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and on Banks's staff in tlie Red River campaign. He was colonel of the 3d Virginia cavalry ; was chief of staff to his cousin, David Hunter, in the Shenandoali campaign, and was brevetted briga- dier-general of volunteers. After the war he re- sumed his literary work ; and his Personal Recol- lections of the War, written from a note-book actually kept while at the front, was very popu- lar. He was U.S. consul-general at Mexico, 1879-85. He was twice married, first to Anjje Doyne Wolfe, and secondly, to Mary El Hunter. By his first marriage he had daughter, Emily, who became the wife of John Brisben Walker (q.v.) and by his second marriage, he had two sons. He is the author of The Black- water Chronicle (1853) and Virginia Illustrated (1857). General Strother died in Charlestown, Jefferson county, W. Va., March 8. 1888.

STRYKER, Melancthon Woolsey, educator, was born in Vernon, N.Y., Jan. 7, 1851 ; son of Isaac Pierson and Alida Livingston (Woolsey) Stryker ; grandson of Daniel and Harriet (Pier- son) Stryker, and of Melancthon and Susan (Tredwell) Woolsey, and a descendant of Jan Van Stryker, who came from Holland to New Jersey, 1640, and of George Woolsey, who came to Jamaica, L.I., N.Y., in 1623. He was graduated at Hamilton college in 1872, and at the Auburn Theological seminary in 1876 ; mar- ried, Sept. 27, 1876, Clara Elizabeth, daughter of Simon and Mary (Weaver) Goss, of Auburn, N.Y. ; and was pastor of churches at Auburn, N.Y., 1876; Ithaca, ^.Y., 1878-83; Holyoke, Mass., 1883-85, and in Chicago, 111., 1885-92. In 1892 lie became president of Hamilton college. He received the degree of D.D. from Hamilton in 1889, and from Lafayette in 1889, and that of LL.D. from Lafayette in 1892. He is the author of : Song of Miriam (1888) ; Church Song (1889) ; Dies Irce (1893) ; Hamilton, Lincoln and Ad- dresses (1895) ; Letter of James (1895) ; Latter- math (1896) ; College Hymnal (1897) ; Well by the Gate, sermons (1903).

STRYKER, William Scudder, historiographer, was born in Trenton, N.J., June 6, 1838. He was graduated at Princeton, A.B., 1858, A.M., 1859, and studied law. He enlisted as a private, April 16, 1861, assisted in recruiting and organizing troops in the beginning of the civil war and in 1863 was commissioned major and appointed aide to Gen. Quiiicy A. Gillmore, then stationed in South Carolina. He took part in tlie Morris Is- land expedition, in the assault of Fort Wagner, and in the bombardment of Fort Sumter. He was taken ill, and returning North was attached to the pay-master's department and brevetted lieutenant-colonel for meritorious service. He resigned his commission, June 30. 1866, and in 1867 was made adjutant-general for the state of

New Jersey, a position he held for over thirty- five years. He received the honorary degree of LL.D, Besides many valuable historical pam- phlets and monographs he compiled a Roster of the Jerseymen in the Revolutionary War (1872); Roster of the New Jersey Volunteers in the Civil War (1876); and wrote the Battles of Trenton and Princeton (1898).

STUART, Alexander Hugh Holmes, cabinet officer, was born in Staunton, Va., April 2, 1807 ; son of Judge Archibald Stuart of Virginia. He attended William and Mary college, and was graduated from the law department of the Uni- versity of Virginia, in 1828. He practised in Staunton, 1828-36 ; was a representative in the state legislature, 1836-39 ; a representative in the 27th congress, 1841-43 ; presidential elector on the Clay ticket in 1844, and on the Taylor ticket in 1848, and served as secretary of the interior in President Fillmore's cabinet, 1850-53. He was a member of the national convention in 1856 ; state senator, 1857-61 ; a Union delegate to the secession convention of 1861, but when Vir- ginia was threatened with invasion he gave his support to the Confederate cause. In 1865 he was elected a representative to congress, but w^as not allowed to take his seat. He was prom- inent in resisting the objectionable features of the reconstruction act, and was a member of the committee that co-operated with the President in freeing the state from military government. He was rector of the University of Virginia. 1876-82 and 1884-86 ; a member of the board of trustees of the Southern Education fund, and president of the Virginia Historical society for many years. He died in Staunton, Feb. 3, 1891.

STUART, Charles E., senator, was born in Columbia county, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1810. He prac- tised law in Kalamazoo, Mich. ; was a represen- tative in the Michigan legislature. 1842 ; a Demo- cratic representative from Michigan in the 30th congress, elected in 1847 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward Bradley, deceased, who never qualified, and Mr. Stuart served. 1847- 49. He was the unsuccessful candidate for rep- resentative in the 31st congress, and was elected to the 32d congress, serving, 1851-53. He was a U.S. senator fi-om Michigan, 1853-59, and in 1866 was a member of the Union convention in Phila- delphia. He died in Kalamazoo, May 19, 1887.

STUART, David, soldier, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 12, 1816 ; son of Robert Stuart (q.v.). He removed to Detroit, Mich., where he practised law, and was a Democratic representative in the 33d congress, 1853-55. He removed to Chicago, 111., and on Oct. 31, 1861, was commissioned colonel, 55th Illinois volunteers. He was given command of the 2d brigade, Sherman's division. Grant's army, in February, 1862, and at Shiloh he was