Dexter, Samuel – Dickerson, James Stokes
Dexter, Samuel
merchant, was born in 1726. He was a member of the governor's council before the revolution, and for several years between 1765 and 1775 served on the more important committees of both the house and the council. He died in 1810, in Mendon, Mass.
Dexter, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, statesman, author, was born May 14, 1761, in Boston, Mass. He was a member of the house of representatives in congress from Massachusetts from 1793 to 1795, and was elected to the United States senate, serving from 1799 to 1800. During the administration of John Adams he was appointed secretary of war in 1800, and secretary of the treasury in 1801; and for a short time had charge of the department of state. He was the author of Letters on Free Masonry; Progress of Science, a poem; and Speeches and Political Papers. He died May 3, 1816, in Athens, N. Y.
Dexter, Seymour
lawyer, legislator, banker, jurist, was born March 20, 1841, in Independence, N. Y. He served as a soldier in the civil war; has been a member of the New York state assembly; has been county judge, and judge of the circuit court. He is also a prominent banker of Elmira.
Dexter, Simon Newton
manufacturer, was born May 11, 1785, in Providence, R. I. He was president of the Whitestown bank in 1833-53; canal commissioner in 1840; and manager of the state lunatic asylum from 1849 till 1862.
He died Nov. 18, 1862, in Whitesboro, N. Y.
Dexter, Timothy
merchant, author, was born Jan. 22, 1743, in Malden, Mass. He has attained prominence as a successful merchant of Charlestown, Mass. He was the author of a work entitled A Pickle For the Knowing One. He died Oct. 22, 1806, in Newburyport, Mass.
Dexter, William Henry
merchant, was born Jan. 11, 1823, in Charlton, Mass. In 1873 he was made councilman in the Massachusetts government, and again in 1877. In 1874 he was elected a trustee of the Worcester academy and for many years was its treasurer.
Deyo, Israel T
educator, lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 28, 1854, in Union, N. Y. He was professor in New York state normal school. He was admitted to the bar in 1883 at Albany, N. Y., and during 1890-93 was a member of the New York state legislature.
De Young, Michael Henry
journalist, was born in 1848, in St. Louis, Mo.
Since 1879 the San Francisco Chronicle has been conducted solely by M. H. De Young, who has made it the largest and probably the most prosperous west of St.
Louis. He has served several times on the republican national committee, and been prominently named for United States senator.
Dezendorf, John F
surveyor,, congressman, was born Aug. 10, 1834, in Lansingburg, N. Y. In 1863 he moved to Norfolk, Va. He was assistant assessor of internal revenue from 1869 to 1871; and was a delegate to the republican national convention of 1876. He was defeated for congress in 1878; and was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-seventh congress as a republican.
Diaz, Mrs. Abby Morton
author, was born in 1821, in Massachusetts. She is a Boston writer who in youth was one of the famous company at Brook farm, and has since been prominent in relation to social reforms. Her books for juvenile readers, which are characterized by a strong vein of humor, include The Wiliam Henry Letters; William Henry and His Friends; Chronicles of the Stimpcett Family; The Cats' Arabian Nights; The John Spicer Lectures; Lucy Maria; Polly Cologne; Jimmyjohns; A Story-book for Children. Other works are Bybury to Beacon Street, a discussion of social topics; Domestic Problems; and Only a Flock of Women.
Dibble, Samuel
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 16, 1837, in Charleston, S. C. He served in the confederate army during the war of the rebellion; and was elected a representative in the state legislature in 1877. He was elected to the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat.
Dibble, Sheldon
missionary, author, was born Jan. 23, 1809, in Skaneateles, N. Y. He was a missionary to the Sandwich Islands, who published History of the Sandwich Island Missions. He died Jan. 22, 1845, in the Hawaiian Islands.
Dibrell, George Gibbs
soldier, merchant, congressman, was born April 12, 1822, in White county, Tenn. In 1861 was elected to the legislature, but volunteered in the confederate service, and was made brigadier-general in 1864. He was elected president of the Southwestern railroad; and in 1874 was elected a representative from Tennessee to the fortyfourth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat.
Dibrell, James A
physician, surgeon, was born Aug. 20, 1846, in Van Buren, Ark. In 1865 he commenced the study of medicine, and five years later graduated from the university of Pennsylvania, in which institution he subsequently attended a course of lectures. In 1870 he commenced the practice of his profession in Little Rock, Ark., and has been eminently successful. For fifteen years he was physician to the Arkansas Deaf and Mute institute; and is now professor of anatomy, president and dean of the medical department of Arkansas Industrial university; also local surgeon for several railroads, and United States examining surgeon for pensions.
Dichman, Ernest
naval officer, lawyer, banker, was born in 1845. He served in the South Atlantic squadron until the close of the civil war; rose, through the intermediate grades, to the rank of lieutenant-commander. He was United States minister to Columbia from 1878 to 1881.
Dick, James T
artist, was born in 1834, in New York city. He was one of the originators of the Brooklyn art school and a founder of the academy of design.
Among his best efforts are Cooling Off; Leap-Frog; and At Mischief. He died Jan. 19, 1868, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dick, John
jurist. He was a citizen of Louisiana, and in 1821 was appointed judge of the United States court for the District of Louisiana.
Dick, John
merchant, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a member of congress from that state in 1854 and 1855; and was re-elected to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses.
Dick, Robert P
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Oct. 5, 1823, in Greensboro, N. C. He was appointed United States district attorney for the district of North Carolina in 1853, and remained in that office until 1861. He was elected a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1861 and 1865. He was a state senator in 1864-65; was an associate justice of the supreme court of North Carolina in 1868-72; when he was appointed United States district judge for the western district of North Carolina.
Dick, Samuel
physician, congressman. He was a delegate to the continental congress from New Jersey in 1783 and 1784. He died in November, 1812, in New Jersey.
Dick, Samuel B
soldier, congressman, was born Oct. 26, 1836, in Meadville, Pa. He was a presidential elector in 1864; and was mayor of his native city in 1870. He commanded a brigade of Pennsylvania state militia in West Virginia in 1873; and was elected a representative from Pennsyivania to the fortysixth congress.
Dick, Wallace Peter
educator, composer, was born Sept. 9, 1857, in Lowell, Mass. In 1891 he accepted the position of professor of languages in the state normal school at Westchester, Pa. He is a thorough musician, and has composed a number of instrumental pieces and several songs, among the most popular of which are Little Sunbeam; and Light of My Life.
Dickens, Samuel
congressman. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina during the years 1816 and 1817.
Dickenson, Anna Elizabeth
lecturer, author, was born Oct. 28, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa. She gained great distinction during the civil war by her public speeches against slavery, and has been considered one of the most popular lecturers of the United States.
Dickenson, Baxter
clergyman, author, was born in 1795, in Massachusetts. He was a congregational clergyman of Boston, and the author of Letters to Students. He died in 1875.
Dickenson, Daniel S
lawyer, statesman, was born Sept. 11, 1800, in Goshen, Conn. He became so distinguished for his Biblical knowledge and apt quotations from the Scripture in his speeches in senate and court, that his friends familiarly applied to him the sobriquet of Scripture Dick. He died April 12, 1866.
Dickerman, Benoni
poet, was born July 9, 1810, in Naugatuc, Conn. He is the author of a volume entitled The Blood-Stained Cross; and also two booklets, besides various lyrics, psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
Dickerman, Charles Heber
manufacturer, banker, was born Feb. 3, 1843, in Hartford, Pa. He is secretary and treasurer of Murray, Dougal and Co., Limited, manufacturers of freight cars; and president of the First National bank of Milton, Pa.
Dickerman, Watson Bradley
stockbroker, was born Jan. 4, 1846, in Mount Carmel, Conn. He established the firm of Dominick and Dickerman in New York city. In 1890 and 1891 he was elected president of the Stock Exchange, and he is president of the Norfolk and Southern railroad.
Dickerson, James Stokes
clergyman, journalist, was born July 6, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa. Removing in 1875 to Chicago, he became joint proprietor and editor of the Standard, a baptist weekly paper. He died in March, 1876, in Chicago, Ill.