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Kagay, Benjamin F – Kane, Elisha Kent

Kagay, Benjamin F

lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 27, 1831, in Fairfield county, Ohio. He was the first mayor of the city of Effingham, Ill.; and represented his district in the Illinois state legislature in 1871-72.

Kahlo, Charles

manufacturer, state senator, was born July 4, 1840, in Prussia. In 1878 he was elected state senator from Cass and Carroll counties, Ind. the first republican elected from that democratic district.

Kahm, Mrs. Ruth Ward

author, was born Aug. 4, 1870, in Jackson, Mich.

She is the author of an epic poem entitled Gertrude; and a novel, The Story of Judith.

Kaiser, Louis

merchant, legislator, was born July 29, 1843, in Germany. For six years he was mayor of his city; and for four years served as a member of his district in the Illinois general assembly.

Kaiser, Mark

musician, composer, was born Feb. 22, 1855, in New Orleans, La. He was educated at the Paris conservatory; and as a solo player attained prominence in that city. During 1876-78 he traveled in the United States and Canada, as violin sowith artists loist, under the managements of Max Strakosch and Henry Mapleson. He has attained great prominence in the musical world; and is noted also for his success as a teacher and concert violinist of New Orleans, La.

Kalbfleisch, Martin

manufacturer, chemist, congressman, was born Feb. 8, 1804, in Holland. In 1862 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-eighth congress. He died Feb. 12, 1873, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Kaler, James Otis

journalist, author, was born March 19, 1848, in Winterport, Maine. He is a journalist of New York city who has written much for juvenile readers. He is the author of The Boy Captain; Under the Liberty Tree; A Short Cruise; The Boys' Revolt; Toby Tyler; Left Behind; Mr. Stubbs's Brother; Tom and Tip; Raising the Pearl; Silent Pete; The Castaways; Little Joe; Stories of American History; Jerry's Family; and Jenny Wren's Boarding House.

Kampman, Lewis Francis

educator, journalist, was born Feb. 16, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was one of the founders and editors of the Moravian at Lancaster, Pa.; from 1855-58 president of the Theological seminary at Lancaster, Pa.; and was one of the compilers of the Moravian Hymnal. He died Oct. 21, 1884, in Bethlehem, Pa.

Kanan, Michael

farmer, soldier, state senator, was born in November, 1837, in Essex county, N. Y. He enlisted in company A, forty-first Illinois infantry, and served nearly four years. He was mayor of Decatur, Ill., for six years; and was elected to the state senate in 1894.

Kane, Elias Kent

state legislator, United States senator, was born June 7, 1796, in New York city. He was elected a member of the legislature; and from 1825 to 1835 was a senator in congress from Illinois. He died Dec. 11, 1835, in Washington, D. C.

Kane, Elisha K

railroad president, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1883 he has been president of the Big Level and Kinzua railroad; and is also president of the Mount Jewett, Kinzua and Ritterville railroad.

Kane, Elisha Kent

surgeon, explorer, author, was born Feb. 20, 1820, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a surgeon in the United States navy who was famous as an Arctic explorer; and the author of The United States Grinnell Expedition of 1850; and Second Grinnell Expedition. He died Feb. 16, 1857, in Havana, Cuba.