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Daniel, William – Darby, John

Daniel, William

lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born Nov. 26, 1806, in Winchester, Va. He was elected to the Virginia house of delegates before he was of age. He was a judge of the supreme court of appeals of Virginia from 1847 to 1865. He died March 28, 1873, in Lynchburg, Va.

Daniel, William

candidate for the vice-presidency of the United States, was born Jan. 24, 1826, in Somerset county, Md. He attained prominence as a statesman of Maryland.

Daniel, William T

educator, lawyer, was born Aug. 17, 1859, in Butler county, Ala. Ten years of his youth were spent in Florida; and in 1875 he moved to Texas. After receiving his education he spent several years in educational work; and since 1887 has been engaged in the practice of law at Dublin, Texas.

Daniell, Warren Fisher

state senator, congressman, was born June 26, 1826, in Newton Lower Falls, Mass. He was a member of the state house of representatives and of the state senate; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.

Daniels, Mrs. Cora Linn

author, was born in 1852, in Massachusetts. She 's a novelist of Franklin, Mass.; and the author of Sardia, a Story of Love; and As It Is to Be.

Daniels, Frances B

poet, was born in Maine. She is a poet of note in California. Her poems have received extensive publication in the leading papers, and several have been incorporated into standard works.

Daniels, Ione G

author, poet, was born in Wisconsin. She is the author of a novel entitled Under the Ban, and a volume of Temperance Songs.

Daniels, Thurston

journalist, lieutenant governor, was born June 10, 1858, in Yamhill county, Ore. In 1874 he moved to Vancouver, Wash. He there learned the printing trade, and is now proprietor of the Vancouver Register, which he established in 1881. He has served with distinction as lieutenant governor of the state of Washington, and is a prominent leader in the people's party.

Daniels, William Haven

clergyman, author, was born May 18, 1836, in Franklin, Mass. He is a methodist clergyman, prominent as an evangelist; and the author of D. L. Moody and his Work; That Boy, who Shall Have Him?; The Temperance Reform and its Great Reformers; Moody, his Words, Work, and Workers; Illustrated History of Methodism in the United States; Graduated with Honor; Memorials of Gilbert Haven; and Short History of the People called Methodists.

Danielson, Timothy

patriot, was born in 1733, in Brimfield, Mass. His chief service was in the legislature, of which he continued a member several years. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1779, and afterward of the state senate and executive council; and chief justice of Hampshire county. He died Sept. 19, 1791, in Brimfield, Mass.

Darby, Ezra

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1804 to 1808. He died Jan. 28, 1808.

Darby, John

educator, author, was born Sept. 3, 1804, in North Adams, Mass.

He was an educator who was connected with various colleges north and south.

Manual of Botany; The Botany of the Southern States; and Chemistry, are some of his publications. He died Sept. 18, 1877, in New York city.