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Lefevre, Peter Paul

Roman catholic bishop, was born April 30, 1804, in West Flanders. In 1831 he was ordained priest and stationed at New Madrid, Mo., but after a few months was transferred to the pastorate of Salt river, consisting of the northern part of Missouri, western part of Illinois, and southern Iowa. He died March 4, 1869, in Detroit, Mich. LEFFERTS, GEORGE MOREWOOD, physician, author, was born Feb. 24, 1846, in Brooklyn, L. I. He is a physician of New York city; and the author of Diseases of the Nose; Diagnosis of Nasal Catarrh; and Pharmacopeia for Diseases of the Throat and Nose.

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