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Reeve, Emily A – Reid, Hugh Thompson

Reeve, Emily A

educator, poet, was born March 23, 1859, in Franklin county, Iowa. She received her education in the common schools, the Geneva school, and graduated from the Iowa State Agricultural college. She has been a successful teacher and county superintendent of schools; and her poems have been extensively published in the newspapers of Iowa.

Reeve, Isaac Van Duzen

soldier, was born July 29, 1813, in Butternuts, N. Y. He was brevetted brigadier-general in the United States army in 1865. for faithful and meritorious service during the civil war. He died Dec. 31, 1890, in New York city.

Reeve, James Knapp

author, was: born in 1856, in New York. He is a novelist of Franklin, Ohio, and the author of Vawder's Understudy; and The Three Richard Whalens.

Reeve, Tapping

lawyer, jurist, au-- thor, was born Oct. 1, 1744, in Brookhaven. He was an eminent jurist of Litchfield, Conn., and the author of Law of Baron and Femme, of Parent and Child, of Guardian and Ward, of Servant and Master; and Treatise on the Law of Descents in the Several United States.

He died Dec. 13, 1823, in Richfield, Conn.

Reeves, Reuben A

jurist, was born Aug. 9, 1821, in Todd county, Ky. In 1885 he was appointed one of the supreme judges in New Mexico.

Rehan, Ada

actress, was born April 22, 1859, in Ireland. She first appeared in Newark, in the play Across the Continent. Subsequently she acted at Mrs. Drew's theater in Philadelphia. She became famous, as early as 1880, in the character of Thelka, in The Passing Regiment. Her versatility of dramatic talent is wonderful.

Rehn, Frank Knox Morton

artist, was born April 12, 1848, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was awarded in 1882 the first prize for marine painting at the St.

Louis exposition; in 1885 the first prize at the water color exhibition of the American Art association, and in 1886 a gold medal at the Prize fund exhibition. His paintings include Looking Down on the Sea from the Rocks at Magnolia, Mass.; A Missing Vessel; Close of a Summer Day; and Evening, Gloucester Harbor.

Reichert, Edward Tyson

physician, educator, author, was born in 1855, in Pennsylvania. He is a Philadelphia physician and educator, professor of physiology in the university of Pennsylvania from 1886, and was the author of A Text- Book of Physiology.

Reid, David Boswell

chemist, author, was born in 1805, in Scotland. He was a chemist who came to America in 1856, and was director of the medical inspection of the United States sanitary commission. He was the author of Introduction to the Study of Chemistry; Rudiments of Chemistry of Daily Line; and Ventilation for American Dwellings.

He died April 5, 1863, in Washington, D. C.

Reid, David Settle

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, governor, was born April 19, 1813, in Rockingham county, N. C. He was elected to the North Carolina state legislature in 1835, and served continuously until 1842. In 1843 he was elected a representative in congress from North Carolina; and was re-elected in 1845. In 1850 he was elected governor of North Carolina; and was re-elected in 1852, serving until 1855, when he was elected a senator in congress for four years.

Reid, George L

author, poet. He is a writer of Menasha, Wis., and the author of volume of poems entitled The Heather Bell. a

Reid, Hugh Thompson

soldier, lawyer, was born Oct. 18, 1811, in Union county, Ind. In 1840-42 he was prosecuting attorney for Lee, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson and Van Buren counties, Iowa, holding high rank as a land lawyer. He was president for four years of the Des Moines Valley railroad. He entered the volunteer service as colonel of the fifteenth Iowa infantry in 1861; and was appointed brigadier-general in 1863. He died Aug. 21, 1874, in Keokuk, Iowa.