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Sullivan, James William – Summerlin, Adolph

Sullivan, James William

journalist, author, was born in 1848 in Pennsylvania. He is a journalist of New York city, editor of social reform journals in 1893-96, and the author of Tenement Tales of New York; So the World Goes; and Direct Legislation through the Initiative and Referendum.

Sullivan, John

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 17, 1740, in Brunswick, Maine. He attained the rank of major-general in the revolutionary army. He was a delegate from New Hampshire to the continental congress in 1774 and 1775, and again in 1780 and 1781. He was for three years president of New Hampshire. In 1789 he was appointed a judge of the district court, which office he held until his death. He died Jan. 23, 1795, in Durham, N. H.

Sullivan, Thomas Russell

educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1799 in Brookline, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of Keene, N. H., in 1825-35, and from 1835 till his death an educator in Boston. He was the author of Letters Against the Immediate Abolition of Slavery; and Limits of Responsibility in Reforms. He died Dec. 23, 1862, in Somerville, Mass.

Sulloway, Cyrus Adams

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born June 8, 1839, in Grafton, N. H. He was a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives in 1872-73, and from 1887 to 1893, inclusive. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

Sully, Alfred

soldier, was born in 1821, in Philadelphia, Pa. He served with distinction through the Mexican and civil wars; and attained the rank of brigadiergeneral. He died April 17, 1879, in Fort Vancouver, Wash.

Sully, Thomas

was born June 8, 1783, in England. He was a distinguished portrait painter of Philadelphia, and the author of Hints to Young Painters. He died Nov. 5, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Sumerville, Alexander

soldier, was born in 1820 in Maryland. In 1839 he was appointed brigadier-general, commanded an unsuccessful expedition to Mexico in 1842; and in the latter part of that year was collector of customs for the district of Matagorda until 1845. He died in 1854.

Summerbell, Joseph James

clergyman, editor, was born Jan. 23, 1844, in Milford, N. J. He is an eminent clergyman, and the present editor of The Herald of Gospel Liberty. He is a member of the mission board and a trustee of the Christian Biblical institute.

Summerfield, John

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 31, 1798, in England. He was a methodist clergyman, renowned for eloquence in his day; and one of the founders of the American Tract society.

He was a constant contributor to religious literature. He is the author of Sermons and Sketches of Sermons, which posthumously published. He died June 13, 1825, in New York city. were

Summerfield, Marcus

educator, lawyer, was born Aug. 15, 1842, in Prussia. He received his education in Germany; from private tutors in the United States; and in 1864 graduated in medicine from the medical colleges of Cincinnati and New York city. Five years later he was admitted to the bar; and for ten years he was professor of law in the Law school, university of Kansas; in which state he practices his profession at Lawrence.

Summerlin, Adolph

journalist, was born Aug. 24, 1857, in Keosauqua, Iowa. For a quarter of a century he has been the editor and owner of the Commercial of Mattoon, Ill.; has been a candidate for county judge and also for representative of the legislature.