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Sibley, Solomon – Silloway, Thomas William

Sibley, Solomon

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 7, 1769, in Sutton, Mass. He moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1797; and in 1799 was elected to the first territorial legislature of the North-western territory. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Michigan from 1820 to 1823; and in 1824 was appointed judge of the supreme court of Michigan, and held the office until 1836. He died April 4, 1846, in Detroit, Mich.

Sickel, Horatio Gates

soldier, was born April 2, 1817, in Belmont, Pa.

He entered the United States service in 1861 as colonel of the third regiment of the Pennsylvania reserve corps, and succeeded General George G. Meade in the command of the brigade. He died April 18, 1896, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Sickles, Nicholas

congressman, was born in Kinderhook, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from 1835 to 1837. He died May 13, 1845, in Kingston, N. Y.

Sigel, Franz

soldier, was born Nov. 18, 1824, in Germany. He served with distinction through the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier-general.

Sill, Edward Rowland

educator, poet, was born April 29, 1841, in Windsor, Conn. He was a poet and educator of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and professor in the university of California in 1874-82. He was the author of The Hermitage, and Later Poems; and Poems. He died Feb. 27, 1887, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Sill, John Mahelon Berry

educator, author, was born Nov. 23, 1831, in Black Rock, N. Y. He is a Michigan educator of prominence, principal of the State Normal school; and the author of Synthesis of the English Sentence; and Practical Lessons in English.

Sill, Joshua Woodrow

soldier, was born Dec. 6, 1831, in Chillicothe, Ohio.

At the beginning of the civil war in April he at once offered his services to the governor of Ohio, and was commissioned assistant adjutant-general of that state.

He was commissioned colonel of the thirty-third Ohio volunteers, and attained the rank of brigadier-general. He died Dec. 31, 1862, in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Sill, Thomas H

lawyer, congressman, was born in Connecticut. In 1826 he was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania to fill a vacancy; and was again a representative in congress from 1829 to 1831.

Silliman, Augustus Ely

financier, author, was born April 11, 1807, in Newport, R. I. He was a banker of New York city who published A Gallop Among American Scenery. He died May 30, 1884, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Silliman, Benjamin

educator, naturalist, author, was born Aug. 8, 1779, in North Stratford, Conn. He was a chemist of distinction, professor of chemistry at Yale university in 1802-55; and the founder in 1818 of Silliman's Journal of Science and Art. He was the author of Journal of Travels in England; Narrative of a Visit to Europe (1853); Elements of Chemistry; and Consistency of Modern Geology with Sacred History. He died Nov. 24, 1864, in New Haven, Conn.

Silliman, Gold Selleck

soldier, was born May 7, 1732, in Fairfield, Conn.

At the beginning of the revolutionary war he was colonel of cavalry in the local militia. During the greater part of the war he held the rank of brigadier-general and was charged with the defense of the southwestern frontier of Connecticut, which, owing to the long occupation of New York city by the British, was a duty that required much vigilance. He died July 31, 1790, in Fairfield, Conn.

Silloway, Thomas William

architect, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 7, 1828, in Newburyport, Mass. He is a Boston architect who became a universalist minister in 1862; and the author of Theogonis; Text-Book of Modern Carpentry; Warming and Ventilation; and Cathedral Towns of England.

SILSBEE, MRS. MARIANNE CABOT [DEVEREUX], author, was born in 1812.

She was a Boston writer who published A Half Century in Salem, and several compilations of poems. She died in 1889.