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Sherwood, James Manning – Shields, Mary

Sherwood, James Manning

clergyman, journalist, author, was born Sept. 29, 1814, in Fishkill, N. Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman and editor of religious journals; and the author of A Plea for the Old Foundations; The History of the Cross; and Books and Authors. He died Oct. 22, 1890, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Sherwood, Samuel

lawyer, congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815. He died in November, 1862, in New York.

Sherwood, Samuel B

congressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1817 to 1819. He died in 1833.

Sherwood, Thomas Adiel

lawyer, jurist, was born June 2, 1834, in Eatonton, Ga. In 1872 he was elected to the bench of the supreme court of the state of Missouri, served two successive terms of ten years, and was re-elected in 1892.

Sherzer, Jane Belle

educator, was born Oct. 23, 1858, in Franklin, Ohio.

She received her education in the public schools of her native city, and studied four years at the university of Michigan, receiving the degree of Ph. D. She also studied in Paris, and has traveled extensively through the principal countries of Europe, and in Egypt and Palestine.

She is a successful public speaker, and the author of a series of articles on foreign travel.

Shew, Joel

physician, author, was. born Nov. 13, 1816, in Providence, N. Y.

He was a hydropathic physician of New York state, among whose writings are, Hydropathy, or the Water Cure; Cholera Treated by Water; and The Hydropathic Family Physician. He died Oct. 6, 1855, in Oyster Bay, N. Y.

Shiel, George K

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born about 1815, in Ireland. He practiced law in Salem, Ore., during 1854-61. He was elected a representative from Oregon to the thirtyseventh congress. He died Dec. 14, 1893, in Salem, Ore.

Shields, Ebenezer J

congressman, was born in Georgia. He was elected a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1835 to 1839. He died May 20, 1846.

Shields, James

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1829 to 1831. He died in 1831 in Butler county, Ohio.

Shields, John C

lawyer, jurist. In 1885 he was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of the territory of Arizona for the term of four years; resided at Prescott, Ariz.

Shields, John Franklin

educator, was born June 25, 1868, in Chester, Pa. He received his education in the Pennsylvania State college and the university of Pennsylvania. He has attained success in educational work, and is now professor of mathematics in the Adelphi college of Brooklyn, N. Y. He is a member of the American Mathematical society; and is mathematical censor for several leading publishers.

Shields, Mary

philanthropist, was born Jan. 12, 1820, in Philadelphia, Pa.

She was active in benevolent work, and bequeathed $1,400,000 for charitable pur- She died Oct. 8, 1880, in Philaposes. delphia, Pa.

SHIELDS, MRS. SARAH ANNIE [FROST], author. She is the author of Parlor Charades and Proverbs; Laws and By-Laws of American Society; The Art of Dressing Well; Almost a Woman; and Sunshine for Rainy Days.