Nordheimer, Isaac – Northrup, George Washington
Nordheimer, Isaac
educator, author, was born in 1809 in Germany. He was an educator of New York city, and instructor in sacred literature at Union Theological seminary in 1838-42. He was the author of Hebrew Grammar; and Grammatical Analysis of Select Portions of Scripture. He died Nov. 3, 1842, in New York city.
Nordhoff, Charles
journalist, author, was born Aug. 31, 1830, in Prussia. He is a journalist of New York city, and the author of Man-of-War Life; The Merchant Vessel; Whaling and Fishing; Manof-War Yarns; Cape Cod and All Along Shore; Peninsular California; Northern California; Secession Is Rebellion; Communistic Societies of the United States; Politics for Young Americans; and God and the Future Life.
Norman, Benjamin Moore
author, was born Dec. 22, 1809, in Hudson, N. Y. He was a bookseller of New Orleans, and the author of Rambles in Yucatan; New Orleans and Its Environs; and Rambles by Land and Water. He died Feb. 1, 1860, near Summit, Miss.
Norman, Henry
journalist, author, was born in 1858 in Massachusetts. He is a journalist of prominence, and the author of The Peoples and Politics of the Far East; and The Real Japan.
Norris, Alexander Wilson
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of captain. In 1881 he was elected to the Pennsylvania state senate.
Norris, Basil
soldier, surgeon, was born March 9, 1828, in Montgomery county, Md. He was physician to the executive mansion during the terms of office of Andrew Johnson and General Grant, and was medical officer in charge of all the sick of the regular army in Washington, D. C., during 1863-84. He is the author of papers on Dislocation of the Astragalus; Extirpation of the Entire Tongue; Personal Experience with Mad Dogs; and other surgical papers of value.
Norris, Benjamin W
congressman, was born in 1819 in Kennebeck county, Maine. He was appointed a paymaster.
He was elected a representative from Alabama to the fortieth congress as a republican. He died Jan. 27, 1873, in Montgomery. NORRIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON, physician, author, was born Nov. 6, 1808, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia physician, and the author of Contributions to Practical Surgery; and Early History of Medicine in Philadelphia. He died March 4, 1875, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Norris, Isaac
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born July 21, 1671, in England. He was in the assembly for many years; speaker of the house in 1712, and justice for Philadelphia for many years.
He died June 4, 1735, in Philadelphia.
Norris, Isaac
statesman, was born Oct. 2, 1701, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1851 he was elected speaker of the assembly, and held that office for fifteen years. In the first year of his administration the old state house bell was ordered from England, and he proposed the inscription:
Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. He died June 13, 1766, near Philadelphia, Pa.
Norris, John
merchant, state senator, philanthropist, was born June 10, 1748, in Salem, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate. He was one of the founders of Andover Theological seminary and a large contributor to benevolent and religious enterprises. He died Dec. 22, 1808, in Salem, Mass.
Norris, John Samuel
clergyman, poet, was born Dec. 4, 1844, in England.
He has filled pastorates in the Christian churches of Rochester, N. Y., and many of the western states. He is the author of a work entitled Songs of the Soul.
Norris, Moses
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 8, 1799, in Pittsfield, N. H. In 1839 he was elected to the New Hampshire state legislature, and in 1840 was speaker of the house; and in 1841 was elected a member of the state council. In 1843 he was elected a representative in congress, where he continued four years. In 1847 he was again a member of the legislature, and speaker, and while serving in that capacity was elected a senator in congress, serving from 1849 to 1855. He died Jan. 11, 1855, in Washington, D. C.
Norris, Thaddeus
author, was born Aug. 15, 1811, in Warrentown, Va.
He was a Philadelphia business man who wrote much on sporting topics, and was the author of American Angler's Book; and American Fish Culture. He died April 10, 1877, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Norris, William Fisher
physician, author, was born Jan. 6, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has served as assistant surgeon in the United States army with the rank of captain. For many years he has been professor of ophthalmology in the university of Pennsylvania, and is the author of a text-book on that subject.
North, Charles Hamilton
merchant, was born April 8, 1832, in Thomasville, Ga. His youth was passed in West Windsor, Vt. He attended the common schools and subsequently entered the French academy of Waltham, Mass. For many years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and in 1867 built the packing house in Somerville, Mass. He is the founder of the North Packing and Provision company of Somerville, Mass., and a director in several business corporations.
North, Edward
educator, was born March 9, 1820, in Berlin, Conn. For forty years he has been the necrologist of Hamilton, and since 1881 has been a trustee of that college. He was president of the New York State Teachers' association in 1865.
North, Elisha
physician, author, was born Jan. 8, 1771, in Goshen, Conn.
He was a physician of New London, Conn., and the author of Treatise on Spotted Fever; Outlines of the Science of Life; and Uncle Toby's Pilgrim's Progress in Phrenology. He died Dec. 29, 1843, in New London, Conn.
North, John W
lawyer, jurist. He was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the district of Nevada, residing at Carson City.
North, Simeon
clergyman, educator, - was born Sept. 7, 1802, in Berlin, Conn.
He became professor of Greek and Latin at Hamilton college, held office for ten years, and from 1839 until his resignation in 1857 was president of the college. He was ordained to the ministry of the congregational church in 1842. He died Feb. 12, 1884, in Clinton, N. Y.
North, William
soldier, United States senator, was born in 1755 in Fort Frederick, Maine. He was aid to Baron Steuben in the revolutionary war, and afterward appointed adjutant-general. He was a senator in congress from New York, by appointment, in 1798, to fill a vacancy.
He died Jan. 3, 1836, in New York city.
Northcut, Hosea Allen
evangelist, was born Nov. 13, 1843, in Hannibal, Mo. In 1864 he was elected an elder of the church at Millport, Mo., and has attained success as a general evangelist of the Christian church, and it is said that over twenty thousand have been converted under his ministry in the United States and Canada.
Northcutt, William A
lawyer, lieutenant-governor, was born in Murfreesboro, Tenn. He taught school for a while, and was admitted to the bar in 1887. Two years later he moved to Illinois; in 1882 was elected state's attorney of Bond county, and was re-elected in 1884 and in 1888. In 1890 he was elected head consul of the Modern Woodmen of America, to which position he has been twice unanimously re-elected. In 1892 he was a republican candidate for congress, and in 1896 he was elected lieutenant-governor of Illinois.
Northend, Charles
educator, author, was born April 2, 1814, in Newbury, Mass. He was a prominent educator of Connecticut, and the author of Teacher and Parent; Teachers' Associations; Annals of American Institutes of Instruction; and Life of Elihu Burritt. He died in 1895.
Northend, William Dummer
lawyer, author, was born Feb. 26, 1823, in Newbury, Mass. He is a lawyer of Salem, Mass., and the author of Speeches and Essays on Political Subjects; and The Bay Colony.
Northern, William J
state senator, governor, was born July 9, 1835, in Jones county, Ga. He was a member of the Georgia legislature in 1877 and 1878; in 1880-81 he was a member of the state senate, and in 1890 was elected governor of Georgia.
Northrop, Birdsey Grant
educator, author, was born in 1817 in Connecticut. He is a prominent Connecticut educator, secretary of the state board of education in 1869-82; and the author of Education Abroad; Rural Improvement; and Tree-Planting.
Northrop, Cyrus
educator, college president, was born Sept. 30, 1834, in Ridgefield, Conn. In 1861-63 he was clerk, first of the Connecticut house of representatives, and then of the senate. He was professor of rhetoric and English literature in Yale from 1863 till 1884, when he became president of the university of Minnesota.
Northrop, Harry Pinckney
Roman catholic bishop, was born May 5, 1842, in Charleston, S. C. He was raised to the episcopate in 1882, as vicar-apostolic of North Carolina, receiving the title of Bishop of Rosalia.
Northrup, Ansel Judd
lawyer, jurist, author, was born June 30, 1833, in Smithfield, N. Y. In 1870 he was appointed United States circuit court commissioner, and soon afterward became United States examiner in equity. During 1882-94 he was county judge of Onondaga, N. Y. He is the author of Camps and Tramps in the Adirondacks; and Sconset Cottage Life, a Summer on Nantucket Island.
Northrup, George Washington
clergyman, educator, was born Oct. 15, 1826, in Antwerp, N. Y. In 1858 he was called to the professorship of church history in the Rochester seminary, and in 1867 he became president of Chicago Baptist Theological seminary, Morgan Park.