Durfee, Nathaniel B – Dustin, Hannah
Durfee, Nathaniel B
agriculturist, congressman, was born Sept. 29, 1812, in Tiverton, R. I. He represented the town of Warwick several years in the state legislature, and the town of Tiverton four years. He was elected a member of the thirty-fourth congress, and was reelected to the thirty-fifth congress.
Durfee, William Franklin
engineer, was born Nov. 15, 1833, in New Bedford, Mass. In 1853 he became an engineer and architect in his native town, and for five years held the appointment of city surveyor. He was chosen as one of the representatives of New Bedford in the legislature of 1861, and, as secretary of its military committee, was active in forwarding legislation for the equipment of troops at the beginning of the civil war. He equipped at Wyandotte, Mich., the first analytical laboratory built as an adjunct to steel works in the United States.
Durfee, Zoheth Shearman
manufacturer, inventor, was born April 22, 1831, in Fall River, Mass. In 1866 the Pneumatic Steel association was formed, of which he was elected secretary and treasurer, and remained its active manager until 1879. He has made numerous inventions in machinery for the manufacture of steel industry than any other American of his generation. He died June 8, 1880, in Providence, R. I.
Durgin, Mary Lyle
artist, was born Feb. 3, 1850, in Wilmington, Mass.
She studied art in Paris, France, where her pictures were exhibited in the French salons in 1884 and 1886. In 1890 she painted four large mural paintings for the walls of the First Congregational church of Detroit, Mich. Her studio is in Boston.
Durham, John Stephens
diplomat, was born July 18, 1861, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was editor of the University Journal of Philadelphia, Pa.; and reporter on the Philadelphia Times. In 1890 he was appointed United States consul to San Domingo; and in 1891 was United States minister to the republic of Hayti.
Durham, Judson P
educator, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 2, 1853, in Canada. For six years he was a missionary on the plains; and now fills a pastorate in Vermontville, Mich. He is the author of one published work, and is a constant contributor to current literature.
Durham, Milton Jamison
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 16, 1824, in Mercer county, Ky. He was a circuit judge of Kentucky in 1861-62. He was elected to the forty-third congress, and re-elected to the forty-fourth congress. In 1875 he was appointed chairman of the committee on revision of laws; and re-elected to the forty-fifth congress. 1885 he was appointed first comptroller of the United States treasury.
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Durivage, Francis Alexander
author, was born in 1814 in Massachusetts.
He was a magazinist of Boston, among whose writings are The Fatal Casket; Life Scenes from the World Around Us; and Cyclopedia of History. He died in 1881.
Durkee, Charles
merchant, congressman, United States senator, governor, was born Dec. 5, 1807, in Royalton, Vt. He was a merchant; removed to Wisconsin; and was elected to the legislature of that state in 1837 and 1838. He was a representative in congress in 1848 and 1850 from Wisconsin; and was a United States senator for six years, commencing in 1855.
He was a delegate to the peace congress of 1861; and in 1865 was appointed governor of Utah. He died Jan. 14, 1870, in Omaha, Neb.
Durkee, John
soldier, was born in 1728 in Windham, Conn. He distinguished himself at Bunker Hill, and commanded a regiment in the battles of Long Island, Germantown, Harlem, White Plains, Trenton, and Monmouth, and was in Gen.
John Sullivan's expedition against the Six Nations in 1779. He died May 29, 1782, in Norwich, Conn.
Durkee, Joseph Harvey
soldier, lawyer, state senator, was born July 16, 1837, in Oneida county, N. Y. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of captain. He took up his residence in Jacksonville, and was subsequently elected state senator, resigning before the close of his second term to accept the position of United States marshal, which position he held until 1885, when he resigned to take that of master in chancery in the United States courts.
Durocher, Laurent
soldier, lawyer, statesman, was born in 1786 at St.
Genevieve Mission, Mo. He was a member of the first constitutional convention in 1835; state senator in 1835 and 1836; and representative in 1839. He also held the offices of justice of the peace, probate judge, circuit clerk, and clerk of the city of Monroe, where he died Sept. 21, 1861.
Durrett, Reuben Thomas
lawyer, orator, author, was born Jan. 22, 1824, in Henry county, Ky. After studying at the Georgetown college, he graduated in 1849 from the Brown university; and at the law department of the university of Louisville a year later. During 1857- 59 he was editor and part owner of the Louisville Courier.
During 1850-80 he practiced his profesa sion in Louisville; was founder of the public library of Kentucky; founder of the Louisville Abstract and Loan association; and founder of the Filson club of Louisville. He is president of the associations that he has formed, and a member of various historical societies. He is the author of The Life and Writings of John Filson, the first historian of Kentucky; and a series of articles on the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-99. He has distinguished himself as a lawyer, speaker, writer, and author; and received the degrees of A. B., A. M., and LL. D. from Brown university.
Durrie, Daniel Steele
educator, antiquarian, author, was born Jan. 2, 1819, in Albany, N. Y. In 1858 he became librarian of the State Historical society of Wisconsin. He has been superintendent of public schools at Roxbury, and secretary of the Madison board of education. Among his publications are genealogical histories of the Steele and Holt families; Bibliographica Genealogica Americana, or Index to American Pedigrees; History of Madison, Wis., and the Four-Lake Country (with W. B. Davis); History of Missouri; and Wisconsin Biographical Dictionary.
Durston, Alfred S
clergyman, was born May 1, 1848, in England. He has filled pastorates in Berlin, Mass.; and at Borodino and Syracuse, N. Y. In 1883 he became general secretary of the Syracuse Young Men's Christian association.
Durthaller, Joseph
clergyman, college president, was born Nov. 28, 1819, in Alsace. In 1860 he was elected president of St. Francis Xavier college, serving until 1863. He died May 3, 1885, in New York city.
Duryea, Harmanus B
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born July 12, 1815, in Newtown, N. Y. In 1847 he was district attorney for Queens county, N. Y.; and in 1857 was elected a member of the assembly for Kings county. He served in the civil war and organized the thirteenth, fourteenth and twenty-eighth regiments of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Duryee, Abram
soldier, was born April 29, 1815, in New York city. He accumulated a fortune as a mahogany merchant in New York. He entered the New York state militia in 1833, and served in the one hundred and forty-second regiment. Five years later he joined the twenty-seventh regiment (now the seventh) as a private, and rose gradually until he became its colonel in 1849, holding that office for fourteen years. During the Astor place riots he commanded his regiment and was twice wounded.
Duryee, William Rankin
soldier, clergyman, author, was born April 10, 1838, in Newark, N. J. In 1864 he became pastor of the Reformed church at Lafayette, Jersey City, N. J. He has published a premium tract for soldiers, entitled Sentinels for the Soul; Our Mission Work Abroad; Centennial Discourses of the Reformed Church; and critical essays and poems in religious journals. His song of The Kingdom of Home was awarded a prize.
Dusenberry, Frances L
publisher, author, was born in Rochelle, Ill. In 1887 she founded, in conjunction with her sister, Lucy Ella Dusenberry, the Purdy Publishing company of Chicago. They attained success in publishing books on metaphysical subjects, securing the control of these books by paying the authors a royalty. For several years she edited and published The Chicago Woman's News; and now publishes The Chicago Vegetarian.
Duss, John Samuel
philanthropist, was born Feb. 22, 1860, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the senior trustee of the Harmony society of Economy, Pa., one of the most unique and at one time wealthy and picturesque communistic organizations that has ever existed.
Dustin, Daniel
soldier. He served during the war as commander of the second brigade, third division of the twentieth army corps, with distinction. During President Harrison's term of office General Dustin served as assistant United States treasurer in Chicago, until his death, which occurred in 1893.
Dustin, Hannah
heroine of New England, was born about 1655. She was the mother of thirteen children. When the Indians attacked Haverhill, March 15, 1698, her husband, with the children, escaped, and she, with an infant and her nurse, was captured. After proceeding a short distance, the infant was killed. Mrs.
Duston was taken to an island at the junction of the Merrimack and Contoocook rivers, being assigned to an Indian family of twelve persons. With the aid of a nurse and a boy, also a prisoner, she killed the Indians with a hatchet, all but a favorite boy and a wounded squaw, who escaped, and returned safely to Haverhill with their scalps. Her house, occupied by Thomas Dustin, a descendant, was standing in 1816.