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Scoville, Jonathan – Scudder, John

Scoville, Jonathan

manufacturer, congressman, was born in Salisbury, Conn.

He removed to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1860, and engaged in the manufacture of car wheels.

He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-sixth congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the fortyseventh congress.

Scranton, Joseph A

journalist, congressman, was born July 26, 1838, in Madison, Conn. He was collector of internal revenue from 1862 to 1866; and in 1867 founded the Scranton Republican newspaper. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-seventh congress; and re-elected to the fortyninth, fifty-first, fifty-third, and fiftyfourth congresses as a republican.

Screven, James

soldier, was born about 1744 in Georgia. He early espoused the patriot cause, and in 1774 was one of the committee that drew up articles of association for the defense of liberty in Georgia. He died Nov. 24, 1778, in Midway, Ga.

Screven, James Proctor

state senator, railroad president, was born Oct. 11, 1799, in Bluffton, S. C. In 1855 he was elected state senator from South Carolina and in 1866 mayor of Savannah. He is the president of the Savannah, Albany and Gulf, and the Atlantic and Gulf railroads.

He died July 16, 1859.

Screven, William

clergyman, author, was born in 1629 in England. He came to this country about 1640, settled about sixty miles north of Charleston, and was the original proprietor of the land on which the town of Georgetown was built.

He was the author of An Ornament for Church Members, published after his death. He died in 1713 in Georgetown, S. C.

Scribner, Charles

publisher, was born Feb. 21, 1821, in New York city.

In 1865 he began the publication of Hours at Home in New York city, a monthly magazine, which in 1870 was merged in Scribner's Monthly, under the editorship of Josiah G. Holland, and which was published by a separate company, Scribner and Co., with Dr. Holland and Roswell Smith as part owners. He died Aug. 26, 1871, in Switzerland.

Scruggs, William L

journalist, lawyer, public official, was born Sept. 14, 1834, in Knoxville, Tenn. He was editor of the Columbus Sun from 1861 to 1864; and in 1865 became editor of the New Era of Atlanta, Ga. In 1872 he was appointed United States assessor of internal revenue for the district of Georgia.

In 1873-76 he was appointed minister of the United States to the United States of Colombia; and in 1879 was appointed United States consul in China.

Scudder, Eliza

poet, was born in 1821 in Massachusetts. She was a hymnwriter of Massachusetts; and the author of Hymns and Sonnets. She died in 1896.

Scudder, Henry J

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1825 in Northport, L. I. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-third congress as a republican. He died Feb. 12, 1886, in New York city.

Scudder, Henry Martyn

clergyman, missionary, author, was born Feb. 5, 1822, in Ceylon. He was a presbyterian clergyman and missionary, pastor in Chicago in 1883-87, and from 1887 a missionary in Japan. He published in the Tamil language Liturgy of the Dutch Reformed Church; The Bazaar Book; Sweet Savors of Divine Truth; and Spiritual Teaching.

He died in 1895.

Scudder, John

missionary, physician, author, was born Sept. 3, 1793, in Freehold, N. J. He was a Dutch reformed missionary and physician in Ceylon in 1820-39; and the author of Letters from the East; Letters to Pious Young Men; and Promises for Passing Over Jordan.

He died Jan. 13, 1855, in Africa.