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Page, Mann

congressman, was born in 1749, in Rosewell, Va. He was a delegate from Virginia to the continental congress in 1777. He died near Fredericksburg, Va.

Page, Robert

congressman, was born in 1764, in North End, Va. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1799 to 1801. He died Jan. 1, 1840, in Virginia.

Page, Sherman

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born in Connecticut. He served in the assembly of New York from Otsego county in 1827; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1837. He was also judge of the common pleas in Otsego county. He died in Unadilla, N. Y.

Page, Thomas Jefferson

soldier, author, was born Jan. 4, 1808, in Shelby, Va. He was a naval officer in the service of the southern confederacy in 1861-62; and the author of La Plata, the Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay.

Page, Thomas Nelson

lawyer, author, was born April 23, 1853, in Oakland, Va. He is a lawyer of Richmond, Va., whose studies of southern life are notable for a singular charm of style. He is the author of In Old Virginia; Two Little Confederates; On Newfound River; Elsket, and Other Stories; The Old South; Pastime Stories; Essays, Social and Political; Unc' Edinburg, a Plantation Echo; The Burial of the Guns; Polly; Among the Camps; Meh Lady; Marse Chan; and Befo' de War.

Page, Walter Hines

journalist, was born Aug. 15, 1855, in Cary, N. C. In 1887 he became manager and stockholder of the Forum, one of the most important high-class periodicals in the United States; and in 1891 he became its editor.

Page, William Byrd

surgeon, educator, was born May 19, 1817, in Pagebrook, Va. He was for many years professor of surgery in Pennsylvania Medical college, and surgeon to the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind. He died Feb. 18, 1877, in Philadelphia.

Paige, Allen Wallace

legislator, was born Feb. 28, 1855, in Sherman, Conn.

He is the senior partner of the firm of Paige and Carroll, one of the most successful law firms in Bridgeport, Conn. In 1882 he was elected a member of the lower house of the general assembly, and in 1890 was returned to the house from the town of Huntington.

Paige, Charles L

poet, was born Dec. 9, 1859, in Pontiac, Ill. Since 1873 he has lived in Shasta, Cal., and has served as postmaster, telegraph operator, and been a successful merchant. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled The White Shoshone; and other works. He is also a constant contributor of both prose and verse to current publications; and his poems have been given a place in several standard collections.

Paige, David Raymond

merchant, congressman, was born April 8, 1844, in Madison, Ohio. He engaged in the hardware business in Akron, Ohio; and was elected treasurer of Summit county in 1874, and re-elected in 1876. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.

Paige, Lucius Robinson

clergyman, author, was born March 8, 1802, in Hardwick, Mass. He was a universalist clergyman who retired from the ministry in 1839, and subsequently filled several offices of trust in Cambridge. He was the author of Commentary on the New Testament; History of Cambridge, 1630-1877, with Genealogical Register; and History of Hardwick, Massachusetts. He died in 1896.

Paine, Albert Ware

lawyer, was born Aug. 16, 1812, in Winslow, Maine.

He has practiced law for sixty-two years continuously. In the state of Maine he has been bank and insurance examiner, insurance commissioner, tax commissioner, president of Maine Telegraph company, and president of the Penobscot bar. He is the author of Paine Genealogy and New Philosophy, and has contributed extensively to current publications.