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Life and Writings of Thomas Jefferson; and Philip Freneau. Forman, William St. John, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was bom Jan. 30, 1847, in Natchez, Miss. He was a member of the Illinois state senate, and in 1889-95

he was a representative to the fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat. He was democratic candidate for governor of Illinois, 1896. Formento, Felix, physician, was born in October, 1790, in Piedmont. At the beginning of the civil war he was appointed chief Burgeon to the Louisiana hospital in Rich-

mond, Va., and held that post till the failure of his health in 1863. He was president of the New Orleans cremation society. He died Jan. 6, 1888, in Italy. Formento, Felix, physician, author, was born March 16, 1837, in New Orleans, La. He was surgeon in the Franco-Sardinian army in 1859; and chief surgeon in the Louisiana confederate hospital at Richmond during the civil war. He was president of the conference of state and provincial boards of health of North America. He was the author of Notes and Observations of Army Surgery; Cremation; and School Hygiene. He died in 1907 in New Orleans, La.

Fornance, Joseph, congressman, was born Pa. In 1839-43 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh congresses. He died in Pennsylvania. Femes, Charles Vincent, educator, merchant, banker, congressman, was born in 1848 in Erie county, N.Y. He graduated from the union academy of Lockport, N.Y. For three years he was principal of a public school in Buffalo, N.Y. In 1877 he formed the firm of C. V. Fornes and company of New York City, importers and jobbers of woolens. In 1902-06 he was president of the board of aldermen of New York City. He is a trustee of the Immigrants' industrial savings bank in Norristown,

New York catholic protectory. In 1889-94 he was president of the catholic In 1907-11 he was a representative club. from New York to the sixtieth and sixtyfirst congresses as a democrat. Forney, Daniel M., soldier, congressman, was born in May, 1874, in Lincoln county, In 1815-19 he was a representative N.C. from North Carolina to the fourteenth and fifteenth congresses; and in 1820 was appointed commissioner to treat with the Creek Indians. In 1823-26 he was a member of the state legislature. He died in October, 1847, in Lowndes county, Ala. Forney, James, soldier, was bom Jan. 17, 1844, in Lancaster, Pa. In 1861 he entered the United States marine corps; and attained the rank of captain in 1864. In 1904 he was retired as brigadier-general of the and the

United States army. Forney, John Weiss, journalist, author, was born Sept. 30, 1817, in Lancaster, Pa. He was secretary of the United States sen-

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ate in 1861-68. He was the author of Life of General Hancock; Anecdotes of Public Men; The New Nobility, a story of Eng-

land and America; What I Saw in Texas; A Centennial Commissioner in Europe; Letters from Europe; and Forty Years of American Journalism. He died Dec. 9, 1881, In Philadelphia, Pa. Forney, Peter, soldier, congressman, was born in April, 1756, in Lincoln county, N.C. He served as a member of the state legislature for several years; and in 1813-15 he was a representative from North Carolina to the thirteenth congress. He died Feb. 1, 1834, in Lincoln county, N.C.

Forney, William Henry, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 9, 1823, in Lincolnton, N.C. In 1859 he was elected to the

He served in the confedstate legislature. erate army during the civil war, rising to the rank of brigadier-general. In 1865 he was elected a state senator. In 1875-93 he was a representative from Alabama to the fortyfourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first and fifty-second congresses as a demHe died Jan. 17, 1894, in Jacksonocrat. ville, Ala. Forrest, Edwin, actor was born March 9, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was one of the most successful of American actors. He died Dec. 12, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa. Forrest, French, naval officer, was born in 1796 in Maryland. At the beginning of the civil war, when Virginia seceded, he joined the confederates, and was given the command of the navy. He died Dec. 22, 1866, in Georgetown, D.C. Forrest, Jacob Dorsey, educator, capitalist, author, was born July 21, 1866, in Baltimore, Md. He received the degrees of A.B. and A.M. from Hiram college; and the degree of Ph.D. from the university of ChiSince 1897 he has been professor of cago. sociology and economics at Butler college of Indianapolis, Ind. He is also secretary and general manager of the Citizens gas company of Indianapolis, Ind. He is the author of The Development of Western Civilization.

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Thomas, congressman, was bom In 1819-23 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the Forrest,

in Philadelphia, Pa.

sixteenth and seventeenth congresses. died March 20, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa.

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Forrest, Uriah, soldier, congressman, was born in 1756 in St. Mary's county, Md. He was a general in the revolutionary war. In 1786-87 he was a delegate to the continental congress; and in 1793-95 he was a rep-

resentative from Maryland to the third conHe died in April, 1805, near Georgegress. town, D.C.