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Derby, George – Devoe, Frederick William

Derby, George

physician, author, was born Feb. 13, 1819, in Salem, Mass.

He was a physician of Boston, prominent as a sanitarian, who published Anthracite and Health. He died in 1874.

Derby, George Horatio

civil engineer, author, was born April 3, 1823, in Salem, Mass. He was a topographical engineer in the United States army who was a popular humorist in his day, and the author of Phenixiana; and Squibob Papers. He died May 15, 1861, in New York city.

Derby, James Cephas

publisher, author, was born July 20, 1818, in Little Falls, N. Y. He was a noted publisher of New York and San Francisco, and the author of Fifty Years Among Authors, Books, and Publishers. He died in 1892.

Derby, John Barton

poet, was born Nov. 30, 1792, in Salem, Mass. He was a poet whose later years were spent in Boston; and was the author of Musings of a Recluse; The Sea; and The Village.

He died in 1867 in Boston, Mass.

Desbrosses, Elias

was born in 1718, in New York city. He was one of the founders of the chamber of commerce in 1768, and its president in 1771 and 1772.

Desbrosses street of New York city is named in his honor. He died in March, 1778.

Desha, Joseph

soldier, congressman, governor, was born Dec. 9, 1768, in Pennsylvania. He served for a time in the state legislature; fought at the battle of the Thames as a major-general; and was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1807 to 1819. He was governor of Kentucky for four years from 1824. He died Oct. 13, 1842, in Georgetown, Ky.

Desha, Robert

merchant, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1827 to 1831. He died Feb. 8,

Desmond, Humphrey J

lawyer, legislator, author, was born Sept. 14, 1860, in Ozaukee county, Wis. In 1891 he was elected a member of the Wisconsin legislature, and drafted the Desmond law, which was enacted in place of the famous Bennett law. He is the author of Mooted Questions of History, and several other works.

Detwiler, Jacob Snare

educator, elocutionist, journalist, was born Jan. 28, 1863, in Philadelphia, Pa. He toured the country for several years as an elocutionist and impersonator, and became favorably known as an orator and lecturer. He is now editor and proprietor of The Sun, of Osage, Iowa.

Detwiller, Henry

physician, merchant, was born Dec. 18, 1795, in Switzerland. He was the pioneer of homeopathy in Pennsylvania, and the first to successfully practice it in America. He founded the iron industry at Bingen, Pa., and became president of the company. He died April 21, 1887, in Easton. was

Deuster, Peter Victor

journalist, state senator, congressman, born Feb. 13, 1831, in Germany. In 1847 he settled at Milwaukee, Wis., and became editor and publisher of a newspaper. He was a member of the state house of representatives in 1862; state senator in 1870 and 1871; and was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the fortysixth, forty-seventh, and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat.

Devoe, Frederick William

merchant, manufacturer, was born Jan. 26, 1828, in New York city. His product, called Devoe's Brilliant Oil, enjoyed a very extended sale, and the present company of which he is president and treasurer is one of the leading concerns in the country.