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1894, and at once opened a studio and engaged in sculpture in which he had long been interested. He was married. Nov. 18, 1896, toHarrieEldridge, daughter of Henry Thomas and Julia Ehiiira Grant (Stewart) Moore of New York city. He soon won recognition, at first with small pieces chiefly in bronze, and later with more important works, including a mammoth bison exhibited at the Pan-.Vmeriean exposition, Buffalo, N.Y.,1901, In 1901 he was awarded the contract to erect his Washington statue in Brooklyn, N.Y., an eques- trian work costing $50,000, and on Feb. 5, 1903, his design for the memorial to General Grant to be erected in Washington, D.C., made in compe- tition with twenty-two other sculptors, was adopted by the committee. His designs for the monument represented Grant on horseback ap- parently reviewing troops, the equestrian statue cast in bronze surmounting a pedestal standing in the centre of a marble plaza, the latter being 26'3J feet in length and 69 feet in depth. At either end of the marble platform, a subsidiary array group, also in bronze, is placed, and at each of the four corners, a lifesize bronze lion.

SHREVE, Henry Miller, inventor, was born in Burlington county, N.J., Oct. 31, 1785. He re- moved to western Pennsylvania with his parents, and in ISIO became captain of a freight vessel on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He served in the war of 1812-14, carrying supplies to Fort St. Philip, and under General Jackson at New Or- leans, where he commanded the field piece that repulsed Sir John Keane's division. He was cap- tain of the Enterprise, the first steam vessel to make the run through the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, from New Orleans, La., to Louisville, Ky.. in 1815. He constructed the steamboat Wash- ington in 1816, which was used for the first time in March, 1817. and he made it better fitted for practical use tlian the boat designed by Fulton, an improvement in the fire-box alone saving almost half the fuel. Mr. Fulton and the Living- stons brought infringement suits against Mr. Shreve, which were finally settled in his favor. He was U.S. superintendent of western river im- provements. 1826-40, and succeeded in opening the Red River to navigation with the help of his snag boat HdiopoUs, which he built in 1829. He also invented a steam marine battering-ram for harbor defence in 1829. He died in St. Louis, Mo.. March 6. 1854.

SHUBRICK, Edward Rutledge, naval officer, was born at Bull's Island, S.C, in 1794 ; son of Col. Thomas Shubrick, an officer in the Con- tinental army, and brother of Capt. William Branford and Commanders John Templar and Irvine Shubrick (q. v.). He was warranted mid- shipman in the U.S. navy, Jan. 16, 1807 ; was at- tached to the President under Com. John Rod-

gers, 1812-15; was commissioned lieutenant, Oct, 9, 1813, and promoted commander, April 24. 1828. He commanded the Vincennes of the West India squadron, 1830-33; was promoted captain, Feb. 9, 1831, and commanded the Columbia of the Brazilian squadron, 1842-44. He died at sea, March 12. 1814.

SHUBRICK, Irvine, naval officer, was born on Bull's Island, S.C, in 1798; son of Col. Thomas Shubrick. He was warranted midshipman, May 12, 1814, and was with his brother, Lieut. John T. Shubrick (q. v.), on the President, when cap- tured, Jan. 15, 1815, and carried to Bermuda a prisoner of war. In the Algerian war he was again with his brother in the Guerriere, but did not leave that vessel when his brother assumed com- mand of the Epervier to carry the treaty to the United States. He was attached to the Hornet in the West Indies, 1821-23 ; was commissioned lieu- tenant, Jan. 13, 1825 ; was executive officer of the Potomac on the Pacific station, 1831-34, and was commended for his bravery in leading the landing party, Feb. 6, 1832, in de.stroying the tovi'n of Quallah Battoo, Sumatra, to avenge the plundering of the American ship Friendship in 1831, by Malay pirates. He was promoted com- mander, Sept. 8, 1841, and commanded the Sara- toga in the Brazil station, 1844-47, and was on shore duty as inspector at the U.S. navy yard, Philadelphia, 1848-49. His son, Passed Midship- man Thomas Branford Shubrick (1825-1847), of tlie U.S.S. 3Iississippi, lost his life while point- ing a gun of the naval battery bombarding Vera Cruz, Mexico, March 25, 1847. Commander Shubrick died in Wilmington, Del., April 5, 1849.

SHUBRICK, John Templer, naval officer, was born on Bull's Island, S.C, Sept. 12. 1788 ; son of Col. Thomas Shubrick. He attended the private school of the Rev. Thomas Thaciier at Dediiam, Mass., and studied law in the office of Colonel Drayton in Ciiarleston, 1804-06. He was war- ranted mid.shipman in the U.S. navy, June 20, 1806, and served in the Chesajjeake on the Medi- terranean station, 1800-08, witne.ssing the capture of the Leopard. He was attached to tlie Argus, 1808-09 ; served on board the United States and the Viper on the southern Atlantic coast in 1810, and the Siren in 1811, where he performed the duties of 1st lieutenant. He was commissioned lieutenant. May 20, 1812 ; was attached to the frigate Constitution, in her escape from the Brit- isii squadron, July 17-20, 1812 ; commanded the guns on the quarter-deck in the capture of the Guerriere, and took a prominent part in the action and capture of the Java. Dec. 29. 1812. He was attached to the Hornet in January, 1813, where he served as 1st lieutenant, in the capture of the Peacock, Feb. 24, 1813 ; and transferred to the United States, under Commodore Decatur. He