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Holme, Thomas

civil engineer, was born in 1625, in Ireland. His map of the Province of Pennsylvania, together with his Portraiture of the City of Philadelphia, published extensively in Europe in 1683-84, has made his name familiar to every student of American history. He died in 1695, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Holmes, Adoniram Judson

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 2, 1842, in Wayne county, Ohio.

He served throughout the war, rising to the rank of first lieutenant. He was elected a representative in the Iowa state legislature in 1881; was elected a representative from Iowa to the fortyeighth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican.

Holmes, Abiel

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 24, 1763, in Woodstock, Conn. He was a unitarian clergyman of Cambridge, pastor of the First church there in 1792-1832, and was the author of Life of Ezra Stiles; History of Cambridge; American Annals; and Memoir of the French Protestants. He died June 4, 1837, in Cambridge, Mass.

Holmes, Charles H

lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 24, 1827, in Albion, N. Y. He is a successful lawyer of Albion, N. Y.; and was elected to the forty-first congress to fill a vacancy, as a republican.

Holmes, David

congressman, governor, United States senator, was born in Frederick county, Va. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1797 to 1809, and in the latter year was appointed governor of the territory of Mississippi, which position he held until 1817. He was governor of the state, by election, from 1817 to 1819; and was a senator in congress from Mississippi from 1820 to 1825, when he resigned. He died Aug. 20, 1832, in Washington, Miss.

Holmes, David

clergyman, author, was born in 1810, in Newburg, N. Y.

From 1868 till his death he was in the ministry in the northwestern Indiana conference. He edited The Mirror of the Soul; and The Christian Preacher; and was the author of Pure Gold in its Native Loveliness; and of a Discussion upon the Atonement, Universal Salvation, and Endless Punishment. He died in 1873, in Battle Ground, Mich.

Holmes, Edmund M

clergyman, educator, college president, was born Dec. 15, 1859, in Hardin county, Ohio. During 1885-89 he filled the chair of Greek in the Simpson college, and during 1889-92 was president of that institution. He now fills a pastorate in Boone, Iowa.

Holmes, Elias B

educator, lawyer, congressman, was born May 27, 1807, in Fletcher, Vt. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1845 to

Holmes, Gabriel

lawyer, congressman, governor, was born in 1769, in Samson county, N. C. He was in the state senate in 1807; governor of the state in 1821; and was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1825 to 1828. He died Sept. 26, 1829, near Clinton, N. C. was

Holmes, Isaac Edward

planter, lawyer, congressman, was born April 6 , 1796, in Charleston, S. C. He was elected to the state legislature in 1826; and was ; and was a representative in congress from South Carolina, from 1839 to 1851. He died Feb. died Feb. 24, 1867, in Charleston, S. C.

Holmes, John Mcclellan

clergyman, journalist, was born Jan. 22, 1834, in Livingston, N. Y. He was for several years a member of the educational and missionary boards of the reformed church, president of the general synod in 1876, a delegate to the pan-presbyterian council at Edinburgh in 1877, and moderator of the presbyterian synod of New York in 1884. He was also for some time an associate editor of the Christian Intelligencer.