Dahlgren, Ulric – Dalton, Edward Barry
Dahlgren, Ulric
soldier, was born in 1842, near Philadelphia. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He died March 4,
Dail, Charles C
lawyer, author, poet, was born Jan. 5, 1851, in Kentucky. He was left an orphan when an infant, and at seven years of age became a newsboy and bootblack in the streets of Cincinnati.
He became a citizen of Kansas at maturity, and has ever since made that state his home, and he has attained success as an able lawyer of Kansas City. He is the author of a volume entitled A Hundred Poems; and Willmoth the Wanderer, a work of fiction, which have gained for him a good reputation as a poet and novelist. re-
Daily, Samuel G
congressman, was born in 1819 in Indiana. He was elected a delegate from the territory of Nebraska to the thirty-seventh congress, and elected to the thirty-eighth congress; and was subsequently appointed a deputy-collector in New Orleans. He died Sept. 14, 1865, in New Orleans, La.
Dake, Alvin Chamberlin
capitalist, was born Aug. 1, 1849, in Allenburg, N. Y. In 1878 he commenced the manufacture of charcoal at Leadville; and in 1883 moved to Dake, Colo., where he continued the business, and was one of the largest charcoal dealers in the state. The town of Dake was named after him.
Dake, Dumont Charles
physician, was born June 11, 1838, in Nunda, N. Y. He has attained success as a prominent physician of New York city.
Dakin, George M
was born May 13, 1827, in Oakland, Ohio. He devoted both time and means to the establishment and successful continuance of the Laporte Library and Natural History association, over which he presided for twelve years.
Dakin, Thomas Spencer
soldier, merchant, was born in 1831 in Orange county, N. Y. He was elected captain in the thirteenth regiment, Brooklyn, in 1862, and served in the Virginia campaign as a member of the staff of Gen. Crook, who then commanded the fifth brigade. After the war he became majorgeneral of militia, and was widely known as a member of the American rifle team.
He died May 13, 1878, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dalcho, Frederick
clergyman, author, was born in 1770 in London, England. He was an episcopal clergyman of Charleston, rector of St. Michael's church there in 1819-36, but in earlier life successively a physician and journalist. He was the author of The Evidence of the Divinity of Our Savior; Historic Account of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina; and Ahiman Rezon, a work for freemasons. He died in 1836.
Dale, Alpheus
contractor, state legislator, was born Jan. 7, 1844, in Union county, Pa. In 1853 he moved to Illinois; and in 1865 settled in Minnesota at North Minneapolis as a carpenter and contractor. He has served as a member of the Minnesota house of representatives for two terms, in 1895 and in 1897. He has taken an active part in debates in the state legislature and done much toward the carrying out of all progressive measures.
Dale, James Wilkinson
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 16, 1812, in Odessa, Del. He was a clergyman of eastern Pennsylvania; and the author of The Cup and the Cross, or the Baptism of Calvary; Classic Baptism; Judaic Baptism; Johannic Baptism; and Christic and Patristic Baptism.
Dale, Richard
naval officer, was born Nov. 6, 1756, near Norfolk, Va. In 1775 he rose to the command of a vessel.
He was promoted to a captaincy in 1794; and in 1801 was sent to the coast of Tripoli with a squadron as commodore. Lord Nelson observed Dale's handling of American vessels, and said that the Americans, with such men might make trouble for England. He died Feb. 24, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pa., in which city he was one of the foremost citizens.
Dale, Samuel
pioneer, was born in 1772 in Rockbridge county, Va. In 1816 he was a member of the convention to divide the Mississippi territory, and served several terms in the Alabama legislature.
He died May 23, 1841, in Lauderdale county, Miss.
Dale, William Johnson
soldier, physician, surgeon, was born Sept. 5, 1815, in Gloucester, Mass. In 1863 he was raised to the rank of brigadier-general, in connection with his appointment as surgeongeneral of Massachusetts.
Dales, John Blakely
clergyman, author, was born in 1815 in New York. He is a united presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia, whose principal writings include Roman Catholicism; Dangers and Duties of Young Men; and The Gospel Minister.
Daley, Andrew J
lawyer, was born May 25, 1857, in Iowa county, Wis. He attended the Monona academy and Theological seminary of Madison, Wis.; and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Luverne, Minn.
Daley, George Henry
was born Nov. 1, 1844, in Albany, N. Y. He entered as clerk in the office of Devlin and Company, one of the leading clothing houses in New York, rising to a partnership in the firm, and was president of the corporation issuing the Gazette and Sentinel for several years. He is a director in the Staten Island Savings bank.
Dall, Mrs. Caroline Wells
[HEALEY], author, was born June 22, 1822, in Boston, Mass. She is a Washington writer whose early efforts were mainly in the line of social reforms, while her later works were concerned with general literature. She is the author of Essays and Sketches; Historical Pictures Retouched; Life of Dr. Marie Zakrzewski; Woman's Rights under the Law; The Romance of the Association, or One Last Glimpse of Charlotte Temple and Eliza Wharton; What We Really Know About Shakespeare; Woman's Place in History; Life of Dr. Anandabai Joshee; College, Market and Court; Woman's Right to Labor; Essays on Confucius; Patty Gray's Journey to the Cotton Islands; My First Holiday, or Letters from Colorado; and Egypt's Place in History, which include her principal works.
Dall, Charles Henry Apple- Ton
missionary, author, was born Feb. 12, 1816, in Baltimore, Md. He was a unitarian missionary to Calcutta; and the author of The Temperance Movement in Modern Times; and Theism in Questions and Answers. He died July 18, 1886.
Dall, William Healey
naturalist, author, was born Aug. 21, 1845, in Boston, Mass. He is a naturalist of distinction who has been connected with the United States coast survey and the geological survey. He is the author of Alaska and its Resources; Tribes of the Extreme Northwest; Scientific Results of the Exploration of Alaska; Coast Pilot of Alaska; Pacific Coast Pilot; and Reports on the Mollusca of the Blake Expedition.
Dallas, Alexander James
statesman, author, was born June 21, 1759, on the Island of Jamaica. He was a noted statesman who was secretary of state in 1796-1801, and secretary of the treasury under Madison. He was the author of Features of Jay's Treaty; Speeches on the Trial of Blount; Address to Constitutional Republicans; and Causes and Character of the Late War. He died Jan. 14, 1817, in Trenton, N. J.
Dallas, George Mifflin
vicepresident of the United States, was born July 10, 1792, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an eminent lawyer, and assisted his father in his duties as secretary of the treasury. In 1825 he was elected mayor of Philadelphia; and in 1829-31 was district attorney. In 1831 he was chosen to fill a vacancy in the United States senate, and took part in the debates of the stormy session of 1832-33. He declined a re-election; and in 1837-39 was ambassador to Russia. In 1844 he was elected vice-president of the United States. During 1856-61 he was United States minister to England. He was the author of a Series of Letters from London; Eulogy on Andrew Jackson; and numerous speeches and addresses. He died Dec. 31, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Dallas, Robert Frank
artist, was born June 6, 1855, in Camillus, N. Y. In 1886 he was made instructor in oil painting and modeling in the College of Fine Arts, and was in 1893 elected professor of these classes.
Dallinger, Frederick William
politician, author, was born in 1871 in Massachusetts. He is a politician of Cambridge; and the author of Nominations for Elective Office in the United States.
Dalsheimer, Alice
educator, author, poet, was born Dec. 1, 1845, in New Orleans, La. Her writings consist of numerous sketches, short stories and poems, principally the latter, all of which appeared in the daily papers of New Orleans under the pseudonym of Salvia Dale. She died Jan. 15, 1880, in New Orleans, La. on
Dalton, Edward Barry
physician, author, was born Sept. 21, 1834, in Lowell, Mass. In 1869 he originated the present city ambulance system for the transportation of the sick and injured.
He published papers on The Disorder known as Bronzed Skin, or Disease of the Supra-renal Capsules; The Metropolitan Board of Health (1868); and Reports of the Sanitary Superintendent of the Metropolitan Board of Health from 1866 to 1869. He died May 13, 1872, in Santa Barbara, Cal.