Dubois, John
Roman catholic bishop, was born Aug. 24, 1764, in Paris, France.
He was the founder of Mount St. Mary's college of Emmittsburg, Va., and also its president. He was appointed bishop of New York in 1826, and at his instance the sisters of charity from Emmittsburg founded the first female academy in the city of New York in 1829. He died Dec. 20, 1842, in New York city.
DU BOIS, WILLIAM EDWARD BURG- HARDT, educator, author, was born in 1868. He is an educator of African descent, assistant professor of sociology in the university of Pennsylvania, and the author of The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States, 1638- 1810.
DU BOIS, WILLIAM EWING, numismatist, author, was born Dec. 15, 1810, in Doylestown, Pa. He was a Philadelphia numismatist, assayer at the mint, and the author of Manual of Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations; and Pledges of History, an account of the Antique Coins in the United States Mint. He died July 14, 1881, in Philadelphia, Pa.
DU BOIS, WILLIAM H., legislator, banker, financier, was born March 24, 1835, in Randolph, Vt. In 1875 he organized the Randolph National bank, and has been its president since. In 1876 he was a member of the Vermont general assembly from Randolph, and of the senate from Orange county in 1892. In 1882 he was elected state treasurer, and held the office eight years consecutively.