Nicolay, John George – Nisbet, Eugenius Aristides
Nicolay, John George
public official, author, was born Feb. 26, 1826, in Bavaria. He was the private secretary of President Lincoln, and marshal of the United States supreme court in 1872- 87. He is the author of The Outbreak of the Rebellion; and Abraham Lincoln, a History.
Nicoll, Henry
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 23, 1812, in New York city.
He was a member of the New York constitutional convention of 1846, and was a representative in congress from New York from 1847 to 1849.
Nicoll, James Craig
artist, was born Nov. 22, 1846, in New York city.
He was elected president of the Artists' Fund society in 1887, and was one of the founders of the American water-color society, and its secretary for several years. Among his water-colors, by which he is perhaps best known, are On the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Foggy Morning, Grand Menan; Moonlight, Cape Ann; Coast View in Spring; and Off Portland Harbor.
Nicoll, John C
lawyer, jurist, was born in Georgia. In 1839 he was appointed United States judge for the district of Georgia.
Nicollet, Jean Nicholas
explorer, was born July 24, 1786, in Cluses, Savoy. After exploring the southern states he studied the great basin that is embraced by the sources of the Red, Arkansas and Missouri rivers, and in 1836 extended his investigations to the sources of the Mississippi. On his return to Washington he was engaged by the war department to visit the far west and prepare a general report and map for the government. He died Sept. 11, 1843, in Washington, D. C.
Nicolls, Richard
governor, was born in 1624 in England. He was the first English governor of New York. He died May 28, 1672, at sea.
Nicolson, Frank Walter
educator, author, was born Nov. 4, 1864, in Sackville, Canada. Since 1895 he has been instructor of Latin in the Wesleyan university of Middletown, Conn. He is the author of Phonics of Science; Plutus of Aristophanes; and has contributed several articles to Harvard classical studies.
Nicolson, Samuel
inventor, was born Dec. 22, 1792, in Plymouth, Mass.
He was the inventor of the Nicolson pavement, which has been extensively used in all the principal cities of the United States, and in various other countries. He died Jan. 6, 1868.
Nicum, John
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 6, 1851, in Germany. He is a prominent lutheran minister of Rochester, N. Y., who has published History of the New York Ministerium; Gleichniss- Reden Jesu; Weihnachts Andacht; and a translation of Wolf's Lutherans in America.
Niedringhaus, Frederick G
manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 21, 1837, in Germany. In 1862 he began the stamping of tinware; in 1866 the business was incorporated under the name of St. Louis Stamping company, in Missouri, of which he is president. In 1874 he invented what is called granite ironware, and in 1881 established extensive rolling mills. He was elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.
Nieman, L. W
journalist, was born Dec. 13, 1857, in Mukwonago, Wis. He is editor and proprietor of the Milwaukee Journal, which was the first two-cent daily publication in the state of Wisconsin.
Niemeyer, John Henry
artist, was born June 25, 1839, in Germany. He has painted various nre pictures and portraits, among the best of which are Gutenberg Inventing Movable Type; a portrait of Theodore D. Woolsey; The Braid; Where?; Why?; and Sancta Simplicitas.
Nieriker, Mrs. May
(ALCOTT), artist, author, was born in 1840 in Massachusetts. She is an artist who published Concord Sketches; and Studying Art Abroad. She died in 1879.
Nietert, Henry John
banker, legislator, was born March 12, 1848, in Dayton, Ohio. He organized the Exchange bank of Walker, Iowa, in 1885, and is its president. He served as a member of the house in the twenty-fifth and twentysixth general assemblies of Iowa.
Niles, Henry Clay
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Oct. 21, 1850, in Kosciusko, Miss. In 1878 and in 1886 he served as a member of the Mississippi state legislature and in 1880 was a delegate to the national republican convention. He is a successful lawyer of his native city; was United States district attorney for the northern district of Mississippi in 1890-91; and in 1892 was appointed by President Harrison as United States district judge for the northern and southern districts of Mississippi.
Niles, Hezekiah
journalist, author, • was born Oct. 10, 1777, in Chester county, Pa. He was a journalist of Baltimore, founder of Niles's Register. The towns of Niles, Mich., and Niles, Ohio, were named in his honor. He is the author of Quill Driving; and Principles and Acts of the Revolutionary Period. He died April 2, 1839, in Wilmington, Del.
Niles, Jason
congressman. He was elected to the forty-third congress from Mississippi.
Niles, John B
lawyer, educator, state senator, was born Sept. 13, 1808, in Fairlee, Vt. He was elected to the Indiana state senate in 1864, where he served one term. For twelve years he occupied the chair of professor of chemistry in the Indiana Medical college, located at Laporte, having been elected to the position in 1840.
Niles, John Milton
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, author, was born Aug. 20, 1787, in Windsor, Conn. He was made a senator in congress in 1835, in which position he remained until 1839. In 1840 he was appointed postmaster-general, and in 1842 was again elected to the United States senate, serving six years. He edited a Gazetteer of Connecticut and Rhode Island; and wrote a History of South America; The Civil War; and several biographical works. He died May 31, 1856, in Hartford, Conn.
Niles, Nathaniel
lawyer, inventor, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born April 3, 1741, in South Kensington, R. I. He was the inventor of making wire from bar iron by water power, and erected at Norwich, Conn., a woolen-card manufactory. He was a member of the Vermont legislature, and speaker of the house. He was a judge of the supreme court of Vermont, and was six times a presidential elector. He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1791 to 1795. He wrote poetry and many sermons, and preached in his own house twelve years. He died Oct. 31, 1828, in West Fairlee, Vt.
Niles, Nathaniel
lawyer, banker, was born Sept. 15, 1835, in South Kensington, R. I.
He became speaker of the New Jersey assembly in 1872, government director of the Union Pacific railroad in 1879, and since 1884 has been president of the Tradesmen's National bank of New York city.
Niles, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 14, 1744, in Braintree, Mass.
He was ordained pastor of a congregational church in Abington in 1771, and preached there for forty years. He published a sermon on the death of General Washington; and a sermon before the Massachusetts Missionary society. He died Jan. 16, 1814, in Abington, Mass.
Niles, William Woodruff
bishop, was born May 24, 1832, in Canada. In 1857 he graduated from the Trinity college of Hartford; and in 1861 from the Berkeley Divinity school of Middletown, Conn. The same year he was ordained a deacon, and a priest in 1862. He then took charge as rector of St. Philip's of Wiscassett, Maine. In 1864 he returned to Connecticut and filled the chair of Latin language and literature in Trinity college. In 1870 he was consecrated second bishop of New Hampshire. He is the author of numerous Addresses and Essays; and for a while was editor of The Churchman.
Ninde, William Xavier
clergyman, bishop, was born June 21, 1832, in Cortland, N. Y. He attended the Wesleyan university of Middletown, Conn.; has filled various pastorates in the methodist episcopal church; and for many years was president of the Garrett Biblical institute of Evanston, Ill. In 1881 he was a delegate to the methodist ecumenical conference in London. Since 1884 he has been bishop of the methodist episcopal church, and resides in Detroit, Mich.
Nindemann, William Friedrich Carl
explorer, inventor, author, was born April 22, 1850, in Germany. He went on the arctic expedition in the steamer Polaris, which sailed from New London in 1871. He has invented a tong for the gaff of fore-and-aft rigged vessels, which was patented in 1883; and is the author of a pamphlet entitled Eines Deutschen Matrosen Nordpolfahrten.
Nipher, Francis Eugene
scientist, author, was born Dec. 10, 1847, in Port Byron, N. Y. For many years he was professor of physics and electrical engineering in the Washington university of St. Louis, Mo. He has been president of the St. Louis Academy of Science, and also of the Engineers' club. He is the author of Theory of Magnetic Measurements; A Mathematical Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism; and many scientific papers.
Nisbet, Eugenius Aristides
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 7, 1803, near Union Point, Ga. He was for several years a judge of the supreme court of the state.
He was a representative in congress from 1839 to 1841; took an active part in the rebellion of 1861; and became a member of the confederate congress. It is stated that Judge Nisbet drew the original resolutions dissolving the connection of the state of Georgia with the American Union at the time of the outbreak of the civil war. He died March 18, 1871, in Macon, Ga.