Staveley, Robert Milton – Stebbens, Sarah Bridges
Staveley, Robert Milton
clergyman, poet, was born Oct. 31, 1859, in England. At nine years of age he came to America with his with his parents, attended the Dakota university for two years, and the Garrett Biblical institute for two Since 1894 years. he has been engaged in ministerial work in South Dakota; has written extensively for the periodical press, and is the author of a number of meritorious poems. Some of his poems have been given a place in several standard collections.
St. Clair, Arthur
soldier, congressman, governor, author, was born in 1734 in Scotland. In 1764 he settled in he settled in Pennsylvania, where he erected mills. In 1770 he was made a district surveyor and justice of common pleas In 1776 he pleas was ordered to Canada; acquitted himself with great ability, rose to the rank of major-general. He joined General Washington; took a leading part in battles of Princeton, Ticonderoga, and Brandywine; assisted Sullivan against the Six Nations, and was a commissioner to arrange a cartel with the British in 1780. He 1780. He was a delegate to congress in 1785, and 1785, and was chosen president of the same in 1787. same in 1787.
He was appointed governor of the norththe northwest territory in 1788; made an Indian an Indian treaty in 1789, and located the city of city of Cincinnati, and gave ve it its name. He was appointed general-inchief of the army in 1791. He died Aug. 31, 1818, in , 1818, in Greensburg, Pa.
Stearns, Ashael
lawyer, educator, congressman, author, was born in 1774 born in 1774 in Massachusetts. He was several years several years county attorney for Middlesex county; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1815 to 1817. 1815 to 1817.
He was appointed professor of law at law at Cambridge in 1817, and continued in the in the office until 1829. In 1824 he published a he published a volume on Real Actions. He died Feb. died Feb. 5, 1839, in Cambridge, Mass.
Stearns, Charles
clergyman, author, poet, was born July 19, 1753, in Leo- , in Leominster, Mass. He was a unitarian clerunitarian clergyman, pastor at Lincoln, Mass., from Mass., from 1785 till his death, and the author of The author of The Ladies' Philosophy of Love, a Poem; a Poem; and Principles of Morality and Religion .
He died July 26, 1826, in Lincoln , Mass.
Stearns, Charles Woodward
physician, surgeon, author, was born in born in 1818 in Springfield, Mass. He was a phywas a physician and surgeon of note as a Shakespearean scholar, and the author of Shakespeare's Medical Knowledge; Shakespeare Treasury of Wisdom and Knowledge; Concordance of the Constitution of the of the United States; and The Black Men and the South and the Rebels. He died Sept. died Sept. 8, 1887, in Long Meadow, Mass.
Stearns, Eben Sperry
educator, was born in 1821 in Bedford, Mass. He Mass. He was master of the Normal school at Fraat Framingham, Mass., of the Albany Female academy, and in 1875 became chancellor of Nashville university He died in 1887 in 1887 in Nashville, Tenn.
Stearns, Edward Josiah
was born Feb. 24, 1810, in Bedford, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman and educator in Maryland; and the author of A Platform for All Parties; Notes on Uncle Tom's Cabin; Practical Guide to English Pronunciation; The Faith of Our Forefathers, an Examination of Archbishop Gibbons's Faith of Our Fathers; and The ; and The Archbishop's Champion Brought to Book .
He died in 1890.
Stearns, Ezra Scollay
author, was born Sept. 1, 1838, in Rindge, N. H. , N. H.
He is the author of History of Rindge; of Rindge; and History of Ashburnham, N. H.
Stearns, Frank Preston
author, was born in 1846 in Massachusetts . He is a Boston writer upon art, literature and history, and the author of The Real and Real and Ideal in Literature; Life of Tintoretto; The Midsummer of Italian Art; Sketches from Concord and Appledore; Modern Modern English Prose; and Summer Travel in Travel in Europe.
Stearns, John Glazier
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 22, 1795, 22, 1795, in Ackworth, N. H. He was a baptist a baptist clergyman prominent in central New York, and the author of The Primitive Church; Letters on Freemasonry; The ; The Sovereignty of God and Free Agency; and The Influence of the Spirit and the and the Word in Regeneration. He died Jan. 16, Jan. 16, 1874, in Clinton, N. Y.
Stearns, John Newton
temperance reformer, author, was born May 24, May 24, 1829, in New Ipswich, N. H. He is the He is the author of The Temperance Chimes; The Chimes; The Temperance Speaker; The Centennial Songster; One Hundred Years of Temper- Temperance; and Temperance in All Nations.
Stearns, John William
educator, author, was born in 1840 in Sturbridge , Mass. He is a professor in the university of Wisconsin from 1884, and the author of author of The History of Education in Wisconsin.
JONATHAN STEARNS, FRENCH, clergyman, author, was born in September, 1808, in Bedford, Mass. In 1849 he In 1849 he became pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Newark, N. J., which connection continued about thirty years. He years. He published Sermon on the Death of Danof Daniel Webster; and Historical Discourses Relating to the First Presbyterian Church in Newark.
Stearns, Junius Brutus
artist, was born July 2, 1810, in Arlington, Vt. His work was mainly in portraiture , but he painted also numerous historical subjects. Of these the best known are known are the Washington Series, five paintings representing Washington as a citizen, farmcitizen, farmer, soldier, statesman, and Christian . His Millennium is in the Academy of Design, of Design, New York. He died Sept. 17, 1885, in , 1885, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Stearns, Lewis French
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1847 in Massachusetts. He was a presbyterian a presbyterian clergyman, and professor of systematic theology in Bangor Theological seminary in 1880-92. He was the author of The Evi- The Evidence of Christian Experience; Present Day Theology, with Biographical Sketch by G. L. Prentiss; and Life of Henry Henry Boynton Smith. He died in 1892 .
Stearns, Marcellus L
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, governor , was born April 29, 1839, in Lovell , Maine.
He entered the union army as a private, a private, and rose to the rank of first lieutenant He settled in Florida immediately after the close of the civil war; and was apwas appointed United States surveyor-general of Florida. He was twice elected a reprea representative to the legislature, and speaker of the house. He was elected lieutenantgovernor of Florida, and was governor of the state from 1874 to 1877.
Stearns, Oakman Sprague
clergyman, educator, author, was born Oct. 20, 1817, in Bath, Maine. He was a Bapwas a Бaptist clergyman of Massachusetts, and proand professor of biblical interpretation at Newat Newton Theological seminary from 1868. He was the author of A Syllabus of Messianic Passages in the Old Testament; and Introduction to the Books of the Old Testaof the Old Testament. He died in 1893.
Stearns, Onslow
governor, was born in New Hampshire. In 1869 he was elected governor of New Hampshire ; and was re-elected in 1870. He died Dec. 28, Dec. 28, 1878, in New Hampshire.
Stearns, Ozora Pierson
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born was born Jan. 15, 1831, in De Kalb, N. Y. He was Y. He was élected county attorney of Olmstead coun- Olmstead county, Minn., in 1861. He was elected to the to the United States senate as a republican to republican fo fill a vacancy and took his seat Jan. 23, Jan. 23, 1871.
Stearns, Robert E. C
scientist, author, poet, was born Feb. 21, 1827, in 21, 1827, in Boston, Mass. He is connected with the departconnected with the scientific departments of the Smithsonian institution, and the United States geological survey at Washington, D. C.
He has published scientific numerous papers; and is the author of a number of meritorious poems which have appeared in the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States. as-
Stearns, Samuel
physician, tronomer, author, was born in 1747 in Bolton, Mass. He was a physician and astronomer of Worcester, New York city, and lastly of Brattleboro, Vt. He was the author of Tour to London and Paris; Mystery of Animal Magnetism; American Oracle; and The American Herbal or Materia Medica. He died Aug. 8, 1819, in Brattleboro, Vt.
Stearns, Mrs. Sarah Burger
reformer, was born Nov. 30, 1836, in New York city. For many years she has been vice-president for Minnesota of the National Woman Suffrage association. She is president of the Duluth Home society, and was instrumental in establishing a temporary home for needy women and children in that city.
Stearns, William Augustus
clergyman, author, was born March 17, 1805, in Bedford, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman, president of Amherst college in 1854-76, and the author of Infant Church Membership; and A Plea for the Nation. He died June 8, 1876, in Amherst, Mass.
Stearns, Winfrid Alden
author, was born in 185-. He is the author of author of Labrador: a Sketch of Its Peoples, etc.; Wrecked on Labrador; and New England Bird Life.
Stebbens, Sarah Bridges
author, poet, was born in Philadelphia, Pa.
She is the author of several volumes of poems, the most notable of which are Marble Isle Marble Isle Legends of the Round Table; and Galgano's Wooing, and Other Poems. is also the author of a prose work enwork entitled Annals of a Baby; and also a romance entitled He and I.