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 HIIKRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. De Kussy, Louis 6., soldier, statesman, was born in 1796 in New York. In 1851-53 he was a, member of the Louisiana house of representatives; and in 1853-55 was a member of the state senate. He was major-general of Louisiana militia in 1848-61, when he entered the confederate army. He died Grand Ecore, Fla. De Russy, Rene Edward, soldier, was born Feb. 33, 1789, in Hayti, W.I. He was superDec. 17, 1864, in

of the United States military in 1833-38, and lieutenant-colonel of engineers in 1838-63. In 1865 he was brevetted major-general in the United States army for long and faithful service. He died Nov. 33, 1865, in San Francisco, Cal. De Saussure, Henry William, lawyer, jurist, author, was born on Aug. 16, 1763, in

intendent

academy

Poeotaligo,

S.C.

He was

director

of

the

United States mint in 1794. He was the author of Reports of the Courts of Chancery and Equity in South Carolina from the Revolution to 1813. He died March 39, 1839, in Charleston, S.C.

De Saussure, William F., lawyer. United States senator, was bom in 1793 in Charleston, S.C. In 1851-53' he was United States senator from South Carolina. He died in South Carolina.

De Saussure, Wilmot

Gibbes, lawyer,

born July 33, 1833, in Charleston, S.C.

was a member of the years; was in command

was

He

legislature for ten of the state troops

that took possession of Fort Moutrie when evacuated in 1860; as lieutenant-colonel was in command of the artillery on Morris Island during the bombardment of Fori Sumter in 1861; and was treasurer, and subsequently adjutant and inspector-general of South Carolina. He was president of the state society of the Cincinnati, the St. Andrews society, the Charleston library society, the St. Cecilia society and the Huguenot society of South Carolina. He died Feb. 1886, in South Carolina. Desbrosses, Elias, merchant, founder, was born in 1718 in New York City. He was one of the founders of the chamber of commerce in 1768, and its president in 1771-73. Desbrosses street of New York City is named in his honor. He died in March, 1778. Desha, Joseph, soldier, congressman, governor, was bom Dec. 9, 1768, in Pennsylvania. He served for a time in the state legislature; he fought at the battle of the Thames as a major-general. In 1807-19 he was a representative from Kentucky to the tenth to the fiftheenth congresses. He was the eighth governor of Kentucky in 1834-38, He died Oct. 13, 1843, in Georgetown, Ky. Desha, Robert, merchant, soldier, congress1,

man, was born in Pennsylvania. He served in the war of 1812; and was brevetted a brigadier-general in 1814. In 1837-31 he was a representative from Tennessee to the twentieth and twenty-first congresses. He died Feb.

8,

17

1849, in Pennsylvania.

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Deshou, George, missionary, author, was born Jan. 30, 1833, in New London, Conn. He is a Roman catholic priest of the redemptorist order; was engaged in mission work and later pastor of St. Pauls church of New York City. He is the author of Guide for Young Catholic Women which has had a very extended circulation. He died Dec.

New

York City. 30, 1903, in Desiree, sister superior, was born in 1815 in Belgium. After taking her vows in 1845, stationed at Cincinnati until 1853, when she was sent to Lowell to found a convent and school for catholic girls. She died in 1879 in Lowell, Mass. Des Jardins, Benjamin M., inventor, was born Oct. 16, 1858, in Tyre, Mich. In 1883 he constructed the first type-setting machine; and made the first computing instrument to justify the lines. He was for two years employed on the Chicago Inter-Ocean. In 1899 he invented the typewriter adding

machine. De Smet, Peter John, missionary, author, was bom Dec. 31, 1801, in Belgium. He was a noted Roman catholic missionary to the Indians. He was the author of The Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains; Indian Letters and Sketches; Western Missions and Missionaries; and New Indian Sketches. He died in May, 1872, in

Mo. Desmond, Humphrey Joseph, lawyer,

St. Louis,

islator, author,

was born

leg-

Sept. 14, 1860, in

Ozaukee county, Wis. In 1891 he was elected a member of the Wisconsin state legislature; and he drafted the Desmond law, which was enacted in place of the famous Bennett law. He is the author of Mooted Questions of History; The Church and Law; Outlooks and Insights; and other works. Desnoyer, Peter, pioneer, patriot, was born April 21, 1773, in France. Congress in 1807 gave a tract of land on Detroit river, in return for his loyalty to the United States. He subsequently became United States marshal for the territory of Michigan; and in 1839 state treasurer. He died March 6, 1880, in Detroit, Mich. De Sola, Abraham, clergyman, author, was bora Sept. 18, 1835, in London. In 1853 he was appointed professor of Hebrew and oriental literature at McGill university. He was the author of Scripture Zoology; The Sanitary Institutions of the Hebrews; Mos-

Mm

aic Cosmogony; Sinaitic Inscriptions; and Notes on the Jews of Persia. He died June 5,

1882, in New Y'ork City. Dessar, Leo Charles, lawyer, legislator, jurist, author, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1870 he was a member of the New York state assembly; and in 1885 became a civil justice. He is the author of A Royal Enchantress. De Stefani, Rafael Esteva, operatic artist and vocal teacher, was born in Cuba. In 1889 he opened the Grand Italian conserva-