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Schoonmaker, Augustus

lawyer, was born March 2, 1828, in Rochester, N.

Y. In 1876-77 he was a member of the New York state senate, and in 1878-79 he was attorney-general of New York.

Schoonmaker, Cornelius C

congressman, was born in June, 1745, in Rochester, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1791 to 1793, and was, for fourteen years, before and after the above term, a member of the New York assembly, from the county of Ulster. He died in 1796, in Shawangunk, N. Y.

Schoonmaker, Marius

lawyer, congressman, author, was born April 24, 1811, in Kingston, N. Y. He was elected to congress as a whig and served from 1851 till 1853. In 1854 he was auditor of the canal department, and in 1855-56 he served as superintendent of the bank department of the state of New York. He has published speeches in congress on Public Lands; The Slave Question; and is the author of a History of Kingston from its First Settlement to 1820.

Schoonmaker, Martinus

clergyman, was born in 1737 in Rochester, N. Y.

In 1784 he fixed his residence at Flatbush, and assumed charge of the six congregations in Kings county. He died in 1824 in Flatbush, N. Y.

Schott, Charles Antony

civil engineer, author, was born Aug. 7, 1826, in Germany. He entered the service of the United States coast survey, and is the author of numerous works on meteorology.

Schouler, James

educator, lawyer, author, was born March 20, 1839, in West Cambridge, Mass. He is a lawyer and historian of Boston, professor in the law school of Boston university; and the author of The Law of Bailments; The Law of Personal Property; The Law of Husband and Wife; Law of Executors and Administrators; Law of Wills; A History of the United States under the Constitution; Life of Thomas Jefferson; and Historical Briefs.

Schouler, William

journalist, author, was born Dec. 31, 1814, in Scotland. He was a journalist of Boston who published A History of Massachusetts during the Civil War. He died Oct. 24, 1872, in West Roxbury, Mass.

Schriver, Edmund

soldier, was born Sept. 16, 1812, in York, Pa. He served in the Florida, Mexican and civil wars; and was brevetted major-general of the United States army in 1865.

Schroebach, James

clergyman, bishop, was born Aug. 15, 1847, in Germany. He came to America in 1864.

In 1892 he was consecrated bishop of the diocese of La Crosse, having for ten years previous been its vicar-general.

Schroeder, Charles H

educator, poet, was born March 16, 1858, in Boeuf Creek, Mo. After studying the normal course at the university of Missouri for three years, he first taught school at New Haven in 1884 as principal; then at Augusta, Mo., for four years, and has since been principal of various schools. He is the author of a pastoral story entitled Enos and Aurelia; and his poems have been given a place in Poets of America and other standard works.

Schroeder, Frederick A

state senator, was born March 9, 1833, in Germany. In 1871 he was elected mayor of Brooklyn; and in 1879 was a member of the state senate from New York.

Schultz, Emanuel

manufacturer, congressman, was born July 25, 1819, in Berks county, Pa. In 1875 he was elected a member of the Ohio house of representatives; and was elected to the fortyseventh congress.

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