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James, Luther

lawyer, was born in 1876 near Edmonton, Ky. After receiving a liberal education he was admitted to the bar in the eighteenth year of his age; and has since attained prominence as an able orator and lawyer of Edmonton, Ky.

James, Sue L

journalist, poet, was born July 30, 1843, in Saline, Ark. In 1895 she was elected poet of the Arkansas Press association. For years she has been a correspondent for several leading publications, and is now the editor and owner of The Hot Springs Life, a literary and society paper. She was appointed a commissioner to the Atlanta exposition, and has been president of various temperance, missionary and relief societies.

James, Thomas Chalkley

educator, physician, surgeon, college president, was born in 1766 in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1803 he established the school of Obstetrics in Philadelphia, and for twenty-five years was physician and obstetrician in the Pennsylvania hospital. He was for some years president of the Philadelphia college of Physicians, and was professor of midwifery in the university of Pennsylvania from 1811 till 1834. He died July 25, 1835, in Philadelphia, Pa.

James, Thomas Potts

botanist, author, was born Sept. 1, 1803, in Radnor, Pa. In 1867 he settled in Cambridge, Mass., and was a member of scientific societies, and one of the founders and long the treasurer of the American Pomological society. His scientific papers were contributed to the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences and to the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died Feb. 22, 1882, in Cambridge, Mass.

James, William

psychologist, author, was born Jan. 11, 1842, in New York city. He is a psychologist of distinction, professor at Harvard university from 1872, and the author of Principles of Psychology; and Psychology, a briefer study of the subject.

James, William H

statesman. He was governor of Nebraska from 1871 to 1873.

Jameson, Charles Davis

soldier, manufacturer, was born Feb. 24, 1827, in Gorham, Maine. At the beginning of the civil war he was placed in command of the second Maine regiment, the first that left that state for the seat of war, and he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers in 1861. In 1861-62 he was the democratic candidate for governor of Maine. He died Nov. 6, 1862, in Oldtown, Maine.

Jameson, Ephraim Orcutt

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 23, 1832, in Dunbarton, N. H. He is the author of the Cogswells in America; History of Newbury, Mass., and the Choates in America.

Jameson, John

congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from Missouri from 1830 to 1831; again from 1843 to 1845; and for another term from 1847 to 1849.

Jameson, John Alexander

lawyer, jurist, author, was born Jan. 25, 1824, in Irasburg, Vt. He is a jurist of Chicago, and for many years an assistant editor of The American Law Register. He is the author of The Constitutional Convention, its History, Power, and Modes of Proceeding.

Jameson, John Franklin

educator, author, was born in 1859 in Massachusetts. He is a professor of history in Brown university, and the author of William Usselinx, Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies; The History of Historical Writing in America; and Dictionary of United States History.

Jameson, Patrick Henry

physician, was born April 18, 1824, in Monroe, Ind. From 1863 till 1866 he was acting assistant surgeon in the United States army, and from 1861 till 1869 physician to the Indiana institution for the deaf and dumb.