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he married Letitia Frazier, daughter of Asbury and Mary (Bell) Frazier, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He removed to New York in 1862, and was assist- ant editor of The Methodist, 1863-65 ; associate editor of the Brooklyn Daily Union, 1865-69; as- sistant editor of The Methodist, 1870-77 ; assistant ■editor of the Popular Science Monthly from 1880 ; contributor of articles on ecclesiastical transac- tions, arclia?ology and other subjects to " Apple- ton's Annual Cyclopedia" from 1870 ; contributor to Kiddle and Schem's, "Cyclopedia of Educa- tion "' (1877), and '"Year Book of Education" (1878); joint author with A. J. Schem, of History of the War in the East (1879); contributor, from 1890, of the department '• Life in the Churches " in the Christian Advocate, New Y'ork city ; and translator or editor of numerous publications including The Gilded Man, by A. F. Bandelier, and Tlie Beginnings of Art, by Ernst Gross. He received the degree of LL.D. from DePauw uni- versity in 188S.

LARREMORE, Richard Ludlow, jurist, was born near Astoria, Long Island, N.Y., Sept. 6, 1830 ; son of Peter P. and Elizabeth (Ludlow) Larremore, of English and Dutch descent. He ■was graduated from Rutgers college in 1850, stud- ied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He made a specialty of the law of loans on real- estate security. He was married, in 185-t, to Caro- line Eliza, daughter of Joseph Livermore of New York. He was a member of the board of educa- tion in New York city for many j^ears, served as its president, 1868-71, and through his efforts prevented the Tweed ring from gaining control of the board. He was a member of the New Y'ork constitutional convention of 1867, and was elected a justice of the court of common jjleas of New Y^ork, May 17, 1870, for a term of fourteen years, and was re-elected in 1884. On the retire- ment of Chief-Justice Charles P. Daly, Dec. 31, 1885, he was chosen chief justice of the court of common pleas by his associates, and served until Dec. 31, 1890, when he was succeeded by Joseph F. Daly. He received the degree of LL.D. from the University of the City of New Y''ork in 1870. He died in New Y^ork city, Sept. 13, 1893.

LARSEN, Peter Laurentius, educator, was born in Kristianssand, Norwu}-, Aug. 10, 1833 ; son of Capt. Herman and Marie (Oftedahl) Lar- sen. He was educated at the Latin school of his native place, 1842-50, and at the university, 1850-55, where he studied theologj'. In 1857 he immigrated to the United States and was pastor of congregations of Norwegians in Pierce and ad- jacent counties in Wisconsin. 1857-59 ; tlie Nor- wegian Lutheran synod's i)rofe.ssor at the Con- cordia college and theological seminary in St. Louis, Mo.. 1859-61 : president of Luther college. La Crosse, Wis., 1861-62, and thereafter at Deco-

rah, Iowa, to which place the college was re- moved in 1862. He was also chief editor of the church paper published by the synod, 1868-89, and assistant pastor of the Lutheran congregation at Decorah. He was married, July 23, 1855, to Karen Neuberg, who died, Feb. 6, 1871, leaving four children ; and secondly, Aug. 20, 1872, to Ingeborg Astrup ; their son Nikolai Astrup be- came a minister in Minnesota. 1900, and their eldest daughter Hanna was a missionary in Zulu- laud. 1896-1900.

LATANE, James Allen, R.E. bishop, was born in Essex county, Va., Jan. 15, 1831 ; son of Henrj' Waring and Susan (Allen) Latane, and a de- scendant of Rev. Louis Latane, a Huguenot, who left France in 1685, studied at Oxford, was ordained by the Bishop of London, came lo Essex county, Va., in April, 1700, and died in 1732. James re- ceived an academic education, studied law at the University of Virginia, 1848-53, and was gradu- ated from the Virginia Theological seminar}' at Alexandria in 1856. He was married, Nov. 7,

1855, to Mary Minor HoUaday of Charlottesville, Va. He was made a deacon at Millwood, Va.,

1856, and priest at Staunton, Va., 1857, by Bishop Meade, and was rector of Trinity church, Staun- ton, Va., 1857-71, and of St. Matthew's church, Wheeling, W. Va., 1871-74. Shortly after the es- tablishment of the Reformed Episcopal church, he joined that denomination and founded churches in Essex and King William counties, Va. He was elected bishop at Chicago, 111., in 1876, and declined, but accepted when re-elected in 1879, and was assigned to the missionary jurisdiction of the south. He removed in 1880 to Baltimore. Md., where he took charge of the Bishop Cum- ming Memorial church, and later of the Church of the Redeemer. He was unanimously elected presiding bishop of the Reformed Episcopal church of the United States in 1883, and again in 1900. The honorary degree of D.D. was con- ferred on him by Hampden-Sidney college. His brother, Capt. William Latane, 9th Virginia cavalry, C.S.A., born, Jan. 16, 1833, killed in Stuart's raid around McClellan's army, June 13, 1862, is the subject of John R. Thompson's poem, "The Burial of Latane." James died in Balti- more, Md., Feb. 22, 1902.

LATCH, Edward Biddle, naval officer and author, was born in Montgomery county, Pa., Nov. 15, 1833 ; son of Gardiner and Henrietta (Wakeling) Latch ; grandson of Jacob and Jane (Rose) Latch and of Samuel and Elizabeth (do Monseau) Wakeling ; great-grandson of Rudolf Latch ; and of German ancestors who immigrated to Montgomery county, Pa., before 1755. His grandfather, JIajor Jacob Latch, served in the Continental army during the American Revolu- tion. The Rose family came to America with