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Rouner, David Argyle

soldier, farmer, lawyer, legislator, was born April 20, 1842, in Sligo, Ky. He served as a soldier in the confederate army; was a member of the thirty-first and thirtysecond Missouri general assembly; and a member of the thirty-sixth and thirtyseventh state senate. He is the author of many of the revenue laws of Missouri.

ROUQUETTE, ADRIEN EMMANUEL, educator, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 13, 1813, in New Orleans, La. He was a Roman catholic clergyman and educator of New Orleans, known as the Abbé Rouquette. He was the author of a volume entitled Wild Flowers. He died July 15, 1887, in New Orleans, La.

ROUQUETTE, FRANCOIS DOMIN- IQUE, lawyer, author, was born Jan. 2, 1810, in New Orleans, La. He is a lawyer who resided in France for the greater part of his life. He is the author of a work in French and English on the Choctaw Indians.

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