 and 1894. He was the New York representative on the Democratic National Committee from 1891 to 1896. At the end of his term as Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Sheehan removed to New York City and there engaged in the practice of his profession as senior member of the firm of Sheehan & Collin. In the fall of 1905 the firm of Sheehan & Collin was dissolved and Mr. Sheehan joined with former Judge Alton B. Parker, former Judge Edward W. Hatch and with Charles H. Werner, Esquire, in organizing the law firm of Parker, Hatch & Sheehan. Mr. Sheehan is a member of the following clubs: Metropolitan, Manhattan, Downtown, City, Midday, Railroad and Automobile Club of America. He was married on November 27, 1889, to Miss Blanche Nellany of Buffalo, N. Y.
Sheppard, Rev. J. Havergal, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist Church, Schenectady, N. Y.
Sheran, Hugh F., 46 Woodbine Street, Roxbury, Mass.
Sherman, P. Tecumseh, of the law firm of Taft & Sherman, 15 William Street, New York City; member of the Union League Club and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; son of the late Gen. William T. Sherman.
Shipman, Andrew J., attorney at law, 37 Wall Street, New York City.
Shuman, A., merchant, 440 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.
Silo, James P., 128 West Seventy-third Street, New York City.
Simons, Thomas A., 241 Marshall Street, Elizabeth, N. J., chief clerk of the Elizabethport Banking Company.
Slattery, John J., President Todd-Donigan Iron Company, Louisville, Ky. Vice-President of the Society for Kentucky.
Sloane, Charles W., attorney at law, 54 William Street, New York City.