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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Drayton, Henry Sinclair, journalist, phywas born Sept. 16, 1839, in Jersey City, N.J. He was connected with the publishing house of Fowler and Wells as editor of the Phrenological Journal and Science and Health. He is the author of Light in Dark Places; Brain and Mind; Human Magnetism; Vacation Time Studies; and other works. Drayton, John, governor, author, was born in 1766 in South Carolina. He was acting governor of South Carolina in 1800-03 and the eighth governor in 1808-10. He was district judge of the United States for some years previous to his death. He was the ausician, author,

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thor of View of South Carolina; Memoirs of the Revolution in South Carolina, in two volumes and Letters Written During a Tour Through the Northern and Eastern States. He died Nov. 27, 1832, in Charleston, S.C.

Drayton, Percival, naval officer, was born Aug. 25, 1812, in South Carolina. In 1837 he entered the navy as a midshipman. He served with distinction throughout the civil war; and died Aug. 4, 1865, in Washington, D.C.

Drayton, Thomas Fenwick, railroad president, statesman, was bom about 1807 in 8outh Carolina. He graduated from the United States military academy in 1828; and served in garrison in Jefferson barracks. Mo., and Newport, in 1828-32; and then on topographical duty, but resigned in 1836, and became civil engineer in Charleston, Louisville and Cincinnati. He was a state senator in 1853-66; and president of the Charleston and Savannah railroad in 1853-61. the beginning of the civil war he entered the confederate service, was commissioned brigadier -general. He died Feb. 18, 1891, in Florence, S.C.

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Drayton, William, lawyer,

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South Carolina. In 1789 he was appointed the first United States district judge for the district of South Carolina. He died May 18, 1790, in South Carolina. in 1733 in

Drayton,

William,

soldier,

congressman,

was born Dec. 30, 1776, in St. Augustine, Fla. He was a captain in the South Carolina militia; in 1812 was commissioned a colonel in the United States army; was made inspector-general in 1814. He assisted Generals Scott and Macomb in preparing a System of Infantry Tactics for the army. He was elected recorder of Charleston in 1819; and in 1825-33 he was a representative from South Carolina to the nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second congresses. He was chosen president of the United States bank in 1840. He died May 24, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pa. Drayton, William Henry, jurist, congressman, author, was born in 1742 in South Carolina. In 1771 he was appointed a judge; was president of the provincial congress;

and was made chief justice in 1776. He was a leading member of the South Carolina as-

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sembly; and in 1778-79 he was a delegate from South Carolina to the continental congress; and was a signer of the articles of confederation. He was the author of a History of the American Revolution, which was afterward published in three volumes by his son. He died in 1779 in South Carolina. Dreer, Ferdinand Julius, soldier, capitalist, founder, was born March 2, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa. He commenced his life career by founding the firm of Annan and Dreer, manufacturers of gold chains. He was one of the promoters of the Philadelphia academy of music; and has been vice-president of the Pennsylvania historical society. During the civil war he was a member of the Gray reserves.

Daniel, educator, college Oct. 28, 1846, in Lexington county, S.C. In 1871 he graduated from Roanoke college of Salem, Va.; of which institution he has been president since 1878. Dreiser, Theodore, journalist, author, poet, was bom Aug. 27, 1871, in Terre Haute, Ind. He is the author of Studies of Contemporary Celebrities; and Poems.

Dreher,

president,

Julius

was born

Drennan, Michael C, naval officer, was born in Easton, Pa. In 1863 he was appointed acting assistant surgeon in the United States navy; became assistant surgeon in 1868 passed assistant surgeon in 1870; and surgeon in 1879. In 1895 he was promoted to medical director; in 1899 became medical director; and was the same year retired as medical director with the rank of rear admiral for services during the civil war. During the civil war he served on board the Com;

modore Jones, Saint Lawrence and the Emma; and in 1895-98 was fleet surgeon in the North Atlantic squadron. Dre'sel, Otto, musician, composer, was born in 1826 in Andernach. In 1852 he settled in Boston; where some fifteen years he was the foremost pianist. He was the author of a few songs and pianoforte pieces. He died July 36, 1890, in Beverly, Mass. Dresser, Horace, lawyer, author. He was the author of The Battle Record of the

American Rebellion; and Internal Revenue as Amended to July, 1866. He died Jan. 27, 1877. Dresser, Horatio Willis, educator, lecturer, author, was born Jan. 15, 1866, in Yarmouth, Maine. In 1899 he was associate editor of the Arena of Boston, Mass; since 1893 has been a lecturer on practical philosophy; and is now assistant in philosophy in Harvard university. He is the author of The Power of Silence; The Perfect Whole; The Heart of It; In Search of a Soul; Voices of Hope; and Methods and Problems of Spiritual Healing; and Man and the Divine Order. Dresser, Solomon Robert, manufacturer, inventor, congressman, was born on Feb. 1, 1842, in Litchfield, Mich. In 1880 he took out his first patent; and since that time he has been a successful Inventor and manu-

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