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Foraker, Joseph Benson, soldier, lawyer, governor, United States senator, was bom Jul}' 5, 1846, near Rainsboro, Highland county, Ohio. He enlisted in 1862 as a private in company A, eighty-ninth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. He served until the close of the war, at which time he held the rank of first lieutenant and brevet captain.

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ed judge of the superior court of Cincinnati in 1879; and resigned on account of ill-health in 1S82. In 1886-90 he was the thirty-fourth governor He was again nominated for govof Ohio. ernor and defeated in 1889; and in 18971909 he was a United States senator. Foraker, Samuel C, banker, congressman, was born March 16, 1821, in Mount Holly, N.J. He was cashier of the Bordentown bankiifg company. In 1871-73 he was a representative to the forty-second congress. He died in 1900 in Bordentown, N.J.

Forbes, Charles Edward,

.lawyer, jurist, 25, 1795, in Bridgewater, Mass. He practiced law in Northampton, Mass.; was a member of the state legislature in 1826; and justice of the supreme court in 1848. He left an estate of three hundred thousand dollars, most of which he bequeathed to establish a public library in Northampton. He died Feb. 13, 1881, in Northampton, Mass.

philanthropist,

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Forbes, Charles Henry, educator, author, 27, 1866, in Providence, R. I. Since 1894 he has been professor of latin at Phillips academy of Andover, Mass. In 1907-08 he was president of the classical association of New England. He is the author of Eight Orations of Cicero; School Cicero; and other works. Forbes, Edwin, journalist, artist, was bom in 1839 in New York City. He was a noted war artist and correspondent. Some of his paintings are Early Morning in an Orange County Pasture; Roughing; On the Meadows; and Evening in the Sheep Pasture. He died March 6, 1895, in New York

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Forbes, Eli, clergyman, was born in October, 1726, in Westborough, Mass. In 1758-59 he twice acted as chaplain of a provincial regiment; and in 1762 conducted a successful mission to the Oneida Indians,

among whom he two

schools.

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established a church and died on Dec. 15, 1804, in

Gloucester, Mass. Forbes, Gerrlt Angelo, lawyer, jurist, was born May 30, 1836, in Clockville, N.Y. In 1871-74 he was district attorney of Madison county, N.Y. In 1888 he became associate justice of the supreme court of New

for the sixth district. He died in 1906 in Madison county, N.Y. Forbes, Mrs. Harriette Merrifield, author, was born Oct. 22, 1856, in Worcester, Mass. She is the author of The Hundredth Town, a series of historical sketches of Westbor-

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Lily Stalk, studies of child

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Forbes, James, congressman. In 1778-80 he was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress. He died in Maryland.

Forbes, John, litterateur, librarian, was born in 1771 in Scotland. He was librarian of New York society library; and prominent among literary men in New York City. died Oct. 4, 1824, in New York City.Forbes, John Franklin, educator, college president, was born June 13, 1853, in MidHe was professor of Greek dlesex, N.Y. and latin in the state normal school at Brockport, N.Y., and resigned in 1885 to accept the presidency of the recently established De Land academy, subsequently John B. Stetson university, of De Land, Fla. He died about 1905 in De Land, Fla.

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Forbes, John Murray, clergyman, was born in 1806. In 1869-72 he was dean of the General theological seminary. He died in 1885 in Elizabeth, N.J. Forbes, John Murray, merchant, railroad president, founder, was born Feb. 23, 1813, in Bordeaux, France. He was president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railway.

He was

the originator of relief to Ireland 1848; member of peace commission in 1861; founder of the Loyal publication society, and one of the originators of the United States sanitary commission. He died Oct. 12, 1898, in Milton, Mass. in

Forbes, Robert Bennet, merchant, author, in 1804 in Massachusetts. He was a sea captain; and subsequently a Boston merchant. He was the author of China and the China Trade; Construction of Ships for the Merchant Service; Life Boats, Projectiles, and Other Means for Saving Life; Seamen Past and Present; Rambling Rem-

was born

and Notes on Some Few Wrecks and Rescues. He died in Boston, Mass. Forbes, Robert Humphrey, educator, cheminiscences;

was bom May 15, 1867, in Cobden, 111. He graduated with the degrees of B.S. and M.S. from the university of Illinois; and took special courses in research work at Harvard university. In 1895-99 he was professor of chemistry in the university of Arizona ; was also chemist of the Arizona agricultural experiment station; and since 1899 has been director and chemist of that station. ist, scientist,

Forbes, Samuel Franklin, surgeon, author, was born June 8, 1829, in Canton, Conn. In 1852 he settled in Toledo, Ohio, and in 185358 he was United States marine surgeon. In 1886 he was mayor of Toledo, Ohio. He is the author of several medical works. died Nov. 5, 1897, in Toledo, Ohio.

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