Street, Randall S – Strong, Jamin
Street, Randall S
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1780 in Catskill, N. Y. In 1810 he was appointed district attorney for New York, and was reappointed in 1813. Soon afterwards, as major and lieutenant-colonel, he served in the army during the war with England.
He was a representative in congress from New York from 1819 to 1821. He was promoted to the rank of general of the militia. He died in 1841, in Monticello, N. Y.
Street, Thomas
author, poet, was born Nov. 29, 1821, in Gunthorp, Ohio. He has contributed extensively to the periodical press; and his poems have appeared in Poets of America and other standard works. He is a prominent citizen of Vineland, N. J.
Street, Whiting
philanthropist, was born March 25, 1790, in Wallingford, Conn. He accumulated a large fortune, and at his death left $106,000 to the city of Holyoke and twenty-one adjacent towns, to be used for the benefit of the worthy poor that should not be already in charge of the public. He died July 31, 1878, in Northampton, Mass.
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Stribling, Cornelius Low
naval officer, was born Sept. 22, 1796, in Pendleton, S. C. He served in the United States navy during the civil war; and in 1865 served as commander-in-chief of the east gulf squadron, and in 1867 was created rear admiral.
Strickland, O. F
lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to Utah; and was appointed associate justice of the United States court for that territory.
Strickland, Randolph
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 4, 1823, in Danville, N. Y. He was prosecuting attorney for Clinton county, Mich., during 1852-62; and was elected to the state senate in 1861 and 1862. He was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-first congress.
Strickland, Theron C
author, was born Nov. 24, 1859, in New York state.
He is prominent as a teacher in commercial schools and colleges; and is the author of The Twentieth Century Shorthand.
Strickland, William
architect, author, was born in 1787 in Phnadelphia.
He was a Philadelphia architect whose chief professional work was the capitol at Nashville, Tenn.; and the author of Triangulation of the Entrance into Delaware Bay; Report on Canals and Railways; and Public Works of the United States. He died April 7, 1854, in Nashville, "Tenn. a
Strickland, William Peter
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 17, 1809, in Pittsburg, Pa. He was a methodist clergyman, pastor of a presbyterian church at Bridgehampton, L. I., in 1865- 77, whose principal writings comprise Pioneers of the West; History of the American Bible Society; The Genius of Methodism; Light of the Temple; Old Mackinaw, or the Fortress of the Lakes; Christianity Demonstrated by Facts; and The Astrologer of Chaldea, or the Life of Faith. He died July 15, 1884, in Ocean Grove, N. J.
Strickler, Minnie May
writer, poet, was born July 4, 1869, in Neosho Rapids, Kan. She has contributed both stories and verse to the periodical press; and her poems have been a valuable acquisition to current literature.
Stringer, Samuel
physician, was born in 1734 in Maryland. He settled in Albany, N. Y., and in 1775 was appointed director and physician of the hospitals of the northern department, and authorized to appoint a surgeon for the fleet that was then fitting out upon the lakes. He died July 11, 1817, in Albany, N. Y.
Stringham, James S
physician, lecturer, was born in 1775 in New York city. He was professor of chemistry in Columbia in 1802-13, and of medical jurisprudence in the college of Physicians and Surgeons from 1813 till his death. He was the first to lecture here on the latter science, and may be regarded as its founder in the United States. He died June 28, 1817, in St. Croix, W. I.
Stringham, Silas Horton
naval officer, was born Nov. 7, 1798, in Middletown, N. Y. In 1809 he became a midshipman in the United States navy. He passed through all the grades, and was made a rear-admiral on the retired list in 1862.
Strode, Jesse B
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 18, 1845, in Fulton county, Ill. He was made principal of the graded schools of Abingdon, Ill., which position he continued to occupy for about eight years; and was twice elected mayor and six times councilman of the city of Abingdon. He moved to Plattsmouth, Neb.; was elected district attorney in 1882, and served two terms. He removed to Lincoln in 1887 and practiced law there until November, 1892, when he was elected judge of the district court, which position he resigned in 1895, having been elected a representative to the fiftyfifth congress.
Strode, Joseph
public official, was born in 1815. He is the oldest postmaster in continual service in the United States; and since 1845 has been postmaster of Strode's Mills, Pa.
Strohm, Gertrude
author, was born in 1843 in Ohio. She is a writer living near Dayton, Ohio; and the author of Word Pictures; Universal Cookery Book; Flower Idyls; and The Young Scholar's Companion.
Strohm, John
state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 16, 1793, in Lancaster county, Pa. In 1831 he was elected a member of the legislature of his native state, serving three sessions in the house and eight in the senate, during one term as speaker. He was a representative in congress from 1845 to 1847, and for a second term ending in 1849.
Stromquist, Charles J
farmer, legislator, was born Sept. 27, 1842, in Sweden. He emigrated to the United States in 1867, and is now a successful farmer and stock raiser of Fremont, Kan. He has been assessor, justice of the peace, county commissioner, and served with distinction in the Kansas state legislature for two terms, during 1893-95, declining to be a candidate for a third term. He was the originator of the Swedish-American Insurance company of Kansas, and was its president for ten years. Since 1880 he has been a member of the board of directors of Bethany college of Lindsborg, Kan.
Strong, Augustus Hopkins
clergyman, college president, author, was born Aug. 3, 1826, in Rochester, N. Y. He is a baptist clergyman of Rochester, N. Y., president of the Rochester Theological seminary from 1872; and the author of Systematic Theology; and Philosophy and Religion.
Strong, Abigail Spurr
reformer, was born Aug. 23, 1811, in Annapolis, N.
S. Her whole life was spent in religious and reformatory work in Brooklyn, Boston, and St. Paul, Minn., where she now resides.
Strong, Caleb
lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born Jan. 9, 1745, in Northampton, Mass. In 1780 he was chosen one of the council of Massachusetts. In 1779 he assisted in framing the constitution of that state; and in 1787 also assisted in framing the constitution of the United States, but did not sign that instrument. From 1789 to 1797 he was a senator in congress; and from 1800 to 1807 was governor of the state; also from 1812 to 1816. He was a presidential elector in 1809. He died Nov. 7, 1819, in Northampton, Mass.
Strong, Daniel Gates
educator, college president, clergyman, prohibitionist, was born Aug. 10, 1838, in Kenton, Ohio. During the civil war he was chaplain in the fourth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry; has been president of the Wilbur Collegiate college of Lewiston, Idaho; was a delegate to the general conference of 1880; and in 1892 was a candidate on the prohibition ticket for lieutenant-governor of the state of Washington.
Strong, George Crockett
soldier, author, was born Oct. 16, 1832, in Stockbridge, Vt. He was a general in the federal army during the civil war who fell in the assault on Fort Wagner; and the author of Cadet Life at West Point.
He died July 30, 1863, in New York city.
Strong, George Templeton
lawyer, was born Feb. 26, 1820, in New York city. During the civil war he was treasurer and one of the executive committee of the United States sanitary commission, in which capacity he rendered valuable service. He died July 21, 1875, in New York city.
Strong, Henry
lawyer, financier, railroad president, was born in 1829 in Scotland. He soon became widely known as a lawyer and financier, through his connection with various railroad corporations as general or consulting attorney, including the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the Des Moines Valley, the Union Pacific, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé, of which last named company he was president.
Strong, James
congressman, was born in 1783 in Windham, Conn. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1819 to 1821, and again from 1823 to 1831. He died Aug. 8, 1847, in Chester, N. J.
Strong, James
clergyman, author, was born in 1822 in New York. He was a methodist clergyman and educator of eminence, and professor in Drew seminary at Madison, N. J., from 1868. His writings include English Harmony of the Gospels; Greek Harmony of the Gospels; Irenics; The Tabernacle of Israel; Sacred Idyls; Future Life; Jewish Life; Our Lord's Life; Commentary on Ecclesiastes; and Concordance of the Bible. He died in 1894.
Strong, James Hooker
naval officer, was born April 26, 1814, in Canandaigua, N. Y. He was commissioned commodore in 1870; and in 1873 was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral, and placed on the retired list three years later. He died Nov. 23, 1882, in Columbia, S. C.
Strong, James Woodward
clergyman, educator, college president, was born Sept. 29, 1833, in Brownington, Vt. Since 1870 he has been president of the Carleton college of Northfield, Minn.
Strong, Jamin
physician, lecturer, was born Nov. 27, 1825, near Rochester, N. Y. For twenty years he practiced medicine in Elyria, Ohio, and in 1869 was elected to the state legislature. In 1891 he was appointed health officer of Cleveland, where he died Jan. 29, 1895.