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of the general court,

1777 was a

member

and in 1774, 1776 and of the governor's coun-

cil.

Derby, Roswell, lawyer, horticulturist, poet, was born Feb. 4, 1854, in Fulton county, Ohio. For five years he was secretary and attorney for the People's mutual life insurance company of

Wakeman,

Ohio.

For

many, years

he was engaged in seed growling at Florence, Ohio; ^and also as a successf ul manufacturer of maple syrup. He has prominence i'attained

lis a successful lawyer,

and has a lucrative practice in his state. He has contributed extensively both prose and verse to the periodical press; and many of his poems have been incorporated into I

Poets of America, and standard works.

Derby, Samuel Carroll, educator, college was born March 3, 1842, in Dublin, N.H. In 1870-81 he was professor in Antloch president,

and was its president in 1877-81. Since 1881 he has been professor of Latin language and literature in Ohio university. college;

De Remer, John A., lawyer, banker, was born Oct. 14, 1835, in Charlton, N.Y. He began the practice of law in 1888. In 187175 he was postmaster of Schenectady, N.Y. In 1858-66 he was professor of mathematics at union college. He is president of the Mohawk national bank of Schenectady, N.Y. Dern, John, merchant, capitalist, was born 24, 1850, in Germany. In 1869-81 he was engaged in farming in Dodge county. Neb. He has large grain, lumber and mining interests. In 1889 he was a Nebraska state senator. In 1890-94 he was treasurer of Dodge county. Neb. Oct.

De Roaldes, Abel, June to

physician,

was bom

In 1850 he moved Orleans; and for thirty years prac-

10, 1804, in France.

New

profession, numbering among his patients and friends a large number of the Creole population. He died Feb. 4, 1894, in New Orleans, La. De Roaldes, Arthur Washington, surgeon, founder, author, was born Jan. 25, 1849, in Opelousas, La. In 1889 he founded the Ear, nose and throat hospital, of New Orleans, of which he became surgeon-in-ehief. He is the author of Post Nasal Adenoid Growths and Their Treatment; Atresia of the Larynx; and other works. ticed his

De Rohan, William, naval

bom

officer,

was

Washington, D.C. He went with Garibaldi to the Argentine republic, and commanded the naval forces of that country that brought independence. He afterward went to Chili and became admiral in 1819 in

of the Chili navy.

Washington, D.C.

He

died in April, 1891, in

De Rosset Annand, John, physician, was born March 17, 1875, in Wilmington, N.C. He practiced medicine for sixty-nine years. He was appointed port physician at Wilmington, N.C; and held that position for many years. He died April 1, 1859, in Wilmington, N.C. De Rosset, Moses John, physician, inventor, was born July 4, 1838, in Wilmington, N.C. In 1859 he was appointed physician to the Belvidere hospital of New York City. During the civil war he was assistant surgeon in the confederate army. He later devised a new form of inhaler for ansesthesia; and also a. new form of canule scissors for operating within the eye. He died May 1, 1881, in Wilmington, N.C. De Rosset, William Lord, soldier, merch-

was bom Oct. 27, He was educated

1832, in Wilmington, at St. Timothy's hall and at St. James' college of Maryland, and at the university of North Carolina. During the civil war he entered the confederate service as captain in the Wilmington light infantry; was appointed major of the third North Carolina infantry; and became colonel of that regiment. He was disabled at Sharpsburg in 1863; and in 1865 was appointed colonel of invalid corps. He has been commander of Cape Fear camp united confederate veterans; and for five years was majorgeneral commanding the North Carolina division of the united confederate veterans. He has been a successful merchant; and is now secretary and treasurer of the Navassa guano company of Wilmington, N.C. Derr, Louis, educator, author, was born Aug. 6, 1868, in Pottsville, Pa. Since 1904 he has been associate professor of physics in the Massachusetts institute of technology; and since 1895 in charge of instruction in physics at the Boston normal school of gymnastics. He is the author of Notes on the Principles of Dynamo and Transformer Design; and Photography for Students of ant,

N.C.

Physics and Chemistry. De Rudio, Charles, soldier, was born Aug. 26, 1832, in the City of Bellano. In 1864 he enlisted as a private in the seventy-ninth New York regiment; and received a lieutenant's commission in the United States colored troops. In 1876 he served in the campaign against the Sioux Indians; and in 1882 was promoted to the rank of captain. De Russy, Gustavus Adolphus, was born Nov. 3, 1818, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was mustered out of the volunteer service in 1866; Avas promoted to be major in the regular army in 1866; became lieutenantcolonel in 1879; attained the rank of colonel in 1882; and was retired in 1882. He died May 29, 1891, in Detroit, Mich. De Russy, Isaac Denniston, soldier, was born June 13, 1840, in Fort Monroe, Va. He served through the civil war and was brevetted major in 1865. In 1891 he became colonel of the eleventh regiment; and brigadiergeneral in 1902.