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1853, liiiviii<: become a Roman He was the i!tttholic ill the close of IHoi. iiuthor of Trialn of a Mind in its Progress to ( "atliolieifiiu The Olx-dience of Faitli; Manual of Devotion; and iiuniility a Minislerial Qualificution. He died Oct. 18, 1867, in New York City.

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Ives, Thomas Poynton, naval oliieer, was born Jan. 17, 1834, in Pravideno(>, R.I. As lieutenant -commander lie l>ore nii active part in th<> earlier operationn against the Hatleran forts and at Roanoke island, waH then

transferred to the Potomac llolilla. an(i. in Bucks

ist,

county. Pa. He in a lecturer on Laryngology and otology in Hahnemann medical college He is the authoj- of a of rhila«hlp!iia. lext-bouk entitled Diseases of the Nose and

Throat Ivim^ William Mills, lawyer, jurist, was April 22, 1851. He practiced law for years in New Yoric City; and in 1880 ss wn'i judge advocate general of the state

bom

many

New

•if

York.

David Biinkolioff, publisher, waa He Tune 2S. 1S:J.1. in Auburn. N.V.

Ivison, lK>rn

entered

the

house

Ivison,

of

lllakeman,

•|*aylor and company, nehooltiook publishers, foiiiuled )iy his f,i^!n r, Henry Ivisnn. nnd in

which he later W:is

lx»cat>ie

with

rntisdlidiited

a partiu-r, and eventin 1890 the firm oflier Ikhmcs in llie

When

the senior.

ttally

.Aiuerieaii »H>k ((iiiiiuiiiy,

president

rtf

that

Ivisou became corporation,

Ir.

iiii|ii>rtant

lie dif'd in Ittitherford.

N.Y.

Ivison, Henry, publisher, was born Dec. 1H08. in <;laspow, Scotland. In 18:J0 he .•shiblished the publishing liousc of Ivison 2:1.

and company

in

Auburn.

N

and in 1840 York ( ity. His

Y.



moved tiis business to ' t.nUMe made a Rperialty of publishing educational works, and became well known He died Ihronyliout the United Stat.s Nov.

Ji;.

1S84. in

New York

(

i(y.

Izard, George, soldier, en^^nner. guvi rnor. was iMirn Oct. 21, 17"t). in London, was the only ollicer of the Ill' {•'.ngliind. war of IS 12 who had Ikhmi complelely edu rntwl in th«' schools. On the breaking oui i>f the w.ir of 1812 he was ap|>ointed colonel
 * Hiilioi.

necond

in artillery: briipuliergenernl jor-general in 1814; and disbanderl territory the governor of He was of Arkansas In 1W5-28. He published Official Corri^spondenee with the War Department in 1814 and 181.5. He was the son of Ralph Tzard. He died Oct. 22. 1828, in Little

of

ISi:<:

in

Ilia

181.5.

Rock, Ark.

Izard,

governor. .1

Mark W., government He was governor of the

Nebraska in 1864-57.

He

of!i«-ial.

territory

died in

Ne

braska. Izard,

congrcHHuian. Ralph, diplomat, United States senator, was bom in 17 42 He was a d«'lega(c near Charleston. S.C. from South Carolina to the c0ntinent.1l cimgi.-^ in 1782-83; and in 1789-9.5 he was ( nitod States senator; and president of tlie senate pro tern, during the first aeasion of the third congress. He died May 30, 1804, iM-ar (Charleston. S.C.

Izlar, James F., roldier, lawyer, juriMl. congreHgman, was born Nov. 2.5. 18.32, in

S.C. He served as an He was odicer in the confederate army. slate senator for ten years; and was for eight years, during his service in the senale, president pro tem|Mire of that body. In 1889 'M lie was judge of the first judicial circuit. He was a delegate to the national democratic convention of 1884. In 1803-OS he was a representative to the fifty third congress as a deinnrrat to fill a vacancy.

Orangeburg county.

Jaccaci, August F., painter, artist, author, was bom in IS.%7 in Paris. He was one of the editors rif M(( 'lure's Magjizine at its foiuidation: and for several years was an art editor of Scribner's ^^agaz^ne. He is the author of On the Trail of Quixote; ami other works.

lawyer, conJadlt, Swamers Melville, gressman, was born Julv 18. 1852, in SumSince 1879 he has been actmersville. Pa. ively engaged in the i>raetiee of law at Tn diana. Pa. In 1883-89 he was district attorney for Tndiana county. Pa.; and since 188rt has been a Tnember of the board of trustees of the Indiana normal school of Pennsylvnnfa. Tn 1899-1903 he was a renresentative from Pennsyh ni.i to (he flftv ai-fb nnd fifty-seventh congresses as a republican. He was one of the eongresnional oommfsMion.1

ers to invest itjate (he conditions of (he Phil ippinc Islands; and visited Kurope nnd the

and in 1902-03 on a similar onmmts^ion he also visited the West Indies and far east; "Mexico.

Jack, WflHam. .^oncressman. was bom in Pennsvlvania. Tn he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twentyseventh eongreia. He died in BrookviYle. Pa. Jacker, Edward, missionnry, was horti about 18.30 in Germany. He served as vicar-general to Mahop of Marquette. He was mentioned nt the time in roniwction with the vacant bishopric, but his tastee led him to avoid ofTicial power. He was thonmghly ennversant with the Indian lan'ruajTes. espi i;illy with the dialect spoken by the riiinpewas. and wrote in the latter and published a selection of liymns and other works. He died in August. 1R.S7, in T.ake Superior. <

Jackman,

Howard

Hill,

cnffineor,

civil

pnblie official, was bom on Feb. 0, 1852, in Liverpool, Ohio. In 1809 he was Jnd^^ of

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