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Morse, T. Vernette

artist, author, was born in 1854, in Cortland county, N. county, N.

Y. In 1892 he came to Chicago and es- Chicago and established Arts of America, which was so successful that two years later he orlater he organized the Central Art association of America for the promotion and dispersion of good art among the people.

Morsell, James S

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 10, 1775, in Calvert county, Md. He served as a volunteer solvolunteer soldier in the war of 1812; and in 1816 was appointed a judge of the United States court for the District of Columbia, and continued in that capacity until 1863. He died Jan. 11, 1870, in Prince George county, Md.

Morton, Alexander

inventor, was born March 8, 1820, in Scotland. He be- . He began the manufacture of gold pens in New York city during the summer of 1851 between that year and 1860 invented auinvented automatic processes for pointing, tempering, and grinding them. He died Oct. 12 , 1869, in New York city.

Morton, Charles

clergyman, author, was born in 1620 in England . He was a puritan clergyman who came to New England in 1686, and was minister at Charlestown and vice-president of Harof Harvard college. He was the author of The Ark: its Loss and Recovery; and Sysand System of Logic, long a text-book at Harvard. He died April 11, 1698, in Boston, Mass. at

Morton, George

lawyer, was born June 23, 1859, in Ontario, Canada.

He graduated from the Victoria university; was admitted to the bar at Albany in 1884; and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Ogdensburg, N. Y. He has made his mark as a criminal lawyer, and was one of the counsel to defend Frank Conroy, the wife murderer.

Morton, Eliza H

author, poet, was born July 18, 1853, in Deering, Me. She is the author of Potter's series of Geographies; and a volume of poems entitled Still Waters. She is also known as the author of The Songs My Mother Sang; My Mission; I Glory in the Cross; and many other hymns, made popular in D. L.

Moody revival meetings.

Morton, Henry

physicist, college president, author, was born Dec. 11, 1836, in New York city. He was a noted physicist, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology at Hoboken, N. J., from 1870; and the author of The Student's Practical Chemistry, and many valuable scientific monographs.

Morton, Jackson

manufacturer, congressman, United States senator, was born Aug. 10, 1794, in Spottsylvania county, Va. He was a senator in congress from Florida from 1849 to 1855; and served in the rebellion as a member of the confederate congress. He died Nov. 20, 1874, in Santa Rosa county, Fla.

Morton, James Ferdinand

educator, clergyman, was born Jan. 24, 1844, in Nova Scotia. He has filled the chair of New Testament Exegesis in the Theological institute of Newton, Mass.; and since 1891 has filled the chair in the Proctor academy of Andover, N. H. He has done considerable editorial work, and is a constant contributor to current literature.

Morton, James St. Clair

soldier, author, was born Sept. 24, 1829, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a federal officer killed in the attack upon Petersburg; and the author of Instruction in Engineering; New System of Fortifications; Memoir on Fortification; and Dangers and Defenses of New York City. He died June 17, 1864, in Petersburg, Va.