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Shea, John Augustus

journalist, poet, was born in 1802 in Ireland. He was an Irish verse-writer who came to America in 1827, and was a journalist in New York city. His writings include, Adolph; Parnassian Wild Flowers; Ruddeki, an Eastern Romance, in verse; and Clontarf, a Poem. He died Aug. 15, 1845, in New York.

SHEA, JOHN DAWSON GILMARY, journalist, author, was born July 22, 1824, in New York city. He was an historical writer of note, for a number of years editor of Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner, in New York city. He was the author of The Catholic Church in the United States; Legendary History of Ireland; History of Catholic Indian Missions; Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley; Early Voyages Up and Down the Mississippi; Novum Belgium, an Account of New Netherlands, 1633-44; The Operations of the French under De Grasse; Life of Pius Ninth; The Catholic Church in Colonial Days; The Catholic Hierarchy of the United States; and Life and Times of Archbishop Carroll. He died in 1892. 'SHEA, JOSEPH, college president, was born Dec. 31, 1829, in Fordham, N. Y.

For six years he was president of St.

John's college, Fordham, N. Y. He died Dec. 5, 1881, in New York city.