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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. isdiction of United States Supreme Courts; Field's Lawyers' Briefs; Field's Medico-Legal Guide for Doctors and Lawyers; and Legal Relations of Infants in the State of New York. He died in 1889. Field, Henry Martyn, clergyman, author,

was born April

He was

3, 1822, in Stockbridge, Mass. a presbyterian clergyman; and edi-

tor of the New York Evangelist. He was the author of From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn; From Egypt to Japan; Story of the Atlantic Telegraph; Among the Holy Hills; Our Western Archipelago; The Barbary Coast; On the Desert; Old Spain and New Spain; Gibraltar; Bright Skies and Dark Shadows; Summer Pictures, from Copenhagen to Venice; Blood is Thicker than Water; The Irish Confederates, or the Rebellion of 1798; and The Greek Islands and Turkey after the War. He was a brother of Cyrus W. Field. He died Jan. 26, 1907, in

Stockbridge, Mass. Field,

Henry Martyn, physician, educawas born Oct. 3, 1837, in Brigh-

tor, author,

ton, Mass. Since 1872 he has been a physician and professor in Dartmouth Medical school. He is the author of Evacuant Medication. Field, James Gaven, lawyer, was born Feb. 24, 1826, in Walnut, Va. He was attorney for the commonwealth in his native county in 1860-65. After the war he was attorneygeneral of the state. In 1892 he was candidate for vice-president of the United States. He died in 1901 in Gordonsville, Va. Field, Jesse Southwick, lawyer, was bom Oct. 3, 1862, in River Falls, Wis. In 1886 he graduated from the law department of the university of Wisconsin; and received the degree of LL.B. He is a successful lawyer of Prescott, Wis.; has been district attorney of his county; and takes a prominent part in the public affairs of his city, county

and

state. Field, Joseph M., actor, dramatist, author, was born, in 1810 in London, England. In 1852 he became manager of a, theatre in St. Louis, Mo., where he produced many local

plays and established the Reveille of which he was the editor and cj^ef proprietor. He was the author of The Drama in Pokerville, and Other Stories. He died Jan. 30, 1856, in Mobile, Ala. Field, Kate, journalist, author, was born in 1854, in St. Louis, Mo. In 1890 she established a literary and critical journal at Washington, which she entitled Kate Field's Washington. She died May 19, 1896, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Field, Marshall, merchant, was bom Aug.

26, 1835, in Conway, Mass. He began hla business career as a clerk in the wholesale dry goods house of Cooley, Wadsworth, and company. In four years he became a partner; then a partner in Farwell, Field and company; and in 1865 established the largest wholesale and retail establishment in America. His stone building is believed to be the

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largest wholesale store in the world. He donated one million dollars towards the great museum in the art building at the world's fair grounds, now known as the Field Columbian museum. He died Jan. 16, 1906. Field, Martin, lawyer, legislator, geologist, was born in 1773 in Leverett, Mass. He was frequently chosen to the general assembly; and also sat in the constitutional convention of Vermont. After practising continuously for thirty years, he was compelled to retire on account of deafness. He then devoted himself to the study of geolggy and mineralogy, collecting a fine cabinet, which has since been presented to Middlebury college. He died in 1833 in Fayetteville, Vt. Field, Mrs. Mary H., writer, author, was born Dec. 6, 1833, in Niles, Mich. For ten years she was secretary of the Chautauqua literary and scientific circle on the Pacific coast. She is the author of The By and By Books, three volumes of juveniles. Field, Mary Katherine Kemble, journalist, author, was born in 1838 in St. Louis, Mo. She was a journalist of Washington. She is the author of Planchette's Diary; Ten Days in Spain; Pen Photographs of Dickens' Readings; Hap-Hazard Travel Sketches; History of Bell's Telephone; Adelaide Ristori, a Biography; and Life of Fechter. Field,

Matthew C,

journalist,

was born

1812 in London, England. He was for several years one of the editors of the New Orleans Picayune; and contributed numerous articles in prose and verse to southern periodicals. He died in 1844 at sea. in

Field, Maunsell Bradhurst, lawyer, author, poet, was born in 1822 in New York. In 1864 he was second assistant secretary of the treasury. He was the author of Poems; and Memories of Many Men and Some Women. He died Jan. 34, 1875, in New York City. Field, Moses Wheelock, merchant, congressman, philanthropist, was born Feb. 10, 1828, in Watertown, N.Y. He graduated from the Victor academy of Cato, N.Y. and in 1844 removed to Detroit, Miqh. He became a successful merchant of that city; and for two terms served as an alderman. In 1883-75 he was a representative from Michigan to the forty-fourth congress. In 1885 he was elected regent of the university of Michigan for a full term of eight years.' In 1876 he presented to the city of Detroit a lot of forty acres of land for a public park. He died March 14, 1889, in Detroit, Mich. Field, Nathaniel, physician, legislator, author, was born Nov. 7, 1805, in Jefferson county, Ky. In 1829-88 he practiced his profession in Jeffersonville, Ind. In 1838-39 he wa.s a member of the state legislature. He organized the city government of Jeffersonville; established several churches, and served as pastor for forty years without compensation. He was the author of num;