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Eades, Harvey L

founder, author, was born in 1806, in Logan county, Ky.

He was one of the founders and a leader of the Shaker society of Kentucky. He was also the author of a number of religious and metaphysical books and pamphlets.

Eads, James Buchanan

was born May 23, 1820, in Lawrenceburg, Ind. He was a civil engineer of distinction and the designer of the Mississippi jetties. He was the author of System of Naval Defence; Mouth of the Mississippi, the Jetty System Explained; and Discussion on Upright Bridges. He died March 8, 1887, in the Bahama Islands.

Eagan, Dennis

soldier, legislator, was born Feb. 4, 1844, in Ireland. He served as a soldier during the civil war.

He served as a member of the state senate of Florida for two terms, and for many years was United States commissioner under several administrations.

EAGER, DeWITT

merchant, state legislator, was born April 20, 1850, in Sangersfield, N. Y. He is a successful merchant of Beaver Crossing, Neb.; and in 1897 was elected a member of the Nebraska state legislature. He has traveled extensively throughout the west and Alaska. In the Nebraska state legislature he takes a prominent part in all debates, and serves on the most important committees.

Eager, S. W

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1829 to 1831.

Eagle, Henry

naval officer, was born April 7, 1801, in New York city. In 1818 he entered the navy as midshipman; was promoted commodore. He died Nov. 26, 1882.

Eagle, James P

soldier, governor, was born Aug. 10, 1837, in Tennessee. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He represented Lonoke county in the legislature of 1877 and 1885; and in 1888 was elected governor of Arkansas.

Eakins, Thomas

painter, sculptor, was born July 25, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has been director of schools of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; lecturer on artistic anatomy at the National Academy of Design; Art Students' league of New York; and the Cooper institute.

Among his noted pictures are A Lady Singing; The Chess Players; and Mending the Net.

Eames, Benjamin T

lawyer, congressman, was born June 4, 1818, in Tudham, Mass. He was a member of the state senate in 1854, 1855, 1856, 1859, and 1863; and of the legislature in 1859, 1868, and 1869, serving the last year as speaker.

He was a delegate to the convention at Chicago in 1860; and was elected to the forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth, and forty-fifth congresses, and declined a reelection.

Eames, Emma

prima donna, was born in China. She made her debut in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet in Paris, and during her engagement there she was decorated by the president of the French republic with the decoration of officer of the academy.

Eames, Mrs. Jane Anthony

author, was born Jan. 21, 1816, in Wellington, Mass. She was a writer of Concord, N. H.; and the author of A Budget of Letters; The Budget Closed; My Mother's Jewel; The Christmas Gift; and Letters from Bermuda.

Earle, Mrs. Alice Morse

author, was born in 1851, in Massachusetts. She is a writer on American antiquarian themes; and the author of Curious Punishments of Bygone Days; Margaret Winthrop, a biography; Costume of Colonial Times; Customs and Fashions in Old New England; The Sabbath in Puritan New England; China-Collecting in America; Colonial Dames and Goodwives; and Colonial Days in Old New York.