Rouse, Henry Clark – Roye, Edward James
Rouse, Henry Clark
railroad president, was born March 15, 1853, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1892 he was elected president of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway company; and in 1893 was appointed receiver of the Northern Pacific, a position he still holds.
Rousseau, Lovell Harrison
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 4, 1818, in Lincoln county, Ky. He was elected for three years to the legislature of Indiana, and for three years to the senate of the state. He served through the war with Mexico as a captain, and was present at Buena Vista. In 1850 he returned to Louisville, where he subsequently resided. In 1860 he was elected, by both political parties, to the senate of Kentucky. In 1861 he was commissioned a colonel of volunteers; was appointed a brigadiergenera; and in 1862 appointed a majorgeneral. In 1865 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirtyninth congress. In 1867 he was appointed a brigadier-general in the regular army, and was assigned to duty in the new territory of Alaska. He died Jan. 7, 1869, in New Orleans, La.
Routt, Eliza Franklin
author, was born in 1842 in Springfield, Ill. She is most noted as a social leader and philanthropist. She is the wife of Col. Routt, the first governor of Colorado in 1878, who was again elected to the high office in 1891. She has given much attention to literary work.
Routt, John L
governor. He was a resident of Denver, Colo. In 1871 he was appointed second assistant postmastergeneral, in which capacity he served until 1875. He was governor of Colorado territory during a part of the year 1875; and in 1876 was elected governor of the new state of Colorado, holding the office until 1879.
Rowan, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born in 1773 in Pennsylvania. He was elected from Kentucky a member of congress from 1807 to 1809; and was for many years a member of the general assembly.
He was a judge of the court of appeals in 1819; was a senator in congress from 1825 to 1831; and his last public position was that of minister to the Two Sicilies.
He died July 13, 1853, in Louisville, Ky.
Rowan, Stephen Clegg
soldier, was born in December, 1808, in Ireland.
In 1870 he was vice-admiral of the United States navy. He died March 31, 1890, in Washington, D. C.
Rowe, Charles Henry
clergyman, poet, was born Jan. 19, 1834, in Guilford, Maine. In 1864 he was commissioned a chaplain in the United States army. He has filled pastorates in the baptist church ever since in the vicinity of Boston. For a time he was connected with the editorial department of The Watchman of Boston; and he is the author of a number of poems and sacred hymns.
Rowe, Mrs. Harriet Gould
author, was born in 1854 in Maine. She is a writer of Bangor, Maine; and the author of Re-told Tales of the Hills and Shores of Maine; and Queenshithe.
Rowe, Henry Clark
was born April 23, 1851, in New Haven, Conn. He is the pioneer in deep water oyster culture in Long Island sound, and he received the first grant of oyster ground outside of the harbors in 1874. From 1875 until thê present time he has secured such legislation from year to year as the growth of the business required. During 1897 he planted nearly three million bushels of shells and other material on his grounds, which comprise nearly ten thousand acres.
He is regarded as an authority on the propagation and culture of oysters; and is the author of The Oyster Industry; and various papers read before the International Fisheries congress at Chicago in 1893, and before other societies.
Rowe, Peter
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1853 to 1855.
Rowell, George Presbury
journalist, was born July 4, 1838, in Concord, Vt. In 1867 he took up his residence in New York, where he began the publication of Rowell's Newspaper Directory.
Rowell, Jonathan H
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 10, 1833, in Haverhill, N. H. He served three years in the union army during the civil war as a line officer. He was state's attorney of the eighth judicial district at Bloomington, Ill., from 1868 to 1872. He was a presidential elector in 1880; and was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.
Rowland, Alfred
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 9, 1844, in Lumberton, N. C. In 1867 he was elected by the county court register of deeds for Robeson county, N. C.; and was a member of the general assembly of North Carolina in 1876-77, and again in 1880-81. He was elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat.
Rowland, David
congressman. He was a delegate from Connecticut to the colonial congress which met in New York in 1765.
Rowland, Henry Augustus
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 18, 1804, in Windsor, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman of Newark, N. J.; and the author of Common Maxims of Infidelity; The Path of Life; Light in a Dark Valley; and The Way of Peace. He died Sept. 4, 1859, in Boston, Mass.
Rowland, Henry Augustus
scientist, was born Nov. 27, 1848, in Honesdale, Pa. In 1884 he received the Rumford medal for his researches in light and heat.
Rowland, William
ship builder, was born April 28, 1828, in Monmouth Junction, N. J. In 1894 he built the Priscilla of the Fall River line, which is acknowledged to be the finest vessel afloat. He also finished the ships owned by the Old Dominion line of steamers.
Rowley, Eliza A
educator, poet, was born March 1, 1834, in Oneida county, N. Y. For many years she taught school and music, sung soprano and alto, and served as organist in several churches.
She has filled positions of honor in various societies in Nebraska; and is the author of a number of poems which have appeared in the periodical press.
Rowley, Thomas Algeo
soldier, lawyer, was born Oct. 5, 1808, in Pittsburg, Pa. He was made brigadier-general for services at Fredericksburg, Va., in November, 1862, and resigned his commission Dec. 29, 1864. From 1866 till 1870 he was United States marshal for the western district of Pennsylvania, and he now practices law in Pittsburg, Pa.
Rowley, William Reuben
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 8, 1824, in Gouverneur, N. Y. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1865.
He then returned to Galena, Ill.; was elected county judge in 1877, which office he held at his death, and was also engaged in real estate business. He died Feb. 9, 1886, in Chicago, Ill.
Rowse, Samuel Worcester
artist, was born Jan. 29, 1822, in Bath, Maine.
He has devoted himself to drawing in black and white, and his works in crayon, chiefly portraits and ideal heads of children, are well known to the public. ROWSON, MRS. SUSANNA [HAS- WELL], author, was born in 1762 in England. She was a once famous novelist whose Charlotte Temple was the most popular tale of its day. In 1793 she came again to America, and after a short career as an actress opened a school in Boston, which was very successful. Her writings include Victoria; Mary, or the Test of Honour; The Fille de Chambre; The Inquisitor; The Trials of the Heart; Reuben and Rachel; Lucy Temple, a sequel to Charlotte Temple; Miscellaneous Poems; The Slaves of Algiers, an opera; The Volunteers, a farce; and The French Patriot, comedy. She died March 2, 1824, in Boston, Mass. a
Royall, Mrs. Anne
journalist, author, was born June 11, 1769, in Virginia. She was a well-known and unpopular Washington journalist, editor of the Washington Paul Pry, whose literary style was quite devoid of merit. She was the author of The Black Book; The Tennessean, a novel; Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the United States; and A Southern Tour: Letters from Alabama.
She died Oct. 1, 1854, in Washington, D. C.
Royall, Isaac
soldier, philanthropist, was born about 1720. Among numerous bequests he left 2,000 acres of land in Worcester county, Mass., for the endowment of a law professorship in Harvard. This was established in 1815 and is known by his name. The town of Royalston; Worcester county, Mass, was named for him. He died in October, 1781, in England.
Royce, Homer Elihu
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born June 14, 1820, in East Berkshire, Vt. He was a member of the Vermont state legislature in 1846 and 1847; and was prosecuting attorney for the state in 1848. He was a state senator in 1849-51; and was elected a representative from Vermont to the thirty-fifth congress; and was reelected to the thirty-sixth congress.
Royce, Josiah
educator, author, was born Nov. 20, 1855, in Grass Valley, Cal. He is a professor of the history of philosophy at Harvard university; and the author of The Religious Aspect of Philosophy; California: a Study of American Character; The Feud of Oakfield Creek, a novel; Primer of Logical Analysis; and The Spirit of Modern Philosophy.
Royce, Stephen
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, governor, was born Aug. 12, 1787, in Tinmouth, Vt. He was a member of the Vermont legislature in 1815 and 1816, from Sheldon county, and from 1822 to 1824 from St. Albans county. He was judge of the supreme court of the state in 1826 and 1827, and from 1829 to 1852.
He was chief justice from 1846 to 1851; and was governor of Vermont from 1854 to 1856. He died Nov. 11, 1868, in East Berkshire, Vt.
Roye, Edward James
philanthropist, was born Feb. 3, 1815, in Newark, Ohio. He became president of Liberia, where he died Feb. 12, 1872.