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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Ellsworth, Oliver, jurist, United States senwas born April 39, 1745, in Windsor, Conn. In 1780-84 he was a member of the council Connectiof cut. In 1784 he was appointed a judge of the superior court of that state; and in 1787 was elected a member of the convention which framed the federal constitution In 1777-84 he was a delegate from Connecticut to the continental congress. When the federal government was organized he was a United States senator from Connecticut; and in 1796-1800 was chief justice of the supreme court of the United States. Inl799 he was appointed by President Adams envoy extraordinary to France, for the purpose of concluding a treaty with that nation. He died Nov. 26, 1807, in Connecticut.

ator,

Ellsworth, Samuel

S.,

state legislator, con-

gressman, was born in Vermont. He was a member of the New York state assembly in 1840; and in 1845-47 he was a representative from New York to the twenty-ninth congress. He died in New York. Ellsworth, William Wolcott, lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Nov. 10, 1791, in Windsor county. Conn. He was professor of law in Trinity college. In 182935 he was a representative from Connecticut to the twenty-first, twenty-second and twenty-third congresses. In 1838-42 he was the twelfth governor of Connecticut; and was a judge of the supreme court of Connecticut for many years. He died Jan. 15, 1868, in Hartford, Conn. Ellwanger, George, pioneer, nurseryman, was born Dec. 2, 1816, in Wurtemberg. He came to America in 1835 and settled in Rochester, where in 1839 he established the firm of Ellwanger and Barry for the raising of fruit and shade trees, shrubs, and flower adn foliage plants. This was the pioneer nursery of the west, and being located just beyond the city limits on the Mount Hope road, took the name of the Mount Hope nursery. He built and owned the large Ellwanger and Barry office building of Rochester, N.Y. He died in Rochester, N.Y.

Ellwanger, George Herman, journalist, auwas bom July 10, 1848, in Rochester, N.Y. For many years he was the editor of the Rochester Post-Express. He was the author of The Garden's Story; The Story of My House; In Gold and Silver; Idyllists of the Country-Side ; Love's Demesne; and other books. He died in Rochester, N.Y. thor,

Ellwanger, Henry Brooks, horticulturist, author, was born in 1851 in New York. He was the author of The Rose, a Treatise on

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Cultivation; and History of Roses. He died in 1883 in Rochester, N.Y. Ellwanger, William DeLancey, lawyer, author, poet, was born Sept. 27, 1855, in Rochester, N.Y. Since 1878 he has practiced law in Rochester, N.Y. He is the author of Summer Snowflake and Drift of Other Verse and Song; and The Oriental Rug. Ellwood, Reuben, manufacturer, congressman, was born Feb. 21, 1821, in New York. He located at Syracuse, 111.; engaged largely in manufacturing; and became president of several manufacturing companies. In 1883-87 he was a representative from Illinois to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a republican. He died July 1, 1885, in Sycamore, 111. EUyson, Henry Keeling, journalist, legislator, was born July 31, 1823, in Richmond, Va. In 1854-55 he served his native city in the Virginia state legislature; in 1857-65

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was was

sheriff of

elected

Henrico county; and in 1870 of Richmond. He has

mayor

long been connected, as associate proprietor editor, with the Richmond Dispatch. Elmendorf, Dwight Lathrop, lecturer, author, was born March 13, 1859, in Brooklyn, N.Y. For fifteen years he has been a teacher of the deaf; and since 1897 has been a lecturer. He is the author of Lantern Slides, How to Make Them and Color Them. Elmendorf, Joachim, clergyman, author, was bom March 26, 1827, in Rochester, N.Y. Since 1853 he has held pastorates in the Dutch reformed church in Poughkeepsie, Syracuse, Albany and New York City. He was elected a trustee of Rutgers college in 1869. He is the author of Memoirs of Richard Varick De Witt and Alice Justina De Peyster. Elmendorf, John James, educator, clergyman, author, was born June 27, 1827, in New York City. In 1867-88 he was professor of philosophy in Racine college. Wis.; and later connected with the Western theological seminary at Chicago. He was the author of Manual of Rites and Ritual; History of Philosophy; Outlines of Logic; Aspects of Modern Philosophy; and Moral Philosophy. He died Feb. 16, 1896, in Chicago, 111. Elmendorf, Lucas, state senator, congressman, was born in 1768 in Kingston, N.Y. In 1797-1803 he was a representative from New York to the fifth, sixth and seventh congresses; a member of the state assembly in 1804-05; and a state senator in 1814-17. He died Aug. 17, 1843, in Kingston, N.Y. Elmendorf, Theresa Huhbell, librarian, was bom Nov. 1, 1855, in Pardeeville, Wis. In 1880-92 she was deputy librarian; and in 1892-96 she was librarian of the Milwaukee public library. Since 1906 she has been assistant librarian of the Buffalo public library. In 1903-04 she was president of the New York library association. Elmer, Ebenezer, soldier, physician, state

and

senator, congressman,

was born

in 1752 in