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546 eastern Pioneer." a religious paper, at Baltimore, the " Gospel Sun " at Havernill, and the " Uni- versalist Miscellany," a monthly magazine, at Bos- ton (1844-'9). He was an efficient worker in the cause of temperance, education, and other reforms. He published " Universalism Illustrated and De- fended " (Boston, 1839): "Miller's Theory Explod- ed " (1840) : " Letters on Revivals " (1842) ; " Prayer- Book for Family Worship" (1843); "Letters on Moral Duties of Parents " (1844) ; " Lessons from the Death of the Young " (1844) ; " Reply to Hat- field" (1847): and "Death of Daniel Webster" I 1*52]. His life was written by Thomas B. Thaver (Boston. 1801).

'''SKINNER. Richard,''' jurist, b. in Litchfield. Conn., 30 May, 177s : d. in Manchester, Vt.. 23 May. 1*33. He was educated at Litchfield law- school, admitted to the bar in 1800. and in that year removed to Manchester, Vt., where he was elected state's attorney for Bennington county in 1801, and probate judge in 1806. He was a mem- ber of congress in 1813-'lo, and in 1817 became justice of the state supreme court, of which he had been an associate since 1816. He was speaker of the lower house of the legislature in 1818, governor of the state in 1820-'4, and again chief justice in 1824-'9. He was an officer of various local benevn- lent associations, president of the northeastern branch of the American education society, and a trustee of Middlebury college, from which he re- ceived the degree of LL. D. in 1817. His only son, Mark, b. in" Manchester. Vt.. 13 Sept.. 1813 : d. there, 16 Sept., 1887, was graduated at Middlebury in 1833, and studied law at Saratoga Springs, Al- liuny, and New Haven. He settled at Chicago in I s : Hi. was elected city attorney in 1839, appointed U. S. district attorney for Illinois in 1844, and chosen to the legislature in 1846. He became judge of Cook county court of common pleas in 1851. In 1842 he was made school-inspector for i,'o, and gave much time and labor to the cause of education. The city in 1859 honored his Skinner school." He was president of the Illinois general hospital of the lake in 1852, of the Chicago home for the friendless in 1860. first president of the Chicago reform-school, one of the founders and patrons of the Chicago historical society, a founder of the New England society of Chicago, and de- livered an address before it in 1848, entitled " A Vindication of the Character of the Pilgrim Father-, " (1849). He was an elder in the Presbyterian church, and a liberal contributor to all church charities. Judge Skinner was chairman of the meeting in November, 1846. to make arrangements for the river and harbor convention of 1847. and was a delegate to that convention. He took an active part in building the Galena and Chicago railroad, and was for year* one of its directors, and a director in the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad. He was originally a Democrat, one of the founders of the Anti-Nebraska party in 1854, and a member of the Republican party from its organiza- tion in 1856. In October, 1861, he was elected presi- dent of the Northwestern sanitary commission, and he continued such until 1864. Judge Skinner owned a valuable collection of books relating to America, which was burned in 1871, and after that time he duplicated his former collection. He was buried in Manchester, where a daughter erected in 1897 the beautiful " Mark Skinner library." See a memoir by E. W. Blatchford (Chicago, 1888).
 * eriees by naming its new school-building "the

'''SKINNER. Thomas Harvey''', author, b. in Harvey's Neck, N. C.. 7 March, 1791 : d. in New York city, 1 Feb., 1871. He was graduated at Princeton in 1809, and studied law, but, abandon- ing it for theology, was licensed to preach in 1812. In 1813 he became assistant in a Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, and in 1816 he was 'settled as a pastor in that city. In 1832 he became pro- fessor of sacred rhetoric in Andover theological seminary, and in 1835 he was appointed pastor of the Mercer street Presbyterian church, New York. From 1848 till his death he was professor of sacred rhetoric and pastoral theology in Union theologi- cal seminary. Williams gave him the degree of D. D. in 1826, and that of LL. D. in 1855. Dr. ! Skinner was an eloquent pulpit orator and an able (New York. 1839) : " Aids to Preaching and Hear- ing " (Philadelphia, 1839) ; "Hints to Christians"' (1841): "Vinet's Pastoral Theology" (1854); "Vinet's Homiletics" (1854), two translations; "Discussions in Theology" (New York, 1868); "Thoughts on Evangelizing the World" (l s 7Hi: [ and occasional sermons. He also contributed to the religious press.
 * teacher. He published " Religion of the Bible "

SLACK, Elijah, educator, b. in Lower Wake- field. Bucks co.. Pa., 24 Nov., 1784; d. in Cincin- nati, Ohio, 211 May. 1866. He was graduated at Princeton in 1808, was principal of Trenton acade- my in 1S08-'12. and was licensed by the New Brunswick presbytery as a preacher in 1811. In 1812 he was elected vice-president and professor of natural philosophy and chemistry in Princeton. He continued his connection with" this institution till 1817, when he removed to Cincinnati. In that year he was elected superintendent of the Literary and scientific institute of that city, and when Cin- cinnati college was established in 1819 he was ap- pointed its president, and so continued till 1828. In 1837 he established a high-school at Brownsville, Tenn., which was successful, and in 1844 he re- turned to Cincinnati. He had received the degree of M. D., and was at one time professor in Ohio medical college. Princeton gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1863. His cousin. James Richard, sol- dier, b. in Bucks county, Pa.. 28 Sept., 1818 : d. in Chicago, 111., 28 June, 1881. removed with his father's family to Indiana in 1837, studied law. was admitted to the bar, and became a successful law- yer. In September, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the 47th Indiana regiment, and was ordered with his command to Kentucky. He was assigned to Gen. Don Carlos Buell's army, but was subsequently transferred to Missouri and placed under Gen. John Pope. With his command he participated in numerous actions. He was com- mi**ioned brigadier-general of volunteers, 31 Dec., 1864, major-general by brevet, 13 March, 1865, and was mustered out of the service, 15 Jan., 1866. After the war he resumed the practice of law, and at the time of his death, and for many years preceding, was a judge of the 28th judicial circuit of Indiana.

SLADE, Daniel Denison, physician, b. in Boston. 10 May, 1823; d. in Chesnut Hill, Mas*.. 11 Feb., 1896. He was graduated at Harvard and at the medical department, with the appointment of house surgeon to the Massachusetts hospital. He went abroad for the purpose of higher studies, and on his return in 1852 he settled in practice in Boston, where he continued until 1863. Dr. Slade then gradually relinquished his profession for literary and horticultural pursuits, and in 1870 was chosen professor of applied zoology in Harvard, which chair he held for twelve years. In 1884 he was appointed assistant in the Museum of comparative zoology and lecturer on comparative osteology in Harvard. During the civil war he was appointed one of the inspect or* of hospitals under