Carruth, James Harrison – Carter, Lorenzo
Carruth, James Harrison
botanist, author, was born Feb. 10, 1807, in Phillipston, Mass. In 1824 he edited the United States Review at Boston. From 1835 till 1840 he was a member either of the house or senate of Massachusetts, was chairman of the legislative committee on education, and in 1837 drafted the bill establishing the board of education. He was the author of Geography of Massachusetts, and the Geography of New Hampshire.
Carruth, William Herbert
educator, author, poet, was born in 1859 in Ossawatomie, Kan. He is a joint author of the History of Municipal Suffrage in Kansas, and co-editor of Sunflowers.
Carruthers, William Alexan- Der
physician, author, was born in 1800 in Virginia. He was a physician of Savannah who wrote a number of romances now quite forgotten. He was the author of The Kentuckian in New York; The Cavaliers of Virginia; Knights of the Horse Shoe; and Life of Charles Caldwell. He died about 1850 in Savannah, Ga.
Carryl, Charles Edward
broker, author, was born in 1841 in New York.
He is a broker of New York city, and the author of the popular juvenile tales, Davy and the Goblin; and The Admiral's Caravan.
Carse, Mrs. Matilda B
temperance worker. She was the founder and president of the Woman's Dormitory association of the World's Columbian exposition. She founded the Woman's Temperance Publishing association, and was one of the leaders in planning and carrying out the building of the Woman's Temperance Temple of Chicago, Ill.
CARSON, CHRISTOPHER [KIT CAR- SON], explorer, traveler, guide and trapper, was born Dec. 24, 1809, in Madison county, Ky. He rendered important services as guide to Fremont in his noted western explorations. Serving in the civil war, he received the title of brigadiergeneral. He died May 23, 1868, in Fort Lynn, Colo.
Carson, George
lawyer, state senator, jurist, was born Feb. 5, 1841, in Jennings county, Ind. He served in the civil war as a soldier; in 1878-80 was a member of the Iowa legislature; served in the senate in 1884-86; was on the district bench 1887-91, and in 1896 was elected mayor of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Carson, Hampton Lawrence
lawyer, author, was born Feb. 21, 1852, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia and the author of The History of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Constitution of the United States, and The History of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Carson, Joseph
physician, author, was born in 1808. He was a medical professor at the university of Pennsylvania; and the author of Illustrations of Medical Botany; and Lectures on Materia Medica and Pharmacy. He died in 1876.
Carson, Luella Clay
educator, was born March 12, 1856, in Portland, Ore. Her father was a pioneer of the state, and for many years a member of the state senate. Since 1880 she has been closely identified with the educational work of Oregon; has been instructor in the Couch school of Portland; preceptress of the Pacific university, and since 1888 has filled the chair of English literature and rhetoric in the State university of Oregon.
Carson, Sallie
poet, was born March 12, 1847, in Beaver county, Pa.
She is the author of a volume of her select poems entitled Wayside Flowers.
Carson, Samuel P
congressman, was born at Pleasant Garden, N. C. For several years he was a member of the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1825 to 1833. He killed Doctor Robert B.
Vance in a duel in 1827. He died in November, 1840, in Arkansas.
Carswell, Franklin Washing- Ton
merchant, was born Aug. 6, 1860, in Burke county, Ga. He graduated from the high schools of Hephzibah, Ga., and from the university of Georgia. He is a successful merchant, and prominent in public affairs of Hephzibah, Ga.
Carter, Charles Davis
composer, was born April 25, 1857, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He has composed some songs for chorus and solo; and is the director of Pittsburg Female college.
CARTER, CHARLES IGNATIUS HARDMAN, clergyman, was born in 1803 in Lebanon, Ky. He was stationed at St.
Mary's, Philadelphia, where he built the Church of the Assumption in 1849, and also erected a convent and free schools.
He afterward founded a convent and academy of the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus at Sharon Hill. He died in 1879 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Carter, Charles M
lawyer, author. He is a successful lawyer of Washington, D. C.; and the author of Political Romance, and other works.
Carter, Edward J
railroad president, was born Aug. 16, 1859, near Portsmouth, Ohio. Since 1894 he has been president of the Suwannee River railway.
Carter, D. M
artist, was born in 1827 in Ireland. He was one of the original members of the Artists' Fund society, established in 1859. About 1850 he painted a series of pictures illustrating Goldsmith's Deserted Village. Among his most successful works are Decatur's Attack on Tripoli; and Moll Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth; and portraits of Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, James K.
Polk, and other distinguished persons.
Carter, David
agriculturist, legislator, was born Nov. 18, 1837, in McIntosh county, Ga. In 1897 he served with distinction as a member of the Florida state legislature from Cartersville.
Carter, Francis M
educator, lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 28, 1839, in Carter county, Mo. He received his education at the Arcadia college, university of Missouri, and the university of North Carolina. He has been superintendent of public schools; prosecuting attorney; and a representative in the Missouri state legislature. He has been a candidate for judge of the circuit court; and was twice presented as a democratic nominee for congress. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Missouri, and has an extensive practice at Farmington.
Carter, Franklin
educator, college president, was born Sept. 30, 1837, in Waterbury, Conn. From 1865 till 1868 he was professor of Latin and of French at Williams, then of Latin alone, till 1872, and then of German, at Yale, till 1881, when he became president of Williams.
He has published a translation of Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris, and Life of Mark Hopkins.
Carter, Harley H
jurist, was born in New York. He removed to Michigan, from which state he was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Arizona.
Carter, James Coolidge
lawyer, author, was born Oct. 14, 1827, in Lancaster, Mass. He was a member of the commission appointed by Gov. Tilden, of New York, in 1875, to devise a form of municipal government for the cities of the state. He ranks among the leading lawyers of New York. He has published a monograph entitled The Codification of our Common Law, in which he opposes the scheme of codification.
Carter, James Gordon
educator, author, was born Sept. 7, 1795, in Leominster, Mass. He was a prominent educator of Massachusetts; and the author of Essays on Popular Education; Geography of New Hampshire; Geography of Massachusetts; and Letters to William Prescott on the Free Schools of New England. He died July 22, 1849, in Chicago, Ill.
Carter, John
pioneer of Tennessee.
When the district of Washington, now the state of Tennessee, was annexed to North Carolina during the revolution, he was elected, with John Sevier and Charles Robertson, to the convention that assembled at Halifax, N. C., in 1785, and framed a constitution for the state of Frankland, which was reunited with North Carolina in 1788.
Carter, John
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 10, 1792, on Black River, S. C. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1822 to 1829, when he declined a re-election. He died June 20, 1850, in Georgetown, D. C.
Carter, John C
naval officer, was born in 1805, in Virginia. In 1862 he commanded the steamer Michigan on the lakes. After the war he was placed in command of the receiving-ship Vermont and of the naval rendezvous at San Francisco. He was commissioned as commodore on the retired list on April 4, 1867. He died Nov. 24, 1870, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Carter, Joseph Mckendree
educator, clergyman, college president, was born Jan. 1, 1852, near Huntingdon, Tenn.
He attended the East Tennessee Wesleyan university, which institution is now known as the U. S. Grant university. He attained success in educational work, and became a college president; and has received the degree of D. D. For twentyfive years he has been a traveling clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, fourteen years of which he was presiding elder. He has twice been a member of the general conference, and has filled numerous positions of honor in the gift of his church. a
Carter, Josiah Mason
lawyer, state legislator, was born June 19, 1813, in New Canaan, Conn. He practiced in New York city from 1840 till 1847, and afterward in Norwalk; and served three terms in the Connecticut legislature, during the last of which he was speaker of the house. From 1862 till his death he filled the office of state's attorney for Fairfield county. He died March 22, 1868, in Norwalk, Conn.
Carter, Lorenzo
pioneer, was born in 1767, in Rutland, Vt. He emigrated in 1796 to the western reserve, and settled in Cleveland in the spring of 1797. He kept a hotel and a store for the sale of hunting-supplies in the early days of Cleveland, and built the first frame house, the first warehouse, and the first vessel constructed in that town. In 1804 he was elected a major in the militia. He died Feb. 7, 1814, in Cleveland, Ohio.