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Vincent, William D

merchant, journalist, congressman, was born Oct. 11, 1852, near Dresden, Tenn. In 1862 he moved with his parents to Kansas; and received his education in the public schools and in the state agricultural college. He has been the nominee of his party for lieutenant-governor, and also for governor; was a member of the state board of railroad commissioners in 1893- 94; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a populist.

Vingut, Francisco Javier

educator, author, was born in 1823 in Cuba.

He is a Cuban educator, after 1848 a resident of New York, and professor of Spanish in the university of the city of New York. He is the author of Spanish Grammar; and Spanish and English Phrase Book.

Vingut, Mrs. Gertrude

author, was born about 1830 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Her first work was Irene, or the Autobiography of an Artist's Daughter. She edited Gems of Spanish Poetry, in conjunction with her husband, and afterward published two novels entitled Madeline; and Naomi Torrente, the History of a Woman.

Vinton, Arthur Dudley

lawyer, author, was born Dec. 23, 1852, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is a lawyer and novelist of New York city and the author of The Pomfret Mystery; and The Unpardonable Sin. in

Vinton, Calesta Holman

missionary, author, was born in 1809, in Union, Conn. She was successful teaching the Karen women, and was the author of several hymn-books in their language. She died Dec. 20, 1864, in Burmah.

Vinton, David Hammond

solaier, was born May 4, 1803, in Providence, R. I.

In 1864 he was brevetted, for faithful and meritorious services, colonel and brigadier-general. In 1866 he became assistant. quartermaster-general, and in the same year was placed upon the retired list. He died Feb. 21, 1873, in Stamford, Conn.

Vinton, Francis

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 29, 1809, in Providence, R.

I. He was an episcopal clergyman of New York city, rector of Trinity church in 1855-72, and the author of Arthur Tremaine, or Annals of Cadet Life; Evidences of Christianity; and Manual Commentary on the General Canon Law of the Episco- He died Sept. 28, 1872, in pal Church.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Vinton, Francis Laurens

soldier, author, was born in 1835 in Maine. He was an officer in the federal army during the civil war who rose to the rank of brigadier-general, and the author of The Guardian, a poem; Lectures on Machines; and Theory of the Strength of Materials.

He died in 1879.

Vinton, Frederic

bibliographer, author, was born Oct. 9, 1817, in Boston, Mass. In 1865 he became first assistant in the library of congress, and held the post eight years. He there prepared six annual supplements to the Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of Congress, and the Index of Subjects. In 1873 he became librarian of Princeton college, of whose library he printed the Subject Catalogue.

He died Jan. 1, 1890, in Princeton, N. J.

Vinton, Frederic Porter

artist, was born Jan. 29, 1846, in Bangor, Maine.

He has attained eminence as a portrait painter. He received the gold medal at the World's Columbian exposition; and a gold medal at the Atlanta exposition.

Vinton, John Adams

clergyman, genealogist, author, was born Feb. 5, 1801, in Boston, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman and genealogist; and the author of The Vinton Memorial; The Symmes Memorial; The Giles Memorial; and The Sampson Family in America. He died Nov. 13, 1877, in Winchester, Mass.

Virgin, William Wirt

lawyer, jurist, was born in September, 1823, in Rumford, Maine. He was a jurist who was justice of the supreme court of Maine; and the author of The Maine Civil Officer; Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine; and Law and Equity Reports. He died in 1893.