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Kidd, William – Kieffer, Aldine Silliman

Kidd, William

navigator, was born in Scotland. He followed the sea from his youth; and about 1695 was known as one of the boldest and most successful shipmasters that sailed from New York.

He subsequently became a noted pirate; was arrested and sent to England for trial; and was executed May 24, 1701, in London.

Kidder, Daniel Parrish

clergyman, author, was born Oct. 18, 1815, in Darien, N. Y. He was a methodist clergyman of prominence who held professorships in several theological institutions. He was the author of Homiletics; The Christian Pastorate; Mormonism and the Mormons; Sketches of a Residence in Brazil; Helps to Prayer; and co-author with J. C. Fletcher, of Brazil and the Brazilians. He died in 1891.

Kidder, David

lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 8, 1787, in Dresden, Maine.

He settled in Somerset county, where he was county attorney from 1811 to 1823; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1823 to 1827. He was also a member of the state legislature in 1829.

He died Nov. 1, 1860.

Kidder, Frederick

merchant, author, was born April 16, 1804, in New Ipswich, N. H. He was a Boston merchant among whose historical monographs are: The Boston Massacre; and The Expeditions of Captain John Lovewell. He died Dec. 19, 1885, in Melrose, Mass.

Kidder, John Flint

railroad president, was born July 2, 1830, in New York city. Since 1884 he has been president of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge railroad.

Kidder, Wellington Parker

inventor, was born Feb. 19, 1853, in Norridgewock, Maine. He is the inventor of the Franklin typewriter, and more recently another, which has not yet been named.

Kiddle, Henry

educator, author, was born Jan. 15, 1824, in England. He was an educator who was superintendent of the schools of New York city in 1870- 79. He was the author of Text-Book of Physics; Elements of Astronomy; and Dictionary of Education, which include his most important works. He died in 1891.

Kiddoo, Joseph B

soldier, was born about 1840 in Pennsylvania. He was brevetted brigadier-general and major-general of United States volunteers, and colonel and brigadier-general United States army, and he was retired in 1870 with the full rank of brigadier-general in the regular army.

Kidwell, Zedekiah

physician, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 4, 1814, in Fairfax county, Va. He served a number of years in the legislature of Virginia; and was a presidential elector in 1852. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1853 to 1857. He died April 27, 1872, in Fairmount, Va.

Kiefer, Andrew R

soldier, state legislator, congressman, was born in Marienborn. He was elected clerk in the legislature in 1860; entered the union army as captain in the second Minnesota infantry volunteers in 1861; commissioned colonel of militia in 1863; and elected member of state legislature in 1864. He was elected to the fifty-third and fiftyfourth congresses.

Kiefer, Herman

physician, surgeon, college president, author, was born Nov. 19, 1825, in Germany. In 1866-67 he he was a member of the Detroit board of eduof education, and in 1882 he became a member of the public library commission, being re-elected in 1883 for a term of six years.

Kieffer, Aldine Silliman

journalist, author, poet, was born Aug. 1, 1840, in Miami, Mo. He is the editor and proprietor of The Musical Million of Dayton, Va. He is the author of two volumes of poems, entitled Vigil and Vision, and Hours of Fancy; and numerous collections of school and church music.