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twelfth, thiitc'cnth ami f«iiirt«'»'ntli fonf»r«'S"u, Ctinn. Lawler, Oscar, lawyer and direetur of Im* tli«'

Anj^.-len.

(

hI.,

was

Ai»ril 2. ISJ."), in lie xerveil «•* I uited

Ikuii

Marslialltown, Inwa. States attorney for the .southern dintriet of waM California in 'l!)0<t-im: and in liH)!! ansi^tant attorney in the general department of the interior. He it* a direetor of the Farmers' and Merchants' National hank ot l.os Anjieles; and pn»niinenlly ideiititied with the huMine.s8 and puhlic alTairs of liin 1

1

city.

Law, Ricbard, lawyer, jurist, oonj^ressman. was iMirn Mareh 17. in .Milford, ('«»nn. He was president judge of the county eoiirt of Conneetieut and jiidge of the supn-nie e«»urt. In I777-7S and 1H71S4 he was delegate from Conneetieut to the nmticongress, .fter the adoption of the was appninted cousl it ut ion. he federal Stall's district judge, which oilier he I niled .leld until his d<-ath. He died .Ian. 2(i. ISIXi.

ai

OF AMKllICAN HloaUArHY. tory of the Cnitetl States.

New

UmkIou. Conn.

Law,

Sallie iMirn Aug. 27.

Chapman, ISd.'i.

in

pliilanthropist, Vilke-.

was

county. N.C.

She was known throughout the H<iutli during the civil war. ami was called the mother ol the confederacy. As evidence of the n-gard in which she was held. tJeneral .loseph K. .Johnston had thirty thousand tror of the Chicago city conn In ISS.t-JH he was li repre cil in |S7S-Kri. sentative from Illinois to the fony-ninth. fiftieth ami lifty tirst congresses as a demo He died .Ian. 17. IHlMi. in ( hicago. III. crat. Lawler, Joab, clergynum, state senator, congressman, was Isirn .hine 12. 17!Mi. in North anilina. In |S2<5 he was elect-'d to the lower house of the .Maliatna legislature; lM)rn

He was

Thomas

Lawler,

.pril

Ixirn

and

He

in

187»l »irgani/.ed the Hockfonl rifles. a coal and lundM>r merchant of Kock-

was

III.;

May

S.

went v

l,s:{S.

congresm-s. in Washington. D.C. fifth

Hr

died

Lawler, Michael K., soldier, was horn 1S20 in Illinois. .t the heginning of the civil war he joined th«' union army, and was commissioned cohmel of the eighteenth Tllinois infantry in 1801. He was made hrigadier geiieral in I8»»3.

ford.

Hp is a niemlM-r of a firm of eduHe is the author of cational puhlishers. E.ssav« of American llistorv; The Story of ter. .Mass.

Kockford in

III.

Lawler, William Patrick, lawyer, jurist, was horn Sept. 17. I8."i4. in Ni-w York city. Sim-e |8!Mi he has Isi-n engaged in the practice of law in San Francisco, Cal.; and si nee 18!»8 has Is-en judge <»f the supreme court of California. In Wn he was candi<late for nileil States senate. Lawless, Joseph Thomas, lawyer, legisla-

liie

.

wiis

tor, 'a.

ster

iMirn

.Nlay

2,

in

18»ll!.

I'ortsniouth.

He received his education at the Norfolk, institute of military

WebV'a.;

graduated with tin* ilegn-i- of M.A. from St. Mary's college of MeluKint, N.C.; and with the degree of H.L. from Kichmond college, 'a. He is a prominent lawyer of hia native city; was journal clerk in the house of delegates of irginia in l883-8!»; and

was trustee

of the puhlic schools of Ports188!l he was elected to the N'irginia. and served with f."i.

again in

IS!»7. an«l

again in

iSflO.

Lawrance, Marion, accountant, business man. aulhor. was horn (h-t. 2. 18.'))». in WinHe was educated in the pubchcsti-r. Ohio. lic and high sclwuds Springs, Yellow of Ohio; and at Antiwh 1880 00 In college. he was secretary of the Ohio state Sunday association; schtMil and since 1800 has M'cregeneral iMH'n tary of the international Sunday school association. Since

Washington

sirivt

He Sunday

tht

Ohi »3; and ui 18!»4-i».i was c«inunandcr in-chief of the grand army of the repuhlic. He died Feh. 3. llKm, in Kock-

(

1

Liveiptml. England.

in is

ford.

and WiiH re-elected until IS;H. in which year In |S:{2 lie was «deoted lo the slate senate. 3.1 he was receiver of piildic moneys for the C«K»sa lan»l district. In 18:{')-;{8 he was a representative from .Miihanur to the tw«-nlyfourth atnl

merchant, was

G., soldier,

1844,

7,

He served in the civil war; for several years was colonel of the third Illinois infantry;

iiental

in

487

Colundius and Magellan: and Trimary His-

Lawrence,

18711 he has b«>en suthe of perintendent .Sunday school of Toledo.

author of

Abbott,

How

merchant,

to Con<luct

diplomat,

ongressinan, philanthropist, was Iwirn Decemlier Hi. 1702. in (rot«in. .Mass. He served in the common council of Boston in 1831 i:nd in l83.")-37 and 1830-41 he was a represent itive from .Massachusetts to the twentyfourth and twenty-sixth congresses. In 1842 he was a|)pointe<l a commissioner to arrange northeastern Isiundary (juestion; ami the was a presidential elector in 1844. In 1849(