that of LL. D. in 1869 by Union college. In 1862 the presidency of Girard college, Philadelphia, was offered to him, and in 1869 the professorship of Latin in Muhlenberg college, Allentown, Pa.; but he declined both. He was connected with the “Evangelical Quarterly Review” from its beginning in 1849, and was its sole editor from 1857 until his death. His biographical articles earned him the title of “The Plutarch of the Lutheran Church.” He was also editor of the “Literary Record and Linnæan Journal,” in Gettysburg, in 1847-'8, and published “Memoir of the Life and Times of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, D. D.” (Philadelphia. 1856); “Memorial of Philip P. Mayer, D. D.” (1859); “Brief Sketch of the Lutheran Church in this Country” (1860); and “Discourse before the Lutheran Historical Society” (Lancaster, 1862).
STOKES, Anthony, British jurist, b. in Eng-
land in 1736; d. in London, 27 March. 1700. He
was a barrister at law of the Inner Temple, Lon-
don, came to this country, was appointed chief
justice of Georgia in 1768, and in 1772 became
councillor of that colony, retaining those offices
till the evacuation of Georgia by the British in
1782. He was a loyalist at the opening of the Revo-
lution, and was taken prisoner, but was soon after-
ward exchanged. In 1778 his estate was confis-
cated. He went to Charleston, S. C., after leaving
Georgia, and at the evacuation of that city he re-
turned to England. He published " View of the
Constitution of the British Colonies in North
America and the West Indies " (London, 1783) ;
" Narrative of the Official Conduct of Anthony
Stokes" (1784); and "Desultory Observations on
Great Britain " (1702).
STOKES, James Hughes, soldier, b. in Balti-
inoiv, Md., in 1814; d. in New York city, 27 Dec.,
18'.i(i. He was graduated at the U. S. military
academy, resigned in 1843, and engaged in busi-
ness, removing in 1S5S to Illinois. After aiding
in the equipment of volunteers, lie joined the army
as captain, and served in Tennessee, and afterward
as assistant adjutant-general. He was made a
brigadier-general on 20 July, 1865, and was mus-
tered out a month later.
STOKES, Montford. senator, b. in Wilkes
county. N. C., in 1700; d. in Port Gibson. Ark.. 4
Nov., 1842. He served in the navy during the Revo-
lutionary war, and after its close lived in Salis-
bury, N. C., where he was for several years clerk of
the superior court. He became subsequently clerk
of the state senate, and was elected to the U. S.
senate, but declined the office. He was again
elected to the same office in 1816, and served till
1823, was a member of the state senate in 1826,
and of the state house of representatives in 1820
and 1830. He was governor of North Carolina in
1830-'!, which office he resigned to accept that of
commissioner to superintend the removal of the
Indians west of Mississippi river. He was appoint-
ed by President Jackson in 1831 Indian agent for
Arkansas territory, where he remained till his
death. He fought a duel near Salisbury with
Jesse D. Pierson, and was severely wounded'.
STOLBRAND, Carlos John Meuller, soldier,
b. in Sweden, 11 May, 1821 : d. in Charleston, S. C..
3 Feb., 1804. He entered the royal artillery, and
took part in the campaign of Schleswig-Holstein
with part of his regiment in defence of Denmark.
At the close of the war he came to the United
States, and in July, 1861, he enlisted as a private
in the volunteer artillery. Soon afterward he was
appointed its captain and joined the 1st battalion
of Illinois light artillery, and became chief of ar-
tillery under Gen. John A. Logan. He took part
in the movements against Corinth, Miss., and in
1803, on Gen. Logan's accession to the command
of the loth corps, was transferred to the command
of its artillery brigade. He participated in the
campaign of Atlanta and the march to the sea.
In February, 1805, he was promoted to brigadier-
general of volunteers, assigned to a brigade in the
15th corps, and shortly afterward to one in the
17th corps. The latter brigade, being reduced
in numbers, was re-enforced and reorganized un-
der his charge. In 1805 he went with his brigade
to St. Louis, Mo., and thence to Leavenworth,
Kan., and in February, 1805, he received an hon-
orable discharge from the army. In 1808 Gen.
Stolbrand was elected secretary of the Constitu-
tional convention of South Carolina. He was dele-
gate-at-large to the National Republican conven-
tion at Chicago in 1868, and served as presidential
elector. He made various improvements in steam-
engines and steam-boilers, and was superintendent
of the U. S. government building in Charleston.
STONE, Amasa, philanthropist, b. in Charlton,
Mass., 27 April, 1818; d. in Cleveland, Ohio, 11
May, 1883. He began life as an architect, at
twenty-one was engaged in the construction of
railroad bridges, and while still young became the
first bridge-builder in the country. In partnership with
two friends he constructed the Cleveland, Columbus,
and Cincinnati railroad, and afterward the
Cleveland and Erie, of which roads he was made
superintendent. He was next engaged in building
the Chicago and Milwaukee road. He was the
president and director of numerous railroads and other
industrial and financial corporations, was frequently
consulted by President Lincoln in regard to matters
of army transportation, and was offered by him
an appointment as brigadier-general. He spent a
year in Europe in 1868-'9. Mr. Stone gave large
sums in charity to the city of Cleveland. He built
and endowed the Home for aged women and the
Industrial school for children, and gave $600,000
to Adelbert college of Western Reserve university.
STONE, Andrew Leete, b. in Oxford. Conii.,
25 Nov., 1815 ; d. in San Francisco, 17 Jan., isti-j.
His father was justice of the peace for a quarter of
a century, served for several terms as judge of pro-
bate, and had local reputation as a physician. The
son was graduated at Yale in 1837, and served
for three years as a professor in the New York
institution for the deaf and dumb, studying at
Union theological seminary. He then connected
himself with the American Sunday-school union
at Philadelphia, and in September. 1844. was or-
dained pastor of the South Congregational church
at Middletown. Conn. In January, 1840, he was
called to the pastorate of the Park street church,
Boston. In 1806 he received a call to the 1st Con-
gregational church in San Francisco, Cal. In 1881,
his health failing, he was elected pastor emeritus.
He is the author of " Service the End of Living "
(1858); "Ashton's Mothers" (1850); "Discourse
on the Death of Abraham Lincoln " (1865) ; and
numerous printed addresses. Two volumes of his
sermons have been published, entitled "Memorial
Discourses" (1866) and " Leaves from a Finished
Pastorate" (1882). His brother, David Marvin,
journalist, b. in Oxford. Conn., 23 Dec., 1817; d.
in Brooklyn, 2 April, 1805. He taught when he
was only sixteen, and was a merchant in Phila-
delphia from 1842 till 1849, when he was called
to New York city to take charge of the "Dry
Goods Reporter." In December of that year he
became commercial editor of the New York "Jour-
nal of Commerce," and in September, 1801, with
