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LENOX

Corpus Christi church and of the adjoining mis- sions at Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he labored until iiis consecration as bishop. He was made irre- movable rector and dean of this territory, and held, these offices until 1897. He was proclaimed in the consistory at Rome in November, 1896, Bish- op of Cheyenne, as successor to the Rt. Rev. Maurice F. Burke, and was con- secrated in St. Ra- phael's cathedral at Dubuque, Feb. 24, 18- 97, by Archbishop Hennessy, assisted bj' Bishops Cosgrove lied in Marshalltown, Iowa,

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LENNOX, Charlotte Ramsey, author, was born in New York city in 1720 ; daughter of Colonel Ramsej', lieutenant-governor of the colony. Slie was sent to England in 1735 to complete her educa- tion, which was interrupted by the death of her parents, who left no property. She was patron- ized in England by Lady Buckingham and by the Duchess of Newcastle. She appeared in public, first as an actress and subsequently as an author. She married Mr. Lennox, a London printer, and after his death was wholly dependent on her writings. She became an intimate friend of Samuel Richardson and of Samuel Johnson. Johnson wrote the introduction to " The Female Quixote," and to "Shakespeare Illustrated." During the latter part of her life she was sup- ported by the London literary fund. She is the author of : Poems on Several Occasions (1747) ; Memoirs of Harriet or Harriot Stuart (1751) ; TTie Female Quixote (1752) ; Shakespeare Illus- trated (3 vols. 1753-54) ; Henrietta (1758) ; Phi- lander, a Dramatic Pastoral (1758) ; The Duke of Sully's Memoirs, translated (1761) ; Father Burmoifs Greek Theatre (1761) ; Sophia (1763) ; The Sisters (1769) ; Old City Manners (1773) ; Euphemia (1790) ; Memoirs of Henry Lennox (1804), and several translations. She died in Lon- don, England, Jan. 4, 1804, and was buried in Deans Yard, Westminster.

LENOIR, WiHiam, soldier, was born in Bruns- wick county, Va., May 20, 1751. His parents, of French-Huguenot descent, removed in 1759 to Edgecombe county, N.C., where he received a limited education and was married in 1770 to Ann Ballard of Halifax county, N.C. He removed to near Wilkesboro, then in Surry county, in 1775 ; became a member of the council of safety for that

county, and served as lieutenant under Capt. Ben- jamin Cleveland in the expeditious of General Rutherford against the Cherokee Indians. He en- gaged in suppressing the Tories ; and served as cap- tain of the North Carolina Rangers under Colonel Clevelandiu the battle of King's Mountain, Oct. 7, 1780, where he was wounded. He took part in the engagement that resulted in the defeat of Colonel Pyle near the Haw river, where his horse was shot under him, and later he raised a company and marched toward the Dan river, with the ex- pectation of joining General Greene's army, but did not succeed. He passed through the various grades in tlie state militia, serving as major-gen- eral, 1821-39. He was register, surveyor, com- missioner of affidavits, chairman of the county court, and clerk of the superior court of Wilkes county. He was a justice of the peace ; a mem- ber of the house of commons of the North Caro- lina legislature for several years, state senator, 1781-95, and president of the senate for five years ; a member of the council of state and pres- ident of its board, and a member of both the ctate conventions which met for the purpose of con- sidering the constitution of the United States, where he insisted on the adoption of the pro. posed amendments. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina, 1789-1804, and pres- ident of the board, 1790-92. Lenoir and Lenoir county, N.C, were named for him. He died at Fort Defiance, WMlkes county, N.C, May 6, 1839. LENOX, James, philanthropist, was born in New York city, Aug. 19, 1800 ; son of Robert

and (Carmer) Lenox. His father, a

wealthy merchant and a native of Philadelphia, Pa., removed to New York at the close of the American Revolu- tion, and at his death left to his only son and seven daughters property valued at several million dol- lars, earned largely through investment in New York city real estate covering thirtj' acres known as Lenox Farm. James was graduated at Columbia college, A. B., 1818, A.M., 1821. He became a dis- criminating collec- tor of books and works of art in America and Europe. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and a generous though unostentatious benefactor to the charities of that church. He founded, furnished the land, and contributed the sum of $735,000 to build Lenox library, and when

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