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died July 31, 1823, in Bartholomew, Md. Dent, Mannaduke Herbert, lawyer, jurist, was born April 18, 1849, near Morgantown, W.Va. In 1870 he graduated from the university of West Virginia, from which institution he received the degree of A.M. In 1904 he was associate justice of the state supreme court of appeals of West Virginia.

Depew, Chauncey Mitchell, lawyer, orator, president. United States senator, was born April 23, 1834, in Peekskill, N.Y.

railroad

In 1861 he was elected to the New York state legislature; was re-elected; and he became the secretary of state. In 1875 he became counsel of the

Dent, S. H., congressman. In 1909-11 he to the sixty-first congress as a democrat. Dent, William B. W., congressman, was bom in Maryland. In 1853-55 he was a representative from Georgia to the thirty-third

was a representative from Alabama

He died Sept. 9, 1855, in Newnan, Ga. Denton, Franklin Evert, journalist, poet, was born in 1859 in Ohio. He is a journalist of Cleveland. He is the author of The Early

Vanderbilt railway and subsesystem; quently its president. He was a prominent candidate for President in the national republican convention

congress.

Poems. Denton, James Edgar, educator, scientist. He has been professor of mechanical engineering and shopwork at Stevens institute of technology. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of

science.

Denver, James Wilson, soldier, lawyer, congressman, governor, was born in ISIS in Winchester, Va. He served in the Mexican war as a captain; subsequently he was

made

brigadier-generIn 1855-57 he was a representative from California to the thirty-fourth congress. He al.

was

appointed commissioner of Indian aifairs. In 1858 he was governor of the territory of Kansas. In 1866 he was a delegate to the Cleveland soldiers' convention. in Washington, D.C.

He

died Aug.

9,

1892,

Denver, Matthew Rombach, banker, congressman, was born Dec. 21, 1870, in Wilmington, Ohio. He was president of the Clinton county national bank. In 1896 he was' a delegate to the national democratic convention. In 1905-09 he was a representative from Ohio to the sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a democrat. De Pauw, Newland Talbot, banker, manufacturer, was bom Sept. 5, 1856, in Salem, Ind. Large interests throughout Indiana come in part under his administration. He is president of the dianapolis.

Bank

of

Commerce -of

of 188S. In 1899 he was elected a member of the United States senate for the term lending in 1911. He is the author of two works entitled Orations and After-Dinner

Speeches; and Later Speeches. In 1885 he became president of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad. De Peyster, Abraham, lawyer, jurist, was born July 8, 1658, in New York City. He was mayor of New York in 1691-95; and subsequently became chief justice of the province, and president of the King's council; and in the latter capacity acted as governor in 1701. He died Aug. 10, 1728, in New York City. De Peyster, Frederic, lawyer, philanthropist, was bom Nov. 11, 1796, in New York City. He was a founder and director of the Home for incurables; and vice-president of the Society for the prevention of cruelty to children. He was founder of the Soldiers' home erected by the Grand Army of the Republic. He died Aug. 17, 1882, in Tivoli, N.Y. De Peyster, Frederic James, lawyer, lecturer, was born Feb. 5, 1839, in New York City. Since 1889 he has been president of the archajological society of New York Oity; and is a lecturer on history and archseological subjects. Died in 1905 in New York. De Peyster, Johnston Livingston, soldier, legislator, was born June 14, 1846, in Tivoli, N.Y. He was educated in private schools. He

company C, one hundred and twentyeight regiment New

raised

York volunteers.

New York

artillery,

being brevetted lieute-

In-

De Pauw, Washington Charles, manufacturer, philanthropist, was born Jan. 4, 1822, in Salem, Ind. The De Pauw plate-glass works of New Albany became one of the greatest industries of Indiana. He gave a million and a half dollars to the De Pauw university of Greencastle, Ind.; and founded the De Pauw female college of New Albany. He died May 5, 1887, in Chicago, 111.

He

served during the civil Avar in the thirteenth

I

nant

colonel

States

United

volunteers;

was made

colonel

New York

volunteers

oi

for hoisting first flag in Richmond, Va. He

president Biographical society of America and prominent in republican politics. In 1889 he was elected to the New York state assembly for the second district of Dutchess county. is