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Tafel, Gustav

soldier, educator, journalist, lawyer, was born in Germany.

He served with distinction throughout the civil war. For many years he was engaged in journalistic work; became noted lawyer of Cincinnati; and mayor of that city. He has contributed a number of valuable articles on economical questions and educational matters to the leading newspaers and magazines of the United States; and various articles to law literature.

TAFEL, JOHANN FRIEDRICH LEON- HARD, educator, author. He is a German educator who removed to the United States in 1853, and lived in St. Louis. He was the author of Staat und Christenthum; Der Christ und der Atheist; and A German-English and English-German Pocket Dictionary.

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