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 HKRRIN'ISHAWS LIHRAnV OV AMKIUCAN BIOGRAPHY MitiMii railroad tlic firMt Im-oiiiotive that was built v«-Ht of tlu* Alloj^hoiiy iiiiniiitains. (li.'d April JH. lS(i.">. in l.tidlnw. Ky.

the

III-

James,

Latte,

man, was

lN>rn

holdirr,

fdm-ator.

i-U-rgy-

war

lie dii'd

dan.

in

21>.

tlii'

18<»1, in

He was a delegate to the coiiention which franu'd the first constitution Mississippi. He died .April li, IHi'A, in Mi-^sissippi.

Lattimore, Samuel Allan, nluoitor, ehein1.S2S, in Cnion coiiiiw:is born .Miiy Ind. Ill IS.'MI he graduated from Del'aiiw university where he has ree<*ive«| the d on his father's farm. In lHt>:( he took up a homestead in Hurt county. Neb.; and was eii^ap'd in farming; and sto<-k raisinj:. lit- was president ot the Kir.st national hank of Tckaniah. Neb. In IH87 he was a memlH*r of the Nel)r»t»ka house of representativi aiitl

4 S3

and fourteenth

of

as soldi«'r

H«'rv«*tl

lu'

Aini'rican army, ost.jMiHlu',1 a seliool in Lani'astrr fonnty. <'liaplain

nintli. thirti-eiith

eoiigie?»ses.

During

1732 in Irtdaiid.

in

the re nlut iniiary

and

ciglitli,

gri'cs

of

A.H.. A.M. In 187:{ he degriT of


 * n'-sniaii.

and

land. Cliio.

rc'-eived the

t* ;

member

b*>eame a llMMl-ll

va» a

lie

braska

to deUMK-rat. ester.

the

He

of the stat** »emite.

in

reprewntative from Neeongrens

.sixty -li rat

hio. Lattimer, Henry, physician, surgeon, congressman. L iiited Stat«'s senator, was l>«)rn April 24, 17.'>2, in Newport, Del. Me was a nienilM'r of the state legislature; and in I7!>3-!).') he was a re|»reHcntative from Delaware to the third <'ongress and in 17!':{;

he was a L'nited .States senator. died Dec. 1!». 181!). in IMiiladelphia. Ta. 1S(»1

He

Lattimore, John, soldier, was horn about 17.'**i in South Carolina. It is said that he participated in every action of the army that W ashington comnianded from Ihiylor luiiversity with the (h-grce of .M.S. In 1887-no he was superintendent of the seluMds of Falls county, Texas; and in 1800!)2 was principal of the preparatory school. 18!I2-!M> he was professor of mathematics, Ill 1

rh.l).

I.I..D.

cidlege.

was H

from Hamilton In |8.'> classical

fess4»r of (Jreek

(IU la-

proat

Di-

Pauw

university. In I8lt7 he was elected professor of chemistry at the university of R»)oheHter and i n I8!m;;>8 was acting president of that institutioii. He organized the laboratory of anaIvtical chemistry; ancn president of the toan of trustees (»f Reynold library. .Since 188«J he has been chemist of the New York state department of agriculture; and in 1874 iM-gan giving a course of free lectures on scientific subjects. He was one of the organizers of the wi'stern New York institution for deaf mutes; and was one of the orpinizers of the Rochester microscopical society. He ia a memlK'r of the American ciiemicnl society; and a fellow of the American association for lie advancement of science.

I

Latto, Thomas Carstairs, journalist, poet, was born Dec. 1. 1818. in Scotland. He was connected with the publishing house of Iviaon and company of New York for eleven years; and in 1871 became a real-estate agent in Brooklyn. His principal work is The VilI:ige-.S<duMd Kaminati<»ii. The poems that lie has contributed to i»eri<Mlicals include Mien We Were at the Scliul.'; llie Itlind Lassie; l.iiieji

12.

The (Jrave

on

I.Sf)4.

.1.

in

of Sir Walter .Scott an<l Fenimore Cooper. He diecl May

Brooklyn. N.Y.

Laubach, Charles, geologist, author, was born Aug. 2*). I8.'{('». in Durham. Pa. He Ih«scientilic invest igii lions in 18G5 and has

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devol»'d his principal attention to them since I87n. He is the author of Prehistoric .Man ill

file

Delaware

'alley.

aminers.

Lauber, Joseph, pointer, artist, was born .ug. in, |S.-)5. ill (ermany. In 1878 he began his ean-er as a sculptor. He has dexigncd paintings an«l windows in |»ublie buildings, such as the Appellate court build iiig; Church of the ascension in New York ity; and many others. He has painted Hie Conception of Christ. He is the author of A Treatise on .American Color Windows.

Lattimore, William, phy.sieian, eongressFeb. 9. 1774. in Norfolk. In 18<»:M>7 and 18i:M7 he was a lerriloriul delegate from Mississippi territory to

Laucheimer, Charles Henry, naval oftlcer. author, was lM>rii Sept. 22. 185!). in Haitimore. Md. Since 188.} he has been an oITi cer in the I'liited States marine ctirps; and

philosophy ami

was chairman versity.

pedagogy;

and

in

18!)7-ni)

of the faculty of Haylor uni1S!(H he has been superiii-

Since

of the city sclicjols of Waco. Texas. Ill I8{)1> he was president f)f the T«'xas state teachers' assoeiation and in l!HMI-5 was a ineniher of the Texas state hoanl of exleiidetit



man. was born Va.

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