Silvester, Peter H
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 17, 1807, in Kinderhook, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1847 to 1851.
SILVESTER, RICHARD WILLIAM, educator, agriculturist, was born Sept. 16, 1857, in Norfolk, Va. In 1877 he graduated from the Virginia Military institute. The same year he was elected professor of mathematics and military tactics at the Charlotte academy; in 1886 the chair of German was added to his duties; and in 1889 he was elected principal of the same institution. In 1890 he was elected president of the Maryland Agricultural college, and has since filled that position with distinction.
SIMKINS, ARTHUR; lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born about 1750 in Virginia. At the beginning of the revolutionary war he took sides with the patriots, and his place, known as Cedar Fields, was burned by the tories. After the war he was chosen a member of the general assembly, and retained his seat for nearly twenty years. He died in 1826 in Edgefield, S. C.