Fremont, Mrs. Jessie Benton – French, Samuel Gibbs
Fremont, Mrs. Jessie Benton
author, was born in 1824 in Virginia. She is a resident of Los Angeles; and the author of The Story of the Guard, a Chronicle of the War; A Year of American Travel; Souvenirs of My Time; Sketch of Senator Benton; Far West Sketches; and Will and the Way Stories.
Fremont, John Charles
soldier, author, was born Jan. 21, 1813, in Savannah, Ga. He was a famous soldier and politician who in 1856 was the first republican candidate for the presidency, and served during the civil war as a majorgeneral in the federal army. He was the author of Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in 1842, and to Oregon and Northern California in 1843-44; Frémont's Explorations; and Memoirs of My Life. He died in 1890.
French, a. C
lawyer, governor, was born in New Hampshire. He was for several years the president of the board of trustees of McEndree college, Ill., and professor of law in that institution. He was governor of Illinois from 1846 to 1853.
He died Sept. 4, 1864, in Lebanon, Ill.
French, Alice
author, was born March 19, 1850, in Andover, Mass. She is a writer of novels and short stories whose home has been in Davenport, Iowa, and also in Arkansas. She is the author of Knitters in the Sun; Otto the Knight, and other Trans-Mississippi Stories; Stories of a Western Town; An Adventure in Photography; and Expiation.
French, Benjamin Franklin
author, was born June 8, 1799, in Richmond, Va. He was a writer of New Orleans and subsequently of New York city; and the author of Biographia Americana; Memoirs of Eminent Female Writers; Historical Collections of Louisiana; History of the Iron Trade in the United States; and Historical Annals of North.
America. He died May 30, 1877, in New York city.
French, C. E. G
lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to California, and in 1875 was appointed from that state as chief justice for the United States court for the territory of Utah.
French, Carlos
manufacturer, congressman, was born Aug. 6, 1835, in Seymour, Conn. In 1859 he undertook the manufacture of car springs in Seymour, Conn., and has gradually acquired an interest in a variety of other profitable manufactures in that vicinity and the state. He was a member of the Connecticut house of representatives in 1860 and 1868; and was elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.
French, Charles Grafton Wil- Berton
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Aug. 22, 1820, in Berkeley, Mass. He was for many years trustee of the state library of Sacramento, Cal.; was a representative in the state legislature in 1872; and in 1875 was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of Arizona, and was reappointed in 1880.
French, Daniel Chester
sculptor, was born April 20, 1850, in Exeter, N. H. His sculptures include The Minute Man of Concord, an heroic statue in bronze, which was unveiled in Concord in 1875; The May Queen; Elsie Venner; The Waking of Endymion; and a lifesize statue of Gen. Lewis Cass, for the National Memorial gallery at Washington.
French, Edwin Ruthven
clergyman, state senator, was born Dec. 13, 1828, in Chesterville, Maine. He has served two terms as a member of the Maine state senate.
French, Ezra B
congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He became secretary of state of Maine; and was a representative from Maine to the thirty-sixth congress. He was also a member of the peace congress of 1861; and was appointed second auditor of the United States treasury. He died April 24, 1880.
French, Francis Ormond
banker, was born Sept. 12, 1837, in Chester, N. H. In 1867 he was a member of the banking firm of Foote and French; and in 1888 became president of the Manhattan Trust company of New York city.
French, George Bradford
manufacturer, lawyer, jurist, was born July 28, 1853, in Randolph, Mass. His father, Calvin French, was for more than forty years a leading manufacturer of shoes and prominent in local affairs. His education was acquired in the public schools of his town, the Chautauqua course at the Boston University Law school, and in the office of Judge Charles J. McIntire. From 1873 to 1880 Mr. French was associated with his father in manufacturing, but since 1885 has practiced law; and since 1887 has been connected with the law department of the city of Cambridge. In local affairs he has gained prominence, having served several years as one of the trustees of the public library, as collector of taxes, and as special justice. He was one of the organizers in 1891 of the Commercial club, and has ever since acted as its secretary, and holds that position in several other societies. In politics he is a republican, and in 1882, 1883 and 1884 was the chairman of the town committee. a
French, George H
merchant, state senator, was born Jan. 18, 1820, in Junius, N. Y. For awhile he was engaged in educational work; and in 1848 became merchant at Homer, Mich. He has filled numerous local offices, and has taken a prominent part in the public affairs of his city, county and state. During 1861- 64 he served with distinctionasa member of the Michigan state senatefrom Calhoun county; and while in the senate he introduced the first resolution to free the slaves as a war measure. He also introduced the resolution which resulted in the roll of honor, a lasting record of the soldiers who died for the union.
French, George Hazen
educator, author, was born March 19, 1841, in Onondaga county, N. Y. Since 1878 he has been curator of the museum of the southern Illinois State Normal university of Carbondale, Ill. He is the author of Butterflies of Eastern United States, besides a great many articles contributed to leading entomological journals.
French, Henry Flagg
banker, lawyer, jurist, college president, author, was born Aug. 14, 1813, in Chester, N. H.
He was appointed assistant district attorney for Suffolk county in 1862, and held the office until 1865, when he was elected the first president of the Massachusetts Agricultural college.
In 1876 he was appointed assistant secretary of the United States treasury, at Washington, and continued in that office under successive administrations. In 1857 he published a treatise on Farm Drainage.
French, Henry Willard
lecturer, author, was born in 1853 in Connecticut. He is a lecturer and miscellaneous writer of Boston; and the author of Art and Artists in Connecticut; Our Boys in China; Our Boys in India: Through Arctics and Tropics; Gems of Genius; Nuna the Brahmin Girl; Lance of Kehama; Oscar Peterson; Colonel Thorndike's Adventures; and the novels, The Only One; Castle Foam; and Ego.
French, John R
journalist, public official, congressman, was born May 28, 1819, in Gilmanton, N. H. He removed to Ohio in 1854, and there edited newspapers called the Telegraph, the Press, and the Cleveland Leader. He was elected to the Ohio legislature in 1858 and 1859; and in 1861 was appointed a government clerk in Washington. In 1864 he was a tax commissioner for North Carolina. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1867; and was elected a representative from North Carolina to the fortieth congress as a republican.
French, John Raymond
educator, was born April 21, 1825, in Pulaski, N. Y.
In 1849 he graduated from Union college; and subsequently attained success in educational work. In 1859 he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of his profession in Mexico, N. Y. In 1864 he was called to the chair of mathematics in Genesee college of Lima, N. Y., which was subsequently merged into the Syracuse university; and since 1872 until his death he was dean of its College of Liberal Arts.
French, John William
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1810 in Connecticut. He was an episcopal clergyman of Washington in 1842-56, and from the latter date till his death professor of ethics at West Point. He was the author of a work on Practical Ethics. He died July 8, 1871, in West Point, N. Y.
FRENCH, MRS. L. VIRGINIA [SMITH], educator, author, was born in 1830 in Virginia. She is a writer and educator of Memphis; and the author of Wind Whispers, a collection of poems; Legend of the South; Iztalixo, a Tragedy; and My Roses, the Romance of a June Day. She died March 31, 1881, in McMinnville, Tenn.
French, Mansfield
clergyman, educator, college president, journalist, was born Feb. 21, 1810, in Manchester, Vt.
He was the founder of Marietta college, Granville Female seminary, and princi pal of Circleville Female college, Ohio.
He was president of the Xenia Female college and agent for Wesleyan university. He died March 15, 1876, in Pearsalls, L. I.
French, Richard
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Kentucky. He became a prominent judge in that state, and the town of Frenchburg was named for him. He was a member of the legislature from Clark county in 1820 and 1822; a presidential elector for Jackson in 1829; and was a representative in congress from 1835 to 1837; and again from 1847 to 1849.
French, Samuel Gibbs
soldier, planter, was born Nov. 22, 1818, in Gloucester county, N. J. In 1843 he graduated from the United States Military academy. He was a lieutenant in the third regiment of the United States artillery in the war with Mexico; became a captain in the general staff in 1848; resigned in 1856; and then became a planter near Greenville, Miss. He was a major-general in the confederate army during the civil war; and served gallantly in thirty-five battles. He now lives in Pensacola, Fla.