Otis, John – Overstreet, James
Otis, John
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1801 in Maine.
He served five years in the Maine legislature; was a commissioner for settling the northeastern boundary; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1849 to 1851. He died Oct. 17, 1856.
Otis, John Grant
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 10, 1838, in Danby, Vt. For over twenty years he has been engaged in the dairy business near Topeka, Kas. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a people's party candidate.
Otis, Norton Prentiss
manufacturer, state legislator, was born March 18, 1840, in Halifax, Vt. He is president of Otis Brothers and Company. Some of the largest elevators in the world are the product of these works, including the one in the Washington monument, and the famous elevator in the Eiffel tower in Paris. He was elected mayor of Yonkers in 1880 and state assemblyman in 1883.
Otis, Samuel Allyne
state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 24, 1740, in Barnstable, Mass. In 1776 he was a representative in the assembly; and subsequently a member of the convention which framed the constitution of Massachusetts. From 1787 to 1788 he was a delegate to the continental congress, and upon the adoption of the constitution was appointed secretary of the senate, holding that office for more than thirty years. He died April 22, 1814, in Washington.
Otjen, Theobold
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 27, 1851, in West China, Mich. He practiced law in Detroit during 1875-83, when he removed to Milwaukee, where he has since resided, engaged in the practice of law and in the real estate business.
He was elected member of the common council of the city of Milwaukee in 1887, and was reelected for three successive terms, serva ing seven years in all. He was a trustee of the Milwaukee public library from 1887 to 1891, and a trustee of the Milwaukee public museum from 1891 to 1894. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Otken, Charles H
clergyman, educator, college president, author, was born Feb. 26, 1839, in New Orleans, La. He received the rudiments of his education in the public and private schools, and attended the Mississippi college of Clinton. During 1867-77 he was principal of the Peabody public school of Summit, Miss.; was founder of the Lea Female college of Summit, and served as its president for seventeen years. Since 1894 he has been president of the McComb Female institute, Miss. He has been trustee of the university of Mississippi for four years, and a trustee of the Mississippi college for twelve years, from which latter institution he received the degree of LL. D. He is the author of a work on economics entitled The Ills of the South; and has contributed essays and various articles to the Times-Democrat of New Orleans, and other publications. In 1864 he was ordained a clergyman in the baptist church; has filled several pastorates in Mississippi; and for twelve years gave his whole time to teaching. He was twice offered the position of state superintendent of public education in Mississippi, but declined the honor.
Ott, Isaac
physician, author, was born Nov. 30, 1847, in Northampton county, Pa. He is a physician who has published Cocaine, Veratria, and Gelseminum; Action of Medicines; and Physiology and Pathology of the Nervous System.
Ottendorfer, Anna
philanthropist, was born Feb. 13, 1815, in Moravia.
In 1875 she established in Astoria, L. I., the Isabella Home for Aged Women, named in memory of a deceased daughter, expending $150,000 on the building and endowment. She contributed $40,000 to an educational fund, built the women's pavilion of the German hospital, New York city, at a cost of $75,000, and gave $100,000 for a German dispensary. She died April 1, 1884, in New York city.
Ottendorfer, Oswald
journalist, was born Dec. 26, 1826, in Moravia. In 1872-74 he was an alderman, and in 1874 a candidate for mayor of New York city.
He gave $300,000 to build and endow an educational institution in his native town in Austria, founded on Long Island a home for aged and indigent men, and established the Ottendorfer free library in Second avenue, New York city, at an original cost of $50,000, which has been augmented by annual gifts.
Otto, William Tod
lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 19, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected a district judge in Indiana for six years; and became a professor of law in the university of Indiana. In 1863 he was appointed assistant secretary of the interior department, and remained in that position until 1871, when he was appointed arbitrator on the part of the United States, on the commission for the settlement of claims of American citizens against Spain. In 1875 he was appointed reporter of decisions of the supreme court.
Otts, John Martin Philip
clergyman, author, was born June 7, 1838, in Union, S. C. He is a presbyterian minister of Talladega, Ala.; and the author of Nicodemus with Jesus; Light and Life for a Dead World; The Southern Pen and Pulpit; Inter-denominational Literature; The Gospel of Honesty; Laconisms; The Fifth Gospel; Unsettled Questions; and At Mother's Knee.
Oury, Granville H
legislator, congressman, was born March 12, 1825, in Abington, Va. In 1849 he went to California and engaged in mining; and in 1856 settled in Arizona. He was elected a representative in the territorial legislature in 1866, 1873 and 1875, serving as speaker the first two terms. He was elected a delegate from Arizona to the forty-seventh congress as a democrat.
Outcalt, Otto O
journalist, legislator, was born Nov. 2, 1858, in Wilmington, Ohio. He is the editor and owner of The Courier of Burlington, Kas., in which state he has served as a member of the legislature.
Outerbridge, Albert Albony
lawyer, journalist, was born April 20, 1841, in Bermuda. Since 1874 he has been the editor-in-chief of the Weekly Notes of Cases, of which seventeen volumes have been published in Philadelphia. He was appointed reporter to the supreme court of Pennsylvania in 1881, and edited several volumes of reports. This office he resigned Jan. 1, 1885, to become the trust officer of the Land Title and Trust company of Philadelphia.
Outhwaite, Joseph H
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1841, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, Ohio, in 1874, and again in 1876. He was one of the trustees of the County Children's home from 1879 until 1883; was one of the trustees of the sinking fund of the city of Columbus in 1883; and in 1884 was reappointed for a term of five years. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat. In 1895 he was appointed civilian member of the board of ordnance and fortification, Columbus, Ohio.
Outlaw, David
lawyer, congressman, was born in Bertie county, N. C. He served three years in the house of commons; was elected solicitor of Edenton district in 1836; and was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1847 to 1853.
Outlaw, George C
state senator, congressman, was born in Bertie county, N. C. He was a member of the house of commons in 1796; and in the North Carolina state senate a number of years thereafter. He was a representative in congress during the years 1824 and 1825. He died Aug. 15, 1836.
Ovall, John
journalist, clergyman, lecturer, was born Jan. 28, 1863, in Sweden. He is a successful pastor of the Scandinavian methodist episcopal church; has organized churches and secured church properties at Port Lavaca, Victoria, Jasmine, Ganado, Louise, El Campo and Galveston, Texas. In Galveston he also organized the Galveston Port society, of which he is chaplain. He founded and edited the Gospel Herald, and now fills a pastorate in Georgetown, Texas.
Overall, John Wilford
journalist, author, poet, was born Sept. 25, 1822, in Shenandoah Valley, Va. He has been editorially connected with the press of Mobile, Richmond, Galveston and St.
Louis; and from 1876 with the press of New York, principally as literary editor of the Mercury. He is the author of Catechism of the Constitution of the United States; and a number of meritorious poems.
Overman, Frederick
civil engineer, author, was born about 1810 in Germany. He was a mining engineer of Philadelphia; and the author of The Manufacture of Iron; The Manufacture of Steel; Political Mineralogy; Moulder's and Founder's Pocket Guide; Mechanics for the Millwright, etc.; and Treatise on Metallurgy. He died in 1852 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Overman, Lee S
lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 3, 1854, in Salisbury, N. C.
He is a successful lawyer of his native city; was a member of the house of representatives of North Carolina in 1883, 1885, 1887 and in 1893, and was speaker of the house during the latter term. He has been president of the North Carolina Railroad company; and in 1897 was the democratic nominee for United States senator.
Overmyer, John
legislator. This able lawyer has served as a member of the Indiana state legislature, and was elected speaker of the house.
Overstreet, James
congressman, was born in Barnwell, S. C. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1822. He died in 1822.