Ragan, Willis Eugene – Rand, Isaac
Ragan, Willis Eugene
merchant, was born Jan. 12, 1852, in Albany, N. Y.
In 1878 he became a member of one of the largest wholesale dry goods houses in the south, and is president of the Southern Railway Equipment company.
Ragland, Charles A
lawyer, was born Aug. 2, 1844, in Halifax county, Va.
He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Stockton, Mo.; has been city attorney, justice of the peace, mayor of his city, and takes an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state.
Ragland, H. Clay
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born May 7, 1844, in Goochland county, Va. In 1887 he established the Logan Banner, of which he is still editor and owner. During 1887-88 he was a member of the West Virginia state legislature.
Ragozin, Madame Zenaide Al- Exeievna
author, was born about 1835 in Russia. She is a Russian historical writer, naturalized in the United States in 1874, and the author of The Story of Chaldea; The Story of Assyria; The Story of Media and Babylon; and The Story of Vedic India.
Raguet, Condy
lawyer, state senator, author, was born Jan. 28, 1784, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1815 he was a member of the Pennsylvania assembly, and afterward of the state senate. He was editor of several journals; and the author of The Principles of Free Trade; A Treatise on Currency and Banking; and other works. He died March 22, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Raines, John
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born May 6, 1840, in Canandaigua, N. Y. He was a member of the assembly of the state of New York in 1881, 1882 and 1885, and was state senator in 1886-89. He was elected to the fifty-first and re-elected to the fifty-second congresses as a republican.
Rainey, Joseph H
state senator, congressman, was born June 21, 1832, in Georgetown, S. C. He was elected a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1868, and was a member of the state senate of South Carolina in 1870.
He was elected a representative from South Carolina to the forty-first, fortysecond, forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses as a republican. He died Aug. 1, 1887, in Georgetown, S. C.
Rains, Gabriel James
soldier, was born in June, 1803, in Craven county, N.
C. He served with distinction in the Mexican war, and attained the rank of brigadier-general in 1855. In 1861 he joined the confederate army, and died Sept. 6, 1881, in Aiken, S. C.
Rains, George Washington
soldier, educator, author, was born in 1817 in Graven county, N. C. He is a confederate army officer, and professor of chemistry at the university of Georgia from 1867. He is the author of Steam Portable Engines; Rudimentary Course of Analytical and Applied Chemistry; and Chemical Qualitative Analysis.
Rainsford, William Stephen
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 30, 1850, in Ireland. He is a prominent episcopal clergyman of New York city, rector of St. George's church from 1883, and an active worker in philanthropic and other reforms. He is the author of Sermons Preached in St. George's; and The Church's Opportunity in the City of To- Day.
Ralph, Julian
journalist, author, was born in 1853 in New York. He is a popular journalist and litterateur, and the author of On Canada's Frontier; Dixie; Our Great West; Chicago and the World's Fair; People We Pass; and Alone in China, and Other Stories.
Ralston, Robert
merchant, was born in 1761, in Brandywine, Pa. He contributed largely to the establishment of the Widows' and Orphans' asylum, and the Mariner's church in Philadelphia, founded the Philadelphia Bible society, which was the first of the kind on this continent, and in 1819 became first president of the board of education of the presbyterian church. He died Aug. 11, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Ralston, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born in 1756 in Ireland. He was a presbyterian clergyman in what is now Monongahela City, Pa., from 1796 till his death, and the author of On Baptism; The Last Plagues; and The Currycomb.
He died Sept. 25, 1851, in Carroll, Pa.
Ralston, Thomas Neely
clergyman, journalist, author, was born March 21, 1806, in Bourbon county, Ky. He is a methodist clergyman and religious editor of Kentucky, and the author of Elements of Divinity; Evidences of Christianity; Ecce Unitas; and Bible Truths.
Rambaut, Mrs. Mary Lucinda Bonney
educator, was born June 8, 1816, in Hamilton, N. Y. She is a successful educator of Hamilton, N. Y.
Ramsay, David
physician, congressman, author, was born April 2, 1749, in Lancaster, Pa. He was a physician of Charleston, eminent among early American historians. He served in the Carolina legislature throughout the revolutionary war, and was also in the army as a surgeon. He was a delegate to congress in 1782 and 1786. He was the author of History of the American Revolution; History of the United States; Life of Washington; and History of South Carolina. He died May 8, 1815, in Charleston, S. C.
Ramsay, Nathaniel
soldier, congressman, was born May 1, 1751, in Lancaster county, Pa. He was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress from 1785 to 1787. He died Oct. 23, 1817, in Baltimore, Ind.
Ramsay, Robert
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1835, and again from 1841 to 1843.
RAMSAY, MRS. VIENNA G— (MOR- RELL), author, was born in 1817 in Maine. She is the author of Facts on Missions; Evenings with the Children; and A Legend of the White Hills, and Other Poems.
Ramseur, Stephen Dodson
soldier, was born May 31, 1837, in Lincolnton, N. C. In 1861 he entered the confederate service as captain of the light artillery. He attained the rank of majorgeneral. He died Oct. 20, 1864, in Winchester, Va.
Ramsey, Alexander
congressman, governor, United States senator, was born Sept. 8, 1815, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1843 to 1847. In 1849 he was appointed the first territorial governor of Minnesota. In 1855 he was mayor of the city of St. Paul, Minn.; and was elected governor of the state of Minnesota in 1858, and served until 1862. In 1863 he was elected a senator in congress from Minnesota, for the term ending in 1869, and was re-elected for the term ending in 1875.
Ramsey, George Junkin
educator, college president, was born June 28, 1858, in Rockbridge, Va. He has been professor of Latin and Greek in the Ogden college of Bowling Green, Ky.; and since 1884 has been president of the Silliman institute of Clinton, La. Since 1897 he has been president of the Southern Educational association.
Ramsey, William
surveyor, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 7, 1779, in Sterrett's Gap, Pa. In 1803 he was appointed surveyor of his native county, an office held by his father during the revolution; and also held the offices of prothonotary, register, recorder, and clerk of the orphans' court. In 1826 he was elected a member of congress from Pennsylvania; and was re-elected in 1828 and 1830. He died in September, 1831, in Carlisle, Pa.
Ramsey, William S
lawyer, congressman, was born June 12, 1810, in Carlisle, Pa. He was elected a representative in congress in 1838; and was re-elected in 1840. He died Oct. 17, 1840, in Baltimore, Md.
Rand, Asa
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 6, 1783, in Rindge, N. H. He was a congregational clergyman in Maine and New York prominent as an opponent of slavery; and the author of Teachers' Manual in English Grammar; and The Slave-Catcher Caught in the Meshes of Eternal Law. He died Aug. 24, 1871, in Ashburnham, Mass.
Rand, Benjamin
educator, author, was born Feb. 16, 1792, in Charlestown, Mass. He is an instructor in philosophy at Harvard university; and the author of Economic History Since 1763; A Bibliography of Economics; and also bibliographies of æsthetics, ethics, psychology, metaphysics, logic, history of philosophy, and philosophy of religion.
Rand, Benjamin Howard
educator, author, was born Feb. 16, 1792, in Charlestown, Mass. He was a Philadelphia teacher of penmanship who published The American Penman and similar works. He died June 9, 1862, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Rand, Benjamin Howard
physician, author, was born Oct. 1, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a physician of Philadelphia; and the author of Outlines of Medical Chemistry; and Elements of Medical Chemistry. He died Feb. 14, 1883, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Rand, Edward Augustus
clergyman, author, was born in April, 1837, in Portsmouth, N. H. He is an episcopal clergyman, rector at Watertown, Mass., from 1883; and the author of Christmas Jack; Behind Manhattan Gables; School and Camp Series; Sailor Boy Bob; Pushing Ahead; and Fighting the Sea Series.
Rand, Edward Dean
lawyer, jurist, poet, was born Dec. 26, 1821, in Bath, N. H. In 1874 he was made judge of the circuit court. He is a poet of note and a lawyer of ability.
Rand, Edward Sprague
horticulturist, author, was born Oct. 20, 1834, in Boston, Mass. He was formerly a floriculturist of Dedham, Mass.; and the author of Garden Flowers; Complete Manual of Orchid-Culture; Popular Flowers; Rhododendrons; Flowers for the Parlor and Garden; The Window Gardener; and Life Memoirs and Other Poems.
Rand, Isaac
physician, author, was born April 27, 1743, in Charlestown, Mass.
From 1798 till 1804 he was president of the Massachusetts Medical society, and he was also a corresponding member of the London Medical society. He published papers Hydrocephalus Internus; Yellow Fever; and on The Use of Warm Bath and Digitalis in Pulmonary Consumption.
He died Dec. 11, 1822, in Boston, Mass. on