Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

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Lockwood, Henry Hayes

soldier, author, was born Aug. 17, 1814, in Kent county, Del. He was a United States army officer; and the author of Manual of Naval Batteries; and Exercises in Small Arms. of

Lockhart, Arthur John

clergyman, poet, was born May 5, 1850, in Lockhartville, Nova Scotia. He started in life printer, and subsequently became a noted clergyman of the methodist epischurch copal Maine. He has written essays and other articles for the periodical press, and is the author of two volumes of poems entitled The Mask of Minstrels; and Beside the Narragaugus, besides other works.

Lockwood, Homer Nichols

state legislator, topographer, was born June 23, 1833, in Victory, N. Y. He aided in building the New York Southern-Central railroad in 1865-71; and in 1866-67 was a member of the legislature.

Lockwood, Howard

publisher, was born March 9, 1846, in White Plains, N. Y.

In 1872 he established the Paper Trade Journal, from which has grown the large business known as the Lockwood Press.

He died Nov. 4, 1892, in New York city.

Lockwood, Ingersoll

lecturer, author, was born in 1841, in New York.

He is a lecturer of New York city; and the author of The Travels of Little Baron Trump; Wonderful Deeds of Little Giant Roab; Extraordinary Experience of Little Captain Doppelkopp; and Baron Trump's Journey Underground.

LOCKWOOD, J. A. J., soldier. He served with distinction through the civil war; and was promoted to brigadier-general.

He is now a resident of Georgetown, D. C.

Lockwood, James Booth

explorer, was born Oct. 9, 1852, in Annapolis, Md.

In 1882 he set out on an expedition to the north pole, a journey which fixes his fame as an arctic explorer. He died April 9, 1884, in Cape Sabine.

Lockwood, John

railroad president, was born Nov. 13, 1836, in Lenawee county, Mich. He is president of the Rockport, Langdon and Northern railway at Rockport, Mo.

Lockwood, Marian Leroy

journalist, was born May 15, 1849, in Lenawee county, Mich. She has written extensively for current magazines and newspapers, and is now the editor and part owner of The Light of Easton, Kan.

Lockwood, Mary Smith

author, was born Oct. 24, 1831, in Hanover, N. Y.

She is the author of Handbook of Ceramic Art; and The Historic Homes of Washington; and also writes for magazines and papers.

LOCKWOOD, RALPH INGERSOLL, lawyer, author, was born in 1798, in New York. He was a lawyer of New York city; and the author of Rosine Laval, a novel; The Insurgents, a novel; and Lockwood's Reversed Cases. He died in 1855.

Lockwood, Samuel

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 20, 1819, in England. He was a reformed Dutch clergyman who after 1867 was school superintendent of Monmouth county, N. J. He was the author of Temperance, Fortitude, Justice; The American Oyster; Abnormal Entozoa in Man; The Life of an Oyster; and Animal Memoirs. He died in 1894.

Lockwood, Virgil Homer

lawyer, was born May 6, 1860, in Fort Branch, Ind.

He received his education in the high school of his native city; at the DePauw university, and the university of Virginia.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Indianapolis, Ind.

Lockwood, William F

lawyer, jurist, was born in Connecticut. He removed to Nebraska; and was appointed an associate justice of that territory, residing at Dakota City.

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