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clerk and later a coniiiiercial trava mercantile house. In IS'.M he waa admitted to the practice «»f law; and in 1895-1903 was district attorney of the fourth In circuit court district of Mis-,i^sippi. IS!l2-9»> he wan superinten<lent of education In ISi'S he served f«»r Lollore count v, Miss. ill the second regiment .Mississippi volunteer In 1!M);M5 he was a rejiresentainfantry. live from Mississippi to the lift yeighth, lifly-niiith. Hi.vtieth, sixty first, »i.ty second and sixty-third congresses as a democrat.

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Humphreys, Charles, ccuigressman, was He was a liorn in 1712 in llaverford, I'a. delegate from I'eniisylvania to the contiHe dietl nental cfJiign-ss from 1774 to 1776. .March II, 178(5, in Haverford, I'a.

Humphreys, David,

soldier, diplomat,

au

thor, poet, was l>orn .July 10, 1752, in Derhy, Conn. In 1780 he became a colonel and ai»lde-camp to Washing





and

New

to Sjiain in 179(t.

commanded

He

two

Connecticut regitueiits in

18 IS, in

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residwl for n consiilerable time. In 17S(i he was elected to the leg islaturc of Connecticut was the minister to Portugal in 1791 1793; to Algiers in

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OK AMERICAN BIOaUAPUV. and Manual of Political Scieucc. died March 20, 1893, in Boston, .Mass. Humphreys, Frank Landon, clergyman, autlior, was b«)rn June 16, 1858, in Auburn, N.V. In 1900 05 he was canon in the cathedral of St. John the divine of New York . ierica;

MissiisHippi.

of 1812. the author of died Feb. 21,

Haven, Conn.

Humphreys, David C, lawyer, jurist, was He was n|>pointed by in Alabama. {•resident (irant from Alabama (»ne of the nited jmlges of the supreme court of the born

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He is the author of Evolution of City. .Music; .Mystery of the Passion; Carola and ( aroling; and Men of Understanding. Humphreys, Frederick, physician, niaiiiiborn .March 11, 1816, in Miirwas lactuier, N.V. The specifics manufactured by Humphreys Homa-opathic Medicine comnow being pro-

cellus,

the

pany, which he founded, are

duced uiKin an enormous

for

the

District

Alabama. Humphreys, David

I'ied

of

Columbia.

June 17, 1751, in llaverford, Pa. He was the first naval constructor in the L'niteil Mates; and has l>een called the father ot (he .meriean navy. He built the ships ConlK)rn

st

idition,

and The

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Chesapeake, Congress, President, He died Jan. 12. nited States.

1838, in llaverford. Pa.

Humphreys, Mary Gay, army nurse, auShe was thor, was born in Ridley. Ohio. educated in the public and private institutions of her native She has travstate. eled extensively in the Orient; was in ttie Philippines at theoul-

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l)reak of the insurg«?nt war and voluiitcere Ixirn Hcf 11. lS.">."i. In l879-8.'> he was Va. Chatham ill nited States assistant engineer on im he has beef, professor of civil enj'inet riii-,' at the Washington and Lorn .Marcli 1. 1820, in Ktig laiiil. lb- was assistant editor of the Hos (on Post; and principal of the lioston c«dlie was (be author of Lesbgiute sehool. sons on the Litiirgv of the Protestant Kpiscopal Church; Education of Military OITiof

Kurope and

is

a

New York

(he

can literature. She is Catherine Schuyler; .lack and the compiler of of Confucius.

author of Racer of

Rac<'r.

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writer of City; ami a contributor to .Ameri-

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The Higher Kducali«m

New

Hector,

civil eiiLTineer.

ters;

1900 in

clergyman, e«luciilor, college president, was born June 8, 171^1, in Canttm. t onii. In 1831-57 he waa president of St. John's college of AnnaiK>lis; an«l was als«) professor of history and philosophy, lie died June 25, 1857, in Annapolis, Md. Humphreys, Jacob, congressman. He nvu.m a representative in congress from Pennsylvania in 1819-21. He died in Pennsylvania. Humphreys, Joshua, shipbuilder, wan

Humphreys,

in

Carlisle,

and are^known

in

ork City.

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Stales

scjile

He died

over the world.

all

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Illinois;

Humphreys, Milton Wylie, soldi«'r. edugis| aiitbor, was liorn Sept. lie 15. 1.S44. in (Jreeiibrier county. W.Va. ntereil the nmfederate army in March, 1802. ,

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first giiiiiHT <»f Itryan's battery; served end of the wur as gunner, anil waa promoted to corporal an«l sergeant. He distovered and calculated the efTecls of rotation of earth on projectiles when eighti^-n years of age; and fired the last round on Sept. 19. 18(54. at Winchester. He then taught school; has filled the chairs of ancient languages in (lie Washington and Lee university during 1807 75; of Creek in the university in 1867-

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