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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Darke, William, soldier, was born in 1736 in Philadelphia county, Pa. At the beginning of the Revolutionary war he was made a captain, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Germantown. Afterward he was colonel commanding the Hampshire and Berkeley regiments at the capture of Cornwallis. He was often a member of the Virginia legislature; and in the convention of 1788, voted for the Federal constitution. He was afterward major-general of Vir-

He was president of Hamilton He was the author of Walk; Slavery and the War; Con-

Reading, Pa. college in

The Close

1881-91.

formity to the World; and Not Doing but Receiving. He died April 20, 1891, in Clinton, N.Y. Darling, Charles William, soldier, military engineer, author, was born Oct. 11, 1830, in

New

Haven, Conn.

the

New York

many

years

the

houses. In 1852 he became associated with Mr. Stevens, as partner, in the management of the Battle house in Mobile, Ala., then one of the finest and most costly hotels in the south. He was director of numerous banks and financial corporations. He died Sept. 6, 1896, in New York City. Darling, Charles Hial, lawyer, jurist, was born May 9, 1859, in Woodstock, Vt. For fifteen years he was municipal judge; in 1896-97 Avas a member of the Vermont assembly; in 1901-05 was assistant secretary navy; and since 1905 collector of customs. Darling, Charles Kimball, soldier, lawyer, public official, was born June 28, 1864, in Corinth, Vt. He was educated at the academy at Barre, Vt.; attended Dartmouth college and graduated from the Boston university law school. In 1897-1900 he was instructor of criminal law at the Boston university law school. In 1893 he was major in the sixth regiment Massachusetts United States volunteers; in 1887-1905 was adjutant, major and colonel in the sixth regiment Massachusetts volunteer militia; and is now a retired brigadier-general of the Massachusetts volunteer militia. In 1897-98 he was commander-in-chief of the sons of veterans United States of America; and in 1905-08 was a member of the board of visitors of the Boston university law school. In 1899-1908 he was United States marshal for Massachusetts; and since 1S08 has been clerk of the United States circuit court of appeals for the first district; and resides in Concord. Darling, Henry, clergyman, college president, author, was born Dec. 37. 1823, in

I

City,

most famous and successful of American

colonel.

of



Darling, Alfred B., hotel proprietor, was born March 23, 1821, in Burke, Vt. He was the senior proprietor of the Fifth avenue hofor

rank

In 1867 he was elected military engineer-incliief of the state of Nfew York, on the staff ot Governor R. E. Fenton; was aide-de-camp on the staff of General jB. F. Butler; and was secre[corresponding tary of the Oneida

Claymont, Del

tel of

He graduated from the ,New York university. He served through the civil war and received I

ginia militia. He died Nov. 36, 1801, in Jefferson county, Va. Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, artist, author, was born on June '23, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a famous designer. His only writing is included in Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil. He died in March 27, 1888, in

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historical society.

He was honorary

secre-

tary at Utica of the Egypt exploration fund; a member of the American historical association and other learned bodies. He was the author of Anthropophacy Acropolis to Helipolis; Aboo Simbel; and other works.

He

died in 1905. Darling, Edward Irving, composer, author, was born Oct. 9, 1862, in Lancaster, N. H.; and was the only child of the late General Edward J. Darling of Louisiana, who was killed while serving in the confederate service in 1864, and of Mrs. Flora Adams Darling. At the age of nineteen his first opera His was produced. three operas. The Viking, The Gentle Savage, and another, were

brought

York

out

City.

New

in

He

died in

1894 in Mount Clemens, Mich. Darling, Flora Adams, founder general of the Daughters of the Revolution, was born July 25, 1840, in Lancaster, N.H. She is a

member of the wellknown Adams family, many and inherits her

traits

of

tors.

Her

ances-

husband.

General Darling,

was

killed while serving in

the confederate army. She is the author of

A Wayward

Winning

Woman; The Bourbon Lily; Was it a Just Verdict;

lomat



A

Social Dip-

From

Two

Points of View; The Senator's Daughter; and Letters or Memoirs of the Civil War: and other novels.