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Rh Jan.. 1865. He removed to Chicago. where he had earned a high reputation as a lawyer.

'''STILES. Joseph''' ('lay. clergyman. b. in Sa- vannah. 6a.. 6 l)ee.. 17:15 : d. there. 27 March. 1875. After graduation at Yale in 1814 he studied law at Litchtield. and practised in his native city. but ‘ in 182:? entered Andover theological seminary. where he was graduated in 1835. After lus ordi- nation by the presbytery in 1826 he labored as an ‘ evangelist in Georgia and Florida from 1829 till 18' . and gave an impetus to Presbyterianism in his native state. reviving old churches and build- ing new ones. In 1835 he removed to Kentucky and spent nine years in the west. where he fre- quently engaged in public theological discussion that grew out of the division of his denomination. In 1844 he accepted a call to Richmond. \'a.. and in 1848 he became pastor of the Mercer street church. New York city. which charge he resigned. owing to impaired health. and became general agent for the American Bible society in the south in 1850. In 1853 he became pastor of the South church in New Haven. L‘onn.. organized a southern aid society. and in 1861) labored as evangelist in the south. serving in this capacity until his death. He. received the degree of I). I). from Transylvania university in 18—16. and that of LL. D. from the University of Georgia in 1860. Dr. Stiles was the author of a " Speech on the Slavery Resolutions in the General Assembly " (New York. 1850): " Mod- ern Reform Examined. or the Union of the North and South on the Subject of Slavery" (Philadelphia. 1858): “ The National Controversy. or the 'oice of the Fathers upon the State of the ('oun- try " (New York. 1861); and “ Future Punish- ment Discusscd in a Letter to a Friend " (St. Louis. 1868).—His brother. William Henry. lawyer. b. in Savannah. G9... in Jauuary. 1808: d. there. 20 Dec., 1865. received an academic education. studied law. was admitted to the bar in 1831. and practised in Savannah. He was solicitor-general for the east- ern district of Georgia in 1833—6. and afterward elected to congress as a Democrat. serving from 4 Dec., 1843. till 3 March. 18-15. he was appointed charge d. aﬂaires in Austria. hold- ing this oﬂice until 3 Oct.. 18—19. and on his return he resumed law-practice in Savannah. At the be- ginning of the civil war he raised a regiment for the (‘onfederate army. in which he served as colonel. but resigned. owing to impaired health. Yale college gave him the degree of A. M. in 1837. was the author of a “ History of Austria. 1848—‘9 " (2 vols.. New York. 185:3).

'''STILL. William'''. philanthropist. b. in Sha- mony. Burlington co.. N. J.. 7 ct.. 1821. Ile is of African descent. and was brought up on a farm. Coming to Philadelphia in 18-1-1. he obtained a clerkship in 1847 in the ofﬁce of the Pennsyl- vania Anti-slavery society. Ile was chairman and corresponding secretary of the Philadelphia branch of the “ underground railroad " in 1851—111. and busied himself in writing out the narratives of fugitive slaves. His writings constitute the only full account of the organization with which he was Connected. Mr. Still sheltered the wife. daugh- ter. and Sons of John Brown while he was awaiting execution in Charlestown. Va. During the civil War he was commissioned post-sutler at (‘alnp William Penn for colored troops. and was a member of the Freedmen's aid union and commis- sion. He is vice-president. and chairman of the board of managers of the Home for aged and inﬁrm colored persons. a member of the board of trus- tees of the Soldiers’ and sailors' orphans‘ home. and of other charitable institutions. in 1885 he was On 19 April. 1.54.3. sent by the presbytery of Philadelphia as a commissioner to the general assembly at Cincinnati. He was one of the original stockholders of "The Nation." and a member of the Board of trade of Philadelphia. His writings include “ The Under— ground h'ail-Road " (Philadelphia. 1878): "Voting and Laboring": and " Struggle for the Rights of the (‘olored People of Philadelphia.".

STILLÉ, Alfred, physician, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 30 Oct., 1813. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and at the medical department of that university in 1836, after which he was elected resident physician of the Philadelphia hospital. Dr. Stillé then spent two years in higher medical studies in Paris and elsewhere in Europe, and in 1851 resumed them in Vienna. During 1839–'41 he was resident physician to the Pennsylvania hospital. In 1844 he began to lecture on pathology and the practice of medicine before the Pennsylvania association for medical instruction, and continued do so until 1850, also becoming physician to St. Joseph's hospital in 1849. He was elected professor of the theory and practice of medicine in Pennsylvania medical college in 1854, and filled that chair until 1859. In 1864 he was chosen to a similar place in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, which he held until 1884, when he was made professor emeritus. During 1865–'71 he was physician and lecturer on clinical medicine in the Philadelphia hospital. The degree of LL. D. was conferred on him in 1876 by Pennsylvania college. He is a member of various medical societies, and was president of the Philadelphia county medical society in 1862, and of the American medical association in 1871, and of the College of physicians of Philadelphia in 1885. Dr. Stillé has contributed to medical journals, and was associated with Dr. J. Forsyth Meigs in the translation of Andral's "Pathological Hæmatology" (Philadelphia, 1844). Among his works are "Medical Instruction in the United States" (1845); "Elements of General Pathology" (1848); "Report on Medical Literature" (1850); "The Unity of Medicine" (1856): "Humboldt's Life and Characters" (1859); "Therapeutics and Materia Medica: a Systematic Treatise on the Actions and Uses of Medicinal Agents" (2 vols., 1860); "War as an Instrument of Civilization" (1862); and "Epidemic Meningitis, or Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis" (1867). He was associated with John M. Maisch in the preparation of the "National Dispensatory" (1879), and he edited the second edition of the "Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence," originally written by his brother, Moreton Stillé, with Francis Wharton.— His brother, Charles Janeway, historian, b. in Philadelphia, 23 Sept., 1819; d. there, 11 Aug., 1899, was graduated at Yale, and, after studying law, devoted his attention to literature. During the civil war he was an active member of the executive committee of the U. S. sanitary commission, of which he afterward became the historian. In 1866 he was appointed professor of history in the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1868 became provost, which place he filled until 1880. While holding this office he convinced the trustees and faculty of the necessity of considering the demands of advanced education, especially in the scientific branches, and largely through his influence the new buildings in West Philadelphia were erected and the scientific department was founded. The edifice shown in the illustration represents the library building erected in 1888–'9 on the university grounds. The degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by Yale in 1868. In