Milton, John – Mires, Austin
Milton, John
governor. He was governor of Florida from 1861 to 1864.
Minard, Abel
philanthropist, was born Sept. 25, 1814, in Massachusetts. Besides giving to various charitable objects, he founded the Minard home in Morristown, N. J., at an expense of $50,000, for the education of female orphans of methodist clergymen. He died Jan. 31, 1871, in Morristown, N. J.
Miner, Ahiman L
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born in Vermont. He was a state representative in the legislature in 1838, 1839 and 1845; a state senator in 1840; and county attorney for two years. He was register of probate for seven years; judge of probate from 1846 to 1849; and a representative in congress from Vermont from 1851 to 1853.
He died July 20, 1886.
Miner, Alonzo Ames
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 11, 1814, in Lempster, N. H. He was a prominent universalist clergyman of Boston; and the author of Bible Exercises; Right and Duty of Prohibition; and Old Forts Taken. He died in 1896. con-
Miner, Charles
journalist, gressman, author, was born Feb. 1, 1780, in Norwich, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1825 to 1828. He was the author of an interesting work entitled History of Wyoming, and was one of the first men in this country to introduce and write upon the silk-growing business. He also wrote Essays from the Desk of Poor Robert. He died Oct. 26, 1865, in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Miner, Henry Clay
business man, congressman, was born March 23, 1842, in New York city. He was educated at the New York city grammar schools and at the American Institute school; studied the drug business and has been more or less engaged in that business.
In 1864 he went out in advance of Signor Blitz, the magician and bird trainer; his next engagement was with Thayer and.
Noyes's circus, and eventually he became the head of a metropolitan theater, and then rose to the proprietorship of five popular Thespian resorts-the Fifth Avenue, the People's, Miner's Bowery, Eighth Avenue , and Miner's Newark theaters.
He is president of the Miner Lithographing company, owns extensive phosphate interests in the south, holds large blocks of railway and mining stock in western corporations, directs a New York newspaper syndicate, and is the owner of a large drug store and photographic material house in New York city. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Miner, Phineas
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1779. He was a repre- , was born in 1779. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut during the years 1834 and 1835 to fill a vacancy. He died Sept. 16, 1839, in Litchfield, Conn.
Miner, Mrs. S. Isadore
poet, was born Sept. 25, 1863, in Battle Creek, Mich.
Sept. 25, 1863, in Battle Creek, Mich.
She is the editor of the Battle Creek Review; and is connected with the Good Health Publishing company of that city.
Miner, Thomas
physician, author, was born Oct. 15, 1777, in Middletown, born Oct. 15, 1777, in Middletown, Conn.
He contributed to periodicals biographical sketches of Connecticut physicians, medical essays, and translations from French medical works. With Dr.
William Tully he published Essays upon Fevers and Other Medical Subjects; and Account of Typhus Syncopalis. He died April 23, 1841, in Worcester, Mass.
Mines, John Flavel
journalist, author, poet, was born Jan. 27, 1835, in , poet, was born Jan. 27, 1835, in France.
He was a journalist of New York city; and the author of Heroes of the Last Lustre, a poem; and A Tour Around New York by Mr. Felix Oldboy. He died in 1891.
Minick, John B
journalist, was born in 1836 in Lancaster county, Pa. In in 1836 in Lancaster county, Pa. In 1866 he moved to Michigan, engaged in prietors of the Marquette Mining Journal. railroading , and became one of the pro- In 1872 he moved to Washington, D. C.; was private secretary to the postmastergeneral during 1880-88; and was engaged meanwhile in the publishing and printing business.
He established and published The National Weekly, The People's Journal, and other periodicals. Since 1893 he has been identified with some of the largest commercial enterprises of Philadelphia, Pa., which city is now his home.
Minick, John D
educator, college president, was born Aug. 18, 1859, in Shade Gap, Pa. He has taught in the high schools of Pennsylvania and Maryland; and is now the president of the Davenport college of Lenoir, N. C.
Minifie, William
architect, educator, author, was born Aug. 14, 1805, in England.
He was an architect and educator of Baltimore; and the author of Text-Book of Mechanical Drawing; Text- Book of Geometrical Drawing; Theory and Application of Color; and Popular Lectures on Drawing and Design. He died Oct. 24, 1880, in Baltimore, Md.
Minor, Edward S
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born in 1840 in Jefferson county, N. Y. He was elected to the Wisconsin assembly in 1877 and reelected in 1880 and 1881. He was elected to the state senate and served in that body in 1883 and 1885. He has been mayor of the city of Sturgeon Bay; and was elected to the fifty-fourth congress and elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican. re-
Minor, John Barbee
educator, author, was born June 2, 1813, in Louisa county, Va. He was a professor of law in the University of Virginia; and the author of Virginia Report of 1799-1800; Syof the Law of Crimes and Punishments; and Institutes of Common and Statute Law. He died in 1895.
Minor, Lucian
lawyer, author, was born in 1802 in Louisa county, Va. He was a lawyer of Williamsburg, Va.; and the author of Reasons for Abolishing the Liquor Traffic; and Travels in New England.
He died in 1858 in Williamsburg, Va.
Minor, Robert Crannell
artist, was born April 30, 1840, in New York city. His works include Evening; Dawn; Studio of Corot; and Under the Oaks.
Among those of his later paintings that he has shown at the National academy are The Wold of Kent, England; The Cradle of of the Hudson; The Close of Day; and A Path.
Minor, Virginia Louisa
reformer, was born March 27, 1824, in Goochland county, Va. She was the first woman in right, and not as a favor. With this end the United States to claim suffrage as a in view, in 1872 she brought the matter the United States supreme court. before the courts, taking it finally to
Minot, Charles Sedgwick
biologist, author, was born Dec. 23, 1852 , in West Roxbury, Mass. In 1880 he became lecturer on embryology in Harvard Medical school and instructor in oral pathology and surgery. These appointments he held until 1883, when he became assistant professor of histology and embryology at that institution.
Minot, Francis
physician, educator, author, was born April 12, 1821, in Boston, Mass.
In 1871 he was made assistant professor of the theory and practice of medicine, and clinical lecturer on the diseases of women and children, in the medical department of Harvard, which places he held until 1874, when he was made full professor of the theory and practice of physic physic.
Minot, George
lawyer, author, was born Jan. 5, 1817, in Haverhill, Mass. He edited Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts; and rendered valuable aid to Richard Peter, Jr., in the preparation of the first eight volumes of the United States Statutes at Large, the index of which he prepared.
He died April 15, 1856, in Reading, Mass.
Minot, George Richards
jurist, author, was born Dec. 22, 1758, in Boston, Mass. He was made chief justice of the court of common pleas in 1799, and judge of the municipal court of Boston on its establishment in 1800, which office he held until his death. He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical society, and edited three volumes of its Collections. He published History of the Insurrection in Massachusetts in 1786; and Continuation of the History of Massachusetts Bay from the Year 1748. He died Jan. 2, 1802, in Boston, Mass.
Minot, Henry Davis
railroad president, author, was born in 1859 in Massachusetts. He was at the time of his death a railway president in Minnesota. While a schoolboy at Roxbury he wrote at the age of sixteen The Land-Birds and Game- Birds of New England. He died in 1890.
Minot, William
lawyer, author, was born in 1849 in Massachusetts. He is a in 1849 in Massachusetts. He is a Boston lawyer; and the author of Taxation in Massachusetts; and Local Taxation and Municipal Extravagance.
Minturn, Robert B
merchant, philanthropist, was born Nov. 16, 1805, in New York city. By his energy and ability the shipping house of Grinnell, Minturn and Company, in which he achieved fortune and reputation, became one of the great shipping houses of the world. He died Jan. 9, 1866, in New York city.
Minturn, Robert Bowne
author, was born Feb. 21, 1836, in New York city.
He is the author of From New York to Delhi, a popular book of travels.
Mires, Austin
lawyer, public official, was born Feb. 11, 1852, in Des Moines county, Iowa. In 1853 he crossed the plains with his parents, and resiued in Douglas county, Ore., until 1873. He graduated from the law department of the university of Michigan, with the degree of LL. B. For many years he taught school; was mail agent for three years; and served as chief clerk of the Oregon state senate. Since 1883 he has been engaged in the practice of law at Ellenscity, city treasurer, and city attorney. He burg, Wash.; has been mayor of that was a delegate from his county to the constitutional convention that framed the constitution for the state of Washingon.
For three years he was a member of the state board of equalization and appeals; and for seven years was vice-president of the Ellensburg National bank.