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Needham, Charles Austin – Neill, William
Needham, Charles Austin
artist, was born Oct. 30, 1844, in Buffalo, N. Y.
He has attained a national reputation as a noted artist; among his best-known works are Mott Haven Canal, New York; Near Factory Hollow; and Dream of Autumn.
Needham, Elias Parkman
inventor, was born Sept. 12, 1812, in Delhi, N. Y. , N. Y.
In 1878 he conceived the idea of using strips of perforated paper for the autoautomatic production of music, which resulted in the mechanical orguinette or automatic organ. He died Nov. 28, 1889, in New York city.
Neely, Henry Adams
D. D., clergyman, bishop, was born May 14, 1830, in Fayetteville, N. Y. He was ordained a priest in 1854, and consecrated bishop of Maine in 1867. His writings consist of sermons, addresses, and hymns.
Neeley, Thomas B
clergyman, author, was born in 18—. He is a methodist clergyman, and the author of Young Workers in the Church; The Church Lyceum; Parliamentary Practice ; Evolution of Episcopacy and Organic Methodism; The Parliamentarian; and The Govand The Governing Conference in Methodism .
Neff, Henry H
soldier, journalist, state legislator, was born June 5, 1815, in Preble county, Ohio. In the year 1843 he began the publication of the Winchester Patriot, which he continued for nine years. He was elected to the Indiana state legislature in 1847 on the whig ticket, and in 1852 was elected clerk of the court, serving in that capacity eight years. a
Nehlig, Victor
artist, was born in 1830 in France. His principal works , many of which are illustrative of American history, are The Cavalry Charge of St. Harry B. Hidden, in the New York Historical society; The Artist's Dream; Dream; The Captive Huguenot; Gertrude of Wyoming; Hiawatha and Minnehaha; Ar- ; Armorer in the Olden Time; Battle at Anat Antietam; Battle of Gettysburg; Waiting for My Enemy; Serenade; The Bravo; Ma- Mahogany Cutting; and The Princess Pocahontas.
Neil, John B
governor. He was appointed governor of Idaho for the term of four years from July, 1880.
Neill, John
physician, author, was born July 9, 1819, in Philadelphia , Pa.
He was a Philadelphia physician, and the , and the author of Neill on the Veins; and Com- ; and Compend of Medicine. He died Feb. 11, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Neill, Robert
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 12, 1838, in In- 1838, in Independence county, Ark. He was lieutenwas lieutenant-colonel of Arkansas state guards from 1874 to 1877, and brigadiergeneral of state militia from 1877 to 1882. He has served two terms as a member of the democratic state central committee of Arkansas since 1886; and was nominated and elected to the fifty-third congress and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Neill, Thomas Hewson
soldier, was born April 9, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was acting inspector -general in Sheridan's Shenandoah campaign, and at the close of the war received the brevets of brigadier-general, United States army, and major-general of volunteers. He was . He was commandant of cadets at the United States military academy from 1875 till 1879, and in 1883 he was retired .
Neill, William
clergyman, author, was born in 1778 near McKeesport , Pa.
He was a presbyterian minister of Philaof Philadelphia, president of Dickinson college in 1824-29; and the author of Lectures on Bible History; Divine Origin of the Christian Religion; and Ministry of Fifty Years.
Fifty Years.
He died Aug. 8, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.