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Miner, Charles – Minor, Robert Crannell

Miner, Charles

journalist, gressman, author, was born Feb. 1, 1780, in Norwich, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1825 to 1828. He was the author of an interesting work entitled History of Wyoming, and was one of the first men in this country to introduce and write upon the silk-growing business. He also wrote Essays from the Desk of Poor Robert. He died Oct. 26, 1865, in Wilkesbarre, Pa.

Miner, Phineas

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1779. He was a repre- , was born in 1779. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut during the years 1834 and 1835 to fill a vacancy. He died Sept. 16, 1839, in Litchfield, Conn.

Miner, Mrs. S. Isadore

poet, was born Sept. 25, 1863, in Battle Creek, Mich.

Sept. 25, 1863, in Battle Creek, Mich.

She is the editor of the Battle Creek Review; and is connected with the Good Health Publishing company of that city.

Miner, Thomas

physician, author, was born Oct. 15, 1777, in Middletown, Conn.

He contributed to periodicals biographical sketches of Connecticut physicians, medical essays, and translations from French medical works. With Dr.

William Tully he published Essays upon Fevers and Other Medical Subjects; and Account of Typhus Syncopalis. He died April 23, 1841, in Worcester, Mass.

Mines, John Flavel

journalist, author, poet, was born Jan. 27, 1835, in France.

He was a journalist of New York city; and the author of Heroes of the Last Lustre, a poem; and A Tour Around New York by Mr. Felix Oldboy. He died in 1891.

Minick, John D

educator, college president, was born Aug. 18, 1859, in Shade Gap, Pa. He has taught in the high schools of Pennsylvania and Maryland; and is now the president of the Davenport college of Lenoir, N. C.

Minifie, William

architect, educator, author, was born Aug. 14, 1805, in England.

He was an architect and educator of Baltimore; and the author of Text-Book of Mechanical Drawing; Text- Book of Geometrical Drawing; Theory and Application of Color; and Popular Lectures on Drawing and Design. He died Oct. 24, 1880, in Baltimore, Md.

Minor, Edward S

soldier, state senator, congressman, was born in 1840 in Jefferson county, N. Y. He was elected to the Wisconsin assembly in 1877 and reelected in 1880 and 1881. He was elected to the state senate and served in that body in 1883 and 1885. He has been mayor of the city of Sturgeon Bay; and was elected to the fifty-fourth congress and elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican. re-

Minor, John Barbee

educator, author, was born June 2, 1813, in Louisa county, Va. He was a professor of law in the University of Virginia; and the author of Virginia Report of 1799-1800; Syof the Law of Crimes and Punishments; and Institutes of Common and Statute Law. He died in 1895.

Minor, Lucian

lawyer, author, was born in 1802 in Louisa county, Va. He was a lawyer of Williamsburg, Va.; and the author of Reasons for Abolishing the Liquor Traffic; and Travels in New England.

He died in 1858 in Williamsburg, Va.

Minor, Robert Crannell

artist, was born April 30, 1840, in New York city. His works include Evening; Dawn; Studio of Corot; and Under the Oaks.

Among those of his later paintings that he has shown at the National academy are The Wold of Kent, England; The Cradle of of the Hudson; The Close of Day; and A Path.