Spaulding, Erastus – Speed, Philip
Spaulding, Erastus
physician, state legislator, was born July 1, 1818, in Tompkins county, N. Y. In 1845 he moved to Michigan; for a quarter of a century practiced medicine in Oakland county; and in 1867 was a representative in the state legislature. Since 1879 he has practiced his profession in Grand Rapids.
Spaulding, Henry Foster
merchant, was born April 26, 1816, in Brandon, Vt. He was engaged in the commission business under the style of Spaulding, Swift and Company; and for eight years was president of the Central Trust company. He died July 17, 1893, in Riverdaleon-the-Hudson, N. Y.
Spaulding, Henry George
clergyman, author, poet, was born in 1837 in Massachusetts. He is a unitarian clergyman of Massachusetts, among whose writings are, The Teachings of Jesus; Later Heroes of Israel; and Forty Hymns and their Authors.
Spaulding, Justin
missionary, was born in 1802 in Moretown, Vt. After filling a number of appointments, he was selected in 1836 as missionary to Brazil, where he labored as superintendent of the mission until 1841, when on his return he was transferred to the New Hampshire conference. He died in 1865 in Moretown, Vt.
Spaulding, Levi
missionary, was born Aug. 22, 1791, in Jaffrey, N. H. He was ordained at Salem, Mass. In 1820 he arrived as a missionary of the American board at Jaffna, Ceylon; and at the time of his death he was the oldest missionary of the American board. He died June 18, 1873, in Ceylon. saw
Spaulding, Nathan Weston
manufacturer, inventor, philanthropist, was born Sept. 24, 1829, in North Anson, Maine. He went to California in 1851, and ten years later established a saw manufactory in San Francisco, in which business he is still engaged. He has taken out several United States patents on saws, saw-teeth and machines, which have completely revolutionized the circular business. In 1871 he was elected mayor of Oakland, received the re-election without opposition, declined the nomination for a third term, and donated the salary of his office to the Oakland Benevolent society. He served four years as United States assistant treasurer of San Francisco; was one of the founders of the Mechanics' institute of San Francisco; and was selected by the late Hon. Leland Stanford as one of the trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr., university. He stands high in Masonic circles; and is a leader in various philanthropic movements.
Spaulding, Oliver Lyman
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 2, 1833, in Jaffrey, N. H. In 1862 he entered the United States service as captain in the twenty-third regiment Michigan infantry, and was rapidly promoted to brevet brigadier-general. During 1866-72 he was secretary of state of Michigan; and in 1880 was elected a member of congress.
During 1889-93 he was assistant secretary of the treasury; and in 1896 was a delegate from Michigan to the national republican convention at St.
Louis. In 1897 he was again appointed assistant secretary of the treasury at Washington, D. C.
Spaulding, Solomon
lawyer, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 20, 1761, in Ashford, Conn. He was a graduate of Dartmouth college, and wrote a remarkable story of fiction, entitled Manuscript Found, which is now generally regarded as the basis of the Mormon Bible. He died Sept. 10, 1816, in Amity, Pa.
Spaulding, Wesley J
clergyman, educator, college president, was born April 18, 1827, in Newark, N. Y. He graduated from the Indiana Asbury university, and received from that institution the degree of Ph. D. In 1855 he became professor of Greek in the Iowa Wesleyan university of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; and in 1876 became president of that institution.
He has been pastor in the methodist episcopal church, and contributes extensively to current literature.
Spear, Charles
clergyman, author, was born May 1, 1801, in Boston, Mass.
He was a universalist minister of Boston active in prison reform; and the author of Names and Titles of Christ; Essays on the Punishment of Death; Plea for Discharged Convicts; and Voices from Prison. He died April 18, 1863, in Washington, D. C.
Spear, David Dana
physician, surgeon, poet, was born May 26, 1839, in Yarmouth, Maine. In 1864 he commenced the practice of medicine and surgery in Kennebunk, Maine; and is now located at Freeport. He has contributed a number of poems to Christian publications.
Spear, Ellis
lawyer, commissioner of patents, was born Oct. 15, 1834, in Warren, Maine. He was a citizen of Maine; and was commissioner of patents in the department of the interior from 1877 to 1878. He settled in Washington city in the practice of law.
Spear, Samuel P
soldier, was born in 1815 in Boston, Mass. He commanded several expeditions during the civil war; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general. He died May 5, 1875, in New York city.
Spear, Samuel Thayer
journalist, clergyman, author, was born March 4, 1812, in Ballston Spa, N. Y. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Brooklyn, editor of The New York Independent from 1871; and the author of Family Power; Religion and the State; Constitutionality of the Legal Tender Act; The Law of the Federal Judiciary; The Law of Extradition; and The Bible Heaven. He died in 1891.
Spears, John Randolph
journalist, author, was born in 1850 in Ohio. He is a journalist of New York city; and the author of The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn; and The Port of Missing Ships, and Other Stories of the Sea.
Spears, William T
physician, surgeon, poet, was born Sept. 10, 1854, in Morgan county, Ga. For several years he was engaged in educational work; then took up the study of medicine, and is now of the leading enone physicians and surgeons of the south at Rutledge, Ga. He is the author of a volume of poems titled Sentiments of Leisure Hours, which contains number of poems of acknowledged merit; and his poems have been given a place in several standard collections. a
Speece, Conrad
clergyman, author, poet, was born Nov. 7, 1776, in New London, Va. He was a noted baptist clergyman of Virginia; and the author of The Mountaineer; and a number of meritorious poems. He died Feb. 15, 1836, in Staunton, Va.
Speed, Frederick
soldier, jurist. was born Sept. 22, 1841, in Ithaca, N. Y.
He served as a private soldier during the war, and became lieutenant. In 1865 he settled in Vicksburg, Miss., and during 1869-70 was judge of the criminal court of Warren county.
Speed, James
lawyer, educator, síate senator, was born March 11, 1812, in Farmington, Ky. He settled in the practice of law at Louisville, Ky., in 1853; in 1847 was elected to the state legislature; and in 1861 was elected to the state senate. In 1864 he was appointed attorney general of the United States. In 1872 he became a professor in the Louisville Law school.
He died June 25, 1887, in Jefferson county, Ky.
Speed, John
soldier, jurist, was born May 17, 1772, in Virginia. He served with the volunteer forces in the service of the United States against the Indians in 1791; and was a judge of the quarter sessions court. In 1828 he wrote a series of articles upon the political topics of the day. He died March 30, 1840, in Farmington, Ky.
Speed, John
soldier, lawyer, was born in 1842 in Louisville, Ky. He served in the union army during the civil war in the ninth Kentucky cavalry, and was promoted assistant adjutant-general.
In 1865 he was made paymaster with the rank of major. He is now one of the most successful practitioners at the Louisville bar.
Speed, John Gilmer
journalist, author, was born in 1852 in Kentucky. He is a journalist of New York city; and the author of Life of Keats.
Speed, John James
soldier, inventor, was born in 1803 in Mecklenburg county, Va. He was an efficient co-worker of Prof. Morse in introducing and perfecting magnetic telegraph apparatus, and was president of the Western Telegraph company in Detroit, and at Portland, Maine, established the independent line to Washington. He died in 1867 in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Speed, John James
physician, educator, was born Oct. 31, 1816, in Bardstown, Ky. In 1850 he moved to Louisville, Ky. In 1861 he was made postmaster, which position he filled for eight. years. In 1874 he was elected president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and was also professor in the Hospital College of Medicine.
Speed, John James
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Jan. 14, 1839, in Ithaca, N. Y. During 1873-74 he was a representative in the Michigan state legislature from Detroit. In 1881 he became judge of the third circuit court, and is now counselor of the city of Detroit.
Speed, John K
merchant, manufacturer, was born March 21, 1848, in Louisville, Ky. He helped to organize the board of trade of Memphis, and was its first president. He was also one of the originators of the Merchants' exchange, and was its first president.
Speed, Philip
soldier, was born April 12, 1819, in Farmington, Ky. In the latter part of the war period he was appointed collector of internal revenue. He was a model officer, giving entire satisfaction to the government. He died Nov. 1, 1882.