O'Brien, William Shoney – Officier, Morris
O'Brien, William Shoney
capitalist, was born in 1825 in Ireland. He was one of the four principal stockholders of the mine on the Comstock ledge in Nevada, called the Big Bonanza, which was discovered in 1874. He left a fortune of from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. He died May 2, 1878, in San Rafael, Cal.
O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey
physician, journalist, author, was born Feb. 29, 1797, in Ireland. He was an historical writer of Albany, and subsequently of New York city, and the author of History of New Netherlands; and Jesuit Relations; Documentary History of New York. He edited many volumes of state and colonial records. He died May 27, 1880, in New York city.
Ochiltree, Thomas P
soldier, congressman, was born in 1837 in Texas.
He was appointed United States marshal in his native state; and was for a time state commissioner of emigration, to visit Europe. He was elected a representative from Texas to the forty-eighth congress.
Ochiltree, William B
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1811 in North Carolina. In 1846 he was appointed the first district judge of Texas; in 1855-56 he was a representative in the legislature; and in 1861 was a member of the first confederate congress. He died in December, 1867, in Marshall, Texas.
Ochs, George Washington
journalist, was born Oct. 27, 1861, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1896 he became publisher and manager of the Chattanooga Daily Times. For three years he was president of the police commissioners. In 1893 he was elected mayor of his city and received the re-election two years later.
Ochtman, Leonard
artist, was born Oct. 21, 1854, in Holland. He has attained a national reputation as a successful artist; and has erected a studio in Connecticut, where he spends his summers.
O'Connell, Daniel J
poet. He is a writer of Owatonna, Minn.; and the the author of a number of poems.
O'Connell, Jeremiah Joseph
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 21, 1821, in Ireland. He is a Roman catholic priest of the Benedictine order in North Carolina; and the author of Catholicity in the Carolinas and Georgia; and Conferences on the Blessed Trinity.
O'Connor, James
educator, college president, bishop, was born Sept. 10, 1823 , in Ireland. He was made president of St. of St.
Michael's seminary of Glenwood in 1857.
He was transferred to the seminary at Overbrook in 1863, where, while acting as director, he filled the chairs of philosophy, moral theology, and ecclesiastical history. He was nominated vicar-apostolic of Nebraska, and consecrated bishop of Dibona in partibus infidelium in 1876.
He died May 27, 1890, in Omaha, Neb.
O'Connor, Joseph
journalist, poet, was born in 1841 in New York. He is . He is a journalist of Rochester, N. Y., whose collected Poems appeared in 1895.
O'Connor, M. P
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 29, 1831, in Beaufort, S. C. He was a representative in the legislature of South Carolina from 1858 to 1865; and was elected a representative from South Carolina to the forty-sixth congress as a democrat. He died April 26, 1881.
O'Connor, Thomas William
educator, state senator, was born July 4, 1868, in White county, Ind. He is a successful educator; has filled numerous public offices of trust; and is now serving a term of four years as a member of the Indiana state senate.
O'Connor, William Douglas
author, was born Jan. 2, 1833, in Boston, Mass. He was a clerk in the civil service at Washington, and the author of Harrington, a novel; The Good Gray Poet, a defence of Walt Whitman; The Ghost; Three Tales; and Hamlet's Note Book.
He died May 9, 1889, in Washington, D. C.
O'Conor, Charles
lawyer, born Jan. 22, 1804, in New York city. In 1848 he was a candidate for lieutenantgovernor of New York; and after the civil war was senior counsel for Jefferson Davis, when the latter was indicted for treason. He was undoubtedly the greatest lawyer of his time. He died May 12, 1884, in Nantucket, R. I. was
O'Conor, John Francis Xavier
educator, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 1, 1852, in New York city. He is a Roman catholic clergyman of the Society of Jesus; a professor in Boston college; and the author of Something Real; Lyric and Dramatic Poetry; and Reading and the Mind.
O'Conor, Thomas
journalist, author, was born Sept. 1, 1770, in Ireland. He established in 1812 the Shamrock, and the Globe, founded in 1815 in New York city.
He also published several pamphlets on Irish or Roman catnolic questions, and volumes entitled Selections from Several Literary Works. He died Feb. 9, 1855, in New York city.
Odell, Jacob
soldier, was born July 25, 1756, in Greenburg, N. Y. He was a brigadier-general in the continental army during the war of the revolution, and afterward a member of the New York state assembly, representing Westchester county in 1812-13; and a member of the presidential electoral college in 1820 and 1828. He died in 1846, in Yonkers, N. Y.
Odell, Benjamin B
business man, congressman, was born Jan. 14, 1854, in Newburg, N. Y. He was elected from New York to the fifty-fourth, and reelected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
O'Dell, Joseph C
farmer, clergyman, jurist, state legislator, was born Nov. 10, 1850, in Reynolds county, Mo. He is a successful farmer and a noted clergyman of Ruble, Mo. He has served two terms as county judge; and has been a member of the Missouri state legislature.
Odell, Moses Fowler
congressman, was born Feb. 24, 1818, in Tarrytown, N. Y. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress. In 1865 he was appointed naval agent for the port of New York. He died June 13, 1866, in New York city.
Odell, N. Holmes
banker, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1828, near Tarrytown, N. Y. He was a member of the New York assembly during two successive sessions, closing in 1861. He was founder of the First National bank at Tarrytown, and was its first cashier, which office he resigned in 1864. He was elected county treasurer in 1866, and re-elected in 1869 and 1872.
In 1874 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Odenheimer, William Henry
bishop, author, was born Aug. 11, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the third protestant episcopal bishop of New Jer sey in 1859-74, becoming bishop of Northern New Jersey in the latter year. He was the author of Origin of the Prayer Book; Essay on Canon Law; The Sacred Scriptures the Imperial Record of the Holy Trinity; Jerusalem and Its Vicinity; The Devout Churchman's Companion; The True Catholic no Romanist ; Thoughts on Immersion; Bishop White's Opinions; and Sermons, with Memoirs.
He died Aug. 14, 1879, in Burlington, N. J.
Odin, John Mary
archbishop, was born Feb. 25, 1801, in France. In 1822 he was sent on a mission to Missouri; taught in Missouri and Texas; and was an energetic promoter of emigration. He became an archbishop in Texas of the Roman catholic church. He died May 25, 1870, in France.
Odiorne, Thomas
manufacturer, author, was born April 26, 1769, in Exeter, N. H. He was an iron manufacturer of Malden, Mass., and the author of The Progress of Refinement, a Poem; and Fame and Miscellanies. He died May 18, May 18, 1851, in Malden, Mass.
O'Donnell, Daniel Kane
journalist, author, was born in 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia journalist who published The Song of Iron and the Song of Slaves, with Other Poems.
He died Sept. 8, 1871, in Philadelphia, Pa.
O'Donnell, James
soldier, journalist, congressman, was born March 25, 1840, in Norwalk, Conn. In 1861 he enlisted in the first Michigan infantry, and served out his time, participating in the first battle of Bull Run. He was recorder of the city of Jackson, Mich., in 1863-66.
He established the Jackson Daily Citizen in 1865; and continued its owner and editor. He was presidential elector in 1872, and was designated by the state electoral college as messenger to convey the vote of Michigan to Washington. He was He was elected mayor of Jackson in 1876, and in 1884 he was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth, fiftyfirst and fifty-second congresses as a republican.
O'Donnell, Jessie Fremont
author, was born in New York. She is a writer of Lowville, N. Y., and the author of Heart Lyrics; and Horseback Sketches.
O'Ferrall, Charles Triplett
lawyer, legislator, congressman, governor, was born Oct. 21, 1840, near Brucetown, Va. He received his received his education in the common schools, and Washington college, now known as the Washington and Lee university. In 1861 he enlisted in the cavalry service of the confederate state as a private; passed through all the grades from sergeant to colonel, and at the surrender of Lee was in command of all the confederate cavalry in the Shenandoah valley, and was eight times wounded. He located at Harrisonburgh, where he commenced the practice of his profession. He was a member of the general assembly of Virginia in 1871-73; judge of the county court of Rockingham county in 1874-80; and democratic state canvasser in 1880-83. In 1882 he was the democratic nominee for congress in the seventh district; and was elected to the forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses, and was re-elected to the fiftysecond congress as a democrat.
Officier, Morris
missionary, author, was born July 21, 1823, in Holmes county, Ohio. He was a lutheran missionary, and the author of Plea for a Lutheran Mission in Africa; Western Africa a Mission Field; and African Bible Pictures. He died Nov. 1, 1874, in To peka, Kan.