Villere, James Philip – Virgin, William Wirt
Villere, James Philip
became governor of Louisiana in 1817. He was a soldier and participated in the battle of New Orleans as major-general of the state militia. He was a member of the convention of 1812 which framed the first constitution of the state of Louisiana.
He died March 7, 1830, on his plantation, full of years and honors.
Villere, Jaquez
soldier, governor, was born April 28, 1761, near New Orleans, La. He was major of volunteers under General Jackson in the battle of New Orleans in 1814 and 1815; and was governor of Louisiana from 1816 to 1820.
He died in 1831, in New Orleans, La.
Vincent, Albert Oliver
soldier, was born Feb. 7, 1642, in Cadiz, Ohio. He served as major of the fourth Arkansas cavalry in 1864-65, and was retired from active service in 1869. He died Dec. 9, 1882, in St. Louis, Mo.
Vincent, Boyd
protestant episcopal bishop, was born May 18, 1845, in Erie, Pa. He was elected bishop of Delaware in 1887 by the clergy, but was not confirmed by the laity, and in 1888 was chosen assistant bishop of southern Ohio.
Vincent, Francis
journalist, author, was born March 17, 1822, in England. He was a journalist of Wilmington, Del., who published A History of Dela- He died June 23, 1884, in Wilmington, Del. ware.
Vincent, Frank
traveler, author, was born April 2, 1848, in Brooklyn, N.
Y. He is a traveler of note, and the author of The Land of the White Elephant; Norsk, Lapp, and Finn; Through and Through the Tropics; The Republics of South America; Around and About South America; In and Out of Central America; Actual Africa; and Lady of Cawnpore, a novel.
Vincent, John Heyl
bishop, author, was born Feb. 23, 1832, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He is a methodist bishop now living at Topeka, of much prominence as the founder of the celebrated Chautauqua movement in 1878. He is the author of Studies in Young Life; The Modern Sunday School; Little Footprints in Bible Lands; Earthly Footsteps of the Man of Galilee; Better Not: The Chautauqua Movement; To Old Bethlehem; Our Own Church; Outline History of Greece; and Outline History of Rome.
Vincent, Joshua William
journalist, author, was born May 14, 1859, in Jackson, Miss. He has been editor and owner of the Reveille of Linn Creek, Mo.; and for many years published the Tribune and other newspapers. He has contributed both prose and verse extensively to current literature; and is the author of a History of Camden County, Mo.
Vincent, Marvin Richardson
clergyman, educator, author, was born Sept. 11, 1834, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman of New York city, and professor in Union seminary from 1888. He is the author and Character; Student's of Faith Handbook of the Topics and Literature of New Testament Introduction; Word Studies in the New Testament; Stranger and Guest; Gates into the Psalm Country; Amusement a Force in Christian Training; The Two Prodigals; The Minister's Handbook; What Is It To Believe?; God and Bread; The Covenant of Peace; The Law of Sowing and Reaping; Bible Inspiration and Christ; That Monster, the Higher Critic; Christ as a Teacher; In the Shadow of the Pyrenees, from Basque Land to Carcassonne; and The Age of Hildebrand.
Vincent, Strong
soldier, was born June 17, 1837, in Waterford, Pa. He served in the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier-general.
Vincent, Thomas Mccurdy
soldier, author, was born Nov. 15, 1832, in Cadiz, Ohio. He is an army officer who has published The Military Power of the United States during the War of the Rebellion.
Vincent, William A
lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 1, 1857, in Wheeling, Va.
He moved to New Mexico, and was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of New Mexico by President Cleveland; subsequently he was elected president of the New Mexico Bar association and received the democratic nomination for congress. He declined the nomination for congress, returned to Springfield, and in 1889 moved to Chicago. He was attorney for the company which built the Ferris wheel for the world's fair; and was the leading counsel for the defense in the famous Luetgert case.
Vincent, William D
merchant, journalist, congressman, was born Oct. 11, 1852, near Dresden, Tenn. In 1862 he moved with his parents to Kansas; and received his education in the public schools and in the state agricultural college. He has been the nominee of his party for lieutenant-governor, and also for governor; was a member of the state board of railroad commissioners in 1893- 94; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a populist.
Vingut, Francisco Javier
educator, author, was born in 1823 in Cuba.
He is a Cuban educator, after 1848 a resident of New York, and professor of Spanish in the university of the city of New York. He is the author of Spanish Grammar; and Spanish and English Phrase Book.
Vingut, Mrs. Gertrude
author, was born about 1830 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Her first work was Irene, or the Autobiography of an Artist's Daughter. She edited Gems of Spanish Poetry, in conjunction with her husband, and afterward published two novels entitled Madeline; and Naomi Torrente, the History of a Woman.
Vining, John
congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 23, 1758, in Dover, Del. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1784 to 1786; was a representative in congress, from Delaware, from 1789 to 1792; and was a senator in congress from 1795 to 1798, when he resigned. He died in February, 1802, in Dover, Del.
Vinje, a. J
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 10, 1857, in Norway. In 1891 he moved to West Superior, Wis.; and since 1895 has been judge of the eleventh judicial circuit of Wisconsin. of
Vinton, Alexander Hamilton
clergyman, author, was born May 2, 1807, in Providence, R. I. He was an episcopal clergyman Boston, prominent as a low churchman, and the author of Bohlen Lectures for 1877; Sermons. He declined the office of bishop of Texas in 1857; was voted for in the Pennsylvania convention in 1862; and was nearly elected by that of Massachusetts in 1873. He died April 28, 1881, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Vinton, Arthur Dudley
lawyer, author, was born Dec. 23, 1852, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is a lawyer and novelist of New York city and the author of The Pomfret Mystery; and The Unpardonable Sin. in
Vinton, Calesta Holman
missionary, author, was born in 1809, in Union, Conn. She was successful teaching the Karen women, and was the author of several hymn-books in their language. She died Dec. 20, 1864, in Burmah.
Vinton, David Hammond
solaier, was born May 4, 1803, in Providence, R. I.
In 1864 he was brevetted, for faithful and meritorious services, colonel and brigadier-general. In 1866 he became assistant. quartermaster-general, and in the same year was placed upon the retired list. He died Feb. 21, 1873, in Stamford, Conn.
Vinton, Francis
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 29, 1809, in Providence, R.
I. He was an episcopal clergyman of New York city, rector of Trinity church in 1855-72, and the author of Arthur Tremaine, or Annals of Cadet Life; Evidences of Christianity; and Manual Commentary on the General Canon Law of the Episco- He died Sept. 28, 1872, in pal Church.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Vinton, Francis Laurens
soldier, author, was born in 1835 in Maine. He was an officer in the federal army during the civil war who rose to the rank of brigadier-general, and the author of The Guardian, a poem; Lectures on Machines; and Theory of the Strength of Materials.
He died in 1879.
Vinton, Frederic
bibliographer, author, was born Oct. 9, 1817, in Boston, Mass. In 1865 he became first assistant in the library of congress, and held the post eight years. He there prepared six annual supplements to the Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of Congress, and the Index of Subjects. In 1873 he became librarian of Princeton college, of whose library he printed the Subject Catalogue.
He died Jan. 1, 1890, in Princeton, N. J.
Vinton, Frederic Porter
artist, was born Jan. 29, 1846, in Bangor, Maine.
He has attained eminence as a portrait painter. He received the gold medal at the World's Columbian exposition; and a gold medal at the Atlanta exposition.
Vinton, John Adams
clergyman, genealogist, author, was born Feb. 5, 1801, in Boston, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman and genealogist; and the author of The Vinton Memorial; The Symmes Memorial; The Giles Memorial; and The Sampson Family in America. He died Nov. 13, 1877, in Winchester, Mass.
Vinton, Samuel Finley
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 25, 1792, in South Hadley, Mass. He was first elected a representative in congress in 1823 from Ohio; and served fourteen years, when he declined a re-election. He was again elected in 1843, and served eight years in succession, when he again declined a reelection. In 1840 he was a presidential elector; and in 1862 was appointed a commissioner under the act emancipating the slaves in the District of Columbia. died May 11, 1862, in Washington.
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Virgin, William Wirt
lawyer, jurist, was born in September, 1823, in Rumford, Maine. He was a jurist who was justice of the supreme court of Maine; and the author of The Maine Civil Officer; Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine; and Law and Equity Reports. He died in 1893.