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Dimick, Justin

soldier, was born Aug. 5, 1800, in Hartford county, Conn.

He served with distinction during the civil war; and in 1865 received the brevet of brigadier-general in the United States army. From 1864 until his death he was governor of the Soldiers' home, near Washington, D. C. He died in October, 1871.

Dimitry, Alexander

educator, was born Feb. 7, 1805, in New Orleans, La. In 1842 he organized the free school system in Louisiana, and for three years was state superintendent of public instruction. Under the confederate government he was chief of the finance bureau in the postoffice department. He was afterward prominently identified with educational work, and in 1870 was elected professor of ancient languages in the Christian Brothers college of Mississippi. He died Jan. 30, 1883.

Dimitry, Charles Patton

soldier, journalist, author, was born July 31, 1837, in Washington, D. C. During the civil war he served in the confederate army as a private in the Louisiana Guards. Since the war he has been connected with the press of Baltimore, Washington, Richmond and New Orleans. He is the author of Guilty or Not Guilty; Angela's Christmas; The Alderly Tragedy; and The House in Balfour Street.

Dimitry, John Bull Smith

journalist, author, was born Dec. 27, 1835, in Washington, D. C. He served as a confederate soldier during the civil war. For seven years he was the dramatic and literary critic of the New Orleans Times; and during 1881-89 was editorially connected with the New York Mail and Express. He is the author of History and Geography of Louisiana from Its Earliest Settlement to the Close of the Civil War.

Dimm, Jonathan Rose

educator, clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 28, 1830, in Hughesville, Pa. He was principal of the Missionary institute of Selins Grove, Pa., for twelve years, up to 1894, when he became president of that institution, which developed into the Susquehanna university.

Dimmick, Francis Marion

clergyman, was born Jan. 23, 1827, in Uniondale, Pa. For a while he taught school; and graduated in 1860 from the Lane Theological seminary of Cincinnati, Ohio.

He then went to Omaha, Neb., where he organized the First Presbyterian church, of which he was pastor for twelve years.

In 1872 he moved to Santa Rosa, Cal., and in 1884 to Los Angeles, where he established the Grand View Presbyterian church, of which he is still pastor.

Dimmick, Milo M

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1853. He died Nov. 21, 1872, in Mauch Chunk, Pa.

Dimmick, William H

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1815, in Milford, Pa. He was prosecuting attorney for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Wayne county in 1836 and 1837; and was a member of the state senate in 1845, 1846 and 1847. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania in the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He died Aug. 2, 1861, in Honesdale, Pa.

Dimmock, George

zoologist, author, was born May 17, 1852, in Springfield, Mass. He received his education at Harvard college and the universities of Paris and Leipzic. He has written considerably on biological subjects, especially on insects. For a number of years he was editor of Psyche, a journal of entomology.

He is the author of Anatomy of Mouth Parts of Some Insects of the Order of Diptera. He is also the author of a genealogical work on the Dimmock family.

Dimock, Davis

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1841 to 1842. He died Jan. 13, 1842.