Kuehne, Heinrich Friedrick Willhelm – Lacey, John
Kuehne, Heinrich Friedrick Willhelm
educator, lecturer, author, was born March 31, 1856, in Germany.
He has been professor of Hamilton's Ladies college of Lexington, Ky.; president of the Marionville college, Mo.; and now fills the chair of modern languages and Hebrew in the South West Kansas college of Winfield, Kan. He is an active member of the German Language union in Berlin, Germany; and an expert translator in all leading modern languages. He is a popular lecturer, and the author of What the Master Minds of all Ages Have Said About God, Christ and the Bible; and other works.
Kuhn, Adam
botanist, college president, was born Nov. 17, 1741, in Germantown, Pa. He was one of the founders and president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Philadelphia.
Kuhns, Joseph H
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.
Kulp, Monroe H
manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 23, 1858, in Barto, Pa. He became connected with the firm of Kulp, Mc- Williams and Company, and in 1886 became manager of the business under his father, the late Darlington R. Kulp.
He is president of the Monroe H. Kulp and Company; the Lewisburg and Buffalo Valley Railroad company, and other institutions. In 1894 he was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican; and in 1896 received the re-election to the fifty-fifth congress.
Kumler, Franklin a. Z
college president, philanthropist, was born Oct. 20, 1854, in Hamilton, Ohio. Since 1887 he has been president of the Avalon college of Trenton, Mo. In 1890 he bought two hundred acres of land near the city of Trenton, and sola sufficient property from the same to pay for land, build and equip a fine college building. This property, valued at fifty thousand dollars, he presented to the united brethren church.
Kumler, John A
clergyman, was born April 20, 1838, in Butler county, Ohio. For two years he was prosecuting attorney of Danville, Ill.; member of the school board for three years; trustee and veriter of the Illinois Wesleyan university for twenty-one years, and of which institution he is now chancellor. He has always been a patron of education and other worthy enterprises; and since 1868 has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church. He has gained success in building churches, and in raising money to relieve embarrassed churches; and to build and endow by money and business methods, schools and colleges.
Kunkel, Charles
composer, was born July 22, 1840, in Germany. In 1868 he moved to St. Louis, Mo. He is a pianist of high rank; and the author of numerous compositions.
Kunkel, Jacob M
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born July 22, 1822, in Frederick, Md. In 1850 he was elected to the Maryland senate for six years, but the change in the state constitution cut short his term. He was elected a representative from Maryland to the thirty-fifth congress; and was also elected to the thirty-sixth congress. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists' convention of 1866.
Kunkel, John Christian
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 18, 1816, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was a member of the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses from his native state. He died Oct. 14, 1870, in Harrisburg, Pa.
Kuntze, Edward J
sculptor, was born in 1826, in Prussia. Among his works are statuettes of Shakespeare, Goethe, Irving, Tennyson, and Lincoln; a statue of Psyche; one of Columbia; Puck; Puck on Horseback; and Puck on the Warpath; a bust of Mirth; Merlin and Vivien, in bas relief; and many medaliion portraits and busts. He died April 10, 1870, in New York city.
Kunz, George Frederick
mineralogist, author, was born Sept. 29, 1856, in New York city. He is a mineralogist of note, the foremost American specialist in precious stones. He has published Gems and Precious Stones of North America.
Kunze, John Christopher
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 4, 1744, in Saxony. He was once a famous lutheran clergyman of New York city, professor of ancient languages in Columbia college; and the author of History of the Christian Religion and of the Lutheran Church; and Catechism and Liberty. He died July 24, 1807, in New York city.
Kunze, Richard Ernest
physician, author, was born April 7, 1838, in Germany. He was a physician of New York city; and the author of Cactus; Cardinal Points in the Study of Medical Botany; and Germination and Vitality of Seeds.
Kurtz, Benjamin
clergyman, author, was born in 1795 in Pennsylvania. He was a lutheran clergyman, for nearly thirty years the editor of The Lutheran Observer; and the author of Lutheran Prayer-Book; Year-Book of the Reformation; Why are You a Lutheran?; Faith, Hope and Charity; and Theological Sketch-Book. He died Dec. 29, 1865, in Baltimore, Md.
Kurtz, William H
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1855.
Kuykendall, Andrew Z
soldier, lawyer, legislator, state senator, congressman, was born March 3, 1815, in Gallatin county, Ill. From 1842 to 1846 he was a member of the Illinois legislature, and in the state senate from 1850 to 1862.
He enlisted in the thirty-first regiment of Illinois infantry as a volunteer in 1861, was elected major, and served until 1862.
In 1864 he was elected a representative from Illinois to the thirty-ninth congress.
Kyan, John H
inventor, was born in 1775 in England. He was the first to introduce a chemical process for the preservation of wood. This method was named kyanizing. He died Jan. 9, 1850, in New York city. near
Kyle, James Henderson
educator, civil engineer, clergyman, United States senator, was born Feb. 24, 1854, Xenia, Ohio. He was engaged for several years in educational and ministerial work in Utah and South Dakota. At the time he entered political life he was financial secretary of Yankton college, Yankton, S. D. Was elected to the state senate as an independent in 1890; was elected to the United States senate to succeed Gideon C. Moody; took his seat March 4, 1891; and was re-elected in 1897 as an independent. His term of service will expire March 3, 1903.
Kyle, James J
educator, merchant, was born Dec. 27, 1867, in Hancock county, Tenn. He has attained success as an educator; has been institute instructor and conductor, and county school commissioner of Ozark county, Mo., where he is also a successful merchant.
Kyle, John Curtis
mayor, state senator, congressman, was born in Sardis, Miss. In 1879 he was elected mayor of Sardis, Miss.; in 1881 was elected to the state senate; and at the close of the senatorial term was elected a member of the Mississippi railroad commission by joint ballot of the two branches of the legislature; and was re-elected in 1888.
He was chairman of the state democratic executive committee in 1888; and was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses and re-elected to the fiftyfourth congress as a democrat.
Kyte, George
legislator, was born May 22, 1846, in South America. He has served as a member of the New Jersey assembly, and as a state senator. He has also filled the office of sheriff; and is the land agent of the Central railroad of New Jersey.
Labagh, Isaac P
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 14, 1804, in Leeds, N. Y. He was an episcopal clergyman of Iowa, but formerly a clergyman of the Dutch reformed faith. He was the author of Great Events of Unfulfilled Prophecy; The Great Events that are Coming; The Two Witnesses, Moses and Elijah; and Theoklesia. He died Dec. 29, 1879, in Fairfield, Iowa.
Labaree, Benjamin
educator, college president, lecturer, was born June 3, 1801, in Charlestown, N. H. He was professor of Latin and Greek in Jackson college of Columbia, Tenn., in 1832-36; and president of the same in 1836-37. He was president of Middlebury college, Vt., in 1840- 66; lecturer on moral philosophy and international law in Dartmouth college, in 1871-76. He died Nov. 15, 1883, in Walpole.
Lablanche, Alcee
congressman, was born in Louisiana. He was a representative in congress from 1843 to 1845.
La Borde, Maximilian
educator, author, was born June 5, 1804, in Edgefield, S. C. He was an educator who was professor in the university of South Carolina in 1842-73; and the author of Introduction to Physiology; Story of Lethea and Verona; and History of South Carolina College. He died Nov. 6, 1873, in Columbia, S. C.
Lacey, Edward S
business man, congressman, was born Nov. 26, 1835, in Chili, N. Y. He moved to Michigan; was elected register of deeds in 1860, and re-elected in 1862. He was a trustee of the state insane asylum from 1874 to 1880.
He was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-seventh and fortyeighth congresses as a republican. He subsequently became president of the National bank of Charlotte, Mich.
Lacey, John
soldier, jurist, state legislator, was born Feb. 4, 1755, in Bucks county, Pa. He was made a brigadiergeneral of militia in 1778, and performed arduous services during the British occupation of Philadelphia. He was a member of the Pennsylvania assembly in 1778, and in 1779-81 of the council. He afterward removed to New Mills, N. J., and was a judge and a member of the legislature. He died Feb. 17, 1814, in New Mills, N. J.