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Stephenson, Luther

soldier, author, was born April 25, 1830, in Hingham, Mass. He served in the civil war attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel; and is also author and composer of a number of patriotic songs.

Sterigere, John B

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Montgomery county, Pa., from 1827 to

Sterling, Ansel

congressman, was born in New London county, Conn. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1821 to 1825.

Sterling, Micah

state legislator, congressman, was born in 1781 in Lyme, Conn. He was for some years a member of the New York legislature; and was a representative in congress from 1821 to 1823. He died April 10, 1844, in Watertown, N. Y.

Sterling, Richard

educator, author, was born in 1812 in Ireland. He prepared a series of school-readers and spelling-books that came into general use throughout the southern and southwestern states. In 1873 he opened a boarding-school in Evansville, Ind., and in 1875 removed to Mocksville, N. C., where he kept a similar school till 1880, when he was elected superintendent of the public schools of the county. He died Oct. 3, 1883, in Mocksville, N. C.

Stern, Simon Adler

author, was born in 1838 in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Florentine Nights; Excerpts; and Jottings of Travel in China and Japan.

Sternberg, George Miller

surgeon, author, was born June 8, 1838, in Otsego county, N. Y. In 1861 he was appointed assistant-surgeon in the United States army; captain and assistant-surgeon in 1866; major and surgeon in 1875; lieutenant-colonel and deputy surgeon-general in 1891; and brigadier-general and surgeon-general in 1893. He is the author of Photo-Micrographs; Malaria and Malarial Diseases; Bacteria, from the French of Maguin; Immunity:

Protective Inoculations in Infectious Diseases; and Manual of Bacteriology.

Sterrett, Samuel

congressman.

He was a member of the house of representatives of the United States from Maryland from 1791 to 1793. He died July 12, 1833, in Baltimore, Md.

Stetefeldt, Carl August

civil engineer, inventor, author, was born Sept. 28, 1838, in Germany. He is widely known through the mining districts by his invention of the Stetefeldt furnace, which is extensively used in the west for the roasting of silver ores preparatory to the extraction of the metal by either amalgamation or lixiviation. Besides technical papers he has written The Lixiviation of Silver Ores with Hyposulphite Solutions.

Stetson, Charles

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Nov. 7, 1801, in New Ipswich, N. H. In 1834 he was appointed judge of the municipal court of Bangor, Maine. In 1845 he was elected a member of the executive council of the state; and re-elected three years in succession. In 1848 he was elected a representative from Maine to the thirty-first congress. He died March 27, 1883, in Bangor, Maine.

Stetson, James Burgess

merchant, railroad president, was born March 27, 1831, in Kingston, Mass. He is president and general manager of The North Pacific Coast railroad and The California Street Cable railroad in San Francisco and has banking and industrial interests.

He has been supervisor for two years in San Francisco.

Stetson, John Batterson

manufacturer, was born May 5, 1830, in Orange, N. J. He is president of the John B. Stetson company, in Philadelphia, Pa. An interesting feature of the Stetson factories is the amount of space set apart for the entertainment of operatives. There are reading rooms, a parlor, a hall which will seat two thousand persons, a library, a dispensary, and an armory, and he has also promoted the formation of a Sunday school and various literary and other societies.