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Ohliger, Lewis P

business man, congressman, was born Jan. 3, 1843, in Bavaria. He was appointed a trustee of the Wooster and Lodi railway, of which he is now president. He was elected from Ohio to the fifty-second congress as a democrat to fill a vacancy.

O'Keefe, John Francis

educator, lawyer, was born Dec. 28, 1860, in Wilson, N. Y. He attended the Wilson academy and the Mount Union college, Ohio, and for several years taught school. He was admitted to practice in the supreme court of Michigan and the federal courts of the United States. He makes a specialty of corporation law, and is the general counsel for the Saginaw and Bay City Rapid Transit Railway company.

Olcott, Simeon

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Oct. 1, 1735, in Connecticut. In 1784 he was appointed chief justice of the court of common pleas of New Hampshire; in 1790 a judge of the superior court; chief judge of the same court in 1795; and was a senator in congress from New Hampshire from 1801 to 1805. He died Feb. 22, 1815, in Charlestown, S. C.

Olden, Charles Smith

merchant, manufacturer, state senator, governor, was born Feb. 19, 1799, in Princeton, N. J.

Between the years 1844 and 1850 he was twice elected to the state senate, and in 1859 was elected governor of New Jersey.

He died April 7, 1876, in Princeton, N. J.

Oldham, Herbert

musician, composer, was born March 1, 1853, in Ireland. He is the author of a number of compositions for the voice, pianoforte and the *organ.

Olds, Edson B

state senator, congressman, was born in Vermont. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1849 to 1855. He was elected a member of the assembly of Ohio, having previously served six years in the state legislature, and been speaker of the senate. He died Jan. 24, 1869, in Lancaster, Ohio.

Olds, Joseph

lawyer, jurist, was born April 15, 1832, in Circleville, Ohio.

In 1868 he was elected judge of the judicial district of Ohio, resigning in 1873.

Olin, Abraham B

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1808 in Shaftsbury, Vt. He was for three years recorder of the city of Troy, N. Y. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress from New York. He was re-elected to the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh congresses; and in 1863 was appointed a judge of the supreme court of the District of Columbia. He died July 7, 1879, in Washington, D. C.

Olin, Gideon

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born about 1750 in Rhode Island. He was a member of the Vermont state legislature and speaker of the house; a judge of the county court, and a representative in congress from 1803 to 1807. He died Aug. 6, 1822, in Shaftsbury, Vt.

Olin, Stephen

educator, clergyman, college president, author, was born March 2, 1797, in Leicester, Vt. He was meinodist clergyman and educator; president of Wesleyan university in 1842, and the author of Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land; Greece and the Golden Horn; College Life, Its Theory and Practice; and Youthful Piety.

He died Aug. 16, 1851, in Middletown, Conn.

Oliphant, E. P

lawyer, jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He was appointed from that state an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Washington, residing at Whatcomb.

Oliphant, Lawrence

author, was born in 1829 in Ceylon. He is the author of a number of works, and, with his wife, wrote the peculiar and almost incomprehensible book, entitled Sympneumata. He died Dec. 23, 1888, in England.