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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Deland, Ellen Douglas, litterateur, author,

was born

Sept.

3,

1860, in

N.Y. She was educated in

Lake Mahopae, the public and

private schools of New York; and is a popular writer of stories for young people of Philadelphia, Pa. She has contributed exleading tensively to

magazines of America. She is the author- of Oakleigh; Katrina; A Successful Venture; In the Old Herrick House Malvern, a Neighborhood Story also Allan

Ramsford; Josephine; Friendship of Anne; A Little Son of Sunshine; and Three Girls of Hazelmere.

Mrs. Margaretta Wade, author, 23, 1857, in Alleghany, Pa. She is a novelist and poet of Boston and became suddenly famous on the publication of John Ward, Preacher, a story upon lines similar to Mrs. Ward's Robert Elsmere. Other works by her include The Old Garden and Other Verses; Sydney; The Story of a Child; Mr. Tommy Dove and Other Stories; Philip and His Wife Florida Days, a volume Deland,

poet,

was born Feb.





of travels



and The Wisdom of

Fools..

Delaney, A. K., lawyer, jurist. In 1897 he was judge of the United States district court of Alaska. Delano, Amasa, sea captain, author, was born Feb. 21, 1763, in Duxbury, Mass. He was a Massachusetts sea captain; and an extensive traveler. He was the author of Narrative of Voyages and Travels. He died in 1817 in Massachusetts. Delano, Charles, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1820, in Braintree, Mass. In 185963 he was a, representative from Massachusetts to the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh congresses. He died in Massachusetts. Delano, Columbus, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born June 5, 1809, in Shoreham, Vt. In 1817 he moved to Mount Vernon, Ohio; was a candidate for governor in 1847; and in 1863 was a member of the state legislature. In 1845-47 and 1865-69 he was a representative to the twenty-ninth, thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses as a republican. In 1870-75 he was secretary of the interior. He died Oct. 23, 1896, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Delano, Miss Frances Jackson, educator, author, was born in 1857 in Fairhaven, Mass. She is the author of Susanne; and Polly State. Delano, Frederic Adrain, railroad official, scientist, was born Sept. 10, 1863, in HongKong, China. Since 1905 he has been president of the Wabash railroad; is president of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad company; and president of the Wabash Pittsburg terminal railroad company. He is a

245

member

of the American association advancement of science.

for the

De Lano, Milton, merchant, manufacturer, banker, congressman, was born Aug. 11, 1844, in Wampsville, N.Y. He was twice elected sherifl' of Madison county, N.Y. and was a delegate to the national republican convention in 1884. In 1887-91 he was a representative from New York to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.

Delany, John Bernard, clergyman, bishop, 9, 1864, in Lowell, Mass. In 1904 he became second Roman catholic bishop of Manchester, N.H. He died June 11, 1906, in Manchester, N.H. Delany, Patrick Bernard, inventor, scientist, was born in 1845 in Ireland. He has taken out about one hundred and forty patents on his inventions, covering anti-induction cables, synchronous telegraphy, automatic systems for ocean cables and rapid machine telegraphy for land lines. He is a member of the American association for the

was born Aug.

advancement of

science.

Delany, Selden Peabody, clergyman, author, was born June 24, 1874, in Fond du Lac, Wis. In 1899 he was ordained priest; and since 1907 he has been dean of All Saints Cathedral of Milwaukee, Wis. He is the author of Difficulties of Faith; The Ideal of Christian Worship; and other works. Delaplaine, Isaac Clason, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 27, 1817, in New York City. In 1861-63 he was a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress. He died July 17, 1866, in New York City.

Delaplaine, Joseph, publisher, was born Dec. 20 1777, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1813 he began the serial publication of his Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished Americans, a series of engravings with biographical notices. He died May 31, 1824, in Philadelphia, Pa. De Large, Robert C, state legislator, congressman, was born March 15, 1842, in Aiken, S.C. He was a member of the state legislature in 1868-70; and was one of the state commissioners of the sinking fund. He was elected in 1870 state land commissioner. In 1871-73 he was a representative from South Carolina to the forty-second congress.

Delavan, Edward Cornelius, merchant, auwas born in 1793 in Schenectady county, N.Y. He was a retired wine merchant of Schenectady, N.Y. and conspicuous as a temperance reformer. He was the author of Adulterations of Liquors; and Temperance in thor,



Countries. He died Jan. 15, 1871, in Schenectady, N.Y. De La Vergne, John C, manufacturer. Inventor, was born Sept. 6, 1840, in Schoharie county, N.Y. In 1880 he commenced business

Wine

as

manufacturer of refrigerating and

making plants

in

New York

City,

ice-

making

improvements, and expanding the business