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City. He is the author of Practice of Gynecology.

The

Principles

and

Emmet, William LeRoy, electrician, mecnanical engineer, author, was born July 10, 1859, in New Rochelle, N.Y. Since 1893 he has been in the service of the General electric company at Schenectady, N.Y. In 1881 he graduated from the United States naval academy; and served in the Spanish- American war. He is the author of Alternating Current Wiring and Distribution. Emmett, Daniel Decatur, soldier, musician, composer, was born in 1815 in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He was a negro minstrel and song writer. In his youth he joined the regular army; in 1835 became a member of Oscar Brown's circus company; and in 1843, with Frank Brown, William Whitloek and Richard Phelam, formed what was the first negro minstrel company. In 1859 he wrote the famous song of Dixie. In 1865 he became independent manager; and in 1878 he returned to Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He was the author of hundreds of songs, including Old Dan Tucker, Boatman's Dance, The Road to Richmond, and many old-time favorites. He died June 38, 1904, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Emmett, Lafayette, lawyer, jurist. In 1858-65 he was chief justice of the supreme court of Minnesota.

Emmons, Ebenezer,

bom May

geologist, author,

16, 1799, in Middlefield,

Mass.

was

He

was a noted geologist and in the latter part of his life was attached to the state geological survey of North Carolina. He was the author of Manual of Mineralogy and Geology; and American Geology. He died Oct.

1,

1863, in Brunswick, N.C.

Emmons, George Foster, naval officer, author, was born Aug. 33, 1811, in Clarendon, Vt. He was a rear-admiral in the United States service. He was the author of The Navy of the United States from 1775 to 1853. He died Julv 23, 1884, in Princeton, N.J.

Emmons, Halmer

Hull, lawyer, jurist,

was

born in 1815 in Glens Falls, N.Y. In 1870 he was appointed judge of the United States circuit court for the state of Michigan, but he exercised a much wider jurisdiction. Emmons, Nathaniel, clergyman, author, was bom April 30, 1745, in East Haddani, Conn. He was a noted congregational minister at Franklin in 1773-1840. His theological works in six volumes, with Memoir by J. Ide, appeared in 1843. He died Sept. 33, 1840, in Franklin, Mass.

Emmons,

Richard,

physician,

poet,

was

born about 1780 in Boston, Mass. He lived in Kentucky, and wrote Fredonial, an epic poem in four volumes, a story of the war of 1813. He was subsequently a clerk in the postoffice department of Washington. He died in 1834 in Washington, D.C.

Emmons, Samuel Franklin, geologist, auwas born March 39, 1841, in Boston, Mass. He has been a geologist in the United States geological survey since 1879. He is thor,

the author of Descriptive Geology; Geological and Mining Industries of Leadville; Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals; and other works.

Emory,

Frederic, journalist, author,

was

born Sept. 18, 1853, in Centerville, Md. Until 1893 he was a journalist on the Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Ledger and other publications. Since 1894 has been chief of the bureau of foreign commerce in the department of state at Washington, D.C. He is the author

A

of

Maryland Manor; and numerous Mono-

graphs and Reports.

Emory, Frederick Lincoln, educator, foundwas born April 10, 1867, in Lunenburg,

er,

Mass. In 1887-89 he established the mechanical department of the high school of Washington, D.C. In 1889-91 he established and superintended the Trades school of the Massachusetts reformatory. He established and directed the Industrial training and technical high school for the city of Indianapolis, Ind. As superintendent he has built many of the buildings of the West Virginia university.

Emory, John, clergyman, author, was bom April 11, 1789, in Queen Anne county, Md. He was a methodist bishop; and the author of The Divinity of Christ Vindicated; and Defence of Our Fathers. He died Dec. 17, 1835, in Reisterstown, Md. Emory, Robert, clergyman, educator, auwas born July 39, 1814, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1842-48 he was the president of Dickinson college of Carlisle, Pa. He was the author of Life of Bishop Emory; and History thor,

of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died May 18, 1848, in Balti-

more, Md.

Emory, WiUiam Helmsley, soldier, author, was bom Sept. 9, 1811, in Queen Anne county, Md. He was retired from the United States service in 1876 with the rank of brigadier-general. He was the author of Notes of a Military Reconnoissance in Missouri and California, 1848; and Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission. He died Dec. 1, 1887, in Washington, D.C.

Emory, William Helmsley, naval

He graduated from

officer.

the United States naval

academy in 1866; became master in 1869; was made lieutenant in 1870; and in 1884 commanded the Bear of the Greely relief expedition.

Emott, James, lawyer,

was born March

jurist, congressman, 14, 1771, in Poughkeepsie,

N.Y. For several years he filled the oflaee of first judge of the court of common pleas for his county. In 1809.-13 he was a representative from New York to the eleventh and twelfth congresses; and under the constitution of 1821 was appointed judge for the second district. He died April 7, 1850, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Emott, James, lawyer, jurist, was bom April 33, 1823, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. In