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for ten years was physician for the coroner. In 1890 he founded the Eastern medical society. In 1890-93 he was a member and

president of the civil council; and in 189396 and 1899-1902 was mayor of Easton, Pa. During the Spanish-American war he was commissioned as captain; and subsequently was elected major; and is now lieuoenanicolonel of the thirteenth regiment infantry Pennsylvania national guard. He is the author of Medical Thougnts of Shakespeare;

Medico-Shakespearian Jj'anaticism; and also Fieldiugs Unconscious Use of Shakespeare. Field, Mrs. Caroline Leslie, author, poet, was born A'ov. 10, 1853, in Milton, Mass.; and was a daughter of Seth D. Whitney. She married James A. Field, who died in 1884. She lived in Guilford, Conn.; and later returned to Milton, Mass. She was the author of High Lights, a novel; The Unseen King, a volume of verses; and Nannie's Happy Childhood. -She died Dec. 1, 1902, in Boston,

Mass. Field, Charles Kellogg, business man, author, was born Sept. 1, 1873, in Montpelier, Vt. Since 1895 he has been manager of the California agency, for the New England

He is the life insurance company. author of Four-leaved Clover; and Standard mutual

Stories. Field, Charles Neale, clergyman, founder, was born July 10, 1849, in England. In 1873 he was ordained priest; and has been priest in charge of the mission church of St. Augustin. In 1891-1904 he founded St. Mar-

church and other missions for the colored people. In 1904 he was appointed provincial superior of the society of St. John the evangelist in America.

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Field, Cortlandt de Peyster, merchant, philanthropist, was born Dec. 28, 1839, in New York City. Since 1861 he has been a merchant and banker of New York City. He gave a public library to Peekskill, N.Y., as a

memorial of his mother; and in 1887 founded and endowed the Field home for the aged in Westchester county, N.Y. Field, Cyrus W., soldier. He attained the rank of brigadier-general in the confederate

army during

the civil war. 1892, in Washington, D.C. Field,

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died April

Cyrus West, merchant,

was born Nov.

1819,

April 13, 1894, in

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Field, Fred A., public official. He is United States marshal of Vermont with headquarters at Rutland. He has filled numerous offices of trust and of honor; and has taken an active part in the business and public affairs of his city, county and state. He is

prominent in affairs

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David Dudley, clergyman, author, 1781, in Madison, Conn. of History of Pittsfield; Genealogy of the Brainerd Family; and Histories of the Counties of Berkshire and Field,

Middlesex. He died April 15, 1867, in Stockbridge, Mass.



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member political

committees ; and has attended numerous conventions in the Interest of his party.

capitalist,

was born May 20, He was the author

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1891 he has been record commissioner of the city of Providence, R.I. He is the author of Tax Lists of the Town of Providence During the Administration of Sir Edmund Andros, and His Council, 1686-89; Revolutionary Defenses in Rhode Island, with maps, plans and illustrations; The Colonial Taverns; Esek Hopkins, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy During the American Revolution; and Diary of Colonel Israel Angel. Field, Eugene, journalist, author, poet, was born Sept. 2, 1850, in St. Louis, Mo. He was the author of The Denver Tribune Primer; Little Book of ProCulture's Garland; Little Book of Western fitable Tales; Verse; Second Book of Verse; Love Songs of Childhood; With Trumpet and Drum Echoes from the Sabine Farm with (verse) R. M. Field; Songs and Other Verse; Second Book of Verse; The Holy Cross, and Other Tales; and an unfinished work. Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac. He died Nov. 4, 1895, in Chicago, 111.

has contributed

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Field, Edward, public official, author, was born Oct. 4, 1858, in Providence, R.I. Since

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Stockbridge, Mass. He organized the first Atlantic telegraph company in 1856; and in 1857-58, after repeated trials and failures, was successful; and a message was sent from the queen and a reply transmitted from the resident. He died July 12, 1892, in Ardsley, 30,

Field, David Dudley, lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was bom Feb. 13, 1805, in Haddam, Conn. In 1857 he was appointed by the legislature, chairman of a commission to prepare a new code of laws. In 1875-77 he was a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress to fill a vacancy. His Speeches and Miscellaneous Papers have been published in three volumes. He died

He

valu-

able articles to current publications.

George Warren, educator, clergyman, was born Dec. 9, 1818, in Belfast, Maine. In 1863-92 he was pastor of the Central congregational church at Bangor; and emeritus until his death. He was the author of Christianity and the Labor Reform. He died Jan. 10, 1900, in Bangor, Maine. Field, George Washington, lawyer, author. He was the author of Iowa County and Township Offices; Law of Damages; Private Corporations for Pecuniary Gain; Law of Private Corporations; Constitution and JurField,

author,