Donahoe, Daniel J – Doolittle, Charles Camp
Donahoe, Daniel J
lawyer, jurist, poet, was born Feb. 27, 1853, in Brimfield, Mass. He is a successful member of the Connecticut bar; and a well-known jurist of Meriden. In 1888 his first volume of poems was issued, entitled Idyls of Israel and Other Poems; and later appeared A Tent by the Lake and Other Poems. mer-
Donahoe, John P
soldier, chant, legislator, was born Aug. 12, 1841, in county Tyrone, Ireland. He received his education at St. Joseph parochial school of Brandywine Banks, Del. During 1861-65 he served as a soldier in the union army through the entire war.
In 1891 he served with distinction as a member of the state senate of the Delaware legislature, and was elected speaker. In 1896-97 he was a member of the constitutional convention, and the same year was national commander of the Union Veteran legion. He is a successful merchant of Wilmington, Del., and is prominent in the public affairs of his city, county and state.
Donahue, Peter
capitalist, was born Jan. 11, 1822, in Scotland. In 1850 with his brother he organized the great establishment now known as the Union Iron works; and was one of the originators of the San Francisco and San Jose railroad. He died Nov. 26, 1885.
Donald, Elijah Winchester
clergyman, author, was born in 1843 in Massachusetts. He is an episcopal clergyman of Boston, rector of Trinity church from 1892, and the author of The Expansion of Religion.
Donaldson, Edward
naval officer, was born Nov. 17, 1816, in Baltimore, Md.
He served in the United States navy during the civil war; and in 1876 was commissioned rear admiral. He died May 15, 1889, in Baltimore, Md.
Donaldson, Frank
educator, physician, author, was born July 23, 1823, in Baltimore, Md. He was a Baltimore physician, professor of hygiene in the university of Maryland since 1866, and the author of Influence of City Life and Occupations in Consumption. He died in 1891.
Donaldson, Frank C
lawyer, was born Sept. 26, 1852, in Terre Haute, Ind.
He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native city, and graduated from the state university of Bloomington, Ind. He has attained eminence as a successful lawyer of Terre Haute, Ind.; has been mayor of his city; and has held high Masonic positions.
Donaldson, James Lowry
soldier, author, was born March 17, 1814, in Baltimore, Md. He was a colonel and brevet major-general in the United States army who published Sergeant Atkins, a tale of the Florida war. He died Nov. 4, 1885, in Baltimore, Md.
Donaldson, Washington H
aeronaut, was born in 1840 in Philadelphia, Pa. From 1857 till 1871 he traveled through the United States, appearing not fewer than 1,300 times in his various specialties. He died July 15, 1875.
Donelson, Andrew Jackson
diplomat, journalist, planter, lawyer, was born Aug. 25, 1800, near Nashville, Tenn.
He was aid-de-camp to General Jackson in 1820 and 1821; and his private secretary from 1829 to 1807. He was charge d'affaires to Texas in 1844 and 1845; envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Prussia from 1846 to 1848; and to Germany in 1848 and 1849. He was editor of the Washington Union in 1851 and 1852; and candidate of the American party for vice-president in 1852. He died June 26, 1871, in Memphis, Tenn.
Doniphan, Alexander William
soldier, was born July 9, 1808, in Mason county, Ky. In 1838 he had risen in the state militia to the grade of brigadiergeneral. When war began with Mexico, in 1846, he entered the United States service. He died Aug. 8, 1887, in Richmond, Mo.
Donley, Joseph B
educator, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1838, in Mount Morris, Pa. He became professor in Abingdon college; and served in the Illinois army as captain of volunteers from 1862 to 1865. In 1867 he was appointed a register in bankruptcy in Pennsylvania, holding the office until elected a representative from that state to the forty-first congress as a republican.
Donnan, William G
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born June 30, 1834, in West Charlton, N.
Y. He was elected treasurer and recorder of Buchanan county, Iowa, and held the office until 1862. He entered the union army as a private in 1862, and rose to the rank of brevet major for efficient services in the field, serving to the close of the rebellion. He was a member of the state senate in 1868 and 1870; and was elected to the fortysecond congress, and re-elected to the forty-third congress as a republican.
Donnell, Edward J
soldier, surgeon, legislator, poet, was born May 11, 1835, in Lyndeboro, N. Y. During the war he served as second lieutenant in company C, sixteenth New Hampshire infantry; and also as first assistant surgeon in the thirteenth Maryland infantry. He is now a prominent physician of Stockton, Kan.; and during 1884-88 served as a member of the state senate of. Kansas.
Donnell, Richard S
congressman, was born in North Carolina. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1849; and in 1863 published a Letter on the Rebellion, which attracted great attention.
Donnelly, Eleanor Cecilia
author, poet, was born Sept. 6, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. She is a Pniladelphia writer of religious poetry, the greater part of which is occupied with Roman catholic themes.
Among her many volumes are Domus Dei; Out of Sweet Solitude; Hymns of the Sacred Heart; and Children of the Golden Sheaf and Other Poems. She is a constant contributor to the leading newspapers and magazines.
Donnelly, Ignatius
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, lieutenant-governor, author, was born Nov. 3, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1857 he moved to Minnesota; was elected lieutenantgovernor of that state in 1859; and re-elected in 1861.
He was elected to thirty-eighth thirty-ninth the and conand fortieth gresses as a republican; was state senator during 1874-78; member of the national executive committee and an eloquent speaker. He is the author of An Essay on the Sonnets of Shakespeare; Atlantis: the Antediluvian World; Cæsar's Column; Ragnarok: the Age of Fire and Gravel; and The Great Cryptogram. In this work he claims to have discovered a cipher in the plays of Shakespeare which sufficiently establishes the fact that they were written by Lord Bacon.
Donovan, Dennis D
educator, merchant, congressman, was born Jan. 31, 1859, near Texas, Ohio. He attended the Northern Indiana Normal school at Valparaiso, Ind.; taught school three years, and then engaged in mercantile and timber business.
He was appointed postmaster at Deshler by President Cleveland, which position he resigned when elected to the legislature from Henry county in 1887; and was re-elected to the legislature in 1889. He was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.
Donovan, John
educator, contractor, legislator, was born May 26, 1843, in Canada. When two months old he moved with his parents to Youngstown, N. Y., where he received his education. He was principal of the schools of Youngstown for one year; moved to Michigan in 1865, and there taught school for twelve years. In 1873 he moved to Flint, Mich.; five years later to Bay City; and is a successful contractor and builder. He served with distinction in the Michigan state legislature in 1895-96, and received the re-election to the legislature of 1897-98, serving on several important committees.
Donovan, John F
lawyer, public official, was born Nov. 1, 1847, in New York city. He has been mayor of Kinmundy, Ill., for twelve years; president of the county G. A. R. for ten years; and president of the South Illinois Emigration and Improvement association.
Donovan, Joseph M
lawyer, author, was born April 28, 1866, in Littleton, N. H. He graduated from the Georgetown university of Washington, D. C., with the degree of A. M., and from the same institution in 1889 with the degree of LL. B. He at once took up the practice of law in Sioux Falls, S. D., where he has attained distinction as an able lawyer. He is the author of Law of Divorce and Domestic Relations, and other works.
Doolittle, Amos
engraver, was born in 1754 in Cheshire, Conn. While a volunteer at Cambridge he visited the battle ground of Lexington, and on his return to New Haven made an engraving of the action, his first attempt in that art.
He died Jan. 31, 1832, in New Haven, Conn.
Doolittle, Benjamin
clergyman, author, was born July 10, 1695, in Massachusetts. He was a clergyman of Northfield, Mass., in 1718-49, and the author of Narrative of the Mischief of the French and Indians, 1744-48; and Inquiry into Enthusiasm. He died Jan. 9, 1749.
Doolittle, Charles Camp
soldier, was born March 16, 1832, in Burlington, Vt. In 1865 he was made brigadiergeneral of volunteers, and on June 13 he was brevetted major-general. Since 1871 he has been cashier of the Merchants' national bank, Toledo, Ohio.