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 DABNEY, Virginius, author, was born at El- niington, Va., Feb. 15, 1835: son of Col. Thomas Smith Gregory and Sophia (Hill) Dabney. His father was the subject of Mrs. Susan Dabney Sniedes' "Southern Planter," of which an English edition was published at the request of Gladstone, who wrote a preface for it. He was graduated from the University of Virginia in 1856, travelled in Europe for a year, then studied law at the University of Virginia for a year, and in 1861, after a brief practice at the Memphis, Tenn., bar, entered the Confederate army. At one time he was captain of a com- pany, and at the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862, he commanded the 48th Virginia regi- ment until wounded in the breast. During most of the war he served on the staffs of Generals Edward Johnson, Bradley T. Johnson, and John B. Gordon. After the close of the war he opened a private school at Middleburg, Va. In 1873, at the invitation of President McCosh he took charge of the preparatory school to the College of New Jersey, Princeton. After one year lie resigned this position and went to New York, where he established a preparatory school. Some years later he was an editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser and was a reader for several publishing houses. He was married to Maria, daughter of James E. Heath, for many years auditor of Virginia. He is the author of: The Story of Don Miff as told by his friend John Boiiche Whacker; A Symphony of Life (1886); and Gold that did not Glitter (1889). He died in New York city, June 2, 1894, and was buried at the University of Virginia.

DABNEY, William Henry, U.S. consul, was born in Fayal, Azores, May 25. 1817; son of John Bass and Roxa (Lewis) Dabney; grandson of Charles and Mary (Bass) Dabney and of Joseph and Molly (Baker) Lewis. He was sent to school at Waltham, Mass., under the Rev. Mr. Ripley and at Boston under Mr. Ingraham. In 1832 he returned to Fayal and was employed in the counting house of his brothers, merchants in that place. He was married Sept. 3, 1844. to Mari- anne Dabney Parker of Boston. He was Ameri- can vice-consul under his brother, C. W. Dabnejs 1845-48, in the island of Terceira, Azores, and in 1862 was made constil-general to the Canary Islands by President Lincoln, remain- ing at the post for twenty years. His ser- vices during the civil war were esteemed by the United States government to have been of great value in locating blockade runners and furnishing other information to the navy department. He compiled an extended record of the southern branch of the Dabney family, which was published in 1888 He died in Bos- ton, Mass., Feb. 16, 1888.

DA BOLL, David Austin, publisher, was born in Groton, Conn., May 13, 1813; son of Nathan and Elizabeth, and grandson of Nathan Daboll, originator of the Connecticut Almanac and of Daboll's arithmetic. He was educated chiefly by liis father, whom he aided in his literary work. He was a representative in the Connecticiit legis- lature, 1846-71, and a state senator, 1871-'; 2. He assisted his father in the preparation of " L\i boll's New Aritlunetic " and continued the publica'aou of the Xeio England Almanac and Fai-mer's Friend, 1863-95. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Weslej'an university in 1872. He •died in Groton, Conn., July 8, 1895.

DABOLL, Nathan, educator, was born in Groton, Conn., April 24, 1750; son of Natlian DaboU. He is said to have instructed upwards of fifteen hundi-ed men in the science of naviga- tion. He published the " Schoolmaster's Assist- ant " in New London, Conn., in 1799, and it was for many years the accepted textbook on arith- metic in all the New England schools. He also published about tlie same time the " Practical Navigator." He originated and issued, in 1773, one number of the Connecticut Almanac, v.-hicli he continued as the Xeio England Almanac up to the time of his death, after which it was continue 1 by his grandson, "David Austin, up to 1896. He died at Groton. Conn., Marcli 9, 1818.

DABOLL, Nathan, author, was born in Groton, Conn., Nov. 14, 1780; son of Nathan Daboll (born 1750), first maker of the Connecticut Almanac for 1773. He was educated by his father and was a member of the lower house of the state legislature, 1832-33, and of the state senate, 1835-36. He was judge of the probate court, 1843^5. He was married in 1804 to Elizabeth Daboll. He I'eceived the honorary degree of A.M. from Wesley an university in 1835. Assisted by his son, David Austin, he compiled DaholVs New Arithmetic, a new edition of Schoolmaster' 3 Assistant, and continued the publication of tlie New England Almanac, originally the Connecticut Almanac, up to the time of his death, which oc- curred at Groton. Conn., Aug. 28, 1863.

DA COSTA, Jacob Mendez, physician, was born in St. Thomas, W.I., Feb. 7, 1833. He was educated at Jefferson Medical College, Pliiladtl- phia, and practised in that citj^ He became clinical lecturei' and professor in that coUegf^. and in 1895 president of the College of Pliysi- cians. He was the author of several valuable medical works. He died in Villa Nova, Sept. 11, 1900.

DAGQ, John Leadley, educator, was born in Middlebury, Va., Feb. 13, 1794. He was a Baptist preacher and was president of Mercer university, Penfield. Ga. . 1 844-54. He publisliod : Manual of nieology (\Sb7} ; Treatise on Church Order (1858j ; 