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Appel, Charles, army ofiBoer. He served in the United States volunteers; and attained the rank of major in the ninth regiment of the Pennsylvania cavalry. Appel, Daniel Mitchell, physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 28, 1854, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the United States army in 1876; and was promoted to surgeon in 1895, with the rank of major. •Appel, Joseph Henry, educator, college president, was born Aug. 4, 1865, in Rimersburg, Pa. He has filled the chair of mathematics in several large institutions; and since 1893 has been president of the Woman's college of Frederick,

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al use, and ties nine-tenths of the machinebound grain in the world. He is also the in-

ventor of the only successful mechanical cotton picker, which harvests the cotton crop heretofore done entirely by hand work. This invention is known as the Dixie cotton picker, without doubt the monarch of the cotton field. He stands without a. peer as a-n inventor and constructor of useful agricultural implements; and for centuries to come the product of his genius will be beneficial to

mankind. Appleseed, Johnny, whose true name was John Chapman, was bom in 1775 in Spring-

He

raised apple trees for the beHe planted seed, raised and sold young' apple trees for a pittance to thousands of families throughout Ohio and Indiana, keeping in advance of civilization; and he was a welcome visitor wherever he went. He died March 11, 1847, near Fort Wayne, field,

Mass.

nefit of others.

Appel, Theodore, clergyman, author, was born April 30, 1823, in Easton, Pa. In 1877 he was general superintendent of home missions of the reformed church; and traveled on business connected with that oflSce through Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. In 1881 he edited the Reformed Missionary Herald. He was the author of Recollections of College Life; and other works. He died in 1907 in Lancaster, Pa. Appel, Thomas Gilmore, educator, clergyman, college president, was born Nov. 14, 1829, in Easton, Pa. He was a pastor of the German reformed church in 1853-65. In 186571 he was president of Meroersburg college; and in 1878 was elected president of Franklin and Marshall college. He edited for several years the Mercersburg Review and the Reformed Quarterly Review. He died Sept. 17, 1898, in Lancaster, Pa.

Apple, George Markley, soldier, was born in Tennessee. In 1899 he became second lieutenant in the second regiment volunteer engineers; and the same year became first lieutenant in the thirty-ninth regiment volunteen infantry.

Appleby, Dean William Remson, metallur-

was bom Feb. 11, 1865, in Hoboken, N.J. Since 1900 he has been professor of metallurgy and dean of the school of mines at the university of Minnesota. gist, scientist,

Appleby, John Francis, constructor, manufacturer, inventor, was born May 23, 1840, in

Hampton, Oneida county, N.Y. He was educated in the schools

of

common

Walworth

county, Wis.; and studied one term in the college at Washington, Iowa. He was superintendent of the Parker and Stone reaper company in 1878 at Beloit. Wis.; became superintendent of the Minneapolis harvester works and superintendent of the Harvestter-Kmg company at Harvey, 111. In 1857 he conceived the invention of an automatic grain binder, which in 1878 became known as the Appleby twine binder, now in univers;

Ind.

Appleton, Daniel, publisher, founder, was born Dec. 10, 1785, in Haverhill, Mass. He began life as a dry goods merchant in his native town; then in Boston; and in 1835 in New York. Here he began the importation of English books in conjunction with the dry goods business. He soon abandoned the dry goods business, thereafter giving hia attention solely to the importation and sale of books and founded the house of D. Appleton

and company. He died March

New York

27,

1849, in

City.

Appleton, Daniel, soldier, publisher, was born Feb. 24, 1852, in New York City.- In 1879 he was admitted into partnership with D. Appleton and company. Colonel Appleton has long taken an active part in New York City's favorite militia regiment, the seventh, of which he became a colonel in 1889. He is a. director of the American book company. Appleton, Daniel Sidney, publisher, was bom April 9, 1824, in Boston, Mass. He atta,ined success as one of the most prominent publishers in the United States. He died Nov. 13, 1890, on Staten Island, N.Y. Appleton, Francis Henry, agriculturist, statesman, was born June 17, 1847, in Boston, Mass. He engaged in extensive farming on his estate in Peabody, Mass. In 1893-93 he was a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature; and in 1893 was a delegate to the national republican convention. He was president of the Peabody institute; and president of the American forestry association.

Appleton, George Sewall, author, was born Aug. 11, 1821, in Andover, Mass. He was the author of Picturesque America; Picturesque Europe; and Picturesque Palestine. He died July 7, 1878, in Riverdale, N.Y. Appleton, Henry Cozzens, publisher, was born June 7, 1863, in New York City. In 1885 he graduated from Trinity college of Hartford, Conn. He is connected with the firm of D. Appleton and company, publishers, of

New York

City.