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He was president of Temple Grove seminary of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He conceived the idea of adopting one standard for railway time; and after submitting it to a railway convention in New York CSty in 1869, he devised a complete plan, which he published with a map in 1870. He died in 1904 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. son, Conn.

Dowd, Clement, lawyer, banker, congressman, was born on Aug. 27, 1832, in Moore county, N.C. He was mayor of Charlotte in 1869-71, and since 1871 has been president of the Commercial national bank of that city. In 1881-85 he was a representative from North Carolina to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat. Dowd, Daniel L., educator, inventor, was born Jan. 33, 1854, in Cazenovia, N.Y. In 1883 he opened a school for physical and vocal culture in New York City, the only school of its kind in the country. He has invented a number of health exercise machines, which he has manufactured on a large scale.

Dowd, Jerome, journalist, educator, authwas born March 18, 1864, in Moore coun-

or,

Since 1893 he has been professor ty, N.C. of political economy and sociology at Trinity college of North Carolina. In 1893 he was president of the North Carolina press association. In 1902-07 he lectured in psych-

Dowdell, James F., lawyer, planter, congressman, was born Nov. 36, 1818, in Jasper county, Ga. He moved to Alabama in 1846, and took charge of a female college for one year. In 1848 he was a presidential elector. In 1853-59 he was a representative from Alabama to the thirty-third, thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses.

Dowdney, Abraham,

soldier,

contractor,

congressman, was born in October, 1840, in Ireland. He served in the union army during the civil war as captain; and in 1885-87 he was a representative from New York City to the forty-ninth congress. He died Dec.

New York City. Dowe, Mrs. Jennie Elizabeth Tapper, author, poet, was born Dec. 11, 1845, in Wilbraham, Mass. She lias contributed poems and songs to Scribners, St. Nicholas and the Century magazines; and many of her songs have been set to music. She is the author of Purty Molly Rhue and Canterbury Poets. 10, 1886, in



Dowell, Greensville, physician, author, was born Sept. 1, 1822, in Albemarle county, Va. He originated the Dowell system for the treatment of hernia; and was the author of several books on that subject and yellow fever. He died in 1881 in Galveston, Texas. Dowie, John Alexander, clergyman, founder, was bom May 25, 1847, in Scotland. He was a so-called divine healer. He estab-

ology at the university of Wisconsin. He is the author of Sketches of Prominent Living North Carolinans and Life of Braxton Cra-

lished Zion City, 111., and a bank and college in that city. He died in 1907 in Zion City,

ven.

Dewier, Bennet, physician, scientist, phyborn April 16, 1797, in Mouiidiville, Ohio. In 1854 he began in New Orleans the'Medical and Surgical Journal. He was noted for his experiments upon the human body soon after death, the results of which were given to the world in a series of essays in 1843-44. He died in New Or-



Dowdall, Edward, painter, sculptor, artist,

was bom May

17, 1857, in Ireland.

He

paint-

ed the large picture of Charles the First and Cromwell, which was exhibited in 1890 at the National Academy of Design; and has painted numerous portraits of prominent people of the United States. He also modeled in clay many busts which are now exhibited in various parts of the United States. Dowdell, James Render, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born April 2, 1847, in La Payette, He was educated in the common Ala. schools of La Fayette and Auburn, Ala. In

1864-65 he attended the university of Alabama; and in 1867 he graduated from the college at Auburn with the degrees of A.B. and A.M. In 1864-65 he served in the civil war as a cadet in the eonfederate states army. In 1870 he began the practice of law in

La

Fayette, Ala. In 1876-80 he was circuit solicitor of the ninth judicial circuit; and for four years was judge of the fifth judicial circuit. In 1896-98 he was chancellor of the northeastern division. Since 1898 he has been an associate justice of the supreme court of Alabama.

m. siologist,

leans, La.

Dowling, Alexander, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1839 in Virginia. He is associate justice of the State supreme court of Indiana for term of 1898-1904. Dowling, George Thomas, clergyman, author, was born June 2, 1849, in New York City. For twelve years he was pastor of the Euclid avenue baptist church of Cleveland, Ohio; and since 1895 has been an episcopalian. He is the author of The Ethics of Property and the Rights of Man; and Saturday Night Sermons. Dowling, John, clergyman, author, was born May 12, 1807, in England. He was the author of Vindication of the Baptists History of Romanism ; Defence of the Protestant Scriptures; Power of Illustration; Nights and Mornings; Judson Offering; and Exposition of the Prophecies Concerning the Second Coming of Christ. He died July 4, 1878, in Middletown, N.Y. Dowling, Lee, clergyman, physician, author, poet, was born May 18, 1844, in Bellville, Ohio. During the civil war he was the youngest chaplain in the service. For many