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DEQENER, Edward, representative." was boru in Brunswick, (.lermany, Oct. 20, 1809. He was twice a member of a legislative body in Anihalt-Dessau, and was a member of the first German parliament in Frankfort. He removed to the United States in 1850 and became a farmer in Sisterdale, Texas. He afterward engaged in business in San Antonio, Texas. He was a member of the state constitutional con- vention of 1866-68; a Republican representative from Texas in the 41st congress, 1870-71 ; and a member of the Texas legislature several terms. He died in San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 11, 1890.

DE GRAFFENRIED, Reese Calhoun, repre- sentative, was born in Franklin, Tenn., May 7, 1859 ; son of M. F. and Margaret De G raff enried ; and grandson of Baron De Graff enried of Swit- zerland. He was graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1878 and from the Lebanon law school in 1879. He practised in his native town until 1880, when he went to Chattanooga, Tenn., removing to Longview. Texas, in IsSl. lie lielped. as a laborer, to build the Texas & Pacific railway and was subsequently employed on that road. In 1883 he was county attorney and in 1888 was a presidential elector. He was a Democratic rep- resentative from the third district of Texas, 1898- 1901. He died in Washington, D.C., Aug. 29, 1902.

DE HAAS, Maurits Frederick Hendrick, painter, was born in Rotterdam, Holland, Dec. 12, 1832; brother of William Frederick De Haas, He was educated in the public schools of his native city and there received his first instruc- tion in drawing In 1853 he went to The Hague and studied marine pain'ing under Louis Mejer for five years. He acquired some success and in 1859 was induced by August Belmont, U.S. min- ister at The Hague, to remove to America. He opened a studio in New York city at a time when marine painting was very little known and soon worked his way into popular favor. He was elected an associate National academician in 1863 and an academician in 1867. His more important paintings include: Storm off the Isle of Jersey ; After the Wreck ; FarrafjnV s Fleet Passing the Forts Below Xeic Orleans (1867) ; A Storm at the Isle of Shoals; The Old Wreck; MTiite Island Lvjhlhonse ; The Praise Meeting at Cape Ann; llie Shipicrerk ; On the Fishing Grounds; A Marine Vieic, Scar- borough; The Rapids Ahore Niagara; In the English Channel (18S9) ; Sunset at Marhlehead Harbor (1890); and Boone Island Light (1894). After his death one hundred and fifty of his paintings were sold at auction, fetching §28,000. He died in New York city, Nov. 23, 1895.

DE HAAS, WiMiam Frederick, painter, was born in Rotterdam, Holland, in 1830. He .studied art in Rotterdam and at The Hague and settled

in New York city in 1854 where he became a .succes.sful marine painter. His pictures include : Sunrise on the Susqurhanna (1867); Fishing Boats off Mt. Desert (1875) ; Boon Island, Coast of JUaine (1875) ; The Lower Harbor of Halifax (1876) ; Even- ing at Halifax (1876) ; and Xarragansett Pier (1877). He died in Fayal, Azores, July 16, 1880.

DEHON, Theodore, first bishop of South Caro- lina and 13th in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 8, 1776. He was graduated from Harvard in 1795 and studied theology under Dr. Parker of Trinity cliurch, Boston. He was ordained deacon, Dec. 24, 1797, and in January, 1798, was elected rector of Trinit}' church, Newiwrt. He was elevated to the priesthood, Oct. 9, 1800, and in 1808 was a deputy to the general conventicn held in Balti- more, Md. He accepted the rectorship of St. Michael's cliurch, Charleston, S.C.. in 1810, and was consecrated bishop of South Carolina, Oct. 15, 1812, by Bishops Provoost, Jarvis and Hobart. He represented his diocese in the General con- ventions in Philadelphia, May, 1814, and in New York, May, 1817. He received the honorary degree of S.T.D. from the College of New Jersey in 1809. His Sermons on Public Means of Grace were published in two volumes in London, shortly after his death, and were republished in New York in 1857. He died of yellow fever, in Charleston, S.C, Aug. 6, 1817.

DEILER, John Hanno, educator and author, was born at Altoetting, in Upper Bavaria, Aug. 8, 1849; the second son of Konrad Deiler, a royal court musician and a descendant of an ancient family of Nuremberg, mentioned as early as 1540 as members of the " Grosse Rath." He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native place, and received a thorougli musical training from his father and from the royal chapel master and composer, Anton Mueller. At the age of ten he was ap- pointed soloist of the choir of St. Emmeran, at RegensVmrg. There he entered the Royal gymnasium, and in 1866 received a schol- arship in the Royal normal college of Munich a+ Freising, where lie was graduated in 1868, with the liigbest honors. He held government appoint- ments as teacher in several schools and wliile stationed at Munich, pursued an advanced