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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. marble busts, statues, engravings, curios and gallery of paintings. In 1870 lie erwled a building which he conveyed scripts,

with the library to the city of X«'W York. l'"or many years he was president of the I'resbyti'rian hospital; and donated about half a million dollars to that institution, died Feb. 17, 18H0, in New York city. Lenox, Robert Kennedy, banker, philanwas Iwrn Nov. 22, 1822, in New York city. He was for many years president of the bank of C^ommerce; and suelie

lliropist,

his uncle as president of the boartl trustees of the Lenox library, to which institution he presentwl, in 187H, Munkncy's important picture of Blind .Milton

eeedetl

of

Dictating Paradise Ixmt to His Daughters, lie died S<'pt. 14, 1887. at sea. Lenroot, Irvine L., lawyer, congressumn, was lM)rn Jan. 31, 1869, in Superior, Wis. lie wns a court reporter; and in 1897 was ailmitted to the practice of law. In 1900, 1902 ami 1904 he was a membi-r of the

Wisconsin legislature; and in 1903-0.1 wjis siteaker of the assembly. In 1909-1.5 he was a representative from Wisconsin to the sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-thini congresses as a republican. Lenski, Richard Charles Henry, clergyman, journalist, author, was Inirn Sept. 14, 1864, in Prussia. He was e<lucated in the common schools of

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Mich.;

.lack.son.

1885

graduated

in

from

the Capital university ColumbuM, Ohio, of with the degree of A.M.: and in 1887 graduated from the G e r in a n tlieolo;;ical

seminary

of

Ohio. He pastorates

Columbus. has at

tilled

Balti-

more;

Trenton and Springfield, Ohio; and since 1899 has Imhui pastor of the Lutheran church at Anna, Ohio. Since 1904 he has the Lutherische Kirchenxeitung. He is the author of His Footsteps; Studies for EdiHcation from the Life of Christ; and The Women of the Bible, in In**'!!

e«litor

of

insurance union. Leonard, Abiel, lawyer, jurist. In 1855-57 he was judge of the supreme court of Missouri at Howard. Leonard, Abiel, clergyman, bishop, was born .June 2t), 1845, in Fayette, Mo. Until 1888 he filled pastorates in the protestant episcopal church in Mis.souri and Kansas. 1888 he was consecrated missionary In bishop in the protestant episcopal church; and in 1888 until his death had charge of the missionary district of Nevada and I'tah. He was president of St. Mark's hospital of Salt I.Jike city; and devoted his Iwst efforts to christian wlucation. He died Dec. 3, 1903, in Salt Ijike Citv, Utah.

Leonard, Adna B., clergyman, prohibititmist, was born Aug. 2, 1837, in Mahoning county, Ohio. He received a thorough education; graduating from the Mount Union college of Ohio. He has received the degrees of D.D. from the university of New Orleans ; and LL.D. Union Slount from college. In 1860 he entered the methodist ministry ; and has fillinl many pastorates in the methodist episcopal church. In 1888 he became corresponding secretary of th* metho«list ••piscopal church with oflices in New York city. In 188'! he was a candidate for governor on the prohibition ticket.

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Leonard, poet,

was

Mrs. Agnes, author, lecturer, Jan. 20, 1842, in Tx)uisville,

lK)rn

She has gained note as a lecturer. She Blossoms; Vanis* the author of Myrtle quished, a novel; and Heights and J)epth8. Ky.

Leonard, Charles Henri, physician, jourwas Iwrn March 28, 1850, in He received his education at

C!«'rman.

nalist, author,

Lent, James, merchant, congressman, was liorn in 1770 in Newton, N.Y. 829 33 In he was a representative from New York to the twenty-first and twenty-second congn«s8es. He die<l Feb. 24, 1833, in Washington, D.C. Lent, William Bement, litterateur, author,

Akron, Ohio.

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was l)orn in 1842. in New York city. He was a travel writer of New York city. He Is the author of (Jypsying Beycmd the Sea; Across the Country of the Little King; Halcyon Days in Norway. France and Dolomites; and Holy l^nd from Landau, .Saddle and Palanquin. He died in 1902 in New York city. Lentx, John Jacob, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 27, 1850, near St. Clairsville,

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For five years he was one of the examiners of the city teachers; and was appointed a trustee of Ohio university l)y (.'overnor McKinley. In 1897 1901 he was a n'presentative from Ohio to the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth congresses as a democrat. He was national president of the American Ohio.

Hiram

college

of

Ohio; and the (ienesee college of Lima, N.Y. In 1872 he graduated

from

Union

college,

where he received the degrees of A.B. and A.M.; and in 1874 grail uatetl from the medical department of the Wooster univerCleveland, of sity Ohio; and took a postcourse at graduate the college of physicians and surgeons of New York city, 'since 1880 he has been