[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A i t lie age of seven-teen he apprenticed himself to the hat-ting trade in Dan-bury, Conn. During his apprenticeship he employed his mornings and even-ings and odd mo-ments of leisure in the study <>f law, had pa-sed his examination and was ipialificd for admission lo the liar upon attaining his majority. In I 841 he removed to Peekskill and opened a hat-store, at the same time keeping up the study of the pro-fession of law. After a period spent in the otlice of Edward Wells, Esq., he was admitted to practice in the courts of New York. In 1869 he removed to the village of Yonkers, and opened a law-office. He has ever since enjoyed a lucrative practice, and 3 ?A.<Vv* YONKERS. 137 is now the senior member of the bar in the city. He was initiated into Samaritan Lodge of Odd-Fellows, at Danbury, Conn., September 6, 1843, and joined Courtland Lodge, No. 6 at Peekskill, in January, 1847. He was elected Grand Patriarch of the Grand Encampment of this State in 1850, Grand Master in 1858, Deputy Grand Sire of the United States in 1864, and Grand Sire of the Order throughout the world in 1866. He has been a representative to the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment of this State since 1847, was first made representative from this State to the Sovereign Grand Lodge (then G. L. U. S.) in 1852, and has been a regular attendant at the sessions of that grand body, never having missed a session since I860. He is now, with one exception, its oldest continuous member. Mr. Sanders was pres-