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406 raent. and Institutions of the Country, and the Lives and Planners of the Ancient Planters "(2 vols., Boston, 1825-'6; 3d ed., with corrections, IM.'I:!). The first volume of Winthrop's Journal " had been published from the family manuscripts (Hartford, 1790). In addition to numerous genea- logical, historical, political, and controversial pam- phlets, he edited William Paley's works (5 vols., Cam- bridge, 1828 ; new ed., 1830), and prepared a " Gene- alogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing Three Generations of Those who came before May, 1692 " (4 vols., Boston, 1860-'4). This work, which occupied him twenty years, and which displays extraordinary industry and research, has been called "the most stupendous work on genealogy ever completed." He delivered the Fourth-of-July oration in Boston in 1811, and an address on the constitution of Massachusetts on 26 Jan., 1832, both of which were published.

SAVAGE, John, jurist, b. in New York in 1779 ; d. in Utica, X. Y., 19 Oct.. 1863. After gradu- ation at Union in 1799 he studied law, was admit- ted to the bar, and practised his profession. In 1814 he was a member of the state assembly, and he was then elected to congress as a Democrat, serving from 4 Dec., 1815, till 3 March. 1819, after which he became U. S. district attorney. He was Mai.' comptroller from 12 Feb., 1821, till 13 Feb., is2:!. chief justice of the state supreme court from 1823 till 1827, and U. S. assistant treasurer in New York. He was a presidential elector on the Polk ui id Dallas ticket in 1845. Union gave him the de- gree of LL. D. in 1829.

SAVAGE, John, journalist, b. in Dublin, 13 Dec., 1828 ; d. in Spragueville, Pa., 9 Oct., 1888. He was educated in his native city, and studied in the art- school of the Royal Dublin society. He became active in revolutionary clubs, established two jour- nals that were suppressed by the British govern- ment, and afterward organized and led armed peas- ants in the south of Iri'land. When the cause was lost, he escaped to New York in 1848, and became a proof-reader for the New York Tribune." After- ward he was literary editor of " The Citizen," wrote for the " Democratic Review " and " American Re- view." In 1857 he removed to Washington, where he was chief writer for " The States." the organ of Stephen A. Douglas, of which paper he became the proprietor. He was active in organizing the Irish brigade and the Irish legion for the National army during the civil war, and served in the 69th New- York regiment. The degree of LL. D. was conferred on him by St. John's college, Ford ham, N. Y., in 1875. Mr. Savage wrote several popular war-songs, including "The Starry Flag" and "The Muster of the North." He is the author of "Lays of the Fatherland" (New York, 1850); "'98 and '48: the Modern Revolutionary History and Literature of Ireland " (1856) ; " Our Living Representative Men " (Philadelphia, 1860); "Faith and Fancy," poems (New York, 1863): "Campaign Life of Andrew Johnson" (1864); "Life and Public Services of Andrew Johnson" (1866): "Fenian Heroes and Martyrs" (Boston, 1868); "Poems: Lyrical, Dra- matic, and Romantic " (1870) ; " Picturesque Ire- " Ksn. n Goblin Romance" (1865).

SAVAGE, John Houston, lawyer, b. in Mc- Minnville. Warren co., Tenn., 9 Oct., 1815. He re- ceived a public-school education, and before lie v.-is of age served as a private under Gen. Edmund ['. Gaines on the Texas frontier, and also for six months against the Seminoles in Florida. After- ward he studied law, and began to practise in Smithville. Tenn. He was made colonel of Ten- nessee militia, and in 1841-'7 was attorney-general of the 4th district of his state. In 1844 he was an elector on the Polk ticket. In 1847 he was ap- pointed major of the 14th infantry, U. S. army, and served in the Mexican war, being wounded at Chapultepec, was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the llth infantry, and. after the death of Col. Will- iam M. Graham, commanded this regiment until the close of the war. On returning to Tennessee he resumed the practice of law, and was elected to congress as a Democrat, serving from 3 Dec., 1849, till 3 March, 1853. and again from 3 Dec., 1855, till 3 March, 1859, being a member of the commit- tee on military affairs. During the civil war he was colonel of the 16th Tennessee Confederate in- fantry, and was wounded at Perryville and at Mur- freesboro'. He served in the legislature of Ten- nessee in 1877, 1879, and 1887. and now (1898) prac- tises law in McMinnville.

SAVAGE, Minot Judson, clergyman, b. in Nor- ridgewock. Me., 10 June, 1841. He was educated at Bowdoin, graduated at Bangor theological semi- nary in 1864, and became a Congregational mis- sionary in California. He was pastor of churches in Framinghain, Mass., in 1867, and Hannibal, Mo., in 1869. In 1873 he had charge of a Unitarian church in Chicago, and since 1874 he has been pastor of the "Church of the Unity" in Boston. Among his publications are " Christianity, the Sci- ence of Manhood " (Boston, 1873) ; "The Religion of Evolution" (1876): " Bluffton, a Story of To- day " (1878) ; " Life Questions " (1879) ; " The Mor- als of Evolution " (1880); " Belief in God " (1881) ; "Beliefs about Man" (1882); "Poems" (1882); "Beliefs about the Bible" (1883); "The Modern Sphinx" (1883): "The Religious Life" (1886); " Social Problems " (1886) ; and " My Creed " (1887).

'''SAWTELLE. Charles Greene''', soldier, b. in Norridgewock, Me., 10 May, 1834. His father, Cullen Sawtelle, was a member of congress in 1845-7 and 1849-'51. After graduation at the U. S. military academy in 1854, he served in quelling Kansas border disturbances, in the Utah' expedition in 1858, and on garrison duty in California in 1859-'60. On 17 May, 1861, he became captain of the staff and assistant quartermaster. He superintended the forwarding of troops and supplies for the Army of the Potomac until 17 Aug., 1862, and the embarkation during the Maryland campaign. He was chief quartermaster of the 2d corps in the Rappahannock campaign, and engaged on Gen. Stoneman's raid toward Richmond in May, 1863. From 21 June till 6 Aug., 1863. he was assistant chief quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac, and forwarded supplies from Washington and Alexandria, Va., for the Pennsylvania campaign. He was chief quartermaster of the cavalry bureau in Washington from 6 Aug., 1863. till 15 Feb., 1864, and then was transferred lo Brownsville, Tex., and was in charge of the transports and supplies for Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army on its return from Red river, which he met at Atchafalaya. He constructed a bridge of 900 feet across the river, using 21 steamers as pontoons. From 19 May till 6 June, 1864, he was in charge of sleam transportation in the Department of the Gulf, and was chief quartermaster in the military division of west Mississippi, from 6 June, 1864, till 2 July, 1865. He received the brevets of major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and brigadier-general. I'. S. army, on 13 March. 1865. In 1881 he attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and served in the quartermaster's departments of the Columbia and of the South,