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 HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Davis, John L6e, naval officer, was bom Sept. 3, 1835, in Carlisle, Ind. He entered the United States service as a midshipman in 1841; was commissioned lieutenant-commander in 1862; and in 1863 sank the block-

ade running steamer Georgina. He became rear-admiral; and had command of the Asiatic station. He died March 13, 1889, in Washington, B.C. Davis, John Merrill, soldier, educator, clergyman, college president, was bom Nov. 16, 1846, in Harrisonville, Ohio. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native state; in 1873 gradiiated from the Ohio university at Athens, and has received the degrees of Ph.D. and D.D. During the civil war he served seven months as a private in the one hundred and eightyeighth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. In 1873-74 he taught in the Ohio university; and in 1874-78 taught in the Ridgeville college of Indiana. Since 1879 he has filled a professorship in the Rio Grande college of Ohio; and since 1877 has been president.

John Patterson, lawyer, author, was bom May 37, 1863, in Niles, Mich. In 1894-93 he was assistant in history and economics at the university of Michigan; and since then has been in law practice in Idaho. He was the author of The Union Pacific Railway, a Study of Political and Economic History. He died in 1903 in Najnpa Idaho. Davis, John W., physician, congressman, governor, was born July 17, 1799, in Lancaster, Pa. He served as a surrogate; then in the legislature of Indiana; and was speaker of the lower branch in 1833 and 1841. He was also a commissioner to make a treaty with the Indians. In 1835-37 and 1839-45 he was a representative from Indiana to the twenty-fourth, twenty-sixth, and twenty-eighth congresses. In 1845-47 he was speaker of the house to the twenty-ninth congress. In 1848 he was appointed minister to China. He was governor of Oregon territory in 1853-54. He died Aug. 33, 1859, in Davis,

Carlisle, Ind.

Davis, John William, educator, civil engineer, state senator, governor, was bom on March 7, 1836, in Rehoboth, Mass. In 184450 he was engaged in mason and civil engineering work, teaching school in winters; and in 1850-90 was in the grain trade at Providence, R.I. He was state senator in 1885, 1886 and 1893; and was the thirtyseventh governor of Rhode Island in 189091. In 1897 he was mayor of Pawtucket, R.I. He died in 1907 in Pawtucket, R.I. Davis, John Woodbridge, civil engineer, author, was bom Aug. 19, 1854, in New York City. He was the author of Formulae for the Calculation of Railroad Earth Work and Average Haul, which speedily came into use as a textbook, and Dynamics of the Sun. He died in 1903 in New York City. Davis, Joseph John, lawyer, congressman, was born April 13, 1838, in Franklin county.

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N.C. He was elected to the state legislature in 1866. In 1875-81 he was a representative from North Carolina to the forty-fourth, forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses as a democrat. Davis, Joseph Phineas, designer, civil engineer, was bom April 15, 1837, in Northboro, Mass. In 1873 he was made city engineer of Boston, Mass. He dejjgned and executed a system of main drainage for Boston. In 1880 he was president of the Boston society of civil engineers.

Davis, Joseph Slocum, lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 31, 1813, in Pickaway coimty, Ohio. He was twice elected Judge; and held other offices, both national and local. He died Dec. 31, 1884, in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Davis, Lemuel Clarke, journalist, author, was born on Sept. 35, 1835, near Sandusky, Ohio. He was editor of the Inquirer of Philadelphia, Pa. He was the author of The Standard Ship, a Story of Sea and Shore.

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died in 1904 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Davis, Lowndess H., lawyer, congressman, was bom Dec. 14, 1836, in Jackson, Mo. He was state's attorney for the tenth judicial circuit of Missouri in 1868-73; was a presidential elector in 1873 and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1875. He was elected a member of the state house of representatives in 1876; and in 1879-85 he was a representative from Missouri to the forty-sixth, forty-seventh and fortyeighth congresses as a democrat. He died

about 1900 in Jackson, Mo. Davis, Mrs. Margaret Ellen O'Brien, litterateur, author, was bom in 1870 in Alabama. She is the author of Judith, an historical romance of the time of Nero; The Squire; and Told by the Woman. Davis, Mrs. Mary Evelyn, journalist, author, was born in 1853 in Alabama. She is on the editorial stafi' of the Picayune of New Orleans, La. She is the author of Minding the Gap, and Other Poems; In War Times at La Rose Blanche, sketches for young people; Under the Man-Fig, a novel; and An Elephant's Track and Other Stories. Davis, Matthew L., journalist, author, was bora in 1766 in New York He was a Washington journalist; and the author of Life of Aaron I?urr, with miscellaneous correspondence. He died June 3, 1850, in Manhattanville,

N.Y.

Davis, Milton Fennimore, soldier was born in Minnesota. In 1890 he graduated from the United States military academy; and in 1901 attained the rank of captain.

Davis, Minnie S., lecturer, author, was born March 35, 1835, in Baltimore, Md. For

many years she was assistant editor of the Ladies' Repository of Boston, Mass. She has lectured upon the Philosophy of Mental Healing; and since 1885 has been devoted to the work of healing and teaching mental science and healing with great success. She is the author of Marion Lester; Ideal Moth-