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He assisted in forming the three times. first post of the (Jrand army of the republic in Maryland; and has held every otVice including that of d«'partment eomniantler. In IDO.") he became commander-in-chief. He was in the Baltimore custom house for over thirty years: and is now United States [KMisicm agent at Washington. D.C. He is president of the (Jrand army club of Maryland; and chairman of the Union soldiers and sailors monument commission. lawyer, jurist. He was an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Wyoming. King, Jonas, missionary, author, was born .luly 2!>, I7M2, in Boston, Mass. He was a congregational missionary in IJrwce. He was the author of Classical Greek, French and Arabic; The Defence of Jonas King; Kxp<»sition of an Apostolic Church; Heimeneutics of the Sacred Scriptures; .S«'rnions; Synoptical View of Palestine; and Miscellaneous Works. He died May 22, in

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tin- I'nited States and Europe. King, Louise Woodward, founder, author, was born July U. is.Vl, in Sand Hills, .Maine. She established in Geiirgia the St»ciety for prevention of cruelty to animals; and was the foumler of the I^)uise King home for widows in Augusta. She contributed several sketches an*l ptteins to periodicals. She

inent cuiidiictorH in

infantry; volunteer and served throughout the civil war in the third and sixth irmy corps of the .inny of the Potomac. He was a prisoner of w a r at Salisbury,

regiment

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eihu-ated in the public and private Mclioola of ctiunty, Vashin;rton Md. In 1S61 he en-

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Eilward national bank. King, Joshua IngersoU, statesman, was iKirn in 1801 in Ridgefield. Conn. He represented his district as state senator in the Connecticut legislature of 184fl. He died July 30. 1887. in Ridgefield. Conn. King, Mrs. Julie Rives, musician, composer, was born Oct. 31, 18«51. in (,'incinnati, Ohio. She is a noted concert pianist. In 1878 she married Frank H. King. She has ]>layed in over two hundred concerts with Theodore Thomas; and fretpiently with em-

Augusta,

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Perry, educator, author, was N.V. .She is the di-

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gymnasium

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women

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is the author of Comfort and The Basis of Beauty.

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King, Mitchell, educator, lawy«>r, jurist, lei turer. author, was born June 8, 178.3. in Scotland. In iSOfi he came to the Unite«l States and settled in Charleston, S.C. He was judge of the Charleston city court in I8lil and 1842-44. In 1830-32 he was an active opponent of nullitication. He was the author of The Culture of the Olive. He died Nov. 12. 18«2, in Flat Hock, N.C.

King, Oscar A., physician, founder, was born Feb. 22, I8."»l, near Peru, Ind. Since 1900 he has Ikhmi vicc-dean in the college of physicians and surgeons of Chicago, III. In 1883 he founded and in 188.') completed at a cost of over one hundred thousand dollars the Oakwood retreat of l..ake (Jeneva, Wis., of which he is president; and in 1890 foundetl the Lake (Jeneva sanitarium.

King, Perkins, lawyer, jurist, state legiscongressman, was l>orn .Tan. 12. 1784, New .iarllH»rough, Mass. In 1826-30 he was judge of (Ireene county. He served

lator, in

two terms in the state legislature; and in I82!>-31 was a representative from New Vork to the twenty-first congress. He died Nov. 20.

187"),

in (ireene

county, N.V.

King, Rufus, legislator, diplomat, United States senator, was born .NIarch 2;"). 175.1, In 1777 he graduated in Scarlntro. .Maine.

AtlK'Us, (Ireece.

King, Joseph Eliiah, educator, clergyman, college president, was born Nov. 30, 1823, in l^aurens, N.V. He began teaching in the public schools at the age of seventeen years. Since I8."»4 has been president of Fort Edwanl collegiate institute at Fort Edward, N.V. In 1850 he entered the ministry; and since 1848 has been a trustee of the Wesley an university. He is president of the Fort

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from Harvard college; and l>egan the study law at NewburyMass. He served the revolutionary war. In 1780 he be-

of

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gan

the practice of law. In 1782 he was a member of the Mas-

sachusetts ture;

and

legislain

1784-80

was a didegate from Massachusetts to the ^ ' continental congress. In 1787 he was a nv«'ntion. he was a meml>"r of the New York legislature; and in I780 I7JHJ and 1813-2.") he was a member of the I'nited .States senate from New Vork. In 170(5-1803 and l82'>-2C) He die was minister to (ireat Britain. April 20. 1827, in Jamaica, N.Y.