Stockbridge, Levi – Stoddard, Amos
Stockbridge, Levi
agriculturist, was born March 13, 1820, in North Hadley, Mass. For twelve years he was a member of the state board of agriculture of Massachusetts; in 1867 he was called to a chair in the Massachusetts Agricultural college of Amherst, of which he was president in 1880-82. He has conducted a series of investigations on the fertilization of crops; and his researches have chiefly appeared in the Annual Reports of the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Stockdale, John Lark
educator, soldier, physician, surgeon, was born Aug. 12, 1831, in Edgefield, S. C. During 1845- 49 he attended the Talladega Male High school; from 1851-54 he attended the Medical college of South Carolina; and subsequently attended the Augusta Medical college and the university of Nashville, Tennessee. For many years he taught in the Talladega Male High school; and during 1861-65 was a surgeon in the confederate states army, with rank of major. He has been registrar and master in chancery of the fourteenth district N.
E. chancery division; president of the Clay county Medical society; and is prominent in various other medical bodies.
Stockdale, Thomas Ringland
soldier, educator, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was elected from Mississippi to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fiftysecond, and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
Stockham, Alice Bunker
physician, author, was born in 1833 in Ohio.
She is a prominent physician and author of the well-known work entitled Tokology, which has been translated into several languages.
Stockley, Charles C
banker, state senator, governor, was born Nov. 6, 1819, in Georgetown, Del. In 1873 he was elected a state senator for the term of four years, and at the second session of that body was elected speaker. He was president of the Breakwater and Frankford railroad, and president of the Farmers' bank of the state of Delaware. In 1882 he was elected governor of Delaware.
Stockly, George Washington
manufacturer, was born Dec. 20, 1843, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1876 he called the attention of Charles F. Brush to the subject of illumination and subsequently arranged with him to undertake the production of a system of electric arc lighting.
The first Brush plant was made and tested in the factory and at the expense of the Telegraph Supply company, and an arrangement was made whereby the company took active control of the business under the Brush patents, paying Mr.
Brush a royalty. During the next fourteen years the Brush Electric company, which succeeded the Telegraph Supply company, with Mr. Stockly as president and manager, achieved immense success as pioneers of public electric lighting. He introduced the telephone in Ohio and built and operated the first telephone exchange in the country.
Stockslager, Strother M
soldier, lawyer, journalist, state senator, congressman, was born May 7, 1842, in Mauckport, Ind. He served in the union army during the war of the rebellion. He was a state senator from 1874 to 1878. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-seventh congress; and reelected to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat. Since 1878 he has been the editor of the Corydon Democrat.
Stockton, Francis Richard
author, was born April 5, 1834, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a widely popular humorist and novel-writer who first attracted general notice by his now famous Rudder Grange, a thoroughly original piece of humor. In the same vein are The Rudder Grangers Abroad, and Other Stories; Pomona's Travels; and The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine. His other works, which all display original inventive humor, are, Tales Out of School; The Ting-a-Ling Stories; Roundabout Rambles; What Might Have Been Expected; A Jolly Fellowship; The Floating Prince; The Story of Viteau; The Late Mrs. Null; The Lady or the Tiger?, his most celebrated work; The Christmas Wreck, and Other Stories; The Hundredth Man; The Bee Man of Orn; The Dusantes; Amos Kilbright; Ardis Claverden; The Great War Syndicate; The Stories of the Three Burglars; The Merry Chanter; The House of Martha; Kobel Land; The Clocks of Rondaine; The Watchmaker's Wife; The Adventures of Captain Horn; A Chosen Few; Personally Conducted; A Story-Teller's Pack, a volume of short stories; Stories of New Jersey; and Captain Chap, or the Rolling Stones.
Stockton, John Drean
journalist, was born April 26, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa. From 1873 till his death he was dramatic and musical critic of the New York Herald. He wrote Fox and Geese, a comedy which ran one hundred nights in New York and other cities, and more than three hundred in London. He died Nov. 3, 1877, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Stockton, John N. C
legislator, banker, was born in 1860 in Gadsden county, Fla. For many years he has been the president of the National bank of Tampa, and the National bank of Florida.
In 1897 he served with distinction as a member of the Florida state legislature.
Stockton, John Potter
lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 2, 1826, in Princeton, N. J. During President Buchanan's administration he was United States minister to Rome. He was elected to the United States senate in 1865, but only served one year of the term on account of informality in the election. He received the re-election in 1869, and served with distinction the full term of six years. In 1877 General Stockton was appointed attorney-general of the state of New Jersey, and has received the reappointment at the expiration of every term.
Stockton, Richard
signer of the declaration of independence, was born Oct. 1, 1730, near Princeton, N. J. He was appointed a judge, both under the provincial government and after the adoption of the constitution. He was a delegate to the continental congress in 1776 and 1777; and signed the declaration of independence.
He died Feb. 28, 1781, in Princeton, N. J.
Stockton, Richard
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born April 17, 1764, near Princeton, N. J. In 1792 and 1800 he was a presidential elector; was a senator of the United States from 1796 to 1799; and was a representative in congress from 1813 to 1815. He died March 7, 1828, in Princeton, N. J.
Stockton, Robert Field
naval officer, United States senator, was born Aug. 20, 1795, in Princeton, N. J. He commanded the American squadron on the coast of Africa, and was one of the founders of the colony of Liberia. He was one of the first of our commanders to introduce and apply steam to naval purposes - the famous sloop-of-war Princeton having been built under his supervision; when war was declared with Mexico he was placed in command of the United States fleet in the Pacific, and performed the duties of commodore, general, and governor. He was elected United States senator for the term from 1851 to 1857.
He was elected a delegate to the peace congress in 1861; and was president of the Delaware and Raritan Canal company from the time he left the senate until his death. He died Oct. 7, 1866, in Princeton.
Stockton, Thomas
soldier, govern- He was a captain in the third artillery in 1812; was major of the fortysecond infantry in 1814; and was governor of Delaware from 1844 to 1846. He died March 2, 1846, in New Castle, Del. or.
Stockton, Thomas Hewlings
clergyman, author, was born June 4, 1808, in Mt. Holly, N. J. He was a methodist preacher of Balti-- more and Philadelphia, chaplain to both houses of congress successively, and famous for his eloquence. He was the author of Floating Flowers from a Hidden Brook; Poems; Stand Up for Jesus, and Other Poems; and The Book Above All. He also contributed to current publications. He died Oct. 9, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Stockton, Thomas Telfair
journalist, was born Oct. 8, 1853, in Quincy, Fla. He is general manager of the Times Union, one of the leading journals of Florida at Jacksonville.
Stockwell, William Watson
farmer, lecturer, poet, was born Feb. 7, 1829, in Northampton, Mass. He is a successful farmer of Mead, Ind., where he has been township librarian and trustee, and filled various other public positions of trust. He is the author of Incidents in the Life of George W. Murray, treating of events of the civil war and Libby prison. He has attained success as a lecturer; has contributed extensively to the periodical press; and is the author of a volume of Songs and Poems.
Stoddard, a. H
farmer, poet. He is a successful farmer of Kalamazoo, Mich.; and the author of a volume entitled Miscellaneous Poems.
Stoddard, Amos
soldier, author, was born Oct. 26, 1762, in Woodbury, Conn.
He was a soldier of note in the early days of the republic; and the author of Sketches of Louisiana; and The Political Crisis. He died May 11, 1813, in Fort Meigs, Ohio.