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 IllJUUlMiiiHAW S LlUliAliV the Columbian uiiivfisity of Washiiij;ton, D.C. ; and Hince llKiU uakt'outulugibt OD the United Statea geolo|rical Aunrcy. He is the author of Fossil NVoimI iitid I/i«;Tiite of tin* Potnuluc Koniiiitiou; and Fossil Flora in

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Knowlton, Helen Mary, born Aug. 1832. in

artist,

wuti

nutlior,

Littlctuii, .Muh8.

She has exhibited ehareoal sketches or landscnjvfs and portrait^?! in oil. in

Hoston,

I'liil-

lidelpliiii.

New

York

and

London;

nrt

students

taiight

the

in

town and country, and written much on art. She is the nuthor of

Art

mi

'i'alk''

William Hints to

of

Hunt; Ihipils

Knowlton, Julius William, li. r, jourstat.- l«j;islat«»r, was born Nov. 28, in Soutlibridge, Mass. He served through till- civil war. attaininj,' tlu- rank of lieutenant. He s»rved two terms aa representative in the Bridgeport, Conn.; and became city asaeal
 * islatare from Stratford, Conn.; in 187ri-l»2 was postmn.ster of

nalist,

1838,

l«

Hor.

Knowlton, Marcus Perrin, lawyer, state

-

was born

senator, jurist,

Fi

l).

X,

IH.}!!.

in

imt he graduated from Vair university; and lias rrri'ivcd tlu-

Wilbruhani, Mass.

In

drgrei- of LL.D.

iroin

both Valt' and Harvard uni ••rsitii's. Hibi-u'an tlie I'ractioe of law in Hii2 in Springtfrld. Mass.; in 187S w as a member of the Masaachiuetts state hgiHlnture; and In lssi-s-2

was

a

court.

In

1887-1!HI2

mem-

Knowlton, Wiram, lawyer, jurist. In 18.'>0-r>3 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Wiscon-sin for the sixth circuit.

He

died in Wisconsin.

Kaoz, Mrs. Adeline Traftoa, author, was Immfi

1S4.'», in Saecarrap|>a. Maine, moved to Hoston in her infancy. She the author of. . ierican (Jirl Abn»ad; and thi' novels |)oroth'> Kxp«rience; His Inheritance; and Katharuie Earle. .Siic is the wife of the late Samuel Knox. Knox, Charles Eugene, clergyman, college president, author, was born in 1833 in New Vork. He is a j)rcsbyt< riaii j.-r^ynian; and since 1863 president of the theological seminary at Bloomfleld. VJ. He if* the author t)f A Year with Saint Paul; I^ve to the Knd; David the King; and Graduated Kundny-Sehool Text-Books. He died in 1800

Fel».

S,

anil is

<

nioi.nilield. N..T.

in

Knox, Daniel Stowe, public

oflfeial.

Windsor. X.Y.

soldier, business

public scliotds of his native state; and has be<-n a laborer, postmaster, assessor, conlolleefor. School director, boron^xli idunsel; burgess, nuiyor. farmer, lumberman, pilot and a most successful hunter. Mr was a captain in the civil war in 1801iuf. and a justice of the peace ft)r twentySince 188:< lie lias l.i-en postlive years. master at Tionesta. Pa. Ue died Oct. 4, ^t.ilile.

in Tionesta, Pa.

h'dgcville,

l<)02.

borough, 't. In Chinese a roannnl

iHtiU he published in for native preachers. atecbism. Sev. r;il cburelies were founded and visited regularly by him daring his stay in China. He wss the author of A Presbyterian Mi->-ionnry iti China; and The Foreign MiM.su»nary, llis Field and His Work. He died Sept. 10, 1874, (

liirt;!.

Knowlion, Miner, soldier, educator, author, was born in ISoi in ('onn*-ctieut. In 1837-44 he was instructor of artillery and

man,

was bom Nov. 8, 1831, in He was educated in the

he watt associate-jus-

Knowlton, Miles Justin, missionary, auwas born Feb. 8. 182."», in West Wanls-

(

asliiTigton, who mentione<l hini in his general orders as a soldier who "would have been an honor to any oountry." He was killed at battle Sept. 18, 1776, at Harlem Plains. N.Y.

Knox, George Washington, iiiv.-ntor. was Ixirn .Tune 21,

thor,

in

NJ.

Knowlton, Thomas, .soldier, was bom Nov. .-{0, 1740. in W. Hoxfonl, Mass. He served during six campaigns in the French war, and took part in the capture of Havana In 1782. His low was lamented by

lliOit,

supreme judicial court of Masssrhusetts; and has tilled the position of

called Scripture

1870. in Burlington,

2.-..

bn

civil engineer, ISt;.').

in

electrical

Milen-

gineer of construction for the Chicago city railway company; and since lli"J has l>e<'n president of tiie engineering company of Chicago. HI. He is inventor of the automotoneer: ami president of the company engagi'd in its construction. He is alSO pi anient and general manager of the Green

Hay trai'tior> conii>ati'. Knox, George William, educator, clergy^ man. author, was born Aug. 11, 1853, in K'lnie, N.Y. He as a presbyterian missionary in dapan in I.SS7 !»3; professor of ethics in the university of .Tapan in 1881M3 and now a professor in the I 'nion Theolo^^ieal seminary of New York. He is tho anttior of A Mri'f .Syf<teni of Theology; Outlines of Uomilutica; Christ the Son of

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