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 HERRINGBHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOORAFHT. era! in United States army. He is the author of Remarks on the Army Regulationn; and The Use of the Array in Aid of the Civil Power. Lieber, Oscar Montgomery, soldier, geologist, author, was born Sept. 8, 1830. in Bostcm» Mass. He was a soldier in the federal army during the civil war; and the author of The Assayer's Guide; The Analytical Chemist's Assistant; and The Geology of Mississippi. He died June 27, 1862, an Rich-

mond, Va. Lieberknecht, Adam, diploniiit of Zurich, Switzerland, was bom in many. In 1807 be was appointed conittl at Zuricm. Liebling, Emil,

musician,

author,

was

born April 12, 1851, in Silesia. Ur h.xd been in America since 1867; and in Chicago since 1872. actively engaged as a eoMeit«|nanist, teacher, and contributor to several papers. He was the autlior of songs Adieu; and Dost Tliou

Remember; and piuo

pieces.

He

died

in 1913, in Cliicago.

Lien, Elias Johnson, librarian,

was born

Nov. 14, 1868, in Delavan, Minn. Since 1911 he has been librarian of the state Ubrary of Minnesota. Lierboe, William, banker of Turtle Lakf, VJ)^ was born July 4, 1877, in £1 Dorado, Town. He is president of the First National

bank. Liggett, Uonter, army officer, was born fit, 1867. fn Reading, Fa. He aerved the Spanish-American war and in the Philippine IsUnds. In 1913 he became brigadier-general of the United States nmy.

March in

railway official of Liggett, Sidney B., Pittsburgh, Pa., was bom May 10, 1849, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He to secretary of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh. Light, C. M., educator, college president,

was born Nov. 13, IR.'iS. in Scott county, He was educated in the public and private schools; and in the schools and colleges of Austin, Texas. He is an independent republican; is a member of the <'v Mexico board of education; and for many Ind.

years has been prominently identified with the educational and public afTiiirs of rw Mexico. He has contributed extensively to edoeaiional and sefentiflc publientionst for the past fourfi .11 vi ;ira ha.s been presiiicnt of the New Mexico normal school; and resides in Silver City, K.M. Light, George Washington, journalist, autl'Or, poet, wa.s born Jan. 21, 1809 in Portland, Maine. He was a journalist of Boston ; and the author of Lifn nf Tiitiotliy Claxton; and Keep Cool, Go Ahead, and a Few More Poems. He died Jan. 27, 1868, in Somerville. "NfnsH. Light, H. H., business president of I.^*banon. Pa., was born about 1862, in Lebanon, Pa. He has b<'en purchasing agent for the American Iron and Steel Company; and president of the East Lebanon Iron compan>. He is now president of the Lebanon Valley Iron and Steel company of Lebanon.

Light, John Henry, lawyer, juri.st. was born March 27, 1855, in CainiH, N.Y. lu 1001 he was speaker of the C'onnecticut house of representatives; snd in 1011'IS WAS attorney-general of Connectirnt. Lightbarn, Joseph Andrew Jackson, sol-

was bom Sept. 21, 1824, in Westmoreland county. Pa. He organized the fourth Virginia regiment of the national army; was made its colonel in 1861; and was promoted to brigadier-general of vol* unteers in 1863. In 1866-67 he was a niem« Ih't of the Went Virginia legislature. Lightner, Arthur D., railroad president of New Orleans, La., was bom F^b. 2, 1866, in Vincennrs, Iowa. Sinoo 1012 lif lia^ hti-n president of the New Orleans Terminal comdier, l^islator,

pany. Lighten, William Rheem, lawyer, author, was born July 13, 1866, in Lycoming county. Pa. He published several monographs on geological themes in scientific jourmils. He i.H the author of Sons of Strength, a Romance of the Kansas Border Wars. Ligon, Henry Arthur, banker of Spartanburg, S.C., was horn Oct. 15, 1856, in Lexington county. S.C. He is president of the

American National bank. Ligon, Robert P., soldier, lawyer, legisla> was bora in Clarke county, rja. He served in the Mexican war as a

tor, eangressntan,

captain. He wa-* a representative in the Georgia legislature in 1840 and 1859; a state senator in 1860, and again in IHrt.'i. He was a captain in the confederate army; and was lieuteuMit'gDvemor in 1874. He was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat. ligon, ScAert Falwood, lawyer and hnnk director of Montgomery, Ala., was born in Tuskegee, Ala. He is a successful lawyer; and since 1898 has been clerk of the Alabama stiite supreme cotirt. He has been a dele-

gate to several political conventions; served as captain in the state troops; in 189610(H> was !t<l nitiMit general of the state; and has l»ern a member of the military stall for several governors as brigadier-general of state troops.

Ligon, Thomas Watkins, congressman, governor, was Iwrn in Prince Edward county, Va. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1846 to 1849; and in 1854 was elected governor of that State. He died Jan. 13. 1881. Likens, Gabriel Bean, lawyer and banker was bom Feb. 17, 1867, in Ohio county, Ky. He is president of the Hartford Drug company. Lile, William Minor, educator, was bora of Hartford, Ky.,

March 28, 1859, in Trinity, Ala. Since 1806 he has been dean of the law school of the university of Virginia. Lilienthal, Jesse W., lawyer and business president of San Francisco, ('al. He has been vice-president of the San Francisco bar association, and a member of the committee on amendment of the law of the New York bar

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