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Rh 18rt8-89 nn«l sinct> llMli lie lias Iwcii «-«lil«»r of the cliurch paper of the Nui wej^iuii Liitli In 18tiI-llM>2 he wan president eran sviitxl.

Lathrop,

III

of the' Xorwegiiin

Lntherau eolU-Ke of Dc

eorah, Iowa; and sinee l!»ni im-, {hh-u Inifher of Hebrv'W in that inntitiition. ileij^ymaii. cgllej^e pi«sident,

a

educator,

Laurentias,

Peter

Larsen,

was

l»oni

An;;.

In lHr» I -.">«) he was a IM.i. in Norway. In lS7r» SKI minister of Pieree eonnty. Wis. he was viee-presideiit of the Norweflian Lllllipresi acting was IS7i> 82 he synod. In eran 10,

dent of the sy nodical eonfereiu-e and sinee IJXIJ has been editor of tiie eiiureh paper of In the Norwegian Lutheran synixl. has been Lutheran i-ollege; and since a fe:M'her of Hebrew in that institution.
 * !MI> he was president <if tin- Norwegian

educator, founder, pliilantlir<»pifit. was lM)rn .Aug. "iO. IS.'itJ. near He reci'iveil his (sliica Springfield, Wis. tion in the Wisconsin schools for the deaf

Larson, Lars

Moore,

Dcbivrin. Wis : and the National colfor the deaf of Washington. D.C. I'n IS.H4 he taught at til

ot

New

cial

1887 this instituby a«t of legisbiture. with siniihn Stales. It was tlun

is

ih»w on a sound finan-

basis.

La

Robert Cavalier, explorer, wai*

He explored l!'.l.i, in IJoiien. Mississippi; anil took possession of tic oitire valley at itn mouth for Kniiice. call Loiiisiiina. He died Mnreli 17. 1»>H7. it ill",' La Sere, Emile, congressman, was liorn In ia4o-5I he was a repre in I^tiisiana. sentalive from Louisiana to the twentyninth. thirti«'th ami tliirly lirst congresses. He died in New Orleans. I^i. born Nov. 22. l>.e

manufacturer, hanker, Lash, Israel G., congressman, was iKirn .ug. 18, lS|(t. in After working on a farm, Tlethania. N.C be iHH'ame a merchant, mannfaclnrer and banker at Salem, N.C. In lSli7-71 In* was a representative from North Carolina to the f<»rtietli and forty-first <'ongiesscs as a republioin. He died alniut ISSO in .*salein. N.C. Lash, W. A., railroad jiresiilent, was born 184.'), In in Walnut (irove. N.C. 7, 1801 he became president of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway.

June

',

lety of the he died .Ian.

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metiiodist episcopal church. 1895, in Jackson, Mich.

3,

Lathrop,

Mrs. -Sithor. was born

Rose Hawthorne,

May

20,

artist,

1851, in Lenox,

She established St. Rose's free home ^or cancer and Rosary hill home. She is the luthor of Along the Shore, a volume of 't>emft; Some Memories of Hawthorne; and fuss.

from Massachusetts to the sixHMith, seventeenth, eighteenth and nine.eenth congres.ses, and was a member of the VlHs.Hachusetts state senate for ten years and •jresident of that lK)dv in 1829-30. He died u II. 18415. in West Springfield, Mass.

iMpial footing

Mexico; and

lie

the ('hicag<» deaf-muttHe is the .lay school.

in^-orporatinl

Salle,

"'K't,

Lathrop, Samuel, lawyer, state senator, 'ioiigressman, was born in 1771 in Hampden tounty, Mass. In 1819-27 he was a repre-

schools in the i Tiitcd placed under the inanagi'iiient of a cotinnitt»'e of tbre«' ollieers of the territory, and .Mr. Ijirson wan nnnle superintendent and in this school is the first public in siruelor. si it lit ion of learning to In-conie the property of

Lathrop, Mrs. Mary T., educator, lecturer, was born in 1838, in Concord, Mich. taught ill the Detroit public schools for while. She went into evangelistic work in ^ '873; was u noted temperance lecturer; and or twelve years gave all her time to that .nd the Woman's foreign missionary so'

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In

was


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lege

and founder Mexico of the New school forthe deaf and the blind of SanlM Fe.

and placed on an

iHjrn Oct. 21), 1731, in Norwich, Conn. e taught school at Springfield, Mass., and the HUinc time studied theology. In '.|','>tM8I8 lie was pastor of the congrega' oiial church in West Springfield, Mass. is publi.sli«*d .sermons were very numerous. ",.e died Dec. 3, 182I», in West Springfield, 'as

at

(>rg:tni/er

tion

481

educator, clergyman,

Joseph,

.Story of Courage.

I

'eiitative

Lathrop, Stanley E., soldier, clergyman, In 18(51 he enlisted and served ^1 rough the civil war as a company coin'lissary sergeant in the first Wisconsin Cavalry. He is now pastor of the first congregational church of Washburn, Wis. He IS the author of a volume of poems. Lathrop, William, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 17, 1825, in (Jenesee county, N.Y. He was a memlier uithor, 'ille,
 * )oet, was Imrn May 7, 1843, in OrN.Y.

of

the

and from a

Illinois

in

1877-79

.state

he

legislature

was a

in

I8.")r»;

representative

to the forty- fifth congress as r«-publiean. He died in 1907 in Rook-

ford.

Illinois

HI.

Latimer, Asbury Churchwell, farmer, congressman. Ciiited States senator. waS .loni July 31, 1851, nejir I^wdesville, S.C. He was raised on n farm, and was educated

in

schools.

much

the common He has spc'nt

of his life in agricultural pursuits: and in 1880 l)ought a farm near Bclton, S. C. He took an active part in the memorable campaign of 18715. 1890 94 he was In county chairman of the democratic party of bis county; and was urginl to be a can-

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