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38 regiment Vermont volunteers. In 1873 he began the practice of law in Haverhill, Mass.;

was

city solicitor in 1873-75; and in 18981904 was judge of the North Essex district court. Since 1904 he has been associate justice of the supreme court of New Mexico. Abbott, Ira Coray, soldier, was born in Michigan. In 1861 he was captain of the first regiment^ Michigan volunteer infantry; became major in 1863; colonel in 1863; and resigned in 1864. He was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers for gallant and meritorious services during the civil war. Abbott, Jacob, educator, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 14, 1803, in Hallowell, Maine. He was an educator of Xew England, who was a, voluminous and popular writer

Pioneers and Patriots; History of Napoleon; Napoleon at St. Helena; The History of the French Revolution; History of the Civil War of America; Lives of the Presidents; History of Maine from Its Discovery by Northmen; Christopher Carson; History of Napoleon III; History of Frederick the Great;

and History of Christianity. He died June 17, 1877, in Fair Haven, Conn.

Abbott, Joseph Carter, soldier, lawyer, journalist. United States senator, was born July 15, 1835, in Concord, N.H. He was editor a n d proprietor of the Manchester American for five years;

and subsequently was editor of t h e Boston Atlas. He was adjut-ant

for young people. Among his numerous writings the best known are The Franconia Stories;

Marco Paul's Adventures; The RoUo

Books Histories of Celebrated Sovereigns and Harper's Story Books. Few writers have

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given to the public a greater number of volumes. The twenty-eight volumes of Rollo Books are perhaps his best known. He died Oct. 31, 1879, in Farmington, Maine.

Abbott, James Francis, educator, zoologist, scientist, was born Sept. 27, 1876, in Greeley, Col. Since 1904 he has been assistant professor of zoology in the Washington university of St. Louis, Mo. He, has made original researches in faunal ichthyology.

Abbott, Jo, soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 15, 1840, near Decatur, Ala. He served in the twelfth Texas cavalry, confederate states army, as first lieutenant. He was elected to the state legislature in 1869 and served one term. He was appointed by Governor Roberts judge of the twenty-eighth judicial district in 1879; was elected to the same position in 1880; and served four years. In 1887-97 he was a representative from Texas to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third and fifty- fourth congresses as a democrat.

Abbott, Joel, physician, congressman, was born March 17, 1766, in Fairfield, Conn., and moved to Georgia. In 1809 he was elected to the Georgia state legislature; and was a representative in congress from Georgia to the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth congresses in 1817-35. He died Nov. 19, 1826, in Washington, Ga.

Abbott, John, entomologist, author. He was for many years a resident of Georgia. He was the author of The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, which in 1797 was published in London, with over one hundred colored plates.

Abbott, John Stevens Cabot, educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 18, 1805, in Brunswick, Maine. He was for some years a congregational minister, but after 1844 devoted himself to literature and to educational work. Among his works are comprised The Mother at Home; Practical Christianity; Romance of Spanish History; American

general of the New Hamp-

state of in

1855-61.

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a regiment of infantry in 1861; and in 1865 was brevetted raised

brigadier-general for gallant services in the capture of Fort Fisher. After leaving the service he removed to North Carolina and entered into business in 1867 was elected to the state constitutional convention; and in 1868 was elected to the state legislature. He was a United States senator in 1867-71. He died Oct. 8, 1881, in Wilmington, N.C.

Abbott, Josiah Gardner, lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 1, 1815, in Chelmsford, Mass. He was a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature in 1836; a state senator in 1841-42; was judge of the superior court in 1855; and successfully contested the seat of Rufus S. Frost as a representative from Massachusetts to the forty-fourth congress in 1875-77. He declined the renomination, and was subsequently a candidate for the United States senate and for the governorship of Massachusetts. He died June 2, 1891, in Wellesley, Mass.

Abbott, Lemuel Abijah, army officer, was born Aug. 3, 1842, in Barre, Vt. He received the degree of B.S. from Norwich university Hills,

of

Vermont.

During

the civil war he served from private to captain in the tenth regiment Vermont volunteer infantry. In 1867 he

was appointed second lieutenant in the sixth United States cavalry; in 1869 became first lieutenant; was made captain in 1880;

and was retired from active service in 1885. In 1890 he was brevetted major for gallant services against the Indians in 1882. It was on his recommendation that the Indian chil-