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English, Charles J

journalist, clergyman, was born Jan. 30, 1855, in Nodana county, Mo. Since 1886 he has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church, and now fills a pastorate in Colfax, Iowa. He has filled various offices in the Iowa State Epworth league, and served one year as its president.

English, Earl

naval officer, was born Feb. 18, 1824, in Crosswick, N. J.

He was commissioned captain in 1871, commodore in 1880, and rear admiral in 1884, at which time he resigned the office of chief of the bureau of equipment and recruiting, which he had held for six years. He then took command of the European station, and was retired in 1886.

English, George Bethune

adventurer, author, was born March 7, 1787, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a versatile adventurer who wrote The Grounds of Christianity Examined, which was answered by Edward Everett, and this brought a rejoinder from English entitled Five Smooth Stones Out of the Brook. He published also Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar.

He died Sept. 20, 1828, in Washington, D. C.

English, James Edward

manufacturer, merchant, congressman, governor, was born March 13, 1812, in New Haven, Conn. In 1855 he was a member of the legislature of Connecticut; in 1856 was elected to the state senate, and declined a re-election. He was elected a representative from his native state to the thirty-seventh congress, and re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress. He was elected governor of Connecticut in 1867, 1868, and 1870; and in 1875 was appointed a senator in congress to fill a vacancy.

English, Warren B

soldier, state senator, congressman, was born May 1, 1846, in Charlestown, Va. He served in the confederate army. He afterward moved to Oakland, Cal.; and in 1877 was elected a member of the board of supervisors of Contra Costa county, and served four years. He was elected state senator in 1882; in 1884 was a delegate to the national democratic convention in Chicago; and subsequently was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.

Enneking, John Joseph

artist, was born Oct. 4, 1841, in Minster, Ohio.

Among his notable works are November Twilight; Winter Twilight; Summer Twilight; Cloudy Day in Summer; The Coming Storm; and Indian Summer.

Enochs, William H

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 29, 1842, in Middleburg, Ohio. He served through the civil war as private, corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, lieutenantcolonel, colonel, and brevet brigadier-general. He was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a republican.

He died July 13, 1893, in Ironton, Ohio.

Enos, Benjamin Franklin

lawyer, was born Oct. 1, 1851, in Defiance, Ohio. He attended the union schools of his native city, and graduated from the business college of Toledo, Ohio. In 1873 he was admitted to the bar; was elected city solicitor of Defiance in 1879, and held that position for eight successive terms; and in 1880 was elected as prosecuting attorney, which position he filled with distinction for two terms.

Enyart, Charles Francis

educator, college president, clergyman, was born Feb. 9, 1865, near Logansport, Ind.

He reorganized the Hillsboro college of Ohio, and was its president in 1895. He now fills a pastorate in the methodist episcopal church at Georgetown, Ohio.

Epes, Sydney P

journalist, congressman, was born Aug. 20, 1865, in Nottoway county, Va. He was elected in 1891 a member of the general assembly to represent the counties of Nottoway and Amelia; was appointed in 1895 register of the land office to fill an unexpired term, and at the following session of the general assembly was elected by acclamation for the full term; and before the expiration of his term he was elected to the firty-fifth congress as a democrat.