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Silsbee, Nathaniel
merchant, congressman, United States senator, was born in 1773 in Essex county, Mass. He was frequently elected to the Massachusetts state legislature; and was for three years president of the state senate. He served as a representative in congress from 1816 to 1820; and was a senator of the United States from 1826 to 1835. He was a presidential elector in 1837. He died July 1, 1850, in Salem, Mass.
Silsby, William H
soldier, farmer, was born Aug. 31, 1832, in Union county, Pa. He served with distinction during the civil war in the union army. He was first lieutenant of company I, and captain of company A, in the tenth regiment Iowa volunteer infantry; and was promoted to lieutenant and colonel of his regiment. He is successful farmer of Ashland, Oregon. now a
Silver, Thomas
civil engineer, inventor, author, was born June 17, 1830, in Greenwich, N. J. He was a civil engineer well known as an inventor; and the author of A Trip to the North Pole, or Theory of the Origin of Icebergs. He died April 12, 1888, in New York city.
Silvester, Peter
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born in New York. He was a member of the Albany committee of safety in 1774; and of the New York provincial congress. He was a judge of the common pleas in 1776; and was elected a member of the first congress under the federal constitution. He was subsequently a state senator. He died Jan. 30, 1845, in Kinderhook, N. Y.
Simkins, Eldred
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 29, 1779, in Edgefield, S. C. He served frequently in the legislature; was lieutenantgovernor of South Carolina in 1812; and was a general of militia. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1817 to 1821. He died in 1832 in Edgefield, S. C.
Simmons, F. M
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 20, 1854, in Jones county, S. C. In 1876 he moved to New Berne, N.
C., where he has since resided and practiced his profession. He was elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.
Simmons, Gustavus Lincoln
surgeon, physician, author, was born March 13, 1832, in Hingham, Mass. He is a successful physician and surgeon of Sacramento, Cal.; and is the author of The Feigned Insanity of the Public Administrator and Murderer Troy Dye.
Simmons, James
lawyer, author, was born June 11, 1821, in Middlebury, Vt. Besides filling several minor offices he was clerk of the county circuit court of Wisconsin from 1861 till 1871. He has published Simmons's Wisconsin Digest; Supplements to the same; Supplement to Wait's Digest, New York Reports; and Simmons's New Wisconsin Digest.
Simmons, James Fowler
farmer, manufacturer, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 10, 1795, in Little Compton, R. I. He was a member of the general assembly of Rhode Island from 1828 to 1841. He was elected to the United States senate in 1841 for six years to March 3, 1847; and was again chosen senator for the term beginning March 4, 1857. He died July 10, 1864, in Johnson, R. I.
Simmons, James Wright
poet, was born in South Carolina. He published Blue Beard, a Poem; and The Greek Girl.
A series of metrical tales, Wood Notes from the West, remain in manuscript.
Verses by both brothers may be found in Duyckinck's Cyclopædia of American Literature.
Simmons, P. R
business man, was born April 14, 1874, in Yankton, S. D. For many years he has been identified with the lumber business, and is prominent in the public affairs of Madison, Wis.
SIMMONS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, lawyer, jurist, was born June 25, 1837, in Crawford county, Ga. In 1871 and 1875 he was elected state senator from Georgia; in 1878 judge of the superior court; and in 1887 chief justice of the supreme court.