RICH  MEN AND WOMEN

OF

BROOKLYN  AND  WILLIAMSBURGH



Sage Mrs. Agnes Ann.....................30,000  
Sale William A. ........................20,000
Sales L. estate of......................50,000  
Sampson George L. ......................50,000  
Sanderson Sydney........................40,000
Sandford J. L. .........................20,000
Sands Austin S. .......................100,000
Sands Christian H. .....................50,000
Sands Captain Joshua R. ................50,000
Sands Joseph...........................100,000  
Sands Oliver H..........................50,000
Sands Wilson H. ........................40,000 
Sanger C. P. ...........................30,000
Sanger E. ..............................30,000
Sanger Thomas F. .......................25,000
Sargeant Thomas  Williamsburgh..........25,000

Saunders George.........................35,000
	The well known razor strop manufacturer of New York, formerly a hair 
dresser of considerable celebrity, and a portrait painter and artist of no  
common  ability. He is rapidly adding to his comfortable possessions by an 
immense business, and is well deserving of his good fortune.

Schenck Abram...........................25,000
	Mr. Schenck, as the name indicates, is of German extraction; his ancestors 
were among the first families who emigrated to this country, and settled at Carnarse, 
Long Island, about seven miles from this city, where most of the family still reside.

Schenck John...........................100,000
Schenck Laffayette......................20,000  
Schermerhorn Abraham estate of.........500,000  
Schermerhorn Peter.....................600,000 
Schneider Henry.........................20,000
Schoonmaker Margaret....................20,000

Scoles Maria............................50,000
	Widow of Jlames Scoles deceased, an Eng1ishman of very eccentric habits, 
but profuse liberality.

Seaman John G. .........................20,000  
Selleck A. De Forrest...................30,000  
Selleck William.........................50,000
Sergeant Wilson H. .....................40,000
Seymour W. A. ..........................35,000
Sharp H. D. ............................20,000  
Sharpe Alexander W. ....................40,000

Shaw George L. .........................20,000
	Formerly an alderman of this city, and proprietor of a celebrated tavern 
near the navy yard. Realized the bulk of his property by specu1ating in Yankee 
clocks, and is now extensively engaged in that business.  

Shay J. B. .............................10,000 
Sheldon James..........................100,000
Sheldon Henry..........................200,000
Shepard J. H. ..........................30,000
Shepard William E. .....................30,000
Sheridan Bernard........................20,000
Sherman E1iza...........................15,000
Shipman James A. .......................20,000

Shotwell Samuel.........................25,000
	One of the several persons residing in Brooklyn who have made money by 
dealing in vegetables and fruit in the New York markets.

Silliman B. D. .........................35,000
Simonson Carman A. .....................15,000
Simonson Morris.........................10,000
Simonson Isaac..........................20,000
Simonson J. R. .........................10,000
Skillman John  Williamsburgh............35,000
Skinner Salmon..........................35,000
Slade John, jun.........................20,000
Smart Mary, Hannah, & Elizabeth.........45,000
Smith Ann...............................30,000
Smith Caleb............................100,000
Smith Charles W. .......................25,000
Smith Crawford C. ......................25,000

Smith Cyras P. .........................40,000.
	Formerly mayor of Brooklyn; a distinguished politician on the whig side; 
a very prominent churchman; and very active in promoting the welfare of the 
common schools and the cause of education in this city.  

Smith D. W. merchant....................50,000
Smith Eliza.............................40,000
Smith Gerrit............................20,000
Smith Gilbert A. .......................20,000
Smith Himan.............................10,000
Smith Ira..............................150,000
Smith Isaac.............................20,000
Smith James W. .........................20,000

Smith Jesse C. .........................25,000
	An alderman of the 3d ward; a lawyer of extensive practice; and one of 
the most highly esteemed citizens of Brooklyn. An influential man in the 
whig ranks.

Smith John..............................25,000
	Formerly a cartman of this city, and long since retired to enjoy the 
OTIUM CUM DIGNITATE which he earned by a long period of incessant toil, 
great frugality, and strictly honorable dealings.

Smith John H. ..........................30,000
Smith Mary S. ..........................10,000
Smith Richard...........................10,000
Smith Samuel...........................200,000
Smith William...........................30,000
Smith William C. .......................40,000
Smith William D. .......................15,000
Sneckner William........................30,000
Sparkman James D.  Williamaburgh.......300,000
Spader Mrs. ...........................100,000
Spear Dr. H. S.  .......................25,000
Speir Henry.............................75,000
Speir Robert............................35,000
Speir Robert,jun........................25,000
Spencer William.........................50,000
Spies Francis...........................40,000
Sprague Joseph..........................45,000
Spring Marcus...........................35,000
Squire Charles.........................100,000
Stacy George............................40,000
Standford David.........................75,000

Stansbury John..........................25,000
	A member of the common council from the fifth ward; by birth an Englishman; 
and greatly beloved for his benevolent disposition and many acts of charity. 
He has acquired his abundant means as a dealer and truckman in the New York 
markets, which he still follows.

Stanton Amos P. .......................200,000
Stanton Charles.........................35,000
Stanton Bebee...........................20,000
Stanton E. C. ..........................30,000

Starr Chandler..........................50,000
	A distinguished merchant and well known leading politician of the whig school
His prominence as a party man is, however, better known in New York than in Brooklyn, 
not having as yet taken any conspicuous action in the public a1fairs of this city.

Stebbins Asa............................15,000
	The associate of A. Mann jr. Esq. in the common council, from the sixth ward. 
An archhitect of universally admitted skill, whose genius has done much in 
ornamenting the palace lined streets of the southern section of Brooklyn. 
A warm hearted, good man.

Stebbins Maria..........................15,000
Steele Joseph...........................35,000
Steele Robert...........................20,000
Stephenson Ebenezer S. .................30,000
Stephenson Henry........................20,000
Sterling Woolsey G. ....................35,000
Stevens W. .............................15,000
Stevens Henry...........................20,000
Stevens James...........................30,000
St Felix George E. ....................150,000
St Felix John R. .......................75,000
Stillwell George........................15,000
	An alderman of the second ward; an enterprising mechanic, and one of the largest 
manufacturers of iron railings, balconies, &c., in this vicinity. The Greenwood Cemetery  
contains  many specimens of his superior workmanship. Plain and unassunming in manners
and generally esteemed for his social, convivial, and benevolent qualities.

Stillwell Sylvanus B. ..................20,000
Stinemets W. H. ........................20,000
Stoddard Charles........................40,000
Stone Harriet...........................30,000
Storm Isaac A. ........................200,000 
Story Henry estate of...................50,000
Stoughton E. W. ........................25,000
Striker Garrett........................100,000

Stryker Francis B. .....................10,000
	We wish we could truly place the possessions of this much esteemed gentleman 
at twenty times ten thousand dollars; for in his hands such wealth would be rendered a
blessing to the poor of this community. No man is more generally beloved or more 
deservedly popular; and his present exalted station is, we hope, but a prelude to 
higher and more lucrative distinctions yet to be conferred upon him by the people 
of Kings county. 

Strong Charles A. ......................30,000  
Studwell John J. .......................35,000
Sullivan.Mary...........................35,000
Sukley George...........................20,000
Sutton Abraham..........................20,000
Sutton Joshua...........................10,000
Sutton Stephen.
Suydam Henry, jun.......................30,000
Suydam M. ..............................25,000
Suydam Mrs. Mary........................10,000
Swaney Miles............................25,000


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