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House, John Forde, boldier, luwyer, conwas born Jan. U, 1827, in Willcountv, Texas. He was elected o

grL'»8uiun, iuni»uii

member va»

of

legihlature in 1S.>3; in 1800; and in

state

the

a presidential elector

uab

member

of the provisional congress of confederate states. He entered tinfuutltcrn arniv and remained until tin: clt>se of the civil war. He waji a member of the ISOl

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house of the Tenneswe conHtitutional convention ol iSlU; and in 1873-83 he was a representative from Tennchsee to the iort,forty-liftii. forty sixth an«l f<»ityconjrres^e;* as a democrat. He died in Clarksville, Tenn. House, Roy Temple, e>xin<;loii, Neb.

u tlmrough

i*<Ineation in public

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In 181)4 lie was elected Kiiksville, .lo. mayor ol .Mount ernon, Wash., for a term two years; and in 1890 was elected judv;e ot the sU|ienor court of the state of Wash«i|

term of lour years.

lor a

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Samuel T., banker, governor, was He became largely interested in mining, and was successlul. He settled at Helena. Mont.; and became president id tile First national bank of Helena, in ilouser,

born

1832.

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1.8.S," he w;'?. appointed governor of the territoiy of .Montana for the term of four yeai Houston, A. Ross, soldier, civil engineer,

20, 1818, iu Middletown, X.V. At the age of sixteen he entered tl'e union army as second lieutt nant in tii^ tourth engineer corps D'Afrnine; was pro-

moted to lirst lieutenant an<l captain, and assigned as aide-de-camp at headquarters, department »if the tJulf, and served in the campaign of Hed river and against MoAfter his war service Capt. bile in lst{4-(M. Houston entered the employ of the engineer «lepartment of the Lnit.'»l Stat«*s army, and has remained continuously in that department to the present time, serving on the New Kngland coast and on works connected with llu' great lakes and rivers of

re-

Ki-iley, Uhio; and in 11MI2-03 was a he teacher of Kreiicli ami •

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He is the author uf The I ses of Formaldeliyde in Animal Morphology; Nerve-Ceiis in the Shark's Brain; and otiier scieutilic Moiiogr iplis. Houser, Jesse P., lawyer, jurist, was born March 2, 18(>4, in Columbus, ind. He graduated troiu the ptate normal school ol

Michigan; and has

K:K-iiie lierman at In l'.»:{-0."» he was an inatnn tor ol French at the M. Louis high school; and professor of in«>«l<'i ii liinguau:;-s at the Ukiahoma Houtli v«-Htern state normal scliool since l!»0.'). Il< is tin- author -li Three b'reiicli .listi

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science.

ot

was born March

collc-ge.

t^oniedicH;

an

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vancement

private schools of his native slate. In 190102 he was a student at the university of eeived l.ie degrees of A. 11. and A.M. from Muimi university. In I'.IOl he was principal of the liigh sch«K)l at

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articles

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transactii'iis in

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the

llortllWrst.

Houston, David Crawford,

was

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Hec.

During the

war, as

the engineer corps, the

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House, Royal Earl, inventor, was born


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lie

was brevetted

l.sN. in Kockingliam. Vt. The practicability of tlio printing-telej,Taph bi-camc niaiiiiest to him; and lu* invented a keyboard, « single line of insulate«l electric conilactors, nuignets, type-wli-'cls. autonmti*; platens, and naper-carriers, ;or seeral ntations, :<(lupted for transniittiM'.' and |>niitHe did iiig lne^•sages in !{oman cliaiiicters. Feb. "io. KSlt."), in l{ri(lj;< |iort. fonn. Houseman, Julius, nierdiant. nianufa<'(ur-

May

IK.

18113.

Sept,

5).

in

New York was

He

Ah'xantlria, Va.

tlu

from I'nneeton

He

university. one t>f the

ton

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congressman, wa-* born ')tc. 8. is:;2. in (•ermany. He wa.s a n-prescntative in th;Michigan state legishilui e in IS71-7-J: an. wa.s a reprc.-i "iitatixe from I8.s;{-Sr» lie in

He

City.

Houston, Edwin James, electrical engineer iiiveiitor. autiior,

er.

Miciiignii to a (leuuMiat.

tirsi

Wa«liington, D.C. and in col(»nel. He died

of

di-leiices

lie

civil engincorn

-luly

'

•lu.aior. biologist, !>.

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in

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1S!>2 he has l»een conn"tte7 U'caine professor ol in biology; animal biology; and is also director of the a fel laboratories of Hiiimal biolotry. He low of the American as.sociafion for the ad-

Since

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institute of IMiil; In 18S4 he w:is chief eleeliiternatioii:,! rlectric exhibilin

.ide]!>hia. liiciaii

tion

at

and

Pa. tile iin

is

i-ininent electric expert

consulting electrical phia,

I'a.

He

is

the

engineer of

Forestry; Kleinents of Physical I'^lements

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I'liiladel-

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