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Shanly, Charles Dawson – Sharp, Solomon P

Shanly, Charles Dawson

journalist, author, poet, was born in 1811 in Ireland. He was a journalist and versewriter of New York city. The Walker in the Snow is his best-known poem. He was the author of A Jolly Bear and His Friends; The Monkey of Porto Bello; and The Truant Chicken. He died in 1875.

Shannon, John Primrose

lawyer, was born Aug. 4, 1850, in Augusta, Ga.

He is one of the foremost lawyers of the south, and is prominent in the public affairs of Georgia at Elberton. In 1892 he was a democratic elector, and during 1894- 96 was grand master of the Masons of Georgia.

Shannon, Robert Thomas

lawyer, author, was born May 5, 1860, in Perry county, Tenn. He received his education at the Cloverdale seminary, Vanderbilt university, and the Cumberland university. He is a prominent lawyer of Nashville, Tenn., and the author of The Code of Tennessee, Annotated; A Code Supplement; and is the editor of the fifth edition of the Tennessee Form Book.

Shannon, Thomas

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio in 1826 and 1827.

SHANNON, THOMAS B., merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1827 in Westmoreland county, Pa. From 1854 to 1861 he was engaged in merchandising in California. He served four sessions in the California legislature, and in 1863 was elected a representative from California to the thirty-eighth congress.

Shannon, Wilson

lawyer, congressman, governor, was born Feb. 24, 1802, in Belmont county, Ohio. In 1835 he was prosecuting attorney for the state of Ohio; was elected governor of Ohio in 1837, and again in 1842, and in 1844 was appointed United States minister to Mexico. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1853 to 1855, and in 1855 was appointed governor of the territory of Kansas. He died Aug. 31, 1877, in Lawrence, Kan.

Shapleigh, Frank Henry

artist, was born March 7, 1842, in Boston, Mass.

He has spent his professional life in his native city. His paintings include Venice; Yosemite Valley; Mirror Lake; Cathedral Rocks; Mount Washington; Cohasset Harbor; Northern Peaks; and The White Mountains.

Shapley, Rufus Edmonds

lawyer, author, was born Aug. 4, 1840, in Carlisle, Pa. He is the author of The Library of Wit and Humor; and The Overcrowding of the Learned Professions.

Sharkey, William Lewis

lawyer, jurist, governor, was born in 1797 in Mussel Shoals, Tenn. He was presiding judge of the high court of errors in Mississippi, and was provisional governor of Mississippi in 1865 and 1866. He was one of the foremost lawyers and jurists of his time; delegate to all the leading political conventions; and active in all affairs public which tended to the was a benefit of the state of Mississippi. He died April 29, 1873, in Washington, D. C.

Sharp, John T

farmer, merchant, state senator, was born in 1852. He was mayor of Elm City, N. C., for three years, and in 1897 was elected a state senator.

Sharp, Kate D

poet. She is a writer of London, Ohio, and the author of a volume of poems entitled Eleanor's Courtship.

Sharp, Robert

educator, author, was born Oct. 24, 1852, in Lawrenceville, Va. Since 1880 he has been professor of Greek and English in the Tulane university of New Orleans, La. He is the author of A Treatise on the Use of the Infinitive in Herodotus; and various other works.

Sharp, Solomon P

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1780 in Virginia. He served a number of years in the Kentucky state legislature, and was attorney-general of the state. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1813 to 1817. He fell by the hand of an assassin, while a member of the legislature, in November, 1835.