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eral terms ; a presidential elector in 1852 and a representative in the J33d and 34th congresses, 1853-57. He was a commissioner from the third district to superintend the public works of the state and held office vuider the Confederate States government as a department clerk in Richmond. He died in Fairmount, Va., April 27, 1872.

KIEFER, Andrew Robert, representative, was born at Marienborn. near Mainz on the Rhine, Germany, May 25, 1836 ; son of Adam and Eliza- beth (Bingel) Kiefer. He immigrated to the United States in 1849 and settled in St. Paul, Minn., in 1855, where he was elected clerk in the legislature in 1860. In 1861 he organized and connnanded a German-American company in the 2d Minnesota volunteer infantrj' ; was appointed provost-marshal in 1863, and commissioned col- onel of the 32d Minnesota militia regiment in 1864. He served as representative from the 24th district in the state legislature in 1864, was elected clerk of the district courts in 1878 ; was Republican representative from the fourth dis- trict in the 53d and 54th congresses, 1893-97, and mayor of St. Paul. 1898-1900.

KIEFER, Hermann, physician, was born at Sulzburg, Baden, Germany, Nov. 19, 1825 ; son of Dr. Conrad and Friederike (Schweyokert) Kiefer. He was educated at the lyceums of Freiburg and Carlsruhe, 1839-44 ; studied medicine at the uni- versities of Freiburg, Heidelberg, Prague and Vienna, 1844-49, and was graduated from Carls- ruhe in May, 1849. Because of his active part in the revolutions of 1848-49 he was forced to leave the country in July, 1849. He removed to the United States and settled as a physician and sur- geon at Detroit, Mich., in October, 1849. He was married, July 21, 1850, to Francisca Kehle of Bonndorf, Baden. Germany. He was a member of the Detroit board of education, 1866-67 ; a Re- publican presidential elector in 1872 ; a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1876 ; a member of the commission of the public library, 1882-83, and U.S. consul at Stettin, German}-, 1883-85. He was appointed a member of the board of regents of the University of Michigan in 1889, in place of Moses W. Field, deceased, and elected in 1893 for a term of eight years. He was elected a member of the Micliigan State Medical association, the American Medical association, the American Academy of Medicine, the Ameri- can Academy of Political and Social Science and the American Historical association. He is the author of consular reports on American trade, the government of Germany and labor in Europe.

KIEFFER, rioses, educator, was born near Chambersburg, Pa., May 5, 1814 ; son of Cliristian and Mary (Poor man) KiefFer. He was graduated from Marshall college in 1838 ; entered the minis- try of the German Reformed church, and was

pastor at Waterstreet, Huntingdon county. Pa., 1839-43, and of the First Reformed church at Hagerstown, Md., 1843-50. He removed to Read- ing, Pa., in 1850, where he founded and built tlie Second Reformed church and was pastor there until 1855. He was president of Heidel- berg college, Tiffin, Ohio, 1855-63 ; professor in the theological department of the college, 1855- 68, and pastor of churches : at Sandusky, Ohio, 1868 ; Ciiaml)ersburg, 1869-71 ; Greencastle, 1871- 74, and Gettysburg, 1874-87. In July, 1887, he removed to Sioux City, Iowa, where he was a missionary, and wliere the " Dr. Kieffer Memo- rial Cliurch" was built to his memor}-. He had charge of the publications of the German Re- formed church, 1848-63. He received the degree of D.D. He was married May 5, 1840, at Em- mitsburg, Md., to Catharine Ann, daughter of George Smith, and of their sons : the Rev. Augus- tus Ranch Keiffer was a graduate of Hiedelberg college, 1860, and settled in Bradford, Pa., and George Smith Keiflfer settled in Baltimore, Md. He married secondly, during his residence in Sandusky, Ohio, Elizabeth, widow of Charles Barney, who survived him. He died in San- dusky, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1888.

KIEHLE, David Litchard, educator, was born in Dansville, N.Y., Feb. 7, 1837 ; son of James and Elizabeth (Litchard) Kiehle and grandson of Abraham Kiehle and of John Litchard. His first ancestor in America emigi-ated from Germany in the eighteenth century and settled in Lehigh county. Pa. David attended the State normal school at Albany, X.Y., in 1856, and was gradu- ated from Hamilton college, A.B., 1861. A.M., 1864, and from the Union Theological seminary in 1865. He was married, July 17, 1863, to Mary Oilman. He was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1865, and was pastor of tlie Presbj'- terian church at Preston, Minn., 1865-75 ; countj' superintendent of schools in Fillmore county, Minn., 1869-75 ; president of the State normal school at St. Cloud, Minn., 1875-81 ; state super- intendent of public instruction of Minnesota, 1881-93, and was elected professor of pedagogy in the University of Minnesota in 1893 and presi- dent of the department of superintendence of the National Educational association in 1894. His son, Frederick A. Kiehle, was graduated M.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1901. Pro- fessor Kieiile received the degree of LL.D. from Hamilton college in 1887.

KILBOURNE, Charles Evans, soldier, was born in Columbuc, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1844 ; son of Lincoln and Jane (Evans) Kilbourne ; grandson of Col. James and Cythnia (Goodale) Kilbourne, and a descendant of Thomas Kilbourne, who came to America in 1635. He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy, and appointed 2d lieuten-