Settle, Thomas – Sewall, Theodore Lorett
Settle, Thomas
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1791, in Rockingham county, N. C. He was a representative in the legislature of that state in 1815, and in 1826-28; at which last session he was speaker of the house of commons. He was a representative in congress from 1817 to 1821; in 1832 was chosen judge of the superior court of law and equity, and held the office for twenty years. He died Aug. 5, 1857, in Rockingham county, N. C.
Settle, Thomas
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 23, 1831, in Rockingham county, N. C.
In 1854 he was elected a representative in the North Carolina legislature; and was re-elected in 1856 and 1858, serving as speaker of the house during his last term. In 1859 and 1862 he was elected solicitor of the fourth circuit, holding the office until 1865. In the latter year was elected a member of the state constitutional convention, and in the fall of the same year was elected a state senator.
In 1868 he was elected a judge of the supreme court of North Carolina; and in 1872 was appointed a judge of the supreme court of North Carolina, to fill a vacancy.
In 1877 he was appointed United States district judge for the northern district of Florida.
Settle, Thomas
lawyer, congressman, was born March 10, 1865, in Rocking- , was born March 10, 1865, in Rockingham county, N. C. He was nominated by the republican party a candidate for congress in 1892, and elected; was reelected elected to the fifty-fourth congress from , N. C.
Sever, Anne Elizabeth Par- Sons
benefactor, was born May 29, 1810, in Boston, Mass. She bequeathed $100,000 to Harvard to build a hall for undergraduates , which should be called by her name, and $20,000 for the purchase of books for its books for its library. She also willed $10,the Boston children's hospital, and $5,000 each to five benevolent institutions in that city, $5,000 to the New England historic -genealogical society, and an equal sum to the General Theological library, to the Boston training school for nurses, and the Connecticut retreat for the insane.
She died Dec. 15, 1879, in Boston, Mass.
Severance, Luther
journalist, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 28, 1797 , in Montague, Mass. He was the founder of the Kennebec Journal, and editor from 1825 to 1849. He was a representative in congress from Maine from 1843 to 1847; and was frequently a member of the Maine legislature, serving five years in the assembly and two years in the senate. He died Jan. 25, 1855, in Augusta , Maine.
Severance, Mark Sibley
author, was born in 1846, in Massachusetts. He is the author of Hammersmith: his Harvard Days, a novel.
Severy, Melvin Linwood
dramatist, poet, was born Aug. 5, 1863, in Mel- , poet, was born Aug. 5, 1863, in Melrose, Mass . He is the author of a dozen plays and a volume entitled Fleur-de-Lis.
He is also a lecturer and instructor of oratory in Boston, Mass.
Sevier, Ambrose Hundley
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, , congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 4, 1801, in Green county, Tenn.
He was elected a member of the Arkansas state legislature; first in 1823 and again in 1825. From 1827 to 1836 he was a delegate to congress from Arkansas; when the territory became a state, in 1836 , he was elected a senator to congress. He died Dec. 21, 1848, in Little Rock, Ark.
Sevier, John
soldier, congressman, governor, was born in 1744, in Tennessee.
He was a representative in congress from North Carolina in 1790 and 1791; from 1796 to 1801, and 1803 to 1809 was governor of Tennessee; and was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1811 to 1815. He was then appointed one of dary line of the Creek territory. He died the commissioners to ascertain the boun- Sept. 24, 1815, in Fort Decatur, I. T.
Sevier, John
pioneer, was born Sept. 23, 1745, in Rockingham county, Va. He was a pioneer in North Carolina; and served several terms in the legislature of that state from Wapauga. He was also a district judge, and filled various other positions of honor. was
Sewall, David
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 7, 1735, in York, Maine. He was representative for York in 1776; chosen a member of the council of Massachusetts; and was appointed in 1777 a justice of the superior court. From 1789 till 1818 he was United States judge for the district of Maine. He died Oct. 22, 1825, in York, Maine.
Sewall, Frank
clergyman, author, was born in 1837, in Maine. He is a Swedenborgian clergyman of Washington, and the author of Moody Mike, or the Power of Love; The Hem of His Garment; The Pillow of Stones; The New Ethics; The New Metaphysics; and Angelo and Ariel.
SEWALL, MRS. HARRIET [WINS- LOW], poet, was born in 1819, in Maine.
She was a religious poet of Boston, some of whose lyrics are found in the anthologies. A collection of her Poems, with Memoir by Mrs. E. Cheney, appeared in 1889. She died in 1889.
Sewall, John Smith
clergyman, educator, was born March 20, 1830, in congregational church at Wenham, Mass., Newcastle, Maine. He was pastor of the till 1867, when he became professor of rhetoric and English literature at Bowdoin. He exchanged this chair in 1875 for that of homiletics at Bangor Theological seminary.
Sewall, Joseph Addison
college president, was born in 1830, in Maine.
In 1877 he was elected the first president of the university of Colorado, serving until 1888 til 1888.
Sewall, Jotham
clergyman, was born Jan. 1, 1760, in York, Maine. His ministry extended over a period of fifty years, and in this time he preached four and a half times on an average every week. His field was confined chiefly to Maine and parts of New Hampshire and Rhode Island. He died Oct. 3, 1850, in Chesterville, Maine.
Sewall, May Wright
educator, lecturer, writer, was born May 27, 1844, in Greenfield, Wis. She received the rudiments of her education in the district schools; attended the Tafton academy and Northwestern university. She has been president of the National Council of Women of the United States; president of the Propylæum association of Indianapolis; and president of the Ramabai Circle of Indianapolis. She has contributed to the press on historical, literary and reform subjects; a large number of pamphlets and monographs on educational and reform topics; and her public addresses have been very numerous. She is now engaged in educational work in Indianapolis, Ind., and has charge of the Girls ' Classical school of that city, of which her husband was the founder.
Sewall, Rufus King
lawyer, author, was born Jan. 21, 1814, in Edgecomb, , was born Jan. 21, 1814, in Edgecomb, Maine. He is a lawyer of Wiscasset, Maine, and the author of Lectures on the Holy Spirit; Sketches of St. Augustine; Ancient Dominions of Maine.
Sewall, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, author, was born March 28, 1652, in England. , was born March 28, 1652, in England.
He was a noted jurist of Boston, best remembered for his connection with the Salem witchcraft trials. He was the author of The Selling of Joseph; Answer to Queries Respecting America; Accomplishment of Prophecies; Memorial Relating to the Kennebec Indians; and Description of the New Heaven. He died Jan. 1, 1730, in Boston, Mass.
Sewall, Samuel
civil engineer, inventor, was born in 1724, in York, Maine. He is said to have been the first to drive piles as a foundation for bridges, introducing this device at York in 1761. In 1786 he erected the Charlestown bridge on this plan. He died July 28, 1815, in York, Maine.
Sewall, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born June 1, 1785, in Marblehead, June 1, 1785, in Marblehead, Mass . He was pastor of the congregational church at Burlington, Mass., from 1814 till his death. He was fond of antiquarian studies, and left a History of Woburn, Mass., from the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown in 1640 to 1860.
He died Feb. 18, 1868, in Burlington, Mass.
Sewall, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 11, 1757, in Boston, Mass. In 1796 he was elected from Massachusetts a representative in congress, serving until 1800. In 1800 he was placed upon the bench of the supreme court of Massachusetts, and in 1813 was appointed chief justice of that court. He died June 8, 1814, in Wiscasset, Maine.
Sewall, Stephen
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 18, 1704, in Salem, Mass.
He was appointed a judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts. In 1752 he was made chief justice, and he served in that capacity, and also as a member of the council, till the close of his life. He died Sept. 10, 1760. author, was born April 4, 1734, in York,
Sewall, Stephen
scholar, educator, Maine. He was a Hebrew scholar, professor of Hebrew at Harvard college in 1765-85, among whose writings are, Hebrew Grammar; Scripture Account of the Shechinah; and Carmina Sacra quæ Latine Græceque condidit America. He died July 23, 1804, in Boston, Mass.
Sewall, Theodore Lorett
educator, was born Sept. 20, 1853, in Germantown, Ohio. He received his education in the classical and commercial academy of Wilmington, Del.; and graduated from Harvard in 1874, with the degree of A. B.; and from the Harvard Law school two years later. The same year he opened the Boys' Classical school at Indianapolis; and in 1882 founded the Girls' Classical school in the same city, of which his wife, Mrs. May Wright Sewall, is principal.
For ten years he was secretary of the Indianapolis Literary club, and was one year its president. For five years he was secretary of the Contemporary club; founder and secretary of the Indiana Harvard club; and is interested in various reforms, civil service reform, higher education, and in the political enfranchisement of women.