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SAVAGE

Ham and (Adams) Saunders of Dan River,

N.C., and a descendant of the Saunders familj' of Lancaster county, Virginia, who settled on the great Wiscomico river in 1660. His father re- moved to Somerset county, Tenn., in 1791. on the death of liis wife, and died there in 1803. Ro- mulus was adopted by his uncle. Col. James Saunders, a member of the Halifax congresses. He attended the University of North Carolina, 1809-11; read law with Judge Hugh Lawson White of Tennessee; and was married Dec. 22, 1812, to Rebecca Paine Carter of Caswell county, N.C. He practised law at Milton on the Dan river, N.C, 1812-15; and was a member of the state house of commons, 1815-20, being speaker of the house, 1819. His wife died, Oct. 9, 1821, and he was married secondly. May 26, 1823, to Anna Hays Johnson, daughter of Justice William Johnson (q.v.). He was a Democratic represen- tative in the 17th, 18th and 19th congresses, 1821- 27; attorney-general of North Carolina in 1828-31, and a commissioner with Geoi'ge W. Campbell and John K. Kane, to distribute 25,000,000 francs secured by the treaty with France, 1831. He was judge of the superior court of North Carolina, 1835-40; was defeated for governor of the state by John M. Morehead in 1840; was a representa- tive in the 27th and 28th congresses, 1841-45: U.S. minister to Spain, 1846-49, and he conducted the confidential negotiations made by the govern- ment for the purchase of Cuba for $100,000,000, which were frustrated by Reynolds, U.S. secre- tary of legation, who accepted a bribe for publish- ing the negotiations and was dismissed by the U.S. government. Mr. Saunders was recalled at his own request in 1849; was again a member of tiie house of commons, 1850-52; was judge of the superior court, 1852-65, and was a member of the board of commissioners to revise the laws of the state. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina, ra9-64. He died in Raleigh, N.C, April 21, 18'::.

SAVAGE, Ezra Perin, governor of Nebraska, was born in Connorsville, Ind., April 3, 1842; son of Benjamin Warren and Hannah (Perin) Savage; grandson of Samuel and Margaret (Campbell) Savage and of John and Rachel (Rice) Perin, and a descendant of the Savages of Bangor, Me., formerly from the North of Ireland, and the Perins, Rices, and Williams, pioneer settlers of Massachusetts. He matriculated at Iowa college, but left to volun- teer in the Federal army, and served under Grant and Sherman, 1861-65. He was married, first. Oct. 11, 1866, to Anna C, daughter of Charles and An- toinett (Chase) Rich, of Chicago, who died in 1883; IX. — 16

and secondly, March 9. 1896. to Elvira, daughter of Daniel and Francis (Thorn) Hess of Lyons, Iowa. He engaged in business in Lyons, Iowa, 1866-73; began cattle-raising in Crawford county, Iowa, in 1873, and moved his ranch to Custer county. Neb., in 1879. He then engaged in business in South Omaha, Neb., and was first mayor of that city, 1886-88. In 1883 he laid out the town of Sargent. He was a member of the Nebraska legislature, 1883-84; was elected lieutenant- governor of Nebraska in 1900, on the Republican ticket, with C H. Dietrich for governor; and Governor Dietrich being elected U.S. senator in March, 1901, Lieutenant Governor Savage became governor in May, 1901, for the term expiring December 31, 1902, when he was succeeded by John H. Mickey.

SAVAGE, George Martin, educator, was born near Rienzi, Miss., Feb. 5, 1849; son of Hamilton Giles and Eleanor Jane (Shields) Savage; grand- son of Martin and Mary (Hudspeth) Savage and of George and Margaret (McElbranan) Shields, and a descendant of Hamilton Savage. He was gradua- ted from Union university (now the Southwestern Baptist university) A.B. in 1871, A.M., 1874. and entered the Baptist ministry. He was married, July 26, 1871, to Fannie Forester, daughter of Chesley and Elizabeth (Jordan) Williams of Eagleville, Tenn. He was principal of Hender- son Male and Female institute. 1871-77 and 1880- 84; professor of English and French in the South- western Baptist university, 1877-80; principal of the Eagleville (Tenn.) high school, 1884-90, and in 1890 became president of the Southwestern Baptist university. He received the degree of LL.D. from the Southwestern Baptist university in 1890.

SAVAGE, James, antiquary, was born in Boston, Mass., July 13, 1784; son of Habijah and Elizabeth (Tudor) Savage; grandson of Thomas and Deborah (Briggs) Savage and of John and Jane (Varney) Tudor, and a descendant of Maj. Thomas Savage, who came from St. Albans, England, to Boston, Mass. in 1635. He was grad- uated at Harvard, A.B., 1803, A.M., 1806; studied law under Isaac Parker in Portland and under Samuel Dexter and William Sullivan in Boston; was admitted to the bar in 1807, and practised in Boston. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1812, 1813 and 1821; a member of the state constitutional convention, 1820: state sen- ator, 1826, and a member of the executive council, of the Boston common council, and of the board of aldermen. He founded the Provident Insti- tution for Savings in Boston in 1817, and served successively as its secretary, treasurer, vice- president and president, through a period of forty-five years. He was married, April 25, 1823, to Elizabeth Otis, daughter of George Still-