Dyer, David Patterson – Earle, Thomas
Dyer, David Patterson
soldier, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 12, 1838, in Henry county, Va. He moved to Missouri, and was elected a district prosecuting attorney in 1860; and was elected to the state legislature in 1862 and 1865. He had command of the forty-ninth Missouri volunteers during a part of the rebellion. He was elected secretary of the state senate in 1866; was a delegate to the Chicago convention of 1868; and was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-first congress.
Dyer, Eliphalet
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 28, 1721, in Windham, Conn. He was a representative to the general court; and was appointed to the command of a Connecticut regiment during the French war in 1755. He was elected a member of the council in 1762; and was a delegate to the stamp act congress of 1765. He was a delegate to the continental congress in 1774, and held a seat in that body during the war, excepting 1779. He was appointed judge of the supreme court in 1766; was chief justice from 1789 to 1793. He died May 13, 1807, in Windham, Conn.
Dyer, Elisha
governor. He was governor of Rhode Island for two years, beginning with 1857.
Dyer, Heman
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 24, 1810, in Shaftsbury, Vt.
Heis an episcopal clergyman of New York city; and the author of Voice of the Lord upon the Waters; and Records of an Active Life, an autobiography.
Dyer, John J
jurist. He was an early emigrant to Iowa; and prior to the year 1850 was appointed United States judge for the three districts of Iowa.
Dyer, Oliver
journalist, author, was born April 26, 1824, in Porter, N. Y. He became an expert in phonography, and went to Washington in 1848 as a reporter in the United States senate. In 1871 he was engaged to write exclusively for the New York Ledger. He was ordained a minister in 1876, and became pastor of the New Church society in Mount Vernon, N.
Y. He is the author of the Wickedest Man in New York; and Great Senators.
Dyer, Sidney
clergyman, author, poet, was born Feb. 11, 1814, in Cambridge, N. Y. He is a baptist clergyman of Philadelphia, well known as a songwriter. He is the author of Voices of Nature and Thoughts in Rhyme; Psalmist for Use of Baptist Churches; Songs and Ballads; The Drunkard's Child; Ruth, a Cantata; Black Diamonds; Home and Abroad; Hoofs and Claws; Ocean Gardens and Palaces; Elmdale Lyceum; and The Beautiful Ladder, or the Two Students.
Eades, Harvey L
founder, author, was born in 1806, in Logan county, Ky.
He was one of the founders and a leader of the Shaker society of Kentucky. He was also the author of a number of religious and metaphysical books and pamphlets.
Eads, James Buchanan
was born May 23, 1820, in Lawrenceburg, Ind. He was a civil engineer of distinction and the designer of the Mississippi jetties. He was the author of System of Naval Defence; Mouth of the Mississippi, the Jetty System Explained; and Discussion on Upright Bridges. He died March 8, 1887, in the Bahama Islands.
Eagan, Dennis
soldier, legislator, was born Feb. 4, 1844, in Ireland. He served as a soldier during the civil war.
He served as a member of the state senate of Florida for two terms, and for many years was United States commissioner under several administrations.
EAGER, DeWITT
merchant, state legislator, was born April 20, 1850, in Sangersfield, N. Y. He is a successful merchant of Beaver Crossing, Neb.; and in 1897 was elected a member of the Nebraska state legislature. He has traveled extensively throughout the west and Alaska. In the Nebraska state legislature he takes a prominent part in all debates, and serves on the most important committees.
Eager, S. W
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1829 to 1831.
Eagle, Henry
naval officer, was born April 7, 1801, in New York city. In 1818 he entered the navy as midshipman; was promoted commodore. He died Nov. 26, 1882.
Eagle, James P
soldier, governor, was born Aug. 10, 1837, in Tennessee. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He represented Lonoke county in the legislature of 1877 and 1885; and in 1888 was elected governor of Arkansas.
Eakins, Thomas
painter, sculptor, was born July 25, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has been director of schools of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; lecturer on artistic anatomy at the National Academy of Design; Art Students' league of New York; and the Cooper institute.
Among his noted pictures are A Lady Singing; The Chess Players; and Mending the Net.
Eames, Benjamin T
lawyer, congressman, was born June 4, 1818, in Tudham, Mass. He was a member of the state senate in 1854, 1855, 1856, 1859, and 1863; and of the legislature in 1859, 1868, and 1869, serving the last year as speaker.
He was a delegate to the convention at Chicago in 1860; and was elected to the forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth, and forty-fifth congresses, and declined a reelection.
Eames, Emma
prima donna, was born in China. She made her debut in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet in Paris, and during her engagement there she was decorated by the president of the French republic with the decoration of officer of the academy.
Eames, Mrs. Jane Anthony
author, was born Jan. 21, 1816, in Wellington, Mass. She was a writer of Concord, N. H.; and the author of A Budget of Letters; The Budget Closed; My Mother's Jewel; The Christmas Gift; and Letters from Bermuda.
Earl, Adams
railroad builder, was born in 1820, in Fairfield county, Ohio.
In 1870 the Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago Railroad company was organized, to construct and operate a railroad from Lafayette to Kankakee, Ill., connecting at the latter place with the Illinois Central railroad, and thus forming the connecting link in the through line from Cincinnati to Chicago. This road was built and owned by Adams Earl, Moses Fowler, and Gustavus Ricker; Mr.
Earl being president, general manager, and builder.
Earl, Nathaniel Churchill
clergyman, was born Dec. 22, 1832, in Canada. He graduated from the Meadville Theological school, and for thirty years has been a successful clergyman in Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin, in the Universalist and Unitarian churches.
Earle, Mrs. Alice Morse
author, was born in 1851, in Massachusetts. She is a writer on American antiquarian themes; and the author of Curious Punishments of Bygone Days; Margaret Winthrop, a biography; Costume of Colonial Times; Customs and Fashions in Old New England; The Sabbath in Puritan New England; China-Collecting in America; Colonial Dames and Goodwives; and Colonial Days in Old New York.
Earle, Elias
congressman, was born in Frederick county, Va. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1805 to 1807, from 1811 to 1815, and again from 1817 to 1821.
Earle, John B
congressman. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1803 to 1805.
Earle, Joseph Haynsworth
lawyer, legislator, jurist, United States senator, was born April 30, 1847, in Greenville, S. C. For six years he served as a member of the South Carolina state legislature; and for two years was a member of the state senate. During 1886-90 he served with distinction as attorneygeneral of South Carolina; and in 1890 he ran for governor against B. R. Tillman.
In 1894 he was elected circuit judge; and in 1896 was elected to the United States senate as a democrat. He took his seat March 4, 1897, for term expiring in 1903.
Earle, Julius Richard
lawyer, legislator, was born Nov. 3, 1863, in Anderson county, S. C. He entered into the practice of law, and as editor of various newspapers. He has served as a member of the general assembly of the state of South Carolina,
Earle, Parker
horticulturist, was born in 1831, in Mt. Holly, Vt. He has been president of the Illinois state horticultural society, and is now president of the Mississippi Valley and the American horticultural societies.
Earle, Pliny
inventor, was born Dec. 17, 1762, in Leicester, Mass. He invented a machine for pricking twilled cards for carding cotton and wool, by which the labor of a man for fifteen hours could be performed in as many minutes.
This machine was in general use for years, until it was superseded by the machine that both pricks the letter and sets the teeth. He died Nov. 19, 1832, in Leicester, Mass.
Earle, Pliny
physician, author, was born Dec. 31, 1809, in Leicester, Mass.
He was the author of Marathon and Other Poems; Institutions for the Insane in Prussia, Germany, and Austria; Visits to Thirteen Insane Asylums in Europe; The Curability of Insanity; Blood-Letting in Disorders; The Earle Family; and Ralph Earle and his Descendants. He died Nov. 19, 1892, in Leicester, Mass.
Earle, Samuel
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1795 to 1797.
Earle, Thomas
lawyer, philanthropist, journalist, author, was born April 21, 1796, in Leicester, Mass. He was a lawyer and philanthropist of Philadelphia; and the author of Essay on Penal Law; Right of States to Alter and Annul their Charters; Railroads and Internal Communications (1830); and Life of Benjamin Lundy. He died July 14, 1849, in Philadelphia, Pa.