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Udall, David King – Underwood, John Cox

Udall, David King

farmer, was born Sept. 7, 1851, in St. Louis, Mo. He is a successful farmer of Springerville, Ariz. He received his education in the public schools of Nephi, Utah; has been bishop of a ward; and president of a stake in the church of the Latter-Day Saints.

Udree, Daniel

manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was as born in Philadelphia. He removed to Berks county, Pa., where he entered largely in the manufacture of iron. He was in the state legislature from 1799 to 1805. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1813 to 1815, from 1819 to 1821, and from 1823 to 1825, to fill vacancies. He died July 22, 1828.

Uhle, Albrecht Bernhard

artist, was born Oct. 5, 1847, in Saxony. He is the instructor of the portrait class at the Pennsylvania academy, and has become known as an excellent artist. Among his portraits are those of Isaac Lea and Peter McCall; Joseph Leidy, painted for the Academy of Natural Sciences; Wayne McVeagh, for the department of justice, Washington; and John D. Lankenau, for the German hospital, Philadelphia.

Uhler, Philip Reese

naturalist, librarian, author, was born June 3, 1835, in Baltimore, Md. In 1876 he became an associate in natural sciences at Johns Hopkins university. He is also librarian of the Peabody institute in that city. He translated and edited, with a glossary, Dr.

Hermann A. Hagen's Synopsis of Neuroptera of North America.

Uland, Lars A

farmer, legislator, was born Aug. 24, 1855, in Vernon county, Wis. He settled in North Dakota in 1887, and shortly afterward became an active member of the Farmers' Alliance. In 1889 he was elected a representative to the North Dakota legislature; was again elected in 1892; and in 1894 received the nomination from the populist party for lieutenant-governor.

Ullmann, Daniel

soldier, was born April 28, 1810, in Wilmington, Del. In 1861 he raised the seventy-eighth regiment New York volunteers; served as colonel; was promoted brigadier general in 1863; and became major-general in 1865.

He died Sept. 20, 1892, in Nyack, N. Y.

Ulrich, John

lawyer, state legislator, was born Sept. 16, 1857, in New York city. In 1882 he was a member of the New Jersey legislature; and was judge of the city court of Plainfield, N. J.

Unangst, Elias

missionary, author, was born in 1824, in Lehigh Valley, Pa. In 1857 he was ordained to the lutheran ministry. He is at the head of the mission stations of the general synod. He has rendered important service in the translation of the New Testament into the language of the Telugus, has also translated various tracts and hymns into the same language, and published a Historical Sketch of the American Evangelical Lutheran Missions in India.

Underhill, Walter

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1851.

Underwood, Adin Ballou

soldier, was born May 19, 1828, in Milford, Mass. In 1861 he was captain of the second regiment Massachusetts infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted major-general.

UNDERWOOD, BENJAMIN FRANK- LIN, journalist, author, was born in 1839.

He was formerly the editor of The Index in Boston; and the author of Influence of Christianity upon Civilization; and Essays and Lectures.

Underwood, John Cox

soldier, civil engineer, journalist, was born Sept. 12, 1840, in Georgetown, D. C. He was engineer in charge of the public works of Warren county, Ky., city engineer of Bowling Green in 1868-75, and mayor of that town in 1870-72. In 1876-80 he was lieutenant-governor of Kentucky. In 1881 he removed to Covington, and organized a daily newspaper publishing company in Cincinnati, Ohio, where in 1882 the Daily News, of which he was general manager, began to be issued.

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