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414 at Middleton, Cork, he entered the Foreign mis- sionary college of All Hallows, Dublin, where he .studied theology, and affiliated himself to the dio- cese of Nashville. He was ordained a priest early in IsTl. and embarked immediately afterward for the United States. He was appointed assistant at the cathedral of Nashville after his arrival, then pastor of St. Columba's church. East Nashville, and after a few years rector of the cathedral. He governed the diocese as administrator, during a va- Banc) in the see. from November, 1880, till June, INN:',. In 1885 he organized the congregation of St. Joseph's, in West Nashville, and on the crea- tion of the diocese of Concordia, Kansas, was elected bishop. He was transferred in 1891 to Omaha.

SCARBOROUGH, John, P. E. bishop, b. in Castlewellan, in the north of Ireland, 25 April. 1831. On his father's death in 1840 he came to the United States, and obtained his early education and training in Lansingburg, N. Y. He was graduated at. Trinity in 1854, and at the Episcopal general theological seminary in 1857, and was ordained deacon in Trinity church. New York. 28 June, 1857, by Bishop Horatio Potter, and priest in St. Paul's church, Troy, N. Y., 14 Aug., 1858, by the same bishop. His' first post was as assistant in St. Paul's church, Troy, in 1857-'60. He rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1860-'7, and then became rector of Trinity church, Pittsburg. Pa., which post he held until 1875. He received the degree of S. T. D. from Trinity in 1872. and served as deputy to the general convention in 1871 and 1874. Having been elected bishop of New Jersey, he was consecrated in St. Mary's church, Burlington, N. J., 2 Feb., 1875. Bishop Scarborough has published a few occasional sermons, and several addresses and pastoral letters.

SCARBOROUGH, William Saiinders, educator, b. in Macon, Ga., 16 Feb., 1852. He is of African descent. He was graduated at Oberlin in 1875, and taught in the Lewis high-school at Macon, but in 1S7U returned to Oberlin and entered the theologi- cal department for the purpose of studying Hebrew and Hellenistic Greek. He declined an offer from the American missionary association to go to Af- rica, and in 1877 was called to fill the chair of an- cient language* in Wilberforce university, near Xenia, Ohio. He is a member of the American philological society, the Modern language associa- liini. and other similar societies. Liberia college, At'rira, gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1882. His publications include " First Lessons in Greek" (New York, 1881), and "Theory and Functions of the Thematic Vowel in the Greek Verb."

SCARTH, William Bain, Canadian member of parliament, b. in Aberdeen, Scotland, 10 Nov., 1837. He was educated at Aberdeen and Edin- burgh, and came to Canada in 1855. He settled in Toronto, was instrumental in forming the North Brili-h Canadian investment company and the Scottish Ontario Manitoba land company, and was manager of both for several years. On the forma- tion of the Canadian northwest land company he became its managing director. Mr. Scarth then to Winnipeg, was chosen president of the Liberal-Conservative association, and in 1887 was elected to the Dominion parliament.

SCATES, Walter Bennett, jurist, b. in South Boston, Va., 18 Jan., 1808; d. in Chicago, Ill., 26 Oct., 1887. His parents removed to Kentucky, where he remained till 1831, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He settled at Frankfort. Ill., was appointed attorney-general, and then resided at the capital, Vandalia. In 1836 he was made judge of the 3d judicial district, and in 1841 he was called to the supreme bench of the state. In 1847 he resigned his post and resumed his law-practice at Mt. Vernon, 111. In 1853 he was again elected to the supreme court bench, and again resigned, to return to his law-practice in Chicago. In 1862 Judge Scales was commissioned major on the staff of Gen. McClernand. and before the close of the civil war was assistant adjutant-general. When he was mustered out of service in 1866 he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. On his return to Chicago he completed his revision of the statutes of Illinois and practised law till his death.

SCATTERGOOD, Thomas, Quaker preacher, b. in Burlington. N. J., 23 Jan.. 1754; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 24 April, 1814. His great-grandfather, of the same name, was of the company of Quakers that went to Burlington in 1676. His father, Joseph, at first a mariner, became a lawyer, and died when Thomas was six years old, leaving him to the care of his mother, who, after giving him a good English education, apprenticed him to a trade. He became a tanner, in which business he continued throughout his life. He was an active member in the Society of Friends, was for many years a noted elder of the sect, and in the work of the ministry travelled extensively in this country and in Great Britain. His &ldquo;Memoirs&rdquo; were printed in the &ldquo;Friends' Library,&rdquo; vol. viii. (Philadelphia, 1844), and afterward published in a separate volume (London, 1845).

SCHAEFFER, Frederick David, clergyman, b. in Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, 15 Nov., 1760; d. in Frederick, Md., 27 Jan., 1836. In 1768 he was sent to the gymnasium in Hanau, where he remained until the death of his father in 1774. In 1776 he emigrated with an uncle to this country, but shortly after their arrival the uncle died, and he was left destitute. After teaching in York county, Pa., he studied theology, was licensed to preach in 1786, and ordained in 1788. He became pastor of Lutheran congregations at Carlisle and other places, and in 1812-'34 was the colleague of Rev. Dr. Helmuth in Philadelphia. In 1834, in consequence of the infirmities of age, he relinquished the ministry, and removed to Frederick, Md. He received the degree of D. D. in 1813 from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Schaeffer was a close student, a fine classical scholar, and a good Hebraist. He published &ldquo;Antwort auf eine Vertheidigung der Methodisten&rdquo; (Germantown, Pa., 1806) and &ldquo;Eine herzliche Anrede&rdquo; (1806). &mdash; His eldest son, David Frederick, clergyman, b. in Carlisle, Pa., 22 July, 1787; d. in Frederick, Md., 5 May, 1837, was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1807, studied theology, and was ordained by the ministerium of Pennsylvania in 1812. In 1808 he became pastor of the Lutheran congregation at Frederick, Md., which post he held until the end of his life. He was an able theologian, always having students under his direction, and was connected with all the important enterprises of his own church and with many outside of it. From 1826 till 1831 he was the editor of the first English periodical that was established in the Lutheran church in this country, the &ldquo;Lutheran Intelligencer.&rdquo; He took an active part in the establishment of the theological seminary at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1826, was one of the founders of the general synod of the Lutheran church (1821), secretary in 1821-'9, and its president in 1831-'3. In 1836 he received the degree of D. D. from St. John's college, Annapolis, Md. Besides a large number of doctrinal and other articles in the &ldquo;Lutheran Intelligencer,&rdquo; he published various addresses and sermons. &mdash;