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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (RUSSELL SCHAEFKEK.) 



Russell, William Enstis, lawyer, born in Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., Jan. 6, 1857 ; died in a fishing camp 

 at Little Pabos, Quebec, Canada, July 15-16, 1896. 

 He was as well as usual when he retired to his tent 

 on the 15th, but was found dead early the next 

 morning, lie was graduated at Harvard in 1877, 



entered the Boston 

 University Law 

 School, and was 

 admitted to the 

 Suffolk County bar 

 in 1880. While at 

 the law school he 

 won the William 

 Beach Lawrence 

 prize for the best 

 essay on " Foreign 

 Judgments : Their 

 Extra - Territorial 

 Force and Effect." 

 He began prac- 

 ticing as a member 

 of his father's law 

 firm and at the 

 same time became 

 active in politics. 

 In 1881 he was 

 elected to the Common Council of Cambridge as a 

 Democrat ; in 1883 and 1884 was elected alderman ; 

 and in 1885, 1886, and 1887 was elected mayor, de- 

 clining a fourth term in 1888. He had shown him- 

 self an effective political speaker in the presidential 

 campaign of 1884, and in 1888 he was nominated by 

 the Democrats for Governor. He made 55 speeches 

 on the tariff issue, and was defeated by Oliver Ames 

 by a majority of 28,069. In 1889 he was renominated 

 and was defeated by John A. A. Brackett by a major- 

 ity of 6,775. On a third nomination, in 1890, he was 

 successful, defeating Gov. Brackett by a majority 

 of 8,953, after one of the warmest campaigns ever 

 known in the State. In 1891 and 1892 he was re- 

 elected, defeating Charles H. Allen by 6,467, and 

 William H. Haile by 2,534 votes respectively. His 

 personal popularity was attested by the fact that he 

 ran ahead of the Democratic ticket to such an ex- 

 tent that the other State officers elected in 1890 

 (with one exception), 1891, and 1892 were Repub- 

 licans. At the close of his third term he resumed 

 law practice, making a specialty of corporation 

 law. In November, 1894, he was appointed a mem- 

 ber of the Board of Indian Commissioners. 



Ryan, Stephen Vincent, clergyman, born in 

 Almonte, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 1, 1825 ; died in 

 Buffalo, N. Y., April 10, 1896. He accompanied 

 his parents to Pottsville, Pa., where he remained 

 till 1840, when he was sent to St. Charles's Semi- 

 nary, in Philadelphia. In 1844 he entered the or- 

 der of the Lazarist Fathers at Cape Girardeau, Mo., 

 and completed his studies for the Roman Catholic 

 priesthood at St. Mary's of the Barrens. He was 

 ordained in St. Louis, June 24, 1849, and from 1851 

 till 1857 was professor and prefect at St. Mary's, 

 professor at Cape Girardeau, and president of St. 

 Vincent's College. In the last year he was ap- 

 pointed visitor of the congregation of the Mission, 

 or Vincentian Community, in the United States. 

 He made his headquarters in St. Louis till the 

 mother house of the community was removed to 

 Philadelphia, and then lived in that city till his con- 

 secration as second bishop of the diocese of Buffalo, 

 N. Y., in November, 1868. Bishop Ryan bequeathed 

 all his property to the Church. 



Samson, George Whitefleld, educator, born in 

 Havard, Mass., Sept. 29, 1819; died in New York 

 city, Aug. 8, 1896. He was graduated at Brown 

 University in 1839. and at Newton Theological Sem- 

 inary in 1843. The same year he was ordained a 



clergyman at the E Street Baptist Church, Wash- 

 ington, D. C., of which church he was the organizer 

 and pastor for sixteen years. In September, 1859, 

 he was chosen President of Columbian University, 

 Washington, D. C., and he carried the institution 

 successfully through many vicissitudes incident to 

 the civil war. During his administration the law 

 department was established and the medical school 

 was reorganized. In 1870 he retired from Columbian 

 University and became President of Rutgers Fe- 

 male College, New York city, from which office he 

 retired in 1886. Since that time he had resided in 

 New York. Among his publications are the " Di- 

 vine Law as to Wines," ' Guide to Bible Interpre- 

 tation," " The Classic Test," " The Atonement," 

 and "Art Criticism," the latter book being largely 

 used as a text-book in colleges. He was a leader in 

 the Baptist denomination, and was favorably known 

 to men of other denominations as a scholar and 

 clergyman. He was a life director of the American 

 Colonization Society and a member of the Evangel- 

 ical Alliance. 



Sarony, Napoleon, artist, born in Quebec, Can- 

 ada, in 1821 ; died in New York city, Nov. 9, 1896. 

 1 1 is father had been an officer of the Black Hussars 

 in the Austrian army, and after the battle of Water- 

 loo removed to Quebec and became a lithographer. 

 The son removed to New York city about 1833, and 

 found employment in a lithographic house, where 

 he began experimenting with a view to improving 

 the art. In 1842 he formed a partnership with a 

 young friend named Major, and opened a litho- 

 graphic establishment under the firm name of Sa- 

 rony & Major. In 1852 the firm was changed to 

 Sarony, Major & Knapp, and in 1858 the success of 

 the business enabled Mr. Sarouy to retire from the 

 firm. He then spent six years studying art in Eu- 

 rope, and on his return opened his first photograph 

 gallery. He made a study of lights and poses, and 

 the effects he obtained attracted to his gallery many 

 famous persons. His successive galleries were filled 

 with art curios, comprising presents received from 

 distinguished people from various parts of the world, 

 and a collection of over 40,000 photographs of 

 actors and actresses. Besides the close personal at- 

 tention he gave to his photographic work, Mr. Sa- 

 rony made himself widely known as a black-and- 

 white artist. He was a regular exhibitor at the 

 National Academy of Design, as well as in the Lon- 

 don art galleries, his charcoal drawings and draw- 

 ings of the nude being particularly commended. 

 He was the author of " Famous People whom I 

 have photographed," and also of a series of photo- 

 engravings in book form. 



Schaeffer, Charles William, educator, born at 

 Hagerstown, Md., May 5, 1813; died in Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., March 15, 1896. He belonged to a family 

 of Lutheran clergymen, and was graduated at the 

 University of Pennsylvania in 1832, and at Gettys- 

 burg Theological Seminary in 1835, and was or- 

 dained to the office of the ministry in 1836. He 

 took charge of a parish in Montgomery County, 

 Pennsylvania, which he served until 1841. He was 

 pastor at Harrisburg, Pa., 1841-'49, and at German- 

 town, Pa., 1849-'75, when he retired from active 

 duty, and was elected pastor emeritus. In 1864, 

 when the Theological Seminary was established in 

 Philadelphia, he was elected Professor of Ecclesi- 

 astical History, which chair he held to the end of 

 his life thirty-two years. In 1880 he became 

 chairman of the faculty. Dr. Schaeffer took an 

 active part in the establishment of the Theological 

 Seminary at Philadelphia in 1864, and in the organ- 

 ization of the General Council in 1866 and 1867. 

 He held many posts of honor and trust in the 

 Church and its various boards and institutions, and 

 was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Uni- 



