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Satterthwaite, Thomas E

physician, surgeon, author, was born March 26, 1843, in New York city. He filled the chair of surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city. He is the author of A Manual of Histology; Practical Bacteriology; and numerous medical papers.

Sauerhering, Edward

pharmacist, congressman, was born June 24, 1864, in Mayville, Wis. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican from Mayville, Wis.

Saul, George W

railroad president, was born Oct. 16, 1858, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

From 1889 to 1892 he was president of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad; and he was also president of various other railroad corporations at Cleveland, Ohio.

Saulsbury, Eli

lawyer, state legislator, United States senator, was born Dec. 29, 1817, in Kent county, Del. He was a member of the state legislature of Delaware in 1853 and 1854; and was elected a senator in congress in 1871 for the term ending in 1877; and was re-elected in 1877 and again in 1883. was

Saulsbury, Gove

governor, born in Delaware. He was elected governor of Delaware in 1865 until 1871. SAULSBURY, WILLARD, lawyer, United States senator, was born June 2, 1820, in Kent county, Del. In 1850 he was appointed attorney-general of Delaware, holding the office five years. In 1859 he was elected a senator in congress for the term ending in 1865; and was re-elected to the senate for the term ending in 1871.

Saunders, Ephraim Dod

clergyman, philanthropist, was born Sept. 30, 1808, in Brookside, N. J. In 1871 he gave the buildings and grounds, which were valued at $100,000, to found, as a memorial of his son, Courtland, the Presbyterian hospital, toward whose endowment he raised $100,000 more by his personal efforts. He died Sept. 13, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Saunders, James Newton

lawyer, state legislator, was born April 2, 1864, in Springfield, Ky. This eminent lawyer has served as a member of the Kentucky state legislature; and for many years was a member of the Kentucky railroad commission.

Saunders, Frederick

librarian, author, was born Aug. 14, 1807, in England. He was the librarian of the Astor library, New York city, in 1859-96; and is the author of New York in a Nut-Shell; Salad for the Solitary and Salad for the Social; Memoirs of the Great Metropolis; The Story of Some Famous Books; Story of the Discovery of the New World by Columbus; Pastime Papers; Stray Leaves of Literature; and Character Studies.

Savage, Edward

artist, was born Nov. 26, 1761, in Princeton, Mass. He produced the well-known Family Group at Mount Vernon. This was for a long time exhibited in the museum that Savage established in New York, and is now in the Boston museum. His portraits of Washington and Henry Knox were frequently engraved by the artist himself and by others. He died July 6, 1817, in Princeton, Mass.

Savage, Edward Hartwell

lawyer, jurist, author, was born May 18, 1812, in Alstead, N. H. He was a Boston policeman and justice of the peace; and the author of Boston Police Recollections; and Five Thousand Boston Events, 1630- 1880.

Savage, George Martin

clergyman, educator, was born Feb. 5, 1849, in Tishomingo county, Miss. This eminent clergyman has been president of the Southwestern Baptist university of Jackson, Tenn., since 1890; and for twentyfive years has been pastor of various baptist churches.

Savage, James

lawyer, genealogist, author, was born July 13, 1784, in Boston, Mass. He was a Boston lawyer eminent as a genealogist. He is best known as the author of a Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, upon which twenty years of labor were expended. He died March 8, 1873, in Boston, Mass.

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