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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Caimack, Edward Ward, lawyer, journalcongressman, was born Nov. 5, 1858, in Castalian Springs, Tenn. He was elected to the legislature as a democrat in 1884. In 1886 he joined the editorial staff of the Nashville American; in 1888 founded the Nashville Democrat; became editor-in-chief of the Nashville American newspaper; and in 1892 he became editor of the Memphis Commercial, In 1897-1901 he was a representative from Tennessee to the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth congresses; and in 1901-07 he was a member of the United States senate. He died Nov. 9, 1908, in Nashville, Tenn. Carmack, Samuel W., lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 9, 1802, in Davidson county, Tenn. In 1842 he was appointed a territorial judge; and was also judge of one of the United ist,

States district courts.

He

died Dec. 18, 1849.

Carman, Ezra Ayres, soldier, mathematician, was born Feb. 27, 1834, in Metuchen, N.J. During the civil war he attained the rank of brigadier-general. In 1877-85 he was chief clerk in the United States department of agriculture.

Carman, William

Bliss, author, poet,

was

born April 17, 1861, in Canada. His literary work has been done mainly in New York and Boston. He is the author of Low Tide on Granu Pre; A Seamark; Behind the Arras; Songs from Vagabondia; More Songs from Vagabondia; and Ballads of Lost Haven, a Book of the Sea. Carmichael, Hartley, clergyman, composer, author, was bom April 25, 1854, in Dublin, Ireland. He has been rector of the church of the ascension in Hamilton, Canada; and is now rector of the St. Paul's church of Richmond, Va. He is the author of Booted in Dishonor; and The Centuries of Castle-Craig. He is also a composer of music. Carmichael, Henry, educator, chemist, inventor, was born in 1846 in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1871-86 he was a professor of chemistry in Iowa and Bowdoin colleges. In 1872-1901 he lectured on chemistry. He is the inventor of processes for the manufacture of fiberware, of soda and metallurgical processes. Carmichael, Richard B., lawyer, congressman, was bom in Maryland. In 1833-35 he was a representative from Maryland to the twenty-third congress; and was president of the courts of Queen Anne county in 1861.

He

died in Maryland.

Carmichael, William, diplomat, was bom in Maryland. In 1778-80 he was a delegate to the continental congress; was secretary of legation during Mr. Jay's mission to Spain; received a commission in 1780; and retained the office for about fifteen years. He died in February, 1795, in Maryland. Carmiencke, John Hermann, painter, artist, was born in 1810 in Germany. His paintings are faithful delineations of the forms of nature. He was a very successful teacher, and one of the earliest and most active members of the Brooklyn academy of design. He died June 15, 1867, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Carnahan, Aikmah, statesman. He was prominent in the public affairs of Indiana.

He was

elected

a

representative

to

the

United States congress, but died before taking his seat. He died in 1902 in Indiana. Carnahan, James, educator, clergyman, college president, was born Nov. 15, 1775, in Carlisle, Pa. He was pastor of the united churches of Whitesborough and Utica until

1814. He opened a, classical academy in Georgetown, D.C., and taught for nine years; when he was elected to the presidency of Princeton college of New Jersey. He died

March

2,

1859, in

Newark, N.J.

Carnahan, James Richards, soldier, lawyer, was born Nov. 18, 1840, in Tippecanoe, Ind. During the civil war he attained the rank of brigadier -general; and he was a successful lawyer of Indianapolis. He died Aug. 3, 1905, in Indianapolis, Ind.

Carnahan, Robert Houston, soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1861 he was captain in the third regiment Illinois cavalry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers.

Carnegie, Andrew, manufacturer, author, philanthropist, was born Nov. 25, 1835, in Scotland. He is a noted steel manufacturer of Pittsburg who came to America in 1845. His mother died in 1886 in Cresson, Pa. He has made many important gifts to his native Scotland and to Pittsburg; notably that of half a million dollars to the public library of Pittsburgh; and a quarter million dollars to found a music hall and library in Allegheny City, Pa. He is the author of An American Four-in-Hand in Europe; Round the World; and Triumphant Democracy, or Fifty Years' March of the Republic. Carnes, Samuel Tate, soldier, merchant, was born May 22, 1850, in Hardeman county, Tenn. In 1844 he became president of the Electric company of Memphis, Tenn., one of the largest firms in the south. In 1874-77 he served in the Chickasaw guards military company. In 1878 he became captain and served for thirteen years. He has since attained the rank of brigadier-general. Carnes, Thomas P., lawyer, jurist, cong-

ressman, was born in Maryland. He was solicitor-general, attorney-general and judge of the supreme court; and in 1793-95 he was a representative from Georgia to the third

He died May 8, 1822, in MilledgeGa. Carney, Mrs. Julia Fletcher, educator, author, was born April 6, 1823, in Lancaster, congress.

ville,

Mass. He maiden name was Fletcher, under which name appeared the popular poem Little Drops of Water. Many of her poems have been set to music and published in school text-books; and have been used in the hymn-books of churches for more than half a century. She died Nov. 1, 1908, in Galesburg, 111. Carney, Thomas, governor. He was the second governor of Kansas in 1861-64. He aied July 38, 1888, in Leavenworth, Kansas.