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Eiseman, Benjamin – Eldridge, Edwin

Eiseman, Benjamin

merchant, was born Nov. 16, 1833, in Germany. In 1879 he moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he established a large dry goods house. He assisted in organizing several insurance companies and the First National bank.

He was also for two years president of the Chamber of Commerce of Memphis, Tenn.

Elam, Joseph B

lawyer, congressman, was born June 12, 1821, in Hempstead county, Ark. He was admitted to practice law in Alexandria, La., in 1843; served two terms in the state legislature; and in 1851 removed to De Sota parish. In 1861 he was a delegate to the state constitutional convention; again served in the legislature during the civil war; and was elected a representative from Louisiana to the forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses as a democrat.

Elbert, Samuel

soldier, governor, was born in 1743, in Prince William parish, S. C. He served in the revolutionary war and attained the rank of brigadiergeneral; and in 1785 was elected governor of Georgia. He died Nov. 2, 1788, in Savannah, Ga.

Elbert, Samuel Hitt

state legislator, governor, was born April 3, 1833, in Logan county, Ohio. In 1869 he was elected to the Colorado legislature; and in 1873 was elected governor of Colorado, serving until 1874.

Elder, John

clergyman, was born in 1706, in Ireland. He trained his parishioners for cavalry service against the Indians, and afterward received a colonel's commission from the proprietaries and had charge of the block-houses from Easton to the Susquehanna. He died in 1792, near Harrisburg, Pa.

Elder, William

physician, author, was born July 23, 1806, in Somerset, Pa.

He was a Philadelphia physician, prominent as an abolitionist; and the author of Periscopics, a volume of miscellanies; The Enchanted Beauty; The Life of Dr.

Kane; The Debt and Resources of the United States (1863); Questions of the Day, Economic and Social; and Conversations on the Principal Subjects of Political Economy. He died in 1885.

Elder, William Henry

bishop, was born March 22, 1819, in Baltimore, Md. He was made a bishop in 1857, beginning his active duties in charge of the see of Natchez. In 1880 he was nominated coadjutor bishop of Cincinnati, and in 1883 became archbishop.

Eldred, Nathaniel B

congressman, was born in 1795, in Orange county, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1822 to 1828; was for a time canal commissioner of Pennsylvania; and naval officer at Philadelphia from 1852 to 1856. He died Jan. 27, 1867, in Bethany, Pa.

Eldredge, Barnabas

manufacturer, was born June 19, 1843, in Munson, Ohio. In 1879 the Eldredge Manufacturing company was organized, and he was chosen its first president. In 1886 the company was consolidated with the National Sewing Machine company, and the two corporations removed from Chicago to Belvidere, Ill., where they built a large plant for the manufacture of their machines.

Eldridge, Charles A

was born Feb. 27, 1821, in Bridgeport, Vt. In 1848 he removed to Fond du Lac, Wis. In 1854 and 1855 he was a member of the state senate; and in 1862 was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the thirtyeighth congress. He was re-elected to the thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, fortysecond and fortythird congresses as a democrat. He served on several important committees while a member of congress.

Eldridge, Edwin

capitalist, was born in 1811. He became president of the Elmira Iron and Steel company, and was long connected with the Erie railroad. He gave a public park to Elmira, and contributed materially to the progress of that town. He died Dec. 16, 1876, in Elmira, N. Y.