Shippen, Edward – Shoemaker, Michael Myers
Shippen, Edward
lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 16, 1729, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was judge of the admiralty court for the province; in 1791 was appointed judge of the supreme court, and in 1799 became chief justice. He died April 16, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Shippen, Rush Rhees
educator, clergyman, was born Jan. 18, 1828, in Meadville, Pa. He attended the Allegheny college and the Theological school of Meadville, Pa.; and for a while was engaged in educational work. During 1849-57 he was pastor of the First Unitarian church of Chicago, Ill.; and during 1858-71 of the Unity church of Worcester, Mass. Then for ten years he was secretary of the American Unitarian association. During 1881-95 he was a pastor of All Souls church of Washington, D. C.; and since November, 1895, has been pastor of the Unity church of Brockton, Mass.
Shippen, William
physician, congressman, was born Oct. 1, 1712, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the junto, and aided in founding the Pennsylvania hospital, of which he was the physician from 1753 till 1778, the Public academy, and its successor, the university of Pennsylvania, being chosen in 1749 one of the first trustees of the academy. In 1778 he was chosen by the assembly of Pennsylvania to the continental congress, and he was re-elected in 1779. He died Nov. 4, 1801, in Germantown, Pa.
Shippen, William
physician, lecturer, was born Oct. 21, 1736, in Philadelphia. In 1762 he entered on the practice of his profession in Philadelphia, Pa., ana in the same year began the first course of lectures on anatomy that was ever delivered in this country. He died July 11, 1808, in Germantown, Pa.
Shiras, Alexander Eakin
soldier, was born Aug. 10, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa. A large share of the credit for the manner in which the national armies were supplied during the civil war is due to him. At the close of the war he was brevetted brigadier-general and majorgeneral, United States army. He died April 14, 1875, in Washington, D. C.
Shiras, George W
lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 26, 1832, in Pittsburg, Pa.
He practiced law successfully in Pittsburg till his appointment in 1892 as an associate justice of the United States supreme court.
Shiras, Oliver P
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 22, 1833, in Pittsburg, Pa. He removed to Dubuque, Iowa, and was there admitted to the bar in 1856.
He was aid-de-camp and judge advocate on the staff of General Herron in the army of the frontier during 1862 and 1863; and in 1882 was appointed United States district judge for the northern district of Iowa.
Shirk, David Franklin
educator, was born July 10, 1859, in Carroll county, Ill. This popular educator has been principal of several large schools; county superintendent of public instruction of Dickinson county, Kan., and has contributed extensively to current literature on educational topics.
Shirk, Milton Smith
educator, clergyman, college president, was born Nov. 29, 1818, in Butler county, Ohio.
For sixty years he has been successfully engaged as a teacher in the various grades of school, and for fifty years he has been engaged in the ministry in various cities, and at the Coliseum Place Baptist church of New Orleans, La. He received his education in the Miami university and the Granville college, Ohio; and was a graduate of the Madison university of Hamilton, N. Y. He has been president of the Pearl River institute, president of the Amite Female seminary, Mississippi, and the Shreveport university, Louisiana.
Shirlaw, Walter
artist, was born Aug. 6, 1838, in Scotland. He first exhibited at the National academy in 1861, and subsequently decided to devote himself altogether to art. He was elected an academician of the Chicago Academy of Design in 1868.
Shirley, John Milton
lawyer, author, was born Nov. 16, 1831, in Sanbornton, N. H. He was a lawyer of Andover, N. H., and the author of The Early Jurisprudence of New Hampshire; Complete History of the Dartmouth College Case; and Reports of Cases in Supreme Judicial Court. He died May 21, 1887, in Andover, N. H.
Shirley, Moses Gage
farmer, poet, was born May 15, 1865, in Goffstown, N. H.
He is a farmer in the place of his nativity; and the author of A Book of Poems.
Shirley, William
soldier, governor, author, was born in 1693 in England. He was a noted colonial soldier who planned the conquest of Cape Breton, and was governor of Massachusetts in 1741-45.
He was the author of Electra, a tragedy; The Birth of Hercules, a masque; Letter to the Duke of Newcastle, with Journal of the Siege of Louisburg; and The Conduct of General Shirley Briefly Stated. He died March 24, 1771, in Roxbury, Mass.
Shively, Benjamin F
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born March 20, 1857, in St. Joseph county, Ind. During 1874-80 he taught school; and then engaged in journalism.
He was elected to the forty-eighth congress to fill a vacancy. He graduated in law from the Ann Arbor university with the class of 1886, and was admitted to the bar. He was elected to the fiftieth and fiftyfirst congresses, and re-elected to the fiftysecond congress as a democrat. In 1896 he was the democratic nominee for governor of Indiana.
Shober, Francis E
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born March 12, 1831, in Salem, N. C. In 1853 he located in Salisbury, N. C. In 1862 he was elected to the state assembly as a conservative, and continued in that position until the close of the war. He subsequently served one session in the state senate, and was elected a representative from North Carolina to the forty-first and forty-second congresses. He was acting secretary of the United States senate from 1881 to 1883.
Shock, William Henry
naval officer, was born June 15, 1821, in Baltimore, Md. In January, 1845, he entered the United States naval service. He served under Commodore Perry during the Mexican war; and under Admiral Farragut during the civil war. In 1877 he was appointed engineer-in-chief of the United States navy; and retired in June, 1883 (age limit under the law) with rank of commodore. He is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; National Geographical society, American Society of Naval Engineers, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the Philosophical society of Washington, D. C. He is the author of Steam Boilers, Their Design, Construction and Management.
Shoemaker, George Washing- Ton
inventor, was born Dec. 14, 1861, near Williamsport, Pa. Having mechanical ability, he made various improvements in his father's woolen mill, and in 1886 invented a ring-machine, by which wool-spinning may be carried on continuously.
Shoemaker, Henry F
banker, railroad president, born March 28, 1845, in Pennsylvania. In 1887 he was elected president of the Mineral Range railroad, and in 1888 he bought a large interest in the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad, and later, with others, became one of the dominant spirits in the company and was made chairman of its executive committee.
He has been successful in his undertakings and is now president of the Dayton and Union and the Cincinnati, Dayton and Ironton railroads. He was also at one time engaged in the mining of bituminous coal in the Kanawha valley, W. Va.
Shoemaker, Jacob W
educator, inventor, artist, author, was born April 18, 1842, in West Overton, Pa. He was the founder and president of the National School of Elocution and Oratory of Philadelphia, Pa., and died May 15, 1880.
Shoemaker, Mrs. Jacob W
elocutionist, author. She is the wife of the late Jacob W. Shoemaker, the founder and president of the National School of Elocution and Oratory of Philadelphia, Pa., and since the death of her husband in 1880 she has continued the management of that institution.
Shoemaker, John Chapman
state senator, was born April 8, 1826, in Perry county, Ind. In 1868 he was elected a member of the lower house of the Indiana legislature, in which body he again brought into prominence the same practical views of legislation that so eminently distinguished him while a member of the senate.
Shoemaker, Lazarus D
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 5, 1819, in Kingston, Pa. He graduated at Yale college in 1840, studied and practiced law in Wilkesbarre, Pa. He was a member of the state senate in 1866- 68, and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-second and forty-third as a congresses republican, serving as chairman of the committee on revolutionary pensions, and on that of claims.
Shoemaker, Michael Myers
author, was born in 1853 in Kentucky. He is a writer of travels, and the author of Eastward to the Land of Morning; The Kingdom of the White Woman, a volume of Mexican travel; and Trans-Caspia: the Sealed Provinces of the Czar. :846