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Swinburne, Louis Judson – Symonds, Joseph White

Swinburne, Louis Judson

author, was born Aug. 24, 1855, in Albany, N. Y.

He was a Colorado writer who was in Paris during the siege of 1871, and published a volume of observations on the subject entitled Paris Sketches. He died Dec. 9, 1887, in Colorado Springs, Col.

Swing, David

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 23, 1830, in Cincinnati.

He was a presbyterian clergyman of Chicago, tried for heresy in 1874, and acquitted, subsequently pastor of the Central church there until his death. He was the author of Sermons; Club Essays; Truths for To-Day; Motives of Life; and Old Pictures of Life, a collection of essays. He died Oct. 3, 1894, in Chicago,

Swing, Philip B

lawyer, jurist, was born in Ohio. He resided at Batavia, Ohio, whence he was, in 1871, appointed United States judge for the southern district of Ohio.

Swink, George W

farmer, state senator, was born June 1, 1836, in Breckinridge county, Ky. During 1875-84 he was postmaster at Rocky Ford, Col.; was elected to the Colorado state senate in 1892, and received the re-election in 1896.

He has taken an active part in the organization of several irrigating companies and helped to build several large canals in the interests of his county.

Swinton, John

journalist, author, was born Dec. 12, 1830, in Scotland. He is a journalist of New York city whose principal work is John Swinton's Travels.

Swoope, Jacob

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1809 to 1811.

Swope, John A

merchant, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 25, 1827, in Gettysburg, Pa. In 1882 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-eighth congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.

Sword, James Brade

painter, was born Oct. 11, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He has been president of the Philadelphia Society of Artists since 1878, and director of the Art club since 1887.

Swrope, Samuel F

congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1855 to 1857.

Symmes, John Cleves

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 21, 1742, in Long Island, N. Y. He was a delegate to the continental congress from Delaware in 1785 and 1786; was a judge of the superior court of New Jersey; and was afterward chief justice of New Jersey. In 1788 he was appointed judge of the northwest territory, and was founder on the settlements in the Miami country.

He died Feb. 26, 1814, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Symmes, John Cleves

soldier, author, was born in 1780 in New Jersey.

He was a soldier of Newport, Ky. He was the author of The Theory of Concentric Spheres, an attempt to prove that the earth is hollow, open at the poles, and habitable in the interior. He died May 28, 1829, in Hamilton, Ohio.

Symonds, Joseph White

lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 1841, in Portland.

He has been city solicitor, judge of the superior court of Portland, Maine; and is now one of the justices of the supreme court of Maine.