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Larned, Ellen Douglas – Latham, Louis Charles

Larned, Ellen Douglas

author, was born July 13, 1825, in Thompson, Conn. She is the author of a History of Windham County, Conn.; and of a History of the Town of Woodstock, Conn.

Larned, Joshua Nelson

author, was born in 1836, in Canada. He is the superintendent of the public library at Buffalo; and the author of History for Ready Reference; and Talks About Labor.

Larned, Simon

soldier, congressman, was born Aug. 13, 1753, in Thompson, Conn. He served as colonel of militia; was, for a time, sheriff of Berkshire county; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts to fill a vacancy. He died Nov. 16, 1817, in Pittsfield, Mass.

Larned, Walter Cranston

lawyer, author, was born in 1850, in Illinois.

He is a lawyer and littérateur of Lake Forest, Ill.; and the author of Churches and Castles of Mediæval France.

Larned, William Augustus

educator, author, was born June 23, 1806, in Thompson, Conn. In 1839 he became professor of rhetoric and English literature at Yale, which post he held until his death. In the later years of his life he prepared and printed, but did not publish, a valuable edition of the Oration of Demosthenes on the Crown, with philological and rhetorical notes. He died Feb. 3, 1862, in New Haven, Conn.

Larrabee, William

governor of Iowa, was born Jan. 20, 1832, in Ledyard, Conn. He served in the Iowa state senate in 1868-85; and since 1885 has been governor of the state.

Lash, Israel G

manufacturer, banker, congressman, was born Aug. 18, 1810, in Bethania, N. C. He was elected a representative from North Carolina to the fortieth congress, and was re-elected to the forty-first congress as a republican.

Lash, W. A

railroad president, was born June 7, 1845, in Walnut Grove, N. C.

In 1891 he became president of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway.

Latane, James Allen

reformed episcopal bishop, was born Jan. 15, 1831, in Essex county, Va. At the general council of the church in Baltimore in 1883 he was unanimously elected presiding bishop of the reformed episcopal church of the United States. He has resided in Baltimore, Md., since 1880 in charge of the Bishop Cumming Memorial church.

Latham, Charles Sterrett

author, was born in 1861, in California. He was the author of a Translation of Dante's Eleven Letters, with Explanatory Notes and Historical Comments. He died in 1890.

Latham, Edgar

lawyer, was born Feb. 12, 1873, in Haralson county, Ga.

In 1893 he was admitted to the bar; and is one of the leading lawyers of Atlanta.

He has contributed extensively to law literature, and to the periodical press on various topics.

Latham, Louis Charles

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 11, 1840, in Plymouth, N. C. He served in the confederate army during the war of the rebellion, and attained the rank of major. He was elected a member of the state house of commons in 1864; and was elected a state senator in 1870. He was elected a representative from North Carolina to the forty-seventh congress, and was elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.