Deane, Gardner Andrus Arm- Strong – Debs, Eugene Victor
Deane, Gardner Andrus Arm- Strong
soldier, was born June 23, 1840, in Franklin, Mass. He served through the civil war; and received the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1891 he accepted the position of land commissioner of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, and Little Rock and Fort Smith railroads, at Frankfort, Kan.
Deane, James
physician, naturalist, author, was born Feb. 24, 1801, in Coleraine, Mass. In 1835 he made public his discovery of the fossil footprints in the red sandstone of the Connecticut valley; and at the time of his death was engaged in publishing an illustrated work upon the subject, the result of twenty-four years' investigation and labor. He died June 8, 1858, in Greenfield, Mass.
Deane, John H
soldier, lawyer, philanthropist, was born in Canada. He has been especially distinguished for his gifts to benevolent institutions under the control of baptists. To Rochester university he has given $100,000, besides considerable sums to the Rochester Theological seminary and to Vassar college.
Deane, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born March 30, 1784, in Mansfield, Mass. He was a baptist clergyman of Scituate, Mass.; and the author of The Populous Village, a poem; History of Scituate. He died in August, 1834.
DEANE, SILAs
was born Dec. 24, 1737, in Groton, Conn. He was a delegate to congress in 1774; and a diplomatist, who, with Franklin and Lee, negotiated treaty of peace and amity between France and the United States. He was the author of Letters to Robert Morgan; and Paris Papers, or Mr. Silas Deane's Late Intercepted Letters to His Brother and Other Friends. He died Aug. 23, 1789, in England. a
Deane, William Reed
antiquarian, author, was born Aug. 21, 1809, in Mansfield, Mass. He was an antiquary of Mansfield, Mass., who published genealogies of the families of Deane, Leonard, and Watson. He died June 16, 1871, in Mansfield, Mass.
Dearborn, Benjamin
educator, inventor, was born in 1755 in Portsmouth, N. H. He opened an academy for girls; and in 1790 he removed his school to Boston. He was the inventor of the spring balance. He died Feb. 22, 1838, in Boston, Mass.
Dearborn, Henry
soldier, physician, congressman, was born Feb. 23, 1751, in Northampton, N. H. In 1789 Washington appointed him marshal of the district of Maine. He was a member of congress from Massachusetts from 1793 to 1797. In 1801 he was appointed secretary of war, and held the office till 1809, when he was appointed to the office of collector of Boston. In 1812 he received a commission as senior major-general in the army of the United States. He died in 1829 in Roxbury, Mass.
Dearborn, Henry Alexander Scammell
soldier, congressman, author, was born March 3, 1783, in Exeter, N. H. In 1812 he was brigadier of militia, and had the command of the troops in Boston harbor; in 1821 was a member of the convention for revising the constitution of Massachusetts; and in 1829 was a representative in the legislature from Roxbury; and the following year a state senator. From 1831 to 1833 he was a representative in congress; and was soon appointed adjutant-general of Massachusetts, and continued in that office till 1843. In 1847 he was chosen mayor of Roxbury, which office he held until his death. He died July 29, 1851, in Portland, Maine.
Dearborn, Nathaniel
engraver, author, was born in 1786. He was one of the earliest engravers on wood in Boston, and published The American Text-Book for Making Letters; Boston Notions; An Account of That Village from 1630 to 1847; Reminiscences of Boston, and Guide through the City and Environs; and Guide through Mount Auburn. He died Nov. 7, 1852, in South Reading, Mass.
De Armon, David A
jurist, state senator, congressman, was born March 18, 1844, in Blair county, Pa. He was presidential elector in 1884; was state senator, circuit judge, and Missouri supreme court commissioner; and was elected to the fifty-second, fifty-third, and fifty-fourth congresses, and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Dearth, Elmer H
journalist, insurance commissioner, was born June 6, 1859, in Sangerville, Maine. After graduating in 1878 from Foxcroft academy of Maine, he taught school for two years.
He then began an active career in the newspaper profession with The Bangor Daily Whig and Courier; and in 1883 became connected with The Pioneer Press of St. Paul, Minn. For two years he was editor and business manager of The Independent of Henderson; and for four years prior to 1890 was the editor and proprietor of The Lesueur News. In 1889 he received the appointment of deputy insurance commissioner of the state. In this new post he soon developed a large amount of executive ability, and he filled it with great credit to himself and honor to the insurance department. He signed this office at the end of three years to accept a position with the Equitable Life Assurance society of New York city, N. Y. In 1897 he received from Governor Clough the appointment of insurance commissioner of Minnesota. re-
Deas, Charles
painter, was born in 1818, in Philadelphia. Among his more important pictures that have become widely known through engravings are The Turkey Shoot; Walking the Chalk; Long Jake; The Wounded Pawnee; Indian Guide; A Group of Sioux; Hunters on the Prairie; and The Last Shot. His Council of the Shawnees at North Bend portrays an incident in the life of Gen.
George Rogers Clarke. He died while insane. a
Deavitt, Thomas Jefferson
lawyer, financier, was born Feb. 17, 1840, in Richmond, Vt. In 1866 he was admitted to the Vermont bar; and was member of the Vermont constitutional convention. He has been superintendent of schools; justice of the peace; and president of the Capitol Savings Bank and Trust company since its organization in 1891. He is the manager and treasurer of the Watchman Publishing company; and a director in several other corporations. He has given considerable attention to commercial law, and has made and edited several Digests of Vermont Laws. He has a large patent and pension office practice at Montpelier, Vt.
De Bardeleben, Henry F
financier, was born in 1840, in Prattville, Ala.
He was vice-president of the St. Louis Trust Co. The annual Veiled Prophet's show in St. Louis was organized by him, among others, and he belongs to the St.
Louis and University clubs and the Merchants' exchange.
Deberry, Edmund
congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1787, in Mount Gilead, N. C. In 1806 he was a member of the state legislature, and continued to serve there, with occasional intermissions, until 1628. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1829 to 1831, from 1833 to 1845, and again from 1849 to 1851. He died Dec. 12, 1859, in Mount Gilead, N. C.
De Blois, Austin Kennedy
educator, college president, was born Dec. 17, 1866, in Nova Scotia. He engaged in educational work, and in 1894 became president of Shurtliff college of Upper Alton, Ill.
Deboe, William J
physician, lawyer, United States senator, was born in 1849, in Crittenden county, Ky. He has served seven years as a member of the republican state central committee and was a member of the state campaign committee in 1896. In 1893 he was elected state senator for a term of four years.
He was elected to the United States senate after one of the most sensational and memorable sessions of the legislature of the state. His term of service will expire March 3, 1903. a
De Bolt, Rezin A
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 20, 1828, in Fairfield county, Ohio. He removed to Missouri in 1858; and was for two years commissioner of public schools. He entered the volunteer army as a captain; and re-entered the army in 1864 as a major. he was elected circuit judge, and continued in the office until elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.
De Bow, James Dunwoody Brownson
lawyer, journalist, author, was born July 10, 1820, in Charleston, S. C.
He was professor of political economy and commercial statistics in the university of Louisiana in 1848; and was for three years at the head of the census bureau of Louisiana. In 1853 he was appointed superintendent of the United States census; was president of the commercial convention at Knoxville in 1857; contributed several articles to the Encyclopedia Britannica; was one of the founders of the Louisiana Historical society, now the Academy of Science. He was the author of Encyclopedia of the Trade and Commerce of the United States; The Southern States, Their Agriculture, Commerce, etc.; Industrial Resources of the Southwest; and Compendium of the Seventh United States Census. He died Feb. 27, 1867, in Elizabeth, N. J.
Debs, Eugene Victor
legislator, labor leader, was born Nov. 5, 1855, in Terre Haute, Ind. He commenced life as a locomotive fireman; became general secretary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and edited its periodical. He ultimately became president of the American Railway union, which was merged into the Social Democracy of America, of which he is still president. In 1889 he was elected a member of the Indiana state legislature. His name has become known throughout the United States as the champion of the rights of labor.