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Moulton, Louise C – Mowry, Sylvester

Moulton, Louise C

author, was born April 10, 1835, in Pomfret, Conn. In 1856 she began writing for Harper's Magazine and various other periodicals. She is the author of Swallow Flights; Random Rambles; Ourselves and Our Neighbors; and a volume of poems entitled In the Garden of Dreams.

Moulton, Luther V

lawyer, author, was born Sept. 27, 1843, in Howard, Mich. He is a successful lawyer of Grand Rapids, Mich. He has had charge of a number of the most important civil cases tried in his state; and has contributed a number of articles to law literature. He is also a noted writer on financial topics, his articles constantly appearing in financial publications. He is the author of a work entitled Science of Money and American Finances.

Moulton, Mace

lawyer, congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1847; and a state counselor in 1848 and 1849.

Moulton, Richard Green

educator, author, was born in 1849 in England.

He is an educator of note, professor in the university of Chicago; and the author of Ancient Classical Drama; The University Extension Movement; and Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist.

Moultrie, James

physician, educator, was born March 27, 1793, in Charleston, S. C. On the organization of the Medical College of South Carolina in 1824 he was elected professor of anatomy, but declined. In 1833 he was elected to the chair of physiology and accepted, retaining it until 1867. He died in April, 1869, in Charleston, S. C.

Mount, James Atwell

farmer, legislator, governor, was born March 23, 1843, in Montgomery county, Ind. He has been president of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance company of his county, and has served as a state senator. He has filled with honor the high office of governor of Indiana.

Mountford, William

clergyman, author, was born May 31, 1816, in England. He was a unitarian clergyman of Boston who became a spiritualist in his later years; and was the author of Martyria; Euthanasy, or Happy Talk Toward the End of Life; Christianity the Deliverance of the Soul; Minutes Past and Present; and Thorpe, a Quiet English Town. He died April 20, 1885, in Boston, Mass.

Mower, Horace

lawyer, jurist, was born in Vermont. He moved to Michigan, from which state he was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of New Mexico, residing at Santa Fe.

Mower, Joseph Anthony

soldier, was born Aug. 22, 1827, in Woodstock, Vt.

He was brevetted major-general in the regular army for gallantry during the civil war. He died Jan. 6, 1870, in New Orleans, La.

Mowry, Daniel

JR., jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born in Smithfield, R. I. He was in the colonial general assembly at the time they passed the act which renounced allegiance to the king. He was judge of the court of common pleas in Rhode Island. He was elected a delegate to the continental congress from that state in 1781.

Mudge, Alfred

publisher, was born April 25, 1805, in Portsmouth, N. H. He printed, among other specimens of fine work, History of the City Hall, published by the city authorities of Boston; a genealogical record of the descendants of Hugh Clark, of Watertown; and the Mudge Memorials, being an account of the Mudge family. He died Aug. 14, 1882, in Hull, Mass. au-

Mowry, Sylvester

soldier, thor, was born in 1830 in Providence, R.

I. He was an army officer who resigned in 1858; and the author of Arizona and Sonora; and the Geography, History, and Resources of the Silver Regions of North America. He died Oct. 16, 1871, in London, England.

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