OIU'ITAKIKS, AMKUICAN. (8CTOH SMITH.) 



Seton, Catharine, philanthropist, born in New York 

 cit\ , .Inn.- _-, IMMI ; ,lic,l there, April :;, |.-'.i|. She 



e onU sun'mni: daughter of Mrs. Kli/.uli-tli 

 founder f tin- Roman * 'utlilic i>rili-r t h 

 itv in tin- Initcd Static, uli.l ut't.T the .li-ntli 

 dt her mother, in ls-j|. she \\ as a mcmhcrof the family 



nfiicii. Harper, of Baltimore, till she became a iiistor. 



Kcturniliif !< New Vurk cit\, she applied herself al 

 \elusi\vl\ to tin' can- aii.l instruction nf the 



poor and to befriending pri-oner-. For twcnt\ ti\c 

 -In' wit- a constant visitor t<> the Ni-w York 



city prison i tin- Tombs i. At tin- time <if her death 



.she was the oldest member of the order of Mercy, of 



which she w as <>lic c.|' the tirst members. 



Seward, Sara Cornelia, physician, born in Klori-la, 

 N. ^ .. .luii' ~. I- '.; ilie.l in Allahabad, India. June 



i-j, IV.M. She was the daughter of Qeorge \V. Seward, 



youngest brother of William II. Seward. and a sister 

 Of the late Ke\ . S. S. Seward, I). 1 ., and of <;, . 

 Seward, ex-United States minister t<> China. She 



.iduated at Miss Willard's Troy Female Sem 

 inar. .and at the Woman*' Medical College in Phila- 

 delphia in IM'.O, and in lsi',1 'il.'i \\ as in < 'hina with her 

 brother. While she -,\ as studying medirine Sir Will- 

 iam Muir, ttovcrnor ol' tin- Northwestern Provinces 

 of India, suggested to tlie /emma Mi.-sioiiary Society 

 the desirability of having women physician's to prac- 

 tice among the \\omeii of India, whom male praeti 



- were never allowed to net-. In response to an 

 appeal from the society, l>r. Seward volunteered to 



fo to India, and left New York in December, 1871. 

 he established herself at Allahabad, and labored 

 then- \\ith great success till her death, ut first under 

 the jurisdiction of the British Government, but for 

 many years under that of the Presbyterian Board of 

 Foreign Missions of tin- I'nited States. She had two 

 dispensaries in tin: city, both of which were visited 

 every day and showed an attendance of from forty to 

 eighty patients, and also a large practice in private 



and in missionary families. 



Seymour, Truman, military olticcr, born in Burling- 

 ton, Vt., Sent. L'.">. IS-_M ; died in Florence, Italy. <>(. 

 :'.". is;il. lie was graduated at the Tinted States 

 Military Academy and :>.ppointcd brevet 2d lieuten- 

 ant 1st Artillery, .Inly 1, IMiJ ; was promoted 2d lieu- 

 tenant March ."., and 1st lieutenant Aug. 26, 1847; 

 captain, Nov. !}_', IM;<>; was transferred to the ~>th 

 Artillery. May 14, 1861; promoted major, Aug. 1."., 

 1866 ; nfid was retired, Nov. 1, 1876. In the volunteer 

 armv he w a- commissioned briirudier-ircneral. April 

 26, 1862; brevtted major-general, March 13, 1865; 

 ainl was mustered out of the service. Ail}.'. 24 follow- 

 inir- During his military career he was brevettcd 1st 

 lieutenant, April 18, 1847, for irallantry at <Vrr-> 

 (ionlo; captain, Aug. 20 following, for Coiitrcras and 

 Chiirnbuseo; major. April 14, l*r,i, for the defense of 

 Fort Sumter ; lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 14, and colonel, 

 Sept. 17, isi'.-j. tor South Mountain and Antietam ; and 

 hriiradier-ircncral and nia.jor-srencral, March, 13, 1865, 

 for Petersburg, for service! durinsr the war, and for 

 "ability and cneriry in handling his division and for 

 gallantry and valuable services in action.'' In his 

 lorn: service he distinguished himself in the Mexican, 

 the Seminole. and the civil wars, lie was a member 

 of Major Anderson's staff in the defense of Fort Sum- 

 ter. Among his brilliant feats in the civil war were 

 his leading in the unsuccessful assault <>n Fort Wai.' 

 ner, where he was severely wounded, anl his three 

 hours' battle with the Confederates underlie!!. Joseph 

 Fineiran. near Olustec, Fla., whence he was forced tore- 

 tire t. .Jacksonville, lie w^- (aken prisoner in the bat 

 tie of the Wilderness. May ;. l;t. and. by order of 

 (Jen. Samuel Jones, was placed in the line of fire of the 

 Federal batteries on Morris Island. After his release, 

 on Aug. 9, he Commanded a division in theShciian- 

 doah valley and Richmond campaigns, and was con- 

 spicuous in the siege of and final attack <>n Pctcrs- 

 burg. After the war he commanded forts in Florida, 

 Fort Warren. Mil--., and Fort Preble, Me., till his re- 

 tirement. Since his retirement he had lived in Ku- 

 rope, most of the time in Florence. - 



Bibley, Henry Hatting*, nioneer. i-.rn in I' 



Mich., Feb. -jn. ]-;| ; .fled m M. Puul, M illl... I 



ih'.u. He was ffradoated at Detroit A- -ad. n,.. t.k 



spi-.-ial course in dn-ek und I.utin, and n-ad luw. but 



in ls-_".' becume clerk t'lthe sutler at 



SIM. n alN'rward he took a I'M-al u^enc\ of J.,1,. 



fur compuny. and, utter befog i. 1 



parohadag nu'c'iit, DC was triven un inten-t iii tin- 

 company, und t'M.k charge of its bu>.iiii--.n in the terri 

 tor\ north of Lake lYpin e\t<-n<litii; to the Hriti^h 

 line, and west f> the head water- of the tribute 

 Mis-ouri river. In ]s:;j h, r< a.-h.-tl the mouth of 

 Minnesota river, on a trip for the compuny, und. 

 lishing his heaaquarten at M. 1'etcrV- now Me. 

 built the first, htone house within the present limit* of 

 Minnesota. Two years afterward he was appointed 

 b\ (lov. Chambers, <.f Iowa, a justice of the |M-ace. In 

 1848 he wns elected a delegate to Con^'re-. from Wis- 

 con.-in Territon, :in<l th.-r.- ,-eeiired the passage of a 

 bill for the creation of Minnesota Territory. He was 

 re elected t<> Congress for two terns; in K.7 took 

 part in the constitutional convention and WHS elected 

 to the Territorial Legislature; and on the udn 

 of Minnesota a- a State, in !*.>, h,- wa- ele.-t<-d iu* 

 tir-t (iovernor. as a Democrat. In IM'.:.'. at the time of 

 the Sioux Indian outbreak, lie organixcd and com 

 manded the troops raised for the protection of tin- 

 frontier settlers, and WHS commissioned a brigadier- 

 general. During this campaign he took about -j.ooo 

 Indian prisoners, tried more than -too of them by 

 court-martial, and on Sept. '2'. 1 . IM;-J. executed thirty- 

 ciirht at one time, only President Lincoln's direct 

 orders preventing the execution of many more. <.en. 

 Sibley was promoted major-general, Nov. _".', 1865; 

 was relieved of his command Hi Minnesota in Au- 

 gust, lMi<'>; and WHS detailed as a member ot' a com- 

 mission to negotiate treaties with the Sioux and 

 other hostiles along the upper Missouri river. In 

 1871 he served another term in the Legislature, and 

 afterward lived quietly in St. Paul. He was a regent 

 of the State I'liiversity. President of the State Normal 

 School Hoard, anil a member of the United States 

 Hoard of Indian Commissioners. 



Smith, John Gregory, lawyer, born in St. ,\lbans. 

 Vt., July 22, 1818; died there. Nov. ;, ism. n e was 

 graduated at the t'nivcrsity of Vermont in 1842, and 

 at Yale Law School soon afterward, and bc^an prac- 

 ticing with his father before the Franklin County 

 bar in his native State. In 184'J he became 

 for the Vermont Central (projected by his father) and 

 the Vermont and Canadian railroads; in 1858-'7S he 

 was one of the receivers of the former road ; in 1866- 

 '7-' he \\ as President of the Northern Pacific Kailroad ; 

 and since 1873 he had been President of the reor- 

 ganized Vermont Central Iload. He was a Republican. 

 and had held many public offices. In 18.V.1 and 1860 

 he was a State Senator; in lsi',1 and 1862 he was an 

 assemblyman; in 1MV" and 1S64 he was Governor of 

 Vermont; und in 1^7'J, l s so, and I^s4 he was dele- 

 gate-at-large to the National Republican Convention 

 and chairman of the delegation. He was also several 

 times President of the State Republican Convention, 

 and several times declined nomination and appoint- 

 ment to the I'nited States Senate. (l.. v . Smith IH-- 

 liieathed )fel<i.i>oo to his native city for a public li- 

 brary. $5.000 for a soldiers' monument, and $3,000 to 

 the 1st CoiiLrrciratioiial church of St. Albans. 



Smith, Thomas Lndington, physician, born in Orange, 

 N. J.. A in.'. 1 ;; - 1-"": died in IJrookhn, N. Y.. Aug. 

 1".. IVM. lie was irradiiated at the College of Phy.-i 

 ciaiis and Surgeon.- in New York city in Is-.".', and at 

 the F.ye and Kar Intirmary in lislutl him- 



self iii practice in New York in Isj4; and was ap- 

 pointed a s-ursrcoifs mate in the l"nite<l States navy in 

 March, l^-js. In l^.-.o he accompanied the frigate 

 " Hudson " to P,ra/il ; in ls.".l T,\ \\ ; i- .n duty on the 

 receivinir ship " Franklin "; in \^'~ was promoted 

 sunreon ; in ls:;swas attached to the Macedonian'" 

 in the West India squadron: in Is4.' to thi 



in the Mediterranean: :i. .-''!'' !> the 

 -Pennsylvania"; and in Ks47-'49 to the Brooklyn 



