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LORAS, Pierre Jean Mathias, R.C. bishop, was born at Lyons, France, Aug. 30, 1792. His father died on the scaffold during the reign of terror. He was ordained a priest Nov. 12, 1815, in the chapel of the "Grand Seminaire de Gre- noble," at Lyons, by Mgr. Claude Simon, bishop of Grenoble. He filled the office of sui)erior of the ec- clesiastical seminary of Largenti^re until 1830, when he came to the United States with Bishop Portier of Mobile, Ala. He was appointed vicar- general on his arrival and also president of ^ J J _^ ^ — -TT • ^'^® newlv organized ^^0^0**^ y^'^^ college *at Spring

Hill, Ala. When the diocese of Dubuque was established, July 28, 1837, he was elected its first bishop and was consecrated at Mobile. Ala., Dec. 10, 1837. He visited Europe to obtain :xiis8ionaries and on his return was installed April 21, 1839. He made his first visitation in June, 1839, and founded missions at Fort Snelling and Prairie du Chien. He consecrated St. Raphael's cathedral, Dubuque, Aug. 15, 1839, and subsequently built a church at Davenport, which became in 1881 the see city of the diocese of Iowa. He established missions among the Sioux, Fox and Winnebago Indians. He spent a large amount of money in 'building churches and schools, in employing teachers, and in educating poor children and also established a seminary. He introduced the Sisters of Charity into his diocese, founded St. Joseph's convent of Mount Carmel, Dubuque, and the convent of the Nuns of Visitation of the B.V.M., and New Mel- laray Abbey for the Trappist Fathers, and he also encouraged the emigration of Roman Catho- lic settlers to Iowa. In 1850 the diocese of St. Paul was set off from his see and on May 3, 1857, the Rev. Clement Smyth was consecrated coad- jutor bivshop with right of succession. He died at Dubuque. Iowa., Feb. 20, 1858.

LORD, Chester Sanders, editor, was born in Romulus, N.Y., March 18, 1850; son of the Rev. Edward and Mary Jane (Sanders) Lord ; grand- son of Chester Webster and Betsey (Kingsbury) Lord ; and of Anthony and of Celinda (Brown) Sander8,^of Williamstown, Mass., and a descend- ant of William Bradford, and of Noah Webster. His first ancestor in America was Thomas Lord, who came from England in 1635. and was a first settler of Hartford. He entered Hamilton college in the class of 1873 but did not graduate. He

was associate editor of the Oswego Advertiser, 1870-71 and in 1872 joined the editorial staff of the New York Sun, an J was its managing editor, 1880-1901. He was elected a regent of the Uni- versity Ol the State of New York in 1897. He was made a member of the Lotos club and vras its secretary, 189-4-1901. He received the honor- ary degree of A.^I. from Hamilton college in 1894 and that of LL.D. from St. Lawrence uni- versity in 1898.

LORD, David Nevins, editor and author, was born in Franklin, Conn., March 4, 1792 ; a brother to Eleazar Lord. He was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1817, A.M., 1820, and studied theology, but ill health prevented him from entering the ministry. He engaged as an importer of dry goods in New York city in 1823, and became in- terested with his brother in the management of the New York and Erie railway on its formation. He edited the Theological and Literary Journal, a quarterly founded by his brother, 1848-61, and contributed regularly to its columns. He is the author of: Exposition of the Apocalypse (1847); Characteristics of Figurative Languages (1854); Louis Napoleon — is he to he the Iinj)erial Chief of the Ten Kingdoms ? (1866); Visions of Paradise, an epic (1867). He died in New Y''ork, July 14, 1880.

LORD, Eleazar, financier and author, was born in Franklin, Conn., Sept. 9, 1788. He was educated in the district schools of Franklin and was a resident licentiate at A n do ver Theological seminary in the class of 1815, but was not or- dained, owing to tlie failure of his eyesight. He founded the American Sunday School Union in 1815, and was its secretary, 1818-26, and its president 1826-36. He became a merchant and banker in New York city ; founded and was pres- ident of the Manhattan Insurance company of New York city, 1821-33, and was the founder and first president of the New Y''ork and Erie railway ; advocated the banking system adopted by the state of New Y''ork in 1838 ; founded the National Institution for the Promotion of Industry in 1820 and served as its secretary, president, and editor of its paper, the Patron of Industry. He also aided in establishing the Home and Foreign Missionary society, the Auburn Theological seminary in 1820 ; the Hartford Theological seminary in 1834, which was fii'st located at East Windsor, Conn.; and the University of the City of New York in 1831, of which he was a member of the council 1831-34, and from which he received the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1866. He was a director of Princeton Theological seminary 1823- 26. He established and edited the Theological and Literary Journal. He published an edition of Tempriere's " Biographical Dictionary," to which he contributed 800 original articles (1825); and is the author of : Credit Currency arid Bank-