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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



bnt was defeated. In 1874 he was elected an 

 alderman, his term expiring in 1876. At the 

 time of his death he occupied the position of 

 appraiser in the Surrogate's office. 



SHELTON, JOHN T., Treasurer of the New 

 York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad ; died 

 at Bridgeport, Conn., September 16th, aged 

 41 years. 



SHIRLEY, Commodore PAUL; died Novem- 

 ber 24th. He was born in Kentucky, entered 

 the navy in 1839, and was lieutenant at the 

 outbreak of the civil war. He was stationed 

 in the Pacific, became lieutenant-commander 

 in 1862 and commander in 1863, and captured 

 the privateers J. M. Chapman and Colon. He 

 became captain in 1870. 



SHOEMAKER, JOHN L., Solicitor to the United 

 States Centennial Commission ; died in Phila- 

 delphia, December 26th. 



SIOKELS, JOHN BARREA, a representative of 

 one of the oldest families in New York ; died in 

 that city, March 10th. He was born in New 

 York, February 1, 1798. He took part in the 

 War of 1812, and was subsequently engaged in 

 various mercantile pursuits. 



SMITH, AVERY ; died at Newark, N. J., De- 

 cember 26th, in his 62d year. He was born 

 at North Salem, N. Y., was for twenty years 

 engaged in the wholesale grocery -trade iu 

 New York, and was associated with P. T. Bar- 

 num in the cireus and menagerie business. 



SMITH, EDWARD P. ; died in June, at Accrea, 

 on the west coast of Africa, where he was en- 

 gaged in missionary labors. He was born in 

 South Britain, Conn., in 1827. He graduated 

 at Yale College in 1849, and at Andover Theo- 

 logical Seminary in 1853. After the war he 

 aided in establishing schools for freedmen in 

 the South, and in 1871 became an Indian agent. 

 He was appointed Commissioner of Indian 

 Affairs in 1873, and in December, 1875, was 

 chosen President of Howard University in 

 "Washington. 



SMITH, ex-Governor JAMES Y. ; died in 

 Providence, R. L, March 26th, in the 67th 

 year of his age. He had been for many 

 years one of the most prominent men in 

 Rhode Island, and controlled extensive manu- 

 facturing enterprises, besides holding positions 

 of trust in banking and other corporations. 

 He was elected to the Legislature in 1843, and 

 was several times reelected. He was Mayor 

 of Providence, 1845-'47. In 1863 he was elect- 

 ed Governor by the Republicans, in 1864 was 

 renominated and defeated, but in 1865 was re- 

 elected with practically no opposition. 



SNELL, Prof. EBENEZER L. ; died at Am- 

 lierst, Mass., September 18th. He graduated 

 from Amherst College in 1821, and was con- 

 nected with that institution up to the time of 

 his death. 



SPARKMAN, JAMES D. ; died at Perth Am- 

 boy, N. J., June 3d, aged 72 years. He was 

 one of the original settlers of Williamsburgh, 

 N. Y. In 1857 he became President of the 

 Manufacturers' Bank, and held that position 



for ten years. Subsequently he became Presi- 

 dent of the Firemen's Fund Insurance Com- 

 pany of New York, which office he held at the 

 time of his death. 



SPAULDING, Judge ALEXANDER ; died in New 

 York, February 20th. During the administra- 

 tion of Andrew Johnson he was Collector of 

 Internal Revenue in New York City. In 1871 

 he was elected Judge of the Marine Court, and 

 in 1873 was nominated for Judge of the Su- 

 perior Court, but was defeated. 



SPROAT, Colonel MORGAN L., a prominent 

 member of the old State militia, and Street 

 Commissioner of Middletown, Mass. ; died there, 

 December 28th, aged 72 years. 



STARKWEATHER, HENRY II. ; died in "Washing- 

 ton, D. C., January 28th. He was born in 

 Preston, Conn., April 29, 1826. He practised 

 law in Norwich, Conn., and in 1856 was 

 elected to the Legislature by the Know-Noth- 

 ing party. For several years he was chair- 

 man of the State Committee of that party, 

 and became a member of the National Re- 

 publican Executive Committee. In 1861 he 

 was appointed Postmaster of Norwich, but in 

 1866 tendered his resignation to President 

 Johnson, as an indication of disapproval of the 

 latter's course. In 1867 he was elected to 

 Congress by the Republicans, and was four 

 times reelected. 



STAKE, CHANDLER ; died at Stamford, Conn., 

 in July. He was born at "Warren, Conn., 

 January 11, 1791. He removed to Albany, 

 N. Y. ; in 1823 was elected a member of the 

 Common Council, and in 1829 was a Repre- 

 sentative in the Legislature. In 1840 he was 

 elected to the office of Bank Commissioner, 

 which he held four years. In 1845 he removed 

 to Brooklyn, where he was elected President 

 of the City Bible Society, and also of the 

 Brooklyn Athenaeum. He was afterward a 

 manager of the American Bible Society. 



STEARNS, Dr. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS; died at 

 Amherst, Mass., June 8th. He was the son of 

 the Rev. Samuel Stearns, of Bedford, Mass., 

 and was born there in 1805. He graduated at 

 Harvard College in 1827, and became President 

 of Amherst College in 1854. He was the 

 author of several religious works, and was a 

 frequent contributor to religious periodicals. 



STOCKTON, RICHARD ; died at Princeton, N. J., 

 April 4th. He was born there in 1823. He- 

 was the son of the late Commodore Richard 

 F. Stockton, and grandson of Richard Stock- 

 ton, one of the signers of the Declaration oJ 

 Independence. He graduated at Princeton Col- 

 lege in 1843, and was subsequently admitted 

 to the bar. He was Auditor, and afterward 

 Treasurer, of the Camden & Amboy Railroad 

 Company. 



STRATTON, J. WILLIS, a prominent manufact- 

 urer of Newburg, N. Y. ; died there, March 

 17th. 



TENNEY, SARAH M. BROWNSON; died at 

 Elizabeth, N. J., October 30th. She was born 

 at Chelsea, Mass., June 7, 1839, and was the 



