Varnum, Lulu Lee – Vedder, Peter Van Dyck
Varnum, Lulu Lee
suffragist. She was the first woman delegate to a national political convention of one of the old parties; and is well known in Colorado as a state organizer of women's republican clubs. She is the wife of Charles W.
Varnum, the secretary and state organizer of the Republican league of Colorado, and she has been his right hand in the very successful work he has accomplished.
Vasey, George
physician, botanist, author, was born Feb. 28, 1822, in England. He was a physician and botanist who was botanist of the department of agriculture at Washington in 1872-93. He was the author of Beauties and Utilities of a Library; The Philosophy of Laughing and Smiling; A Descriptive Catalogue of Native Forest Trees of the United States; Grasses of the United States; Agricultural Grasses of the United States; Grasses of the South; Grasses of the Arid Districts; Descriptive Catalogue of the Grasses of the United States; and Individual Liberty. He died in 1893.
Vassar, John Ellison
lay preacher, was born Jan. 13, 1813, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. At the conclusion of the war he visited, in the service of the Tract society, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. Few men of his day traveled more extensively or were more widely known than Uncle John Vassar. He died Dec. 6, 1878, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Vassar, John Guy
philanthropist, author, was born June 15, 1811, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was a philanthropist of Poughkeepsie, nephew of the founder of Vassar college; and the author of Twenty Years Around the World. He died Oct. 27, 1888, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Vassar, Matthew
philanthropist, was born April 29, 1792, in England. He came to America in 1796; amassed a fortune in the brewery business; and in 1861 he gave nearly half a million dollars to found the Vassar Female college of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., which was named in his honor. By his will that sum was nearly doubled; and he also made bequests to various charitable institutions. He died June 23, 1868, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Vassar, Matthew
philanthropist, was born May 11, 1809, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He served at one time as trustee of the village of Poughkeepsie and member of the board of education; held many private trusts, and was one of the original trustees of Vassar college, and at the request of the founder was its treasurer from the beginning until his death. His various benefactions amounted to half a million dollars. He died Aug. 10, 1881, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Vassar, Thomas Edwin
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 3, 1834, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He is a baptist clergyman; and the author of Uncle John Vassar, or The Fight of Faith, a very popular work.
Vaughan, Daniel
scientist, was born about 1821 in Ireland. The last work of his life was a series of astronomical articles that were published in the Popular Science Monthly. He issued in book-form Popular Physical Astronomy, or an Exposition of Remarkable Celestial Phenomena. He died in April, 1879, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Vaughan, Elbert Hunter
clergyman, college president, was born Jan. 9, 1849, in Blountville, Tenn. He has attained eminence as a minister of the methodist episcopal church, and as president of Soule college of Dodge City, Kan.
Vaughan, Fred W
lawyer, politician, was born Dec. 9, 1858, in Wyalusing, Pa. He received his education in the common schools, at the Susquehanna Collegiate institute, and at the Wyoming Commercial college.
He is successful lawyer of Fremont, Neb.; secretary of the Sound Money Democratic league of Nebraska, and prominent member of various orders. In 1896 he was a gold a a delegate to the democratic national convention, which delegation was unseated. He was subsequently chosen to a Chicago conference, which resulted in the national convention at Indianapolis, to which he was also a delegate.
Vaughan, John
physician, author, was born June 25, 1775, in Uchland, Pa.
He was a physician of Wilmington, Del., very eminent in his day; and the author of Chemical Syllabus; and Observations on Animal Electricity. He died March 25, 1807, in Wilmington, Del.
Vaughan, John B
journalist, author, was born June 16, 1860, near Bowman, Ga. He is the author of several Sunday School and Revival Song Books; and is also the editor and owner of The Music Leader of Atlanta, Ga.
Vaughan, William
soldier, was born Sept. 12, 1703, in Portsmouth, N. H.
He first suggested the expedition against the French at Louisburg; and he took part as lieutenant in that successful expedition.
He died Dec. 11, 1746, in England.
Vaughan, William W
congressman. He was elected to the forty-second congress as a representative from Tennessee. He is an able speaker; and while in congress served on the committee of territories, and various other important committees. He also contributed articles on current topics to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States; and he is the author of one published work.
Vaux, Calvert
architect, author, was born Dec. 20, 1824, in England. He was an English architect and landscape gardener who settled in the United States in 1851. With F. L. Olmsted he designed Central park in New York city, and he was associated with him in many similar works throughout the country. He published Villas and Cottages in the earlier part of his career. He died in 1895. con-
Vaux, Richard
penologist, gressman, author, was born Dec. 19, 1816, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a distinguished penologist of Philadelphia; mayor of that city in 1856; and a member of the fifty-first congress to fill a vacancy. His writings include every annual report of the Eastern penitentiary for more than fifty years; Recorders' Decisions; and many volumes on the subject of penology.
He died in 1895.
Vaux, Roberts
lawyer, jurist, penologist, author, was born Jan. 25, 1786, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a jurist and penologist of Philadelphia, prominent in all local philanthropic enterprises throughout his life. He was the author of Memoirs of Benjamin Lay, Ralph Sandiford, and Anthony Benezet; and Efforts to Improve the Discipline of the Prison at Philadelphia. He died Jan. 7, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Vaux, William Sansom
mineralogist, was born May 19, 1811, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was president of the Zoölogical society of Philadelphia, and from 1864 until his death, with the exception of 1874-75 was vice-president of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. He was one of eight founders of the Numismatic and Antiquarian society, and its senior vice-president. He died May 5, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Veale, Moses
soldier, lawyer, was born Nov. 9, 1832, in Bridgeton, N. J. He served through the civil war, and for meritorious services received the rank of major. In 1866 he was United States attorney for Montana.
Veatch, Andrew A
clergyman, poet. He is a successful clergyman of Brookeland, Tex., and the author of a collection of sacred poems entitled Over the Line, and Other Poems. He is also the author of several popular songs; and has contributed extensively both prose and verse to the periodical press.
Veatch, James Clifford
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, was born Dec. 19, 1819, near Elizabethtown, Ind. He was in the Indiana legislature in 1861-62; became colonel of the twenty-fifth regiment of Indiana volunteers in 1861, brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862, and brevet major-general in August, 1865, at which time he retired from the army. He became adjutant-general of Indiana in 1869; and was collector of internal revenue from 1870 till 1883.
Veazey, Thomas W
governor, was born in 1780. He was governor of Maryland from 1836 to 1838; and was a member of the house of delegates and of the executive council. He died June 30, 1848, in Cecil county, Md.
Vedder, Commodore Perry
state senator, was born Feb. 23, 1838, in Ellicottville, N. Y. In 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1888 he was a member of the senate from Tennessee.
Vedder, Elihu
artist, was born Feb. 26, 1836, in New York city. One of the best known of his paintings is the Lair of the Sea-Serpent, now in the Boston museum of Fine Arts, where are also The Roc's Egg; Fisherman and Djin; Dominican Friars; and An Italian Woman.
Vedder, Henry Clay
educator, journalist, author, was born in 1853 in New York. He is a journalist for many years, and subsequently professor of church history at Crozer Theological seminary, Upland, Pa. He is the author of American Writers of To-Day; and A Short History of the Baptists.
Vedder, Peter Van Dyck
clergyman, was born Dec. 29, 1854, in Schen ectady, N. Y. He is a graduate of the Union Classical institute; and since 1880 has been united with the Des Moines methodist episcopal conference. Great revivals of religion have followed his labors at each pastorate; and he is considered one of the foremost clergymen in the methodist episcopal church of Iowa. now fills a pastorate in Clarinda.
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