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Ray, Joseph Warren – Rea, David

Ray, Joseph Warren

lawyer, congressman, was born May 25, 1849, in Greene county, Pa. He has practiced his profession since 1876 in Waynesburg, Pa.; and was elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.

Ray, Ossian

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 13, 1835, in Hinesburg, Vt. He was a representative in the New Hampshire state legislature in 1868 and 1869. He was United States district attorney in 1879 and 1880. He was a member of the forty-sixth congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses as a republican.

Ray, William

author, was born Dec. 8, 1771, in Salisbury, Conn. He was the author of Horrors of Slavery; and a book of poems. He died in 1827 in Auburn, N. Y.

Ray, William H

merchant, banker, congressman, was born Dec. 14, 1812, in Dutchess county, N. Y. He was elected from Illinois to the forty-third congress.

RAYMOND, ANDREW VAN VRANK- EN, clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 8, 1854, in Vischer's Ferry, N.

Y. This eminent clergyman was pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church of Albany, N. Y., for eight years; and since 1895 has been president of the Union college of Schenectady, N. Y.

Raymond, James

lawyer, author, was born in 1796 in Connecticut. In 1844 he was elected a member of the Maryland house of delegates, and in 1847 he was appointed state's attorney. He published Digest of the Maryland Chancery Decision; and Political, a book in opposition to Knownothingism as a phase of politics in the state of Maryland. He died in January, 1858, in Westminster, Md.

Raymond, John Baldwin

soldier, journalist, congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1844, in Lockport, N. Y. He served in the union army throughout the war of the rebellion, rising to the rank of captain. In 1877 he was appointed United States marshal for the territory of Dakota, and served five years, declining a reappointment. He was elected the delegate from Dakota to the forty-eighth congress as a republican. He died Dec. 27, 1885.

Raymond, Levi Beardsley

soldier, journalist, was born July 3, 1838, in Alleghany county, N. Y. For over twenty years he has been a member of the school board of Hampton, Iowa; was county superintendent of schools during 1867-69, and again in 1875-76. He is the editor and part owner of the Franklin County Recorder of Hampton, Iowa; has been postmaster; and since 1896 has been trustee of the Iowa Soldiers' home.

Raymond, Miner

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 29, 1811, in New York city.

He is a methodist clergyman of Illinois, theological professor in Garrett Biblical institute at Evanston, Ill., from 1864; and the author of Systematic Theology.

Rayner, Isidor

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born April 11, 1850. In 1878 he was elected to the Maryland legislature for two years. In 1886 he was elected to the state senate from Baltimore City for four years; and was elected to the fiftieth and fifty-second congresses, and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.

Raynolds, L. D

journalist, was born Sept. 24, 1847, in Ohio. He is now the editor and owner of the Chicago Express, the oldest reform paper in the United States.

Raynor, Arlington

lecturer, was born July 7, 1872, in New York city. He has attained prominence as a lecturer in New York city, where he is secretary for the Young Men's Christian association.

Rea, David

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 19, 1831, in Ripley county, Ind. He is a noted lawyer of Savannah, Mo.; and was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.