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Vanderborg, John C

lawyer, jurist. He was an early immigrant to Indiana. In 1800 he was appointed an associate justice for the territory of Indiana. VANDERBURGH, CHARLES EDWIN, lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 2, 1829, in Saratoga county, N. Y. In 1859 he was elected judge of the fourth judicial district of Minnesota, which position he held for twenty years.

Vanderlyn, John

artist, was born Oct. 15, 1775, in Kingston, N. Y. He painted two views of Niagara Falls, which were engraved and published; and portraits of Burr and his daughter. He spent several years in England and Paris, where he painted for Joel Barlow the Death of Miss McCrea. In 1805 he visited Rome, and there painted, in 1807, his Marius Amid the Ruins of Carthage. He died Sept. 24, 1852, in Kingston, N. Y.

Vanderpoel, Ann Priscilla

philanthropist, was born June 25, 1815, in England. She founded the Ladies' home United States hospital in 1861, and gave her gratuitous services for four years and a half as a nurse to the union soldiers.

She has been called the Florence Nightingale of New York. She died May 4, 1870, in New York city.

Vanderpool, Aaron

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 5, 1799, in Kinderhook, N. Y.

He served in the New York state legislature in 1825, 1829 and 1830. He was a representative in congress from 1833 to 1837, and again from 1839 to 1841. He was appointed one of the judges of the superior court, which office he held until 1850. He died July 18, 1870, in New York.

Vandever, William

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 31, 1817, in Baltimore, Md. He removed to Iowa, and was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-sixth congress; and was re-elected to the thirtyseventh congress. He served as a colonel in the union army in 1861. He also served in the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.

Varick, Richard

soldier, was born March 25, 1753, in Hackensack, N. J. He served with distinction during the revolutionary war; and was inspector-general at West Point after 1780. He died July 30, 1831, in Jersey City, N. J.

Varick, Theodore Romeyn

physician, author, was born June 24, 1825, in Dutchess county, N. Y. He was the first to prove the usefulness of cocaine in capital amputations. He published monographs on The Use of Hot Water in Surgery; The Protective Treatment of Open Wounds; and a score of other valuable medical papers. He died Nov. 23, 1887, in Jersey City, N. J.

Varney, Mrs. F. G

poet. She has attained success as a writer of Windham Centre, Maine.

Varney, George Jones

author, was born in 1836 in Maine. He is the author of Young People's History of Maine; Gazetteer of Maine; A Brief History of Maine; and The Story of Patriot's Day.

Varnum, John

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1783 in Essex county, Mass. He was frequently a member of the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1825 to 1831. He died July 23, 1846, in Niles, Mich.

Varnum, Joseph Bradley

soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 29, 1750, in Dracut, Mass. He was a general in the revolutionary war; and was a representative in congress from 1795 to 1811, being speaker during the tenth and eleventh congresses. He was chosen senator in 1811; served until 1817, and was president pro tempore of the senate. He died Sept. 21, 1821, in Dracut, Mass.