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Varnum, Joseph Bradly

lawyer, author, was born June 9, 1818, in Washington, D. C. He is a lawyer and writer of New York city; and the author of The Seat of Government of the United States; and The Washington Sketch-Book. He died Dec. 31, 1874, in Astoria, N. Y.

Varnum, Lulu Lee

suffragist. She was the first woman delegate to a national political convention of one of the old parties; and is well known in Colorado as a state organizer of women's republican clubs. She is the wife of Charles W.

Varnum, the secretary and state organizer of the Republican league of Colorado, and she has been his right hand in the very successful work he has accomplished.

Vassar, John Ellison

lay preacher, was born Jan. 13, 1813, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. At the conclusion of the war he visited, in the service of the Tract society, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. Few men of his day traveled more extensively or were more widely known than Uncle John Vassar. He died Dec. 6, 1878, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Vassar, John Guy

philanthropist, author, was born June 15, 1811, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was a philanthropist of Poughkeepsie, nephew of the founder of Vassar college; and the author of Twenty Years Around the World. He died Oct. 27, 1888, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Vassar, Matthew

philanthropist, was born April 29, 1792, in England. He came to America in 1796; amassed a fortune in the brewery business; and in 1861 he gave nearly half a million dollars to found the Vassar Female college of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., which was named in his honor. By his will that sum was nearly doubled; and he also made bequests to various charitable institutions. He died June 23, 1868, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Vassar, Matthew

philanthropist, was born May 11, 1809, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He served at one time as trustee of the village of Poughkeepsie and member of the board of education; held many private trusts, and was one of the original trustees of Vassar college, and at the request of the founder was its treasurer from the beginning until his death. His various benefactions amounted to half a million dollars. He died Aug. 10, 1881, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Vassar, Thomas Edwin

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 3, 1834, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He is a baptist clergyman; and the author of Uncle John Vassar, or The Fight of Faith, a very popular work.

Vaughan, Daniel

scientist, was born about 1821 in Ireland. The last work of his life was a series of astronomical articles that were published in the Popular Science Monthly. He issued in book-form Popular Physical Astronomy, or an Exposition of Remarkable Celestial Phenomena. He died in April, 1879, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Vaughan, Elbert Hunter

clergyman, college president, was born Jan. 9, 1849, in Blountville, Tenn. He has attained eminence as a minister of the methodist episcopal church, and as president of Soule college of Dodge City, Kan.

Vaughan, John

physician, author, was born June 25, 1775, in Uchland, Pa.

He was a physician of Wilmington, Del., very eminent in his day; and the author of Chemical Syllabus; and Observations on Animal Electricity. He died March 25, 1807, in Wilmington, Del.

Vaughan, John B

journalist, author, was born June 16, 1860, near Bowman, Ga. He is the author of several Sunday School and Revival Song Books; and is also the editor and owner of The Music Leader of Atlanta, Ga.