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Carruth, Sumner, soldier, was born in Massachusetts. In 1861 he was captain in the first regiment Massachusetts infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died March 10, 1892. Carruth, William Herbert, educator, auth-

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in 1859, in Ossawatomie, joint author of the History of Municipal Suffrage in Kansas; and part editor of Sunflowers. or, poet,

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Carnithers, William Alexander, physician, author, was born in 1800 in Virginia. He was the author of The Kentuckian in New York; The Cavaliers of Virginia; Knights of the Horse Shoe and Life of Charles Caldwell. He died about 1850 in Savannah, Ga. Carryl, Charles Edward, broker, author, was bom Dee. 30, 1841, in New York. He is a broker of New Y^ork City. He is the author of the popular juvenile tales, Davy and the Goblin; and The Admiral's Caravan. Carryl, Guy Wetmore, journalist, author, was born March 4, 1873, in New York City. He was Paris representative of Harper and Brother. He was the author of Fables for the Frivolous. He died in 1904 in New York Carse, John Bradley, advisory officer, was born Sept. 10, 1864, in Jeffersonville, Ind.; and is a son of Thomas Carse and Matilda Bradley Carse. He was educated in the public schools of Chicago, HI.; attended Morgan Park military academy; and in 1886 graduated with the degree of A.B. from Williams college. He is a member of the advisory committee of the United States steel corpor;

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ation, with offices in Broadway, City, in 1895-96 he was located in

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of the delta kappa epsilon fraternity; and- is also a member of the Chicago athletic, Chicago yacht and Saint Andrew's golf clubs. Carse, Mrs. Matilda Bradley, temperance worker, founder. She was the founder and president of the Woman's dormitory association of the World's Columbian exposition, and one of the board of lady managers. She founded the Woman's temperance publishing association; and was the leader in planning and carrying out the building of the Woman's temperance temple of Chicago, 111. Carskadon, T. R., farmer, orator, abftlitlonist, author, was born in 1837 in Mineral county, W.Va. In 1859 he was a member of the constitutional convention of West Vir-

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He was subsequently United

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and was presidential elector for both Grant and Hayes. In 1894 he was placed in nomination as vice-president by assessor;

the national prohibition convention. He is an old southern abolitionist; and an able orator. He is the author of a number of agricultural works.

Carson, Christopher, better known as Kit Carson, explorer, traveler, guide and trapper, was born Dec. 24, 1809, in Madison county.

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He rendered important services as guide to Fremont in his noted western explorations. Serving in the civil war, he reKy.

ceived the title of brigadier-general. He died May 23, 1868, in Fort Lynn, Col. Carson, George, lawyer, state senator, jurist, was born Feb. 5, 1841, in Jennings county, Ind. He served in the civil war as a soldier. In 1878-80 he was a member of the Iowa state legislature; he served in the state senate in 1884-86; and was on the district bench in 1887-91. In 1896 he was elected mayor of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Carson, Hampton Lawrence, lawyer, author, was born Feb. 21, 1852, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of The History of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Constitution of the United States; and The History of the Supreme Court of the United States. Carson, Howard Adams, civil engineer, author, was born Nov. 28, 1842, in Westfield,

Mass. In 1869 he graduated with the degree from the Massachusetts institute of technology; and received the degree of A.M. from Harvard university. In 1873 he was in charge of sewerage construction in Providence, R.I. and in 1878 was principal superintendent of construction of the Boston main drainage. In 1887 he designed and later was of B.S.



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sewerage systems for Massachusetts, a combined system for about twenty cities and towns. Since 1894 he has been chief engineer of the Boston trustee commissioners, building the Boston subway, the east Boston tunnel and the Washington street tunnel. He is the author of Annual Reports, as chief engineer of the metropolitan sewerage;

and of various other engineering reports. Carson, John Fleming, clergyman, author,

was born Jan. 28, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1885 he was ordained to the ministry; and since then he has filled a pastorate In Brooklyn, N.Y. He is the author of Married Life in Sacred Story; and The Men Who Made America. Carson, John Miller, soldier, journalist, founder, was bom June 18, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. He learned the printing business; and then became a reporter on the daily press. In 1861-64 he served as lieutenaiit

and captain in the twenty-seventh regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. In 18731905 he was Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Public Record and the New York Times. He was one of the founders and first presidents of the Gridiron club, to which he gave its name. He is now chief of the bureau of manufacturers in the United States department of commerce and labor. Carson, Joseph, physician, author, was April 19, 1808, in Philadelphia, Pa> He was a medical professor at the university of Pennsylvania. He was the author of Illustrations of Medical Botany; and Lectures on Materia Medica and Pharmacy. He died Dec. 30, 1876, in Philadelphia, Pa.

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