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there. He was married in October, 1791, to Submit, daughter of the Hon. George Boyd of Portsmouth. N.H. He represented Portsmouth in the New Hampshire legislature, 1790-93, serv- ing part of the time as speaker, was elected a representative from New Hampshire to the 3d and 4th congresses, serving 1793-97, and was U.S. district attorney for New Hampshire, 1789- 92, 1801-04, and U.S. judge for the district of New Hampshire, 1804-30, succeeding Judge Pick- ering, who was removed through hisagencj'. He received the lionorary degree A.B. from Harvard, 1776. He died in Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 2, 1830. SHERIDAN, Michael Vincent, soldier, was born in Somerset, Ohio, Jlay 24, 1840; son of John and Mary (Miner) Sheridan. He attended St. Joseph's college, Somerset, was volunteer aide to his brother. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, at the battles of Perry ville, Ky., and Stone River, Tenn., Oct. 1862— Jan. 1863, and entered the Federal army, as 1st lieutenant, 2nd Missouri volun- teers, Sept. 7, 1863. He was promoted captain and aide-de-camp to his brother. May 18, 1864, and took part in the battles of Chickamauga, Ga.; Missionary Ridge and in Gi-ant's campaign against Richmond; the Shenandoah campaign and the Appomattox campaign, and was present at the surrender of General Lee, April 9, 1865. He was brevetted major, March 13, 1865; was appointed 2d lieutenant in the U.S. cavalry, Feb. 23, 1866, and captain, 7th cavalry, July 28, 1866; a7id honorably mustered out of volunteer service. Aug. 1, 1866. He took part in the Indian campaigns in the west, 1868-69, was brevetted lieutenant-colonel and served as aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sheridan, 1870-78; was mili- tary secretary to General Sheridan, 1878-88, was promoted major and assistant adjutant-general, June 7, 1883, and colonel and aide-de-camp, June- August, 1888. He was adjutant-general, depart- ment of the Platte, 1889-93; was promoted lieut- enant-colonel and assistant adjutant-general, July 9, 1892; served in the department of Dakota, 1893-97 and as colonel and assistant adjutant-gen- eral, department of Missouri, 1897-98. Upon the outbreak of the Spanisli-American war, he was stationed at Camp Thomas, Ga., as adjutant-gen- eral, April-July, 1898; was promoted brigadier- general of volunteers. May 27, 1898; served as chief of staff to General Brooke in the Porto Rico expedition, July-August, 1898; was chief of staff and in charge of civil affairs under General Brooke, August-December, 1898. He commanded the department of the Lakes, with headquarters at Chicago, 111., 1898-99; was adjutant-general of the department, of the Lakes, 1898-1900; ad- jutant-general the department of the East, 1900- 02, and was retired from the U.S. army with the rank of brigadier-general, April 15, 1902.

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SHERIDAN, Philip Henry, soldier, was born in Albany, N.Y.. March 6, 1831; son of John and Mary (Miner) Sheridan, grandson of John and Mary (McCabe) Sheridan, and of Patrick and Rosalia (Sheridan) Miner. His parents, natives of county Cavan, Ire- land, emigrated to America in 1830 and settled first in Al- bany, N.Y., and then in Somerset, Ohio. He attended the pub- lic schools and ob- tained employment ^ in one of the village vi; /^^

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etted 2d lieutenant, /fX^ I ^^ / July 1, 1853, and //, J)r:J/fUu!duct^ served on frontier

and garrison duty in Kentucky, Texas, California and Oregon. He was promoted 2d lieutenant, 4th infantry, Nov. 22, 1854; 1st lieutenant, March 1, 1861, and captain, 13th infantry, May 14, 1861. He was president of the board for auditing claims at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 18-Dec. 26, 1861; was chief quartermaster and commissary of the army of Southwest Missouri, 1861-62; served in the Mississippi campaign, April-September, 1862, as quartermaster of Major-Gen. Halleck's head- quarters during the advance to Corinth, Miss., April-May, 1862; was commissioned colonel, 2d Michigan cavalry volunteers. May 25, 1862, and commanded a brigade on the raid to Booneville, Miss., May 28, 1862, taking part in the skirmishes at Booneville, Blackland, Donaldson Cross-Roads and Baldwin, and in the battle of Booneville, July 1, 1862. He was promoted brigadier-general U.S.V., July 1, 1862, and commanded the 11th division, 3d army corps. Army of the Ohio, in the advance to Kentucky, October-November, 1862, and in the battle of Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862, and the relief of Nashville, Tenn., October-Nov- ember, 1862. He commanded the 3d division, right wing of the Army of the Cumberland in the Tennessee campaign, 1862-63; was promoted major-general U.S.V., Dec. 31, 1862, and engaged in the pursuit of the Confederates under Van Dorn to Columbia and Franklin; captured a train and many prisoners at Eagleville. in March, 1863; commanded the advance on TuUahoma, June-July, 1863; took part in the capture of Winchester, Tenn., June-July, 1863; crossed the Cumberland mountains and the Tennessee river, and commanded the 3d division, 20th army corps, under General McCook in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19-20, 1863. He com-