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Stebbins, Emma – Steele, George W

Stebbins, Emma

was born Sept. 1, 1815, in New York city. She was a sculptress who lived many years in Rome, where she formed a friendship with Charlotte Cushman. She was the author of Charlotte Cushman: Her Letters and Memories of Her Life. She died Oct. 25, 1882, in New York city.

Stebbins, Giles Badger

author.

He is the author of After Dogmatic Theology, What? The American Protectionist's Manual; Chapters from the Bible of the Ages; Facts and Opinions Touching the American Colonization Society; and Progress from Poverty.

Stebbins, Rufus Phineas

clergyman, author, was born in 1810 in Massachusetts. He was a unitarian clergyman of Ithaca, N. Y., and subsequently of Newton Centre, Mass. He was the author of A Study of the Pentateuch; and A Common Sense View of the Books of the Old Testament. He died in 1885.

Stedman, William

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1765 in Massachusetts. In 1802 he was a representative in the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1803 to 1810. He died in 1831 in Newburyport, Mass.

Steedman, Charles

naval officer, was born Sept. 24, 1811, in Charleston, S. C. In 1828 he was appointed a midshipman; passed through all the grades, and attained the rank of rear-admiral.

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Steedman, James Barrett

soldier, state legislator, was born July 30, 1818, in Northumberland county, Pa. 1843 he was a member of the Ohio state legislature. In 1849 he crossed the plains to California; returned the following year, ar, and during President Buchanan's administration was printer to congress.

He served with distinction through the civil war, and attained the rank of major-general.

Steel, Harry Givin

journalist, was born Dec. 6, 1868, in Ashland, Pa. He has been editor and business manager of the Shamokin Daily Dispatch, and other prominent papers; and is now editor and owner of The Daily Herald of Shamokin, Pa.

Steele, Daniel

clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1824 in New York. He is a methodist clergyman and educator of note, and the author of Commentary on Joshua; Love Enthroned; Milestone Papers; Antinomianism Revived; Commentary on Leviticus and Numbers; Bible Readings; and Sermons and Essays.

Steele, David

clergyman, author, was born in 1827 in Ireland. He is a reformed presbyterian clergyman of Pniladelphia from 1861, and the author of The Times in Which We Live, and the Ministry They Require; and The Apologetics of History.

Steele, Frederick

soldier, was born Jan. 14, 1819, in Delhi, N. Y. He served with distinction through the civil war, and attained the rank of major-general. He died Jan. 12, 1868, in San Mateo, Cal.

Steele, George Mckendree

clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1823 in New York. He is a methodist clergyman and educator; and principal of Wilbraham academy, Massachusetts. He is the author of Outline Study of Political Economy.

Steele, George W

lawyer, soldier, banker, congressman, was born Dec. 13, 1839, in Fayette county, Ind. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1882 he established the First National bank of Marion, Ind., and became its president. He was the first governor of Oklahoma, and resigned after serving twenty months. He was a member of the forty-seventh, fortyeighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, and fiftyfourth congresses and was re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

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