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STORRS, William Lucius, representative, was born in Middletown, Conn., Marcli 25, 1795 ; brother of Henr}^ R. Storrs (q.v.). He was grad- uated at Yale, A.B., 1814, A.M., 1817. He prac- tised law in Middletown, and was representative in the state legislature, 1827-29, and in 1834 was speaker of the house. He was a Whig represen- tative from Connecticut in the 21st and 22d con- gresses, 1829-33, and in the 26th congress, until June, 1840, when he resigned to become associate judge of the court of errors of Connecticut, and was chief-justice of the court, 1857-61. He was professor of law at Wesleyan university. Middle- town, Conn., 1841-46, and at Yale, 1846-47. He died at Hartford, Conn., June 25, 1861.

STORY, Emma Eames, prima donna, was born in Shanghai, China, Aug. 13, 1867 ; daugh- ter of Ithamar and Emma (Hayden) Eames.

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lawyer in the international and her mother a musician of ability, under wliom she began her first vocal training. She subsequently be- came a pupil of Clara Munger, of Boston. Mass.. and of Charles R. Adams, and studied under Madame Mar- chesi of Paris, 1886- 88. She made her /f^-\ J^-^\ '^) ' triumphant debut as

Juliette at the Grand Opera house, Paris, March 13, 1889, hav- ing rehearsed the role under Gounod's direction ; originated the part of Colombe in Saint Saens's " Ascanio," March 21, 1890 ; on May 28, created the title role of Zaire, an opera by Veronge de la Nux, and made her London de- but at Covent Garden as Marguerite in Gounod's " Faust," April 7, 1891. She was mari'ied, Aug. 1. 1891, to Julian Story, the artist (q.v,). Under the management of Abbey, Shoeffel and Grau, she first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera house in New York city in 1891, and at Mechanics Hall, Boston, Mass., as Juliette, March 16, 1892, in both cities winning instantaneous popularity, and subsequently touring botli abroad and in the United States in her various operatic roles. She was decorated by the president of the French re- public, an Officier d'Academie and received the English jubilee medal. Her repertory includes : Juliett-e, Elsa, Desdemona, Marguerite, Carmen, Micaela, Donna Elvira, the countess in II Nozze di Figaro, and Anna Page in Verdi's Falstaff.

STORY, George Henry, artist, was born in New Haven, Conn., Jan. 22, 1835 ; son of James

and Clarissa Story ; grandson of Ebenezer Story, and a descendant of William Story of Ipswich, Mass. His grandfather, Ebenezer, was starved to death in the old sugar-house, New York, after being taken prisoner in the Constitution, which frigate had been built on his land at Norwich, Conn., and which he had assisted in building, sailing on her as ship's carpenter. George H. Story served an apprenticeship to a wood carver in New Haven, 1850-53 ; studied under Cliarles Hine, a portrait painter at New Haven, 1853-56, and in Europe, 1857, Upon his return he settled in Portland, Maine, receiving the state medal for oil painting in 1859. He opened a studio in Washington, D.C., vvhere he remained, 1859-61 ; was in Cuba, 1862, and then established himself in New York city, where he gave his entire at- tention to portraits and to genre pictures, and in 1875 was made an associate of the National Aca- demy of Design. His works include : T7/e Testy Old Squire ; The Fishermen (1886); Sunday Morn- ing ; Clock Tinkers ; Twenty Tliousand Majority, as well as the portraits of Salmon P. Chase, Howell Cobb, Whitelaw Reid, Governors Partino and Leranoof Santo Espiritu and Ville Clara, and their families. He was appointed curator of the department of paintings in the Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art, New York city, in 1889, an official position which he was still occupying in 1903.

STORY, Joseph, jurist, was born at Marble- head, Mass., Sept. 18, 1779; son of Elisha and Mehitable (Pedrick) Story. His father was a staunch patriot, active in all the Revolutionary movements, and one of the "Indians" who helped to destroy the tea in the harbor of Boston, Mass., in 1776. Joseph was graduated from Har- vard, A.B., 1798, A.M., 1801 ; studied law in the office of Samuel Sewall, and later with Judge Putnam of Salem ; was admitted to the bar in July, 1801, and established himself in practice in Salem. He declined the appointment of naval officer of the port of Salem in 1803 ; was a Demo- cratic representative in the state legislature, 1805-07, and was elected a representative in the lOtli congress, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Jacob Crowninshield, serving, 1808-09, He was again chosen a representative in the state legis- lature in 1810 and became speaker of the house. He argued before the U.S. supreme court the great Georgia claim case in 1810, and on Nov. 18, 1811, was appointed associate-justice of the U.S. supreme court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Gushing, and held the office until his death. His circuit took in Maine. New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and owing to the extreme old age of his predecessor, his labors upon the circuit were multiplied by the immense accumulation of business. He de- nounced the slave trade, and it was owing to his