Sargent, Winthrop – Savage, Edward
Sargent, Winthrop
soldier, governor, poet, was born May 1, 1753, in Gloucester, Mass. He attained the rank of major, serving during the entire war.
He became connected with the Ohio company, and in 1786 was appointed surveyor of the northwest territory; and became its secretary in 1787. He was governor of the territory of Mississippi from 1798 to 1801; and was adjutant-general of St.
Clair's army in the unfortunate expedition against the Indians, in 1791, and was wounded. He was adjutant-general and inspector in Wayne's campaign in 1794 and 1795. He was the author of Boston, a Poem; and Papers Relating to Certain American Antiquities. He died June 3, 1820.
Sargent, Winthrop
lawyer, author, was born Sept. 23, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lawyer of New York city; and the author of Life of Major André, a work displaying much research.
He also edited the History of Braddock's Expedition, from Original Papers. He died May 18, 1870, in Paris, France.
Sartain, Emily
artist, was born March 17, 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa. She is the principal of the Philadelphia school of Design for women. She gained a medal in 1876 at the Centennial exhibition for her painting entitled Reproof.
Sartain, John
engraver, was born Oct. 24, 1808, in London, England. In 1830 he brought the art of mezzo tinting to the United States. He established Sartain's Magazine in New York city; and attained national reputation as a successful engraver. His most noted plates are Christ Rejected; The Ironworker; King Solomon; Civil War in Missouri; Homestead of Henry Clay; and The Battle of Gettysburg. For sixty-seven years he lived in Philadelphia; was director of the Academy of Fine Arts for twenty-three years; was chief of the bureau of art at the Centennial exposition; and he has received thirty decorations and medals. His children inherit their father's genius:
Samuel is an engraver of portraits; William is a New York painter and president of the Art club of that city, and his daughter Emily is an artist and art critic of note, and was a member of the international jury of awards of the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. died in 1898 in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Sartain, Samuel
engraver, was born Oct. 8, 1830, in Philadelphia. His prints include Clear the Track; Christ blessing Little Children; One of the Chosen; Christ stilling the Tempest; The Song of the Angels; Evangeline; and various portraits after Thomas Sully, John Neagle, and others.
Sartain, William
artist, educator, was born Nov. 21, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has been professor in various art institutes and received a silver medal from Boston and from the Pennsylvania academy of fine arts. His pictures have a place in several of the public art galleries.
Sartwell, Henry Parker
physician, botanist, author, was born April 1, 1792, in Pittsfield, Mass. He was a botanist and physician of Penn Yan, N. Y., who from 1840 devoted his attention to the genus Carex. His herbarium of more than eight thousand specimens is in Hamilton college. He is the author of Carices Americanæ Exsiccatæ. He died Nov. 15, 1867, in Penn Yan, N. Y.
Sasnett, William Jacob
clergyman, educator, was born April 29, 1820, in Hancock, Ga. He was professor of English in Emory college, Georgia, in 1849- 57; president of Lagrange female college in 1858, and the next year became principal of East Alabama college in Auburn. He died Nov. 3, 1865, in Montgomery, Ala.
Satterfield, David Junkin
clergyman, educator, college president, was born Oct. 16, 1844, in Pulaski, Pa. He received his education in the Princeton college of New Jersey and the Western Theological seminary of Allegheny, Pa. During 1873-85 he was pastor of the presbyterian church of Beaver, Pa.; and since 1886 has been president of the Scotia seminary of Concord, N. C.
Satterlee, Francis Le Roy
physician, author, was born June 15, 1847, in New York city. Since 1869 he has been professor of chemistry, materia medica and therapeutics in the New York college of Dentistry, and is the author of The Treatment of Erysipelas; and a Treatise on Gout and Rheumatism.
Satterlee, Henry Yates
bishop, author, was born Jan. 11, 1843, in New York city. He is the first protestant episcopal bishop of Washington, and prior to 1896 a prominent clergyman of New York city. He is the author of A Creedless Gospel and the Gospel Creed.
Satterlee, Richard Sherwood
soldier, surgeon, was born Dec. 6, 1798, in Fairfield, N. Y. He became United States medical purveyor in 1853, held that office till the close of the civil war, and in 1864 was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and brigadier-general. He became lieutenant-colonel and chief medical purveyor in 1866, and was retired in 1869. He died Nov. 10, 1880, in New York city.
Satterlee, Walter
artist, was born Jan. 18, 1844, in Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1886 he gained the Clarke prize at the academy. Among his works are the oil paintings, Contemplation, in Smith college, Northampton, Mass.; Extremes Meet, and The Convent Composer: Autumn; Good-bye Summer; and Fortune by Tea Leaves. His pencil has been frequently employed in book illustration, and he is well known as a teacher.
Satterthwait, Joshua W
business man legislator, was born March 29, 1835, in Senecaville, Ohio. He is a successful druggist of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; was trustee of the Iowa State Normal school for twelve years; and served with distinction as a member of the thirteenth general assembly of the Iowa state legislature.
Satterthwaite, Thomas E
physician, surgeon, author, was born March 26, 1843, in New York city. He filled the chair of surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city. He is the author of A Manual of Histology; Practical Bacteriology; and numerous medical papers.
Sauerhering, Edward
pharmacist, congressman, was born June 24, 1864, in Mayville, Wis. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican from Mayville, Wis.
Saul, George W
railroad president, was born Oct. 16, 1858, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
From 1889 to 1892 he was president of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad; and he was also president of various other railroad corporations at Cleveland, Ohio.
Saulsbury, Eli
lawyer, state legislator, United States senator, was born Dec. 29, 1817, in Kent county, Del. He was a member of the state legislature of Delaware in 1853 and 1854; and was elected a senator in congress in 1871 for the term ending in 1877; and was re-elected in 1877 and again in 1883. was
Saulsbury, Gove
governor, born in Delaware. He was elected governor of Delaware in 1865 until 1871. SAULSBURY, WILLARD, lawyer, United States senator, was born June 2, 1820, in Kent county, Del. In 1850 he was appointed attorney-general of Delaware, holding the office five years. In 1859 he was elected a senator in congress for the term ending in 1865; and was re-elected to the senate for the term ending in 1871.
Saunders, Alvin
merchant, banker, governor, United States senator, was born July 12, 1817, in Fleming county, Ky. He was postmaster at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, for seven years. He was a state senator for eight years; and was one of the commissioners appointed by congress to organize the Pacific Railroad company. He was governor of the territory of Nebraska from 1861 until it was admitted as a state in 1867; and was elected a United States senator from Nebraska for the term of six years from March 4, 1877.
Saunders, Ephraim Dod
clergyman, philanthropist, was born Sept. 30, 1808, in Brookside, N. J. In 1871 he gave the buildings and grounds, which were valued at $100,000, to found, as a memorial of his son, Courtland, the Presbyterian hospital, toward whose endowment he raised $100,000 more by his personal efforts. He died Sept. 13, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Saunders, James Newton
lawyer, state legislator, was born April 2, 1864, in Springfield, Ky. This eminent lawyer has served as a member of the Kentucky state legislature; and for many years was a member of the Kentucky railroad commission.
Saunders, Frederick
librarian, author, was born Aug. 14, 1807, in England. He was the librarian of the Astor library, New York city, in 1859-96; and is the author of New York in a Nut-Shell; Salad for the Solitary and Salad for the Social; Memoirs of the Great Metropolis; The Story of Some Famous Books; Story of the Discovery of the New World by Columbus; Pastime Papers; Stray Leaves of Literature; and Character Studies.
Saunders, Robert
college president, was born Jan. 25, 1805, in Williamsburg, Va. He was fourteenth president of the William and Mary college; and president of the York River railroad. He died Sept. 11, 1868.
Saunders, Romulus Mitchell
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born March 3, 1791, in Caswell county, N. C. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1821 to 1827, and from 1841 to 1845. In 1828 he was attorney-general of the state.
In 1835 he was elected a judge of the state supreme court; and in 1846 was appointed minister to Spain, where he remained four years. On his return was again elected to the legislature of North Carolina; and afterward devoted much attention to the railroad improvements of the state. He died April 21, 1867, in Raleigh, N. C.
Saunders, William Laurence
author, was born July 30, 1835, in Raleigh, N. C. He is the author of a work entitled the Colonial Records of North Carolina. He died April 2, 1891, in Raleigh, N. C.
Savage, Edward
artist, was born Nov. 26, 1761, in Princeton, Mass. He produced the well-known Family Group at Mount Vernon. This was for a long time exhibited in the museum that Savage established in New York, and is now in the Boston museum. His portraits of Washington and Henry Knox were frequently engraved by the artist himself and by others. He died July 6, 1817, in Princeton, Mass.