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Ripley, Edward Payson

railroad president, was born Oct. 30, 1845, in Dorchester, Mass. Since 1896 he has been president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway at Chicago, Ill.

RIPLEY, ELEAZAR WHEELOCK, soldier, congressman, was born April 15, 1782, in Hanover, N. H. He was speaker of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1811. He moved to Louisiana, whence he was elected to congress, serving from 1835 to the time of his death. He died March 2, 1839, in West Feliciana, La.