Sibley, John Langdon – Silliman, Benjamin
Sibley, John Langdon
librarian, author, was born Dec. 29, 1804, in Union, Maine. He was the librarian of Harvard university in 1841-77; and the author of History of the Town of Union, Maine; and Biographical Sketches of Harvard University Graduates. He died Dec. 9, 1885, in Cambridge, Mass.
Sibley, Jonas
state legislator, congressman, was born March 17, 1762, in Sutton, Mass. From 1806 to 1823 he was a member of the Massachusetts legislature; was an elector for president in 1820; and served again in both houses of the legislature. He was a member of congress from Worcester county from 1823 to 1825. He died Feb. 10, 1834, in Sutton, Mass.
Sibley, Joseph C
manufacturer, congressman, was born Feb. 18, 1850, in Friendship, N. Y. He is extensively engaged in farming and stock raising; is a manufacturer of lubricating and signal oils, and interested in various other manufacturing and business enterprises He has been mayor of Franklin, Pa.; and president of the Pennsylvania State Dairymen's association. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fifty-third congress; and in 1896 his name was put forward for the presidency of the United States by the silver party of the east.
Sibley, Mark Hopkins
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born in 1796 in Great Barrington, Mass. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1834 and 1835. He was a representative in congress from 1837 to 1839; and was subsequently a state senator; and in 1846 a county judge. He died Sept. 8, 1852, in Canandaigua, N. Y.
Sibley, Solomon
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 7, 1769, in Sutton, Mass. He moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1797; and in 1799 was elected to the first territorial legislature of the North-western territory. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Michigan from 1820 to 1823; and in 1824 was appointed judge of the supreme court of Michigan, and held the office until 1836. He died April 4, 1846, in Detroit, Mich.
Sickel, Horatio Gates
soldier, was born April 2, 1817, in Belmont, Pa.
He entered the United States service in 1861 as colonel of the third regiment of the Pennsylvania reserve corps, and succeeded General George G. Meade in the command of the brigade. He died April 18, 1896, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Sickles, Daniel Edgar
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 20, 1823, in New York city. In 1847 he was elected to the assembly of New York, and in 1856 to the state senate. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-fifth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress He served in the union army during the rebellion; lost a leg in battle, and attained the rank of major-general of volunteers. In 1866 he was appointed minister resident to the Netherlands, but declined. He was subsequently appointed a colonel in the regular army; and in 1867 was brevetted a major-general for gallant and meritorious services at Gettysburg. He was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.
Sickles, Nicholas
congressman, was born in Kinderhook, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from 1835 to 1837. He died May 13, 1845, in Kingston, N. Y.
Sidell, Will Tecumseh
educator, lawyer, was born Feb. 20, 1865, in Monroe county, Ohio. For many years he was engaged in educational work; and became superintendent of schools for Wetzel county, W. Va. He was also editor of the Wetzel Democrat for several years. He is now a prominent lawyer of New Martinsville, W. Va.; has been twice mayor of that city; and has been connected with a number of building and loan associations, and taken an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state.
Sidwell, Milton Craven
educator, lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 16, 1855, in Overton county, Tenn. He has held the office of county surveyor of Clay county, Tenn.; was superintendent of public instruction for four years of Pickett county, and four years held the same position in Clay county, Tenn.; and attained success as an educator. He is a prominent lawyer of Celina, Tenn.; has held the position of special judge in five courts; has been attorney general pro tempore; and has taken a prominent part in politics.
He stands high in Masonry; and is a member. of several fraternal orders.
Sigel, Franz
soldier, was born Nov. 18, 1824, in Germany. He served with distinction through the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier-general.
Sigourney, Mrs
LYDIA HOWARD [HUNTLY], author, poet, was born Sept. 1, 1791, in Norwich, Conn. She was one of the most popular of the earlier American writers. She was nearly all her life a resident of Hartford.
Among her prose writings are Myrtis; Post Meridian; Letters to My Pupils; Letters to Young Ladies; Traits of the Aborigines in America; and Letters of Life. Other Works are Pocahontas; Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse; Poetry for Children; and Zinzendorf, and Other Poems. She died June 10, 1865, in Hartford, Conn.
Sigsbee, Charles D
naval officer, was born in the state of New York. During 1859-63 he attended the naval academy and served in the civil war in the west gulf squadron. He was in the battle of Mobile bay, and at both attacks at Fort Fisher; and in the final assault on same.
In 1867 he was commissioned lieutenant, and lieutenant-commander in 1868. During 1869-71 he was on duty at the naval academy; and was promoted to commander in 1882. He was in command of the warship Maine, which was destroyed by a sub-marine mine in Havana harbor. He rendered important service during the Spanish-American war.
SIKES, MRS. OLIVE [LOGAN], actress, author, was born in 1841 in New York. She is an actress and author, popular at one period as a lecturer; and the author of Photographs of Paris Life; Chateau Frissac, or Home Scenes in France; John Morris's Money; Somebody's Stockings; Apropos of Women and Theaters; Before the Footlights and Behind the Scenes; The Mimic World; Get Thee Behind Me, Satan; and They Met by Chance, a novel.
Sikes, William Wirt
journalist, author, was born in 1836 in Watertown, N. Y. He was a journalist of New York city who was consul at Cardiff, Wales, in 1876-83; and the author of British Goblins; Welsh Folk-Lore; One Poor Girl; Rambles and Studies in Old South Wales; and Studies of Assassination. He died Aug. 19, 1883, in London, England.
Silkman, Theodore Hannibal
lawyer, public official, was born March 25, 1858, in New York city. He received his education in Hooper's academy of Yonkers, N. Y. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar and has since practiced law continuously in New York city. He has been United States commissioner for the city of Yonkers; police commissioner for six years; and is now president of the board.
He began a term of six years as surrogate of West Chester county, N. Y., in 1895.
Sill, Edward Rowland
educator, poet, was born April 29, 1841, in Windsor, Conn. He was a poet and educator of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and professor in the university of California in 1874-82. He was the author of The Hermitage, and Later Poems; and Poems. He died Feb. 27, 1887, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Sill, John Mahelon Berry
educator, author, was born Nov. 23, 1831, in Black Rock, N. Y. He is a Michigan educator of prominence, principal of the State Normal school; and the author of Synthesis of the English Sentence; and Practical Lessons in English.
Sill, Joshua Woodrow
soldier, was born Dec. 6, 1831, in Chillicothe, Ohio.
At the beginning of the civil war in April he at once offered his services to the governor of Ohio, and was commissioned assistant adjutant-general of that state.
He was commissioned colonel of the thirty-third Ohio volunteers, and attained the rank of brigadier-general. He died Dec. 31, 1862, in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Sill, Thomas H
lawyer, congressman, was born in Connecticut. In 1826 he was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania to fill a vacancy; and was again a representative in congress from 1829 to 1831.
Silliman, Augustus Ely
financier, author, was born April 11, 1807, in Newport, R. I. He was a banker of New York city who published A Gallop Among American Scenery. He died May 30, 1884, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Silliman, Benjamin
educator, naturalist, author, was born Aug. 8, 1779, in North Stratford, Conn. He was a chemist of distinction, professor of chemistry at Yale university in 1802-55; and the founder in 1818 of Silliman's Journal of Science and Art. He was the author of Journal of Travels in England; Narrative of a Visit to Europe (1853); Elements of Chemistry; and Consistency of Modern Geology with Sacred History. He died Nov. 24, 1864, in New Haven, Conn.