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Newton, Robert Safford – Nicholls, Rhoda

Newton, Robert Safford

physician, journalist, educator, author, was born Sept. 2, 1855, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He was professor of diseases of the eye, throat, and skin, in the New York Eclectic Medical college in 1881-86, and also dean of the faculty. He edited the New York Quarterly Cancer Journal in 1880-81, and the New York Medical Eclectic from 1877 till 1885.

Newton, Thomas

congressman, was born in 1769 in Norfolk, Va. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1801 to 1829, and again from 1831 to 1833. He died Aug. 5, 1847, in Norfolk, Va.

Newton, Thomas W

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Arkansas in February and March, 1847.

Newton, Willoughby

congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.

Niblack, Silas N

congressman. He was elected a representative from Florida to the forty-second congress, having successfully contested the seat claimed by Josiah T. Walls.

Nicholas, George

soldier, lawyer, was born about 1755 in Hanover, Va.

He was a leading member of the convention which ratified the federal constitution, and a prominent member of the house of delegates in Virginia. He moved to Kentucky in 1790; was a member of the convention for framing a state constitution, and was the author of that instrument. He was the first attorney-general of the state. He died in 1799 in Kentucky.

Nicholas, John

congressman, state senator, was born Jan. 19, 1761, in Williamsburg, Va. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1793 to 1801. He subsequently removed to Geneva, N. Y., whence he was elected to the state senate from 1806 to 1809. He died Dec. 31, 1819, in Geneva, N. Y.

Nicholas, Philip Norborne

lawyer, jurist, banker, was born in 1773 in Williamsburg, Va. For many years he was president of the Farmers' bank of Virginia, and was judge of the general court of Virginia from about 1823 till his death. He died Aug. 8, 1849, in Richmond, Va.

Nicholas, Robert Carter

soldier, public official, was born about 1793 in Hanover, Va. He was appointed captain of the twentieth infantry in 1812; major of the twelfth infantry in 1813, and lieutenant-colonel in 1814. He was charge d'affaires to Naples, and subsequently secretary of state of Louisiana. In 1851 he became state superintendent of public instruction. He died Dec. 24, 1857, in Terrebonne, La.

Nicholas, Samuel Smith

lawyer, jurist, author, was born in 1796 in Lexington, Ky. In 1831 he was appointed judge of the court of appeals; and he was subsequently a member of the Kentucky state legislature. He assisted in preparing the revised code of Kentucky, and was the author of a series of essays on Constitutional Law. He died Nov. 27, 1869, in Louisville, Ky. was

Nicholls, Francis Tillou

soldier, lawyer, governor, was born Aug. 20, 1834, in Donaldsonville, La. The most notable fact of his life is that to him is due the organization of the first temperance society of Louisiana, of which he was president. During the civil war he was in the confederate service, and became brigadier-general. During 1888-92 he served with distinction as governor of Louisiana, and to him is principally due the defeat of the Louisiana lottery.

Nicholls, Rhoda

artist, was born in England. In 1896 she received a silver medal at the Atlanta (Ga.) international exposition on her water-color entitled Searching the Scriptures.