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in Paris and London. He returned to the United States; was organist of Pilgrim and Plymouth churches. Brooklyn. 1S81-97, and in the latter year \v;is ai)jH>inted organist of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, New York city. He was married, .Vpril -21. 1HS4, to Carolyn, daughter of Joiin W. and Mary Jane (Warner) Lake of New Haven, Conn. His compositions include many popular songs ; orchestral music ; two sacred cantatas and organ music. He also compiled and edited several volumes of anthems and selections for the organ ; Ronwo and Juliet, a lyric music dranja (in.iO): Santa Chiitft. a lyrical intermezzo, an.l a Si/nip'ioin/ in E major (UfOO).

5H ELTON, Charles Eldred, educator, was horn in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, June 16, 1859; son of Orville Clarkson and Lucy (Carnifex) Shelton. He was graduated from the Iowa Wesleyau university, A.B., 1879, A.M., ISSl, and was admitteil to the bar in 1S80. He was married, Oct. -28, 18S0. to Julia Woodward of Mount Pleas- ant. Iowa. He was in Brazil in the educational missionary work undertaken by Bishop William Taylor (q.v.), 1880-82. He was principal of the public schools at Agency and De Witt, Iowa, professor in the Normal schools at Clinton and Shenandoah, Iowa, and Lincoln, Neb., and super- intendent of schools in Burlington, Iowa, 1893- 99. and in 1899 became president of Simpson college. Indianola, Ind. He received the degree of LL.D. from the Iowa Wesleyan university in 1902.

SHELTON, William, educator, was born in Smitli County, Tenn., July 4, 1824; son of James and Nancy (Marshall) Shelton ; grandson of David Shelton, of Mecklenburg county, N.C., and of William Jefferson Marshall, of Virginia, and a descendant of the Sheltons and Marshalls, who came from England to Virginia in the early set- tlement of the colony. He was graduated from the University of Na.shville, Tenn., "in 1843, and from the Hamilton Theological seminary in 1846. He was married, Aug. 7, 1849. to Virginia, daugh- ter of David and Catherine (Bowen) Campbell, of Lebanon, Tenn. He was pastor of the Baptist churcli in Clarksville, Tenn., 1846-50 ; professor of Greek and theology in Union university, Mur- freesboro, Tenn., 1850-55, and pastor of the Baptist church at Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1851-55. He was president of the Brownsville Female col- lege and pastor of the Baptist church at Browns- ville. 18.5.5-66, and president of West Tennessee college. Jackson, Tenn.. 186.5-69. In 1873 he be- came financial agent and ])rofessor-elect of moral and intellectual philosophy in the University of Na.shville. He was the first president of the Southwestern Baptist university, 1876-78 ; presi- dent of Ewing college. 111., 187^-83 : of Los Angeles college, Cal., 1883-96, and in 1896 he became

president of Stanford Female college, Ky. He received the degree of D.D. from Baylor univer- sity in 1860 and that of LL.D. from Ewing college in 1880. He had two sons, the Rev. William Shelton, Jr., and Henry Campbell Slielton, and one daughter, Mrs. Nannie Shelton Saufley, of Stanford. Ky.

SHELTON, William Henry, artist and author, was born at Allen's Hill, Ontario county, N.Y., Sept. 4, 1840 ; son of Joseph Carlos and Mary Colt (Taft) Shelton ; grandson of Seldon and Julia Ann (Welton) Shelton, and of Jesse and Abigail (Peck) Taft, and a descendant of Daniel Slielton, whoemigrated from England in 1686 and engaged in the mercantile business in Stratford, Conn. He attended Canandaigua academy, and in 1861 he joined Reynold's battery, 1st N.Y. artil- lery regiment, serving with the Army of the Potomac from Cedar Mountain to the Wilderness, where he was wounded and captured. In 1871 he opened a studio in New York city, and after 1890 devoted his time chiefly to magazine writing. He is the author of : A Man Without a Memory and Other Stories (1895). and The Last Three Soldiers (1897).

SHEPARD, Edwin Malcolm, naval officer, was born in New Y'ork, Sept. 16, 1843 ; son of Elisha H. Shepard. He entered the U.S. Naval academy, Annapolis, Md., Nov. 25, 1859, and waa ordered into active service, May, 1861, serving on the sloop Vincennes at the passes of the Missis- sippi river, 1861-62. He was promoted ensign, Nov. 25, 1862, serving on the sloop Mississippi, 1862-63, until her destruction ; and on the gun- boat Essex in the siege of Port Hudson, May- July 8, 1863 ; was promoted lieutenant, Feb. 24, 1864 ; served on the Massachicsetts at the capture of the privateer Florida, Oct. 7, 1864, and on the moniter Mahopac, at the siege of Charleston, S.C, 1865; was promoted commander, May 9, 1878, and captain, May 15, 1893. He was made lighthouse inspector of the 3d district, April 18, 1898 ; was promoted rear-admiral in 1901, and was made commandant of the U.S. naval station, Port Royal, S.C. He was retired June 13, 1902, and made his home in Washington, D.C.

SHEPARD, Isaac Fitzgerald, soldier, was born in South Natick, ^Mass., July 7, 1816; son of Major Calvin Shepard of Ashland. Mass. ; and a de- scendant of the Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cam- bridge. He was graduated at Harvard in 1842 (A.B., 1850, A.M., 1851); was principal of a gram- mar school in Boston, 1844-57, editor of the Daily Bee, 1846-48, and a representative in the Massa- chusetts legislature, 1859-60. He removed to Missouri in 1861, served as adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. T. W. Sweeney with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the expedition to Sjiring- field, Mo., and as senior aide-de-camp on the staff