Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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BIOGRAPHIES. I I 1. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Albany Society of Civil Engineers, and the University club of Albany, N. Y. BIVISTTI-ESS address' Barge Canal ofhce, Albany, N. Y. Home address: 28 Lancaster St., Albany, N. Y. CHARLES FERRIS STURTEVANT was born February 3, 1870, in Cleveland, O. He prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and entered college in Fresh- man year, pursuing the Mechanical Engineering course. His father, Carlos Merril Sturtevant, was born May 1, 1842, in Russel, O. He now resides in Cleveland, O. He is a retired member of the firm of Sturtevant Lumber Co. His mother, whose maiden name was Harriet Abbey Dickinson, was born in Lowell, Mass. She died in Cleve- land, O. He has two sisters: Ida Belle and Elizabeth Mary. He is another of the unmarried part of the Class. Sturtevant became a part owner, july 1, 1905, in the Young Bonanza Mining Co. He is a member of the Episcopal church, the Masonic order, and the Republican party. Following is the history of his life since gradua- tion: VV ent West in the fall of 1891 with the Union Pacitic R. R., and was in Tacoma, Wasli., for three years. Started mining in Cour de Alenes in February, 1895, and went to Rosslancl, B. C., in 18965 was with Trail Smelter at Trail, B. C., latter part of 1896. He went to the Northport Smelter at Northport, WVash., in 1898 as metallurgical clerk. 1900 took him to Butte, Mont., as metallurgical clerk in F. A. Heinze's Smelter, which position he held for only a short time, when he went to the Michigan College of Mines at Houghton, Mich., where he took a special course in metallurgy and surveying. He came back to Butte in 1901, and was appointed Assistant Superintendent of F. A. Heinze's Smelter, which position he held until December, 1903, when he went to Utah as Superintendent of the x

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IIO cLAss or 1891 s., YALE COLLEGE. principles of the particular science he was studying. In Professor Starkweather's death, Yale mourns the loss of one who died at the very thresholdof a brilliant career which promised to be full of honor and usefulness. He received the degree of Mechanical Engineer at Yale in 1894, and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the same university in 1898. He was a member of Calvary Baptist church, New Haven, Conn., and also a member of the Republican party. He was Instructor and Assistant Pro- fessor of Mechanical Engineering from graduation until his death. He was unmarried. GEORGE FETTER STICKNEY was born january 24, 1869, in St. Paul, Minn. He prepared at St. Iohn's Military Academy, Ossining, N. Y., and Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn., entering college in the begin- ning of Freshman year. He took the Civil Engineering course. Wliile in college he was a member of A. CD. society. His father, Amos Stickney CWest Point BS., 18633, an officer in the Engineers Corps, U. S. Army, was born in St. Louis, Mo. He has also been President of the Missouri River Commission, President of the Mississippi River Com- mission, President of the Board of Engineers, President of the New York Harbor Line Board, Division Engineer, Eastern Division, and Engineer officer of Atlantic Division. His mother, whose maiden name was Virginia Eetter, was born April 22, 1848, in Louisville, Ky. He married, October 3, 1894, in Frankfort, Ky., Kath- erine Halloran CNazareth Academy, Ky., 18895, daughter of Thomas Halloran, an engineer and contractor, and a graduate of Dublin University. They have one daughter, Josephine, born july 30, 1895. Stickney became a lock designer with the Barge Canal, New York, October 12, 1905. He was Captain of the Third U. S. V. Engineers in the Spanish-American War.

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II2 cmss or 1891 s., YALE coLLEGE. Yamapo Smelter in Bingham. He was with this plant nearly a year when, owing to ill health, he resigned a11d went to Cooke, Mont., t0 oversee the development of properties there in which he is interested. Busmess address: Cooke, Mont. Home address: 1930 93d St. N. E., Cleveland, O. EDWARD OWEN SUTTON was born August 8, 1871, in Bedford, N. Y. He prepared at Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn., and entered Yale in Freshman year, pursuing the Select course. VVhile in college he played on the Hockey team, and received general excellence and German prizes. His father, George Haviland Sutton CUnion University A.B., 18651, an investment broker with the N. VV. Harris Cv Co., was born October 18, I83Q, in Yorktown, N. Y. He received the degree of A.M., from Union University in 1866. He was married in 1867, and resides in Springfield, Mass. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary Elizabeth Owen, was born May 24, 1841, in New York City. She died in Colorado in 1891. He has one brother, Herbert L. QYa1e A.B., 18975 1 also two sisters: Caroline H. CSmith Collegej, and Marian CSmith College IQOID. He had three brothers and one sister, who died in infancy. He marriedi Ada Frances Mayo QCapen Burnham Schooll, daughter of Alfred Nye Mayo, a manufacturer, of Springfield, May 13, 1902, in Springfield, Mass. They have two children: Emily Mayo, born September 6, 1904, and Alfred Mayo, born january IO, 1906, both in Spring- field. Sutton was made General Agent, November 15, 1906, of the Mass. Mutual Life Insurance Co., with the firm of Sutton, Allis 81 Richards. He wrote and had published several essays on insurance, among which were: 1899-