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Reeder, Charles – Reese, William M

Reeder, Charles

merchant, manufacturer, author, was born Oct. 30, 1817, in Baltimore, Md. He is a merchant and manufacturer of Baltimore; and the author of Caloric, a Review of the Dynamic Theory of Heat.

Reeder, Frank

soldier, lawyer, was born May 22, 1845, in Easton, Pa. He served through the civil war; attaining for meritorious services the rank of brigadier-general. At the close of the war he studied law and practiced in New York.

Rees, John Krom

astronomer, educator, author, was born Oct. 27, 1851, in New York city. He is an astronomer, professor at Columbia college, and director of the observatory from 1881. He is the author of Report on the Solar Eclipse, 1878; International Time System; and Observations of the Transit of Venus, 1882.

Reese, Chauncey B

civil engineer, was born Dec. 28, 1837, in Canastota, N.

Y. He rendered valuable service in the Virginia peninsular campaign, in constructing bridges, roads, and field works; particularly the bridge, 2,000 feet in length, over the Chickahominy. He died Sept. 22, 1870, in Mobile, Ala.

Reese, David A

congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1853 to 1855.

Reese, David Meredith

physician, author, was born in 1800, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an eminent physician of New York city, superintendent of the city public schools at one period, and the author of Strictures on Health; Review of the Anti-Slavery Society's First Annual Report; Quakerism versus Calvinism; Phrenology Known by Its Fruits; Medical Lexicon of Modern Terminology; and Humbugs of New York. He died Aug. 12, 1861, in New York city.

Reese, John James

physician, educator, author, was born June 16, 1818, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia physician, professor of jurisprudence in the university of Pennsylvania, and the author of American Medical Formulary; Analysis of Physiology; Manual of Toxicology; and Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence.

Reese, Levi H

clergyman, was born Feb. 8, 1806, in Harford county, Md. In 1826 he entered the ministry of the methodist episcopal church. In the controversy that resulted in the formation of the methodist protestant church, he joined the Union society, became secretary of that body, and was the first pastor that was ordained in that organization.

He died Sept. 21, 1851, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Reese, Lizette Woodworth

educator, poet, was born in 1856, in Maryland. She is a poet and educator of Baltimore, and the author of A Branch of May; A Handful of Lavender; and A Quiet Road.

Reese, Seaborn

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 28, 1846, in Madison, Ga, In 1872 he was elected a representative in the Georgia. state legislature for the term of two years; was solicitor-general of the northern judicial circuit from 1877 to 1880; and was a presidential elector in 1880. He was. elected a representative from Georgia to the forty-seventh congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the fortyeighth and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat.

Reese, Thomas

clergyman, author,. was born in 1742, in Pennsylvania. He became pastor of Salem church, S. C. He published a valuable essay on the Influence of Religion on Civil Society. He died August, 1794, in Pendleton, S. C.

Reese, William M

college presi-- dent, was born Dec. 16, 1847, in Warren: county, Ga. In 1885 he was elected president of the Baptist college at Mt. Lebanon, La., which position he resigned after many years of service on account of ill-health.