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Vachell, Horace Annesley – Valentine, Milton

Vachell, Horace Annesley

author, was born in 1861 in England. He is a novelist now resident in California, but in 1883 an English lieutenant in the rifle brigade. He is the author of The Romance of Judge Ketchum; The Model of Christian Gay; The Quicksands of Pactolus; and An Impending Sword.

Vail, Alfred

scientist, inventor, author, was born Sept. 25, 1807, in Morristown, N. J. He was a scientist who was one of the inventors of the telegraph. He published a work on The American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph. He died Jan. 18, 1859, in Morristown, N. J.

Vail, Edward P

lawyer, jurist, was born July 30, 1849, in Frederick, Ill. For four years he was state's attorney of his native county; and for nearly four years filled the same position in Macon county. For the past ten years he has been judge of the fourth judicial circuit court of Illinois.

Vail, George

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 21, 1809, in Morristown, N. J. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1853 to 1857; and was appointed consul to Glasgow. He was also a judge of the court of He died May 23, 1875, in Morristown, N. J. errors.

Vail, Henry

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1839. He died June 25, 1843.

Vail, Stephen Montford

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 10, 1818, in Union Dale, N. Y. He was a methodist clergyman, at one time tried by his church for advocating an educated ministry. He was the author of Outlines of Hebrew Grammar; Education in the Methodist Church; and The Bible Against Slavery.

He died Nov. 26, 1880, in Jersey City, N. J.

Vail, Theodore Newton

public official, was born July 16, 1845, in Carroll county, Ohio. He was assigned to duty as assistant general superintendent in the United States government postoffice; and in 1876 was appointed general superintendent in the city of New York. He had thus reached the highest grade in this branch of the federal employment. Mr. Vail was the youngest of the officers of the railway mail service, both in years and terms of service.

Vail, Thomas Hubbard

clergyman, author, was born Oct. 21, 1812, in Richmond, Va. He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of Kansas, consecrated bishop in 1864; and the author of Hannah, a Sacred Drama; and The Comprehensive Church. He died Oct. 6, 1889, in Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Vaile, Edwin Orlando

educator, journalist, was born Nov. 21, 1843, in Piqua, Ohio. During the war he served as a private in the one hundred and thirty-first Ohio. He is the editor and owner of The Intelligence, and The Week's Current, which are published in Oak Park, Ill.

Valentine, David Thomas

lawyer, author, was born Sept. 15, 1801, in East Chester, N. Y. He was the clerk of the New York common council in 1831-69, and author of a Manual of the Corporation of New York City; and History of New York City. He died Feb. 25, 1869, in New York city.

Valentine, Milton

clergyman, educator, author, was born Jan. 1, 1825, near Uniontown, Md. He is a lutheran clergyman, and professor of systematic theology at Gettysburg Theological seminary from 1884. He is the author of Natural Theology, or Rational Theism; The Relations of the Family to the Church; The Dynamics of Success; Knowledge by Service; Absolute Christianity; and Truth's Testimony to Its Servants: Is the Lord's Day only a Human Institution?