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Niles, Hezekiah

journalist, author, • was born Oct. 10, 1777, in Chester county, Pa. He was a journalist of Baltimore, founder of Niles's Register. The towns of Niles, Mich., and Niles, Ohio, were named in his honor. He is the author of Quill Driving; and Principles and Acts of the Revolutionary Period. He died April 2, 1839, in Wilmington, Del.

Niles, Jason

congressman. He was elected to the forty-third congress from Mississippi.

Niles, John B

lawyer, educator, state senator, was born Sept. 13, 1808, in Fairlee, Vt. He was elected to the Indiana state senate in 1864, where he served one term. For twelve years he occupied the chair of professor of chemistry in the Indiana Medical college, located at Laporte, having been elected to the position in 1840.

Niles, Nathaniel

lawyer, banker, was born Sept. 15, 1835, in South Kensington, R. I.

He became speaker of the New Jersey assembly in 1872, government director of the Union Pacific railroad in 1879, and since 1884 has been president of the Tradesmen's National bank of New York city.

Niles, Samuel

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 14, 1744, in Braintree, Mass.

He was ordained pastor of a congregational church in Abington in 1771, and preached there for forty years. He published a sermon on the death of General Washington; and a sermon before the Massachusetts Missionary society. He died Jan. 16, 1814, in Abington, Mass.

Nipher, Francis Eugene

scientist, author, was born Dec. 10, 1847, in Port Byron, N. Y. For many years he was professor of physics and electrical engineering in the Washington university of St. Louis, Mo. He has been president of the St. Louis Academy of Science, and also of the Engineers' club. He is the author of Theory of Magnetic Measurements; A Mathematical Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism; and many scientific papers.

Niven, Archibald C

state legislator, congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1847; and a member of the state legislature in 1864.

Nixon, John

soldier, was born March 4, 1725, in Framingham, Mass.

He was appointed brigadier-general in 1776, and intrusted with the command of Governor's Island, New York harbor. He died March 24, 1815, in Middlebury, Vt.

Noah, Mordecai Manuel

journalist, author, was born July 14, 1785, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a once noted journalist of New York city, who endeavored unsuccessfully to found a Jewish colony on Grand Island, in the Niagara river. He was the author of Travels in England, France and Spain; Gleanings from a Gathered Harvest. He wrote several successful plays, among which are, The Siege of Tripoli; and The Fortress of Sorrente. He died May 22, 1851, in New York city.

Noatman, Franklin S

poet, was born July 31, 1858, in Wethersfield, N. Y.

He is the author of numerous hymns and religious poems, and has published work entitled Glimpses of the New Jerusalem. He is known in his native state as the Bard of North Java. a

Noble, Annette Lucile

author, was born July 12, 1844, in Albion, N. Y.

She is a fiction writer of Albion, N. Y., among whose works are Uncle Jack's Executors; Eunice Lathrop, Spinster; Love and Shawl-Straps; After the Failure; and The Silent Man's Legacy.

Noble, Calista

educator, poet, was born Jan. 11, 1835, in Crawford county, Pa. After receiving a liberal education, she became a school teacher, and has attained success as an educator. She has written both prose and verse for the periodical press, and some of her poems have been included in several national collections.