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Rawle, William Brooke – Ray, John

Rawle, William Brooke

lawyer, author, was born Aug. 29, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a lawyer of Philadelphia who has published The Right Flank at Gettysburg; and With Gregg in the Gettysburg Campaign.

Rawle, William Henry

lawyer, author, was born Aug. 31, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia; and the author of Law of Covenants for Title: Some Contrasts in the Growth of Pennsylvania in English Law; and Equity in Pennsylvania. He died April 19, 1889, in Philadelphia.

Rawles, Richard H

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Sept. 15, 1850, in Nausemond county, Va. He was a state senator in the Virginia legislature from the thirty-second senatorial district; and has been judge of the county and criminal court of his native county.

Rawles, William A

educator, author, was born Dec. 4, 1863, in Remington, Ind. He has filled the chair of American history and politics in various institutions, and since 1894 in the Indiana university. He is the author of Civil Government of Indiana, and other works.

Rawlins, John Aaron

soldier, secretary of war, was born Feb. 13, 1831, in East Galena, Ill. He was assistant adjutant-general; and after seeing much service in the field rose by degrees to the rank of major-general by brevet in 1865.

He served as chief of staff to the general commanding the armies. On the accession of General Grant to the presidency, he was appointed secretary of war. He died Sept. 9, 1869, in Washington, D. C.

Rawlins, Joseph L

lawyer, educator, congressman, United States senator, was born March 28, 1850, in Salt Lake county, Utah. He was professor in the university of Deseret in Salt Lake City, Utah, for two years. He was elected to the fifty-third congress as delegate on the democratic ticket; and was elected to the United States senate as a democrat in 1897.

Rawson, Albert Leighton

author, was born Oct. 15, 1829, in Chester, Vt. He is a traveler of note who has published Histories of All Religions; Antiquities of the Orient; The Unseen World; and a number of dictionaries and vocabularies of Oriental tongues.

Rawson, Edward

author, was born April 16, 1615, in England. He was one of the first secretaries of the general court of Massachusetts colony. He died March 27, 1693, in Boston, Mass.

Ray, Anna Chapin

author, was born. in 1865 in Massachusetts. She is a writer of West Haven, Conn., whose tales for juvenile reading have been popular. She is the author of Cadets of Fleming Hall; Half a Dozen Boys; Half a Dozen Girls; In Blue Creek Cañon; Dick; and Margaret Davis Tutor.

Ray, Isaac

physician, author, was born Jan. 16, 1807, in Beverly, Mass. He was a physician of Philadelphia; and the author of Conversations on Animal Economy; Education in Relation to the Health of the Brain; Mental Hygiene; and Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity. He died March 31, 1881, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Ray, James Brown

governor, was born Feb. 19, 1794, in Jefferson county, Ky.

He was governor of Indiana from 1825 to 1831. He died Aug. 4, 1848, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ray, John

lawyer, state senator, was born Oct. 14, 1816, in Washington county, Mo. He removed to Monroe, La., and took high rank in his profession. He was elected in 1844 to the state house of representatives, and in 1850 to the state senate. In 1854 and again in 1859 he was nominated by the whigs for lieutenant-governor. He died March 4, 1888, in New Orleans. La.