Nason, Elias – Needham, Charles Austin
Nason, Elias
clergyman, author, was born April 21, 1811, in Wrentham, Mass. He was a congregational minister of North Billerica, Mass., among whose numerous religious biographical and historical writings are, Gazetteer of Massa- >chusetts; Life of John A. Andrew; Lives of Moody and Sankey; Life of Charles Sumner; Life of Henry Wilson; History of Middlesex County; Originality; Thou Shalt Not Steal; and Fountains of Salvation. He died June 17, 1887, in North Billerica, Mass.
NASON, MRS. EMMA [HUNTINGTON], poet, was born in 1845 in Maine. She is a poet of Augusta, Maine; and the author of White Sails (verse); The Tower, with Legends and Lyrics.
Nason, Henry Bradford
educator, author, was born June 22, 1831, in Foxborough, Mass. He was a professor of chemistry in the Troy Polytechnic institute; and the author of Table of Reactions for Qualitative Analysis; and Table for Qualitative Analysis in Colors. He died in 1895.
Nast, Thomas
caricaturist, was born Sept. 27, 1840, in Bavaria. When fifteen years old he began to furnish illustrations to the papers, and during the war began his long series of effective political caricatures in Harper's Weekly.
Nast, William
clergyman, journalist, author, was born June 15, 1807, in Germany. He is a methodist minister of Cincinnati, editor of The Christian Apologist for many years; and the author of Christological Meditations; Gospel Records; A German Commentary on the New Testament; and Das Christenthum und seine Gegensätze.
Naudain, Arnold
United States senator, was born Jan. 6, 1790, in Dover, Del. He was a senator in congress from Delaware from 1829 to 1836. He died Jan. 4, 1872, in Odessa, Del.
Navarro, Madame Mary Antoi-
NETTE [ANDERSON] DE, actress, author, was born in 1859 in California. She was a popular actress who retired from the stage in 1890, was married to M. de Navarro soon after, and has since lived in England. She is the author of A Few Memories, an autobiography.
Naylor, Charles
soldier, congressman, was born Oct. 6, 1806, in Philadelphia county, Pa. He represented his na- *tive district in congress from 1837 to 1841.
He died Dec. 24, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Nead, Benjamin Matthias
lawyer, journalist, author, was born July 14, 1847, in Antrim, Pa. He is a lawyer and journalist of Harrisburg; and the author of Sketches of Early Chambersburg; Guide to County Officers; Early Government of Pennsylvania; and Brief Review of the Financial History of Pennsylvania.
Neagle, John
portrait-painter, was born Nov. 4, 1796, in Boston, Mass. His first decided success was a portrait of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Pilmore, which is in St.
George's hall, Philadelphia. In 1825 he painted his celebrated full-length portrait of Patrick Lyon, the blacksmith, at his fcrge, which is now in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
He died Sept. 17, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Neal, David Dolloff
artist, was born Oct. 20, 1837, in Lowell, Mass. His first figure composition, James Watt, was exhibited at the Royal academy in London; and in 1875 he painted his bestknown work, The First Meeting of Mary Stuart and Rizzio. When it was first exhibited in 1876, it received the great medal from the Royal Bavarian academy.
Neal, Elias Craig
physician, surgeon, was born Jan. 28, 1833, in Barnstead, N. H. After receiving a thorough education, he entered into the active practice of his profession, and became one of the leading physicians in New England.
Neal, George Philip
physician, surgeon, was born Nov. 10, 1852, in Ohio.
He graduated in 1874 from the Iowa State university, and soon attained success in his profession at Fort Madison, Iowa. He was appointed postmaster by the president; has been health officer; and president of the board of the United States examining surgeons.
Neal, Henry Augustus
lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 13, 1846, in Tuftonboro, N. H. He is an eminent attorney of Charleston, Ill.; has been mayor of his city; and served as a member of the thirtieth and thirty-first general assemblies of the state of Illinois.
Neal, Henry S
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 25, 1828, in Gallipolis, Ohio. He was elected a state senator in 1861, and re-elected in 1863. He was appointed consul of the United States at Lisbon, Portugal, in 1869; and was charge d' affaires during a part of 1869 and 1870. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-fifth, fortysixth, and forty-seventh congresses.
Neal, John
author, poet, was born Aug. 25, 1793, in Portland, Maine. He was a once famous writer of Portland, Maine. He was the author of Keep Cool, a novel; The Battle of Niagara, a poem; Goldau, and Other Poems; Rachel Dyer, a novel; Downeasters, a novel; True Womanhood; Bentham's Morals and Legislation; Great Mysteries and Little Plagues; and Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life. He died June 21, 1876, in Portland, Maine.
Neal, John Randolph
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 26, 1838, in Anderson county, Tenn. He enlisted in the confederate army; and in 1863 was promoted to a colonelcy. In 1874 he was elected a representative in the Tennessee legislature; in 1878 was elected a state senator, and upon the assembling of the legislature in 1879 was elected speaker of the senate, and ex-officio lieutenant-governor of the state; and in 1880 he was a presidential elector. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Tennessee to the forty-ninth congress; and re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.
Neal, Joseph Clay
humorist, author, was born Feb. 3, 1807, in Greenland, N. H. He was a journalist of Philadelphia who founded The Saturday Gazette, and was a popular humorist in his day. He was the author of Charcoal Sketches; and Peter Ploddy, and Other Oddities. His humor lies in the delineation of small spendthrifts, pretenders to fashion, bores, and the frayed-out gentleman. He died July 18, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Neal, Lawrence Talbott
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 22, 1844, in Parkersburg, W. Va.
He was solicitor of Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1867; and was elected to the legislature in 1867. He was attorney of Ross county in 1870, and held that office until 1872, when he resigned. He was elected to the fortythird and forty-fourth congresses as a democrat.
Neale, James Brown
lawyer, jurist. In 1879 he was appointed judge of the thirty-third judicial district of Pennsylvania, holding that office for ten years.
Neale, Leonard
archbishop, was born Oct. 15, 1746, in Port Tobacco, Md.
In Philadelphia he was appointed vicargeneral for the northern states. In 1799 he was made president of Georgetown college, which had been founded a few years before by the Jesuits of Maryland.
He died June 15, 1817, in Georgetown, D. C.
Neale, Raphael
congressman, was born in St. Mary's county, Md. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1825.
Neale, Rollin Heber
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 23, 1808, in Southington, Conn. He is the author of a work entitled Burning Bush, several sermons, and a Harvard college Dudleian lecture.
He died Sept. 19, 1879, in Boston, Mass.
Near, Irvin W
lawyer, was born Jan. 26, 1835, in Alexandria, N. Y. He attended the Orleans academy, the Falley seminary, and the college of Montreal.
He was admitted to the bar in 1858; has been district attorney of Steuben county, N. Y.; and has attained prominence as one of the leading lawyers of his state at Hornellsville. He has served with distinction as mayor of his city; has been commissioner of land titles; secretary of the New York and Pennsylvania Railroad company; and also secretary of the Rochester, Hornellsville and Lackawanna Railread company.
Nebeker, Aquila
ranchman, lawyer, legislator, was born June 9, 1859, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served several sessions in the Utah legislature, and was presiding officer of the state senate in the session of 1896.
Nebeker, George
jurist, railroad president, was born Aug. 20, 1813, in Pickaway county, Ohio. For a period of fifteen consecutive years, from 1845 to 1860, he acted as justice of the peace in Terre Haute, Ind. He was elected president of the Attica and Terre Haute Railroad company, the road being afterward consolidated and merged into the Chicago and Danville railroad.
Nebinger, Andrew
physician, author, was born Dec. 12, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pa. During the civil war he was surgeon-in-charge of the Cooper-shop volunteer hospital and dispensary. He was the author of various medical papers and addresses to societies. He died April 12, 1886, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Neckere, Leo Raymond De
bishop, was born June 6, 1800. He was the third Roman catholic bishop of New Orleans, La. He died Sept. 4, 1833, in New Orleans, La.
Neece, William H
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 26, 1831, in Logan county, Ill. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in 1858 in Macomb, Ill. In 1864 he was elected a representative in the state legislature; and in 1871 was again elected to the legislature. In 1878 he was elected state senator, and served four years; and was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-eighth congress; and was reelected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.
Needham, Charles Austin
artist, was born Oct. 30, 1844, in Buffalo, N. Y.
He has attained a national reputation as a noted artist; among his best-known works are Mott Haven Canal, New York; Near Factory Hollow; and Dream of Autumn.