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Shreve, Samuel Henry – Shunk, Francis Rawn

Shreve, Samuel Henry

civil engineer, author, was born Aug. 2, 1829, in Trenton, N. J. He was a civil engineer of New York city, and the author of The Strength of Bridges and Roofs. He died Nov. 27, 1884, in New York city.

Shreve, Thomas H

journalist, author, poet, was born in 1808, in Alexandria, Va. He was a journalist of Louisville, and the author of Drayton, an American Tale; and Poems. He died Dec. 23, 1853, in Louisville, Ky.

Shuey, William John

journalist. was born Feb. 9, 1827, in Miamisburg, Ohio. In 1866 he became sole agent, which position he has since occupied, of the United Brethren Publishing house of Dayton, Ohio.

Shufeldt, Robert Wilson

naval officer, was born Feb. 21, 1832, in Red Hook, N. Y. He became a midshipman in 1839; served in the Mexican and civil wars; was promoted to rear-admiral in 1883; and retired the following year.

Shultz, Emanuel

manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 25, 1819, in Berks county, Pa. He was elected in 1875 a member of the Ohio state legislature and served two years; and was elected to the forty-seventh congress as a republican.

Shultz, James

lawyer, was born in July, 1848, in Van Buren county, Iowa.

He is one of the foremost lawyers of Kansas at Eureka; and prominent in the public affairs of his city, county and state.

Shultz, Joseph S

educator, author, poet, was born March 13, 1863, in De Graff, Ohio. For many years he was professor of mathematics and English literature in Wilder college. He is the author of Observations in the Northwest; Looking Upward; and a number of meritorious poems.

Shultz, Theodore

missionary, translator, was born Dec. 17, 1770, in Germany. He entered the foreign mission field of the Moravian church in 1799, and was sent to Surinam, South America, where he served seven years. He revised and improved a Dictionary, and translated a Harmony of the Gospels into the Arrawak language. He died Aug. 4, 1850, in Salem, N. C.

Shulze, John Andrew

state legislator, governor, was born July 19, 1775, in Tulpehocken, Pa. He represented Lebanon county for several years in the state legislature; and was governor of Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1829. He died Nov. 19, 1852, in Lancaster, Pa.

Shumway, Frank L

was born Jan. 25, 1878, in Richmondville, N. Y. He has attained success as an educator; and resides in Normal Circle, Oneonta, N. Y.

Shumway, Henry Cotton

soldier, artist, was born July 4, 1807, in Middletown, Conn. For many years he followed his profession as a miniature-painter successfully in New York and other cities. Among the numerous eminent men that sat to him were Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Prince Napoleon, whose portraits he painted in 1838. He died May 6, 1884, in New York.

Shunk, Francis Rawn

soldier, lawyer, governor, was born Aug. 7, 1778, in Trappe, Pa. He established himself for the practice of law in Pittsburg; and was governor of Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1848. He died July 30, 1848, in Harrisburg.