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Cedarville, N.J. He was a field officer of the revolutionary war; and also a surgeon in the army. In 1801-07 he was a representative from New Jersey to the seventh, eighth, and ninth congresses; and served a number of years in the state assembly, and was chosen speaker. He was also for a long time adjutant-general of the New Jersey militia; and during the war of 1812 commanded the troops on the Delaware. In 1807-15 he was a member and vice-president of the state council; and in 1808 was appointed collector of Bridgeton, and held the office for many years. He died Oct. 18, 1843, in Brighton, N.J.

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associate justice of the supreme court of New Jersey. Elmer, Jonathan, physician, jurist, congressman. United States senator, was born Nov. 29, 1745, in Fairfield, N.J. In 1776-78, 1780-84 and 1787-89 he was a member of the continental congress; and in 1789-91 he was a United States senator from New Jersey. During the war of the revolution he was a sheriff, a surrogate, and a judge. He was a member of the Philosophical society of America. He died Sept. 3, 1807, in Burlington, N.J. Elmer, Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus, lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born Feb. 3, 1793, in Bridgeton, N.J. For many years he was prosecutor for the state; and was a member of the state assembly in 1820-23, the last year being speaker of that body. In 1843-45 he was a representative from New Jersey to the twenty-eighth congress. In 1852-62 he was associate justice of the supreme court of New Jersey. He was the author of Digest of the Laws of New Jersey, commonly styled Nixon's Digest; Genealogy of the Elmer Family; History of Cumberland County; and History of New Jersey. He died March 11, 1883, in Bridgeton, Conn. Elmore, Franklin Harper, soldier, lawyer, banker, United States senator, was bom Jan. 16, 1799, in Laurens, S.C. He was a colonel of militia; and also a trustee of the South Carolina college. In 1822-37 he was solicitor of, the southern circuit. In 1835-39 he was a representative to the twentyfourth and twenty-fifth congresses. In 183950 he was president of the bank of the state of South Carolina. In 1849-51 he was United States senator to fill a vacancy. He died May 29, 1850, in Washington, D.C. Elmore, Rush, lawyer, jurist, was bom about 1810 in Alabama. He settled in Kansas; and was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for that territory. He died in Lecompton, Kan. Elrcd, Morton John, educator, scientist, was born April 37, 1833, in Pennsylvania. In 1889-1907 he was a professor in the Wesleyan university. In 1901-04 he was president of the Montana academy of sciences, arts and letters.

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B., lawyer, governor, was 1856, in Coatesville, Ind. Since 1882 he has practiced law in Clark, S.D. He was states attorney for ten years. In 190507 he was governor of South Dakota.

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Elshemus, Louis M., artist, poet, was bom in 1864 in Laurel Hill, N.J. He has exhibited paintings in several art exhibitions in this country and abroad. He is the author of Moods of a Soul; and Songs of Spring and Blossoms of Unrequited Love. Elson,

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Elson, Henry William, clergyman, lecturauthor, was born March 29, 1857, in Muskingum county, Ohio. He resigned the ministry and became a writer and lecturer of the university extension society of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Side Lights on American History, in two volumes; Four Historical Biographies for Children; and Elson's History of the United States. er,

Elson, Louis Charles, journalist, lecturer, author, was born April 17, 1848, in Boston, Mass. He has been editor of the Musical Herald, Boston Herald and now musical editor of the Boston Advertiser. He is the author of History of Music; History of German Song Curiosities of Music ; Theory of Music



The Great Composers; European Reminscences; and American National Music. Elsworth, Edward, lawyer, banker, was born Jan. 6, 1840, in New York City. He practiced law for six years; and in 1868-91 was engaged in business in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He is president of the Fallkill national bank; and since 1903 has been president ot the Poughkeepsie savings bank.