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 SNYDER

SOLEY

store, befaine proprietor of a mill and was justice of the peace for twelve years. He was a member of the coiiveiitiuii that framed the state constitu- tion in 17U0; meml)er of the state legislature, 1797-1808, servinj^ as speaker of the house, 180!^- 08. and originated *• the one hundred dollar act" embodying the arbitration principle and provi- ding for trial of causes less than one hundred dollars Iwfore a justice of the peace. He was the defeatetl candidate for governor of Pennsylvania by Thomas McKean in 1805; was governor, 1808- ir. andas such zealously supported the war of 18Vi, and w;vs state senator. 1817-19. He was married first in 1790, to Elizabeth Michael, who died Nov. 10, 1794; secondly, June 12, 1796, to Catharine, daugliter of Col. Frederick and Cath- arine (Schuyler) Antes, of Northumberland, Pa., who died March 10, 1810; and thirdly. Oct. 16, 1814, to Mary Slough Scott, widow, who died in 1823. Simon Snyder died at Selinsgrove, Snyder county (named in his honor). Pa., Nov. 9, 1819.

SNYDER, Simon, soldier, was born in Selins- grove. Pa.. Ftb. 9. 1839; son of Henry William and Mary Catharine (Smith) Snyder; grandson of Simon and Catharine (Antes) Snyder and of Judge Frederick (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) and Catharine Spangler (Leaf) Smith. He re- ceived a liberal education; enlisted in the Federal army and was appointed 2d lieutenant, 5th in- fantry, April 26, 1861; promoted 1st lieutenant, June 25. 1861. and captain, July 1, 1863, serving most of the time as a staff-officer, being aide-de- camp to Generals Couch, Torbert and Merritt, suc- cessively. He was married, Oct. 9, 1869, to Mary Turner, daugliter of Joseph and Martha (Stinson) Wardwell of Clinton, Maine. He was promoted major, Uth infantry, March 10, 1883, 5th infan- try. May 17, 1883; lieutenant-colonel, 10th in- fantry, Jan. 2, 1888; was brevetted major, Feb. 27, 1890. for gallant services against the Indians at Bear Paw mountain, Montana, Sept. 30, 1877; was commissioned colonel, 19th infantry, Sept. 16, 1892; brigadier-general U.S. volunteers, May 4, 1898, being assigned to the first corps, Chicka- mauga Park, Ga., and was in command of the U.S. troops at New Orleans, La., May 10 to June,

1898, and of the 2d division, 4th army corps, at Tampa, Fla., from June, 1898. He commanded the 1st brigade, 1st division, 1st army corps, en route to the province of Santa Clara, Cuba, November, 1898. to January, 1899; was governor of the province at Sancti Spiritas, Dec. 6, 1898, to Jan. 25, 1899; subsequently on special duty at Ponce, Puerto Rico, and mustered out of the volunteer service, May 12, 1899. being ordered to proceed with his regiment to the Philippines. He wa.s on duty at Manila, P.L, Aug. 21, to Sept. 15,

1899, commanding the United States troops and sub-district of Cebu, September, 1899, to April

2, 1900; served as acting inspector-general, Department of the Lakes, Chicago, 111., from July 22, 1900, to July 20, 1901; was en route to the Philippines to Oct. 10, 1901; coninianding the regiment to Dec. 6, 1901; in command of 5th sep- arate brigade, division of the Philippines, to May 8, 1902; appointed brigadier-general, U.S.A., April 16. 1902, and on May 10, 1902, was retired at his own request after more than 41 years' service.

SOLEY, James Russell, naval author, was born in Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 1, 1850. He was graduated from Harvard college, A.B., 1870; was assistant professor of English in the U.S. Naval academy, Annapolis, Md., 1871-73, and head of the department of English studies, history and law, 1873-82. He was married, Dec. 1, 1875, to Mary Woolsey Howland. He was professor in the U.S. navy, with the relative rank of lieutenant- commander, 1876-90; was appointed assistant-su- perintendent of education at the Paris exposition in 1878, and was also on special dutj' to examine the systems of education in European naval col- leges; attained the rank of commander in 1883 and was transferred to Washington, D.C., whei-e he collected and arranged the library of the Navy department. In addition to his regular duties he lectured on international law at the Naval War college, Newjwrt, R.I., 1885-89, and before the Lowell Institute, Boston, Mass., on " Amei'ican Naval History" and "European Neutrality during the Civil War " in 1885 and 1888 respectively. He was graduated from Columbian university, LL.B., 1890; was admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia; resigned his commission in the navy in July, 1890, to be- come assistant-secretary of the navy and served until March, 1893, when he commenced the prac- tice of law in New York city, acting as counsel of Venezuela at the Paris arbitration of the Venezuela-British Guiana boundary question, 1899. He edited: " The Autobiography of Com- modore Morris "; superintended the publication of the naval records of the civil war; delivered the oration at the unveiling of the Jeannette monument at Annapolis, Md., in 1890, and a eulogy upon Admiral Porter at the memorial services at Tremont Temple. Boston, Mass., in 1891. He is the author of: History of the Naval Academy (1876); Foreign Systems of Naval Educa- tion (1880); Campaigns of the Navy in the Civil War; The Blockade and the Cruisers (1883); The Rescue of Greeley, with Winfield S. Schley (1885); The Boys of IS 13 (1887); Sailor Boys of 1861 (1888); The Naval Wars of the United States; The Life of Admiral Porter; Maritime Industries of America, and contributions to " Bat- tles and Leaders of the Civil War," and Justin Win- sor's " Narrative and Critical History of America."