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Anthony, Daniel Read

pioneer journalist, was born Aug. 22, 1824, in South Adams, Mass. He visited the state of Kansas in 1854, and while there helped to found the city of Lawrence. He located in Kansas at Leavenworth, and in 1863 was elected mayor of that city. He is the owner of the Leavenworth Times, now one of the most extensive newspaper establishments in the west.

ANTHONY, GEORGE CHRISTIAN, lawyer, educator, was born March 19, 1820, in Red Hook, N. Y. He was the eldest son of the Rev. Henry Anthon; was graduated at Columbia college in 1839; studied law, and was admitted to practice at the New York bar. He removed to New Orleans and there began teaching, but returned to New York and was appointed professor of Greek in the university of the city of New York. He established the Anthon grammar school in 1854, and was its principal until his death. He died Aug. 11, 1877, in Yonkers, N. Y.