Deas, Charles
painter, was born in 1818, in Philadelphia. Among his more important pictures that have become widely known through engravings are The Turkey Shoot; Walking the Chalk; Long Jake; The Wounded Pawnee; Indian Guide; A Group of Sioux; Hunters on the Prairie; and The Last Shot. His Council of the Shawnees at North Bend portrays an incident in the life of Gen.
George Rogers Clarke. He died while insane. a DEAVITT, THOMAS JEFFERSON, lawyer, financier, was born Feb. 17, 1840, in Richmond, Vt. In 1866 he was admitted to the Vermont bar; and was member of the Vermont constitutional convention. He has been superintendent of schools; justice of the peace; and president of the Capitol Savings Bank and Trust company since its organization in 1891. He is the manager and treasurer of the Watchman Publishing company; and a director in several other corporations. He has given considerable attention to commercial law, and has made and edited several Digests of Vermont Laws. He has a large patent and pension office practice at Montpelier, Vt.
DE BARDELEBEN, HENRY F., financier, was born in 1840, in Prattville, Ala. He was vice-president of the St. Louis Trust Co. The annual Veiled Prophet's show in St. Louis was organized by him, among others, and he belongs to the St.
Louis and University clubs and the Merchants' exchange.