Esher, John Jacob – Evans, Alexander
Esher, John Jacob
clergyman, bishop, was born Dec. 11, 1823, in France.
He was the first agent of the Northwestern college, and started that institution of learning. He has been editor of several German religious publications; and has edited the Sunday-School and Juvenile Literature of his church, of which denomination he has been bishop for the past thirty-four years.
Eskridge, Thomas P
lawyer, jurist. He was appointed United States judge for the territory of Arkansas, serving in that capacity as late as 1831.
Esling, Mrs. Catherine Har- Beson
author, was born April 12, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a poet of Philadelphia who published The Broken Bracelet and Other Poems in 1850.
Esling, Charles Henry Augus- Tine
lawyer, diplomat, author, poet, was born Jan. 21, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa.
For twenty years he practiced law in his native city; and has been honored on two occasions with diplomatic commissions abroad. He is the author of Life of Saint Germaine Cousin, The Shepherdess of Pibrae.
Espy, James Pollard
meteorologist, author, was born in 1785 in Pennsylvania. He was a meteorologist of Philadelphia, sometimes called the storm king, who published The Philosophy of Storms. He died Jan. 24, 1860, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Espy, John Boyd
soldier, lecturer, clergyman, legislator, was born July 13, 1838, in Espyville, Pa. During the civil war he served as captain in company H, one hundred and forty-fifth regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. He was twice a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature. Since 1876 he has been a clergyman in the methodist episcopal church.
Essick, Samuel V
soldier, lawyer, inventor, was born Jan. 19, 1841, in New Franklin, Ohio. He served in the civil war as a private. The most important effort on which he entered was the invention of the Essick printing telegraph, and in 1889 a company was organized under the name of the Essick Printing Telegraph company.
Estabrook, E
lawyer, legislator, congressman, poet, was born April 30, 1813, in Lebanon, N. H. In 1851 he was elected attorney-general of Wisconsin; in 1854 was appointed United States attorney for Nebraska by President Pierce; and in 1859 was elected to congress.
Estabrook, Francis M
clergyman, financier, was born Aug. 25, 1842, in Rushville, Ill. For thirty years he has been a successful clergyman of the methodist episcopal church in Nebraska. He is now the financial agent and treasurer of the Nebraska Wesleyan university.
Este, David Kirkpatrick
jurist, was born in 1785 in Morristown, N. J. He removed to Ohio in 1809, settled in Cincinnati in 1814, and became a noted lawyer and jurist. He died April 1, 1875, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Este, George Peabody
soldier, was born April 24, 1829, in Nashua, N. H.
He was a colonel in the fourteenth Ohio infantry in 1862; and was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers in 1865. ne died Feb. 6, 1881, in New York city.
Estep, Ephraim James
lawyer, was born Feb. 12, 1820, in Ohio. In 1853 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained for forty-two years, and became one of the ablest lawyers in Ohio.
Esterly, George
inventor, was born Oct. 17, 1809, in Plattekill, N. Y. He built a harvesting machine, and soon began to manufacture various agricultural implements. Subsequently he obtained numerous patents, and his establishment at Whitewater, Wis., has become one of the largest of its kind in the United States.
Estes, Charles
financier, was born Feb. 2, 1819, in Vincent, N. Y. The Augusta canal, which yields 14,000 horse power, was built practically through his influence while he was mayor in 1870-76.
For seventeen years he managed the Augusta Land company as its president, and of several other companies he is a director. The J. P. King Manufacturing company, capital $1,000,000, which operates large cotton mills in Augusta, Ga., is one of his enterprises and he is its president.
Estey, Jacob
president and founder of the Estey Organ company, was born Sept. 30, 1814, in Hinsdale, N. H. The works, now the largest of their class in the world, form the nucleus of the village of Esteyville, which derives its very existence and daily bread from the operations of the factory.
Estey, Julius Jacob
manufacturer, state senator, was born Jan. 8, 1845, in Brattleboro, Vt. He is a successful manufacturer, and president of the Estey Organ company. In 1876 he was a member of the Vermont legislature, and in 1882 a state senator. He has been lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the national guard of Vermont; and was elected brigade commander in 1892, 1894 and 1896.
Estil, Benjamin
congressman, was born in Washington county, Va. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1825 to 1827.
Estill, John Holbrook
journalist, was born Oct. 28, 1840, in Charleston, S. C. In 1851 his father moved to Savannah, where the son learned the printing business.
During the war he served with distinction in the confederate army. In 1867 he secured control of the well known southern newspaper, the Savannah Morning News, and built up one of the most complete printing houses in the south. He is president or director in a dozen corporations; county commissioner, member of the board of education, and represents Georgia on the national committee of the democratic party. He has been lieutenant-colonel on the governor's staff; is president of the Bethesda Orphan home; and is active in many local enterprises.
Estorge, Joseph Leonard
physician, was born in 1830, in Opelousas, La. He was appointed a surgeon in the confederate army in the trans-Mississippi department, but was made a prisoner at Fort de Russey: He died Aug. 21, 1880, in Opelousas, La.
Esty, Constantine C
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 26, 1824, in Framingham, Mass. He was a member of the state senate in 1857 and 1858, and of the house in 1867; and was appointed a member of the state board of education in 1871; and was elected to the forty-second congress, as a representative from Massachusetts.
Etheridge, Emerson
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 28, 1819, in Currituck county, N. C. He was elected to the state legislature for two years; and in 1853 was elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-third congress. He was re-elected to the thirtyfourth and thirty-sixth congresses.
Etue, Peter D
journalist, poet, was born June 29, 1846, in McDonald county, Mo. He established the Kansas City Live Stock Indicator in 1878. He has held many political positions in Kansas City, Mo., including that of alderman and member of the school board. His poems have appeared in current newspapers and magazines.
Eustis, Abraham
soldier, was born March 28, 1786, in Petersburg, Va. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for meritorious services in 1813, became lieutenant-colonel of the fourth artillery in 1822, brigadier-general in 1834, and a few months later colonel of the first artillery.
He died June 27, 1843, in Portland, Maine.
Eustis, George
jurist, was born Oct. 20, 1796, in Boston, Mass. He was attorney-general of Louisiana, a member of the constitutional convention of 1845, and chief justice of the supreme court till 1852. He died Dec. 23, 1858 in New Orleans.
Eustis, George
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 28, 1828, in New Orleans, La. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses. During the rebellion he served as private secretary to John M. Mason, when the latter was confederate commissioner to France. He died March 15, 1872, in France.
Eustis, James Biddle
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born Aug. 27, 1834, in New Orleans, La. He served in the confederate army throughout the war of the rebellion. He was elected a representative in the legislature prior to the passage of the reconstruction acts; and was a representative in the state legislature in 1872. He was elected to the state senate for four years in 1874. He was elected to the United States senate to fill a vacancy, and served from 1877 to 1879; and in 1885 was elected United States senator from Louisiana for the full term of six years.
Eustis, William
soldier, physician, congressman, governor, was born June 10, 1753, in Cambridge, Mass. At the beginning of the war he was appointed surgeon of a regiment, and afterwards hospital surgeon. At the termination of the war he commenced the practice of his profession in Boston. In 1800 he was elected a representative in congress from Massachusetts, serving until 1805. In 1809 he was appointed secretary of war by President Madison, and continued in office until 1813. In 1815 he was sent as ambassador to Holland. After his return he was a representative in congress from 1820 to 1823; and was chosen governor of Massachusetts in 1823. He died Feb. 6, 1825, in Boston, Mass.
Eustis, William Henry
statesman, was born July 17, 1845, in Oxbrow, N. Y. In 1890 he was elected mayor of Minneapolis.
Evans, Albert H
farmer, legislator, was born June 2, 1851, in Morrow county, Ohio. He is a successful farmer of Tamawa, Ill.; and in 1890 was elected a member of the Illinois state legislature.
Evans, Alexander
civil engineer, congressman, was born in Elkton, Md. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1847 to 1853.