Foley, Thomas – Foot, Solomon
Foley, Thomas
Roman catholic bishop, was born in 1823, in Baltimore, , was born in 1823, in Baltimore, Md.
After 1848 he was chancellor of the archdiocese of Baltimore; in 1867 he was appointed vicar -general, and subsequently of the diocese of Chicago, Ill. He died in 1879, in Baltimore, Md.
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Folger, Charles James
lawyer, jurist, was born April 16, 1818, in Nan- , was born April 16, 1818, in Nantucket, Mass. In 1844 he was appointed first judge of the court of common pleas of Ontario county ; and was elected county judge of Ontario county in 1851. was elected a state senator in 1861, and was four times re-elected. He resigned in 1869 and was appointed United States assistant treasurer at New York city. He was elected associate judge of the state court of appeals in 1870, and served until 1880; was then chief judge of that court; and resigned in 1881 on being appointed secretary of the United States treasury.
He died Sept. 4, 1884, in Geneva, N. Y.
Folger, Peter
author, was born in 1617, in England. He settled successively , in England . He settled successively at Watertown, Martha's Vineyard, and in 1663 at Nantucket . He is remembered as the author of A Looking-Glass for the Times, a ballad. He died in 1690, in Nantucket, Mass.
Folger, Walter
state senator, congressman, was born June 12, 1765, in Nantucket, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate from 1809 to 1815, and also in 1822; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1817 to 1821.
He died Sept. 8, 1849.
FOLLEN, CHARLES THEODORE CHRISTIAN, educator, author, was born Sept. 4, 1796, in Germany. He was a German scholar who came to America in 1824. He was German instructor at Harvard university in 1830-34, but lost his position on account of his anti-slavery opinions, and in 1836 was ordained as a unitarian clergyman.
He published a German Reader; and Practical German Grammar.
He died Jan, 13, 1840, 'in Long Island Sound.
Follen, Mrs. Eliza Lee Cabot
author, was born Aug. 1, 1787, in Boston, , was born Aug. 1, 1787, in Boston, Mass. She was a popular author for many years, and the author of Sketches of Married Life; Twilight Stories, a volume of excellent juvenile tales. The Wellspent Hour; spent Hour; The Skeptic; Poems; To the Free States; Anti-Slavery Hymns and Hymns and Songs; Home Dramas; Little Little People; and The Old Garret Stories. She died Jan. 26, 1860, in Brookline, Mass Brookline, Mass.
Follett, David Lyman
lawyer, jurist, was born July 17, 1836, in Sher- , was born July 17, 1836, in Sherburne, N.
Y. In 1874 he was elected a justice of the supreme court; and has been chief judge of the court of appeals of the state of New York.
Follett, John F
lawyer, congressman, was born in Franklin county, Vt. , was born in Franklin county, Vt.
He was elected a representative in the Ohio state legislature in 1865, and reelected in 1868. In the latter year he was nominated for the speakership by acclamation, a n d was elected. He removed to Cincinnati the same year, continuing the practice of his profession; and in 1882 elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-eighth congress. was
Folsom, Abby
reformer, author, was born about 1792, in England. She came about 1792 , in England. She came to the United States about 1837, became form, and published a Letter from a Memnoted as an advocate of anti-slavery reber of the Boston ber of the Boston Bar to an Avaricious . She died in 1867, in Rochester, N. Y.
Folsom, Charles
scholar, was born Dec. 24, 1794, in Exeter, N. H. He be- 24, 1794, in Exeter, N. H. He became chaplain in the United States navy, and midshipman's teacher of mathematics on the ship Washington in 1816. He was charge d'affaires in Tunis in 1817-19. He died Nov. 8, 1872, in Cambridge, Mass.
Folsom, Charles Follen
physician, educator, author, was born April 3, , educator, author, was born April 3, 1842, in Haverhill , Mass. He is a physician of Boston , and a professor in the Harvard Medical school in 1877-85. He is the author of Mental Diseases; and Present Aspect of the Sewage Question Applied to Boston Applied to Boston.
Folsom, George
state senator, diplomat, author, was born May 23, 1802, in , author, was born May 23, 1802, in Kennebunk, Maine.
He was an antiquarian writer of New York city; and in 1844 was a member of the state senate.
He was the author of Sketches of Saco and and Biddeford, Maine; Dutch Annals of New York; Letters and Dispatches of translated from the Spanish; and Political Condition of Mexico. He died March 27, 1869, in Rome, Italy.
Folsom, Joseph L
soldier, was born May 19, 1817, in Meredith, N. H. He was 19, 1817, in Meredith, N. H. He was one of the first to appreciate the discovery of gold in California and to impart the news officially to the government.
Folsom City, Folsom City, on the American river, near where gold was discovered, was named for him. He died July 19, 1855, in San Jose , Cal.
Folsom, Mrs. L. A
poet, was born July 23, 1844, in Milford, Maine. She is 23, 1844, in Milford, Maine. She is the author of a number of poems, and is engaged as a writer for various newspapers.
Folsom, Montgomery M
journalist, poet, was born Jan. 31, 1857, in Ha- , poet, was born Jan. 31, 1857, in Hahira, Ga. He was employed on the Atlanta Constitution, and is now on its editorial staff.
In 1888 he published Scraps of Song and Southern Scenes, a collection of poems and sketches.
Folsom, Nathaniel
soldier, congressman, was born in 1726, in Exeter, , was born in 1726, in Exeter, N. H. He was a brigadier-general during the siege of Boston in 1775. He was a delegate to the continental congress in president of the convention which framed 1774-80; was a councilor in 1778; and was the constitution of New Hampshire in 1783. He died May 26, 1790, in Exeter, N. H.
Folsom, Nathaniel Smith
clergyman, author, was born March 12, 1806, , author , was born March 12, 1806, in Portsmouth , N. H. He has contributed to current literature, and published Critical and Historical Interpretation of the Prophecies of Daniel, and other works.
Folsom, Mrs. Susannah Sarah
author, poet. She edited volumes thir- , poet.
She edited volumes thirteen and fourteen of the Child's Friend, and wrote an Ode for Ladies Fair. She also contributed to Miss A. W. Abbot's Autumn Leaves, and to Arthur Gilman's The Cambridge The Cambridge of 1776. lawyer, lecturer, was born July 16, 1849, FOLTZ, MRS. CLARA SHORTRIDGE, in Henry county , Ind. She went before the California legislature of 1877-78, and secured the passage of an act permitting women to practice law, and was the first to take advantage to take advantage of it.
Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith
surgeon, was born April 25, 1810, in Lancaster, Pa. In 1870-71 he was president of the naval medical board. He became medical director in 1871, and chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery, with the rank of commodore. He died April 12, 1877, in Philadelphia 1877, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Foltz, Samuel
merchant, was born Sept. 18, 1859, in Hillsdale, Mich. In 18, 1859, in Hillsdale, Mich. In 1888 he opened branch stores in Otsego and Schoolcraft and Schoolcraft, Mich.; but in 1892 ne three stores, and established the largest lished the largest clothing house in Kalamazoo county. cator, author, was born Feb. 14, 1833, in
Folwell, William Watts
edu- WATTS, edu- Romulus, N. Y.
He is an educator of Minnesota, and the author of Public Instruction in Minnesota; and Lectures on Political Economy.
Fonerden, John
physician, educator, was born in 1804, in Baltimore, Md. born in 1804, in Baltimore, Md.
He was professor of obstetrics in Washington university of Baltimore in 1845-46; and resident physician of the Maryland hospital for the insane from 1846 till his death. He died May 6, 1869, in New York city.
Fones, Daniel Gilbert
merchant, banker, was born Aug. 19, 1837, in De- , was born Aug. 19, 1837, in Decatur, Ga. Upon the outbreak of the civil war he entered the confederate service.
After the war he resumed business at Little Rock , Ark., under the firm name of is also president of the German National Fones Brothers Hardware company. He bank.
Fones, James A
merchant, was born Nov. 6, 1839, in Decatur, Ga. He was 6, 1839, in Decatur, Ga. He was. president of the Little Rock Electric Light company; and for thirty years was prominently connected with the business affairs of Little Rock.
Fontaine, Edward
clergyman, author, was born in 1814, in Virginia. He , was born in 1814, in Virginia. He was an episcopal clergyman of Mississippi, and sippi, and the author of How the World , a series of ethnological lectures. He died in tures. He died in 1884.
Fontaine, Francis
author. He was the author of The Exile; and Etowah, the author of The Exile; and Etowah, a Romance of the Confederacy.
Foot, Samuel Alfred
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born Dec. 17, 1790, in , legislator, was born Dec. 17, 1790, in Watertown, N. Y. He was district attorney for Albany county in 1819-21. He was judge of the court of appeals in 1851, and in 1856-57 served two terms in the legislature legislature, where he introduced resoluthe Dred Scott decision. He died May 11, 1878, in Geneva, N. Y.
Foot, Samuel Augustus
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born Nov. 8, 1780, in Cheshire, Conn. He was chosen a representative in congress from Connecticut in necticut in 1819, 1823, and 1833; was Connecticut house of representatives in 1825 and 1826; and was a senator in congress from 1827 to 1833.
In 1834 he was elected governor of the state. He died Sept. 16, 1846.
Foot, Solomon
educator, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 19 , 1802, in Cornwall, Vt. He was a member of the Vermont legislature in 1833, 1836, 1837, 1838, and 1847; and was speaker of the house during his last three terms. He was a representative in congress from 1843 to 1847, and was elected a senator in congress from Vermont for the term 1851-57. He was re-elected for the term ending in 1863; also for a third term ending in 1869. He died March 28, 1866, in Washington.