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879-81. He was appointed to the bench of the upreme court in ISdl, and was made chief justice if the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts n 1890. He was a meni'oer of the Boston school Boston common council for three years. He re- md from Dartmouth in 1888. He was married in [877; and again in October, 1882, to Frances E. j'arvvell. He died in Boston. Mass., July 15, 1899.
 * ommittee for two years and a member of the
 * eived the degree of LL.D. from Harvard in 1886
 * 860 to Eliza E. McLoon, who died in March,

FIELDER, George Bragg, representative, ,vas born in Jersey City, N.J., July 24, 1842; son )f James F. and Charlotte (Bragg) Fielder; grandson of Samuel Fielder and of Thomas Bragg, and a descendant of Revolutionary stock. He attended the ijublic schools in Jersey City, ST. J., and Selleck's academy, Norwalk. Conn., md in 1862 enlisted in the 21st N.J. volunteers, jemg promoted from private to sergeant-major md lieutenant. He was wounded and taken prisoner, May 4, 1863. at the battle of Marye's Heights, Va. He was elected regi.ster of the jounty of Hudson in 1884, and re-elected in 1889. He was a Democratic representative from New Jersey in the 53d congress, 1893-95; refused a renomination, and was elected register for the Ihird term in 1894.

FIELDS, Annie Adams, author, was born in Boston, Mass., Jime 6, 1834; daughter of Dr. Zabdiel Boylston and Sai-ah May (Holland) Adams; granddaughter of Zabdiel and Rachael (Lyon) Adams and of John and Sarah (May) Holland; gi'eat-granddaugliter of Dea. Ebenezer and Mehitable (Spear) Adams, and a descend- ant of Henry Adams of Braintree, who came from England in 1633-33. She was educated at the school of George B. Emerson and at other schools, but chiefly at home. She was married in 1854 to James Thomas Fields, the author. She was the joint editor of Letters of Celia Thaxter (1895); and is the author of: Tinder the Olive (1881) {hoxo to Help the Poor (1883); Memoir of James T. Fields (1884); imttier, Notes of His Life and of His Friendships (1893); A Shelf of Old Jiool,s (1894); The Singing Shepherd nnd Olhrr Poems (1895); Anthors and Friends (1896); The Life and Letters of Harriet Elisabeth Beeeher Stove (1897); and numerous contributions to periodical literature.

FIELDS, James Thomas, publisher, was born at Portsmouth, N.H., Dec. 31, 1816. His father was a shipmaster and died at sea in 1821, leaving his widow with the care of his two sons and of the shipyards and wharves. He was graduated from the high scliool of his native jjlace in 1830, and in 1834 removed to Boston, Mass., where he was employed by Carter & Hendee, booksellers. This firm was afterward succeeded by Allen &

Ticknor, and in 1839 Mr. Fields was admitted as- junior partner, the title of the firm being Tick- nor, Reed & Fields. This was again changed in 1846 to Ticknor & Fields. He was married in 1854 to Annie, daughter of Dr. Zabdiel Boylston Adams, and in 1859 they established at their home on Charles street. Boston, the first and for many years the only American salon, a favorite meetnig

place for men of let ters, including Em- erson, Hawthoi ne Holmes, Longfellow Lowell, Aga.ssiz and many others. E\ ( ii after Mr. FielcK - death the house con tinned to be the ren dezvous of visiting foreign literati, as well as of American artists and authors. Ja,f,^^^^:old.^ In 1847 he visited Eu-

rope, where he made several close friends among the leading literary men of the day. He made three subsequent visits abroad, in 1851, 1859 and 1869. He was frequently invited to appear before college societies as poet or lecturer, and delivered the anniversary poem before the Mercantile li- brary association In 1835 and again in 1848. In 1858 he collected, edited and published the first complete edition of the works of Tliomas de Quincy. in twenty volumes. In 1862 he succeeded Mr. James Russell Lowell as editor of The Atlan- tic. Monthly, and remained in that position until his final retirement from business in 1871. Har- vard conferred upon him the honoraiy degree of A.M. in 1858, and Dartmouth that of LL.D. in 1874. His published writings include: Poems (1849; 2d ed., 1854); A Feio Verses for a Few Friends (1858); Yesterdays with Authors (1873); Haiethorne (1876); In and Out of Doors xmth Charles Dickens (1876); and Family Library of English Poetry (edited with Edwin P. Whipple, 1877). He died in Boston, ihiss., April 24, 1881.

FIERO, James Newton, lawyer, was born at Saugerties, N.Y., May 23, 1847, son of Col. Chris- topher Fiero, and grandson of Abram Fiero, M.D. He was prepared for college at Delaware academy and at Clieriy Valley, N.Y., and was graduated from Union in 1867. He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and practised at Binghamton, then at Kingston, and from 1891 at Albany, N.Y. He became a lecturer on practice and pleading at the Albany law school in 1892, and in 1895 was elected dean of that institution. He was presi- dent of the Albany alumni association of Union college, a member of the committee on law