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Stallworth, James A – Stanley, David Sloan

Stallworth, James A

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 7, 1822, in Conecuh county, Ala. He served in the Alabama legislature during the years 1845-48; and was twice elected solicitor for his district. He was elected a representative from Alabama to the thirty-fifth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress, but withdrew in 1861 to take part in the rebellion.

Stanard, Edwin O

merchant, congressman, was born Jan. 5, 1832, in Newport, N. H. He was elected lieutenantgovernor of Missouri in 1868; and was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-third congress.

Stanberry, William

congressman, was born in Essex county, N. J. He resided in Licking county; and was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1827 to 1833.

Stanbery, Henry

lawyer, was born Feb. 20, 1803, in New York city. He was elected by the assembly of Ohio the first attorney-general of that state in 1846; and in 1866 was appointed attorneygeneral of the United States. He died June 26, 1881, in New York city.

Stanchield, Hollis J

educator, was born Feb. 19, 1847, in Eastport, Maine.

He received his education in the Oskaloosa college, Iowa; and has been engaged in educational work for more than a quarter of a century. He has been county superintendent of schools; and filled various other public positions of trust in Rushville, Neb.

Stanchfield, Mattie Cress

poet.

She has contributed both prose and verse extensively to the periodical press; and some of her poems have been given a place in Poets of America, and other standard works.

Standeford, Elisha D

manufacturer, banker, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 28, 1831, in Jefferson county, Ky. He was elected to the state senate in 1868 and 1871 from Louisville; and was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-third congress as a democrat.

Standifer, James

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1823 to 1825, and again from 1829 to 1837. He died Aug. 24, 1836, in Kingston, Tenn.

Standish, John V. N

educator, college president, was born Feb. 26, 1825, in Woodstock, Vt. For forty years he was the honored president of the Lombard university of Galesburg, Ill. sur-

Standlee, E. Lee

physician, surgeon, was born Nov. 9, 1864, in Amity, Ark. He graduated from the American Medical college of St.

Louis, Mo., and since 1885 has practiced medicine and gery in that city.

He has since also filled the chair as professor of general pathological and surgical anatomy in the American college. He has been president of the St.

Louis Eclectic Med-

Stanford, Richard

congressman, was born in 1769. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1797 to 1816. He died April 9, 1816, in Georgetown, D. C.

STANLEY, ANTHONY DUMOND, mathematician, author, was born April 2, 1810, in East Hartford, Conn. He was an educator who was a professor of mathematics at Yale university in 1836-53, and the author of Elementary Treatise of Spherical Geometry and Trigonometry; and Tables of Logarithms. He died March 16, 1853, in Hartford, Conn.

Stanley, David Sloan

soldier, was born June 1, 1828, in Cedar Valley, Ohio.

During 1855-61 he took part in the Indian wars; and in 1861 was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers. He subsequently won the title of brevet majorgeneral at the battle of Franklin, where he defeated Hood. He is on the retired list, and is the commander of the Soldiers' home in Washington, D. C.