Le Fevre, Benjamin – Leigh, Count De Hamong
Le Fevre, Benjamin
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 8, 1838, in Shelby county, Ohio. He served in the union army from 1861 to 1865; and was elected a member of the state house of representatives in 1865. In 1867 he was appointed United States consul at Nuremberg, Germany; and was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth and fortyninth congresses as a democrat.
Le Fevre, Joseph
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1811 to 1813.
Lefevre, Peter Paul
Roman catholic bishop, was born April 30, 1804, in West Flanders. In 1831 he was ordained priest and stationed at New Madrid, Mo., but after a few months was transferred to the pastorate of Salt river, consisting of the northern part of Missouri, western part of Illinois, and southern Iowa. He died March 4, 1869, in Detroit, Mich.
Lefferts, George Morewood
physician, author, was born Feb. 24, 1846, in Brooklyn, L. I. He is a physician of New York city; and the author of Diseases of the Nose; Diagnosis of Nasal Catarrh; and Pharmacopeia for Diseases of the Throat and Nose.
Lefferts, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815; and a state senator from 1822 to 1825.
Lefferts, Marshall
engineer, was born Jan. 15, 1821, in Bedford, L. I.
In 1849 he became president of the New York, New England and New York state telegraph companies, from which office he retired in 1860 and began a system of telegraph wires, which was worked on the automatic plan of transmission. He died July 3, 1876, in Newark, Pa.
Leffingwell, Alonzo Mark
lawyer, was born Sept. 26, 1842, in Henderson, N. Y. He received his education at the Union academy at Belleville, N. Y.; and at the university of Michigan.
He then studied law and received the degree of LL. B. In 1872 he moved to New York city; and two years later removed to Henderson, where he has attained success in his profession. He has been a candidate for county judge, and twice for representative in congress. He has filled important offices in several fraternal orders; and has always been prominently identified with the public affairs of his county and state.
Leffingwell, Charles Wesley
clergyman, journalist, was born Dec. 5, 1840, in Ellington, Conn. He founded and became rector of St. Mary's school, Knoxville, Ill. Since 1879 he has devoted himself earnestly to journalism in the interests of his church, and is editor of a weekly paper, The Living Church.
Leffler, Isaac
legislator, congressman, was born in November, 1788, in Washington county, Pa. In 1817 he was elected to the Virginia legislature, where he served eight years. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1827 to 1829; and in 1832 was again elected to the Virginia legislature. In 1835 he moved to Burlington, Iowa; served two years in the legislature of Wisconsin territory, one year as speaker; and one year in the legislature of Iowa.
Leffler, Shepherd
farmer, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Iowa from 1846 to 1851; and in 1875 was a candidate for the office of governor.
Leftwich, Everett Irvine
educator, lawyer, lecturer, was born Oct. 4, 1860, in Giles county, Va. He has been a successful educator, and now practices law in Williamson, W. Va. He has been editor of several publications; has written extensively for the periodical press; and has attained success as a lecturer on political subjects and religious reform.
Leftwich, Jabez
congressman, was born in Bedford county, Va. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1821 to 1825.
Leftwich, Joel
soldier, jurist, state legislator, was born in 1759 in Bedford county, Va. He was major-general of militia, often a member of the Virginia legislature, and for many years a justice of the peace of Bedford county. He died April 20, 1846, in Bedford county, Va.
Leftwich, John W
merchant, congressman, was born Sept. 7, 1826, in Bedford county, Va. In 1865 he was elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-ninth congress. He died in June, 1870, in Lynchburg.
Legare, Hugh Swinton
lawyer, journalist, statesman, was born Jan. 2, 1797, in Charleston, S. C. From 1837 to 1839 he was a representative of his native state in congress. In 1841 he was appointed attorney-general of the United States, and also acting secretary of state.
He was the author of Constitutional History of Greece; Essay on Classical Learning; and Essay on Roman Literature. He died June 20, 1843, in Boston, Mass.
Legare, James Matthews
inventor, poet, was born in 1823 in South Carolina. He was an inventor; and the author of Orta-Undis, and Other Poems.
He died in 1850.
Leggett, Francis H
merchant, was born March 27, 1840, in New York city. He received an academic education, and in 1856 entered a produce commission house as clerk.
In 1862 he and his brother formed a cothe partnership; business grew rapidly that it was not long before they were occupying three stores on Reade street; and in 1880 the land was bought SO and the present immense building was erected. The business of the house amounts to nearly ten million dollars annually, and nearly five hundred persons are employed in the establishment; and the firm of Francis H. Leggett and Company is one of the largest wholesale grocery houses in New York city.
Leggett, Mortimer Dormer
soldier, public official, was born April 19, 1851, in Ithaca, N. Y. He was superintendent of public schools until 1861 in Zanesville, Ohio. He raised the seventyeighth Ohio infantry, and was made colonel in 1862. He was brevet major-general in 1864; and major-general in 1865. He was appointed United States commissioner of patents in 1871.
Leggett, William
journalist, author, was born in 1802 in New York city. He was a journalist once prominent in New York city; and the author of Leisure Hours at Sea; Tales by a Country Schoolmaster; Naval Stories; and Political Writings. He died May 29, 1839, in New Rochelle, N. Y.
Leggett, William Henry
botanist, journalist, was born Feb. 24, 1816, in New York city. He founded the Torrey Botanical Bulletin, and was its sole editor and publisher from 1870 till 1880. He died in April, 1882, in New York city.
Legreid, Christopher
manufacturer, state legislator, was born Jan. 27, 1857, in Deerfield, Wis. He is a successful manufacturer of Cambridge, Wis.; and has filled numerous public offices of trust in his city, county and state. In 1897 he was elected a member of the Wisconsin state assembly, and has taken an active part in the deliberations of that body.
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Lehlbach, Herman
civil engineer, congressman, was born July 3, 1845, in Germany. He was a member of the house of assembly of New Jersey in 1884. that year he was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.
Lehman, Emma A
educator, poet, was born in 1841 in Bethania, N. C. She is a successful educator, and for thirty years has filled the chair of English literature and composition in the oldest female college of the south at Salem, N. C. She is the author of a volume entitled Sketches of European Travel. The most notable of her poems is Sunset on Pilot Mountain, which has been extensively copied in current publications.
Lehman, William E
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 21, 1822, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was appointed by President Polk an examiner of postoffices in New York and Pennsylvania. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-seventh congress.
Leib, Michael
United States senator, was born in 1769 in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1806. He was a senator of the United States from 1808 to 1814; and in the latter year was appointed postmaster of Philadelphia. He served in the legislature of Pennsylvania both before and after his election to congress. He died Dec. 28, 1822, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Leib, Owen D
physician, congressman, was born in Schuylkill, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1847. He died June 17, 1848.
Leidy, Joseph
naturalist, scientist, author, was born Sept. 9, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia scientist of distinction who was a constant contributor to scientific periodicals.
Among his writings are: The Extinct Species of the American Ox; Ancient Fauna of Nebraska; Cretaceous Reptiles of the United States; and Elementary Text-Book on Human Anatomy. He died Jan. 30, 1891, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Leidy, Paul
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 21, 1813, in Hemlock, Pa.
He was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress from Pennsylvania.
Leigh, Benjamin Watkins
lawyer, United States senator, was born June 18, 1781, in Chesterfield county, Va. From 1829 to 1841 he was a reporter of Virginia; was frequently a member of the house of delegates; and was a member of the convention of 1830 for revising the state constitution; and was a senator in congress from 1834 to 1837. He died Feb. 2, 1849, in Richmond, Va.
Leigh, Count De Hamong
palmist, author, was born in 1868. At the age of eleven years he began the study of the hand; and has visited almost every country in the world. His books on the subject have been translated into French, German, Russian, Spanish and Hindustani. His professional name is Cheiro; and he has made tours in Europe and America as a palmist.
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