, 1922-09-05
FAMOUS
AS SOLDIER AND
j AUTHOR IS DEAD

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E samuel Failows was that curious
,omnlcr a Sd Idisr. a divine and an
n-lthor. VITA equal spirit me could eH'
fort his parith 'ouers 20 duty or leaa
Ids in battle. and equally ne
oo,l6 summon m ali-cu-GuerIrc PAS
sion Tor that most p~enda7tlc Of tasks.
he editing OF a dic:icnary-encyclo-
pedia.
he was tall. straight ans spare of
hodv. nis face wat ruddy with the col
or q vigorous life and he had a splen'
dfd cr5p OF silvet hair, fascinating
deem blue eyes and hands sineWy and
extremely exprcssiv,' in gesture
samuel Faliows WIS born December
is. 1885 at Pendleton, near Manchest-
or England. His pan snts migrated TO
Wisconsin IN 1875 10 enEase in farm
ne. thus Samuel Fall Vows grew up as
n farrher lad near Madison. His first
~erboorsr was NJ Aste IAN, wis. and
then ar DHwrence uuive. tsity at Apple
Ton. There he first begun 10 preach
In lsas. upon graduation ct Wis
consln Id was appointed vice president
OF Gnlesytllt. Wis. univeieitv.
In 1850. Mr.. Fallows married Lucy
Rathin Huntington OF Marshall, Wis,
sister OF former Bishop FSsdsrir's d.
Huntington. Of New York. The four
children born to this marriage are
SAMUEL Huntington Fallows, attorney.
New York: Major Charles Samuel Ful-
lows. lawyer, Saratoga, Gal; Mrs. Hell
en- MAJ Mayer OF San Francisco and
Aiee KnSherine-F allows, >%residins' with
her father,
when thu civil war began he helped
~ organize the 32nd egimens af col
ierr and faculty men ana heclrcs TIA
.lleuienaut-coiansl. Later he was irsdo
colonel of'thc 49th regin cnt and for
'merinDrious service he was brevetted
uriEadter-gencru Of volunteers.
Upon his return from the war. Col.
onei FIulows was appointed superin'
rendent Of public instruci ton for the
state q Wisconsin, for tihs office he
was twk,e later elected. following he
went as president to ulirsois Wesley
an university at Bleomin gton.
AT we.leyan, President B'aliows in.
nugurated the first law school CON
nected with an college or uliverity in
Illinois. Az Wesleyan. tod. he instl.
futed thta System of iopg-distance
learning known today as university
extension"
In 1875 Bishop Fallows becarnc rec.
tor of St. PauI's. Reformed Episrnn'i.
church Of Chicago n continued so
for the succeeding years until the time
of his death. Simultaneous wltr his
assumption OF the reooratc. he as
stunned the title, missionary bishop Of
the west" and BOON thereafter he he.
came presiding bishop of the cLtire
church both in the United States and
C..nada
For p years he was president of
the board OF managers of the Illinois
state reformatory at Pontiac. In 1898.
at tho worlds far. DIR. Fallows served
as one of a corncii OF seven at The
head a the worlds congress OF educa.
ion. ~ 1907 he was made chancellor
Of the University association. In the
ear following he succeeded Arch
bishop Irtlund al chaplain in chief OF
the Grand Army. From 1913 to 1914
he was department commander Of the
Illinois C. a. r.
As a writer. DIR. Fallows' claims TO
recognition are so deenly rootsS that
critics ASSURE him oern4=nen. honor
in American letters for his cont ibu.
toms to critical and encyclopedia liter.
ature. In the preparation OF one
volume alone. webster's Encyclopedia
dictionary. published in 1891. DR.. Fal.
lows had to critically examine every
word in the English language in at
leIst two o.her dictionaries-.ul his
a. a rslrt Of lis day. not d|etractiug in
.nr sliEhtesr f.cm his activities IN pul.
81 ard forum,
Bishop FaIluwS was a trustee Of The