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1853 he

13, 1847, in Belfast. In srttlfnk

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Indian war. For ten yrars In- wii'*

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the

marine

eivil

war

artillery,

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revenue oHieer, was

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the iH-pinnin-' a

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was

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to

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the Hiirnside expeililion. returninj» (hi north ho he^an orjjanizing in New York a

regiment of lieavy artillery, and raise<| two five inuKlrcd men. who were to for active service with the army of he .lann's. As culoiirl lie cnniiiiandcd the defences around Portsmouth and Norf«dk. und at the close of the war resumed hi-N <*nmnii8.4ion a^ captain in the revenue ma rine. He died Nov. IS. 1871. (iionsand tailed I

Howard, William Alanson, congressman, pivi rnor, was born April 8. 181.1, in TlinesIn lSr».') .'>7 and 18.5n-61 he was Uurfi. Vt. n representative from Michigan lo the thirty-fourth and thirty sixth congresses. In

he was appointed postmaster at DeHe was a delegate to the Philadeljdiia hiyalists' convention of 18Gfi; and was governor of tlie territory' of Dakota in 18788(». He died April 10. 1880, in Washington, n.r. Howard, William Lee, physician, surgeon, author, was Imrn Nov. 1. IStJO, in Hartford. Conn. He was educated in England and France; at the seminary of Williston. .Mass.; at Columbia university; and in 1800 For several years he was at sea; and hold«i master's certifi«'a(e. He is a b-ctiirer on morbid p^yeludogy at the College of physicians and surufsins at Wcstlniro. Mass. His 'medical pra<'(i<'c is <>oiituied to nervous dise»s«-s. He contributes to the metlical j<»urnals nf America. Knirbind and ("tcrmany. He 18(11
 * raduated from the university of Vermont.

troit.

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the author of The Pervi-rt'*: Lila Sari, Koinance of the Soiitlu-rii Pacific; and ii Ked Flesh Hoimr. a Koinancc of Iceland in (he Klevt'iith Ci'iiturv. Howard, William Marcellus, lawyer was Ikirn Dec. (]. I8.")7. in Berwick City. l>a. He was solicitor-general of the northern jiidi cial circuit of (leorgia in 18S4 Ofi. In lSf»71011 he wjis a repreMMitat ive from Ceorgia to the fifty fifth, fiftv-sixth. fifty-seventh. i-.

fifty-eighth,

sixtieth

fifty-ninth,

and

sixty-

congresses as a democrat.

lirst

congressman. Howard, William Schley, wuH born at Kirkwood, Uk* Kalb county, (la., .luni- 2!>. I87.'». He was elected t<» tlie lumse

and

«»f

represi-nttttives of (ieorgia in 18!»0;

1011-1.')

in

was

a

member

of the sixty-

and sixty-third ••oiigresaes. Howard, William Travis, educator, physician, founder, was iMirn dan. 1*2. I8'il, in Cumberland county, Va. In 18(5.'» he was s«'ioiid

adjunct professor of physiology the university of MarA'land. In l87.'i he founde«| a hospital for women in Maryland. He died alMiiit lOOS in Baltimore. Md*

appointed in

Howard, William Washington, educator, eoHege prenident. author, was born ."^ept. 10, In lH<>:t he lM*canie pas1817. in F.iigland. tor of the presliyterian church of Aurora, ,.Y.; and was chi»sen tin- lir.st preaident of •NVells female college in that place. He wa> the author of Aids to Frencli Composition. He died .Inly 1. 1871. in .Aurora. N.Y.

Howarth, Mrs. was iMirn May liO.

Ellen Clementine, poet, 1S27, in ( 'ooperstown. N.Y. Since 1840 she has resided in Trenton. N..I. She is the author of The Wiml Harp, and Other Poems; and Pcm'uis, with an introHer duction by Richard Wats<m (Jilder. best-known jKM'ms are Thou Wilt Never «irow (Jid ; and lis but a Little Faded Flower. She died in 1800 in Trenton, N..I.

Howe, Albert R., soldier, state legislator, congressman, was Ixirn Jan. 2. 1840, in Brookfield, Mass. He ser^'ed in the eivil war; and promoted to lie major. He was a member of the Mississippi state convention in |8li8; and a didegate to the Chicago nation;)

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1S08.

in

He was ap

pointed trciisiirer of Panola county in 18(!0; was a member of the legislature in 1870-72. In 1873-7.'> he was a re|^re^'•'nta(ive to the forty-thinl congress as a rcpnb-

and

He died' ill 100(5. Howe, Albion Paris, soldier, was born March :. 1S18. in Siandish. Maine. ITe served with credit in (he .Mexican war; ami became captain in 18.'>.'>. H«' was appointed lic-aii.

brigadier-general of volunteers in 18(12. He w:i>* in command of the artillery depart-

ment

at

brevetted

He was

Washington

in

ma jor-giMieral retired

I8(S4-({(»;

and was army.

I'nited States

from the army as colonel

He died -Ian. in 1S82. bridge. Mass.

2."),

1807. in

Cam-

Howe, Andrew Jackson, surgeon, lecturer, lS2rt. in Paxton. Mass. was born April t. In 18.')(l he lectured on anatomy In-fore the 1

Citieinnati eclectic college of medicine. He later was appointed t«» the chair of anatomy: ami wa^ subse<|uently transferred t<i the chair of surgery. He was the author «»f Fractures and Dislocations; Treati-^e on Manual of I-'ye Surgery; Operative Hynecologv an<l Conijtosit ions on Animal Life. He died .Ian. ft, 1802. in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Howe, Mrs. Caroline Dana, author, poet, was iKirn about 18:i.") in Maine. ,Sbe is it