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graduated from Yale. A.B., 184"); read law in Vicksburg. Miss., aud in 1848 began practice in Helena, Ark. He was married, June, 1854, to Mary E., daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Burns) Anderson of Musfreesboro, Tenn. He was a representative in the legislature, 1851-52, and was receiver of tiie U.S. land oirioe at Helena, 1852-60. He was commissioned colonel of the thirtieth Arkansas volunteers in 1861, and w;is attached to the 1st brigade, 1st division, 1st corps under Leonidas Polk. He fought at Bel- mont. Mo., Nov. 7, 1861, and at Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. Here he was promoted brigadier-general; was transferred to General Price's division, tak- ing part in the Little Rock expedition, Aug. 1- Sept. 14, 1863. and when Banks threatened Sineve- port in 1864. Gen. Kirby Smith ordered Prices entire infantry under Churchill to support Taylor, Tappan commanding one division of this detach- ment, which arrived at Pleasant Hill. La., on the morning of the battle. Tappan commanded the left of the attacking line, turned the enemj-'s flank, and only drew back to re-form, when the right of the line failed to support him. Gen. Kirby Smith followed the enemy to Camden, and then to Jenkins's Ferry, where an engagement ensued in which Tappan participated. Churchill's di- vision, including Tappan's brigade, was then marched across country to support General Taylor. He continued in Arkansas and Louisiana until April, 1865, when he surrendered at Shreveport, L£i.. and returning to Helena, Ark., continued his law practice. He was a delegate to several Democratic state conventions, and to the Demo- cratic national convention of 1884. He was ap- pointed on the board of visitors to the U.S. Military academy, 1885; and on the board of visitors to the U.S. Naval academy, 1896. In 1896 he was elected a representative in the Arkansas legislature, serving as speaker at the regular and extra sessions in 1897, and was re- elected in 1898. serving as chairman of the judi- ciary ci.inniittee at the session in 1899.

TAPPAN, Lewis, abolitionist, was born in Northampton. Mass., May 23, 1788; son of Ben- jamin and Sarah (Homes) Tappan, and brother of Arthur Tappan (q. v.). He engaged in busi- ness as a clerk in a Boston dry-goods store, be- came a member of the firm of Tappan and Searle, importers, and in 1810 visited England to pur- chase goods. j.>ining his brother Arthur, who was abroad for a similar purpose. In 1815 he furnislied liis brother Artlmr with the capital neces-sarj- to estiiblisli an importing business in New York city, and in 1817, the project having failed, he di.^solved partnership. In 1828 he re- moved to New York city, and became a member of the firm of Arthur Tappan & Co., the partner- ship continuing until 1841. They established the

Journal of Commerce as a high-class commercial paper in 1827, and in 1831 Arthur Tappan with- drew and Lewis continued it. Tiie proprietors holding that a daily paper could be carried on without desecrating the Lord's day, all work on the paper was suspended on Sundays. He joined the antislavery movement, and on July 10, 1834, his house was attacked by a mob, who broke open the doors and windows, threw the furni- ture into the street, and lighted a fire which they fed with the beds and bedding. After the financial crisis of 1837 he withdrew from the firm and established the first mercantile agency in the country. He founded and was president of the American Missionary association. He is the author of: Life of Arthur Tappan (1870). He died in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 21, 1873.

TAPPER, Thomas, musician and author, was born in Canton, Mass., Jan. 28, 1864; son of Thomas and Ellen (Whalley) Tapper; grandson of Thomas and Susan (Voisey) Tapper, and of John and Jane (Roberts) Whalley. He was graduated from the American College of Musicians, Uni- versity of the State of New York, continued his studies abroad, and upon his return located in Boston, Mass. He was married, Sept. 22, 1895, to Bertha Feiriiig, daughter of Lars and Bertha Iverson Feiring of Hedemarken, Norway. He was made a fellow of the American College of Musicians, and translated Stamat's " Rhythm of the Fingers" (1887), and is the author of: Chais ifith Music Students (1890); The Music Life (1892); The Natural Course in Music (9 vols., 1895); 3Lisic Talk ivith Children (1896); Child's Music World (1896); Pictures from the Lives of Gi^ent Composers (ISdd); First Studies in 3Iusic Biography (1900); Harmonic Music Course (9 vols., 1903); Melodic- Music Course (4 vols., 1903); and editor of Musical Record and Revieio, Boston, and of Choir aud Choral Magazine, Boston.

TARKINQTON, Newton Booth, author, was born in Indianapolis. Ind., July 29, 1S69; son of John Slosson and Elizabeth (Booth) Tarkington; grandson of Joseph and Maria (Slosson) Tarking- ton, and of Beebe and Hannah (Pitts) Booth. He was graduated from Phillips Exeter (N.H.) academy, 1889, and from the College of New Jersey (Princeton), A.B., 1893. He was married, June 18, 1902, to Laurel Louisa, daughter of Stougiiton Joseph and Laurel (Locke) Fletcher of Indianapolis. He is the author of: TJie Gentle- man from Indiana (1899); Monsieur Beaucaire (1900), which he dramatized in collaboration with E. G. Sutherland in 1901; The Two Van- revels (1902) and The Man on Horseback, a four-act drama dealing with the Napoleonic period (1903). TATE, James Alexander, educator, was born in Maness. Va.. Fnb. 20, 1860; son of John and Martha (Maness) Tate; grandson of AVilliam and