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 HERRINGSHAWS DIBKART OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Everts, William Wallace, clergyman, auwas born March 13, 1814, in Granville, N.Y. He was engaged as a baptist clergyman in Chicago for twenty years; and in 1879 became pastor of a baptist church in Jersey City, N.J. He was the author of The Pastor's Hand-Book; Bible PrayerBook; The Voyage of Life; Manhood, its Duties and Responsibilities; Promise and Training of Childhood; Words in Earnest; The Baptist Layman's Book; The Sabbath; The Christian Apostolate; and Life of John Foster. He died Sept. 25, 1890, in Chicago,

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The World a Workshop; Life in BraExperiments in Marine Propulsion; and Reminiscences in the Patent Office. He died lics;

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Sept. 16, 1870, in New York City. Ewell, Alice Maud, litterateur, author, was born in 1860 in Virginia. She is the author of White Guard to Satan, an historical novel.

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Ewell, Arthur Woolsey, educator, scienwas born Oct. 20, 1873, in Bradford, Mass. Since 1904 he has been professor of physics at Worcester university. He has made valuable researches on electrolytic conduction; and on ozone. Ewell, Benjamin Stoddart, soldier, educa-

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gressman, was born July 18, 1830, in Spartanburg county, S.C. He served in the confederate army during the civil war, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served as a member of th,e state house of representatives for two terms; and in 1877-85 he

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was a representative from South Carolina to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat. He died Oct. 20, 1S84, in Spartanburg, S.C. Evrett, Isaac, journalist, author, was born Jan. 2," 1820, in New York City. In 1866 he established and became editor of the Cincinnati Christian Standard. He was the author of Walks about Jerusalem; Letter to a Young Christian; Evenings with the BiHe died Dec. 18, ble; and other works. 1888, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ewan, Mary C, actress, was born in 1836. She attained a national reputation as an actress; and played in the principal cities of the United States. She died in 1866.

Ewart, Hamilton Glover, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 23, 1849, in CoHe was appointed by Chief lumbia, S.C. Justice Waite register in bankruptcy for the ninth congressional district; and was twice elected mayor of Hendersonville. He was district elector on the Hayes ticket in 1876; and received the nomination for congress in 1884. He was elected to the lower house of the legislature in 1886. In 188991 he was representative to the fifty-first congress as a republican; in 1896-97 was judge circuit criminal court; and in 18981900 was United States judge for the west-

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district of North Carolina. Ewart, Thomas West,- lawyer, was bom Feb. 27, 1816, in Grand View, Ohio. He was a member of the convention that formed the

present constitution of Ohio. He was president of the Ohio baptist state convention; and vice-president of the American baptist missionary union. He died Oct. 8, 1881, in Granville, Ohio.

Ewbank, Louis B., educator, lawyer, author, was born in 1864 in Dearborn county, Ind. In 1891 he began the practice of law in Indianapolis, Ind.; and has been a professor of law in the Indiana law school. He Indiana Appelis the author of Manual of late Practice; Indiana Trial Evidence; and Indiana Cumulative Digest.

scientist, author, was 11, 1792, in England. He was a

scientist of York; at one period commissioner of patents. He was the author of Thoughts on Matter and Force; Hydrau-

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college president, was born June 10, 1810, in Washington, D.C. During the civil war he served in the confederate army. In 1865-94 he was president of the William and Mary college. He died June 19, 1894, in James City, Va. Ewell, John Louis, soldier, clergyman, educator, lecturer, was born Sept. 4, 1840, in During the civil war he Rowley, Mass. served as corporal company F, sixtieth Massachusetts volunteers. He is a successful congregational clergyman; and since 1890 has been dean of the theological department in the Howard university of Washington, D.C. Ewell, Joseph Emerson, soldier, lawyer, was bom Jan. 16, 1839, in Alden, N.Y. He served as lieutenant in the civil war; and In 1867 he practiced later became captain. law; and was assistant United States attorney for the northern district of New York. In 1883 he was county clerk of Erie

county; and in 1886-87 was deputy county clerk.

Ewell, Marshall Davis, educator, lawyer, author, was born Aug. 18, 1844, in Oxford, Mich. He is a lawyer of Chicago; president and dean of Kent college of law in Chicago; and is also an expert in microscopy and in forgeries. He is the author of Blackwell on Tax Titles; Treatise on the Law of Fixtures; Essentials of the Law; Manual of Medical Jurisprudence; and other works. Ewell, Richard Stoddert, soldier, was born Feb. 18, 1817, in Georgetown, D.C. During the civil war he served in the confederate army; was promoted to major-general; and was one of the two generals at Winchester and Kettle Run. He died Jan. 25, 1872, in Springfield, Tenn. soldier, was born in New In 1863 he was brigadier-general in the New York volunteers, in service of the

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Ewen, Mary Cecilia, actress, was born in New York City. Among her greatest successes were Life in New York; Child 1836 in