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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Frye, William Pearce, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 2,

1831, in Lewiston, Maine.

He

served three

terms as a member of

Washington county, Va.

mayor

rank of

the city of

confederate

army

colonel.

He

served

ill

the

in 1861-65, rising to the

He was

a representative

Lewiston in 1866-67; and was attorney gen-

in the state legislature in 1871-73; and a state senator in 1877-79. In 1881-83 he

eral

was a

of the state of in 1867-69. In 1864 he was a presidential elector; and was a delegate to the

Maine

national republican conventions of 1872, 1876, and 1880. In 1871-81 he was a representative to the forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth, fortyfifth, and forty-sixth congresses as a republican. In 1881-1901 he was United States senator for the terms ending in 1913. Fryer, John, educator, author, was born Aug. 16, 1839, in Kent, England. Since 1896 he has been professor of oriental languages and literature in the universitv of California. He is the author of Educational Directory for China; and Translator's Vade-

Mecum. Fuertes, Estevan Antonio, civil engineer, 10, 1838, in St. John-'s, Porto Rico, W.I. In 1861 he was assistant engineer in public works; and in 1862-63 was director of the western district of the public works on the island of Porto Rico. In 186364 he was assistant engineer in the Croton aqueduct of New York City; and in 1864-69 was engineer to the Croton aqueduct board. In 187071 he was engineer in chief of the United States ship canal expedition to Tehuantepec and Nicaragua; and in 1871-73 was consulting engineer in New York City. In 1873-90 he was dean of the department of civil engineering of Cornell university; and in 1890 became director of the college of civil engineering at the same university. He died in 1903 in Ithaca, N.Y.

was born May

Fuertes, James Hillhouse, civil engineer, author, was bom Aug. 10, 1863, in Puerto Rico. He has been connected with the design and construction of numerous works for the sewerage, drainage, refuse disposal and water supply of cities in the United States, Canada, Hawaiian Islands and Brazil. He is the author of Water and Public Health;

and European Sanitary Engineering Series in Engineering Record.

Fulford, William J., clergyman, was bom 3, 1837, in Greenville county, N.C. He and for received a thorough education;

March

thirty years filled pastorates in the baptist church of North Carolina. Fulkerson, Abram, soldier, state senator, congressman, was born in May, 1834, in

the state legislature during 1861-67; was of

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representative from Virginia to the forty-seventh congress. He died Dec. 17, 1902, in Bristol, Va. Fulkerson, Frank Ballard, educator, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1866 in Missouri. In 1888-90 he taught school. In 1892 he began the practice of law in Warrensburg; and since 1900 at St. Joseph, Mo. For two years he was city attorney at Warrensburg, Mo.; prosecuting attorney of Johnson county for two years; and for two years was city attorney of Holden, Mo. In 1905-07 he was a representative from Missouri to the fifty-ninth congress as a re-

publican. Fuller, Andrew S., horticulturist, journalist, author, was born in 1828, in New York. He was editor of Woodward's Record of Horticulture. He was the author of The Fruit Tree Culturist; The Grape Culturist; The Small Fruit Culturist; The Strawberry Culturist; Practical Forestry; The Propagation of Plants; and The Nut Culturist. He died in 1896 in New York City. Fuller, Anna, author, was born Nov. 9, 1853, in Cambridge, Mass. She was the author of Pratt Portraits; Literary Courtship; Peak and Prairie; Venetian June; Katharine Day; and Bookful of Girls. Fuller, Arthur Buckminster, soldier, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 10, 1823, in

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Cambridgeport, Mass. He fell while attempting to drive the confederate sharpshooters out of the city. His courage, enthusiasm, and sympathy for the men of his regiment had greatly endeared him to them. He edited several of his sister's works. He was the author of Sabbath-School Manual of Christian Doctrine and Institutions;" and also Liberty versus Romanism. His life was published in 1863 by his brother, Richard F. Fuller. He died Dec. 11, 1863, in Fredericksburg, Va. educator, state Fuller, Benoni Stinson, senator, congressman, was born Nov. 13, 1825, in Warrick county, Ind. In 1862-66 he was elected a member of the Indiana state senate; and in 1866-70 of the lower house. In 1870 and 1872 he was again In 1875-79 he elected to the state senate. was a representative from Indiana to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses as a democrat. Fuller, Charles E., lawyer, jurist, senator, congressman, was born March 31, 1849, near Belvidere, 111. He has been city attorney of and state's attorney of Belvidere, 111.; Boone county. For six years he served as a representative in the general assembly of