Stuckenberg, John Henry Wil- Burn – Stuyvesant, Peter
Stuckenberg, John Henry Wil- Burn
clergyman, educator, author, was born Jan. 6, 1835, in Germany. He is a lutheran clergyman, professor of theology at Wittenberg college, Springfield, Ohio, in 1873-80, and minister in charge of the American chapel at Berlin from 1880. He is the author of Christian Sociology; Life of Kant; and Introduction to the Study of Philosophy.
Studebaker, Clement
railroad president, was born March 12, 1831, in Adams county, Pa. In 1892 he was made president of the Chicago and South Bend railway at South Bend, Ind.
Studebaker, John
merchant, banker, was born Aug. 15, 1817, in Darke county, Ohio. He began his mercantile operations in a log cabin in Bluffton, Ind.; was the agent of the American Fur company, and did a large business among the Indians. In 1856 he entered the banking business, and established the Exchange bank, which institution in 1863 was merged into the First National bank, of which he was president. Since 1868 he has been president of the Exchange bank of John Studebaker and Company, which is now known as the Studebaker bank.
He has been a candidate for congress, and has taken an active part in the business and public affairs of his county and state.
Studebaker, John Mohler
manufacturer, was born Oct. 10, 1833, in Lancaster, Pa. For five years he built wagons in California, and with his savings then returned to South Bend and became the partner of his brothers. When the company was organized in 1868, the brothers made the subject of this sketch first vice-president, and that position he yet holds, devoting his attention mainly to the mechanical department.
Studebaker, Peter E
manufacturer, Chicago, Ill., was born April 1, 1836, in Ashland county, Ohio. The firm of Studebaker Brothers took him into partnership and sent him to St. Joseph, Mo., to establish a depot, where he built up a handsome trade with the plains. In 1884, the growing manufacture of fine carriages compelled Mr. Studebaker to remove to Chicago. Mr. Studebaker is now treasurer of the concern.
Stuhr, William Sebastian
lawyer, state senator, was born Oct. 1, 1859, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is a prominent lawyer of Hudson county, N. J., where he has a large and lucrative practice. In 1890 he was elected to the senate.
Stump, Herman
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 8, 1837, in Harford county, Md. He was elected to the Maryland state senate in 1878, and was made president of that body in 1880.
He was elected to the fifty-first and fiftysecond congresses as a democrat.
Sturgeon, Daniel
physician, state legislator, United States senator, was born Oct. 27, 1709, in Adams county, Pa. In 1818 he was chosen a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives, serving three terms; and in 1825 he was elected to the state senate, being speaker of that body the last three years of his term. In 1830 he was appointed auditorgeneral of the state, which office he filled six years; and in 1838 and 1839 he was state treasurer and ended the buckshot war by refusing to honor Governor Ritner's warrant for payment of the troops. He was elected United States senator as a democrat for the term that began March 4, 1839, and was re-elected to that body, his last term expiring March 3, 1851. In 1853 President Polk appointed him treasurer of the United States mint at Philadelphia, which post he held until 1858. He died July 2, 1878, in Uniontown, Pa. returned to Boston, and became a merchant in that city. In 1862-63 he served as captain and major in the forty-fifth Massachusetts regiment. He has been actively associated with the Young Men's Christian association since 1858, as president of the Boston association.
Sturgiss, George C
railroad pres-
Sturges, Jonathan
merchant, phi-ident, was born Aug. 16, 1842, in Poland, lanthropist, was born March 24, 1802, in Southport, Conn. He was distinguished for philanthropy, and was liberal as a founder or supporter of many charities in New York city. He was at one time vice-president of the New York chamber of commerce, an active member of the Century club, and a generous patron of art. He died Nov. 28, 1874, in New York city.
Sturges, Mary Upshur
author, poet, was born April 7, 1828, in Accomac county, Va. She is a successful writer of New York city, and the author of Confederate Notes, a novel; and a volume of Poems.
Sturges, Samuel Davis
soldier, was born June 11, 1822, in Shippensburg, Pa. He served in the Mexican and Indian wars. He resigned and joined the southern confederacy in 1861, and in its service attained the rank of brigadiergeneral.
Sturgis, Frederick Russell
physician, surgeon, author, was born July 7, 1844, in the Philippine islands. He is a prominent physician and surgeon of New York city, and the author of Human Cestoids; and Students' Manual of Venereal Diseases.
Sturgis, John F
lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 27, 1861, in East Springfield, Ohio. This prominent lawyer was a member of congress from the fifteenth district of Missouri, and took a prominent part in the deliberations of that body.
Sturgis, Jonathan
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 23, 1740, in Fairfield, Conn. In 1775 he was chosen a delegate to congress; espoused and supported the cause of independence, and was a representative in congress from 1789 to 1793, when he was appointed a judge of the supreme court of Connecticut. He continued in that office until 1805 and was a presidential elector in 1797 and 1805. He died Oct. 4, 1819, in Fairfield, Conn.
Sturgis, Lewis Burr
congressman, was born in 1762 in Fairfield, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1805 to 1817. He died March 30, 1844, in Norwalk, Ohio.
Sturgis, Orin Jones
educator, journalist, was born June 12, 1853, in Fayette county, Pa. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools; attended the George Creek academy at Smithfield, the Bucknell university, and in 1879 graduated from the Brown university. For several years he taught in the public schools; was postmaster of Uniontown in 1884-85, and during 1881-91 was editor and part owner of the Republican Standard of Uniontown, Pa. In 1891-92 he was on the editorial staff of the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette, and since 1893 has been managing editor and part owner of the Uniontown News Standard.
Sturgis, Russell
architect, author, was born in 1836 in Maryland. He is an architect of New York city, a valued authority upon art, architecture, and archæology, and the author of European Architecture.
Sturgis, Russell
merchant, was born Aug. 3, 1831, in Boston, Mass. He was United States consul at Canton, but Ohio. Since 1895 he has been president of the West Virginia Northern railroad at Morgantown, W. Va.
Sturtevant, Edward Lewis
agriculturist, journalist, author, was born Jan. 23, 1842, in Boston, Mass. In 1881 he was called to the charge of the New York agricultural station at Geneva, where he remained for six years. Besides making large contributions to agricultural papers, he edited the Scientific Farmer in 1876-79, the North American Ayrshire Register and the annual Reports of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, and with Joseph N. Sturtevant, published The Dairy Cow.
Sturtevant, John C
manufacturer, banker, congressman, was born Feb. 20, 1835, in Spring Township, Pa.
In 1861, 1862 and 1864 he was an officer in the house of representatives at Harrisburg, Pa., and was elected a member of the house of representatives for the session of 1865; and re-elected for the session of 1866. He removed to Conneautville in 1867, and was engaged in manufacturing and milling until 1888. In 1874 he was appointed cashier of the First National bank of Conneautville, and in 1875 was elected president of the same bank.
He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Sturtevant, Julian Monson
educator, author, was born July 26, 1805, in Warren, Conn. He was a prominent educator of Jacksonville, Ill., professor in Illinois college in 1830-86, and the author of Economics, or the Science of Wealth; and Keys of Sect. He died Feb. 11, 1886, in Jacksonville, Ill.
Stutzman, Frank Ross
clergyman, writer, was born July 7, 1866, in Somerset, Pa. He is a successful clergyman, and has presided over several of the greatest conventions held by the disciples in Missouri. He has held pastorates in Missouri and Illinois, and filled various official positions with the organizations of the Christian church; and is now state superintendent of Christian Endeavor for the Disciples. He has filled editorial positions with Kansas City papers, and with the Christian Publishing company of St.
Louis, Mo. He is the author of considerable Endeavor literature, and has contributed extensively to the periodical press.
Stuyvesant, Peter
governor; was born in 1602, in Holland. He received an academic education; entered the Dutch military service, and was made governor of a colony on the island of Curacoa. In 1847 he became governor of the colony of New Netherlands, now New York. When the English fleet reached his territory in 1664, he was obliged to surrender, and was the last Dutch governor of the Island of Manhattan. His title was captain, general and governorin-chief of Amsterdam in New Netherland and the Dutch West India Islands. He died in 1672 in New York city.