Larson, Lars M – Latimer, William Kay
Larson, Lars M
educator, philanthropist, was born Aug. 20, 1856, near Springfield, Wis. He received his education in the Wisconsin schools for the Deaf of Delavan, Wis.; and at the National College for the Deaf of Washington, D. C. He is the organizer and founder of the New Mexico School for the Deaf and the Blind of Santa Fe. In 1887 this institution was incorporated by act of legislature, and placed on an equal footing with similar schools in the United States. It was then placed under the management of a committee of three officers of the territory, and Mr. Larson was made superintendent and instructor.
This school is the first public institution of learning to become the property of New Mexico; and is now on a sound financial basis.
La Salle, Robert Cavalier
explorer, was born Nov. 22, 1643, in Rouen.
He explored the Mississippi; and took possession of the entire valley at its mouth for France, calling it Louisiana.
He died March 17, 1687.
La Sere, Emile
congressman, was born in Louisiana. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1846 to 1851.
Lash, Israel G
manufacturer, banker, congressman, was born Aug. 18, 1810, in Bethania, N. C. He was elected a representative from North Carolina to the fortieth congress, and was re-elected to the forty-first congress as a republican.
Lash, W. A
railroad president, was born June 7, 1845, in Walnut Grove, N. C.
In 1891 he became president of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway.
Latane, James Allen
reformed episcopal bishop, was born Jan. 15, 1831, in Essex county, Va. At the general council of the church in Baltimore in 1883 he was unanimously elected presiding bishop of the reformed episcopal church of the United States. He has resided in Baltimore, Md., since 1880 in charge of the Bishop Cumming Memorial church.
Latham, Charles Sterrett
author, was born in 1861, in California. He was the author of a Translation of Dante's Eleven Letters, with Explanatory Notes and Historical Comments. He died in 1890.
Latham, Edgar
lawyer, was born Feb. 12, 1873, in Haralson county, Ga.
In 1893 he was admitted to the bar; and is one of the leading lawyers of Atlanta.
He has contributed extensively to law literature, and to the periodical press on various topics.
Latham, George Robert
soldier, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born March 9, 1832, in Prince William county, Va., in sight of the Bull Run battle ground. In 1852 he began teaching school in Taylor and Barbour counties, Va.; and in 1859 he was admitted to the bar. He enrolled company B, second regiment Virginia volunteer infantry, which was the first union company recruited in the interior of the state; he was promoted to captain and colonel; and toward the close of the war was brevetted brigadier-general. In 1864 he was elected a member of the thirty-ninth congress, and during his term served on important committees. He was subsequently appointed United States consul at Melbourne, Australia, for three years. Since 1870 Colonel Latham has retired mostly from public life, with the exception of census enumerator and county superintendent of schools, and minor offices.
Latham, Louis Charles
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 11, 1840, in Plymouth, N. C. He served in the confederate army during the war of the rebellion, and attained the rank of major. He was elected a member of the state house of commons in 1864; and was elected a state senator in 1870. He was elected a representative from North Carolina to the forty-seventh congress, and was elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.
Latham, Milton Scott
banker, lawyer, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born May 23, 1827, in Columbus, Ohio. He removed to California in 1850, and was soon afterwards chosen district attorney for the counties of Sacramento and El Dorado, which office he held in 1851. In 1852 he was elected a representative from California to the thirty-seventh congress. Having been elected governor of California, three days after his inauguration, in January, 1860, he was elected a senator in congress from California for six years. He died March 4, 1882, in New York city.
Lathbury, Mrs. Mary A
author.
She is the author of That Sweet Story of Old; Bethlehem and her Children; Child's History of Paul; Fleda and the Voice; and From Meadow Sweet to Mistletoe.
Lathrop, Francis
artist, was born June 22, 1849, near Hawaiian Islands. He has devoted himself chiefly to mural painting, stained-glass windows, and other decorative designs for public and private buildings in Boston, New York, Baltimore, and other places. He furnished the illustrations for Clarence Cook's House Beautiful, and for other artistic publications.
Lathrop, George Parsons
author, poet, was born Aug. 25, 1851, in Hawaiian Islands. He is a littérateur of New York city, and more recently of New London. His writings in verse include, Rose and Rooftree; Dreams and Days. In fiction they comprise, Afterglow; An Echo of Passion; In the Distance; Newport; Would You Kill Him?; True; Two Sides of a Story; Love Wins; Gold of Pleasure; Behind Time. Other works are, A Study of Hawthorne; Spanish Vistas; and A Story of Courage: Annals of the Georgetown Convent.
Lathrop, John
journalist, lawyer, author, was born Jan. 13, 1772, in Boston, Mass. He is the author of a work entitled Pocket Register and Freemasons' Anthology. He died Jan. 30, 1820, in Georgetown, D. C.
Lathrop, John Hiram
college president, was born Jan. 22, 1799, in Sherburne, N. Y. In 1840 he was elected the first president of the university of the state of Missouri. He died Aug. 2, 1866.
Lathrop, Mrs. Mary T
educator, lecturer, poet, was born in 1838, in Concord, Mich. She taught in the Detroit public schools for a while; went into evangelistic work in 1873; and for twelve years gave all her time to that and the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the methodist episcopal church.
LATHROP, MRS. ROSE [HAW- THORNE], artist, author, was born May 20, 1851, in Lenox, Mass. She is the author of Along the Shore, a volume of verse; and Some Memories of Hawthorne.
Lathrop, Samuel
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1771, in Hampden county, Mass. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1818 to 1826; and was a member of the Massachusetts senate for ten years, and president of that body in 1829 and 1830. He died July 11, 1846, in West Springfield.
Lathrop, Stanley E
soldier, clergyman, author, poet, was born May 7, 1843, in Orville, N. Y. In 1861 he enlisted and served through the civil war as a company commissary sergeant in the first Wisconsin cavalry. He is now pastor of the first congregational church of Washburn, Wis.; and is the author of a volume of poems.
Lathrop, William
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 17, 1825, in Genesee county, N. Y. He removed to Illinois and was a member of the legislature of that state in 1856; and was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-fifth congress as a republican.
Latimer, Asbury
agriculturist, congressman, was born July 31, 1851, near Lowndesville, S. C. He moved to Belton, S. C., in 1880, and devoted his energies to his farm. He was elected county chairman of the democratic party of his county in 1890; and re-elected in 1892. He was elected to the fifty-third, fiftyfourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a democrat.
Latimer, Charles
civil engineer, author, was born Sept. 7, 1827, in Washington, D. C. He is an engineer of note who has published Roadmaster's Assistants; The Divining Rod; and Battle of Standards. He died March 25, 1888, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Latimer, George
statesman, was born in 1750 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania convention that ratified the constitution of the United States in 1787; a member of the lower house of the legislature in 1792-99; and its speaker for five years. He died June 12, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Latimer, James Elijah
educator, was born Oct. 7, 1826, in Hartford, Conn.
After holding several pastorates he was chosen professor of historic theology in the theological school of Boston university. In 1874 he became dean and professor of systematic theology. He died Nov. 26, 1884, in Auburndale, Mass.
Latimer, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
[WORMELEY], educator, author, was born in 1822 in England. She is an educator of Baltimore; and the author of Familiar Talks on Shakespeare's Comedies; France in the Nineteenth Century, 1830- 90; Russia and Turkey in the Nineteenth Century; England in the Nineteenth Century; Europe in Africa in the Nineteenth Century; and Italy in the Nineteenth Century.
Latimer, William Kay
naval officer, was born Sept. 1, 1794, in Annapolis, Md. He was appointed a midshipman in 1809; and was promoted captain in 1843; and during the Mexican war was commandant of the navy-yard at Pensacola, Fla.
He was retired in 1855, and made a commodore on the retired list in 1862.
He died March 15, 1873, in Baltimore, Md.