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vania and Iowa. In 1889 he became pastor of the presbyterian church of Corning, Iowa; and president of the Corning collegiate institute. He died July 31, 1905, in Corning, Iowa. Ewing, Thomas H., congressman. He served as a member of congress from Pennsylvania. He died June ington, Pa.

1887, in

9,

Wash-

ton and Adjacent Counties; Some Letters and Documents, in two volumes; and Contributions to Mineralogy. Eyre, Wilson, designer, architect, was born Oct. 30, 1858, in Florence, Italy. In 1869-72 he studied in Newport, R.I.; in 1872-74 at Lenoxville, Canada; in

1875 at Woburn, Mass.; and 1876 at the Massachusetts institute of technology. He began the practice

Ewing, William Bellford, physician, state legislator, was born in 1776 in Greenwich, He practiced medicine for twentyN.J. eight j'ears in his native town. For many years he was presiding judge of the county courts; for ten years a member of the legislature; and a member of the New Jersey constitutional convention of 1841. He died April 23, 1866, in Greenwich, N.J. Ewing, William Green, physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 8, 1848, in Davidson county, Tenn. In 1875 he began to practice medicine; in 1878-90 was professor of materia medioa in the pharmacy department of Vanderbilt university; in 1895 was chosen secretary; and in 1897 became dean of the department.

Ewing, William Lee Davidson, soldier, lawyer. United States senator, was born in 1795. In 1826-27 he was United States surveyor of public lands; and general of state militia. He served as major of the Spy battalion in the Black-Hawk war of 1832; became a member of the state senate in that year, and was its speaker in 1834. In 183537 he was United States senator to fill a vacancy. He was speaker of the state house of representatives in 1840; and in 1843-46

was

state auditor.

He

died

March

25, 1846.

in Ohio.

Excell,

Edwin

Othello, publisher,

singer,

composer, author, was born Dec. 31, 1851, in Uniontown, Ohio. For ten years he was associated with Rev. Sam P. -jones, the Georgia evangelist, as a, gospel singer. Since 1881 he has been a publisher of church and school books in Chicago, 111. Sunday music He is the composer and author of numerous gospel songs. Eyennan, John, geologist, author, was born Jan. 15, 1867, in Easton, Pa. He is associate editor of the American Geologist. He is connected with several western mining companies. He was one of the hundred members of the authors' committee to secure federal regulation of health. He is the author of The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania; The Genus Temnocyon Mineralogy at' the Columbian Exposition; A Study in Genealogy; Mineralogy of the French Creek Mines; The Ancestors of Marguerite Eyerman; The Old Grave Yards of Northamp;

f

architecture

i

n

1876; and since 1881 has practiced his profession in Philadelphia, Pa. He has built buildings in

many

Philadelphia and New York City; and also several buildings for the Neweomb memorial college of New Orleans, La.; and for the Detroit club and other works. He is a member of the American institute of architects; a member of the social science association; and a member of various other societies.

Eyster, C. S., lawyer, jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He was appointed from Pennsylvania an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Colorado, residing in Denver. He died in Denver, Col.

Eyster, Mrs. Nellie Blessing, journalist, philanthropist, author, was born Dec. 7, 1836, in Frederick, Md. She is a writer for young people, formerly living in Pennsylvania, now in California. She is the author of Sunny Hours; Chincapin Charlie; Tom Harding and His Friends; Lionel Wintour's Diary; Colonial Boy; and On the Wing.

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Eytinge, Rose, actress, author, was bom Nov. 21, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. She has attained a national reputation as an actress. She is the author of It Happened This Way; Golden Chains; and has dramatized several popular novels. Ezekiel,

Moses Jacob,

sculptor, artist,

was

born Oct. 28, 1844, in Richmond, Va. In 1872 he modeled the colossal bust of Washington, now in Cincinnati, which gained him admission into the society of artists in Berlin, Germany. In 1873 he won the Michael Beer prize, which had never before been awarded to a foreigner. Fabbri, Cora Randall, poet, was born in 1871 ill New York. She was a poet of Italian descent. Her volume of Lyrics was published but a few days before her death. She died in 1892 in New York. Fabens, Joseph Warren, diplomat, author, poet, was born in 1821 in Salem, Mass. He was an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Dom'inican republic. He was the author of The Camel Hunt, a Narrative of Personal Adventure; Story of