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Stevens, Walter Le Conte

physicist, educator, inventor, author, was born June 17, 1847, in Gordon county, Ga. He was called in 1882 to the chair of mathematics and physics in Packer Collegiate institute in Brooklyn. In connection with his class-work he has invented various improved forms of physical apparatus, of which his organ-pipe sonometer and reversible stereoscope are the best known, descriptions of which have been published in the American Journal of Science.

Stevens, William Bacon

bishop, was born July 13, 1815, in Bath, Maine.

He was the fourth protestant episcopal bishop of Pennsylvania, consecrated in 1862; and the author of History of Georgia; The Bow in the Cloud; Sermons; Sabbaths of Our Lord; Parables of the New Testament Unfolded; History of Silk Culture in Georgia; and The Sunday at Home. He died June 11, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Stevenson, Adlai E

vice-president of the United States, was born Oct. 23, 1835, in Christian county, Ky. He moved in 1869 to Bloomington, Ill., where he has since resided. He was a member of the forty-fourth and forty-sixth congresses. He was first assistant postmaster-general from 1885 to 1889. He was nominated for vice-president by the democratic national convention in 1892; and was duly elected, and took the oath of office on March 4, 1893.

Stevenson, Job E

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 10, 1831, in Ross county, Ohio. He was solicitor of Chillicothe, Ohio, from 1859 to 1862; and was a state senator from 1863 to 1865, when he removed to Cincinnati.

He was elected to the forty-first and fortysecond congresses as a republican.

Stevenson, John D

soldier, state legislator, was born June 8, 1821, in Staunton, Va. He was a member for several terms in the Missouri state legislature from St. Louis. In 1861 he raised the seventh Missouri regiment; and the following year was made brigadier-general of volunteers.

Stevenson, Thomas Greely

soldier, was born Feb. 3, 1836, in Boston, Mass. He successfully defended Washington, N. C., against a superior force; and became a brigadier-general. He was killed at the head of his troops in the battle of Spottsylvania. A memoir of Gen. Stevenson was printed privately after his death. He died May 10, 1864, near Spottsylvania, Va.

Stevenson, William C

educator, author, was born Dec. 25, 1864, in Vernon county, Wis. He is a successful educator, and since 1890 has been professor of bookkeeping and penmanship in the Kansas State Normal school of Emporia, the largest normal school in the world. He is the author of a text-book on Bookkeeping, which has been adopted for use in all the schools of Kansas.

Stevenson, William E

governor.

He was governor of West Virginia from 1869 to 1871.

Stevenson, William H

railroad president, was born in 1847 in Bridgeport, Conn. In 1887 he was elected president of the New York, Rutland and Montreal railroad and director and trustee of numerous other corporations.

Steward, Lewis

manufacturer, congressman, was born Nov. 20, 1824, in Wayne county, Pa. He has been engaged in farming and manufacturing in Plano, Ill.; and was democratic candidate for governor in 1876. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat. died Aug. 27, 1896, in Plano, Ill.

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Stewart, Alexander

lawyer, jurist. He was judge of the United States for the territory of Illinois, and held the position until the organization of the state government in 1818.

Stewart, Alvan

reformer, was born Sept. 1, 1790, in South Granville, N. Y. He removed to Utica, N. Y. His life was mainly given to the temperance and the anti-slavery causes. A volume of his speeches was published in 1860. He died May 1, 1849, in New York city.