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 THORNWELL

THORPE

a member of the territorial council, 1880; first mayor of Santa Fe, 1891, and Democratic gov- ernor of New Mexico, 1893-97.

THORNWELL, James Henley, educator, was born in Marlborough district, S.C., Dec. 9, 1813, He was graduated from South Carolina college, 1831; studied law, but did not practise, and was soon after licensed to preach. He was ordained by the Bethel presbytery in 1834 and installed as pastor at Lancaster court house, at the same time being supply at Waxhaws and Six Mile. He was professor of logic, belle-lettres, criticism and metapliysics in South Carolina college, 1837-39; pastor at Columbus, S.C, 1840; returned to the university as professor of sacred literature and the evidences of "Christianity, which position he held, 1843-52, serving also as chaplain, with the exception of the year 1841, which he spent in European travel for the benefit of his health. He was for a few months pastor in Charleston, S.C, but resigned to accept the presidency of South Carolina college, serving, 1852-55, and was pro- fessor of theology in the Presbyterian Theological seminary at Columbia, and also pastor of the Presbyterian church, 1855-62. He received the honorary degree of D.D., and is the author of: Arguments of Romanists Discussed and Refuted (1845); Discourses on Tnith (1854); Riglits and Duties of Masters; and The State of the Country (1861) and of contributions to the Southern Presbyterian Review. His complete works, edited by the Rev. John B. Adger, were published in 1874. He died in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 1, 1862.

THORPE, Francis Newton, historian, was born in Swampscott, Mass., xVpril 16, 1857; son of Judah Welles and Rosanna (Porter) Thorpe; grandson of Joseph Edgerton and Annie (Calk- ins) Thorpe and of Isaac and Elizabeth Porter,

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and a descendant of Hugh Calkins of Nor- wich, Conn., Ehph- alet Thorpe of Bos- ton, Mass., and John Porter of Connecti- cut. He attended Lake Shore seminary (now St. Mary's col- lege), North East, Erie county, Pa., 1871-75; was a

teacher at the Pleas- antville, Pa., high school, 1876-77; su- perintendent of the North East high school, 1878-82, and attended Syracuse university as a post graduate student, 1883-83, receiving the degree Ph.D., 1883. He was a teacher of English literature at the Central High school, Philadel-

phia, Pa., 1885-86; attended the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1885-86; was admitted to the bar at Erie, Pa., in 1885. He was professor of literature, liistory and political science at the Central Manual Training school, Philadelphia, Pa., 1886-91; a lecturer on Amer- ican history at the University of Pennsylvania, 1888-91; lecturer on civil government, 1889-91, and professor of American constitutional history, 1891-98. He was a fellow in political science and history at the University of Pennsylvania, 1885-87, and received the honorary degrees of Ph.B. and A.M. from the Illinois Wesleyan uni- versity in 1883. He was married, June 4, 1895, to Marion Haywood Shreve. daughter of Ben- jamin Franklin and Sarah Marion (Haywood) Shreve of Mt. Holly, N.J. He was closely iden- tified with the university extension movement in America; was a founder of the American Academy of Social and Political Science, made a special study of constitutional law and history of the states, and is the author of: The Govem- vientofthe People of the United States (1889); The Story of the Constitution (1891); Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania (1893); The Government of the State of Pennsylvania (1894); A Constitutional History of the American People, 177G-1S50 (3 vols. 1898); The Constitutional History of the United States, 1765-1S95 (3 vols. 1901); A History of the United States for Junior Classes (1901); ^4 History of the American Peo- ple (1901): The Spoils of Empires: A Romance of the Old World and the New (1903); The Lifa of William Pepper, 31. D., LL.D. {184-3-1898) Pro- vost of the University of Pennsylvania (1903); Franklin's Influence in Education (1903).

THORPE, Rose Hartwick, author, wasbo^-n in Mishawka, Ind., July 18, 1850; daughter of Will- iam and Mary (Wight) Hartwick and grand- daughter of Morris and Elinor (Cole) Hartwick, and of Thaddeus and Lucinda (Washburn) Wight. She attended the public schools of Litchfield, Midi., and early displayed literaiy talent. Her parents, having encountered financial losses, were obliged to enforce the strictest economy, and she had neither books nor writing paper. Her best known poem, "Curfew Must Not Ring To-night", was written in April, 1867, on her slate, and was publislied in 1870 in the Detroit Commercial Ad- vertiser, attaining immediate popularity. She was married, Sept. 11, 1871, to Edmund Carson Thorpe of Berea, Ohio, and their daughter, Lulo, illustrated several of her books. She is the author of a poem: The Station Agent's Story and of the following books: Fred's Dark Days (1881); The Fenton Family (1884); Kina Bruce (1886): Tlie Chester Girls (1887): Temperance Poems (1887); Ringing Ballads (ISS7); The Year's Best Days (1889); Sweet Song Stories (1898).