Dinsmore, Mrs. B. A – Dixon, Joseph
Dinsmore, Mrs. B. A
educator, poet, was born in 1836 in Guilford, Maine. She is a teacher of vocal music in Foxcroft, Maine; and has written a number of meritorious poems.
Dinsmore, Hugh Anderson
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 24, 1850, in Benton county, Ark. In 1878 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the fourth judicial district of Arkansas; was re-elected in 1880, and again without opposition in 1882. In 1887 he was appointed minister resident and consul-general of the United States in the kingdom of Korea and served in that capacity until 1890. He was elected to the fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a democrat.
Dinsmore, William B
president of the Adams Express company, was born in 1810, in Boston, Mass. He made the acquaintance of Alvin Adams, who sent him to New York to take charge of the Adams express business there. He afterward took John Hoey into his employment, and from that time these two men toiled untiringly to build up the Adams Express company. In a few years they had extended the route of the company to all parts of the country. He died April 20, 1888, in New York city.
Dirck, Cornelius Lansing
clergyman, author, was born March 3, 1785, in Lansingburg, N. Y. He was a presbyterian clergyman for many years connected with Auburn Theological seminary, who published Sermons on Important Subjects. He died March 19, 1857.
Disharoon, John H
educator, was born Aug. 17, 1873, in Marble Hill, Ga.
He has attained success as an educator, and is now engaged in that profession at Huntsville, Tex.
Disney, David T
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1803, in Baltimore, Md. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1820; was frequently a member of the state legislature of Ohio, and three times elected speaker. He represented his adopted state in congress from 1849 to 1855. He died March 14, 1857, in Washington, D. C.
Disosway, Gabriel Poillon
antiquarian, author, was born Dec. 6, 1799, in New York city. He was an antiquary of New York city, and the author of The Children's Book of Sermons; and The Earliest Churches of New York and its Vicinity. He died July 9, 1868, in Staten Island, N. Y.
Disston, Henry
manufacturer, inventor, was born May 21, 1819, in England. He invented more than twenty improvements in saw manufacture, among them the movable or inserted teeth. He was the inventor and manufacturer of the Disston saw. He died March 16, 1878, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Disturnell, John
journalist, author, was born Oct. 6, 1801, in New York city. He was a map publisher of New York city who was an industrious compiler of guide books and similar literature. He is the author of New York as it Was and Is, 1876; Influence of Climate in North and South America; The Great Lakes of America; and Traveller's Guide to Hudson River; Tourist's Guide to the Upper Mississippi; and other works. He died Oct. 1, 1877, in New York city.
Ditson, Charles Healy
publisher, was born Aug. 11, 1845. He is treasurer of the now incorporated firm of The Oliver Ditson company of Boston, which owns the branch house in Philadelphia, and is part owner of Lyon and Healy of Chicago.
Ditson, George Leighton
journalist, author, was born Aug. 5, 1812, in Westford, Mass. He is a noted traveler who published Circassia, or a Tour to the Caucasus; Crimora; The Para Papers, or France, Egypt, and Ethiopia; The Crescent and the French Crusaders; and The Fedariti of Italy, a Romance of Circassian Captivity.
Ditson, Oliver
music publisher, was born Oct. 20, 1811, in Boston, Mass.
He established the publishing firm of Oliver Ditson and Co., which has become known throughout the United States. For twenty-five years he was president of the Continental bank of his city. He died Dec. 21, 1888, in Boston, Mass.
Dittenhoefer, Abram J
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1836, in Charleston, S.
C. In 1862 he was appointed judge of the city court of Columbia, and in 1864 was judge of the district court of South Carolina.
Diven, Alexander S
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 15, 1809, in Catharine, N. Y. He was a senator in the New York legislature in 1858; and was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress.
Divol, Ira
educator, was born in October, 1820, in Topham, Vt. He was elected state superintendent of public schools in Missouri. He laid the foundation of the public school library, which afterward became the public library in St. Louis.
He died June 22, 1871, in Baraboo, Wis.
Dix, Augustus J
educator, was born April 13, 1831, in Albany, N. Y. He moved to Elizabeth, N. J., and was one of the incorporators, and for three years president of the city hospital. Since 1880 he has been superintendent of public instruction of the city of Elizabeth. was
Dix, Charles Temple
artist, was born Feb. 25, 1838, in Albany, N. Y. His Sunset in Capri is a spirited study of sea and shore. He died March 11, 1873, in Rome, Italy.
Dix, Dorothea Lynde
philanthropist, author, was born about 1794 in Worcester, Mass. She was a famous Massachusetts philanthropist the greater part of whose life was spent in efforts to improve the condition of the insane. Her writings, except Prisons and Prison Discipline, are intended for children, and include The Garland of Flora; Conversations about Common Things; Alice and Ruth; and Evening Hours. She died July 19, 1887, in Trenton, N. J.
Dix, John Adams
statesman, was born July 24, 1798, in Boscawen, N. H. He was a general and statesman who, while secretary of the treasury in 1861, issued the celebrated order, If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. He was a United States senator, and governor of New York during 1873-75. He was the author of A Winter in Madeira, and A Summer in Spain and Florence; Speeches and Occasional Addresses; and Resources of the State of New York. He died April 21, 1879.
Dix, John Homer
oculist, aurist, author, was born about 1810. He was an oculist and aurist of Boston who published Changes of the Blood, a translation from the French of Gibert; Treatise on Strabismus; Morbid Sensibility of the Retina; and The Ophthalmoscope and its Uses. He died in 1884.
Dix, Morgan
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 1, 1827, in New York city.
He is a prominent episcopal clergyman of New York city conspicuous among High church theologians, and rector of Trinity church since 1859. He is the author of Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical; Lectures on the Calling of a Christian Woman; Memoir of J. A. Dix, his father; Gospel and Philosophy; The Sacramental System; The Seven Deadly Sins; Lectures on the First Prayer Book of King Edward VI.; and The Two Estates-Wedded in the Lord, Single for the Kingdom of Heaven's Sake.
Dixey, Henry E
actor, was born Jan. 6, 1839, in Boston, Mass. In 1875 he played the Heifer in Evangeline at the Globe theatre. Other roles in which he has been seen are: Dr. Syntax in Cinderella at School, Lorenzo in The Mascot, Sir Mincing Lane in Billee Taylor, Bunthorne in Patience, Sir Joseph Porter in Pinafore, Peter Papyms in The New Evangeline, and Boss Knivett in The Romany Rye.
Dixon, Archibald
lawyer, state legislator, United States senator, was born April 2, 1802, in Caswell county, N.
C. In 1830 he was a representative in the legislature, and in 1836 in the state senate. He was again in the lower house in 1841; and in 1843 was elected lieutenantgovernor of Kentucky. He was a member of the United States senate from 1852 to 1855, having been elected to fill a vacancy. He died April 23, 1876, in Henderson, Ky.
Dixon, George Washington
comic singer, was born about 1808. He first appeared in 1827 as a comedian in small parts at the amphitheatre in Albany, N. Y. Thence he went to New York, Philadelphia and other large cities, singing his famous songs, The Coal-Black Rose and Zip Coon, to admiring throngs.
He died in March, 1861, in New Orleans, La.
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Dixon, James
lawyer, legislator, United States senator, was born Aug. 5, 1814, in Enfield, Conn. He was a member of the house in the legislature of Connecticut in 1837, 1838, and 1844; and of the state senate in 1849 and 1854. was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1845 to 1849; and was elected a senator in congress for six years from 1857. He was re-elected in 1863 for the term ending in 1869. He died March 27, 1873, in Hartford, Conn.
Dixon, James Main
educator, author, was born in 1856 in Scotland. He has been a professor of English literature in Washington university, St. Louis, since 1892, and the author of A Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases.
Dixon, James Payson
educator, college president, was born in September, 1842, in West Lebanon, Maine. He is a successful educator, and the president of Colby academy of New London, N. H.
Dixon, Joseph
inventor, was born Jan. 18, 1799, in Marblehead, Mass. He was entirely self-educated, and early showed unusual mechanical ingenuity, inventing a machine for cutting files before he was twenty-one. He died June 17, 1869, in Jersey City, N. J.