The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . studyin London and Paris, traveled inItaly and Switzerland, and in De-cember, 1833, began practice inSavannah. Dr. Screven soon be-came health officer and 1835 he withd
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . studyin London and Paris, traveled inItaly and Switzerland, and in De-cember, 1833, began practice inSavannah. Dr. Screven soon be-came health officer and 1835 he withdrew from prac-tice, and devoted himself to agri-culture, in which he held largeinterests. Returning to reside inSavannah, he was re-elected alder-man in 1849, and was actingmayor at a time when all the alder-men of the city, save himself andone other, were stricken with yellow fever. In 1855he was elected state senator, and in 1856 mayor ofSavannah. Meanwhile he had become president ofthe Savannah, Albany and Gulf, and the Atlanticand Gulf, railroad companies, the construction ofwhose railroads was begun and carried almost tocompletion under his administration. These rail-road companies were after his death consolidatedunder the name of the Atlantic and Gulf railroadcompany, and are now known as the Savannah,Florida and Western railroad company. His char-acteristics were an acute and comprehensive intellect. OF AMEBIC AN BIOGRAPHY. 177 and an energy of will and perseverance of industry,which would have made him a man of mark any-where and everywhere. Cool, resolute and saga-cious, he was deterred by no difficulties, and over-came obstacles by efforts almost superhuman. Hewas for many years the captain of the Savannahvolunteer guards, one of the oldest military organiza-tions in the state. He was one of the benefactors of hiscity, and left a lasting impress for good upon its residence was erected in the last century, andcovered the historic ground used for the colonial
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