Sitgreaves, John – Slack, James Richard
Sitgreaves, John
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born about 1740 in New Berne, N. C. He was an officer in the war of the revolution; was a delegate to the continental congress from North Carolina from 1784 to 1785; and in 1790 was appointed attorney-general for that state. He soon afterwards was appointed judge of the United States district court for the district of North Carolina. He died March 4, 1802, in Halifax, N. C.
Sitgreaves, Samuel
lawyer, congressman, was born March 16, 1764, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1795 to 1798; and was then appointed commissioner to treat with Great Britain.
He died April 4, 1824, in Easton, Pa. was
Sivartha, Alesha
author, was born May 16, 1834, in England. During 1859-78 he made discoveries of certain great laws in the constitution of man:
That the thirty-six faculties are in twelve groups; that the institutions of society are a direct outgrowth of the mental faculties; and that each faculty creates wants of its own kind. He has also invented a universal language, the Visona, based upon the natural laws of sound, of thought and expression. These discoveries are embodied in The Book of Life, The Visona, and in The Historic Growth of Man.
Siver, Datus E
railroad president, was born Oct. 15, 1840, in Milford, N. Y.
Since 1888 he has been president of the Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley railroad at Cooperstown, N. Y. au-
Sizer, Nelson
phrenologist, thor, was born May 21, 1812, in Chester, Mass. He has been associate editor and editor of the Phrenological Journal, vicepresident of the firm, and president of and teacher in the American Institute of Phrenology. As an author he has published books of great value, such as Forty Years in Phrenology; Choice of Pursuits; and How to Teach.
Skaggs, Andrew E
physician, poet, was born April 31, 1862, in New Castle county, Del. He attended the Baltimore Medical college, and the Veterinary Surgeon college. He has filled various public positions of trust in his native county; and is a prominent physician of Townsend. He has contributed many poems to the periodical press; and is widely known as the Poet of Delaware.
Skelton, Charles
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1851 to 1855.
Skene, Alexander Johnston Chalmers
physician, author, was born June 17, 1837, in Scotland. He is a Brooklyn physician, professor of gynecology in Long Island College hospital from 1884; and the author of Diseases of the Bladder in Women; and Diseases of Women from the Standpoint of the Physician.
Skiddy, William
wheelwright, manufacturer, banker, was born in 1845, in New York city. He went to Russell's Military school in New Haven, Conn.; and at the breaking out of the war was detailed to assist in drilling three months' volunteers. In 1865 he graduated from Yale college. He subsequently started in business, became interested in mining, and in 1875 became connected with The Stamford Manufacturing company, one of the oldest concerns in the United States, being established in 1796, and of which corporation he is president. He is a director in several banks, and active in various organizations connected with Yale university. He was commissary-general of the state of Connecticut at one time; was a delegate to the national democratic conventions of 1884 and 1892; and has held various positions of honor in Stamford, Conn. He is a prominent member of the protestant episcopal church; and has been a delegate to the general conventions of that church held at Chicago, New York, Baltimore and Minneapolis.
Skiltón, Julius Augustus
physician, surgeon, author, was born June 29, 1833, in Troy, N. Y. He served in New York city during the draft riots, and was medical director of cavalry department of the southwest in 1864-65. In 1869 he was appointed United States consul at the city of Mexico, and in 1872 he was promoted to be consul-general, holding the office until 1878. Besides his annual reports he has published Mining Districts of Parhuca, Real del Monte, El Chico, and Star Rosa, State of Hidalgo, Republic of Mexico.
Skinner, Charles Montgomery
journalist, author, was born in 1852 in New York. He is a journalist of Brooklyn, associate editor of The Eagle; and the author of Villon the Vagabond, and other plays; Myths and Legends of Our Own Land; and Nature in a City Yard.
Skinner, Charles Rufus
journalist, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 4, 1844, in Union Square, N. Y.
He was a member of the board of education of Watertown, N. Y., from 1875 to 1883; and was a member of the state house of representatives from 1877 to 1881. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-seventh congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the forty-eighth congress as a republican.
Skinner, Frederick Gustavus
soldier, journalist, author, was born March 11, 1814, in Annapolis, Md. He joined the staff of the Turf, Field and Farm in New York, and, as field editor of that journal, was instrumental in bringing about the first field trial, the first bench-show of dogs, and the first international gun-trial that was ever held in the United States.
Skinner, Halcyon
inventor, was born March 6, 1824, in Mantua, Ohio. In 1874 he invented a power-loom for weaving moquette carpets, which had up to this date been woven entirely by hand.
Skinner, Harry
lawyer, congressman, was born May 25, 1855, in Perquimans county, N. C. In 1890 he was elected to the lower house of the North Carolina legislature. He has served as chairman of the democratic executive committee of his county, chairman of the democratic executive committee of the first congressional district, and on the state central committee. He is chairman of the populist executive committee of his county and on the state central committee; and is a trustee of the state university. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a populist.
Skinner, Henry
surgeon, entomologist, author, was born March 27, 1861, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected associate state entomologist of Pennsylvania in 1894; and since 1896 has been professor of entomology in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pa. He is editor of the Entomological News, and has lectured extensively on that subject.
Skinner, John Stuart
journalist, author, was born Feb. 12, 1788, in Maryland. He was the author of Nautical Education; Christmas Gift to Young Agriculturist; Agricultural Chemistry; and Youatt on the House. He died March 21, 1851, in Baltimore, Md.
Skinner, Otis Ainsworth
clergyman, author, was born July 3, 1807, in Royalton, Vt. He was a universalist minister of Boston and elsewhere; and the author of Family Prayer Book; Sermons on Doctrinal Subjects; Universalism Defended; Letters on Revivals; and Moral Duties of Parents. He died Sept. 18, 1861, in Lapierville, Ill.
Skinner, Richard
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born May 30, 1778, in Litchfield, Conn. He moved o Manchester, Vt.; he served in congress from 1813 to 1815; was elected a judge of the supreme court of Vermont in 1816; and became chief justice of that court in 1817. In 1818 he was elected to the lower branch of the legislature, and was speaker. He was governor of Vermont in 1820, 1821 and 1822; and was reappointed chief justice in 1824. He died May 23, 1833, in Manchester, Vt.
Skinner, Thomas Gregory
farmer, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 21, 1842, in Perquimans county, N. C. He was elected a representative from North Carolina to the forty-eighth congress; and was re-elected to the fortyninth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat.
Skinner, Thomas Harvey
educator, clergyman, author, was born March 7, 1791, in Harvey's Neck, N. C. He was a presbyterian clergyman of New York city, professor of sacred rhetoric in Union seminary in 1848-71; and the author of Religion of the Bible; Aids to Preaching and Hearing; Discussions in Theology; and Thoughts on Evangelizing the World. He died Feb. 1, 1871, in New York city.
Skinner, Thomas J
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1796 to 1799, and again from 1803 to 1804.
Skinner, Wells Hawks
educator, author, was born Jan. 1, 1856, in Jefferson county, W. Va. He has been superintendent of city schools in various cities; and in 1895 was president of the Nebraska State Teachers' association. He is the author of Studies in Literature and Composition, and other works.
Slack, James Richard
educator, soldier, legislator, jurist, was born Sept. 28, 1818, in Bucks county, Pa. He graduated from the academy of Newton, Pa., and in 1837 moved with his parents to Delaware county, Ind. He next entered educational work, and subsequently was admitted to the bar, and practiced his profession in Huntington. During 1842-51 he filled the office of county auditor; and for two terms was a member of the Indiana state senate. In 1858 he was again elected to the state senate and served four successive terms until 1861.
He served in the civil war in the fortyseventh regiment of the Indiana volunteer infantry; was made brigadier-general in 1864; and major-general by brevet in 1866.
In 1872 he was elected judge of the twenty-eighth judicial circuit of Indiana, and served in that office until his death on July 28, 1881.