Onderdonk, Henry Ustick – O'Reilly, Patrick Thomas
Onderdonk, Henry Ustick
bishop, author, was born March 16, 1789, in New York city. He was the second protestant episcopal bishop of Pennsylvania, and the author of piscopacy Tested by Scripture, republished as Episcopacy Examined and Re-Examined; Essay on Regeneration; Sermons and Charges; and Family Devotions. He died Dec. 6, 1858, in Philadelphia, Pa.
O'Neal, Edward Asbury
soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born in Madison county, Ala. He entered the conféderate army as a captain, in 1861, and rapidly rose to the rank of brigadier-general. In 1882 he was elected governor of Alabama; and was re-elected in 1884.
O'Neal, William Walker
journalist, was born Oct. 17, 1873, in Maryville, Mo. He attended the State university of Missouri; became a reporter on the St.
Joseph Daily News and the Kansas City Times; was editor of the Iowa Inter-State Herald; and is now the editor and owner of The Graphic of Firth, Neb.
O'Neall, John Belton
lawyer, jurist, author, was born April 10, 1793, in Bush River, S. C. He was a South Carolina jurist, and the author of Digest of the Negro Law; Annals of Newberry District; and Bench and Bar of South Carolina. He died Sept. 27, 1863, in Newberry, S. C.
O'Neall, John H
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 30, 1838, near Newberry, S. C. He represented Daviess county in the Indiana state legislature in 1866; was appointed prosecuting attorney for the eleventh judicial circuit in 1873, and was elected to the same office in 1874, but resigned before his term was out. He has been repeatedly honored by election to the board of trustees of the public schools, and was elected to the fiftieth, and fifty-first congresses as a democrat.
O'Neil, Joseph H
state legislator, congressman, was born March 23, 1853, in Fall River, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1878-84; was a member of the board of directors for public institutions for five years, the last eighteen months being chairman of the board; and was city clerk of Boston in 1887 and 1888. He was elected to the fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
O'Neill, Charles
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 21, 1821, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1850-52 he was in the state legislature, and in 1853 in the state senate. He was again elected to the legislature in 1859, and in 1862 was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-eighth congress. He was elected to the thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, fortyeighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first and fifty-second congresses as a republican.
O'Neill, Edward
banker, state legislator. He served four terms as a member of the Wisconsin state legislature; and introduced the bill which brought about the establishment of the State Reform school at Waukesha. He was president of the Merchants' Exchange bank of Milwaukee; and served that city four times as mayor.
O'Neill, John
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 17, 1821, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1844 he moved to Ohio, and there practiced law in the supreme court. In 1855 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Muskingum county. In 1862 he was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-eighth congress.
O'Neill, John J
manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was born June 25, 1846, in St. Louis, Mo. He was in the government civil service during the civil war, and was afterward engaged in manufacturing pursuits. In 1872 he was elected a representative in the state legislature; and was re-elected in 1874 and 1876. He was elected to the municipal assembly of St. Louis in 1879, and re-elected in 1881.
In 1884 he was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-eighth congress, and was re-electeu to the fortyninth, fiftieth, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
Opdale, Nellie Mann
educator, missionary, lecturer, was born May 17, 1860, in New Lisbon, Wis. She received her education in the public schools of Racine, and subsequently taught school in that city. She has held various positions in the Woman's Christian Temperance union; was state lecturer of the Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage association; addressed the state legislature during two different sessions, and is now an ordained minister of the universalist church.
Opdine, George
banker, public official, author, was born Dec. 7, 1805, in Kingwood, N. J. He was a banker of New York city, and mayor of that city in 1862- 63. He was the author of Treatise on Political Economy; Report on the Currency; and Official Documents and Addresses. He died June 12, 1880, in New York city.
Opper, Frederick Burr
artist, was born Jan. 2, 1857, in Madison, Ohio.
In 1877 he became an artist on the staff of Frank Leslie's periodicals, and for three years filled the position of humorous and special artist; and since 1880 he has been engaged on the staff of Puck, New York's great humorous journal.
Orange, Will J
journalist, poet, mine owner, politician, was born March 30, 1858, near Albion, Ill. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools, and graduated from Bayliss college. In 1886 he purchased The Rustler of Silver Cliff, Col.; and soon became prominent in political and mining circles. He was one of the organizers of the mining congress, and suggested the name of the Silver Republican Party. He has filled numerous public positions of honor, and in 1896 was elected regent of the university of Colorado for a term of six years. He has written extensively for the periodical press, and has attained prominence in the west as a humorous poet.
Orcutt, Charles Russell
botanist, and introducer of new seeds and plants, especially cacti. He is the editor and owner of the West American Scientist of San Diego, Cal., which was established in 1884.
Ord, Edward Otho Cresap
soldier, was born Oct. 18, 1818, in Cumberland, Md. In 1839 he graduated from the United States Military academy. He served in the Florida war against the Seminole Indians in 1839-42; and during the civil war attained the rank of majorgeneral of volunteers. In the camp and on the march he was exceedingly careful of his soldiers, providing for their comfort, their clothing, and their medical attendance; and he showed equal solicitude for the sick and wounded. He died July 22, 1883, in Havana, Cuba.
Ord, George
naturalist, was born in 1781 in Philadelphia. He was an intimate friend of Alexander Wilson, the naturalist, and accompanied him on many of his rambles. After Wilson's death in 1813 Mr. Ord completed the eighth volume of the former's American Ornithology. 1825 he prepared a new edition of the last three volumes of the ornithology, and in 1828 issued his life of Wilson as a separate volume. He died Jan. 24, 1866, in Philadelphia.
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Ordway, John Morse
chemist, author, was born April 23, 1823, in Amesbury, Mass. He has been professor of chemistry and metallurgy in the institute of Technicology in Boston, Mass., for fifteen years, and is now professor of industrial chemistry of the Tulane university of New Orleans, La. He is the author of Plantarum Ordinum Indicator, and other works.
Ordway, Nehemiah G
merchant, state senator, governor, was born Nov. 10, 1828, in Warner, N. H. In 1861 he was appointed general agent of the post office department for the New England states, with headquarters at Boston. In 1863 he was elected sergeant-at-arms of the United States house of representatives, and served during the thirty-eighth, thirtyninth, fortieth, forty-first, forty-second and forty-third congresses. In 1875 he was elected a representative in the New Hampshire legislature, and was re-elected in 1876 and 1877. In 1879 he was elected a state senator, and in 1880 was appointed governor of Dakota territory for the term of four years.
O'Reilly, Bernard
Roman catholic bishop, was born in 1803 in Ireland. In 1847 he removed to Buffalo and was made vicar-general of the diocese and president of the seminary, having also in charge the hospital of the Sisters of Charity. In 1850 he was consecrated bishop of Hartford. He died in 1856 at sea.
O'Reilly, Daniel
public official, congressman, was born June 3, 1838, in Ireland. He settled in Brooklyn, N. Y.; was city weigher; and was a member of the board of aldermen in 1873-75. He acted as supervisor of Kings county in 1874-75, and during 1875 was president pro tem of the board of aldermen. He was also acting mayor on several occasions; and was again elected alderman for the years 1878 and 1879. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-sixth congress.
O'Reilly, Henry
journalist, author, was born Feb. 6, 1806, in Ireland. He was a journalist of Rochester, and the author of New York Sketches of Rochester; and American Political Anti-Masonry. He died Aug. 17, 1886, in Rochester, N. Y.
O'Reilly, John Boyle
journalist, author, poet, was born June 28, 1844, in Ireland. He was a noted journalist of Boston, editor of The Pilot. In his youth he was concerned in a fenian outbreak in Ireland, and banished to Australia. Escaping thence he came to America in 1869 and settled in Boston, where his talents speedily secured recognition. Much of his work in verse is ephemeral, but his best lines have the ring of true poetry.
He was the author of Songs, Legends, and Ballads; Moondyne; The Statues in the Block, and Other Poems; Songs of the Southern Seas; In Bohemia. In prose he published, Stories and Sketches; and The Ethics of Boxing. He died Aug. 10, 1890, in Hull, Mass.
O'Reilly, Patrick Thomas
Roman catholic bishop, was born Dec. 24, 1833, in Ireland. He was consecrated first bishop of Springfield in 1870.