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Shupe, Henry Fox – Sibley, Mark Hopkins

Shupe, Henry Fox

journalist, clergyman, was born March 18, 1860, in Scottdale, Pa. In 1893 he was elected editor of The Watchword in Dayton, Ohio. He has been one of the most earnest advocates of the Christian Endeavor movement, and for several years served the cause as one of the vice-presidents of the Pennsylvania union.

Shurtleff, Roswell Morse

artist, was born June 14, 1838, in Rindge, N. H. His animal paintings first gained him distinction, and of these the best known are The Wolf at the Door, and A Race for Life. Among his later works in oil, most of which are scenes in the Adirondacks, are On the Alert; Autumn Gold; Gleams of Sunshine (1881); and A Song of Summer Woods.

Shute, Samuel

governor, was born in 1653 in England. During 1716-23 he was governor of Massachusetts. He died April 15, 1742, in England.

Shute, Samuel Moore

clergyman, educator, author, was born Jan. 24, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1859 he became professor of the English language and literature in Columbian university, Washington, D. C. He is the author of a Manual of Anglo-Saxon.

Shutter, Marion Daniel

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 4, 1863, in New Philadelphia, Ohio. He has been pastor of the Olivet Baptist church of Minneapolis, Minn., and is now pastor of the First Universalist church of that city. He is the author of Wit and Humor of the Bible; Justice and Mercy; and Child of Nature.

Sibbet, S. D

physician, author, poet, was born in Northampton, Pa. For a quarter of a century he has divided his time between the practice of medicine and scientific researches in Beaver Falls, Pa.

He is the author of a number of medical books, and a volume of poems.

Sibley, Henry Hastings

soldier, congressman, governor, was born Feb. 20, 1811, in Detroit, Mich. He was a delegate to congress from Minnesota territory from 1849 to 1853. In 1857 he was elected its first governor; and was a brigadier-general of volunteers during the rebellion. He commanded an expedition against the Minnesota Indians in 1863; and was subsequently brevetted a major-general of volunteers. He died Feb. 18, 1891, in St Paul, Minn.

Sibley, Hiram Luther

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born May 4, 1836, in Gustavus, Ohio. For fourteen years he was judge of the court of common pleas of the seventh district of Ohio; and in 1897 became circuit judge of the fourth Ohio circuit for a term of six years. He has received the degrees of A. M. and LL. D., and is noted as one of the foremost lawyers of Ohio at Marietta.

Sibley, John Langdon

librarian, author, was born Dec. 29, 1804, in Union, Maine. He was the librarian of Harvard university in 1841-77; and the author of History of the Town of Union, Maine; and Biographical Sketches of Harvard University Graduates. He died Dec. 9, 1885, in Cambridge, Mass.

Sibley, Jonas

state legislator, congressman, was born March 17, 1762, in Sutton, Mass. From 1806 to 1823 he was a member of the Massachusetts legislature; was an elector for president in 1820; and served again in both houses of the legislature. He was a member of congress from Worcester county from 1823 to 1825. He died Feb. 10, 1834, in Sutton, Mass.

Sibley, Mark Hopkins

lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born in 1796 in Great Barrington, Mass. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1834 and 1835. He was a representative in congress from 1837 to 1839; and was subsequently a state senator; and in 1846 a county judge. He died Sept. 8, 1852, in Canandaigua, N. Y.

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