Sims, Clifford Stanley – Sitgreaves, Charles
Sims, Clifford Stanley
lawyer, author, was born Feb. 17, 1839, in Dauphin county, Pa. He was a lawyer of Arkansas, and latterly of New Jersey, whose principal work is The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. He died in 1896.
Sims, Harry Marion
physician, surgeon, author, was born Feb. 27, 1851, in Montgomery, Ala. He established himself in New York city, giving much attention to gynecology, on which subject he has lectured for several years before the New York polyclinic. He has prepared an American edition of Dr. Grailly Hewitt's work on Diseases of Women, with additions showing the later improvements in gynecology in this country.
Sims, Henry Augustus
architect, was born Dec. 22, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was long the secretary for foreign correspondence of the American Institute of Architects. He designed many city and country residences and, among other public buildings, the Columbia Avenue and Second Presbyterian churches in Philadelphia, the chapel at Mercersburg, Pa., the court-house at Hagerstown, Md., and the almshouse of Montgomery county, Pa. He died July 10, 1875, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Sims, James Marion
physician, surgeon, author, was born Jan. 25, 1813, in Lancaster county, S. C. He was a celebrated surgeon of New York city to whose influence is due the establishment of gynæcology as a department of medicine; and the author of Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery; Ovariotomy; and The Story of My Life. He died Nov. 13, 1883, in New York city.
Sims, James Peacock
architect, was born Nov. 15, 1849, in Philadelphia, Pa. He designed, besides many private residences, the building of the Royal Insurance company, Christ church and Holy Trinity Memorial chapels, Philadelphia, and Christ church in Germantown. He died May 20, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Sims, Leonard H
congressman, was born in North Carolina. He was elected a representative in congress from Missouri from 1845 to 1847.
Sims, Thetus Willrette
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born April 25, 1852, in Wayne county, Tenn. He was elected county superintendent of public instruction for Perry county, Tenn., in 1882, and held that office for two years.
He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Sims, Winfield Scott
inventor, was born April 6, 1844, in New York city.
He was the first to apply electricity for the propulsion and guidance of movable torpedoes for harbor and coast defense.
His torpedo is a submarine boat, with a cylindrical hull of copper and conical ends, supplied with a screw propeller and rudder.
Sinclair, Brevard D
lawyer, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 31, 1859, in Charlotte, N. C. He graduated from the Mantua academy of Philadelphia, Pa., the Princeton university, and the Princeton Theological seminary. During 1877-84 he was a member of the bar of the supreme court of Ohio, North Carolina, and the United States supreme court at Washington, D. C. He then became a clergyman of the presbyterian church, and has filled pastorates in Fowlerville, N. Y.; Newburyport, Mass.; Seattle, Wash.; and now fills a pastorate in St. Mark's church of Yreka, Cal. He is the author of The Crowning Sin of the Age, and other works.
Sinclair, Carrie Bell
poet, was born May 23, 1839, in Milledgeville, Ga.
She is a verse writer of Philadelphia; and the author of Poems; and Heart Whispers, or Echoes of Song.
Sinclair, Charles E
lawyer, jurist, was born in Virginia. He was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Utah.
Sinclair, Daniel
journalist, was born Jan. 12, 1833, in Scotland. For twenty years he was pastor of Winona, Minn. where he is the editor and owner of the Daily Republican.
Sinclair, Edgar Lafayette
educator, clergyman, was born Oct. 21, 1851, in Branch county, Mich. Heattended the Leoni College of the United Brethren; the Olivet college; the Ohio Normal university, from which institution he graduated in 1874. For many years he was engaged in educational work, and became superintendent of schools. During 1879-81 he attended Albion college; has attained prominence as one of the leading clergymen in the methodist episcopal church of Michigan, and now fills a pastorate at Shelby.
Sinclair, Joseph F
manufacturer, was born May 28, 1847, in Nova Scotia.
In 1863 he enlisted in the United States marine corps, and was honorably discharged from the Naval hospital of Brooklyn, N. Y., in May, 1865. In 1879 he moved to Washington territory; built the first saw-mill in Ballard, and in 1888 was president and manager of the same. e. In 1892 he became interested in the West Coast Mining and Iron company, of which he is still vice-president. In 1893 he was elected department commander of Washington and Alaska Grand Army of the Republic.
He has filled various public offices in the gift of the people of Yakima City, Wash., and takes an active part in public affairs.
Singer, Isaac Merritt
inventor, was born Oct. 27, 1811, in Oswego, N. Y.
He was a machinist, and devoted himself entirely to the study of improving sewing-machines. After years of close application he succeeded in completing a single-thread, chain-stitch machine, for which he received a patent. He died July 23, 1875, in England.
Singer, Otto
musician, composer, was born July 26, 1833, in Germany. He was the author of The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers; Festival Ode; and has contributed to periodicals articles on historical and æsthetical subjects. He died in January, 1894, in New York city.
Singerly, William Miskey
proprietor of The Philadelphia Record, was born Dec. 27, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa.
In 1877 he bought The Philadelphia Record; and he brought the daily sales from 5,000 to more than 100,000 copies, and made the enterprise profitable. He died in 1898.
Singiser, Theodore F
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 15, 1845, in Churchtown, Pa. He was employed in the United States treasury at Washington from 1875 to 1879, when he was appointed receiver of public moneys at Oxford, Idaho. In 1880 he was appointed secretary of Idaho territory; was acting governor of the territory during the winter of 1881-82; and was elected the delegate from Idaho to the forty-eighth congress as a republican.
Singleton, James W
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 23, 1811, in Paxton, Va. He served six terms in the Illinois state legislature; and was elected a brigadier-general of state militia. He was president of the Quincy and Toledo, and Quincy, Alton and St. Louis railroads. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-sixth and fortyseventh congresses as a democrat.
Singleton, Otho R
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 14, 1814, in Jessamine county, Ky.
He was two years in the lower house of the Mississippi legislature; and served six years in the state senate. He was a presidential elector in 1852; and was elected a representative from Mississippi to the thirty-third congress. He was also elected to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He joined the great rebellion in 1861, and served as a representative in the confederate congress from 1861 to 1865. In 1875 he was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and fortyninth congresses as a democrat.
Singleton, Thomas D
congressman. He was elected to congress from South Carolina in 1833, and, while on his way to Washington to take his seat in December, died at Raleigh, N. C.
Sinnickson, Clement H
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 16, 1834, in Salem, N. J. In 1861 he raised a company of volunteers, and enlisted as captain in the fourth regiment of New Jersey volunteers. In 1874 he was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth congress as a republican.
Sinnickson, Thomas
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1745 in Salem county, N. J. He served in the revolutionary war at the battles of Trenton and Princeton in the capacity of captain; and was for many years a member of the council and assembly of New Jersey, and the presiding judge of the court of common pleas. He was a representative in the first congress, after the adoption of the constitution, from 1789 to 1791; and was again a representative in congress from 1797 to 1799. He was a presidential elector in 1801. He died May 15, 1817, in Salem, N. J.
Sinnickson, Thomas
merchant, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 13, 1786, in Salem, N. J. He was a judge of the court of common pleas for twenty years; was a member of the New Jersey legislature; and judge of the court of errors and appeals. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey during the years 1828 and 1829.
Sipe, William Allen
lawyer, congressman, was born July 1, 1844, in Harrisonville, Pa. He is a noted lawyer of Pittsburg, Pa. He was elected as a democrat to the fifty-second congress to fill a vacancy; and also elected to the fiftythird congress.
Sisson, Abner
poet. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled Common Sense Rhymes.
Sitgreaves, Charles
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born April 22, 1803, in Easton, Pa. He was a member of the New Jersey assembly in 1831 and 1833; in 1834 was a member of the legislative council; and was a member and president of the same in 1835. He was a member of the state senate from 1852 to 1854. In 1864 he was elected a representative from New Jersey to the thirty-ninth congress. He was mayor of Philipsburg in 1861, declining a re-election; was president of the Belvidere and Delaware Railroad company; and was president of the bank at Philipsburg. He was re-elected to the fortieth congress as a democrat.