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also l>equeathed real estate totlie value of §80,000, the iiu'oiue to In? used lor the Wnelit of the eV»lo- nization si>ciety of LiU'iiu; the sum of ^'lO.OOO to WiishinjJTton ami Lee university, Virginia, and a genert)us sum ti> the Little Sisters of the Poor. Sue ilied in Baltimore. Md.. March 5, 1890.

DONOVAN, Dennis D., representative, was born near Texas, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1859; son of John and Catharine (Hannan) Donovan. He attended the common sc1i<k)1s and in 1877-79 was a student at the Nortliern Indiana normal school, Valparaiso, Ind. He then taught sc1kk)1, 1879-82, and engaged in mercantile business in Deshler, Ohio. He was a representative in the 68th and 69th general as- semblies, 1887-91, and was a Democratic represent- ative from Ohio in the o2d and 53d congi-esses, 1891-95. He was graduated from the law depart- ment of Georgeto^\Ti univei-sity, Washington, DC, in 1895. In 1896 he was elected mayor of Deshler. an.l was re-elected in 1898.

D'OOQE, Martin Luther, educator, was born at Zonnemaire, province of Zeeland, Netherlands, July 17, 1839; son of Leonard and Johanna (Quin- tus) D'Ooge. He came to the United States in lHi7 and was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1862. He was principal of the Ann Arbor (Mich.) high school, from 1863 to 1864; as- sistant professor of ancient languages, Universit}' of Michig-an, 1867-68, and acting professor of the Greek language and literature, 1868-70. In 1870 he was advanced to the full chair, and in the same year went abroad, where he pursued his studies at the University of Leipzig, receiving from that university the degree of Ph.D. in 1872. In the interval between 1864 and 1867 he pursued theo- logical studies in the Union theological seminary of New York, and in 1878 was formally ordained to the ministrA' in the Congregational cliurch. He was chosen president of the American philologi- cal association in 1883, and in 1886 was director of the American school of classical studies at Athens, Greece. The University of Michigan con- ferred upon him the degree of LL.D. in 1889. He edited Demosthenes's Oh the Croicn (1875); and Sophocles's Antigone (1884); and is the author of nunif-rous contributions to periodical literature.

DOOLITTLE, Charles Camp, soldier, was born in Burlington. Vt., March 16, 1832; son of Mat- thew J. Doolittle. He was educated in the high school in Montreal, Canada, and in 1847 removed to New York city. He subsequently settled in Michigan, where in 1861 he was elected 1st lieu- tenant in the 4th Michigan volunteers. He was promoted colonel of the 18th Michigan volunteers, July 22, 1H62. At the battle of Gaines's Mill he was conspicuous for bravery and received a slight wound. Being transferred to the army of the Ohio he served in Kentucky, lHr)2-63, and in Ten- nessee, 1863-64. He commanded the troops occu-

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pying Decatiir, Ala., where they repulsed General Hood, Oct. 30, 1864, in his three successive at- tacks. . At the battle of Nashville, Dec. 16, 1864, lie led a brigade and commanded that city in 1865, being transferred later in the year to the com- mand of the northeastern district of Louisiana. He was commissioned brigadier -general of volun- teers, Jan. 27, 1865, and major-general by brevet, June 13, 1865. He was mustered out of the vol- unteer service, Nov. 30, 1865, and located in Toledo, Ohio, where he became cashier of the Mercliants' national bank.

DOOLITTLE, James Rood, senator, was born in Hampton, N.Y., Jan. 3, 1815; son of Reuben and Sarah (Rood) Doolittle; and sixth in descent from Abraham Doolittle, sheriff of New Haven county, Conn., in 1648. He was educated at Middlebury academy, Vt., re- moved with his father to Weathers- field Springs, N.Y''., v, , and was graduated '^ at Geneva (Hobart) -^^ f^: college, N.Y., at the (^ .^ head of his class in J-^^t^ ^ K 1834. He was ad- /^ " X mitted to the bar, -^^^ and practised in - ' ** Rochester and War- saw, N.Y". In 1847 he introduced the ' ' Corner Stone* ' res- olution upon which the Free-soil party was formed. He was district attorney of Wyoming county, NY, 1845-51, and colonel of the state militia. He removed to the state of Wisconsin in 1851, was elected judge of the first judicial circuit in 1853 and resigned in 1856. The legislature of Wiscon- sin on Jan. 23, 1857, elected him a senator in congress and he was reelected in 1863, serving until March 4, 1869. He wrote the call for the national convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and is the author of the famoas epigram at the time of Lincoln's renomination in 1864: " I believe in God Almighty, and under him I believe in Abraham Lincoln." He was a mem- ber of "the senate committee of thirteen" to arrange for a compromise of the differences be- tween the North and the South in December, 1860, and in 1861 he was a delegate to the i^eace con- vention. In 1866 he was requested by the legislature of Wisconsin to resign his seat in the senate on account of his support of the policy of President Jolmson, but declined to do so. In 1865, as chairman of the committee on Indian affairs, he was a member of the spetnal senate commit- tee to investigate the condition of the Indians

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