De Motte, Mark L – Dennis, Thomas Hamner
De Motte, Mark L
soldier, lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born Dec. 28, 1832, in Rockville, Ind. He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1856; and served as a captain in the union army during the war of the rebellion. He was editor and proprietor of the Lexington Register of Missouri for eight years; was an unsuccessful candidate for congress in 1872 and 1876; and in the latter year was a delegate to the republican national convention. He returned to Valparaiso, Ind., in 1877, and was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-seventh congress as a republican.
Dempsey, John B
lawyer, legislator, was born April 29, 1861, in St.
Louis, Mo. He is a successful lawyer of his native city, and principally engaged as an advocate in labor cases. In 1889 he was a member of the revising session of the Missouri state legislature; and in 1886-89 was secretary for the state of Missouri of the state and district assemblies of the Knights of Labor.
Dempster, John
clergyman, educator, author, was born Jan. 2, 1794, in Florida, N. Y. He is a noted methodist preacher and educator, and one of the founders of the theological school of Boston university. He is the author of Lectures and Addresses, which was issued in 1864. He died Nov. 28, 1863, in Evanston, Ill.
Dempster, William Richard- Son
musician, was born in 1809 in Scotland. He set Tennyson's May Queen to music, which became popular, and afterward composed music for most of the songs introduced in Tennyson's longer poems, which were his favorites for his concerts. He died March 7, 1071, in London, England.
De Navarro, Mrs. a. F
actress, was born July 28, 1859, in Sacramento, Cal. Her first appearance in New York was in 1877 at the Fifth Avenue theater, and again in 1878, at the close of which she made her first European tour. She abandoned the stage permanently in 1891.
Denby, Charles
soldier, journalist, lawyer, diplomatist, was born June 16, 1830, in Mount Joy, Va.. In 1853 he went to Evansville, Ind., and became assistant editor of the Evansville Enquirer. In 1856 he was elected a representative in the Indiana legislature. In 1861 he was prominent in raising volunteers for the union army and was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of an Indiana regiment; served until 1863, and was promoted colonel for gallant conduct. In 1885 he was appointed United States minister to China.
Dengler, Frank
sculptor, was born in 1853, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was for a short time an instructor in modelling in the Boston museum art school. Among his works are Azzo and Melda; an ideal head of America, and several portrait busts.
Denhard, Charles Edward
physician, was born July 15, 1849, in Germany. He helped to found the German poliklinik of New York city, of which he is an attending physician.
Denholm, Robert M
journalist, was born July 20, 1852, in Scotland. He has established several papers in the west, and is now the editor and owner of The Western Disciple of De Soto, Mo.
Denio, Hiram
jurist, author, was born May 21, 1799, in Rome, N. Y. He was a Utica jurist who published Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court; and The Court for Correction of Errors. He died in 1871.
Denise, David D
horticulturist, was born Sept. 23, 1840, in Freehold, N. Y.
He is treasurer of the state board of agriculture, and a member of the executive committee.
Denison, Andrew Woods
soldier, was born Dec. 15, 1831, in Baltimore, Md.
He served in the civil war and attained for gallant and meritorious services the rank of brigadier-general. In 1869 he was appointed postmaster of Baltimore, Md., which he held until his death. He died Feb. 24, 1877, in Baltimore, Md.
Denison, Charles
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 23, 1818, in Wyoming Valley, Pa. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses. He died June 27, 1867, in Wilkesbarre.
Denison, Charles
physician, inventor, author, was born Nov. 1, 1845, in Royalton, Vt. He is the inventor of the air pressure inhaler and exhaler, and the binaural stethoscope, now used extensively by the medical profession. He is the author of Climates of the United States in Colors, and various other works on health and hygiene.
Denison, Charles Wheeler
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 11, 1809, in New London, Conn. He was a clergyman who as a young man was editor of The Emancipator, an anti-slavery journal of New York. During the civil war he served as chaplain in the federal army. He is the author of The American Village and Other Poems; Paul St. Clair, a temperance tale; Antonio, the Italian Boy; The Child Hunters, an exposure of the padrone system; Life of General Grant; Out at Sea, a volume of verse; Sunshine Castle, a tale. The Tanner Boy; The Bobbin Boy; and Winfield, the Lawyer's Son, form a series of biographies of noted men for juvenile reading. He died Nov. 14, 1881.
Denison, Daniel
soldier, author, was born in 1613, in England. He was a famous colonial soldier of Massachusetts, and the author of Irenicon, or Salve for New England's Sore. He died Sept. 20, 1682, in Ipswich, Mass.
Denison, Dudley Chase
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 13, 1819, in Royalton, Ind. He was a state senator in 1853 and 1854; state's attorney from 1858 to 1860; and a member of the state house of representatives in 1861, 1862, and 1863. He was United States district attorney for the district of Vermont; and was elected a representative from Vermont to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Denison, Frederic
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 28, 1819, in Stoning, Conn. He is a baptist clergyman of Rhode Island, and the author of The Supper Institution; The Sabbath Institution; History of the First Rhode Island Cavalry; Westerly and Its Witnesses, 1627- 1876; and Picturesque Narragansett and Picturesque Rhode Island.
Denison, John Henry
clergyman, author, was born in 1841, in Massachusetts. He is a congregational clergyman retired from active service, but at one time college pastor at Williamstown, Mass. He is the author of Christ's Idea of the Supernatural.
Denison, John Ledyard
publisher, author, was born in 1826, in Connecticut. He is a publisher of Norwich, Conn., and the author of Picturesque History of the Wars of the United States; and Illustrated History of the New World.
Denison, Mrs. Mary Andrews
author, was born May 26, 1826, in Cambridge, Mass. She is the author of Opposite the Jail; That Husband of Mine, which was issued anonymously and enjoyed an extraordinary popularity for a short time; That Wife of Mine; Rothmell; His Triumph; Old Slip Warehouse; Home Pictures; Like a Gentleman; and If She Will, She Will.
Dennett, John Richard
journalist, was born in 1837, in Chatham, N. B.
Besides writing frequently for the Nation, he was assistant professor of rhetoric at Harvard. He died Nov. 26, 1874, in Westborough, Mass.
Dennie, Joseph
journalist, author, was born Aug. 30, 1768, in Boston, Mass.
He was a journalist and essayist of Philadelphia, whose reputation in his day vastly exceeded his deserts, and the author of The Lay Preacher, or Short Sermons for Idle Readers. He died Jan. 7, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Dennis, George R
physician, United States senator, was born April 8, 1822, in White Haven, Md. He was president of the Eastern Shore railroad; was a delegate from the state at large to the national whig convention at niladelphia in 1856; and also to the democratic national convention at New York in 1868. He was elected to the state senate of Maryland in 1854; and to the house of delegates in 1867, and again to the senate in 1871. He was elected to the United States senate for the term 1873-79.
Dennis, Graham
BARCLAY, financier, was born June 1, 1855, in England. From 1875-77 he was city editor of The Daily Journal of Dayton, Ohio; and in 1885 organized the Muscovite Mica Mining company, of which he is still manager. He has been president of the Dominion Mining and Concentrating company of Spokane, Wash.; and is still president of the Idler Mining company; and the Summit Mining company.
Dennis, John
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 17, 1771, in Somerset county, Md. He was elected a representative in congress from Maryland in 1796; and was re-elected to five successive congresses. He died Aug. 17, 1807, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Dennis, John
farmer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1807, in Somerset county, Md. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1841; and was twice elected to the state legislature. He was a member of the Maryland state convention in 1850. He died Nov. 1, 1850.
Dennis, Littleton P
congressman. He served many years in the legislature of Maryland; was a presidential elector in 1800, 1812, 1816, 1824, and 1828; and was elected a representative in congress from Maryland in 1833. He died April 14, 1834, in Washington, D. C.
Dennis, Rodney
underwriter, was born Jan. 14, 1826, in Topsfield, Mass. In 1864 the Travellers' Life and Accident Insurance company was organized, and Mr. Dennis accepted the secretaryship, and held that important position for many years. He is also a director and trustee of several insurance and business corporations of Hartford, Conn.
Dennis, Thomas Hamner
soldier, journalist, legislator, was born Feb. 20, 1846, in Charlotte county, Va. He was a soldier in the confederate service in 1864- 65; and in 1865 was elected speaker of the house of delegates. He has become a prominent lawyer, and is the editor of The Independent of Lewisburg, W. Va.