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Rh '''SHUFELDT. Robert Wilson,''' naval officer, b. in Red Hook. N. V., 21 Feb., 1822; d. in Washing- ton, D. C., 7 Nov.. 1895. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1839. was attached to the naval school at Philadelphia, and bci-ame a passed mid- shipman in 1845. He was promoted to master, 21 Feb., 1853, and to lieutenant. 26 Oct., 1853, but re- signed from the navy. 20 June, 1854. and was con- nected with the Collins line of Liverpool steamers as chief officer for two years. He then commanded the steamers " Black Warrior " and " Catawba " on the line between New York and New Orleans, and had charge of the party that surveyed the Isthmus of Tehuantepec for a railroad and interoceanic ca- nal. When the civil war began he was in com- mand of the steamer " Quaker City," of the New York and Havana line of steamers, and was ap- pointed U. S. consul-general at Havana, In April, 1863, he resigned, and was reinstated in the navy with a commission of commander, dated 19 Nov., 1802. He was given the steamer " Conemaugh," on the blockade at Charleston, where he partici- pated in the engagements on Morris island. He commanded the steamer Boteus." of the Eastern Gulf blockading squadron, in 1804-'6. After the war he had the " Hurt ford." of the East India squadron, in isiio-'ii. and the " Wachusett," of the Asiatic squadron, in 1866-'8. He was commissioned captain. 31 Dec., 1869, and commanded the moni- tor Miantonomoh " in 1870, after which he had charge of the Tehuantepec and Nicaraguan sur- veying expeditions of 1870-'!. He was chief of the bureau of equip- ment and recruit- ing in the navy de- partment in 1875- '8, and was com- missioned commo- dore,21Sept.,1876. In 1879 - '80 he sailed in the " Ti- eonderoga " on a special mission to Africa and the East Indies, to as- certain and report on the prospects fur the revival of American trade with those coun- tries. While he was on this expe- dition the suit an of Zanzibar, Said Barghash, presented him with a sword. He was promoted to rear-admiral on 7 May, 1883, and was retired, 21 Feb., 1884.

SHULTZ, Theodore, missionary, b. in Ger- dauen, Prussia. 17 Dec., 1770 ; d. in Salem, N. C.. 4 Aug.. 1850. He entered the foreign mission field of the Moravian church in 1799, and was sent to Surinam. Smith America, where he served seven years. He was then transferred to the United States, and until 1821 labored in the ministry, after which he was appointed administrator of the estates of the southern diocese, retiring in 1844. He revised and improved a " Dictionary," and trans- lated a " Harmony of the Gospels" into the Arra- wak language. His son, Henry Augustus, Mora- vian bishop, b. in Surinam. South America, 7 Feb.. 1806: d. in Bethlehem. Pa.. 21 Oct., 18*5. was a graduate of the Moravian theological seminary, and filled various pastoral offices. In 1848 he was elected a delegate to the general synod that convened at Hen-rib ut. Saxony, and on 31 July, , he was consecrated to the episcopacy at Beth- lehem. He promoted, with great zeal, the 'cause of home mission.

SHUMWAY, Henry Cotton, artist, b. in Mid-' dletown, Conn., 4 July, 1807 ; d. in New York, 6 May, 1884. He studied at the Academy of de- -ign. New York, during 1828-'9. and was one of the early members of the academy, being elected an associate in 1831, and academician the follow- ing year. For many years he followed his profes- sion as a miniature-painter successfully in New York and other cities. Among the numerous emi- nent men that sat to him were Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Prince Napoleon (afterward Napo- leon III.), whose portraits he painted in 1838. He was for many years a captain in the New York 7th regiment and a member of the veteran corps.

SHUNK, Francis Ratyn, governor of Pennsylvania, b. in Trappe, Montgomery co.. Pa,, 7 Aug., 1788 ; d. in Harrisburg, Pa., 30 July. 1848. He ob- tained an education by his own exertions, taught at, the age of fifteen, became a clerk in the office of Andrew Porter, the surveyor-general, at Har- risburg, in 1812. and while thus employed studied law. He was for many years clerk of the state house of representatives, and subsequently secre- tary of the board of canal commissioners. In 1838 Gov. Porter appointed him secretary of state. In 1842 he established himself as a lawyer at Pitts- burg, and in 1844 he was elected governor. He was re-elected in 1847, and resigned on July, 1848, when sickness prevented the further discharge of his duties. His son. WILLIAM FIXIJLAV, is the au- thor of a " Practical Treatise on liaihvay ( 'urves" (Philadelphia, 1854). His grandson, FRANCIS RAWN. graduated at the head of the class of 1887 at the If. S. military academy.

'''SHURTLEFF. Ernest Warbnrton,''' poet, b. in Boston, Mass., 4 April, 1862. He was educated at Boston Latin school and Harvard, was graduated at Andover theological seminary in 1888, and became pastor of a Congregational church at Palmer, Mass. He began to write for newspapers and magazines at the age of fourteen, received a thorough musical education, and has published songs and other compositions and several volumes entitled " Poems " (Boston, 1882) ; " Easter Gleams " (1884) ; Song of Hope " (New York, 1885) ; " When I was a Child" (Boston, 1886); and "New Year's Peace " (1887).

SHURTLEFF, Nathaniel Bradstreet, antiquary, b. in Boston, Mass., 29 June, 1810 ; d. there, 17 Oct.. 1874. He was the son of Dr. Benjamin Shurtleff, whose donations to the college in Alton, 111., caused that institution to asMime his name. The son was graduated at Harvard in 1831, and at the medical department in 1834. but gave his attention to literary and scientific pursuits. His list of works on genealogy shows his devotion to that subject, and he traced his descent to eleven of the Pilgrims of the "Mayflower." a number probably exceeding that of any of his contemporaries. For three terms he was mayor of Boston (1868-'70), and he prided himself on the fact that he was the first to hold that -office who had always belonged to the Democratic party. During his administ ration extrusive improvements in the streets, made necessary by the rapid growth of South Boston, were effected in that district, and Dorchester became a part of Boston. His books include "Epitome of Phrenology " (Boston, 1835): "Perpetual Calendar for Old" and Nrw Style " (1S4S) ; - Pa-i. nirers of the 'Mayflower' in 1620 (1849); "Brief Notice of William Shurtleff, of Mar-h- field" (1850); Genealogical Memoir of the Fami-