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sachusetts; and also Phillips Brooks, Man, Preacher and Author. Dunbar, Paul Lawrence, poet, was born June 37, 1872, in Dayton, Ohio. He is a poet of Dayton, Ohio, of African descent; and employed in the library of congress at Washington, D.C. He is the author of Lyrics of Lowly Life; The Uncalled; The Goodness of St. Roque; Oak and Ivy; Majors and Minors; Lyrics of the Hearthside. He died Feb. 9, 1906, in Washington, D.C. Dunbar, Ealph 0., lawyer, jurist, was born April 26, 1845, in Schuyler county, 111. He has been city attorney of Goldendale, Wash.; and prosecuting attorney for his district. In 1885 he was speaker of the territorial house and in 1889 was an associate justice of the of Washington; chief justice.

supreme court 1900 was

and

in 1893-

Stonewall Jackson, designwas born Jan. 31, 1862, in Canada. Since 1880 he has been professionally engaged as a sculptor. He has designed many busts for the United States capitol and other buildings; and made a bronze statue of the late Governor Alexander E. Shepherd for the front of the new municipal building at Washington, D.C. Dunbar, William, congressman. In 185355 he was a representative from Louisiana

Dunbar,

XJIric

er, sculptor, artist,

the thirty-third congress. He died in Louisiana. Duncan, Alexander, physician, congressman. In 1837-41 and 1843-45 he was a representative from Ohio to the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-eighth congresses. He died March 2, 1852, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Duncan, Charles, lawyer, jurist. He was appointed an associate justice of the United States for the territory of Wisconsin. He died in Wisconsin. Duncan, Daniel, merchant, congressman', was born July 22, 1806, in Shippensburg, Pa. In 1843 he was elected to the legislature of Ohio from Licking county. In 1847-49 he was a representative to the thirtieth congress. He died June 18, 1849, in Washington, D.C. Duncan, Francis Marion, educator, college president, legislator, was born Dec. 23, 1839, in Cobb county, Ga. He attended the Bowdoin college from which to

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institution

he

receiv-

ed the degree of A.B. 1870; and the degree of A.M. in 1878. In 1873-76 he was a representative in the assembly of general Georgia, and during 1877-80 was a member of the state senate. .Since 1873 he has been president of the in

Hamilton Bremen, Ga.

He has

college

of

written extensively on

educational and civil topics. Duncan, Garnett, lawyer, congressman, was born in Kentucky. In 1847-49 he was a

representative from Kentucky to the thirtieth congress. He died May 25, 1875, in

Ky. Duncan, Frances, journalist, author, was born in 1877 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Since 1904 she has been assistant editor of the Country Calendar; and since 1907 has been editor of the garden department of the Ladies Home Journal. She is the author of Mary's Garden and How It Grew; and other works. Duncan, George Martin, educator, author, was born Nov. 26, 1857, in Haledon, N.J. Since 1888 he has been teaching philosophy in Yale university; and has been a full professor since 1894. He is the author of President Porter as a Philosopher; and The

Louisville,

Philosophical

Works

of Leibniz;

Duncan, Irvine, soldier, statesman, congressman, was born in Canonsburg, Pa. He received a collegiate education. He served throughout the civil war. In 1869 was mayor of Jackson, Ohio; and in 1877 was elected state senator. He was the author of the first law in Ohio against the truck system. In 1891-93 he was a representative from Ohio to the fifty-second congress as a, democrat.

Duncan, James, soldier, 10, 1810, in Cornwall, N.Y.

was born Sept. He became first lieutenant in 1836; and there served on frontier and garrison duty till 1845; and in 1846 was made captain. He died July 3, 1849, in Mobile, Ala.

Duncan, James Armstrong, clergyman, colwas born April 14, 1830, in Norfolk, Va. In 1868-77 he was president of Randolph-Macon college. For many years he was editor of The Richmond Christian Advocate. He died Sept. 23, 1877, in Ashlege president,

land, Va.

Duncan, James Henry, lawyer, clergyman, congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1793, in Haverhill, Mass. He served four years in the state legislature; was a state senator in 1828-31; and state councilor in 1840-41. In 1849-53 he was a representative to the thirty-first and thirty-second congresses. He died Feb. 8, 1869, in Haverhill, Mass. Duncan, Johnson Kelly, soldier, was born March 19, 1827, in York, Pa. In 1849 he graduated from West Point; and subsequently was in the confederate service as brigadier-general. He died in January, 1863, in Knoxville, Tenn. Duncan, Joseph, soldier, congressman, governor, was born Feb. 23, 1789, in Paris, Ky. He was an ensign at the brilliant defense of Fort Stephenson under Colonel Croghan, for which he received from congress the testimonial of a sword in 1835. He settled in Illinois, and was soon elected major-general of militia. He was state senator; and in the session of 1824-35 originated the law which first established common schools in the state. In 1827-35 he was a representative to the twentieth, twentyfirst, twenty-second and twenty-third congresses; and was the fifth governor of Illi-