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Dolph, John Henry – Donovan, John F

Dolph, John Henry

artist, was born April 18, 1835, in Fort Ann, N. Y.

His works include Knickerbocker Farm- Yard (1869); The Season of Plenty; The Antiquarian; The Rehearsal (1878); Princess; and A June Day (1886).

Donahoe, Daniel J

lawyer, jurist, poet, was born Feb. 27, 1853, in Brimfield, Mass. He is a successful member of the Connecticut bar; and a well-known jurist of Meriden. In 1888 his first volume of poems was issued, entitled Idyls of Israel and Other Poems; and later appeared A Tent by the Lake and Other Poems. mer-

Donahue, Peter

capitalist, was born Jan. 11, 1822, in Scotland. In 1850 with his brother he organized the great establishment now known as the Union Iron works; and was one of the originators of the San Francisco and San Jose railroad. He died Nov. 26, 1885.

DONALD, ELIJAH WINCHESTER, clergyman, author, was born in 1843 in Massachusetts. He is an episcopal clergyman of Boston, rector of Trinity church from 1892, and the author of The Expansion of Religion.

Donaldson, Edward

naval officer, was born Nov. 17, 1816, in Baltimore, Md.

He served in the United States navy during the civil war; and in 1876 was commissioned rear admiral. He died May 15, 1889, in Baltimore, Md.

Donaldson, Frank

educator, physician, author, was born July 23, 1823, in Baltimore, Md. He was a Baltimore physician, professor of hygiene in the university of Maryland since 1866, and the author of Influence of City Life and Occupations in Consumption. He died in 1891.

Donaldson, Frank C

lawyer, was born Sept. 26, 1852, in Terre Haute, Ind.

He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native city, and graduated from the state university of Bloomington, Ind. He has attained eminence as a successful lawyer of Terre Haute, Ind.; has been mayor of his city; and has held high Masonic positions.

Donaldson, James Lowry

soldier, author, was born March 17, 1814, in Baltimore, Md. He was a colonel and brevet major-general in the United States army who published Sergeant Atkins, a tale of the Florida war. He died Nov. 4, 1885, in Baltimore, Md.

Donley, Joseph B

educator, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1838, in Mount Morris, Pa. He became professor in Abingdon college; and served in the Illinois army as captain of volunteers from 1862 to 1865. In 1867 he was appointed a register in bankruptcy in Pennsylvania, holding the office until elected a representative from that state to the forty-first congress as a republican.

Donnell, Edward J

soldier, surgeon, legislator, poet, was born May 11, 1835, in Lyndeboro, N. Y. During the war he served as second lieutenant in company C, sixteenth New Hampshire infantry; and also as first assistant surgeon in the thirteenth Maryland infantry. He is now a prominent physician of Stockton, Kan.; and during 1884-88 served as a member of the state senate of. Kansas.

Donovan, Dennis D

educator, merchant, congressman, was born Jan. 31, 1859, near Texas, Ohio. He attended the Northern Indiana Normal school at Valparaiso, Ind.; taught school three years, and then engaged in mercantile and timber business.

He was appointed postmaster at Deshler by President Cleveland, which position he resigned when elected to the legislature from Henry county in 1887; and was re-elected to the legislature in 1889. He was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.

Donovan, John F

lawyer, public official, was born Nov. 1, 1847, in New York city. He has been mayor of Kinmundy, Ill., for twelve years; president of the county G. A. R. for ten years; and president of the South Illinois Emigration and Improvement association.