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Lunt, William Parsons – Lyman, Charles

Lunt, William Parsons

clergyman, author, was born April 21, 1805, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of Quincy, Mass., from 1835 until his death, whose literary work was much admired for the beauty of its style.

He was the author of Union of the Human Race; and Gleanings. He died March 20, 1857, in Arabia.

Lupton, Nathaniel Thomas

educator, chemist, author, was born Dec. 19, 1830, in Frederick county, Ga. He is an educator and scientist of Alabama; state chemist since 1885; and author of The Elementary Principles of Scientific Agriculture.

Lusk, William Thompson

physician, author, was born May 23, 1838, in Norwich, Conn. He is a prominent obstetric physician of New York city, and the author of The Science and Art of Midwifery.

Lutkin, Peter V

musician, composer, was born March 27, 1858, in Racine, Wis. He is a successful organist, choirmaster and musician of Chicago, and the author of a number of songs, church compositions and concert music.

Luttrell, John K

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born June 27, 1831, in Knox county, Tenn. He was elected to the legislature of California in 1863, 1865 and 1871. He was elected to the forty-third congress, and re-elected to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses as a democrat.

Lutz, Nicholas

soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Feb. 20, 1740, in Germany. He was captain of a battery at the battle of Long Island, where he was taken prisoner, but was exchanged in 1779. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania convention to ratify the federal constitution in 1787; a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives in 1783-94, and was appointed assistant justice of Berks county courts in 1795. He died Nov. 28, 1807, in Reading, Pa.

Lydius, Johannes

missionary, clergyman, was born in Holland. He labored in Schenectady after 1705, and from 1702 till his death did missionary work among the Indians. He died March 1, 1709, in Schenectady, N. Y.

Lyle, Aaron

soldier, congressman.

He was a soldier in the revolution, and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1809 to 1817. He died Sept. 24, 1825.

Lyle, John

clergyman, was born Oct. 20, 1769, in Rockbridge county, Va. In 1807 he moved to Paris, Ky., where he established an academy, at the same time preaching to the churches of Cane Ridge and Concord. He subsequently gave up pastoral work and devoted the rest of his life to missionary labors. He died July 22, 1825, in Paris, Ky.

Lyle, William

author, poet, was born Nov. 17, 1822, in Scotland. He is a poet of Rochester, N. Y., and the author of The Martyr Queen, and Other Poems.

Lyman, Benjamin Smith

mining engineer, was born Dec. 11, 1835, in Northampton, Mass. In 1873-75 he was chief geologist and mining engineer of the geological survey of Hokkaido in Japan, and in 1876-77 of the oil lands of Japan, finally filling a similar office on the geological survey of Japan in 1878-89. In 1887 he joined the corps of the geological survey of Pennsylvania, with headquarters in Philadelphia, Pa. 1

Lyman, Charles

soldier, lawyer, public official, was born April 10, 1843, in Bolton, Conn. During the war he became a lieutenant in the fourteenth regiment Connecticut volunteer infantry. He is a successful lawyer of Washington, D. C.; and has been an official for thirty years in the public service, as chief clerk United States treasurer's office; chief examiner; United States civil service commissioner; and as president United States civil service commissioners.