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Nelson, Josiah C

farmer, legislator, was born May 25, 1827, in Jackson county, Jackson county, Mo.

He was elected in 1858 as a member of the Missouri state legislature, the first legislature of that state; and he received the re-election for two successive terms. successive terms. a

Nelson, Roger

soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1755 in Fredericktown, Md. He was a general in the revolutionary war.

He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1804 to 1810; was several years in the Virginia legislature; and from 1810 to 1815 was judge of the upper district of that state. He died June 7, 1815, in Fredericktown, Md.

Nelson, Thomas

merchant, was born Feb. 20, 1677, in Scotland. He settled in Virginia, and founded the town of York, where he built the first custom house in the colonies, one of the earliest brick buildings in the state. He died Oct. 7, 1745, in Yorktown, Va.

Nelson, Thomas Leverett

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born March 4, 1827, in Haverhill, N. H. He was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature in 1869. In 1878 he was appointed United States district judge for the district of Massachusetts.

Nelson, Thomas M

soldier, congressman, was born in 1782 in Virginia.

He served with distinction in the war of 1812 as a captain of infantry; and after the war was promoted to the rank of major, but resigned his commission. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1816 to 1819. He died Nov. 10, Nov. 10, 1853.

Nelson, William Rockill

journalist, was born March 7, 1841, in Fort Wayne, Ind . He is the editor-in-chief of the Kansas City Star.

Neraz, Jean Claude

Roman catholic bishop, was born in 1829 in France.

He was nominated second bishop of San Antonio , and consecrated in 1881.

Nes, Henry

congressman, was born in 1799 in York, Pa. He was a repre- 1799 in York, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1843 to 1845, and again from 1846 to 1850.

He died Sept. 10, 1850.

Nesbit, William Lyon

agriculturist, lecturer, legislator, was born March 7, 1842, near Lewisburg, Pa. He is a successful farmer and lecturer on the sciences related to agriculture; has been state statistical agent for Pennsylvania for the United States department of agriculture, and in 1896 was elected a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives.

Nesbitt, Wilson

congressman. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1817 to 1819. author, poet, was born in 1856 in Massa-

Nesmith, James Ernest

artist, ERNEST, artist, chusetts. He is an artist and poet of Lowell, Mass.; and the author of Monad- Other Sketches in Verse; Philoctetes, and Other Poems; and Life and Addresses of Governor Greenhalge.

Nesmith, James Willson

soldier, congressman, United States senator, was born July 23, 1820, in Washington county, Maine. In 1857 he was appointed superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon and Washington territories. He was elected a senator in congress from Oregon for the term beginning in 1861 and ending in 1867. While devoting himself to farming in Oregon he was elected to the fortythird congress to fill a vacancy. He died June 17, 1885, in Polk county, Ore.