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Vaughan, William – Vedder, Commodore Perry

Vaughan, William

soldier, was born Sept. 12, 1703, in Portsmouth, N. H.

He first suggested the expedition against the French at Louisburg; and he took part as lieutenant in that successful expedition.

He died Dec. 11, 1746, in England.

Vaughan, William W

congressman. He was elected to the forty-second congress as a representative from Tennessee. He is an able speaker; and while in congress served on the committee of territories, and various other important committees. He also contributed articles on current topics to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States; and he is the author of one published work.

Vaux, Calvert

architect, author, was born Dec. 20, 1824, in England. He was an English architect and landscape gardener who settled in the United States in 1851. With F. L. Olmsted he designed Central park in New York city, and he was associated with him in many similar works throughout the country. He published Villas and Cottages in the earlier part of his career. He died in 1895. con-

Vaux, Richard

penologist, gressman, author, was born Dec. 19, 1816, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a distinguished penologist of Philadelphia; mayor of that city in 1856; and a member of the fifty-first congress to fill a vacancy. His writings include every annual report of the Eastern penitentiary for more than fifty years; Recorders' Decisions; and many volumes on the subject of penology.

He died in 1895.

Vaux, Roberts

lawyer, jurist, penologist, author, was born Jan. 25, 1786, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a jurist and penologist of Philadelphia, prominent in all local philanthropic enterprises throughout his life. He was the author of Memoirs of Benjamin Lay, Ralph Sandiford, and Anthony Benezet; and Efforts to Improve the Discipline of the Prison at Philadelphia. He died Jan. 7, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Vaux, William Sansom

mineralogist, was born May 19, 1811, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was president of the Zoölogical society of Philadelphia, and from 1864 until his death, with the exception of 1874-75 was vice-president of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. He was one of eight founders of the Numismatic and Antiquarian society, and its senior vice-president. He died May 5, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Veale, Moses

soldier, lawyer, was born Nov. 9, 1832, in Bridgeton, N. J. He served through the civil war, and for meritorious services received the rank of major. In 1866 he was United States attorney for Montana.

Veatch, Andrew A

clergyman, poet. He is a successful clergyman of Brookeland, Tex., and the author of a collection of sacred poems entitled Over the Line, and Other Poems. He is also the author of several popular songs; and has contributed extensively both prose and verse to the periodical press.

Veatch, James Clifford

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, was born Dec. 19, 1819, near Elizabethtown, Ind. He was in the Indiana legislature in 1861-62; became colonel of the twenty-fifth regiment of Indiana volunteers in 1861, brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862, and brevet major-general in August, 1865, at which time he retired from the army. He became adjutant-general of Indiana in 1869; and was collector of internal revenue from 1870 till 1883.

Veazey, Thomas W

governor, was born in 1780. He was governor of Maryland from 1836 to 1838; and was a member of the house of delegates and of the executive council. He died June 30, 1848, in Cecil county, Md.

Vedder, Commodore Perry

state senator, was born Feb. 23, 1838, in Ellicottville, N. Y. In 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1888 he was a member of the senate from Tennessee.