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 HKKRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Cliurch; nnd is tlic autlior of a soliool reader and a vol u me (»f reIi;;iou.s verse. Leffingwell, Ernest DeKoven, «-duciitor, ge(ilo^ii^t.

was

I'xplorer,

lH>ni

dan.

IST."),

in

Knoxville, III. Ih- was edmated at the Racine grammar school at Trinity c-U0 he was teacher of seience at St. .-Milan's sehool of Knoxville, III.; and in During the Spanislj-Aineriean war he siTved as a I nitiil States steamship Oregon; and in 19(11-02 was gelogy.

.seaman on the

LetHer, Isaac, h-gislator. eongrfssman,

was

horn in Xovendier. 1788, in Wasliington eonnty, I'ii. In 1817-25 he was a mfml>er of the N irginia state legislature. In 1827 -2I» he was a representative from Virginia to twentieth congress; the and in 18;t2 was again elected to tin- Virginia h-gislature. In 1835 he moved to Burlington, Ii»wa; served two years in the h-gisIature of iseonsin territory, one year as speaker; one year in the legislature of Iowa. In 184.'} he was marshal of Iowa; and in 1852-57 was receiver of the Stillwater land olliee. He died in Burlington, Iowa.

congressman,

farmer,

Shepherd,

Leffler,

was liorn in IVnn-^ylvania. In 1845-51 he was a representative from Iowa to the twenty-ninth, thirtieth and thirty-tirst etingressps; and in 1875 was a candidate for the offie«*

of

governor.

He

died

in

journalism

New York

in

the

is

The Keligiou of a Literary Life Homantic; Little Dinners the Spliinx and other works.

uiilhor of

Man;

The

with



Legare, Balie Peyton, civil engineer of 58 Sutter St., San Fnnn-i.seo. Cal., was born on Amz. 23, 1804, in .Viken, S.C. He has reeeived the degrees of H.S., M. S. and LL.H. He h:»s iteeii enyageil in the construction of many railways about New York and Philadelphia ami was also engaged in engineering for four years in England an«l on the eoiitineiit of Eurojie. Since 1907 he has had coniplete charge of the lehMliilitntion and construction of the I'nited Hailroads of San

niiK

1'"

ist

o.

Legare, George S., lawyer, congressman, iMirn in 1870 in Hockville, S.('. He gradii.iti'd from the Porter academy of t'harlestoii was a student f«ir tw(i years at the university of South Carolina and In 1893

was





graduiited from the (Jetirgelown university law school at Wasliington, D.C. Since 18SI3 he has practiced law in Charleston, S.C; and in 18'.)8- 11103 he was corporation counsel. In 1!>03-1I he was a representative from South Carolina to the lifty-eighth, fiftyninth, sixtieth and sixty-lirst congresses as a

demor, author, was Charleston. W.Va. In 1814 he graduatern Sept. 0, 1847, in I'liiladelphia. Pa. He is emeritus professor of »'liemistry at the Philadelphia polyclinic. He is tue author of First Steps in <"hemical Principles; C'ompend of Organic Chemistry; t'ompend of Chemistry; .Analysis of Water; and Analysis of Milk and Milk Products.

Leftwich, Jabcz, congressman, was born ill Bedford county. Va. In 1821-25 he was a representative from Virginia to the seventeenth and eighteenth congresses. He died in

811

He

city.

Virginia.

Leftwich, Joel, soldier, jurist, state legiswas horn in 1759 in liedford county, Va. He was major-jieneral of militia often lator,

1830-32 was attorneygeneral of South Carolina. In 1832-36 he

was to

charge

Brussels.

d'affaires

In

1841-

43 he was a representative from South Carolina

to the twenty-fifth

congress. In 184143 he was attorney-general of the UuitiHl States. He was the author of Constitutional History of (Jreece; E.ssay on Classical I.enriiing: and E.s.say on Homan Literature, lie died June 20. 1H43, in Boston, Mass.



a member of the Virjiinia leiiislature and for many years a justice of the pence of Heclfoprl county. He died April 20. 1840. in

Bedford

riMinfy.

Va.

Legare, James Matthews, inventor, poet, in 1823 in South Carolina. He was inventor; and the author of Orta-Uudis, and other jmh-ius. He died in 1850 in South

was born

ail

Leftwich, John W., merchant, congressman, was bom Sept. 7, 1826. in Bedford

(

county. Va.

ill

1850 he j-raduated from the I'hilndelphiii mediea! <»lleL'e and became enungod in mercantile pursuits at Memphis. Tenn. In 18r)5-t»7 he was a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-ninth con;iress. He died in June. ISTO. in liVnehburK. Va. Le Gallienne, Richard, journalist,- author, was born Jan. 20. 180(5. in Liverpool, England. For several years be was engaged in In

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'andiiia.

Le Gendre, Charles W., .ew'

lifty-lirst



18(»5

in

soldier,

was born

York. In 1801 he was major in the n'giment New York infantry: and

was

volunteers.

brevet ted

He was

brigadier-general

of

honorably discharged in

18t)4.

Legate, James

was

terrilorial

F.,

governor.

In

1872 he


 * overnor of Washington.

Liggett, Benjamin F., educator, author, poet, was born in 1834 in Chestertown, N.Y.

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