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 DUMONT

DUNBAR

school, Hartsville, Pa., and at Hastings acad- emy, Philadelphia, Pa., and was graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1873, and from Princeton theological seminary in 1877. He was jirincipal of a grammar school at Wilkesbarre, Pa., 1873-74; was ordained an evangelist by the presbytery of Philadelphia, Dec. 9, 1877, was a stated supply in Pennsylvania and Nebraska, 1877-78, and in the latter year went to Europe where he studied and travelled until the close of 1879. In 1881) he became pastor of the Second Presbyterian church at Belvidere, N.J., resigning in 1883 to make a second visit to Europe, 1883-85. In 1886 he became librarian of Princeton theo- logical seminary. He compiled: Tlie General Catalogue of Princeton Theological Seminai~y (1894) ; Bibliography of James McConh (1895); Bibliography of William Henry Green (1896) ; and edited Pro- fessor William Henry Green's Semi- Centennial Cele- bration (1896).

DUMONT, Ebenezer, soldier, was born in Vevay, Ind., Nov. 23, 1814; son of John and Julia Louisa (Carey) Dumont, and maternal grandson of Ebenezer and Martha Carey, pioneer settlers of Marietta, Ohio, from Rhode Island. His mother was the author of " Life Sketches from Common Paths " (1856), a collection of pro.se and verse. He was educated at the Indiana univer- sity and practised law in Vevay. He was speaker of the Indiana house of representatives in 1838; treasvirer of Vevay- county, 1839-45; a soldier in the Mexican war, holding the rank of lieutenant- colonel, 4th Indiana Aolunteers; a Democratic elector in 1853 and again a member of the lower house of the legislature of the state in 1850 and 1853. In the civil war he was colonel of the 7th Indiana volunteers and served for three months in western Virginia under McClellan. He reor- ganized his regiment for three years' service, was promoted brigadier-general, Sept. 3, 1861, and commanded the 17th bi-igade, army of the Ohio. He attacked and drove off Morgan and his raiders at Lebanon, Ky., Maj^ 5, 1862, and after Septem- ber, 1862, commanded the 12tli division of Buell's army. Failing health compelled him to resign, Feb. 28, 1863. He was a representative from In- dianapolis in the 38th and 39th congresses, 1864- 68. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., April 16, 1871.

DUN, Edwin, diplomatist, was born in Chilli- cothe, Ohio, in July, 1848. He was a nephew of Allan G. Thurman, U.S. senator. He was chief of the agricultural bureau colonization depart- ment, Japan, 1873-84. In 1884 President Cleveland appointed him second secretary of the U.S. lega- tion in Japan, and in 1885 first secretary. His popularity with the Mikado, the court and the diplomatic officials constrained President Harri- son to continue him in the office and in 1893 Pres- ident Cleveland promoted him U.S. minister to

Japan. He co-operated with the United States minister to China, Charles Denby, in an amicable settlement of the issues between China and Japan arising out of the war of 1894-95. In 1897 he opened large mercantile houses in Yokohama.

DUN, Walter Angus, physician, was born at Plumwood, Madison county, Ohio, March 1, 1857. He was graduated from the Ohio state univer- sity, B.S. in 1878, and from the Miami medical college of Cincinnati, M.D., in 1882, receiving the faculty prize of f 100 for excellence in final exam- inations. He then entered University college and hospital, London, and in the fall of 1882 was made licentiate by the Royal college of physi- cians. He was made a member of the Royal col- lege of surgeons, Nov. 15, 1882, and a fellow of the Royal microscoijical society in the same year. After travelling on the continent he returned to Cincinnati in 1883, and was appointed demon- strator of hi-stology and practical phj'siology at the Miami medical college. He also became lect- lu-er on clinical medicine in children's diseases; physician to the Episcopal hospital for children in the diocese of Southern Ohio; assistant physi- cian to the children's home ; curator of the Cin- cinnati hospital, and a member of numerous medical and- .social societies. He was also a trus- tee of Miami vmiversity, Oxford, Ohio, in 1884-85, and a lecturer on physiology and comparative anatomy in Cincinnati university. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1887.

DUNBAR, Paul Laurence, poet, was born in Dayton, Ohio, June 27, 1872; son of Joshua and Matilda (Burton) Dunbar, and grandson of Eliza Black. His parents were full-blooded negroes, his father having escaped from slavery in Ken- tucky, and his mother having been' freed from bondage by the events of the civil war. Paul was graduated from the Dayton high school in 1891 and engaged in journalism. In March, 1896, he became a messenger in the Montgomery county, Ohio, court of common pleas, and in October, 1897, he entered the Library of congress, Washington, D.C., as assistant. He was mar- ried, March 6, 1898, to Alice Ruth Moore of New Orleans, La. From his early childhood he showed literary talent, and during his high school course he was editor of the school paper, into wliose col- umns many of his first writings found their way. His poems attracted the attention and admira- tion of James Whitcomb Riley and William Dean Howells, the latter using his influence to bring the young poet before the public. He is said to be the first negi'o poet to write in the English lan- guage. His published works include: Oak and Ivy (1892) ; Majors and Jlinors (1895) ; Lyrics of a Lowly Life (189Q) ; Folks from Dixie (1898); The Uncalled (1898) ; and Lyrics of the Hearth-Side ri899).