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Pa. ; adjunct professor of Greek there, 1867-72 ; professor of Latin. 1872-80, and professor of Greek, 1880-86. and in 1886 became president of Muhlenburg college. He was married, June 28, 1877, to Rebecca, daughter of Solomon and Ann (Saeger)Keckof AUentown, Pa. lie received the degree D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1886. He was president of the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and ad- jacent states, the oldest synod in America, 1895- 98, and a member of the college and university council of the state of Pennsylvania from its establishment by law in 1895. He contributed to Lutheran periodicals and published the History of the College Association of Pennsylvania and various addresses.

SEISS, Joseph Augustus, theologian, was born near Graceham, Frederick county, Md., March 18, 1823 ; son of John and Eliza (Scliuler) Seiss ; grandson of Godfrey and Maria (Kramer) Seiss and great-grandson of John George Sueiss, who was born in Lower Alsatia, 1718, nine years a grenadier in the French Army, emigrated to Pensylvania in 1750, married Miss Dock, and was one of the early Moravian settlers at Graceham. Joseph Augustus was a student at Pennsylvania college, 1839-40, and studied theology under pri- vate instruction. He was married in December, 1812, to Elizabeth, daughter of Michael and Eliza (Eichelberger) Barintz of Baltimore, Md. He entered the Lutheran ministry in Virginia, 1842 ; was pastor in that state and in Maryland, 1842- 58 : of St. John's English Lutheran church, Phila-

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delphia, 1858-74; and of the Church of Holy Communion, Philadelphia, from its beginning in 1874. He received the honorary degrees : A.M., 1845, D.D., 1859, LL.D., 1874, L.H.D., 1892. from Pennsylvania college. He was co-editor of the Lutheran, Philadelphia, 1860-61 ; the Lutheran and Missionary, 1868-73, and its editor, 1874-86 ; and editor of the F^ophetic Times, 1863-75. He traveled in Europe and the Orient, 1864-65. His published writings include : Popular Lectures on

the Epistle to the Hebrews (1846) ; Truth Made Plain (1870); The Javelin (1871); Parable of the Ten Virgins (1873); Holy Types (1875); Lectures oji the Gospels (2 vols., 1876); Life After Death (1878); Voices from Babylon (1879); Blossoms of Faith (1880) ; Lectures on the Apocalypse (3 vols., 1881); The Golden Altar (1882) ; Baptist System Examined (1883); Luther and the Reformation (1883); Tlie Last Times (1883); A Miracle in Stone (1884); TJie Gospels in the Stars (1885); Popular Lectures on the Epistles (2 vols., 1885); Uriel (1886) ; Lectures on the Gospels and Epistles of the Minor Festivals (1893); Beacon Lights (1899); Dost TJiou Believe? (1900); Lenten and Passiontide Sermonettes (1901); The Christ and His Church (1902). He also contributed articles to the Evangelical Review, Gettysburg, Pa.

SELDEN, Henry Rogers, jurist, was born in Lyme, Conn., Oct. 14, 1805; son of Calvin and Phoebe (Ely) Selden. He attended the common schools in Lyme, Conn. ; removed to Rochester, N.Y., in 1825, where his brother Samuel Lee Selden (q.v.) was a lawyer; and began the prac- tice of law in Clarkson, N.Y., in 1830. He was married, Sept. 25, 1834, to Laura, daughter of Abel and Laura (Smith) Baldwin of Clarkson, N.Y. He became interested in telegraphy, and with his brother introduced and organized the first lines of telegraphs, and in 1851 became president of the New York and Mississippi Valley telegraph company. He was reporter of the New York court of appeals, 1851-54 ; lieutenant-gover- nor of New York with John A. King, 1857-59, and in 1859 resumed the practice of law in Rochester, N.Y. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention at Chicago, May 16, 1860, where he supported the candidacy of William H. Seward ; was appointed judge of the court of appeals of New York to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his brother, Samuel Lee Selden, in July, 1862, and was re-elected for a full term, but resigned in 1864. He received the degree LL.D. from Yale in 1857. He prepared : Reports of the New York Court of Appeals, 1S51- 5J^ (6 vols., 1853-60). He died in Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 18, 1885.

SELDEN, Samuel Lee, jurist, was born in Lyme, Conn., Oct. 12, 1800; son of Calvin and Phoebe (Ely) Selden ; grandson of Ezra and Elizabeth (Rogers) Selden and of Elijah and Hepzibah (Lee) Ely, and a descendant of Thomas Selden, who settled in Hartford.^ Conn., in 1639. He attended the public schools in Lyme, and an academy in Colchester, Conn. ; removed to Roch- ester, N.Y., and studied law under Addison Gardiner with whom he practised, 1825-31. He was married, July 27, 1831, to Susan, daughter of Levi and Mehitabel (Hand) Ward of Genesee county, N.Y, He was justice of the peace ; first