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25 he was a representative from New He died in
to the eighteenth congress.
York
New
York. D'Wolf, John, lawyer, jurist. In 1818-22 he was an associate justice of the supreme
Dwyer, jeremiah, manufacturer, founder,
was born Aug. 22, 1838, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was educated in the common schools of Mich. Then Detroit, he learned the foundry trade; and worked in several shops with his brother. In 1861 he organized the J. Dwyer and which became the
firm of
Detroit stove works. In 1869 he sold his interests;
and
in 1871
established the Michigan stove works, of
which he
He
is still presi-
a director of the Buck stove and range company; ,i director of the Ideal manufacturing company; and a director of the People's savings bank of Detroit, Mich. Dwyer, John William, lawyer, lecturer, author, was born Dec. 20, 1865, in New Lisbon, Wis. Since 1892 he has been engaged in the practice of law and is also insti'uctor of law at the university of Michigan. He is the author of Cases on Private International Law; Cases on Law of Husband and Wife; dent.
is
and Cases on Criminal Law. Dyer, Harrison Gray, educator, biologist,
was born Feb.
Dyckman, Garrett W., soldier, was born New York City. He began his military career in the Mexican war. During the civil war he served as lieutenant-colonel of the first New York regiment; and afterward became its colonel. He died May 21, 1868, in in
court of Rhode Island.
son,
He was the organizer of Leadville, Colo. the Merchants state bank of Almena, and In 1898 he was a canis its vice-president. didate for the Colorado state senate.
14, 1866, in
New York
City.
In 1889 he graduated in chemistry from the Massachusetts institute of technology; and subsequently received the degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. from Columbia imiversity. In 18971906 he was custodian of the Zella Peabody at Los Angeles, Cal.; and since 1907 has been assistant curator in the national museum. Dyatt, Hugh, miner, founder, statesman, was born July 19, 1850, in Ireland. His early days were spent in agricultural pursuits; and in 1877 moved to Colorado, where he has since been principally engaged in mining. In 1892 he was elected a member of the ninth general assembly of the state of Colorado, receiving the unanimous nomination of both republican populist and conventions. He is a man of strong convictions, and takes advanced ground in all public matters; and is interested in everything pertaining to the public welfare of his state. He has been successful in his mining operations and owns extensive property near
New
Y'ork City.
Dyckman, Jacob, physician, author, was born in 1788 in New York City. He was the author of Pathology of Human Fluids. died in 1822 in New York City. Dye, Mrs. Eva Emery, lecturer, historian, author, was born in Prophetstown, 111.; and is the wife of Hon. Charles Henry Dye. She was educated in the public schools of her native village; and received the degrees of A.B. and A.M. from Oberlin college of Ohio.
He
She has attained the of the historiannovelist of the northwest; and she has embodied the deeds of the pioneer heroes in her title
popular romances. She
was
elected life
mem-
ber of the Oregon historical society; and the women of the northwest erected a bronze statue of her heroine Sacajawea, the guide of Lewis and Clark on their journey of exploration one hundred years ago, which now stands in the City park of Portland, Ore. Her home, on a beautiful height, overlooking the Willamette river, is at Oregon city. Ore., where her husband is a prominent lawyer and a member of the Oregon state legislature. She is the author of McLoughlin and Old Oregon, now in its sixth edition; The Conquest, the True Story of Lewis and Clark; Stories of Oregon; McDonald of Oregon; and other works. Dye, William McEntyre, soldier, author, was born Jan. 26, 1831, in Washington, Pa. He was brevetted brigadier-general in 186b. He served in the United States army until 1879; when he entered the civil service in Washington, D.C. He was military adviser to the king of Korea. He was the author of Moslem Egypt and Christian Abyssinia, or Military Service under the Khedive. He died Nov. 13, 1899, in Muskegon, Mich. Dyer, Alexander Brydie, soldier, was bom Jan. 10, 1815, in Richmond, Va. For his services during the Mexican war he was brevetted first lieutenant and captain. In ]864 he was promoted to be chief of ordinance, with the rank of brigadier-general; and in 1865 was brevetted major-general for faithful, meritorious and distinguished services. He died May 20, 1874, in Washington,
