Nygren, John L – O'Brien, William J
Nygren, John L
mechanic, was born Dec. 20, 1863, in Sweden. He is a successful mechanic of Tacoma, Wash.; and the inventor of various improvements in mechanics.
Nystrom, John William
civil engineer, author. He was an engineer in the United States navy, and the author of Treatise on Parabolic Construction of Ships; Technological Education; The Force of Falling Bodies; Treatise on the Elements of Mechanics; New Treatise on Steam Engineering; Pocket Book of Mechanics and Engineering; Principles of Dynamics; and Treatise on Screw Propellers. He died in 1885.
Oadams, T. S
clergyman, poet. He fills a pastorate in the congregational church of Maquoketa, Iowa; and is the author of a number of poems, some of which have been set to music. was
Oakes, James
soldier, was born April 4, 1826, near Limestoneville, Pa.
He brevetted brigadier-general United States army in 1865, and commissioned colonel in 1866; and in 1879 was retired from active service.
Oakes, Thomas Fletcher
railroad president, was born July 16, 1843, in Boston, Mass. In 1893 he became president of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Oakes, Urian
clergyman, college president, poet, was born in 1631 in England. He was a congregational clergyman, pastor of the church in Cambridge, and president of Harvard college in 1675- 81. He is chiefly remembered for his Elegy upon the Death of Thomas Shepard, a notable poem in six-lined stanzas; but his sermons, in point of style, are the best which were written in America during the colonial period. He died July 25, 1681, in Cambridge, Mass.
Oakey, Alexander F
architect, author, was born in 1850 in New York.
He is an architect of Buffalo, and the author of Building a Home; Home Grounds; and The Art of Life and the Life of Art.
Oakey, Emily Sullivan
educator, author, poet, was born Oct. 8, 1829, in Albany, N. Y. She was an educator of Albany, and the author of Dialogues and Conversations; and At the Foot of Parnassus, a collection of poems. She died May 11, 1883, in Albany, N. Y.
Oakley, Henry Augustus
finan- "cier, author, was born Sept. 20, 1827, in New York city. In 1851 he became secretary of the Howard fire insurance company, of which he was subsequently chosen vice-president, and finally president, of New York city. He has been a frequent contributor to the literary press, and is the author of A Christmas Reverie, and Other Sketches; Outline of a Course of English Reading; Historical Sketch of the Howard Insurance Company; and Addresses as President of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
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Oakley, Thomas Jackson
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1783, in Dutchess county, N. Y. In 1813 he was elected a representative in congress from New York, where he continued until 1815.
He was elected a member of the assembly; was appointed attorney-general of the state of New York in 1819; and in 1820 again served in the assembly. 1827 he was again elected to congress. In 1828, when the superior court of New York city was organized, he was appointed one of its judges; and on the reorganization of the court under the constitution of 1846, was elected the chief justice, and continued in that position until his death.
He died May 11, 1857, in New York city.
Oakman, Walter George
railroad president, was born May 10, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad company; and of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad company.
Oates, Alice
actress, singer, was born Sept. 22, 1849, in Nashville, Tenn.
She has attained a national reputation as a noted actress and vocalist. She died Jan. 10, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Oates, James Wyatt
lawyer, was born in January, 1850, in Alabama. He received his education in the Emory and Henry college, Va.; and is now a leading attorney of California at Santa Rosa.
During 1876-77 he was major in the Alabama state troops. In 1879 he moved to California; and during 1885-90 was special United States attorney for California in charge of timber depredation suits involving nearly three million dollars. In 1890 he was the democratic nominee for superior judge of Sonoma county.
Oates, William C
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, governor, was born Nov. 30, 1835, in Bullock county, Ala. He was a representative in the Alabama state legislature from 1870 to 1872; and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1875. He was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, fortyninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat. In 1894 he was elected governor of Alabama; and declined a second term. He now practices law in Montgomery, Ala.
Obenchain, William Alexan- Der
college president, was born April 27, 1841, in Buchanan, Va. In 1883 he was chosen president of Ogden college of Bowling Green, Ky.
Ober, Frederick Albion
author, was born Feb. 13, 1849, in Beverly, Mass.
He is a writer of Beverly, Mass., well known as a traveler, and the author of Camps in the Caribbees; Young Folks' History of Mexico; The Silver City; Travels in Mexico; Mexican Resources and Guide to Mexico; Montezuma's Gold Mines; The Knockabout Club in the Antilles; The Knockabout Club in the Everglades; In the Wake of Columbus; and Josephine, Empress of the French.
Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxon
journalist, author, was born in 1868 in Pennsylvania. He is a Philadelphia journalist, and the author of The Referendum in America, a Discussion of Law-Making by Popular Vote.
Oberholtzer, Sara Louisa
reformer, poet, was born May 20, 1841, in Chester county, Pa. She is the author of several volumes of poetical works entitled Violet Lee; Come for Arbutus, Hope's Heart Bells; Daisies of Verse; Souvenir of Occasions; and other works; and has also contributed extensively to magazines and newspapers. She has been president of the Longport Agassiz Microscopical society; president of the Soldiers' Aid society; president of the World's and National Woman's Christian Temperance union; and superintendent of School Savings bank of Pennsylvania.
O'Bleness, Hamilton Cree
author, poet, was born June 30, 1846, in Washington county, Ohio. He is the author of a number of works on philosophy and metaphysics.
O'Brien, Fitz James
journalist, author, poet, was born in 1828 in Ireland. He was a brilliant but erratic journalist of New York city, and the author of Poems and Stories; The Diamond Lens, and Other Stories. He died April 6, 1862, in Cumberland, Md.
O'Brien, Frank P
journalist, was born Feb. 29, 1844, in Ireland. In 1887 he was president and general manager of the Birmingham Herald. He is director of the Southern Press association; and is owner of one of the finest theaters in the south, which bears his name.
O'Brien, James
state senator, congressman, was born March 13, 1841, in Ireland. He settled in New York city; was elected an alderman in 1864; and reelected in 1866; and was elected sheriff in 1867. He was elected state senator in 1871; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-sixth congress.
O'Brien, James William
merchant, poet, was born July 13, 1846, in Quebec, Canada. For many years he was a commercial traveler, and has a varied and adventurous career. He has contributed both prose and verse to the periodical press, and several of his poems have been incorporated into Poets of America and other standard works.
O'Brien, Jeremiah
farmer, merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1768, in Machias, Maine. He served six years in the Maine legislature; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1823 to 1831. He died May 30, 1858, in Boston, Mass.
O'Brien, John
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1841 in Ireland. He was a Roman catholic clergyman and educator, and professor of ecclesiastical history and sacred theology in Mount St. Mary's college, Emmittsburg, Md., in 1877. He published, in 1879, A History of the Mass and its Ceremonies in the Eastern and Western Churches, which has since passed through fourteen editions.
He died in 1879.
O'Brien, Martin H
lawyer, was born May 18, 1850, in Clinton county, N. Y. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools; attended the Notre Dame academy of Indiana; and was admitted to practice law in New York in 1874. He has since attained prominence as an able lawyer of Plattsburg, N. Y.; and has an extensive practice in the state and federal courts.
He takes an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state, and is a prominent member of various fraternal orders.
O'Brien, Thomas Dillon
lawyer, was born Feb. 14, 1859, in La Point, Wis.
Since 1880 he has been actively engaged in the profession of law in St. Paul, Minn.; has been assistant city attorney of St. Paul, and county attorney of Ramsey county. He has been state president of the Catholic Total Abstinence societies of Minnesota; captain of the first battery artillery, Minnesota national guards; and a trustee of the state board of hospitals for insane.
O'Brien, William J
lawyer, congressman, was born May 28, 1836, in Baltimore, Md. He was elected from Maryland to the forty-tnird and forty-fourth congresses as a democrat.