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has since been prominent in relation to social reforms. Her books for juvenile readers, which are characterized by a strong vein of

humor, include The William Henry Letters; William Henry and His Friends; Chronicles of the Stimpcett Family; The Cats' Arabian Nights;

The John Spicer Lectures; Lucy

Maria; Polly Cologne; Jimmyjohns; and A Story-book for Children; Other works are Bybury to Beacon Street, a discussion of social topics Domestic Problems Only a Flock of Women; The Religious Training of Children; and Neighborhood Talks. She died in 1904 in Belmont, Mass. Dibble, Samuel, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 16, 1837, in Charleston,

twentieth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers.

James

was born

in 1834 in of the originators of the Brooklyn art school; and a founder of the academy of design. He was the author of Cooling Off; Leap-Frog; and At Mischief. He died Jan. 19, 1868, in Brooklyn,

Dick,

New York

T., artist,

City.

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N.Y.



He served in the confederate army during the civil war. He was elected a representative in the South Carolina state legislature in 1877. In 1881-91 he was a representative from South Carolina to the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat. Dibble, Sheldon, missionary, author, was born Jan. 23, 1809, in Skaneateles, N.Y. He was a missionary to the Sandwich Islands. He was the author of History of the Sandwich Island Missions. He died Jan. 22, 1845, in the Hawaiian Islands. Dibell, Homer B., lawyer, jurist. He is judge of the eleventh judicial district court of Minnesota for the term of 1906-13; and resides in Duluth, Minn,. Dibrell George Gibbs, soldier, merchant, congressman, was born April 12, 1822, in White county, Tenn. In 1861 he was elected to the legislature of Tennessee, but volunteered in the confederate service and was made brigadier-general in 1864. He was elected president of the Southwestern railroad. In 187585 he was a representative from Tennessee to the forty-fourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat. He died May 9, 1888, in Sparta, S.C.



Tenn.

James Anthony, physician, surwas bom Aug. 20, 1846, in Van Buren, Ark. For fifteen years he was physician to the Arkansas deaf and mute institute; and Dibrell,

geon,

has been professor of anatomy, president and dean of the medical department of Arkansas industrial university. He died in 1904 in Little Rock, Ark. Dichman, Ernest, naval officer, lawyer, banker, diplomat, was born in 1845. He served in the South Atlantic squadron until the close of the civil war; and became lieutenant-commander. He was United States minister to Columbia in 1878-81. Dick, Charles, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 3, 1858, in Akron, Ohio. In 18991905 he was a representative from Ohio to

the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth congresses as a republican. In 1905-11 he was a member of the United States senate. Dick, George Frederick, soldier, was born in Germany. In 1861 he was captain in the

Dick, John, lawyer, jurist. He was a citizen of Louisiana; and in 1821 was appointed district judge of the United States court for the district of Louisiana. He died in Louisiana. Dick, John, merchant, congressman, was born June 19, 1794, in Pittsburg, Pa. His parents moved to Meadville the year of his birth. In 1853-59 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-third, thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses. He was one of the foremost men of Western Pennsylvania; and was connected with all its

leading enterprises.

Dick, Robert, inventor, was bom Jan. 12, 1814, in Scotland. He was a noted inventor. He died Dec. 10, 1890, in Buffalo, N.Y.

Dick, Robert P., lawyer, jurist, state senwas born Oct. 5, 1823, in Greensboro, N.C. He was United States district attorney for the district of North Carolina in 1853-61. He was elected a, delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1861 and 1865. He was a state senator in 1864-65; was an associate justice of the supreme court of North Carolina in 1868-72; and in 1873-98 was United States district judge for the western district of North Carolina. He died in 1900 in Greensboro, N.C. ator,

Dick, Samuel, physician, congressman, was New Jersey. In 1873-84 he was a delegate from New Jersey to the continental congi-ess. He died in November, 1812, in New Jersey.

born in

Dick, Samuel Bernard, soldier, railroad president, congressman, was bona Oct. 26, 1836, in Meadville, Pa. He was educated at

the Allegheny college. During the civil war he was colonel ninth Pennsylvania regiment volunteers and then in 1864 was a presi;

dential

elector.

Was

mayor

of his native city in 1870 and com•,

manded a brigade of the Pennsylvania state militia in West Virginia in 1863. In 187981 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-sixth congress; and during 1890-1900 was president Pittsburg, Shenango and Lake Erie railroad.