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Stowell, William H. H – Stratton, Nathan T

Stowell, William H. H

merchant, congressman, was born July 26, 1840, in Windsor, Vt. He settled in Virginia in 1865; and was appointed collector of internal revenue for the fourth district in 1869. He was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-second, fortythird and forty-fourth congresses as a republican.

Stower, John G

state senator, congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1827 to 1829; and was a state senator from Madison county in 1833 and 1834..

Strachey, William

colonist, author, was born in 1585 in England. He was the first secretary of the Virginia colony. He was the author of A True Repertory of the Wracke and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates upon and from the Islands of the Bermudas, supposed to have been the inspiration of Shakespeare's Tempest; Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia; and For the Colony in Virginia Britannia: Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall. He died about 1640.

Strader, Otto

lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to Louisiana; and in 1806 was appointed a judge of the United States district court for the district of Louisiana.

Strader, P. W

engineer, congressman, was born Nov. 6, 1818, in Warren, N. J. In 1868 he was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-first congress.

Strain, William

agriculturist, legislator, was born July 10, 1860, in Bolinas, Cal. He is a successful agriculturist of Crescent City, Cal.; and served with distinction as a member of the thirty-second session of the California state legislature.

Strait, Horace B

soldier, manufacturer, banker, congressman, was born Jan. 26, 1835, in Potter county, Pa. He was elected mayor of Shakopee, Minn., in 1870, and re-elected in 1871 and 1872. He was elected to the forty-third, fortyfourth, forty-fifth, forty-seventh, fortyeighth and forty-ninth congresses.

Strange, John Tedrick

farmer, lawyer, was born April 7, 1850, in Arcana, Ind. He received a thorough education, and after five years at Wabash college graduated from that institution in 1877.

He is a prominent lawyer of Marion, Ind.; was a delegate to the national convention of 1896 held at Chicago; and takes an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state. was

Stratton, Henry Dwight

educator, was born Aug. 24, 1824, in Amherst, Ohio. With Henry B. Bryant he established the Bryant and Stratton business colleges, which at the time of his death numbered more than fifty, located in the principal cities of the United States and Canada. He died Feb. 20, 1867, in New York city.

Stratton, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1801 to 1803.

Stratton, John L. N

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1817 in Mount Holly, N. J. In 1858 he was elected a representative from New Jersey to the thirtysixth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress.

Stratton, Nathan T

congressman, was born in New Jersey. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1855.