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Denoyelles, Peter

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815.

Denslow, William M

educator, journalist, legislator, was born Aug. 9, 1858, in Grundy county, Mo. For ten years he taught school; was township treasurer for ten years; and in 1898 was appointed collector of internal revenue. He has been justice of the peace; is a successful journalist of Spickard; and has served two terms as a member of the Missouri general assembly.

Densmore, Amos

inventor, promoter, was born Jan. 28, 1825, in Rochester, N. Y. He made many suggestions and improvements in the Shole and Glidden type-writer, which at a later date culminated in the Densmore machine.

Densmore, James

journalist, promoter, was born Feb. 3, 1820, in Moscow, N. Y. He established the first paper in Oshkosh, Wis., and was the editor of several other papers. In 1867 his attention was directed to the Sholes and Glidden machine, and from that time onward he devoted his time, energies and wealth to the development of the Shole machine.

He died Sept. 16, 1889, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Denson, William H

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 4, 1846, in Russell county, Ala. He was elected a member of the lower house of the general assembly of Alabama. In 1884 he was Cleveland elector, and was appointed United States district attorney for the northern and middle districts of Alabama. In 1890 he was chairman of the democratic state convention; and was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.

Dent, Frederick T

soldier, was born Dec. 17, 1820, in White Haven, Mo.

For his gallant and meritorious services in the field during the civil war he was brevetted brigadier-general United States army and brigadier-general of volunteers.

Dent, George

congressman, was born about 1760 in Maryland. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1793 to 1801; was in the latter year appointed United States marshal for the Potomac district; and during the third session of the fifth congress was elected speaker of the house of representatives.

Dent, John Herbert

naval officer, was born in 1782 in Maryland. He was commissioned a master commander in 1804, and a captain in 1811. He died July 31, 1823, in Bartholomew, Md.

Dent, William B. W

congressman, was born in Maryland. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1853 to 1855.

Denton, Franklin Evert

journalist, poet, was born in 1859 in Ohio.

He is a journalist of Cleveland; and published in 1883 The Early Poems of Franklin Denton.

Derbigny, Pierre

fifth governor of Louisiana. He was elected to that office in 1828. He was a member of the first state legislature; judge of the supreme court; and was twice secretary of state.

He died Oct. 6. 1829, from injuries received by being thrown from his carriage.

Derby, Elias Hasket

lawyer, author, was born Sept. 24, 1803, in Salem, Mass. He was a noted railway attorney of Boston, and the author of Two Months Abroad; Catholic Letters; The Overland Route to the Pacific; and Position and Prospects of the United States with Respect to Finance, Commerce, and Prosperity. He died March 30, 1880, in Boston, Mass.