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 HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Eltholtz, Carl Frederick, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 10, 1840, in Denmark.

Since 1867 he has been a clergyman of the episcopal methodist church. He has filled Coon pastorates at

Ashippun, RaCambridge and cine, La Crosse, Wis.; and in Chicago and Evanston, 111. He preached for a short time at Oakland, Cal. and since 1906 has been Prairie,



pastor

of

the

First

Norwegian

and

Dan-

methodist episcopal church at Cambridge, Wis. In 1878 he started the Danish temperance movement. He is the author of Life of Rev. 0. P. Peterish

Founder of the Norwegian Methodism; Life of John Wesley; The Lord's Lambs; Weapon Against Mormonism; and other son,

A

works. Siting, Arthur Wells, physician, surgeon, Oct. 6, 1872, in South Cairo, N.Y. He has exclusively practiced surgery in Albany; and is surgeon to the child's hospital. He is chief of the surgical clinic at the Albany hospital of New York City. Elton, John Prince, manufacturer, state legislator, was bom April 24, 1809, in Watertown, Conn. In 1832 he went into business in Waterbury, Conn.; and in 1833 his firm began the manufacture of brass wire, being the first in America to take up that industry. In 1840, 1849, 1851 and 1863 he served in the state legislature. He died Nov. 10, 1864, in Waterbury, Conn. Elton, Romeo, clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1790 in Ellington, Conn. He was a once prominent clergyman of the baptist faith and at one time a professor in Brown university. He was the author of a Life of Roger Williams. He died Feb. 5, 1870, in

was born



Boston, Mass. Elverson, James, journalist, publisher, founder, was bom in 1838 in England. He settled in 1847 with his parents in Newark, N.J.;

and received

his

education in the public schools of that city. He became a telegraph messenger boy, opera-

and later manand in 1861-65 was manager of th* American telegraph ofWashington, fice at D.C. In 1865 he was tor,

ager;

one of

of the founders Philadelphia the

Saturday Night;

and

since 1879 has been sole owner and proprietor of that publication. In 1880 he established Golden Days, a weekly publication for

bovs and

girls.

Since 1889 he has been the

381

owner and publisher

of the Philadelphia Inhas been delegate-at-large three times to republican national conventions; has been park commissioner of Philadelphia; and is a director in the Philadelphia and

He

quirer.

Erie railway. Elwell, Edward Henry, journalist, author, was born Dec. 14, 1825, in Portland, Maine. From 1848 he was editor and manager of the Portland Transcript; and was one of the founders of the Maine press association. He was the author of Portland and Vicinity; The Boys of Thirty-five, a story of a seaport town; and Fraternity Papers, a volume of essays and sketches. He died July 16, 1890, at Bar Harbor, Maine. sculptor, was bom 1858, in Concord, Mass. He was the first American sculptor to model a statue in America that was erected in Europe. He received a medal at the World's Columbian exposition, a gold medal twice from the Art club of Philadelphia, and a medal from the King of Belgium for a study in architecture. Among his better known works are Death of Strength; Awakening of Egypt; Monument to Edwin Booth at Mt. Auburn, Cambridge; Dickens and Little Nell, at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Elwell, John Johnson, soldier, was born in Ohio. He served in the civil war; and in 1865 attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. He died March 13, 1900. Elwell, Joseph C, lawyer, jurist, was bom Oct. 19, 1850, in Milford Center, Ohio. He has served as district attorney of the third district of Colorado; and as judge of the district court of the tenth judicial district ,of Colorado. Elwell, Mrs. Maria Huntington, educator, lecturer, was born March 9, 1845, in Hadley, Mass. Many of her ancestors distinguished themselves in colonial and revolutionary

Elwell,

June

Frank Edwin,

15,

times;

and Governor Samuel Huntington,

signer of the Declaration of Independence, was one of them. She attended the best academies of Hadley, Mass., and at Farmington,

Conn.; and subsequently taught in Cambridge and in Philadelphia. In 1870 she married John D. Elwell, and has since lived in Brooklyn, N.Y. She has been president of the Brooklyn woman's club; vice-president of the christian socialist society; historiangeneral of the daughters of the revolution; secretary of the New York league of unitarian women; and lecturer for the American humane education society. Elwyn, Alfred Langdon, philanthropist, author, was bom July 9, 1804, in Portsmouth, N.H. He originated the Pennsylvania agricultural society and farm school; and was president in 1850. He was president of the Pennsylvania institution for instruction of the blind; president of the Training school for feeble minded children; and president of the Society for prevention of cruelty to animals. He was the author of Bona-