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Saxe, John Godfrey

lawyer, journalist, poet, was born June 2, 1816, in Highgate, Vt. He was a lawyer and journalist of Vermont and subsequently of New York, widely known as a humorous poet. He was the author of Progress; A New Rape of the Lock; The Proud Miss McBride; The Money King; Clever Songs of Many Nations; The Masquerade; Leisure Day Rhymes; and Fables and Lyrics in Rhyme. He died March 31, 1887, in Albany, N. Y.

Saxton, Joseph

inventor, was born March 22, 1799, in Huntington county, Pa.

He made the clock which still marks the time from the belfry of Independence hall in Philadelphia, when he was but eighteen, and subsequently added many ingenious devices to science. He was one of the original incorporators of the National Academy of Science. He died Oct. 26, 1873, in Washington, D. C.

Saxton, Rufus

soldier, was born Oct. 19, 1824, in Greenfield, Mass. He served with distinction through the civil war, and in 1865 was brevetted brigadiergeneral in the United States army. In 1882 he was promoted to colonel and assistant quartermaster-general.

Say, Benjamin

physician, congressman, was born in 1756 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1808 to 1809 to fill a vacancy. He died April 3, 1813, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Sayers, Joseph D

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 23, 1841, in Grenada, Miss. He served as a member of the Texas state senate in the session of 1873; and was lieutenant-governor of Texas in 1879-80. He was elected to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, and fifty-fourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Sayler, Henry B

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 31, 1836, in Montgomery county, Ohio. He enlisted in the army as lieutenant; and was promoted to major of the one hundred and eighteenth Indiana infantry. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-third congress as a republican.

Sayler, Joseph Henry

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 9, 1846, in Farmington, Ill. He served during the civil war as a private soldier in the sixtyfirst and eighty-third regiments Illinois volunteer infantry. He is an able lawyer of Marysville, Mo., of which city he has served as mayor for three terms.

He is now probate judge of his county.

Sayler, Milton

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 4, 1831, in Lewisburg, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio state legislature in 1862 and 1863, and of the city councils in 1864 and 1865. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses; and was reelected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Sayles, Frederic Clark

manufacturer, was born July 17, 1835. He became the partner of his brother in 1863, and was an active co-laborer with him in the development of the Moshassuck bleachery and nearly all the other milling enterprises controlled by the Sayles family. He has served as mayor of Pawtucket, in which city he lives.

Sayles, John

educator, lawyer, jurist, author, was born March 9, 1825, in Vernon, N. Y. He was a Texas jurist, and professor in Baylor university from 1880.

He was the author of Practice in the District and Supreme Courts of Texas; Civil Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in the State of Texas; Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions in the Courts of Texas; Probate Laws of Texas; Laws of Business; Constitution of Texas, with Notes; and Notes on Texan Reports.