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Semmes, Thomas Jenkins – Service, Francis G

Semmes, Thomas Jenkins

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 16, 1824, in Georgetown, D. C. He is a noted lawyer of New Orleans, La.; and represented his state in the confederate senate. During 1873-79 he filled the chair of civil law in the university of Indiana. In 1887 he was president of the American Bar association.

Semple, Robert Baylor

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 20, 1769, in Virginia. He was a noted baptist clergyman of Virginia; and the author of A History of the Virginia Baptists; and other works. He died Dec. 25, 1831, in Fredericksburg, Va.

SENEFF, MICHAEL BURNS LOOR, educator, clergyman, college president, was born Jan. 27, 1862, in Fayette county, Pa. Since 1895 this eminent clergyman has been president of Westfield college, Ill.

Sener, James Beverly

journalist, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 18, 1837, in Fredericksburg, Va. He was sergeant of the city of Fredericksburg in 1863; was army correspondent of the southern associated press with General Lee's army during the civil war; and from 1865 was editor of the Fredericksburg Ledger. He was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-third congress.

He was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of the territory of Wyoming in 1879.

Seney, George Ingraham

philanthropist, banker, was born May 12, 1826, in Astoria, L. I. He rose from the post of paying teller in the Metropolitan bank, New York city, to the presidency of that institution, holding the latter office in 1877-84. He founded the Seney scholarships and largely endowed Wesleyan university, and has contributed to miscellaneous charities more than $400,000.

Seney, Joshua

congressman, was born in 1750, on eastern shore of Maryland. He was a delegate to the continental congress in 1787 and 1788; and was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1789 to 1792. He was presidential elector in 1792. He died in 1799, in Maryland.

Senn, Nicholas

physician, author, was born Oct. 31, 1844, in Switzerland.

In 1890 he was appointed surgeon-general of Wisconsin; and now holds the same position in Illinois. He is the author of The Surgical Bacteriology; Intestinal Surgery; Principles of Surgery; and Syllabus of Surgery.

Senter, Dewitt C

governor. He was governor of Tennessee in 1869-71.

Senter, Isaac

physician, surgeon, author, was born in 1755, in New Hampshire. He was a surgeon in the revolutionary army, and accompanied Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec, an interesting account of which he published in the Bulletin of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He died Dec. 20, 1799, in Newport, R. I.

Senter, William T

congressman, was born in 1802, in Granger county, Tenn. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1843 to 1845. He died Aug. 28, 1849.

Serfass, Tilghman H

educator, was born Aug. 17, 1855, in Gilbert, Pa.

He attended Weaversville academy, Shippensburg State Normal school, and the Muhlenburg college. For eight years he taught in the public schools of his native city, and for four years was vice-principal of Fairview academy. Then for seven years he was principal of Fairview academy; was elected superintendent of schools in 1893, and received the re-election in 1896.

Sergeant, Thomas

lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 14, 1782, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia jurist, and the author of Treatise on the Law of Pennsylvania Relating to Proceedings by Foreign Attachment; Constitutional Law; View of the Land Laws of Pennsylvania; and Sketch of the National Judiciary Powers. He died May 8, 1860, in Philadelphia.

Service, Francis G

lawyer, jurist, was born in New Jersey. He removed to Ohio, from which state he was appointed an associate justice for the territory of Montana, residing at Virginia City.