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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Benjamin Franklin, soldier, was in 1832 in Alabama. He distinguished himself in both the infantry and cavalry service in New Mexico. In 1862 he became colonel of the eighth York cavalry. He died June 9, 1863, in Beverly Ford, Va. Davis,

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Davis, Benjamin Joseph, clergyman, theowas born Oct. 38, 1864, in Hamden,

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torney of Vermont; and in 1845 was elected judge of probate for the district of Caledonia, and re-elected in 1846. He died in 1863 in

Vermont. Davis,

was born

Charles A., clergyman, chaplain, Oct. 7, 1802. In 1824 he was ordain-

ed to the ministry; and joined the metho-

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dist episcopal church of the South.

Conn. In 1882 he graduated from Hopkins grammar school of New Haven, Conn.; and in 1886 graduated from Yale university. In 1889 he graduated in theology from Berkeley divinity school of Middletown, Conn.; and was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church. In 1893-1903 he was rector of Trinity church at Easton, Pa.; and since 1903 has been rector of Trinity church at Santa Barbara, C'al. He has traveled extensively in the United States, Canada and Europe; and has contributed extensively on religious and

ed in the United States navy as post chaplain in the civil war. He died Feb. 30, 1867, in the naval hospital, Norfolk, Va.

educational topics to American literature. Davis, Boothe Colwell, educator, college president, author, was born July 12, 1863, in Jane Lew, W.Va. He was educated at Alfred university and Yale university. He is a member of the college council of the university of the state of New York. In 1895 he was made president of Alfred university, in which institution he also fills the chair of philosophy and college pastor. He has written numerous papers, lectures and addresses, and is the author of Catholicism in America; The Beginnings of History; and The Narrative of the Flood and the Lessons It

Teaches. Davis, Bradley Moore, botanist, scientist, author, was born Nov. 19, 1871, in Chicago, lU. In 1892 he graduated with the degree of A.B. from Stanford university; received the degrees of A.B., A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard university; and was engaged in research work at Bonn and Naples. In 1898-1902 he was instructor in botany and in 1903-06 was assistant professor of plant morphology the university of Chicago. In 1897-1905 he was head of the department of botany at the marine biological laboratory at Woods Holl. He is a member of the American association for the advancement of science; and of the botanical society of Apiexjca. He is the author of Principles of Botany;' and Laboratory and Field Manual of Botany.

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Davis, Byron Bennett, surgeon, author, was bom June 14, 1859, in Fayette, Wis. He has been chief surgeon to Immanuel hospi1894. He is the. author of sixty papers on Abdominal Surgery. tal since

Davis, Mrs. Caroline E., litterateur, author,

was born

in 1831 in Northwood, N.H. She a prolific writer of Sunday-school tales. She is the author of No Cross, No Crown;

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Conqueror Series; Hope; and That Boy.

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Davis, Charles, lawyer, jurist, statesman, was born Jan. 1, 1789, in Mansfield, Conn. In 1841-45 he was United States district at-

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Davis, Charles Augustus, merchant, was born in 1795 in New York City. He was well versed in commercial and financial affairs, and wrote brilliantly and Intelligently upon those subjects. The Peter Scriber Letters and Major Jack Downing's Letters, first detail his interviews with President Jackson and the plans for overthrowing the United States bank. For many years his house in New York was the resort of the poet Halleck and other of the Knickerbocker writers. He died Jan. 37, 1867, in New York City. Davis, Charles Belmont, diplomat, author, was born Jan. 24, 1866, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was United States consul at Florence, Italy. He is the author of The Borderland of Society.

Davis, Charles Edward, soldier, physician, surgeon, was born in 1846 in Milan, Ohio. In 1861 he moved to Niles, Mich.; and in his seventeenth year enlisted in the twelfth Michigan volunteer infantry for three years. For awhile he was assistant in the United States field hospital. He is now a prominent physician and surgeon of Marcelliis, Mich.; and for many years was editor and proprietor of the Marcellus News. He has several times been president of Marcellus medical society; and in 1889 was a delegate to the national medical association at Nashville, Tenn. Davis, Charles Harold, painter, artist, was 7, 1856, in Amesbury, Mass. He studied art in Boston and in Paris. In 1886 he received a gold medal at the prize fund exhibition offered at the American art association of New York City; and in 1893 he was awarded a medal at the World's fair in Chicago, 111. Among his best productions are The Brook; and At Twilight.

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Davis, Charles Henry, naval officer, mathematician, author, was born Jan. 16, 1807, in Boston, Mass. He served fifty-four years in the navy; and became a rear-admiral for distinguished service in the civil war. He edited the American Nautical Almanac; and of Law of Deposit of Flood Tide; Geological Action of Tidal and Other Ocean Currents; and also translated Gauss's Theoria Motus C'orporum Coelestium. He died Feb. 18, 1877, in Washington, D.C. Davis, Charles Henry, naval officer, author,

was the author

was bom Aug.

38, 1845, in Cambridge, Mass. a United States naval officer. He is the author of Chronometer Rates as Affected by Temperature and Other Causes; Tele-

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