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Francis, Joseph 6., writer, author, was born April 21, 1849, in Boston, Mass. He is the author of A Bool; of Cheerful Cats. Francis, Joseph Marshall, clergyman, educator, bishop, was born April 6, 1862, in Eaglesmere, Pa. He filled pastorates in Milwaukee and Greenfield, Wis. In 1898 he was rector of St. Paul's church of Evansville, Ind.; and in 1899 was consecrated pro-

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Richmond, Va. Francke, Kuno, educator, author, was born Sept. 27, 1855, in Germany. He is a professor in Harvard university. He is the author

testant episcopal bishop of Indianapolis. Francis, Mark, veterinarian, scientist, was born March 19, 1863, in Shandon, Ohio. He originated the oil dip process by which catHe has been tle were freed from parasites. president of the Texas veterinary medical association. Francis, Mary Cornelia, journalist, author, was born in Harrison, Ohio. For five years she was engaged in newspaper work in

Cleveland, Ohio; and is now a magazine writer of New York City. She Is the author of Son of Destiny, the Story of Andrew Jackson. Francis, Samuel Ward, physician, author, was born Dec. 26, 1835, in New York City. He was a physician of New York City and subsequently of Newport, R.I. He was the author of Mott's Clinics; Water; Inside and Out; Biographical Sketches of New York Surgeons and Physicians; Life and Death;

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Francisco, Peter, soldier, was bom in 1761. He served as a soldier in the contiHe saved the life of Col. nental army. Mayo; and received a present from that officer of one thousand acres of land on He died in 1832 in Richland Creek, Ky.

of Social Forces in German Literature, a Study in the History of Civilization; and Glimpses of Modern German Culture.

Frank, Augustus, merchant, congressman, .

was born July 17, 1826, in Warsaw, N.Y. In 1859-65 he was a representative from New York to the thirty-sixth, thirty -seventh and thirty-eighth congresses.

Frank, Henry, clergyman, author, was born Dec. 21, 1854, in La Fayette, Ind. In 1874 he graduated from Phillips academy; and was a student at Harvard. He has been a pastor of the congregational church; and in 1897 founded and has since been pastor of the Metrop o 1 i t a n independent

and Curious Facts Concerning Man and Nature. He died March 25, 1886, in NewI

port, E.I.

Francis, Tench, merchant, banker, was born in Fansley, Md. He became the first cashier of the Bank of North America, which office he held until his death. He died May 1, 1800, in Philadelphia, Pa. Francis, Tench, lawyer. He settled in Philadelphia; was attorney -general of Pennsylvania in 1741-55; and recorder of Philadelphia in 1750-55. He died Aug. 16, 1758, in Philadelphia, Pa. Francis, Turbutt, soldier, was bom in 1740. He was a lieutenant in the Bri army, bul during the revolutionary fought for independence and in 1777 had command of the battle in Hubbardton, N.J. He subsequently rose to the rank of colonel. He purchased one thousand acres of land in Maryland. He died in 1797 in

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was born April 25, 1834, In New York He was a physician of Newport. He

the author of Hospital Hygiene. Francis, William Allen, educator, was bom March 7, 1861, in Fall River, Mass. In 1882-83 he taught in the grammar school of Little Comptom, R.I.; and in 1884-87 he was sub-master of the high school at Concord, Mass. In 1891 he was appointed professor at the Phillips Exeter academy. Francis, William H., lawyer, state senator, jurist, was born Aug. 29, 1839, in South Norwalk, Conn. In 1871-75 he was corporation counsel of Newark, N.J.; and represented Essex county in the New Jersey senis

church of New York City. He has been actively engaged in civil

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forward movements and has been editor of the Independent Thinker and other magazines. He is the author of Skeleton of the Rose; Bold Experiments; Conquests of Love; Doom of Dogma; Dawn of Truth; the Shrine of Silence; Vision of the Invisible; Science of Immortality; the Kingdom of Love; and other works. Frank, Nathan, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 23, 1852, in Peoria, 111. He was educated in the public schools of Peoria and St. Louis, and at Washington university. In 1871 he graduated from Harvard law school. He was the author of Frank's bankrupt law. In 1888 he founded a newspaper in St. Louis, Mo. In 1889-91 he was a representative from Missouri to the fifty-first congress as a republican. Frank, Paul, soldier,

was born in GerIn 1861 he was colonel in the fiftysecond regiment New York infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died July 7, 1875. Frank, Royal Thaxter, soldier, was bom May 6, 1836, in Gray, Maine. As lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel and "brigadier-general United States army, he has served in the civil war and the Spanish-American war; and succeeded General Merritt as commandant of Governor's Island. He died in 1908 in Washington, D.C. many.