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where he engaged in ni.uiufucturing iron. He represented his assembly district in tiie New Jer- sey legishxture and was county judge. He died at New Mills, N.J., Feb. 17, 1814.

LACEY, John Fletcher, representative, was born at New Martinsville, Va., May 30, 1841 ; son •of John M. and Eleanor Lacey ; grandson of John M. Lacey, and a descendant of Spencer Lacey 4ind John Lacey, his father, both of whom served in the Revolutionary war. In 1855 he removed with his parents to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and con- tinued his studies at private schools. At the out- break of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the 3d Iowa volunteer infantry, was taken pris- oner at the battle of Blue Mills, and in Novem- ber, 1861, was paroled at Lexington with Gen- eral Mulligan's command and discharged in November, /^61. He then studied law under Samuel A. Rice, attornej--general of Iowa. In 1862 he was exchanged as a prisoner, and re-en- listed in the 33d Iowa infantrj^ of which Samuel A. Rice was made colonel. He was commissioned 1st lieutenant and captain, 1863 ; assistant adju- "tant-genei"al on the staff of Colonel Rice, 1863, and was transferred to Gen, Frederick Steele's staff when General Rice was mortally wounded April •30, 1864, and served until his discharge, Sept. 19, 1865, having participated in the engagements at Helena, Little Rock, Teri-enoir. Elkin's Ford, Prairie d'Ann, Poison Springs, Camden, Jenkins's Ferry and Fort Blakely. He was admitted to the bar in 1865, and practised at Oskaloosa. He was •a representative in the state legislature in 1870, temporary chairman of the Republican state con- vention in 1898, and Republican representative from the sixth district of Iowa in the 51st, 53d, 54th. 55th. .56tli, 57th and 5Sth congresses, 1889-91, and 1893-1905. He wrote : Laeei/'s Raihvay Di- gest ; Lacej/'s Tltird loica Digest and other legal reffreiice works.

LACLHDC, Pierre Ligueste, pioneer, was born in Bion, France, in 1724. It is probable that he was one of the founders of Ste. Genevieve in 1755, the first settlement made by Europeans in that part of Louisiana, afterward known as Louisiana Territory. He obtained, in 1763, from M. D"Abbadie, director-general and civil and military commander of Louisiana, a monopoly of the " fur trade with the Indians of Missouri river and those west of the Mississippi river above the Missouri, as far north as St. Peter's river;" and the firm of Laclede, Maxent & Co. became known as the Louisiana Fur Company. In •order to accomplish the designs of the company, Laclede organized an expedition in New Orleans, and in August, 1763, started out to establish a trading post north of the settlements at Ste. Gen- evieve. They wintered at Fort de Chartres in what was then called Illinois, and in February,

1764, Col. Auguste Chouteau (q.v.) left the fort with some followers and proceeded tlirough the wilderness until he reached the present site f)f St. Louis, Mo., which he selected for a settle- ment on Feb. 15, 1764. Laclede arrived in March, 1764, laid out the plan of the future town, and named it in honor of Louis XV. of France. This spot became the capital of Louisiana Territory. He received two valuable grants of land in St. Louis from St. Ange de Bellerive in 1766. His partner, Antonie Maxent, a Spanish officer, dis- posed of Laclede's property for a small sum in 1779. He died in his bateau, on the Mississippi, while on his way to New Orleans, June 20, 1778.

LACOCK, Abner, senator, was born in Vir- ginia in 1770. He removed to Pennsylvania and settled in Beaver county, where he entered the political field in opposition to the Federalist party. He served in both houses of the state legislature a term of years, and was a representa- tive in the 12th U.S. congress, 1811-13. In con- gress he advocated the war of 1812, but opposed General Jackson's policy in the south. In 1813 he was elected U.S. senator as successor to Andrew Gregg, serving until March 4, 1819. He was made chairman of the special committee on the conduct of Jackson in Florida, and the com- mittee was engaged in the investigation from Dec. 12, 1818, to Feb. 24, 1819, Senator Lacock making the report condemning Jackson's con- duct. He subsequently denied that Mr. Callioun had any knowledge of the substance of the report before it was made public, as charged by Mr. Calhoun's enemies in the campaign of 1824. Af- ter the close of his senatorial term he was presi- dent of the Pennsj'lvania and Ohio Canal com- pany. He died in Freedonia, Pa., Aug. 12, 1837.

LACOMBE, Emile Henry, jurist, was born in New York city, Jan. 29, 1846; son of Emile H. and Elizabeth E. (Smith) Lacombe ; grandson of Pierre Lacombe of Philadelphia, and a descend- ant of a family of French refugees from Santo Domingo. He was graduated from Columbia college, A.B., 1863, honor man, and LL.B. in 1865, taking the prize for an essay on constitu- tional law. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, on reaching his majority. He was an assistant in the office of the counsel to the corporation of the city of New York, 1875-84, and in June, 1884, was appointed counsel to the corjjoration and re- appointed in January, 1885. He resigned in June, 1887, to accept the position of U.S. circuit judge of the second circuit, having been ap- pointed by President Cleveland. He received the honorary degree of LL.D from Columbia in 1894.

LACY, Drury, educator, was born in Chester- field county, Va., Oct. 5, 1758; son of William and Elizabeth (Rice) Lacy, and grandson of