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Somerby, Frederic Thomas – Soule, Richard

Somerby, Frederic Thomas

author, was born Jan. 4, 1814, in Newburyport. He was for many years a correspondent of the Boston Post and the Spirit of the Times, and published, under the name of Cymon, Hits and Dashes, or a Medley of Sketches and Scraps touching People and Things. He died Jan. 18, 1871, in Worcester, Mass.

Somerby, Horatio Gates

genealogist, was born Dec. 24, 1805, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a member of the New England Historic-Genealogical society, to whose publications he contributed valuable papers, and a large quantity of his unpublished material is in possession of the Massachusetts Historical society, with which he had been connected since 1859.

He died Nov. 14, 1872, in London, England.

Somes, Daniel E

congressman. He was a representative from Maine in the thirty-sixth congress. From 1855 to 1857 he was mayor of Biddeford, Maine; and from 1856 to 1858 was president of the City bank of that city. He was a member of the peace congress of 1861; and subsequently settled in Washington as a claim agent.

Songer, Abram W

soldier, merchant, was born Nov. 2, 1832, near Xenia, Ill. He served in the civil war as second and first lieutenant of the twenty-first regiment Illinois volunteer infantry from May 10, 1861, to May 15, 1865. He is a successful miller and grain dealer of Kinmundy, Ill.; has served as city alderman for several terms; has been a member of the board of education; and is now president of the board of education and Kinmundy graded schools.

Sonntag, George

soldier, was born in 1786 in Philadelphia, Pa. He went to Russia in 1815, entered the military service, and with the allied army entered Paris. He became a general in the Russian army and an admiral in the navy. He died March 23, 1841, in Russia.

Sopris, William Robert

lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 18, 1869, in Trinidad, Colo. He received his education at the Denver university, and graduated from the Columbia Law school of New York. He is a successful lawyer of his native city, and served with distinction as a member of the Colorado legislature in 1895-97. He was the youngest member of the house, and served on several important committees.

Sosso, Lorenzo

merchant, poet, was born March 2, 1867, in Italy. He is a successful merchant of San Francisco, Cal.; and the author of a volume of poems entitled A New Poet.

Soule, Harrison

soldier, financier, was born Aug. 4, 1832, in Orleans county, N. Y. He served with distinction through the war, and was promoted major. For sixteen years he has been ticket agent for the Michigan Central railroad; and is the treasurer of the university of Michigan.

Soule, Joshua

bishop, was born Aug. 1, 1781, in Bristol, Maine. In 1824 he was elected methodist episcopal bishop in New York and then in Baltimore. He died March 6, 1867, in Nashville, Tenn.

Soule, Nathan

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1831 to 1833; and was a member of the state assembly from Onondaga in 1837.

Soule, Pierre

journalist, lawyer, United States senator, was born in September, 1802, in France. He was a distinguished lawyer of New Orleans, La.; in 1.845 was elected to the state senate; in 1847 was appointed a member of the United States senate to fill a vacancy, and two years later was elected for a full term.

He died March 26, 1870, in New Orleans, La.

Soule, Richard

lexicographer, author, was born June 8, 1812, in Danbury, Mass. He was a lexicographer of Boston; and the author of Manual of English Pronunciation; Dictionary of English Synonyms; and Pronouncing Handbook. He died Dec. 25, 1877, in St. Louis, Mo.