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Durand, George H – Durfee, Nathaniel B

Durand, George H

lawyer, mayor, congressman, was born Feb. 21, 1838, in Cobleskill, N. Y. He served as alderman of the city of Flint for three consecutive terms; was elected mayor in 1873; reelected in 1874, and was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress.

Durand, Henry Smith

underwriter, banker, founder, was born Feb. 13, 1817, in Cheshire, Conn. In 1856 he organized the Commercial bank of Racine, Wis., of which he was president for several years; was chosen president of the Racine and Mississippi railroad, which he founded. He was one of the founders of the city of La Crosse, Wis., and did much to aid its development into the second largest city in Wisconsin.

Durang, Charles

author, was born in 1796 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was actor, author, stage manager, prompter, balletmaster, and finally opened a dancing academy. He was the author of a History of the Philadelphia Stage from 1752 to 1854.

He died Feb. 15, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Durant, Charles S

aeronaut, author, was born about 1805. He was the author of several books of a scientific character, one of which was a Treatise on Shells and Sea-Weeds. He died March 2, 1873, in Jersey City, N. J.

Durant, Charles W

railroad president, was born April 23, 1821, in Hinsdale, Mass. In 1859 he became interested in the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, and was its president for many years. He afterward engaged in the sugar refining business with his sons under the name of Charles W. Durant and Sons. He died April 5, 1885, in New York city.

Durant, Henry

college president, was born June 17, 1803, in Acton, Mass.

In 1870 he founded and became the first president of the university of California, serving until 1871. In 1872 he was elected mayor of Oakland, Cal., serving until his death. He died Jan. 22, 1875, in Oakland, Cal.

Durant, Thomas Jefferson

lawyer, state senator, was born Aug. 8, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He removed to New Orleans and was elected state senator; afterward appointed United States district attorney for Louisiana, and then became attorney-general of the state. He died Feb. 4, 1882, in Washington, D. C.

Durell, Daniel M

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1769 in Massachusetts. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1807 to 1809; and held the post of United States district attorney from 1830 to 1834. He died in 1841.

Durell, Edward Henry

jurist, was born July 14, 1810, in Portsmouth, N. H. In 1863 he was appointed United States judge for the district of Louisiana.

DURFEE, BRADFORD MATTHEW CHALONER, merchant, was born June 15, 1843, in Fall River, Mass. Durfee hall, one of the finest college dormitories in the United States, was his gift to Yale, which honored him with the degree of A. M. in 1871. He died Sept. 13, 1872, in Fall River, Mass.

Durfee, Job

lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born Sept. 20, 1790, in Tiverton, R. I. He was for a long time chief justice of Rhode Island, and for many years was a member of the state legislature and speaker of the house. He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1821 to 1825. He was the author of What Cheer? or, Roger Williams in Exile; and Panidea, a philosophical treatise. He died July 26, 1847, in Tiverton, R. I.

Durfee, Nathaniel B

agriculturist, congressman, was born Sept. 29, 1812, in Tiverton, R. I. He represented the town of Warwick several years in the state legislature, and the town of Tiverton four years. He was elected a member of the thirty-fourth congress, and was reelected to the thirty-fifth congress.