Solomon, Edward – Souder, Casper
Solomon, Edward
governor. He was governor of Wisconsin from 1861 to
Somerby, Frederic Thomas
author, was born Jan. 4, 1814, in Newburyport. He was for many years a correspondent of the Boston Post and the Spirit of the Times, and published, under the name of Cymon, Hits and Dashes, or a Medley of Sketches and Scraps touching People and Things. He died Jan. 18, 1871, in Worcester, Mass.
Somerby, Horatio Gates
genealogist, was born Dec. 24, 1805, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a member of the New England Historic-Genealogical society, to whose publications he contributed valuable papers, and a large quantity of his unpublished material is in possession of the Massachusetts Historical society, with which he had been connected since 1859.
He died Nov. 14, 1872, in London, England.
Somers, Peter J
lawyer, congressman, was born April 12, 1850, in Menominee, Wis. In 1882 he was elected attorney of the city of Milwaukee, and served two years; and in 1890 was elected to the common council, and upon its organization was elected president. He was appointed trustee of the Public library; and in 1890 was elected mayor of the city of Milwaukee, and was re-elected in 1892. At the special election held in 1893 to fill a vacancy he was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.
Somerville, Henderson Middle- Ton
journalist, jurist, was born March 23, 1837, in Madison county, Va. In 1860 he became editor of the Memphis Appeal; and in 1880 he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Alabama, serving for twelve years, and in 1890 he was appointed United States general appraiser.
Somerville, William Clarke
public official, author, was born March 25, 1790, in St. Mary's county, Md. He was a writer who was appointed minister to Sweden, but died before reaching there and was buried at the Marquis Lafayette's home at Lagrange. He was the author of Letters from Paris on the Causes of the French Revolution. He died Jan. 5, 1826, in France.
Somes, Daniel E
congressman. He was a representative from Maine in the thirty-sixth congress. From 1855 to 1857 he was mayor of Biddeford, Maine; and from 1856 to 1858 was president of the City bank of that city. He was a member of the peace congress of 1861; and subsequently settled in Washington as a claim agent.
Sommers, Charles George
clergyman, author, was born March 4, 1793, in England. After a six years' pastorate in Troy, N. Y., he was called to the charge of the South Baptist church in New York city, where he remained till his retirement in 1856. He published numerous controversial articles in defense of baptist doctrines, edited a volume of Psalms and Hymns, and The Baptist Library; and was the author of a Memoir of John Stanford, D. D., with Selections from his Correspondence. He died Dec. 19, 1868, in New York city.
Songer, Abram W
soldier, merchant, was born Nov. 2, 1832, near Xenia, Ill. He served in the civil war as second and first lieutenant of the twenty-first regiment Illinois volunteer infantry from May 10, 1861, to May 15, 1865. He is a successful miller and grain dealer of Kinmundy, Ill.; has served as city alderman for several terms; has been a member of the board of education; and is now president of the board of education and Kinmundy graded schools.
Sonntag, George
soldier, was born in 1786 in Philadelphia, Pa. He went to Russia in 1815, entered the military service, and with the allied army entered Paris. He became a general in the Russian army and an admiral in the navy. He died March 23, 1841, in Russia.
Sonntag, William Louis
artist, was born March 2, 1822, in Pittsburg, Pa.
In 1823 his parents moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and he received a thorough education in the Kinmont school in that city. In 1848 he opened a studio in Cincinnati, and was entirely a self-taught artist. In 1853 he made his first visit to Europe; and has since spent two years in Florence studying art. In 1854 he moved to New York city, where he has attained success as an eminent landscape painter.
Since 1861 he has been a member of the National Academy of Design; is a member of the American Water-Color society; the Artist Fund society, and various other institutions. His most notable pictures are Progress of Civilization; Spirit of Solitude; Evangeline; and A Dream of Italy.
Soper, Erastus Burrows
soldier, lawyer, business man, was born Sept. 15, 1841, in Pitcher. N. Y. During 1857-61 he attended the Western college; Cornell college during 1865-68, and subsequently received from the latter institution the degree of A. M. During the civil war he served as private, sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain in the first and twelfth regiments Iowa volunteer infantry. He has resided in Iowa since 1847, and is an able lawyer and business man of Emmetsburg. He has been director, vice-president and president of a large number of banking and other corporations; is a charter member of the Iowa Society Sons of the American Revolution; is prominent in fraternal orders; and for twenty years has been an active and influential member of the board of trustees of Cornell college.
Sophocles, Evangelinus Apos- Tolides
scholar, educator, author, was born March 8, 1807, in Greece. He was a Greek scholar of distinction, and professor at Harvard university in 1849-83. His chief work is a Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods; and among his other publications are Greek Grammar for Learners; and History of the Greek Alphabet. He died Dec. 17, 1883, in Cambridge, Mass.
Sopris, William Robert
lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 18, 1869, in Trinidad, Colo. He received his education at the Denver university, and graduated from the Columbia Law school of New York. He is a successful lawyer of his native city, and served with distinction as a member of the Colorado legislature in 1895-97. He was the youngest member of the house, and served on several important committees.
Sorg, Paul J
manufacturer, congressman, was born Sept. 23, 1840, in Wheeling, W. Va. He began the manufacture of tobacco on a small scale in Cincinnati, and his manufactory, now located at Middletown, Ohio, is one of the largest in the world and employs more than a thousand men.
He was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat at a special election held in 1894 to fill a vacancy. At the November (1894) election he enjoyed the distinction of being one of the two democratic representatives elected from Ohio, being elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat. was
Sorin, Edward
clergyman, was born in 1814 in France. He was the first president of Notre Dame college, and continued in office until One of its 1865. beautiful halls which is adorned with a life-sized portrait of Washington was named and dedicated in his honor by Father Sorin, and Washington's birthday is always a gala day at Notre Dame.
The Ave Maria, a widely known religious journal, was started by Father Sorin, who was its editor for a number of years; and he has contributed extensively to catholic publications.
Sosso, Lorenzo
merchant, poet, was born March 2, 1867, in Italy. He is a successful merchant of San Francisco, Cal.; and the author of a volume of poems entitled A New Poet.
Sotheran, Alice Hyneman
author, poet, was born Jan. 31, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa. She has attained prominence as a constant contributor of prose and verse to current magazines and newspapers, including the North American Review, the Forum, and the Popular Science Monthly. She is the author of Woman in Industry; and also a work entitled Niagara, a finely illustrated and popular work. She first married Mr. Henry Rhine, and is now the wife of Charles Sotheran, the eminent journalist and bibliographer of New York city.
Sotheran, Charles
journalist, author, was born July 8, 1847, in Surrey, England. In 1876 he began his first active work on the Metropolitan Daily Press; first on the New York World; then the New York Sun, and subsequently became associate editor and proprietor of the New York Echo. He has been literary editor of the New York Recorder and New York Star; Export and Finance, Sunnyside Press, Nym Crinkle's Feuilleton, Advocate, Dramatic World, etc.; and the author of Horace Greeley and Other Pioneers of American Socialism; The Theaters of New York; Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer, and other works.
Souder, Casper
journalist, author, was born Nov. 8, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pa.
In 1853 he became associated with the Evening Bulletin of Philadelphia, of which he was afterward an editor and part proprietor till his death. His History of Chestnut Street, which was published serially, has been praised for trustworthiness and originality of treatment. He died Oct. 21, 1868, in Philadelphia.