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Stiles, William H – Stimson, Lewis Atterbury

Stiles, William H

soldier, lawyer, congressman, author, was born in January, 1808, in Savannah, Ga. In 1833 he was elected solicitor-general of the eastern district of Georgia, which office he resigned in 1836. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1843 to 1845; and was appointed by President Polk charge d' affaires to Austria. He served as a colonel in the great rebellion.

He published a History of Austria. He died Dec. 20, 1865, in Savannah, Ga.

Still, William

philanthropist, author, was born Oct. 7, 1821, in Shamony, N. J. He is a noted Philadelphia philanthropist of African descent; and the author of The Underground Railroad; Voting and Laboring; and Struggle for the Rights of Colored People in Philadelphia.

Stille, Alfred

physician, author, was born Oct. 30, 1813, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a physician of Philadelphia; and the author of Elements of General Pathology; The Unity of Medicine; Humboldt's Life and Character; Was as an Element of Civilization; Othello and Desdemona: their Characters; The National Dispensatory (with Maisch); Therapeutics and Materia Medica; Epidemic Meningitis; and Epidemic or Malignant Cholera.

Stille, Moreton

physician, author, was born Oct. 27, 1822, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia physician; and the author of a Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence. He died Aug. 20, 1855, in Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

Stillman, James W

lawyer, merchant, legislator, author, poet, was born in 1840 in Unadilla Forks, N. Y. In 1868- 69 he was a member of the Rhode Island state legislature, where he distinguished himself by espousing the cause of woman suffrage. Since 1880 he has been a merchant in Boston, Mass. He is the author of Woman Suffrage; The Mormon Question; The Unknown God; God and the Universe; and a volume of poems.

Stillman, William Olin

physician, author, was born Sept. 9, 1856, in Albany, N. Y. He resides in Albany, N.

Y., where he is actively and very successfully engaged in the practice of medicine. He is the author of Two Vaginal Speculums; Cholera and Prevention; and Popular Sanitation.

Stilwell, Silas Moore

lawyer, state legislator, was born June 6, 1800, in New York city. In 1814 he engaged in surveying in the west, and then settled in Tennessee, where in 1822 he was in the legislature. He died May 16, 1881, in New York city.

Stilwell, Thomas L

lawyer, banker, congressman, was born Aug. 29, 1830, in Stilwell, Ohio. In 1856 he was elected to the legislature of Indiana. In 1864 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-ninth congress; and in 1867 was appointed minister resident to Venezuela. He was killed Jan. 14, 1874, in Anderson, Ind.

Stimmel, Smith

soldier, lawyer, was born Dec. 17, 1842, in Franklin county, Ohio. He served as a soldier during the civil war, and was on President Lincoln's body guard from January, 1864, till date of his assassination. He removed to Fargo, N. D., and in 1889 was made president of the Dakota council (senate).

Stimson, John Ward

artist, author, was born Dec. 16, 1850, in Paterson, N. J.

He is an artist of New York city, four years superintendent of the Metropolitan Museum Art schools; and the author of The Law of Three Primaries.

Stimson, Lewis Atterbury

physician, educator, author, was born in 1844 in New Jersey. He is a physician of New York city, professor of surgery in the university of the city of New York; and the author of Manual of Operative Surgery; Practical Treatise on Fractures; and Treatise on Dislocations.