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Stacy, James – Stallo, John Bernhard
Stacy, James
clergyman, author, was born June 2, 1830, in Liberty county, Ga. In 1757 he was called to the pastorate of the Newnan, Ga., presbyterian church.
He is president of the board of directors of the Theological seminary at Columbia, S. C. He has published a prize essay on the Holy Sabbath; Water Baptism; and Day of Rest.
Stafford, Charles Lewis
clergyman, college president, was born Sept. 26, 1844, in Miami county, Ohio. Since 1891 he has been president of the Iowa Wesleyan university.
Stager, Anson
soldier, was born April 20, 1825, in Ontario county, N. Y.
He served in the civil war, attaining for meritorious services the rank of brigadiergeneral.
Stahle, James A
soldier, congressman, was born Jan. 11, 1830, in West Chester, Pa. He enlisted in 1861 as captain of company A, eighty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers, and was promoted major and lieutenant-colonel. He was deputy collector of internal revenue at York for more than fifteen years. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Stahlnecker, William G
merchant, congressman, was born June 20, 1849, in Auburn, N. Y. He was elected mayor of Yonkers, N. Y., in 1884, for a term of two years. In 1884 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, and fifty-second congresses as a democrat. He served on several important committees while a member of congress.
Stahr, John S
clergyman, college president, was born Dec. 2, 1841, in Bucks county, Pa. He was professor of German and history during 1867-72 in Franklin and Marshall college; professor of natural science from 1872-90; and since that time has been its president.
Staigg, Richard Morrell
artist, was born Sept. 7, 1817, in England. Some of his miniatures were exhibited at the Royal academy, and received warm praise.
The last twenty years of his life were devoted to painting life-size portraits in oil, as well as genre pieces and landscapes.
He died Oct. 11, 1881, in Newport, R. I.
Staley, Cady
civil engineer, college president, author, was born in 1840 in New York. He is a civil engineer, president of the Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland; and author of The Separate System of Sewerage.
Staley, Erastus H
journalist, college president, was born Feb. 6, 1830, in Tippecance county, Ind. In 1862 he was made president of the Male and Female college at Valparaiso, Ind., where he remained nearly three years. In 1872 he closed his career as a teacher, and he at once assumed the editorial control and management of the Frankfort Crescent in Frankfort, Ind.
Stall, Sylvanus
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 18, 1847, in Elizaville, N.
Y. Since 1890 he has been associate editor of the Lutheran Observer of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Pastor's Pocket Record; Minister's Handbook to Lutheran Hymns in the Book of Worship; How to Pay Church Debts and How to Keep Churches Out of Debt; Methods of Church Work; and other works on religious subjects.
Stallings, Jesse F
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 4, 1856, in Manningham, Ala. In 1877 he graduated from the university of Alabama, and studied law at the same institution. Since 1879 he has practiced law in Greenville; was elected solicitor for the second judicial circuit in 1886 for a term of six years; and was a delegate to the national democratic convention in 1888. He was elected to the fifty-third, fifty-fourth, and fifty-fifth congresses.
Stallo, John Bernhard
lawyer, diplomat, author, was born March 16, 1823, in Germany. He is a Cincinnati lawyer, and was minister to Italy in 1885. He is the author of Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics; and General Principles of the Philosophy of Nature.