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Rh that of LL. D. in 1869 by Union college. In 1862 the presidency of Girard college, Philadelphia, was offered to him, and in 1869 the professorship of Latin in Muhlenberg college, Allentown, Pa.; but he declined both. He was connected with the &ldquo;Evangelical Quarterly Review&rdquo; from its beginning in 1849, and was its sole editor from 1857 until his death. His biographical articles earned him the title of &ldquo;The Plutarch of the Lutheran Church.&rdquo; He was also editor of the &ldquo;Literary Record and Linnæan Journal,&rdquo; in Gettysburg, in 1847-'8, and published &ldquo;Memoir of the Life and Times of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, D. D.&rdquo; (Philadelphia. 1856); &ldquo;Memorial of Philip P. Mayer, D. D.&rdquo; (1859); &ldquo;Brief Sketch of the Lutheran Church in this Country&rdquo; (1860); and &ldquo;Discourse before the Lutheran Historical Society&rdquo; (Lancaster, 1862).

STOKES, Anthony, British jurist, b. in Eng- land in 1736; d. in London, 27 March. 1700. He was a barrister at law of the Inner Temple, Lon- don, came to this country, was appointed chief justice of Georgia in 1768, and in 1772 became councillor of that colony, retaining those offices till the evacuation of Georgia by the British in 1782. He was a loyalist at the opening of the Revo- lution, and was taken prisoner, but was soon after- ward exchanged. In 1778 his estate was confis- cated. He went to Charleston, S. C., after leaving Georgia, and at the evacuation of that city he re- turned to England. He published " View of the Constitution of the British Colonies in North America and the West Indies " (London, 1783) ; " Narrative of the Official Conduct of Anthony Stokes" (1784); and "Desultory Observations on Great Britain " (1702).

STOKES, James Hughes, soldier, b. in Balti- inoiv, Md., in 1814; d. in New York city, 27 Dec., 18'.i(i. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy, resigned in 1843, and engaged in busi- ness, removing in 1S5S to Illinois. After aiding in the equipment of volunteers, lie joined the army as captain, and served in Tennessee, and afterward as assistant adjutant-general. He was made a brigadier-general on 20 July, 1865, and was mus- tered out a month later.

STOKES, Montford. senator, b. in Wilkes county. N. C., in 1700; d. in Port Gibson. Ark.. 4 Nov., 1842. He served in the navy during the Revo- lutionary war, and after its close lived in Salis- bury, N. C., where he was for several years clerk of the superior court. He became subsequently clerk of the state senate, and was elected to the U. S. senate, but declined the office. He was again elected to the same office in 1816, and served till 1823, was a member of the state senate in 1826, and of the state house of representatives in 1820 and 1830. He was governor of North Carolina in 1830-'!, which office he resigned to accept that of commissioner to superintend the removal of the Indians west of Mississippi river. He was appoint- ed by President Jackson in 1831 Indian agent for Arkansas territory, where he remained till his death. He fought a duel near Salisbury with Jesse D. Pierson, and was severely wounded'.

STOLBRAND, Carlos John Meuller, soldier, b. in Sweden, 11 May, 1821 : d. in Charleston, S. C.. 3 Feb., 1804. He entered the royal artillery, and took part in the campaign of Schleswig-Holstein with part of his regiment in defence of Denmark. At the close of the war he came to the United States, and in July, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the volunteer artillery. Soon afterward he was appointed its captain and joined the 1st battalion of Illinois light artillery, and became chief of ar- tillery under Gen. John A. Logan. He took part in the movements against Corinth, Miss., and in 1803, on Gen. Logan's accession to the command of the loth corps, was transferred to the command of its artillery brigade. He participated in the campaign of Atlanta and the march to the sea. In February, 1805, he was promoted to brigadier- general of volunteers, assigned to a brigade in the 15th corps, and shortly afterward to one in the 17th corps. The latter brigade, being reduced in numbers, was re-enforced and reorganized un- der his charge. In 1805 he went with his brigade to St. Louis, Mo., and thence to Leavenworth, Kan., and in February, 1805, he received an hon- orable discharge from the army. In 1808 Gen. Stolbrand was elected secretary of the Constitu- tional convention of South Carolina. He was dele- gate-at-large to the National Republican conven- tion at Chicago in 1868, and served as presidential elector. He made various improvements in steam- engines and steam-boilers, and was superintendent of the U. S. government building in Charleston.

STONE, Amasa, philanthropist, b. in Charlton, Mass., 27 April, 1818; d. in Cleveland, Ohio, 11 May, 1883. He began life as an architect, at twenty-one was engaged in the construction of railroad bridges, and while still young became the first bridge-builder in the country. In partnership with two friends he constructed the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati railroad, and afterward the Cleveland and Erie, of which roads he was made superintendent. He was next engaged in building the Chicago and Milwaukee road. He was the president and director of numerous railroads and other industrial and financial corporations, was frequently consulted by President in regard to matters of army transportation, and was offered by him an appointment as brigadier-general. He spent a year in Europe in 1868-'9. Mr. Stone gave large sums in charity to the city of Cleveland. He built and endowed the Home for aged women and the Industrial school for children, and gave $600,000 to Adelbert college of Western Reserve university.

STONE, Andrew Leete, b. in Oxford. Conii., 25 Nov., 1815 ; d. in San Francisco, 17 Jan., isti-j. His father was justice of the peace for a quarter of a century, served for several terms as judge of pro- bate, and had local reputation as a physician. The son was graduated at Yale in 1837, and served for three years as a professor in the New York institution for the deaf and dumb, studying at Union theological seminary. He then connected himself with the American Sunday-school union at Philadelphia, and in September. 1844. was or- dained pastor of the South Congregational church at Middletown. Conn. In January, 1840, he was called to the pastorate of the Park street church, Boston. In 1806 he received a call to the 1st Con- gregational church in San Francisco, Cal. In 1881, his health failing, he was elected pastor emeritus. He is the author of " Service the End of Living " (1858); "Ashton's Mothers" (1850); "Discourse on the Death of Abraham Lincoln " (1865) ; and numerous printed addresses. Two volumes of his sermons have been published, entitled "Memorial Discourses" (1866) and " Leaves from a Finished Pastorate" (1882). His brother, David Marvin, journalist, b. in Oxford. Conn., 23 Dec., 1817; d. in Brooklyn, 2 April, 1805. He taught when he was only sixteen, and was a merchant in Phila- delphia from 1842 till 1849, when he was called to New York city to take charge of the "Dry Goods Reporter." In December of that year he became commercial editor of the New York "Jour- nal of Commerce," and in September, 1801, with