Struble, Isaac H – Stuckart, Mary Coleman
Struble, Isaac H
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 3, 1843, near Fredericksburg, Va. He served in the union army throughout the war of the rebellion. In 1872 he moved to Le Mars, Iowa, and continued the practice of law.
He was elected a representative from Iowa to the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, and fifty-first congresses as a republican.
Strudwick, William E
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1796 to 1797.
Stryker, Melanchthon Wool- Sey
educator, college president, author, was born in 1851 in New York. He is a presbyterian clergyman and educator, president of Hamilton college from 1892; Beside several hymnals, he has published Miriam, and Other Verse; Hamilton, Lincoln, and Other Addresses; and The Letter of James the Just.
Stryker, Peter
clergyman, lecturer, author, poet, was born April 8, 1826, in Fairfield, N. J. He is an eminent clergyman of the reformed church, and now fills a pastorate in Asbury Park, N. J.
In 1895 he became president of the general synod of the reformed church of America; and has been manager of the National Temperance society since its organization in 1866. In 1883 he was president of the New York State Temperance society.
He is the author of a number of popular works, the most notable of which are Three Little Graves; Gems for the Savior's Crown; and a collection of poems entitled Words of Comfort.
Stryker, William Scudder
soldier, banker, author, was born June 6, 1838, in Trenton, N. J. In the beginning of the civil war he assisted in organizing the fourteenth New Jersey volunteers. He was admitted to the bar in 1866, and for some time was president of the Trenton Banking company in New Jersey. He has published many monographs relating to the history of New Jersey, among these being The Reed Controversy: New Jersey Continental Line in the Virginia Campaign of 1781; New Jersey Continental Line in the Indian Campaign of 1779 (1885); and The New Jersey Volunteers in the Revolutionary War.
Stuart, Alexander
lawyer, jurist.
He was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Illinois in 1809; and in 1814 was transferred to a similar position in the territory of Missouri. a
Stuart, Alexander Hugh H
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born April 2, 1807, in Staunton, Va.
In 1836 he was elected member of the house of delegates of Virginia from the county of Augusta, and was re-elected in 1837 and 1838. In 1841 he was elected a representative in congress from Virginia, and served until1843.
He was a presidential elector in 1848; and in 1850 was invited by President Fillmore to fill the office of secretary of the interior, which he held until 1853, and then returned to the practice of his profession in Staunton. In 1856 he was a member of the convention which nominated Mr. Fillmore for the presidency; and in 1857 was elected to the state senate of Virginia for four years.
He died Feb. 13, 1891, in Staunton, Va.
Stuart, Andrew
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was elected a representative in congress from Ohio from 1853 to 1855.
Stuart, Ambrose Pascal Sevi- Lon
educator, was born Nov. 22, 1820, in Sterling, Mass. In 1868 he accepted the chair of chemistry in Illinois Industrial university, where he remained until 1874.
His chemical researches have been published in the transactions of societies.
Stuart, Archibald
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1839.
Stuart, Charles Beebe
civil engineer, author, was born June 4, 1814, in Chittenango Springs, N. Y. He is a military engineer in government service; and the author of Naval Dry Docks of the United States; Water Works of the United States; and Civil and Military Engineers of the United States. He died Jan. 4, 1881, in Geneva, N. Y.
Stuart, Charles E
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 25, 1810, in Columbia county, N. Y. He was a member of the Michigan legislature in 1842; and was a representative in the thirtieth and thirty-second congresses. In 1853 he was elected a senator in congress for six years.
He died in 1887 in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Stuart, David
congressman, was born March 12, 1816, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
He was a representative in congress from Michigan from 1853 to 1855. He died Sept. 19, 1868, in Detroit, Mich.
Stuart, George
educator, author, was born about 1834 in Saratoga county, N. Y. As co-editor of the Chase and Stuart Classical Series he has published, with Professor Thomas Chase, elementary Latin books and school editions of Cæsar's Gallic War; Cicero's Select Orations; and works of Sallust, Cornelius Nepos, Tacitus, Virgil, and Ovid. He is also the author of an educational tract on The Raison d'être of the Public High School.
Stuart, Hamilton
journalist, state legislator, was born Sept. 4, 1813, in Jefferson county, Ky. In 1838 he removed to Texas, where he established the Civilian, an independent democratic journal, which he continued for nearly forty years. He has resided in Galveston since its foundation; was its mayor in 1848-52, and served as a member of the legislature in 1847-48.
He subsequently became one of the editors of the Galveston News.
Stuart, Isaac William
educator, state legislator, author, was born in 1809 in New Haven, Conn. He was thrice elected to the Connecticut state senate.
While professor at South Carolina college he produced an annotated edition of the Edipus Tyrannus of Sophocles. In later life he gave much attention to American history and antiquities. He died Oct. 2, 1861, in Hartford, Conn.
Stuart, James Ewell Brown
soldier, was born Feb. 6, 1833, in Patrick county, Va. He commanded all the confederate cavalry at Bull Run; was made brigadier-general in 1861; and major-general in 1862. He was killed in battle May 11, 1864, near Richmond, Va.
Stuart, Jane
artist, author, was born about 1810. For many years she followed the profession of portrait-painting. She contemplated writing a life of her father, and published several papers in Scribner's Monthly in 1877. The work was subsequently written, at her request, by George Champlin Mason. She died April 28, 1888, in Newport, R. I.
Stuart, John Todd
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 10 1807, near Lexington, Ky. In 1832 and 1834 he was a member of the Illinois legislature. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh congresses. In 1848 he was elected to the state senate, serving four years. In 1862 he was elected a representative to the thirty-eighth congress. He died Nov. 28, 1885, in Springfield, Ill.
Stuart, Mary Mccrea
philanthropist, was born in 1810 in New York city.
She was known through New York as one of the most philanthropic women there, donating large sums of money to various institutions, the principal one being the Princeton Theological seminary. She died Dec. 30, 1891, in New York city.
Stuart, Moses
clergyman, educator, author, was born March 26, 1780, in Wilton, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman and educator of Massachusetts; and professor of sacred literature at Andover seminary in 1809-48. Among his writings are Commentaries on the Epistles to the Romans and the Hebrews; Hints on the Prophecies; Conscience and the Constitution; and Critical History and Defense of the Old Testament Canon. He died Jan. 4, 1852, in Andover, Mass.
Stuart, Philip
soldier, congressman, was born in 1760 in Maryland. He was elected as a federalist to congress from Maryland, and served with re-elections from 1811 till 1819. During the war of 1812 he was an officer in the Maryland volunteers at the time of the British invasion. He died Aug. 14, 1830, in Washington, D. C.
Stuart, Robert
explorer, was born Feb. 19, 1785, in Scotland. In 1810 he was one of the founders of Astoria, Ore. In 1812, with a party of six, he traveled overland from Astoria to New York; and the story of the journey is given at length by Washington Irving in his Astoria. He was subsequently commissioner for all the Indian tribes in the northwest; and in 1834 became treasurer of Michigan at Detroit. He died Oct. 28, 1848, in Chicago, Ill.
Stuart, Robert Leighton
merchant, philanthropist, was born July 21, 1806, in New York city. In 1880 he gave $55,000 to the Presbyterian hospital, New York city; $100,000 to Princeton Theological seminary: $100,000 to Princeton college; and $50,000 to the San Francisco Theological seminary. Mr. Stuart's charities are continued by his widow, whose New York residence is among the finest in the country. He died Dec. 12, 1882, in New York city.
Stuart, Mrs. Ruth Mcenery
was born in 18- in Louisiana. She is the author of A Golden Wedding, and Other Tales; Carlotta's Intended, and Other Stories; The Story of Babette; Sonny; and Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets.
Stubblefield, Olive
educator, lecturer, was born in Olathe, Kan. She received a thorough education in the Southwest Kansas college and the Kansas State university. She has attained success in educational work; has been county superintendent of schools of Lincoln county, Okla.; and is a successful lecturer upon temperance and kindred subjects.
Stubbs, Philip H
lawyer, legislator, was born April 7, 1838, in Strong, Maine. He soon attained prominence as an able lawyer. He has served as state senator of the Maine legislature.
Stuckart, Mary Coleman
philanthropist, was born in 1854 in Canada.
She is a philanthropist of Denver, Col., and designed a plan for a co-operative home, which should give to each family their own private and separate house and grounds; with a central building for their common use.