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Lapham, Oscar – Larned, Edwin Channing

Lapham, Oscar

soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born June 29, 1837, in Burrillville, R. I. He was first lieutenant, adjutant, and captain in twelfth Rhode Island volunteers, and served in Virginia and Kentucky, in army of Potomac and department of Ohio. He represented the city of Providence in the Rhode Island state senate in 1887-88. He was democratic candidate for congress in 1882, 1886 and 1888, and was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses.

Lapham, William Berry

physician, journalist, author, was born Aug. 21, 1828, in Greenwood, Maine. He was an agricultural editor of Maine, who published several histories of Maine localities, including Woodstock, Paris, Norway, Bar Harbor, and Mount Desert Island.

Laporte, John

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1837.

Lardner, James L

naval officer, was born in 1802, in Pennsylvania. He served through the Mexican and civil wars in the United States navy, attaining the rank of rear admiral. He died April 13, 1881, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Large, George Hall

lawyer, state senator, was born Dec. 1, 1850, in Washington, D. C. During 1885-88 he was a member of the New Jersey state senate, and in the latter year was president of that body.

Larimer, William

soldier, merchant, banker, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Oct. 24, 1809, in Westmoreland county, Pa. In 1855 he went to Nebraska; and served in the territorial legislature in 1856. In the beginning of the civil war he raised a regiment of volunteers in Colorado and was commissioned colonel. He served in Kansas, Indian territory, and Arkansas, and was mustered out in August, 1865. He died May 16, 1875, near Leavenworth, Kan.

Larkin, Daniel Charles

civil engineer, was born July 29, 1849, in Sandusky, Ohio. Up to 1875 he was connected with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; and was one of the founders of the Gem city assembly Knights of Labor.

Since 1880 he has been chief of the fire department of Dayton, Ohio; and takes an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state. He also contributes to newspapers and magazines.

Larkin, John

college president, was born in 1801, in England. In 1851 he became president of St. John's college in Fordham, N. Y., resigning in 1854. He died Dec. 11, 1858, in Fordham, N. Y.

Larkin, Lucien A

journalist, lawyer, was born Nov. 22, 1865, in Lynchburg, Va. He received a liberal education in the common schools, and at Bethel Military academy. For many years he was editor and owner of The Gazette of Manassas, Va., where he now practices his profession of law, and takes an active part in the public affairs of his county and state.

Larned, Augusta

journalist, author, poet, was born April 16, 1835, in Rutland, N. Y. She is a journalist of New York city; and the author of Home Story Scenes; Talks with Girls; Old Tales from Grecian Mythology; Tales from the Norse Grandmother; Village Photographs; and In Woods and Fields, a book of verse.

Larned, Ebenezer

soldier, congressman, was born April 18, 1728, in Oxford, Mass. In 1774 he was a delegate to the provincial congress at Concord, Mass.

He served through the revolutionary war, attaining the rank of brigadier-general in 1777. He died April 1, 1801, in Oxford, Mass.

Larned, Edwin Channing

educator, lawyer, author, was born July 14, 1820, in Providence, R. I. He was appointed United States district attorney for the northern district of Illinois in 1861. He died Sept. 18, 1884, in Lake Forest, Ill.