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LONGFELLOW, Samuel, clergyman and poet, was born at Portland, Maine, June 18, 1819 ; son of the Hon. Stephen and Zilpah (Wadsworth) Longfellow. He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1839, and from the Harvard Divinity school

in 1846. He travel- ed two years, was pastor of the Uni- tarian church in Fall River, Mass., 1848- 53, and of the Second Unitarian church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1853- 60, where he was a regular contributor to the Christian In- guirer. He traveled in Europe for rest and study ; made his home in Cambridge, Mass., 1861-78, and was pastor of the Unitarian Society of Germantown, Pa., 1878-82. He spent the rest of his life at the Craigie house, Cambridge, Mass. His rare gift of song was de- voted almost exclusively to hymn writing. He was a member of the American Philosophical society. He is the author of : essays contributed to the Radical ; sermons published in pamphlet form ; A Book of Hymns (with Samuel Johnson, 1846); Tfuilatta, a Book for the Seaside (with Thomas W. Higginson, 1853); Hymns and Tunes for Congregational Use (1859); a small volume for the vesper service which he introduced into the Unitarian denomination ; Hymens of the Spirit (with Samuel Johnson, 1864); Lectures, Eataya and Sermons of Samuel Johnson, with a Memoir (edited, 1883); Life of Henry Wads- worth Long/eWoia (2 vols., 1886); A Few Verses of Many Years (1887) ; Final Memorials of Henry W. Longfelloxo (1887). A complete collection of his hymns and other poems was published in 1894. He died in Portland, Maine, Oct. 3, 1892.

LONaFELLOW, Stephen, lawyer, was born in Gorham, Maine, March 23, 1776; son of Stephen and Patience (Young) Longfellow ; grandson of Stephen and Tabitha (Brougham) Longfellow, and a descendant of William Long- fellow, of Hosforth, England, who settled in Newbury, Mass., about 1675, where he was mar- ried, Nov. 10, 1678, to Annie, daughter of Henry and Jane (Dummer) Sewall. Stephen Longfellow spent his early youth on his father's farm, and was graduated from Harvard in 1798. He stud- ied law with Salmon Chase of Portland, Maine ; was admitted to the bar in 1801, and settled in Portland, Maine, where he soon gained a good practice. He was married. Jan. 1, 1804, to Zil- pah, daughter of General Peleg and Elizabeth

(Bartlett) Wadsworth of Portland. He was a representative to the general court of Massachu- setts, 1814r-15, and a delegate to the Hartford convention, Dec. 15, 1814 — Jan. 5, 1815. He was a presidential elector in 1816, and cast his vote for Rufus King. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1819 ; a Federalist representative in the 18th congress, 1823-25, and represented his district in the Maine legislature in 1826. He was an overseer of Bowdoin college, 1811-17, was a trustee, 1817-36, and received the degree of LL.D. fro>n that college in 1828. He was recording secretary of the Maine Historical society, 1825-30, and its president in 1834. He compiled sixteen volumes of Massachusetts and twelve of Maine Reports. He died in Portland, Maine, Aug. 3, 1849.

LONQNECKER, Henry Clay, representative, was born near Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, Pa., April 17, 1820; son of Henry and Elizabeth (Kendig) Longnecker. He was a stu- dent at Wilbraham academy, Mass., 1836-39, and at the Norwich Military institute, 1839-41, and in 1841 matriculated at Lafayette college, Easton,^ Pa., but was not graduated. He w^as admitted to the bar in 1843, arid in 1844 settled in practice in Lehigh county. He served in the Mexican war as a 1st lieutenant, captain and adjutant, participating in all the principal engagements under General Scott, and was wounded at the battle of Chapultepec, Sept. 13, 1847. He wa» district attorney of Lehigh county, 1849-50, and a delegate to the Democratic state convention* of 1851 and 1854. In 1856 he left the Democratic party on account of his opposition to slavery ex- tension. He was a Republican representative in the 36th congress, 1859-61, and while in congress, served on the committee on military affairs. He took an active part in organizing the Pennsylva- nia troops, and was made colonel of the 9th Pennsylvania volunteers ; commanded a brigade- in western Virginia, and in 1865 he resumed his practice at Allentown, Pa. He was married, June^ 27, 1866, to Mary J. Lewis. He was elected asso- ciate judge of Lehigh county in 1867. He was a member of the Union League club of Philadel- phia and of the Loyal Legion. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Lafayette in 1851. He died at Allentown, Pa.. Sept. 16, 1871.

LONQSTREET, Augustus Baldwin, educator,, was born in Augusta, Ga., Sept. 22, 1790 ; son of William Longstreet the inventor. He was grad- uated from Yale in the class of 1813, studied law in Litchfield, Conn., and was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1815. He practised in Greens- boro, Ga., 1815-22 ; was a representative in the Georgia legislature from Greene county in 1821, and circuit judge of the Ocmulgee judicial district for several years. He removed to Augusta, Ga.,.