Detwiler, Jacob Snare – Dewey, Charles Augustus
Detwiler, Jacob Snare
educator, elocutionist, journalist, was born Jan. 28, 1863, in Philadelphia, Pa. He toured the country for several years as an elocutionist and impersonator, and became favorably known as an orator and lecturer. He is now editor and proprietor of The Sun, of Osage, Iowa.
Detwiller, Henry
physician, merchant, was born Dec. 18, 1795, in Switzerland. He was the pioneer of homeopathy in Pennsylvania, and the first to successfully practice it in America. He founded the iron industry at Bingen, Pa., and became president of the company. He died April 21, 1887, in Easton. was
Deuster, Peter Victor
journalist, state senator, congressman, born Feb. 13, 1831, in Germany. In 1847 he settled at Milwaukee, Wis., and became editor and publisher of a newspaper. He was a member of the state house of representatives in 1862; state senator in 1870 and 1871; and was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the fortysixth, forty-seventh, and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat.
Devens, Charles
lawyer, soldier, state senator, was born April 4, 1820, in Charlestown, Mass. He was a member of the state senate in 1848-49; and for several years was attorney-general of the United States. He served with distinction through the civil war; and was made a brigadier-general in 1862. He died Jan. 7, 1891, in Boston, Mass.
De Vere, Mary Ainge
known as Madeline Bridges, author, poet, was born in New York. She is a successful writer of Brooklyn, N. Y.; and the author of Love Songs and Other Poems; and a second volume entitled Poems.
De Vere, Maximilian Schele
philologist, author, was born in 1820 in Sweden. He is a philologist of note who came from Sweden to the United States in 1843, and since 1844 has been a professor in the university of Virginia. He is the author of Outlines of Comparative Philology; Studies in English; Ameriisms; Wonders of the Deep; Grammar of the Spanish Language; Stray Leaves from the Book of Nature; and Romance of American History.
Devereux, John Henry
president of railroads, was born April 5, 1832, in Boston, Mass. He received a thorough education in the Portsmouth academy, New Hampshire; and in 1848 commenced life as a civil engineer on construction of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad, and the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula railroad. In 1853 he went to Tennessee to engage in the construction of the Tennessee and Alabama railroad; and during the great rebellion entered the United States service, and was made superintendent of the United States railroads of Virginia. He became president, until consolidation, of all the lines between Buhalo and Chicago; at which time he was made general manager of the entire lines. In 1873 he became president of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad; and also president of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad. He was instrumental in building the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad, and remained a trustee and director until his death, on March 17, 1886, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Devereux, Thomas Pollock
lawyer, author, was born Dec. 17, 1793, in Newbern, N. C. He was a North Carolina lawyer who published Reports of North Carolina Supreme Court in 1826-34; Reports in the Superior Court in 1834-40; and Equity Reports in 1826-40. He died March 24, 1869, in North Carolina.
Devin, Thomas C
soldier, was born in 1822 in New York city. He entered the regular army as lieutenant-colonel, and was made brigadier-general for services at Sailor's creek. He died April 4, 1878, in New York city.
De Vinne, Daniel
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 1, 1793, in Ireland. He was a methodist clergyman of New York city; and the author of The Methodist Episcopal Church and Slavery; Recollections of Fifty Years in the Ministry; and Irish Primitive Church. He died Feb. 10, 1883, in Morrisania, N. Y.
De Vinne, Theodore Low
printer, author, was born Dec. 25, 1828, in Stamford, Conn. He is a noted printer of New York city, and the author of Printer's Price List; Invention of Printing; and Historic Types.
Devoe, Frederick William
merchant, manufacturer, was born Jan. 26, 1828, in New York city. His product, called Devoe's Brilliant Oil, enjoyed a very extended sale, and the present company of which he is president and treasurer is one of the leading concerns in the country.
Devol, William Stowe
educator, scientist, was born March 24, 1860, near Marietta, Ohio. He is the director of the Arizona experiment station, professor of agriculture, horticulture and veterinary science in the university of Arizona. He graduated from the Ohio state university in 1886 with the degree of bachelor of agriculture, and upon graduation was placed in charge of the university farm, and in 1882 was chosen botanist. In 1889 he went to Reno, Nev., to accept the chair of agriculture in the university of Nevada. On account of failing health he went to southern California, and there remained for five years, engaged in newspaper work. In 1895 he accepted his present position at the university of Arizona. He is the president of the Arizona Agricultural association; and a member of various horticultural, pomological and scientific associations. In 1896 he became territorial veterinarian, stamping out an extensive outbreak of swine plague.
De Vries, Marion
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 15, 1865, in Woodbridge, Cal. He acted as assistant district attorney for San Joaquin county from January, 1893, to February, 1897; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat and indorsed by the people's party. He is a member of several important committees; and always takes an active part in all debates tending to the industrial advancement of the United States.
Dew, Thomas Roderick
educator, college president, author, was born Dec. 5, 1802, in Virginia. He was an educator of Virginia, and president of William and Mary college in 1836-46. A Digest of the History and Laws of Ancient and Modern Nations is his chief work. Other writings of his include The Policy of the Government; Lectures on History; Usury; and Essay in Favour of Slavery. He died Aug. 6, 1864, in Paris, France.
De Waele, Charles Leonard
lawyer, poet, was born Oct. 24, 1839, in Belgium. In 1869 he emigrated to America, and for a number of years was in the lumber business in northern Michigan. During 1876- 90 he served as a justice of the peace; and for two terms was superintendent of schools. In 1889 he was admitted to the bar; and is now circuit court commissioner for the county of Roscommon, Mich. As an author and lawyer Mr. De Waele occupies a high place amongst the literary and legal fraternity of Michigan. He is the author of a volume of poems published in his native language. He is a linguist, and speaks the Dutch, German and French languages, and has done service as interpreter in several prominent trials in the state.
De Walden, Thomas Blaides
actor, author, was born in 1811, in London, England. He was a New York actor of some note as an author and adapter of many plays, among which are The Upper Ten and the Lower Twenty; and Kit; The Jesuit. He died Sept. 26, 1873, in New York city.
Dewart, Lewis
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1831 to 1833.
Dewart, William L
lawyer, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a member of the thirty-fifth congress from Pennsylvania.
Dewees, William Potts
physician, author, was born Nov. 5, 1768, in Pottsgrove, Pa. He was a popular physician of. Philadelphia, and professor of obstetrics in the university of Pennsylvania. He was the author of Medical Essays; Physical and Medical Treatment of Children; System of Midwifery; and Practice of Medicine. He died May 18, 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Deweese, John T
lawyer, soldier, congressman, was born June 4, 1835, in Arkansas. He entered the volunteer army in 1861; promoted to the rank of colonel in 1863; and after the war was commissioned a lieutenant in the regular army, and stationed in North Carolina.
After holding the ofuce of register in bankruptcy for a time he was elected a representative from North Carolina to the fortieth congress, and was re-elected to the forty-first congress.
Dewey, Charles Augustus
lawyer, jurist, was born March 13, 1793, in Williamstown, Mass. He served as United States district attorney from 1830 till 1837, when he was appointed the fifth judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts. He died Aug. 22, 1866, in Northampton, Mass.