Tappan, William Bingham – Taylor, Albert Reynolds
Tappan, William Bingham
educator, author, was born Oct. 29, 1794, in Beverly, Mass. He was a verse-writer and educator of Philadelphia and Boston; and the author of Poetry of the Heart; Poetry of Life; New England, and Other Poems; Songs of Judah; Lyrics; Sacred and Miscellaneous Poems; The Sunday School, and Other Poems; and Early and Late Poems. He died June 18, 1849, in West Needham, Mass.
Tarbell, Frank Bigelow
educattor, author, was born in 1853 in Massachusetts. He is a professor of Greek in the university of Chicago from 1892; and the author of A History of Greek Art; and The Philippics of Demosthenes, with Introduction and Notes.
Tarbell, Ida M
author. She is the author of Early Life of Abraham Lincoln.
Tarbell, John Adams
physician, author, was born March 31, 1810, in Boston, Mass. He was a homœopathic physician of Boston; and the author of Sources of Health; and Homœopathy Simplified. He died Jan. 21, 1864, in Boston, Mass.
Tarbox, Increase Niles
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 11, 1815, in East Windsor, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman who was secretary of the American College and Education society in 1851-84. He was the author of Winnie and Walter Stories; When I Was a Boy; Nineveh, or the Buried City; Uncle George's Stories; Journeys and Labors of St. Paul; Life of General Israel Putnam; Sir Walter Raleigh and His Colony in America; and Songs and Hymns for Common Life. He died May 3, 1880, in West Newton, Mass. a
Tarbox, John Kemble
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 6, 1838, in Methuen, Mass. He served in the union army in the fourth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers. He was a member of the legislature of Massachusetts in 1868, 1870, and 1871, and of the state senate in 1872. He was mayor of the city of Lawrence in 1873 and 1874. He was elected a representative to the fortyfourth congress from Massachusetts as a democrat.
Tarr, Christian
congressman, was born in Baltimore, Md. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1819, and again from 1820 to 1821.
Tarr, Ralph Stockman
geologist, educator, author, was born in 1864 in Massachusetts. He is a geologist, assistant professor of geology at Cornell university in 1892-97, and professor of dynamic geology and physical geography there from 1897. He is the author of Elementary Geology; Economic Geology of the United States; and Elementary Physical Geography.
Tarsney, John C
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 7, 1845, in Lenawee county, Mich. He was city attorney of Kansas City, Mo., in 1874 and 1875, since which time he has followed the profession of the law. He was elected to the fifty-first, fifty-second, and fifty-third congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Tarsney, Timothy E
civil engineer, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 4, 1849, in Ransom, Mich. He was a justice of the peace in 1873 and 1874; and was city attorney of East Saginaw, Mich., from 1875 to 1878, when he resigned. He was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-ninth congress in 1884; and re-elected to the fiftieth congress.
Tarver, William Henry
educator, business man, was born in Hawkinsville, Ga. For many years he was engaged in educational work, and is now the proprietor of a book store and circulating library in Savannah, Ga.
Tascher, Elbe M. M
artist, poet, was born Nov. 21, 1843, in Winterport, Maine. She is the author of Arbutus and Dandelions. She is also an artist in portrait and figure painting.
Tasistro, Louis Fitzgerald
actor, journalist, author, was born about 1808 in Ireland. He was the author of Travels in the Southern States; Random Shots and Southern Breezes. He died about 1868.
Tate, Farish Carter
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 20, 1856, in Jasper, Ga. He was a member of the general assembly of Georgia for six years. He was elected to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Tate, James Butts
educator, college president, was born Nov. 13, 1852, in Andrew county, Mo. In 1896 he was appointed president of Baird college of Clinton, Mo.
Tate, James William
treasurer of Kentucky, was born Jan. 2, 1831, in Franklin county, Ky. In 1867 he was nominated for treasurer of Kentucky on the democratic state ticket. Since that time he has been successively re-elected by popular majorities.
Tate, Magnus
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1815 to 1817.
Tatham, William
civil engineer, lawyer, author, was born in 1752 in England. He was an engineer and lawyer of Virginia who served in the American army during the revolution. He was the author of An Analysis of the State of Virginia; Remarks on Inland Canals; and National Irrigation. He died Feb. 22, 1819, in Richmond, Va.
Tatnall, Edward F
congressman, was born in Savannah, Ga. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1821 to 1827.
Tatnall, Henry Lea
artist, was born Dec. 31, 1829, in Brandywine village, Del. In 1856 he removed to Wilmington and began the lumber business, and at the same time cultivated his musical and artistic talent, which showed itself in early life. He could play on almost every instrument, and composed and set to music many popular songs. He died Sept. 26, 1885, in Wilmington, Del.
Tatnall, Josiah
soldier, United States senator, was born in Bonaventure, Ga., in 1762. In 1793 he was appointed colonel of a Georgia regiment, and in 1800 a brigadier-general, participating extensively in the military affairs of the state, and serving occasionally in the legislature.
He also served in 1796 at Louisville in the general assembly that rescinded the Yazoo act of 1795. He was a senator in congress from Georgia from 1796 to 1799. He died June 6, 1803, in the West Indies.
Tatum, Absalom
congressman. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina during the years 1795 and 1796.
Tatum, John Eaton
lawyer, legislator, was born April 25, 1862, in Greenwood, Ark. He has served as special county and probate judge; and in 1896 was elected a representative of the general assembly of Arkansas.
Taul, Micah
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1815 to 1817.
Taulbee, William Preston
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 22, 1851, in Morgan county, Ky. In 1878 he was elected clerk of the county court of Magoffin county, Ky., was re-elected in 1882, and in 1884 was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-ninth congress; and re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.
Taunehill, Adamson
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1752 in Frederick county, Md. He moved to Pennsylvania and settled on a small farm adjoining Pittsburg. He was a justice of the peace at the breaking out of the whisky insurrection, and firmly opposed that outbreak. He served as a brigadier-general in the war of 1812. He was a representative in congress from 1812 to 1815. He died in 1817 in Grant's Hill, Pa.
Taussig, Frank William
educator, author, was born in 1859 in Missouri.
He is a professor of political economy at Harvard university; and the author of Protection to Young Industries as Applied in the United States; The History of the Present Tariff, 1860-83; The Tariff History of the United States; The Silver Situation in the United States; and Wages and Capital.
Tawney, James Á
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 3, 1855, near Gettysburg, Pa. He was elected to the state senate of Minnesota in 1890; and was elected to the fifty-third and fiftyfourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Tayler, John
merchant, congressman, was born July 4, 1742, in New York. He became a merchant at Albany, N. Y., in 1773; superintended the commissary department on the expedition to Canada in 1775; and was a member of the provincial congress. He was for nearly forty years a member of the legislature of New York; and was lieutenant-governor of the state from 1813 to 1822. He died March 19, 1829, in Albany, N. Y.
Tayler, Robert Walker
lawyer, state senator, was born Nov. 9, 1812, in Harrisburg, Pa. In 1851 he was elected mayor of Youngstown, Ohio; and was elected to the state senate in 1855 and 1857. He was auditor of the state from 1860 to 1863; and in the latter year was appointed first comptroller of the United States treasury. He died Feb. 25, 1878.
Taylor, Abner
merchant, congressman, was born in Maine. He was a member of the Illinois state legislature for one term; and was elected to the fifty-first congress, and re-elected to the fifty-second congress as a republican.
Taylor, Albert Reynolds
educator, college president, author, was born Oct. 16, 1846, near Magnolia, Ill. He received his education in the public schools, the Wenona seminary, the Illinois State Normal university, Knox college; and in 1872 graduated from the Lincoln university, Illinois, in which latter institution he was professor of natural science for ten years.
Since 1882 he has been president of the State Normal school of Emporia, Kan. He is the author of The Church at Work in the Sunday School, and other works; has contributed extensively to periodical literature; and is a successful lecturer on educational and popular themes.