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Field, Samuel – Finch, Charles J

Field, Samuel

merchant, philanthropist, was born Aug. 12, 1823, in Delaware county, Pa. For many years he has belonged to the presbyterian board of education, and has taken a leading part in the establishment of the hospital under the management of that denomination.

Field, Thomas Warren

educator, author, was born in 1820 in Onondaga Hill, N. Y. He was an educator of Brooklyn who was superintendent of public schools there, 1873-81, and was the author of Pear Culture; Historic and Antiquarian Scenes in Brooklyn; and Essay Toward an Indian Bibliography. He died Nov. 25, 1881, in Onondaga Hill, N. Y.

Field, Walbridge Abner

lawyer, congressman, was born April 26, 1833, in Springfield, Vt. He was assistant United States attorney in Boston from 1865 to 1869; was then appointed assistant attorney-general of the United States, and resigned in 1870. He was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the fortyfifth congress, but his seat was successfully contested by Benjamin Dean. He was elected to the forty-sixth congress as a republican.

Fielder, George B

soldier, congressman, was born July 24, 1842, in Jersey City, N. J. He served in the civil war. He was elected register of the county of Hudson in 1884, and re-elected in 1889. He was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.

Fielder, Mrs. Lizzie Davis

poet, was born Jan. 20, 1856, in Wytheville, Va.

She is the author of a number of poems.

Fields, Mrs. Annie Adams

author, poet, was born in 1834 in Massachusetts. She is a Boston littérateur, and the author of Under the Olive, a volume of verse; The Singing Shepherd, and Other Poems; A Shelf of Old Books; Whittier, Notes of his Life and Friendships; Memoir of J. T. Fields; How to Help the Poor; and Authors and Friends.

Fields, James Thomas

publisher, author, poet, was born Dec. 31, 1817, in Portsmouth, N. H. He was a well-known publisher of Boston who edited the Atlantic Monthly in 1862-70; and was the author of Yesterdays with Authors; Underbrush, a collection of essays; and Ballads, and Other Verses. Reminiscences of his life were published in A Memoir by Mrs. Fields.

He died April 24, 1881, in Boston, Mass.

Fields, William C

merchant, congressman, was born Feb. 13, 1804, in New York city. He was sixteen years a justice of the peace in the town of Laurens, and subsequently supervisor of the town.

In 1866 he was elected a representative from New York to the fortieth congress.

Filbert, Ludwig Spang

physician, inventor, was born March 12, 1825, in Berks county, Pa. In 1871 he gave up the practice of medicine, and organized the Vulcanized Paving company of Philadelphia, of which he has since been president. He invented an artificial stone paving, that is recognized as the best known lining for the largest reservoir basis.

Filon, Michael

banker, railroad president, was born March 3, 1820, in Auburn, N. Y. He was president of the Rochester and Lake Ontario railroad; mayor of Rochester in 1862-63, and in 1889 was elected president of the East Side Savings bank. He died July 14, 1893.

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Filson, John

author, explorer, was born in 1747 in Chester county, Pa. was an early explorer of the western country, and the author of The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucky; Map of Kentucky; and Topographical Description of the Western Territory.

Finch, Charles J

farmer, legislator, was born Aug. 28, 1862, in Story county, Iowa. He was elected a member of the third state legislature of Wyoming in 1894, and received the re-election in