Myers, Amos – Nash, Wiley Norris
Myers, Amos
lawyer, congressman, was born April 23, 1824, in Lancaster county, Pa. In 1847 he was appointed a district attorney; and in 1862 was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-eighth congress.
Myers, Edmund T. D
railroad president, was born July 13, 1830, in Richmond, Va. Since 1889 he has been president of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad.
Myers, John Gillespy
merchant, banker. In 1860 he commenced business for himself at the corner of Bleecker and Christopher streets, New York, where he remained until 1865.
Removing then to Albany, which is yet his home, he continues to manage an extensive modern dry goods business.
In addition to this, he devotes considerable of his time to building and improving city property, of which he is a large owner. He is vicepresident of the Merchant's National bank, vice-president of the Commerce Insurance Co., vice-president of the National Savings bank, director of the Albany railway, a governor of the Albany hospital, a trustee of the Orphan asylum, the Female academy, and the Fort Orange club.
Myers, Leonard
lawyer, congressman, translator, was born Nov. 13, 1827, in Attleborough, Pa. He was solicitor for two municipal districts in Philadelphia; and codified the ordinances for the consolidation of the city. In 1862 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-eighth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, forty-second, and fortythird congresses as a republican. a
Myers, Peter Hamilton
lawyer, author, was born Aug. 4, 1812, in Herkimer, N. Y. He was a lawyer and romancer of Brooklyn; and the author of The First of the Knickerbockers, tale; The Young Patroon; The King of the Hurons; and The Prisoner of the Border. He died Aug. 30, 1878, in Brooklyn, N.
Y. Besides his published works he was a constant contributor to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States.
Myers, Philip Van Ness
educator, author, was born in 1846 in New York.
He is an educator of Cincinnati, professor of history and political economy in the university of Cincinnati in 1890, and dean of the university in 1895. He is the author of Life and Nature under the Tropics; Remains of Lost Empires; Outlines of Ancient History; Outlines of Mediæval and Modern History; A History of Greece; The Eastern Nations and Greece; A History of Rome; and General History. MYERS, MRS. SARAH ANN [IRWIN], was born in 1800, in Wilmington, Del.
She was a writer and artist of Carlisle, Pa. Among her many contributions to juvenile literature are, Margaret Gordon; Impatient Ellen; and The Silk-Weaver of Lyons. She died Dec. 11, 1876, in Carlisle, Pa.
Myers, William Fenton
lawyer, was born June 7, 1868, in Florida, N. Y.
After receiving the rudiments of his education in the public schools, he attended Amsterdam academy, and subsequently graduated from the law department of the Northwestern university with the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the bar, and is now a successful lawyer of Amsterdam, N. Y., where he is prominent in the public affairs of his city, county and state.
Myrick, Milton Hills
lawyer, jurist, was born May 28, 1826, in Marshall, N. Y. During 1872-80 he was probate judge of the city and county of San Francisco; and during 1880-87 was associate justice of the supreme court of California.
Nabers, Benjamin D
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was elected a representative in congress from Mississippi from 1851 to 1853. Returning to Tennessee he was a presidential elector in 1861 from that state.
Nack, James
author, poet, was born Jan. 4, 1809, in New York city. He was a deaf and dumb poet of New York city; and the author of The Legend of the Ark; Earl Rupert; The Immortal, a dramatic romance; and The Romance of the King, and Other Poems. He died Sept. 23, 1879, in New York city.
NADAL, BERNHARD HARRISON, clergyman, author, was born March 27, 1812, in Talbot county, Md. He was a methodist clergyman and educator of Virginia who published New Life Dawning. He died June 20, 1870, in Madison, N. J.
Nadal, Ehrman Syme
journalist, author, was born Feb. 13, 1843, in Lewisburg, W. Va. He is a journalist who has lived much in London as secretary of legation in 1870, 1871, and 1877-84. He is the author of Essays at Home and Elsewhere; Impressions of London Social Life; and Zweiback, or Notes of a Professional Exile.
Naftzger, George Edward
journalist, lecturer, poet, was born April 30, 1859, in Lima, Ohio. After receiving a liberal education, he learned the printer's trade, and in 1879 became associate editor of The Herald of Edgerton, Ohio. He has since been identified with different Ohio newspapers, including the Sunday Morning Gossip, Spencerville Journal, St. Mary Argus, and the Democrat of Lacon, Ill. During 1888-89 he lectured extensively in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. He has contributed to many of the leading publications of America; and his poems have been given a place in Poets, of America, and other standard works.
Naisbitt, Henry W
journalist, poet, was born Nov. 7, 1829, in England.
Since 1854 he has lived in Utah, excepting occasional visits to the east and two years in Europe. He is the editor and owner of a monthly magazine entitled Zion's Home Monthly, published in Salt Lake City, Utah; and has contributed valuable papers to the leading newspapers and magazines of America. As a poet he has written many of great merit, some of which have appeared in Poets of America, and other national collections.
Nance, Albinus
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, governor, was born March 30, 1848, in La Fayette, Ill. He served in the union army throughout the civil war.
In 1871 he moved to Nebraska; was a representative in the state legislature in 1875-78; and was speaker of the house the two latter years. He was elected governor of Nebraska in 1878, and re-elected in 1880.
Naphegi, Gabor
author, poet, was born in 1824 in Hungary. He was a native of Buda-Pesth who became a naturalized American citizen in 1868. He was the author of Ghardia, or Ninety Days in the Desert; The Album of Language; Hungary; Among the Arabs; and The Grand Review of the Dead, a volume of poetry.
He died in 1884.
Napheys, George Henry
physician, author, was born in 1842 in Pennsylvania. He was a prominent physician and medical writer of Philadelphia; and the author of The Body and its Ailments; Modern Medical Therapeutics; Modern Surgical Therapeutics; The Transmission of Life; Physical Life of Woman; Prevention and Cure of Disease; and Personal Beauty. He died in 1876.
Nash, Abner
lawyer, state senator, congressman, governor, was born Aug. 8, 1716, in Prince Edward county, Va. He was the first elected speaker of the North Carolina senate, serving several terms. He was the second governor of the state under the constitution in 1781. From 1782 to 1785 he was in the assembly; and was a delegate to the continental congress from 1782 to 1786. He died Dec. 2, 1786, in New York.
Nash, Charles E
soldier, congressman, was born May 23, 1844, in Opelousas, La. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Louisiana to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Nash, Francis
soldier, was born May 10, 1720, in Prince Edward county, Va.
He was commissioned brigadier-general by the continental congress in 1777, and commanded a brigade at the battle of Germantown, where he was mortally wounded. He died Oct. 7, 1777, in Germantown, Pa.
Nash, Frederick
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Feb. 9, 1781, in New Berne, N. C. He represented New Berne in the legislature in 1813-17. He was a judge of the superior court from 1818 till his resignation in 1824; and was re-elected to that office in 1836. He died Dec. 5, 1858, in Hillsborough, N. C.
Nash, Henry Sylvester
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1854 in Ohio. He is an episcopal clergyman of Cambridge, Mass., and professor of New Testament interpretation in the Episcopal Theological school since 1884. He is the author of The Genesis of the Social Conscience; and The Relation Between the Establishment of Christianity in Europe and the Social Question.
Nash, Simeon
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Sept. 21, 1804, in South Hadley, Mass. He was a jurist of Gallipolis, Ohio; and the author of Digest of Ohio Reports; Pleading and Practice under the Civil Code; Morality and the State; and Crime and the Family. He died Jan. 19, 1879, in Gallipolis, Ohio.
Nash, Wiley Norris
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born in 1846, in Noxubee, Miss. He served gallantly in the confederate service, and gained the rank of sergeant. He served with distinction in the Mississippi state legislature; and is now attorney-general of the state of Mississippi. ¥686