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Law. He died in 1870. Dahlgren, John Vinton, lawyer, author, was born April 32, 1868, in Chili. In 1894 he began the practice of law; and in 1895 became first assistant attorney of New York City. He is the author of Dahlgren's Building Law Manual. He died Aug. 11, 1899, tional

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C, lawyer, author, poet, was 1851, in Kentucky. Being an orphan, at the age of seven he found himself a bootblack in CinDail, Charles

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cinnati, Ohio; and he never had the opportunity to attend school However he overcame every obstacle was admitted to the bar; and attained prominence as one of the

Dahlgren, Mrs. Madeline Vinton, author, poet, was born July 13, 1835 in Gallipolis, Ohio. She was the widow of Admiral John A. Dahlgren, of the United States navy. She accompanied her husband on his cruise in the South Pacific ocean, where he was stationed during the

war between Chili and Peru, as commander

men in KanHe was one of the

brightest sas.

class is

of lawyers that as anti-cor-

known

poration lawyers; and

was

known

as the poor man's lawyer, always defending the poor and unfortunate. He had a, successful practice; maintained a also

Suffrage; South Sea Sketches; Etiquette of Social Life in Washington; Memoir of Admiral Dahlgren; South Mountain Magic, a Narrative; Washington Winter, a Society

home in Quindaro; and was well-known and prominent throughout Kansas City. He was the author of Willmoth, the Wanderer; The Stone Giant; Adam Answered; A Book of One Hundred Poems; and other works. He died April 27, 1903, in Kansas City, Kan. Daily, William Mitchell, clergyman, educator, college president, was born in 1812 in Coshocton, Ohio. Prior to 1853 he was a minister. In 1853-59 he was president of the

Novel; The Lost Name; Divorced; and Lights and Shadows of a Life. She died

university of Indiana. Indiana.

the United

States squadron those in waters. She was the of

author

Idealities

of

Thoughts

on

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38, 1898, in Washington, D.C. Dahlgren, Ulric, soldier, was born in 1842, near Philadelphia. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of colonel. He was killed March 4, 1864, before Richmond, in an attempt to liberate the union prisoners in Libbey. He was a son of Admiral John A. Dahlgren. Dahlman, James C, business man, public ofiB.cial, was born Dec. 15, 1856, in Texas. He has been mayor of Chadron, Neb.; and for three terms was sheriff of Dawes county, Neb. In 1896-1900 he was chairman of the democratic state

committee and in 1893 and in 1896 he was a delegate to the

democratic conventions.

national

And

since

has been a member of the national democratic commit1900

tee;

he

and

is

now

serv-

ing his third term of 1908-12. He is connected with the live stock commission business at Omaha, Neb.; and is now serving as mayor of that city. Daily, Samuel 6., congressman, was born in 1819 in Indiana. In 1859-65 he was territorial delegate from Nebraska to the thirtysixth, thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth congresses.

He was

subsequently appointed a

deputy-collector in New Orleans. He Sept. 14, 1865, in New Orleans, La.

died

He

died in 1877 in

Daingerfield, Elliott, painter, artist,

was

born March 36, 1877, in Harper's Ferry, Va. Among his noted canvasses are The Lost Sheep; Christ in the Wilderness; and The Mothers. He is a member of the national

academy

of design.

Dake, Alvin Chamberlin, capitalist, was bom on Aug. 1, 1849, in AUenburg, N.Y. In 1878 he commenced the manufacture of charcoal at Leadville; and became one of the largest charcoal dealers in Colorado at Dake. The town of Dake was named after him. Dake, Dumont Charles, physician, was born June 11, 1838, in Nunda, N.Y. He has attained success as a prominent physician of

New York

City.

Dake, Jabez Philander, educator, physician, was born April 22, 1827, in Johnstown, N.Y. In 1851 he entered the practice of medicine in Pittsburg, Pa. He was professor of the principles and practice of medicine, at the Hahnemann medical college of Philadelphia, Pa. Dake, Walter Marshall, physician, librarian,' was born Jan. 16, 1855, in Pittsburg, Pa. He began the practice of medicine at Jackson, Tenn; and in 1877 he entered into partnership with his father at Nashville. He is the director of the Howard library; and has himself collected a private library of ten thousand valuable works. Dake, William C, physician, was born Jan. 28, 1852, in Pittsburg, Pa. He studied medicine in his father's office at Nashville, Tenn.; and later entered into partnership. He is