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Farley, James Thompson – Farmer, Mrs. Lydia Hoyt

Farley, James Thompson

congressman, was born Aug. 6, 1829, in Virginia. He was a member of the California assembly in 1855 and 1856, and the latter year speaker of the house. He was elected a state senator in 1860 and served, by re-elections, eight years. He was elected a senator of the United States from California for the term 1879-85. He died Jan. 23, 1886, in Jackson, Cal.

Farley, Michael

patriot, was born in 1719 in Ipswich, Mass. He was a delegate to the provincial congress of Massachusetts in 1774-75, and was afterward a member of the house of representatives, July, 1775. He died June 20, 1789, in Ipswich, Mass.

Farlin, Dudley

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1835 to 1837. He died Sept. 26, 1837, in Warrensburg, N. Y.

Farlow, William Gilson

educator, botanist, author, was born Dec. 17, 1844, in Boston, Mass. He has been a professor of botany in Harvard univer-- sity since 1874, and the foremost American authority on cryptogamic botany. He is the author of Marine Algæ of New England; The Black Knot; The Gymnosporangia of the United States; Index of Fungi; The Potato Rot; and Diseases of Orange and Olive Trees.

Farman, Elbert Eli

lawyer, jurist, diplomat, was born April 23, 1831, in New Haven, N. Y. He was chiefly instrumental in securing from Egypt the granite obelisk known as Cleopatra's needle, which stood so long in front of the temple of Cæsar in Alexandria, and is now in Central Park, N. Y.

Farmer, Aaron D

type-founder, was born Jan. 18, 1816, in Bolton, Conn.

He entered the type-foundry of Eli White; was promoted manager of the manufacturing department; and later became a member of the firm, which was changed to Farmer, Little and Company, of New York city.

Farmer, George Edgar

soldier, was born in 1840 in New York city. He served in the civil war, and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He died Feb. 16, 1870, in New York city.

Farmer, Hannah T. S

philanthropist, was born March 20, 1823, in Berwick, Maine. In 1888 she erected in Eliot, Maine, a large edifice, Rosemary cottage, which institution was transferred by her to the care of the City Missionary society of Boston. She died June 27, 1891, in Eliot, Maine.

Farmer, Henry Tudor

author, poet, was born in 1782 in England. He was the author of Imagination; The Maniac's Dream, and Other Poems. He died January, 1828, in Charleston, S. C.

Farmer, John

genealogist, author, was born July 12, 1789, in Chelmsford, Mass. He was a genealogist of New England, whose Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England is a much valued work. His other writings include History of Billerica; History of Amherst; Gazetteer of New Hampshire; and an edition, with notes, of Belknap's History of New Hampshire. He died Aug. 13, 1839, in Concord, N. Η.

Farmer, John

author, was born Feb. 9, 1798, in Half Moon, N. Y. He was a noted cartographer of Detroit who published A Gazetteer of Michigan. He died March 24, 1859, in Detroit, Mich.

Farmer, Mrs. Lydia Hoyt

author, poet, was born July 19, 1842, in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the author of Aunt Belindy's Points of View; Boys' Book of Famous Rulers; A Story Book of Science; Girls' Book of Famous Queens; The Prince of the Flaming Star, an Operetta; Life of Lafayette; A Short History of the French Revolution; A Knight of Faith; A Moral Inheritance; and The Doom of the Holy City.