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Lincoln, John H

lawyer, jurist, was born July 19, 1859, in Plano, Ill. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Nebraska at Stockville; has held the office of city prosecutor for several terms; has been United States prosecuting attorney; and twice served with distinction as judge of his district. In 1892 he was a delegate to the Omaha national convention.

Lincoln, John Larkin

educator, author, was born Feb. 23, 1817, in Boston, Mass. He was a professor of Latin in Brown university, well known as a classical scholar, and editor of editions of Livy, Horace, and Cicero. He died Oct. 17, 1891, in Providence, R. I.

Lincoln, Mary Todd

was born Dec.. 12, 1818, in Lexington, Ky. She was the wife of Abraham Lincoln. She died July 16, 1882, in Springfield, Ill.

Lincoln, Robert T

soldier, lawyer was born Aug. 1, 1843, in Springfield, Ill.

He entered the union army as captain and assistant adjutant-general; and resigned in June, 1865. He was a presidential elector in 1880; and in 1881 was appointed secretary of war in the cabinet of President Garfield, and continued in that position in the cabinet of President Arthur. In 1889 he was appointed minister to Great Britain.

Lincoln, William

antiquarian, author, was born in 1801, in Worcester. He was one of the publishers of the Worcester Magazine in 1826-27. He delivered an oration at Worcester in 1816, and was the author of a History of Worcester. He died Oct. 5, 1843, in Worcester.

Lincoln, William S

manufacturer,. congressman, was born Aug. 13, 1813, in Newark Valley, N. Y. In 1866 he was. elected a representative from New York to the fortieth congress.

Lindesay, Mrs. Maria B

poet, was, born Jan. 1, 1862, in England. She is the author of a number of poems.

Lindsay, Robert B

governor. He was governor of Alabama from 1871 to

Lindsey, Stephen D

lawyer, legislator, state senator, congressman, was born March 3, 1828, in Norridgewock, Maine. He was a representative in the Maine state legislature in 1856. He was a state senator from 1868 to 1870, and president of the senate in 1869; and a member of the executive council in 1874. He was elected a representative from Maine to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, and forty-seventh congresses as a republican. He died April 30, 1884.

Lindsey, William

author, poet, was born in 1858, in Boston, Mass. He is a Boston writer; and the author of Apples of Istakhar, a volume of poems; and Cinder-Path Tales.

Lindsley, David Philip

clergyman, author, was born March 22, 1834, in Downsville, Del. For many years he was a teacher of sciences, and for fifteen years a successful clergyman. He was the author of a shorthand system known as Lindsley's Takigrafy. He died in March, 1897, in Springfield, Conn.

Lindsley, James Girard

congressman, was born March 19, 1819, in Orange, N. J. In 1872 he was elected the first mayor of Kingston, N. Y., and was reelected for six consecutive years. He became president of the Kingston City Railroad company; president of the Kingston Water Works company, and president of the Albert Manufacturing company of New Brunswick, B. A.; and in 1884 was elected a representative from New York to the forty-ninth congress as a republican.