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Dade, Francis Langhorn – Dalcho, Frederick

Dade, Francis Langhorn

soldier, was born in Virginia. He was appointed third lieutenant in the twelfth infantry in 1813; became first lieutenant in 1816, captain in 1818, and brevet major in 1828.

He was killed by the Indians Dec. 28, 1835, near Fort King, Fla.

Dagg, John Leadley

clergyman, college president, author, was born Feb. 13, 1794, in Middleburg, Va. He was a baptist clergyman who retired from the ministry in 1833, and was president of Mercer university, Ga., in 1844-56. He was the author of Manual of Theology; Elements of Moral Science; Evidences of Christianity; and English Grammar. He died June 11, 1884, in Haynesville, Ala.

Daggett, Aaron S

soldier, was born June 14, 1839, in Greene Corner, Maine.

He served through the civil war, and received the rank of major and lieutenantcolonel.

Daggett, Rollin M

journalist, congressman, was born in 1831, in Richville, N. Y. In 1862 he removed to Virginia City, Nev.; was elected to the territorial council in 1863; was a presidential elector in 1876; and was elected a representative from Nevada to the forty-sixth congress. In 1882 he was appointed United States minister to the Hawaiian Islands.

Dahlgren, Charles B

engineer, was born Oct. 16, 1839, in Philadelphia.

After the civil war he was engaged in engineering; wrote several papers, and a standard technical works on the Historic Mines of Mexico. He was also a captain of the United States navy.

Dahlgren, Ulric

soldier, was born in 1842, near Philadelphia. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He died March 4,

Daily, Samuel G

congressman, was born in 1819 in Indiana. He was elected a delegate from the territory of Nebraska to the thirty-seventh congress, and elected to the thirty-eighth congress; and was subsequently appointed a deputy-collector in New Orleans. He died Sept. 14, 1865, in New Orleans, La.

Dake, Alvin Chamberlin

capitalist, was born Aug. 1, 1849, in Allenburg, N. Y. In 1878 he commenced the manufacture of charcoal at Leadville; and in 1883 moved to Dake, Colo., where he continued the business, and was one of the largest charcoal dealers in the state. The town of Dake was named after him.

Dake, Dumont Charles

physician, was born June 11, 1838, in Nunda, N. Y. He has attained success as a prominent physician of New York city.

Dakin, George M

was born May 13, 1827, in Oakland, Ohio. He devoted both time and means to the establishment and successful continuance of the Laporte Library and Natural History association, over which he presided for twelve years.

Dakin, Thomas Spencer

soldier, merchant, was born in 1831 in Orange county, N. Y. He was elected captain in the thirteenth regiment, Brooklyn, in 1862, and served in the Virginia campaign as a member of the staff of Gen. Crook, who then commanded the fifth brigade. After the war he became majorgeneral of militia, and was widely known as a member of the American rifle team.

He died May 13, 1878, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Dalcho, Frederick

clergyman, author, was born in 1770 in London, England. He was an episcopal clergyman of Charleston, rector of St. Michael's church there in 1819-36, but in earlier life successively a physician and journalist. He was the author of The Evidence of the Divinity of Our Savior; Historic Account of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina; and Ahiman Rezon, a work for freemasons. He died in 1836.