Cordenio Severance

Severance published the book Indian Legends of Minnesota and survived the sinking of the RMS Republic in 1909.

He was admitted to the state bar and by 1887, he had entered into partnership in St. Paul with former U.S. Attorney and Governor Cushman Davis and future U.S.

From 1917 to 1918, he served as the Chairman of the Red Cross Commission to Serbia, a country he returned to following the First World War as a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation.

From 1921 to 1922, Severance served as president of the American Bar Association, nine years after his old law partner Kellogg.

Mary Severance published the book Indian Legends of Minnesota and survived the sinking of the British ocean liner, the RMS Republic in January 1909, in which six died.