Rives, Mrs. Judith Page – Robbins, Edward Everett
Rives, Mrs. Judith Page
(WALK- ER), author, was born March 24, 1802, in Castle Hill, Va. She was the author of Souvenirs of Residence in Europe; Home and the World; The Canary Bird; and Epitome of the Bible. She died Jan. 23, 1882, in Castle Hill, Va. a
Rives, Thomas
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born June 17, 1806, in Nelson county, Va. He settled in Albemarle county, Va., from which he was elected to the state legislature at intervals from 1835 to 1861, the latest years in the senate. In 1866 he was appointed to the supreme court of appeals of Virginia, and his opinions were published in several volumes. He gave up his seat on the bench in 1869; and in 1871 was appointed United States district judge for the western district of Virginia.
Rives, William Cabell
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, author, was born May 4, 1793, in Nelson county, Va. He was elected to the legislature of Virginia in 1817-19, from Nelson county, and in 1822 was elected to the same position from Albemarle county. In 1823 he was elected a representative in congress, and served for three successive terms. In 1829 he was appointed minister to France. In 1832 was elected a senator in congress. He was re-elected in 1835, and served until 1839. In 1840 he was elected to the senate, for a third term, where he remained until 1845. In 1849 he was a second time appointed minister to France; and returned to the United States in 1853. He published a history of the Life and Times of James Madison. He took part in the rebellion of 1861 as a member of the socalled confederate congress. He died April 25, 1868, in Castle Hill, Va.
Rixey, John Franklin
agriculturist, lawyer, congressman. He was educated in the common schools, at Bethel academy, and at the university of Virginia. He attained success as a farmer; and is one of the foremost lawyers of Virginia. For twelve years he was commonwealth attorney for Culpeper county; and was elected to the fifty fifth congress as a democrat.
He has served on several important committees, and always takes an active part in debates.
Roach, John
shipbuilder, was born Dec. 25, 1813, in Ireland. In 1840 he went to Illinois to buy land, but he returned to New York, and worked as a machinist for several years, and then established a foundry with three fellow-workmen. The explosion of a boiler nearly ruined him financially, but he rebuilt his works, which were known as the Ætna Iron works. Here he constructed the largest engines that had been built in the United States at that time, and also the first compound engines. In 1868 he bought the Morgan Iron works in New York city, and also the Neptune, Franklin Forge, and Allaire works, and in 1871 the ship yards in Chester, Pa., that were owned by Rainer and Sons. He died Jan. 10, 1887, in New York city.
Roach, John Daniel
soldier, lawyer, was born May 1, 1842, in Monroe county, Ala. He graduated from the university of Virginia, at Charlottesville.
During the war he served under Gen. R.
E. Lee from April, 1861, to February, 1865; and subsequently taught school in Alabama.
He takes an active interest in the political affairs of Louisiat Mansfield, ana where he has a lucrative practice, and has been successfully engaged in law for over a quarter of a century.
Roach, William Nathaniel
agriculturist, state legislator, United States senator, was born Sept. 25, 1840, in Washington, D. C. He was mayor of Larimore, S. D., from 1883 to 1887; was a member of the territorial legislature of the session of 1885, and was twice democratic candidate for governor of his state. He was elected United States senator in 1893.
Roane, Archibald
governor. He was governor of Tennessee from 1801 to 1803.
Roane, John
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a presidential elector in 1809; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1815 to 1817; from 1827 to 1831, and for a third term from 1835 to 1837. He died Dec. 18, 1869, in Washington, D. C.
Roane, John J
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia, his native state, from 1831 to 1833.
Roane, John Selden
soldier, governor, was born Jan. 8, 1817, in Wilson county, Tenn. He was governor of Arkansas from 1848 to 1852; and was a brigadier-general in the confederate army. He died April 7, 1867, in Pine Bluff, Ark.
Roane, John T
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1809 to 1815.
Roane, Spencer
lawyer, jurist, state senator, author, was born April 4, 1762, in Essex, Va. He was successively a member of the assembly, council and senate. In 1789 he was appointed a judge of the general court; and in 1794 a judge of the court of errors.
Roane, William Harrison
congressman, United States senator, was born in 1788 in Virginia. He was twice elected a member of the executive council of Virginia; and was once a delegate to the general assembly. He was a representative in congress from 1815 to 1817; and was a senator of the United States from 1837 to 1841. He died May 11, 1845, in Tree Hill, Va.
Robb, Edward
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 19, 1857, in Brazeau, Mo. He was educated in the common schools, Brazeau academy, Fruitland Normal institute, and the Missouri state university; graduated from the law department of the Missouri State university in March, 1879, and the May following located in Perryville, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Perry county in 1880; and re-elected in 1882. He was elected a member of the legislature in 1884, and re-elected in 1886. He was appointed assistant attorney-general of the state in 1889, which position he held for the term of four years. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Robb, James Burch
lawyer, author, was born April 14, 1817, in Baltimore, Md. He prepared and published a valuable compilation of Patent Cases in Supreme and County Courts of the United States to 1850, in two volumes. He died Nov. 3, 1876, in Boston, Mass.
Robb, James Hampden
banker, state senator, was born Oct. 27, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the legislature of New York in 1882; and state senator in 1884-85.
Robb, W. H
journalist, state legislator, was born in 1856, in Williamsport, Pa. For over a quarter of a century he has been the editor and owner of the Independent American of Creston, Iowa, a daily and weekly newspaper, and one of the ablest reform journals in the United States. He has served two terms as a member of the Iowa state legislature.
Robbie, Reuben
congressman, was born in Vermont.
He settled in New York, and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.
Robbin, Stephen Herbert
clergyman, was born Oct. 4, 1858, in Canada. He received the rudiments of his education in the Ontario public schools, and graduated from the St. Lawrence university of Canton, N. Y. He is now one of the foremost clergymen of New England; has filled pastorates in Genoa and Victor, N. Y.; Bay City, Mich.; and Boston, Mass. He has been president of the Social union; is a member of the Boston Art club; chairman of the creed revision committee in Chicago in 1897; and a prominent Mason and a member of various societies.
Robbins, Asher
lawyer, state senator, was born Oct. 26, 1757, in Wethersfield, Conn. He was United States district attorney in 1812. He was a leading senator in congress from Rhode Island from 1825 to 1839; and was a member of the Rhode Island legislature for many years.
He died Feb. 25, 1845, in Newport, R. I.
Robbins, Chandler
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 24, 1738, in Branford, Conn. He published A Reply to John Cotton's Essays on Baptism; An Address at Plymouth to the Inhabitants assembled to celebrate the victories of the French Republic over their Invaders; An Anniversary Sermon on the Landing at Plymouth; and other discourses. He died June 30, 1799, in Plymouth, Mass.
Robbins, Chandler
was born Feb. 14, 1810, in Lynn, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of Boston, pastor of the Second church in 1833-74; and the author of Liturgy for the Use of a Christian Church; History of the Second or Old North Church; Memoir of Benjamin Curtis; and Portrait of a Christian Drawn from Life. He died Sept. 11, 1882, in Weston, Mass.
Robbins, Edward Everett
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1860, in Westmoreland county, Pa. He was admitted to the Westmoreland, Pa., bar in 1884, and at once engaged in the practice of law; and was nominated for district attorney in 1886.
He was elected in 1888 to the state senate, and served in that body till 1892. He is major and quartermaster of the second brigade, state militia; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.