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Spink, S. L – Sprague, Levi L

Spink, S. L

journalist, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 20, 1831, in Whitehall, N. Y. In 1860 he moved to Illinois, and conducted the Prairie Beacon of Paris. He was elected to the state legislature in 1864; was appointed secretary of Dakota territory; and continued in office until 1869, when he was elected the delegate from Dakota to the forty-first congress as a republican.

Spitzka, Edward Charles

physician, author, was born Nov. 10, 1852, in New York city. He is a physician of New York city eminent as a neurologist; and the author of Insanity, its Classification, Diagnosis and Treatment.

Spofford, Henry Martyn

lawyer, jurist, author, was born Sept. 8, 1821, in Gilmanton, N. H. In 1877 he was elected United States senator from Louisiana by the Nicholls legislature, but the senate admitted William P. Kellogg, who had been chosen by the rival, or Packard legislature. He was co-author of The Louisiana Magistrate and Parish Official Guide. He died Aug. 20, 1880, in Red Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

Spooner, Lysander

lawyer, author, was born Jan. 19, 1808, in Athel, Mass. He was a lawyer of Boston prominent as an abolitionist; and the author of Our Finances; The Deist's Reply to the Alleged Supernatural Evidences of Christianity; A Defense for Fugitive Slaves; Unconstitutionality of Slavery; The Law of Prices; and Poverty: Causes and Cure.

He died May 14, 1887, in Boston, Mass.

Spooner, Shearjashub

dentist, author, was born in 1809 in Brandon, Vt.

He was a dentist of New York City; and the author of Guide to Sound Teeth; Surgical and Mechanical Dentistry; Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects; and Anecdotes of Painters. He died in March, 1859, in Plainfield, N. J.

Spotts, James Hanna

naval officer, was born March 11, 1822, in Fort Johnson, N. C. In 1881 he was promoted to rear admiral. He died March 8, 1882, in the Falkland Islands.

Sprague, Alfred White

chemist, author, was born June 17, 1821, in the Sandwich Islands. He is a Boston chemist who published Chemical Experiments; and Elements of Natural Philosophy.

Sprague, Charles James

poet, was born Jan. 16, 1823, in Boston, Mass.

For many years he was curator of botany in the Boston society of Natural History, and he is known among cryptogamists for his collection of lichens. He has contributed poems to journals and magazines, and has written articles for scientific papers.

Sprague, Frank Julian

inventor, was born July 25, 1857, in Milford, Conn.

He is the inventor of the Sprague electric motors.

Sprague, John Titcomb

soldier, author, was born July 3, 1810, in Newburyport, Mass. He was an officer of the United States army who was military governor of Florida in 1865; and the author of Origin, etc., of the Florida War. He died Sept. 6, 1878, in New York city.

Sprague, John Wilson

soldier, merchant, banker, was born April 4, 1817, in White Creek, N. Y. He was made a captain in the seventh Ohio volunteers at the beginning of the civil war, and was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers in 1864, receiving the brevet of majorgeneral United States volunteers in 1865. He was engaged in various enterprises, and was for five years president of the National bank in Tacoma, Washington territory. +

Sprague, Levi L

educator, author, was born Dec. 23, 1844, in Beekman, N. Y.

He is the author of Theoretical and Practical Bookkeeping; and A Practical Speller.