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Taliaferro, Benjamin – Tanner, Adolphus H

Taliaferro, Benjamin

congressman, was born in 1750 in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1799 to 1802. He died Sept. 3, 1821, in Wilkes county, Ga.

Taliaferro, John

librarian, congressman, was born in 1768 in Spottsylvania, Va. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1801 to 1803, from 1811 to 1813, from 1824 to 1831, and from 1835 to 1843. In 1805 and 1821 he was a presidential elector; and for three years before his death was librarian of the treasury department in Washington. He died Aug. 12, 1853, in Hagley, Va.

Tallman, Peleg

merchant, congressman, was born July 24, 1764, in Tiverton, R. I. He became commander of a merchant vessel; and after following a seafaring life for many years, devoted himself to the business of a merchant, and acquired a large fortune. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1811 to 1813. He died March 12, 1840, in Bath, Maine.

Talmage, John Van Nest

missionary, was born Aug. 18, 1819, in Somerville, N. J. Since 1846 he has been a missionary of the reformed church in China. He has translated several books of the Bible into the Amoy colloquial dialect, and is the author of a Chinese-English Dictionary.

Talmage, Samuel Kennedy

educator, author, was born in 1798 in Somerville, N. J. From 1838 till 1841 he was professor of ancient languages at Oglethorpe university, of which he was president from 1841 until his death. He contributed to the Southern Presbyterian Review, and published several sermons and addresses. He died Oct. 2, 1865, in Midway, Ga.

Talmage, Thomas De Witt

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 7, 1832, in Bound Brook, N. J. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Brooklyn in 1869-94, and subsequently of New York, widely known as a preacher. He is the author of Crumbs Swept Up; Sermons; From Manger to Throne; Sports that Kill; Social Dynamite; The Pathway of Life; The Marriage Ring; Old Wells Dug Out; Everyday Religion; Sundown; and Fishing Too Near Shore.

Talman, John

journalist, poet, was born July 30, 1851, in Perinton, N. Y. He is a successful journalist of St. Paul, Minn.; where he is on the editorial staff of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He has contributed extensively to current literature; and is the author of a number of meritorious poems.

Taneyhill, Richard Henry

lawyer, jurist, author, was born June 30, 1822, in Calvert county, Md. He is a prominent lawyer of Barnesville, Ohio, where he has been mayor and justice of the peace for two terms. He is the author of a work entitled Leatherwood God; Life of Logan, the Mingo Chief; and other works.

Tannehill, Adamson

soldier, congressman, was born in 1752 in Frederick county, Md. In 1812 he was brigadiergeneral of Pennsylvania volunteers. He was then elected to congress as a democrat, and served from 1813 till 1815. He died July 7, 1817, in Pittsburg, Pa.

Tannehill, J. L

poet. He has filled numerous positions of trust in the state of Ohio; and has contributed both prose and verse to the periodical press which have attracted favorable attention.

Tannehill, Wilkins

journalist, author, was born March 4, 1787, in Pittsburg, Pa. He was a journalist of Nashville; and the author of Freemasons' Manual; Sketches of the History of Literature; and Sketches of the History of Roman Literature. He died June 2, 1858, in Nashville, Tenn.

Tanner, Adolphus H

soldier, congressman, was born May 23, 1833, in Granville, N. Y. In 1862 he entered the volunteer army as a captain; and as lieutenant-colonel of the one hundred and twenty-third regiment of infantry served until the close of the war. In 1868 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-first congress as a republican.