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States examining surgeon for pensions; and is a prominent officer in Masonic lodges,

Knights of Maccahees, Modern Woodmen, and other fraternal bodies of Long Prairie, Minn. Locke, Charles Edward, clergyman, author,

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was born Sept. 9, 1858, in Pittsburg, Since 1880 he has bi'en a clergyman

of the methodist episcopal church;

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is

at Brooklyn, N.Y. He is tlie author of Freedom's Next War for Humanity; The Typical American; and A Nineteenth Century Crusader. Locke, James W., educator, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 30, 1837, in Wilmington, Vt. He received a high school and aca«lemic edu-

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Locke, Joseph Alvah, lawyer, state senawas born in December, 1843, in BiddeHe has been on the school Maine. eonunittee of Portland, and the board of trustees of Kent's Hill seminary, and made its president; and has represented the city twice in the house, and his district twice in the senate of the legislature, in 1880 being tor,

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president.

Locke, Matthew, congressman, was born 1730, near .Salisbury, N.C. He was a memlK'r of the congress at Halifax in 1776. in

which fornjed the constitution of North Carolina; and was a representative in the enngress »>f the L nitetl States from 1793 to He "also served in the legislature. 1799. He died S*'pt. 7, 1801, in Salisbury, N.C. Locke, Maurice E., educator, lawyer, was In iKirn Feb. 12, 1861, in Frankfort, 111. 1876 he graduated from the high school of Kentland, Ind.; attended a normal school at Valparaiso, and studied several languages imder private tutors. In early life he taught school; then was engaged in journalistic work; and in 1879 was admitteen In successfully engaged in other business. 1891 he resumed the practice of the law in

judge; has served with distinction as a member of the Florida state senate. In 1872 he was appointed United Suites district judge for the southern district of Florida; and has filled tluit high office to the entire satisfaction of his state.

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Locke, Mrs. Jane Ermina [Starkweather], l)orn April 25, 1805, in WorthingShe was a p(>«>t of Boston; and the author of Pwnis; Rachel, or the Little .Mourner; Boston, a Poem; and Eulogj- in Bhyme on the Death of Webster. She died March 8, 18.59, in Ashburiiham, Mass. Locke, John, lawyer, congressman, was U>rn in 17fi4, in Hopkinton, Mass. From 1823 to 18*29 he was a representative in congress from the Worcester north district; in 1830 was a state senator from Middlesex county, Mass.; and in 1831 was a member of the executive council. He died March 29, 1855, in Boston, Mass. Locke, John, pliysicist, was born Feb. 10, 1792. in Freeburg. Maine. He made various improved and original instruments for use in optics, physics, electricity, and magnetism, among which were the gravity escapement for regulator-clocks which has never been surpassed; and his electro-chronograph subs»Hjuently purchas«'d for the I'nited States naval (»bservatory at an expens»' of $10,000; also a spirit-level which

City, Nev.

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engineers. He died July I0. 185(5. in Cincinnati. Ohio. Locke, John Staples, author, poet, was Itorn in 183(1. He is a writer of Saco. Maine; and the author of Shores of Saco Bay: Hisis

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Orchard; The .rt of Correspondenc*' A Brave Struggle, a novel; Pli-asing Khymes for Happy Times; and Bright Hours. torical

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Locke, Powhattan B., bwyer, jurist, was born in Kentucky. He removed to Missouri; and was appointed a judge of the United States court for the territory of Nevada, residing at Carson City. He died in Carson Locke, Richard Adams, journalist, author, was born in 1800 in New York city. He was the author of Great Astronomical Discoveries lately made by Sir John Herschel, since as The Moon Hoax. He subsequently issueil The I^t Manuscript of Mungo Park, another hoax. He died Feb. 16, I87I, on Staten Island, N.Y. Locke, Samuel, educator, college president, was born Nov. 23, 1732, in Woburn, Mass. In 1759-69 he was pastor at Sherburne; when he was ap{>ointed president of Harvard. He died Jan. 15, 1778, in Sherburne, Mass. Locke, Sylvanus Dyer, inventor, was born Sept. 11, 18.33, in Richfield. N.Y. In his youth he was a civil engineer on the Mississippi river, and on the Wisconsin Central railroad. In 1861 he was admitted to the bar; and during the

known

war received a lieutenant's commission in a company of Wisconsin volunteers. He was county surveyor, and city engineer Janesville, Wis., eight years. He

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