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bu^int'ss was changed to a stock company, and a few shares were given to theliead of eacli dejiart- ment, Singer and Clarke holding an equal number of the majority of all the shares. Disagreements followed and the control of the business was ab- sorbed by Clarke and Mackenzie, the latter a former manager. Upon their demand that Mr. Singer invent a new family sewing-machine within a specified time, he severed his connection with tlie company and removed to Paris, where he lived for t^everal years. He was married in l^G'), in New York, to Isabella Eugenia Summer- ville. whom he had met in Paris. Of their children, Isabella Blanche married, in 18«8, the Due Decazes, and Winneretta married, first, Prince L«iuis Wilfred de Icey-Montbeliard and secondly. Prince Edmond Jlelchior de Polignac, descendant of the Prime minister of Cliarles X. Isaac Singer's estate, estimated at $30,000,000, was left to his widow and children. He died at his liome in Torquay. England, July 23, 1875.

SINQLETON, Esther, author, born in Balti- more. Md.. of Southern and English ancestry. In 1887 slie removed to New York city. In tliat year she became connected with the editorial staff of Appleton's Cyclopaedia of A.merican Biography. Subsequently she wrote articles on music for '" Scribuer"s Cyclopaedia of Music and Musicians" and for the " International Cyclopaedia." After 1891 she wrote man j' articles and literary and musical criticisms for the lead- ing newspapers and reviews. She is the author of : Turrets, Towers and Temples (1898); ^ Guide to the Opera (1899): Great Pictures (1899); The Wonders of Nature (1900); Paris(1900), Romantic Castles and Palaces (1901); Love in Literature and Art ( 1901 ) ; The Furniture of Our Forefathers (2 vols., 1900-1901): Famous Paintings (190r); I^ndon (1902) : Social New York under the Georges, J714-177'J (1902), and French and English Furni- ture ( 1903). She also translated from the Frencli. Albert I^iivignac's " Music Dramas of Richard Wagner " ri89Mi, and " Musical Education " (1903).

SINGLETON, Otho R., representative, was born in Jessamine county. Ky., Oct. 14, 1814. He was graduated at St. Joseph college. Bards- town, Ky., and at the Lexington Law school, and l)egan practice in Canton, Miss., in 1838. He was a member of the lower house of the state legislature for two years, and of tiie state senate for six years, and was a Democratic presidential ♦•lector, voting for Pierce and King in 1853. He was a Democratic representative in the 33(1, 35tli and SOth congresses, 1853-55, and 1857-Gl. He resigned his seat in congre.ss. Jan. 12, 1801, with the Mississippi delegation, but his resigna- tion was not accepted, and his seat was declared vacant. March 14, 1861. He was a representative from Mississippi in the 1st and 2d Confederate

States congresses, serving from Feb. 22, 1862, to the close of the government, meantime holding a position on General Lee's staff as aide-de-camp. He was again elected a representative from the fourth district of the reconstructed state of Mis- sissippi to the U.S. congress, serving in the 44th, 45th, 40th and 47th congress, 1875-83, and from the fifth district (having removed from Canton to Forest), in the 48th and 49tii con- gresses, 1883-87. He died in Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. 1889.

SITGREAVES, Charles, representative, was born in Easton, Pa., April 22, 1803 ; son of Will- iam Sitgreaves 3d (born in Philadelphia, Dec. 23, 1772) and Ursula (BuUman) his wife; grand- son of William Sitgreaves 2d (born Dec. 12, 1729) and Susanna (Deshon) his wife ; great- grandson of William Sitgreaves 1st (born in Eng- land, Feb. 17, 1704). He received a liberal educa- tion ; was admitted to tlie bar at Easton, Aug. 17, 1824. and began practice in Phillipsburg. N.J. He was married to Jane Louisa Depew (1803- 1887). He was major commandant in the state militia, 1828-38 ; member of the state assembly, 1831-33, and of the council, 1834-35, being presi- dent of the latter, 1835. He was a trustee of Lafayette college, Pa., 1843-53. and received the honorary degree A.M. from the College of New Jersey in 1852. He was a member of the upper house of the state legislature, 1853-54 ; a trustee of the State Normal school, 1855-64 ; the first mayor of Phillipsburg, 1861, and a member of the 39tli and 40th congresses, 1865-69. He was presi- dent of the Belvidere-Delaware railroad company, 1850-70, and the finst president of the Phillips- burg bank, 1866-78. He died at Phillipsburg, N.J.. March 16. 1878.

SITGREAVES, John, delegate, was born in New Berne, N.C., about 1740. He studied law and began its practice in his native town. He was appointed an officer in the regiment of minutemen of Dobbs county, under Col. Richard Caswell, who defeated the loyalists, under Gen- eral McDonald, at Moore's Creek. Feb. 27, 1776, known as the " Lexington of the South" and for which Colonel Caswell gained promotion to tiie rank of major-general. He was also Governor Caswell's aide-de-camp at the battle of Camden. Aug. 16, 1780. He was a delegate from North Carolina to the Continental congress. 1784-85. being in attendance at Trenton, N.J., from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24, 1784, when the government was transferred to New York city. He was a mem- ber of the house of commons, 1786-89, and U.S. district judge for North Carolina. 1789-1802. He died at Halifax. N.C., March 4, 1802.

SITGREAVES, Samuel, representative, was born in Philadelpliia, Pa., March 16. 1764; .son of William (born 1729) and Susanna (Deshon) Sit-