Seemuller, Mrs. Annie Mon- – Semmes, Thomas Jenkins
Seemuller, Mrs. Annie Mon-
CURE [CRANE], author, was born in 1838, in Maryland. She is a novelist of New York city, whose somewhat striking fictions were popular for a brief period.
She was the author of Emily Chester; Reginald Archer; and Opportunity. She died in 1872.
Seerley, Homer H
statesman. He is prominently identified with the educational and public interests of Cedar Falls, Iowa; and has filled several positions of honor in his city, county and state.
Seerley, John J
lawyer, congressman, was born March 13, 1852, in Toulon, Ill. He was city solicitor of Burlington, Iowa, for six years; was the candidate of the democratic party for congress in 1888; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Segar, Joseph E
state legislator, congressman, was born June 1, 1804, in King William county, Va. In 1836 he was elected to the house of delegates of Virginia, and continued to serve for several years; and was again elected to the same position in 1848, and continued to serve almost uninterruptedly until the state rebelled against the union. After eastern Virginia was restored to the federal authority, he was elected a representative from Virginia to the thirty-seventh congress. He died in 1855.
Seguin, Edouard
physician, author, was born Jan. 20, 1812, in France. He was a French physician who came to the United States in 1848 and whose specialty was the training of idiots. Among his many works on this and other professional topics are, New Facts Concerning Idiocy; Family Thermometer; Medical Thermometry; and Idiocy and Its Treatment by the Physiological Methods. He died Oct. 28, 1880, in New York city.
Segur, Seth Willard
clergyman, author, was born in 1831, in Vermont.
He was a congregational clergyman of Ohio, and subsequently of Massachusetts, and was the author of Relation and Responsibilities of Pastor and People; The True Manhood; The Nation's Hope; and National Blessings and Duties. He died in 1875.
Seidenbush, Rupert
Roman.catholic bishop, was born Oct. 30, 1830, in Bavaria. The northern part of Minnesota was erected into a vicariate apostolic by a papal brief on Feb. 12, 1875, and he was appointed its vicar apostolic, under the title of bishop of Halia in partibus.
Seip, Theodore Lorenzo
college president, was born June 25, 1842, in Easton, Pa. In 1886 he was elected president of the Muhlenberg college, Pa., which position he still holds.
Seiss, Joseph Augustus
clergyman, author, was born March 18, 1823, in Graceham, Md. He is an eminent lutheran clergyman of Philadelphia, pastor of the Church of the Holy Communion, and a voluminous writer on religious themes. He is the author of The Gospel in the Stars; The Miracle in Stone, a restatement of Piazzi Smyth's famous theory of the Pyramid; Lectures on the Apocalypse; Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews; Luther and the Reformation; The Lutheran Church; Recreation Songs; Life After Death; Right Life; The Children of Silence, the Story of the Deaf; Christ's Descent into Hell; The Last Times; and Voices from Babylon.
Selden, Dudley
lawyer, congressman. He was a prominent member of the New York bar; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1833 to 1835. He died Nov. 7, 1855, in Paris, France.
Selden, Henry Rogers
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Oct. 14, 1805, in Lyme, Conn. In 1862 he was appointed a judge of the court of appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his brother, and he was afterward elected for a full term, but resigned in 1864. He published Reports, New York Court of Appeals, 1851-54, in six volumes. He died Sept. 18, 1885, in Rochester, N. Y.
Selden, Joseph
lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to Arkansas; and in 1820 was appointed judge of the United States court for the territory of Arkansas.
Selden, Samuel Lee
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 12, 1800, in Lyme, Conn.
He began to practice law in Rochester, N. Y., in 1825, was chancery clerk and first judge of common pleas in Monroe county for many years, and in 1847 was elected justice of the supreme court. In 1856 he was elected judge of the court of appeals, which place he resigned in 1862.
He died Sept. 20, 1876, in Rochester, N. Y.
Selfridge, Thomas Oliver
naval officer, was born April 24, 1804, in Boston, Mass. He became a rear admiral on the retired list in 1870.
Selfridge, Thomas Oliver
naval officer, was born Feb. 6, 1837, in Charlestown, Mass. In 1870 he was the commander of the Darien exploring expedition.
Seligman, Edwin Robert an- Derson
educator, author, was born in 1861, in New York, He is a professor of political economy and finance in Columbia college, and the author of Chapters on Mediæval Guilds in England; Owen and the Christian Socialists; Railway Tariffs; Shifting and Incidence of Taxation; Progressive Taxation in Theory and Practice; and Essays on Taxation.
Selkirk, Edward
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 13, 1809, in Waterbury, Conn. He was ordained deacon in the protestant episcopal church, and became priest in 1844. He was then rector of Trinity church, Albany, N. Y., in which he continued until 1884, when he became rector emeritus. He has published An Address on the Laying of the Corner- Stone of Trinity Church; and History of Trinity Church.
Sellers, Coleman
civil engineer, was born Jan. 28, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1889 he was called upon to advise as to the development of the water power of Niagara Falls, and chiefly upon his advice was that work undertaken; and he is now president and chief engineer of the Niagara Falls Power Co. He has occupied the position of president of the Franklin institute, Pa.; and of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art.
Sellers, James F
lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 12, 1849, in Decatur county, Tenn. He has served as a member of the Arkansas state legislature for five terms; and is well known as an able lawyer of Perryville, Ark.
Sellers, L. M
journalist, legislator, was born July 2, 1848, in Franklin county, Pa. This successful journalist of Cedar Springs, Mich., has served as a member of the Michigan state legislature; and was a delegate to the republican national convention in 1892.
Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf
artist, was born April 30, 1819, in Sweden. He has devoted himself chiefly to portraiture, his works in that line including Solomon G. Haven; George W. Clinton; and Millard Fillmore.
Selph, E. E
lawyer, public official, was born Dec. 3, 1860, in Salem, Ore. He is one of the leading lawyers of Tillimook, Ore.; has been mayor of that city; city attorney; deputy district attorney; and is now a member of the board of trustees of McMinnville college, in which institution he received his education.
Selvage, Thomas Henry
lawyer, orator, was born April 22, 1857, in Orient, Maine. In 1888 he was admitted to the bar; and is now a prominent lawyer of Eureka, Cal. He has been district attorney of Humboldt county; secretary of the Humboldt chamber of commerce; and took an active part as a platform speaker during the presidential election of 1896 for McKinley and Hobart. He is an astute lawyer, and a prominent member in various fraternal orders. con-
Selye, Lewis
manufacturer, gressman, was born July 11, 1808, in Chittenango, N. Y. He became extensively engaged in the manufacturing business in Rochester, N. Y. He was for seven years the treasurer of the county; and in 1866 was elected a representative from New York to the fortieth congress.
Semling, C. Knute
educator, journalist, was born June 8, 1865, in Norway. He has been principally engaged in educational work; was professor in Druflat college of Portland, N. D.; was editor of the Northwest Standard at Grafton, N. D.; has been justice of the peace of Halsted; and during 1892-94 was proprietor of the Halsted Reporter. He now resides in Gary, Minn., engaged in journalistic work.
Semmes, Alexander Jenkins
clergyman, surgeon, author, was born Dec. 17, 1828, in Georgetown, D. C. He was a surgeon in the confederate navy who became a Roman catholic clergyman, president of Pio Nono college, Macon, Ga., from 1886. He is the author of Medical Sketches of Paris; Gunshot Wounds; and Notes from a Surgical Diary.
Semmes, Benedict J
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 1, 1789, in Charles county, Md. In 1821 he was elected to the Maryland state legislature; was again elected in 1825, 1827 and 1828, and during one season was chosen speaker of the house of delegates. In 1829 he was elected a representative in congress from Maryland; and was re-elected in 1831. He again served in the state legislature in 1842 and 1843.
Semmes, Raphael
naval officer, author, was born Sept. 27, 1809, in Charles county, Md. He was a celebrated naval officer in the confederate service during the civil war as commander of the Alabama. He was the author of Service Afloat and Ashore During the Mexican War; Campaign of General Scott in the Valley of Mexico; The Cruise of the Alabama; and Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States. He died Aug. 30, 1877, in Mobile, Ala.
Semmes, Thomas Jenkins
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 16, 1824, in Georgetown, D. C. He is a noted lawyer of New Orleans, La.; and represented his state in the confederate senate. During 1873-79 he filled the chair of civil law in the university of Indiana. In 1887 he was president of the American Bar association.