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each and founded the Ohio insurance company, of which he was president for

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died Oct. 22, 1853, in

Joseph,

soldier,

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He was a member of the methodist conference in 1868; and for one term filled the office of presiding elder. In 1862 he helped to enlist the eighth regiment

salia,

N.Y.

general

of

New York heavy

artillery,

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born Aug. 22, 1790, in New York City. In 1808 he graduated from Yale university; and in 1811 began the practice of law. Both the president and congress formally acknowledged the fidelity with which Major Dela-

chaplain three years. In 1879-81 he was a representative from Indiana to the fortysixth congress as a democrat. De Lancey, Edward Floyd, lawyer, author,

had discharged his duties in setting oflt the northern boundary of the United States. He served as president of the New York lyceum of natural history in 1827-66. He

Since 1879 he has been domestic corresponding secretary of the New York historical society. He edited Jones' History of New York during the Revolutionary War ; and the Secret Correspondence of Sir Henry Clinton. He was the author of Memoir of the Hon. James De Lancey, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New York; and other works. He died in 1905 in New York City.

field

died Feb. 12, 1875, in New York City. Delafield, Richard, soldier, was bom Sept. 1, 1798, in New York City. He enlisted in the civil war; in 1861 became lieutenantcolonel; and in 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general. He died Nov. 5, 1873, in Washington, D.C.

merchant, banker, was New Brighton, N.Y. In 1880 he commenced business in California; and has been for many years recognized as one of the leading and most prosperous merchants of New York City. He was president of the New York mercantile exchange. Delahay, Mark W., lawyer, jurist. He was appointed judge of the United States district court for the district of Kansas. De La Mar, Joseph Rafael, contractor, was born in 1848 in Holland. He became a submarine contractor with headquarters at Vineyard Haven, Mass., but operating along the entire coast to the West Indies. He has a record of having added many millions to the gold and silver reserves of the world. De Lamater, Cornelius Henry, manufacturer, contractor, was born Aug. 30, 1821, in Rhinebeck, N.Y. One of the undertakings which illustrated his energy was- the contract he filled for the Spanish government for furnishing thirty gunboats inside of eight months. He died Feb. 7, 1889, in New York Delafield, Richard, boi?i Sept. 6, 1853, in

City.

Delamater,

physician, John, surgeon, founder, was born April 18, 1787, in Chatham, X.Y. He was instrumental in establishing the Willoughby medical institute of Ohio; which was subsequently removed to Cleveland, and became known as the Cleveland medical college, lie lectured at Bow-

Dartmouth, Geneva and other colleges throughout the United States; and he at his death left the manuscript notes of over seventy different courses on almost every branch of medical science. He died March doin,

28, 1867, in Cleveland, Ohio. De La Matyr, Gilbert, soldier,

congressman, was born July

8,

clergyman, 1825, in Phar-

was born

Oct. 23, 1821, in

Mamaroneck, N.Y.

De Lancey, James, colonial governor. In 1753-55 he was colonial governor of New York; and again in 1757-60. De Lancey, William Floyd, lawyer, author, was born in 1821 in New York. He is a lawyer and historical writer of New York City. He is the author of Memoir of James De Lancey; The Capture of Fort Washington the Result of Treason; Memoir of James W. Beekman; Memoir of William Allen, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania; Origin and History of Manors in the Province of New York; and History of Mamaroneck, New York.

De Lancey, William Heathcote, clergyman, was bom Oct. 8, 1797, in Mamaroneck, N.Y. In 1838-34 he was proeducator, bishop,

vost of the university of Pennsylvania. In 1839 he was chosen the first bishop of the diocese of western New York. He aided in founding De Vaux college at Niagara; and also the Training school at Geneva. He died April 5, 1865, in Geneva, N.Y.

De Land, Charles Victor, soldier, journalist, was born July 25, 1826, in Brookfield, Mass. He served through the civil war; and attained the rank of brigadier-general. In 1873 he established the Courier Herald of Saginaw, Mich. He died in 1903 in Summit Mich.

De Land, Clyde Osmer, artist, author, was born Dec. 27, 1872, in Union City, Pa. In 1880-88 he attended the public schools of Rochester, N.Y.; in 1880-91 studied in the Rochester free academy; in 1891-92 the university of Rochester; and in 1898 graduated from the Drexel institute of Philadelphia, Pa. In 1889-94

he

was a teacher

in

music

and concert pianist; and since 1897 has been an artist and illustrator

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