De Peyster, Johnston W – De Trobriand, Philip Regis
De Peyster, Johnston W
soldier, was born Dec. 2, 1841, in New York city.
He served in the civil war and rose to the rank of colonel.
De Puy, Henry Walter
lawyer, journalist, author, was born in 1820 in Pompey Hill, N. Y. He is a lawyer and journalist, and the author of Kossuth and his Generals; Louis Napoleon and his Times; and Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of '76.
De Puy, William Harrison
clergyman, author, was born in 1821 in New York. He is a methodist clergyman of western New York, and the author of Threescore Years and Beyond; Statistics of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Home and Health; and Home Economics, a very popular book.
Derbigny, Pierre
fifth governor of Louisiana. He was elected to that office in 1828. He was a member of the first state legislature; judge of the supreme court; and was twice secretary of state.
He died Oct. 6. 1829, from injuries received by being thrown from his carriage.
Derby, Elias Hasket
lawyer, author, was born Sept. 24, 1803, in Salem, Mass. He was a noted railway attorney of Boston, and the author of Two Months Abroad; Catholic Letters; The Overland Route to the Pacific; and Position and Prospects of the United States with Respect to Finance, Commerce, and Prosperity. He died March 30, 1880, in Boston, Mass.
Derby, George
physician, author, was born Feb. 13, 1819, in Salem, Mass.
He was a physician of Boston, prominent as a sanitarian, who published Anthracite and Health. He died in 1874.
Derby, George Horatio
civil engineer, author, was born April 3, 1823, in Salem, Mass. He was a topographical engineer in the United States army who was a popular humorist in his day, and the author of Phenixiana; and Squibob Papers. He died May 15, 1861, in New York city.
Derby, James Cephas
publisher, author, was born July 20, 1818, in Little Falls, N. Y. He was a noted publisher of New York and San Francisco, and the author of Fifty Years Among Authors, Books, and Publishers. He died in 1892.
Derby, John Barton
poet, was born Nov. 30, 1792, in Salem, Mass. He was a poet whose later years were spent in Boston; and was the author of Musings of a Recluse; The Sea; and The Village.
He died in 1867 in Boston, Mass.
Derby, Roswell
lawyer, poet, was born Feb. 4, 1854, in Fulton county, Ohio.
He attended the public schools of Wauseon, Ohio; and subsequently was admitted to the bar in Ohio. For five years he was secretary and attorney for the People's Mutual Life Insurance company of Wakeman, Ohio.
For many years he was engaged in seed growing at Florence, Ohio, and was also a successful manufacturer of maple syrup. He has attained prominence as a successful lawyer, and has a lucrative practice in his state. He has contributed extensively both prose and verse to the periodical press; and many of his poems have been incorporated into standard works.
Derby, Samuel Carroll
educator, college president, was born in Dublin, N. H. In 1877 he received a professorship in Antioch college, which he held until 1887, when he became president of the college. He held the position until 1881, when heaccepted the position of professor of Latin language and literature in the Ohio state university.
De Roaldes, Abel
physician, was born June 10, 1804, in France. In 1850 he moved to New Orleans, where for thirty years he practiced his profession, numbering among his patients and friends a large number of the creole population.
He died Feb. 4, 1894, in New Orleans, La.
De Roaldes, Arthur Washing- Ton
surgeon, author, was born Jan. 25, 1849, in St. Landry, La. He attained prominence as a successful surgeon of New Orleans. He is the author of Post Nasal Adenoid Growths and Their Treatment; Atresia of the Larynx; and other works.
De Russy, Gustavus Adolphus
was born Nov. 3, 1818, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
He was mustered out of the volunteer service in 1866; promoted to be major in the regular army in 1866; lieutenant-colonel in 1879; colonel in 1882; and was retired by operation of law in 1882. He died May 29, 1891, in Detroit, Mich.
De Russy, Louis G
soldier, state senator, was born in 1796 in New York.
From 1851 to 1853 he was a member of the Louisiana house of representatives, and from 1853 till 1855 of the senate. He was major-general of Louisiana militia from 1848 till 1861, when he entered the confederate army. He died Dec. 17, 1864, in Grand Ecore, Fla.
De Russy, Rene Edward
soldier, was born Feb. 22, 1789, in Hayti, W. I. He was superintendent of the United States military academy from 1833 till 1838, and lieutenant-colonel of engineers from 1838 till 1863. In 1865 he was brevetted majorgeneral in the U. S. army for long and faithful service. He died Nov. 23, 1865, in San Francisco, Cal.
De Saussure, Henry William
jurist, author, was born Aug. 16, 1763, in Pocotaligo, S. C. He was a jurist of South Carolina, who was director of the United States mint in 1794, and published Reports of the Courts of Chancery and Equity in South Carolina from the Revolution to 1813. He died March 29, 1839, in Charleston, S. C.
De Saussure, William F
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1792, in Charleston, S. C. He adopted the profession of the law; and was a senator in congress from his native state from 1852 to 1853.
Desbrosses, Elias
was born in 1718, in New York city. He was one of the founders of the chamber of commerce in 1768, and its president in 1771 and 1772.
Desbrosses street of New York city is named in his honor. He died in March, 1778.
Desha, Joseph
soldier, congressman, governor, was born Dec. 9, 1768, in Pennsylvania. He served for a time in the state legislature; fought at the battle of the Thames as a major-general; and was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1807 to 1819. He was governor of Kentucky for four years from 1824. He died Oct. 13, 1842, in Georgetown, Ky.
Desha, Robert
merchant, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1827 to 1831. He died Feb. 8,
Deshon, George
missionary, author, was born Jan. 30, 1823, in New London, Conn. He is a Roman catholic priest of the redemptorist order, whose Guide for Young Catholic Women has had very extended circulation. a DESIREE, sister superior, was born in 1815 in Belgium. After taking her vows in 1845, she came to the United States, and was stationed at Cincinnati until 1852, when she was sent to Lowell to found a convent and school for catholic girls. She died in 1879 in Lowell, Mass.
De Smet, Peter John
missionary, author, was born Dec. 31, 1801, in Belgium. He was a noted Roman catholic missionary to the Indians, who came to the United States in 1821. His writings, originally published in French, include The Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains; Indian Letters and Sketches; Western Missions and Missionaries; and New Indian Sketches. He died in May, 1872, in St. Louis, Mo.
Desmond, Humphrey J
lawyer, legislator, author, was born Sept. 14, 1860, in Ozaukee county, Wis. In 1891 he was elected a member of the Wisconsin legislature, and drafted the Desmond law, which was enacted in place of the famous Bennett law. He is the author of Mooted Questions of History, and several other works.
Desnoyer, Peter
pioneer, was born April 21, 1773, in France. Congress, in 1807, gave him a tract of land on Detroit river, in return for his loyalty to the United States. He subsequently became United States marshal for the territory of Michigan, and in 1839 state treasurer. He died March 6, 1880, in Detroit, Mich.
De Sola, Abraham
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 18, 1825, in London. He was an eloquent expounder of conservative Judaism. His published works include Scripture Zoology; The Sanitary Institutions of the Hebrews; Mosaic Cosmogony; Sinaitic Inscriptions; Notes on the Jews of Persia; and minor writings on Jewish history and literature. He died June 5, 1882, in New York.
De Stefani, Rafael E
operatic artist and vocal teacher, was born in Cuba. He decided to settle in Brooklyn, N. Y., and there opened his Italian conservatory on Fulton and Gould streets, which in a short time became one of the leading institutions in the city.
Destrehan, Jean Noel
statesman, was born about 1780. He was a citizen of Louisiana, and in 1805 one of the authors of a pamphlet attacking the territorial government. In 1812 he was elected to the United States senate, but resigned the office before taking his seat.
Detmold, Christian Edward
civil engineer, was born Feb. 2, 1810, in Germany. He built the works of the New Jersey Zinc company, at Newark, N. J., being president of the company, and developed the manufacture of spiegel iron from the residue of zinc ore. He died July 2, 1887, in New York city.
Detmold, William Ludwig
surgeon, was born Dec. 27, 1808, in Germany. He became professor of military surgery and hygiene at Columbia in 1862, and was made professor emeritus in 1866.
He introduced orthopedic surgery into the United States.
De Trobriand, Philip Regis
soldier, author, was born June 4, 1816, in France. He is a military writer who came to the United States in 1841, entered the army, and, after serving through the civil war, retired from active service in 1879, and resided in New Orleans. He is the author of several novels in French.