Kasson, John Adams – Keayne, Robert
Kasson, John Adams
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 11, 1822, near Burlington, Vt. In 1861 he was appointed assistant postmaster-general, which office he resigned in 1862 when elected a representative from Iowa to the thirty-eighth congress. He was re-elected to the thirty-ninth congress. He was elected to the legislature of Iowa for several years; and was elected to the fortythird, forty-fourth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a republican.
Katte, Walter
civil engineer, was born Nov. 14, 1830, in England. In 1886 he became chief engineer of the New York Central and Hudson River, New York and Harlem, and West Shore railroads with their branches.
Katzer, Frederick Xavier
archbishop, was born Feb. 7, 1844, in Austria.
He became vicar-general of Green Bay, Wis., of which city he was consecrated bishop in 1886; and in 1891 he was made archbishop of Milwaukee. was
Kaufer, John C
journalist, born June 2, 1857, in Wilkes Barre, Pa. He is the editor and publisher of the Plain Dealer of Wilkes Barre, Pa. He started in life as a printer; has been alderman and deputy mayor of his native city; and is a prominent member of several fraternal orders.
Kaufman, David Spangler
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 18, 1813, in Boiling Springs, Pa. In 1837 he moved to Nacogdoches, Texas; and in 1838 was elected a representative in the Texan congress. He was twice re-elected, and twice chosen speaker of the house; and in 1843 was elected to the senate. He was elected one of the first members of the house of representatives from Texas, serving from 1846 to 1851. He died Jan. 13, 1851, in Washington, D. C. a
Kaufman, N. M
merchant, financier, was born July 4, 1862, in Marquette, Mich. He is a successful merchant of Marquette, Mich.; is successful miner and mine owner; and in 1893 was elected mayor of his city.
He organized the Marquette County Savings bank, of which he is president; is also president of the Marquette Milling company; president of the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago road; and interested in various other business enterprises.
Kaufman, Theodore
artist, was born Dec. 18, 1814, in Nelson, Hanover.
His works include Gen. Sherman near the Watchfire; On to Liberty; A Pacific Railway Train attacked by Indians; Slaves seeking Shelter under the Flag of the Union; and Admiral Farragut entering Harbor through Torpedoes.
Kautz, Albert
naval officer, was born June 29, 1839, in Georgetown, Ohio.
He was appointed lieutenant in 1861; lieutenant-commander in 1865; commander in 1872; and captain in 1885. sol-
Kautz, August Valentine
dier, author, was born Jan. 5, 1828, in Germany. He was an officer in the United States army who served in the civil war, and became a colonel and brevet majorgeneral. He was the author of The Company Clerk; Customs of Service for Non- Commissioned Officers and Soldiers; and Customs of Service for Officers. He died in 1895.
Kautz, Julia M
educator, poet, was born Nov. 16, 1825, in Bethany, N. Y.
She graduated from the Ingham university; and in 1849 took charge of the Young Ladies' department in the Logansport seminary, Ind. She is the wife of a clergyman and home missionary; has contributed extensively to the periodical press, and some of her poems have been given representation in standard works.
Kavanagh, Edward
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 27, 1795, in Newcastle, Maine. He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1826, 1828, 1842 and 1843; secretary of the state senate in 1830; and was a representative in congress from 1831 to 1835. He was acting governor of Maine from 1843 to 1844, and for a short time president of the state senate. He died Jan. 21, 1844, in Newcastle, Maine.
Kavanaugh, Daniel C
farmer, public official, was born Nov. 23, 1857, in Milwaukee, Wis. He has attained success in his business of painter and farmer at Columbus, Neb., where he has resided since 1875. For six years he was assessor; and has twice been sheriff of his county, serving in that office with success for twelve years.
Kavanaugh, Hubbard Hinde
bishop of the methodist episcopal church, was born Jan. 14, 1802, near Winchester, Ky. In 1839 he was appointed superintendent of public education for the state by Gov. Clark, and filled the position until in the following year, and was again proffered the position by Gov.
Wickliffe. In 1854 at the general conference held in Columbus, Ga., he was elevated to the episcopal office, the highest within the gift of the church, and in that office met the highest expectations of his people. He died March 19, 1884, in Columbus, Miss.
Kaye, John Brayshaw
lawyer, poet, was born June 10, 1841, in England.
He is a lawyer of Calmar, Iowa, of which city he has been mayor and attorney of his county for two terms. He is the author of two volumes of poems, entitled Facts and Fancies, and Songs of Lake Geneva.
Keables, Thomas Ash
soldier, physician, surgeon, legislator, was born Feb. 22, 1844, in Mansfield, Conn. He was educated at the Alfred university; and graduated in medicine from the medical department of the Georgetown college, D. C. During 1862-64 he served gallantly in the war as lieutenant of the light artillery. He has attained success in his profession, and is a noted physician and surgeon of Bodie, Cal. In 1896-97 he served with distinction as a member of the assembly of the California state legislature; and was chairman of the committee on public health and quarantine.
Kean, John
congressman, was born about 1756 in South Carolina. He was a delegate from South Carolina to the continental congress from 1785 to 1787. He died in May, 1795, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Kean, John
JR., manufacturer, banker, congressman, was born Dec. 4, 1852, in Ursino, N. J. He settled in Elizabeth, N. J.; and was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-eighth and fiftieth congresses as a republican.
Keane, John Joseph
Roman catholic bishop, was born Sept. 12, 1839, in.
Ireland. He was assistant pastor of St.
Patrick's church, Washington, D. C., till 1878, when he was made bishop of Richmond, Va.
Kearney, Dyre
congressman. He was a delegate from Delaware to the continental congress from 1786 to 1788.
Kearney, Lawrence
naval officer,. was born Nov. 30, 1789, in Perth Amboy, N. J.
He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1807; and in 1866 was made commodore. He died Nov. 29, 1868, in Perth. Amboy, N. J. a was brigadier-
Kearney, Philip
soldier, was born June 2, 1815, in New York city. He served with distinction through the Mex-- ican war, and lost his left arm. During the civil war he made general general of volunteers; and subsequently attained the rank of major-gen-- eral. He was killed in battle Sept. 1, 1862, near Chantilly, Va.
His remains were sent by Gen. Lee under a flag of truce to Gen. Hooker, and being embalmed were transferred to New York and buried in the Watts vault in Trinity churchyard.
Kearney, Stephen Watts
soldier, was born Aug. 30, 1794, in Newark, N. J. He was a gallant soldier in the war of 1812. He was brevetted a brigadier in 1846, and major-general in December the same year, for gallant conduct in the Mexican war. He died in October, 1848, in Vera Cruz.
Kearsley, John
physician, was born about 1684 in England. He served for many years in the assembly of Pennsylvania; and was a celebrated physician of Philadelphia. He died in January, 1772, in Philadelphia.
Keasbey, Lindley Miller
educator, author, was born in 1867 in New Jersey. He was a professor of history and economics at the university of Colorado in 1892-94; and at Bryn Mawr college, Bryn Mawr, Pa., from 1894. He is the author of The Nicaragua Canal and the Monroe Doctrine.
Keating, John M
physician, author,. was born April 30, 1852, in Philadelphia..
He is a Philadelphia physician; and the author of With General Grant in the East; Mothers' Guide for Management of Infants; Maternity, Infancy, and Childhood; and Diseases of the Heart.
Keating, William Hypolitus
educator, chemist, author, was born Aug. 11,. 1799, in Wilmington, Del. His efforts for an institution of higher aims in scientific instruction ultimately led to the founding of the Franklin institute in 1824, in which he was professor of chemistry.
He was the author of a Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, etc., in 1823. He died about 1844 in.
London, England.
Keayne, Robert
philanthropist,. state legislator, was born in 1595 in England. He was frequently a representative to the Massachusetts state legislature between 1638 and 1649, a liberal donor to Harvard, and left a legacy for the establishment of a free school in Boston, which is now the Latin grammar school. He died March 23, 1656, in Boston, Mass.