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njjpoiiitt'ti of i>roft'.H!*fjr iiuturul »c-i»'iu't' ut the Baptist colUm* «>l ilickiuond; aud in 1841 lie was «-l('i-(o<i president of the university of Micbiguu. He diod Nov. 4, IH!»-|, In Cliar1ott<^vill«,

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Uolmes, Geoxfte £.» ntuger, was born Nov. 18tl2. in lAwnmcerille, N.Y. He Mtudicni Im' was in ill KuK'nr iiikI Aiiirric-a.

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Htatt- le^i<,luturc in 182ti; and in 1839-51 he was a repres^'utative from Siuth Carolina to till- twi'iity sixth, t wenly-M-venlli. tt^epty-eigiitb, twenty-ninth, thirtieth and thirty-first oongresse««. He died Feb, 24, liai li'-ioii.

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Holmes, James Gadsden, soldier, uiernmnufaeturer, was bom June 17,

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cuniiectcd with the t'eiitral churcii u( Clii cago. III. In 180A-97 h« sang in operaw <>r;ltiiH*uii 1808, in Hnoxidc KalU. X.Y. Holmes, George Kirby, ntati-'tifi.ui au-
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education in the private schools uf his native state; and then attended the South Duriii}; thf Caridina n»ilitary academy. civil war he Heretl in the confederate as private a in V states army; entered troop, sixth '^oi.th Carolina eavalry; wa>* later ou the »tair of llutli-r'- cavalry brigade; and reeeiveil three commiHsions as lieutenant in the .Siuth Carolina ntat*- volHii in adjutant ^i iit-ral in unteer triHtps. the South Carolina division j44lie United the same confederate veterans; and fMifiition in the army of the North Virjfinia united confederate veterans with rank of brigadier general. For many years he was actively engiig* d in the reniliser tra^ in Ciiarh-ston, S.C., and in Baltimore, Md, He ha.<< now retired from active business; and is identified with the public and social wel-

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(Vn^iis K.'poi*- .11 tteni Iv'^tate Moitgagt-s. Holtnet, GeoTfc Frederick, <>ducator. college presidfiit author, was horn in 1H2« in British fiuiana. In 184l» In- wan preMideiit of I hi- university of MisMiM»ippi: and in.

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cHiucatcd in the private M-hoold and weminnrieH of Pennsylvania. She is the author of two collff v/HH

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of nn-rit. .Arthur's liouie for dcHtitute boys at Summit, N.J., in njeniory of a son who (lieil at the age

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nine years at Summit. N..I. Holmes, Hector Adams, mechanic, invenwas born Jan. 7, 1829, in North Hero. Vt. H« was th«' invt'iitor of tin- twine ot

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died Oct. 22, 10U2. in Chicago.

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Holmee* iMac Edward, planter, lawyer, •vuipressman. was bom April «, 17!)t», in He was elected to the Charleston, S. C.

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Holmes, John, lawyer, jurist, congressman, t*nited States senator, author, was Ixirn March 14, 177.'?. in Kingston. Mnsa. He wa.s a mentU'i .»( the MasHachusetts legislature in 1808-03 and 1812; waa a cominisHioner under the tr<M'y a ^tate s«'nator in IHl.'J l.j. in he was a representative from Maser of the •'ihicaf ioii.i! and ini^^ionatv Uiards of the Reformed church; president of the general synod in 1876; a delegate to the j>an presliyferian (otin il at T,"nii in 1HH8; and miKlerator of the pre»bytenaii synod of New York in 1884. He waa alao for some time ;ni associate editor of tlic Christian Intelligencer. iNiundaiv

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Holmes, Joseph Austin, educator, geolow 1-. horn Nov. 2.3. IS.'iO. in T-iiuiens,

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S.C. In 1881 he graduated from Cornell university. Tn 1881-91 he was professnr of giudogy and natural hi'-t«iry in the uniM r -iiy of North Carolina; anil ainee 1891 ha-s leetured on geology in that institution. He is a special government expert for the invest igat inn of road huildiiig materials in the soul III 11 -tates; and sinec 1904 has luen emphtyed in the Cnited States geological survey. 1