He was a lawyer, editor, and an author.
Father: Rev. Charles L. Sykes
Mother: Elizabeth Beck M'Cready
Wife: Beatrice M. Evans m. Oct. 2, 1912 of Liverpool, England
Daughters: Mrs. Patricia Sykes-Terry of Ardmore, PA and Miss Barbara M. Sykes of the home.
Sons: Peter M. Sykes of Bass River, MA and Gresham M. Sykes a grad student of Northwestern University of Chicago
Sister: Mrs. Frank Graham Thomson of Haverford, PA
Grandfather: Dr. Benjamin W. M'Cready, of New York City, one of the founders of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, and author of the fist treatis on occupational diseases published in America approximately 100 years ago. His late father was rector of the All Saints Episcopal Church, Scotch Plains, many years ago.
He graduated from Princeton University in 1894. Admitted to the bar in 1891, before he reached the age of 21, he practiced law in New York City from from 1894 to 1909, after which he went to Idaho.
He was a fruit grower in Boise, Idaho from 1909-1916. He was active in the establishment of improved highways in Idaho and was an editorial writer for the Boise Daily Statesman.
Returning to New York in 1916, he practiced law and was for some time on the editorial staff of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. In 1920 he became the associate editor of Commerce and Finance magazine in New York, and continued in that capacity until the publication ceased 15 years ago. He conducted the magazine's series, "The Obverse Side", from 1920-1937. He contributed to various magazines, among them the Atlantic Monthly, and was the author of "Poe's Run and Other Poems". He was also well known as an after-dinner speaker. He was a member of the Players Club in New York, and an honorary member of the Harvard Club of New Jersey.
He was a partner in the New York law firm of Stewart and Shearer, 45 Wall St., which dissolved on Dec 31, 1951. His particular field was reorganization of railroads and public utility companies.
Source: The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) 31 Jan 1952, Page 32
Father: Rev. Charles L. Sykes
Mother: Elizabeth Beck M'Cready
Wife: Beatrice M. Evans m. Oct. 2, 1912 of Liverpool, England
Daughters: Mrs. Patricia Sykes-Terry of Ardmore, PA and Miss Barbara M. Sykes of the home.
Sons: Peter M. Sykes of Bass River, MA and Gresham M. Sykes a grad student of Northwestern University of Chicago
Sister: Mrs. Frank Graham Thomson of Haverford, PA
Grandfather: Dr. Benjamin W. M'Cready, of New York City, one of the founders of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, and author of the fist treatis on occupational diseases published in America approximately 100 years ago. His late father was rector of the All Saints Episcopal Church, Scotch Plains, many years ago.
He graduated from Princeton University in 1894. Admitted to the bar in 1891, before he reached the age of 21, he practiced law in New York City from from 1894 to 1909, after which he went to Idaho.
He was a fruit grower in Boise, Idaho from 1909-1916. He was active in the establishment of improved highways in Idaho and was an editorial writer for the Boise Daily Statesman.
Returning to New York in 1916, he practiced law and was for some time on the editorial staff of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. In 1920 he became the associate editor of Commerce and Finance magazine in New York, and continued in that capacity until the publication ceased 15 years ago. He conducted the magazine's series, "The Obverse Side", from 1920-1937. He contributed to various magazines, among them the Atlantic Monthly, and was the author of "Poe's Run and Other Poems". He was also well known as an after-dinner speaker. He was a member of the Players Club in New York, and an honorary member of the Harvard Club of New Jersey.
He was a partner in the New York law firm of Stewart and Shearer, 45 Wall St., which dissolved on Dec 31, 1951. His particular field was reorganization of railroads and public utility companies.
Source: The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) 31 Jan 1952, Page 32
He was a lawyer, editor, and an author.
Father: Rev. Charles L. Sykes
Mother: Elizabeth Beck M'Cready
Wife: Beatrice M. Evans m. Oct. 2, 1912 of Liverpool, England
Daughters: Mrs. Patricia Sykes-Terry of Ardmore, PA and Miss Barbara M. Sykes of the home.
Sons: Peter M. Sykes of Bass River, MA and Gresham M. Sykes a grad student of Northwestern University of Chicago
Sister: Mrs. Frank Graham Thomson of Haverford, PA
Grandfather: Dr. Benjamin W. M'Cready, of New York City, one of the founders of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, and author of the fist treatis on occupational diseases published in America approximately 100 years ago. His late father was rector of the All Saints Episcopal Church, Scotch Plains, many years ago.
He graduated from Princeton University in 1894. Admitted to the bar in 1891, before he reached the age of 21, he practiced law in New York City from from 1894 to 1909, after which he went to Idaho.
He was a fruit grower in Boise, Idaho from 1909-1916. He was active in the establishment of improved highways in Idaho and was an editorial writer for the Boise Daily Statesman.
Returning to New York in 1916, he practiced law and was for some time on the editorial staff of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. In 1920 he became the associate editor of Commerce and Finance magazine in New York, and continued in that capacity until the publication ceased 15 years ago. He conducted the magazine's series, "The Obverse Side", from 1920-1937. He contributed to various magazines, among them the Atlantic Monthly, and was the author of "Poe's Run and Other Poems". He was also well known as an after-dinner speaker. He was a member of the Players Club in New York, and an honorary member of the Harvard Club of New Jersey.
He was a partner in the New York law firm of Stewart and Shearer, 45 Wall St., which dissolved on Dec 31, 1951. His particular field was reorganization of railroads and public utility companies.
Source: The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) 31 Jan 1952, Page 32
Father: Rev. Charles L. Sykes
Mother: Elizabeth Beck M'Cready
Wife: Beatrice M. Evans m. Oct. 2, 1912 of Liverpool, England
Daughters: Mrs. Patricia Sykes-Terry of Ardmore, PA and Miss Barbara M. Sykes of the home.
Sons: Peter M. Sykes of Bass River, MA and Gresham M. Sykes a grad student of Northwestern University of Chicago
Sister: Mrs. Frank Graham Thomson of Haverford, PA
Grandfather: Dr. Benjamin W. M'Cready, of New York City, one of the founders of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, and author of the fist treatis on occupational diseases published in America approximately 100 years ago. His late father was rector of the All Saints Episcopal Church, Scotch Plains, many years ago.
He graduated from Princeton University in 1894. Admitted to the bar in 1891, before he reached the age of 21, he practiced law in New York City from from 1894 to 1909, after which he went to Idaho.
He was a fruit grower in Boise, Idaho from 1909-1916. He was active in the establishment of improved highways in Idaho and was an editorial writer for the Boise Daily Statesman.
Returning to New York in 1916, he practiced law and was for some time on the editorial staff of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. In 1920 he became the associate editor of Commerce and Finance magazine in New York, and continued in that capacity until the publication ceased 15 years ago. He conducted the magazine's series, "The Obverse Side", from 1920-1937. He contributed to various magazines, among them the Atlantic Monthly, and was the author of "Poe's Run and Other Poems". He was also well known as an after-dinner speaker. He was a member of the Players Club in New York, and an honorary member of the Harvard Club of New Jersey.
He was a partner in the New York law firm of Stewart and Shearer, 45 Wall St., which dissolved on Dec 31, 1951. His particular field was reorganization of railroads and public utility companies.
Source: The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) 31 Jan 1952, Page 32
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