lirst ill
He
and twenty-«Pcond congresses. Tenn.
died
Wiiiclu'stfr,
Norman W.,
lawy.T, jurist, was Isb«ll, Jn 1842 lie op«'!ii-d a lioin in IKIH in Oliio. law ollii'i' at Marion. Iowa. In 18r).)-5G he was judf^e of the supreme court of Iowa; and in I802-<)4 was judge of tlic eighth judicial He died in 1805 in California. district. Iselin,
Adrian, banker of 711 Fifth City, was born Oct. 14, 1846, in
avi«..
New York
New York City. He is a nieinl)er of the well known firm of .. Iselin and company, bankHe is «'rs of ;W) Wall St., New York City. viee presid«'nt of the liulfalo. Rochester and I'ittshnrg Railway company; and direct«)r
of the .Southern Railway company.
Isham^ Samuel,
pi;
was born
inter, artist,
He was a diin 185.'» in New Y»trk (Jity. rector of the American tine arts society; and treasurer of the Society of American artists. He is an associate of the national academy of design. Isham, Asa Bratnerd, soldier, physician, educator, author, was born July 12, 1844, at During 18^2.lackson court house, Ohio. ("lo he served in the civil war as first lieuvolunteer Michig>
the seventh tenant of cavalry. In 1870-8;'> he was professor of nmteria medica, physiology and therapeutics in the Cincinnati college of inedicine and surgery. He is the author of Prisoners of War and Military Prisons; and Historical Sketch of
Si'vi-nth
Michigan Volunteer Cav-
alry.
Isham, Frederic Stewart, «lramatist, aullior. was horn March 20. 18(10. in Detroit. Mich.: studied two years in the royal academy of music in London; and two years in
Vidal.
a
is
he Case Th«' a Rlay Strollers;
The
a n d iider
I
Friday
he Rose
Black
The Lady
of
Haif
a
Slount
Chance
the au-
drama:
Shop,
'IViy
till'
and
Detroit.
of
He Midi. thor of T
a
is
dramatist
noted
I
He
Muiiicli.
author
and o
t
h e
v
works that have attracted iittcntion. Isham, Edward Swift, lawyer, state legiNl.iinr. was liiini .Ian. I.>. |s:io. in Rcnning lS)i4 he was elected to the IlliIon, '(. Ill nois "slate legislature, Isham, Jirah, stddier, lawyer, jurist, was horn in .May, 177S. in Colchester, Conn. During the war of 1812 with (Jrcat Rritain he commanded at the iNunhardment of S(on iiigtoii. In 1840-42 he was judge of probate for New Londcm district. He died Oct. 0, 1842, in New London. Conn. Isham, Norman Morrisson, architect, antluir,
was horn Nov.
12,
18t»4.
in
Hartford,
onn. Since 18!V2 he has practiced architecture in Providence. R.I.; and in 1894-08 was instructor in architecture at Brown uni-
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He is the author of The Homeric Palace; and Early Connecticut Houses. Isham, Pierrepont, lawyer, jurist, wn» lK)rn Aug. 5, 18U2, in Manchester, Vt. In 1H,jI-,')7 he was one of the judges of the hupreme court of Vermont. He died May versity.
New York City, Ralph N,, physician, surgeon, was born March 10, 1831, in ManN.Y. In 1859 he was one of the
1872, in
S,
Isham, founder, lieini,
ffuinders of the old Chicago medical college, which institution subsequently became the .school of the Northwestern univer-
iiiediual
sity. He was an instructor in surgical anatomy in tiiat school; and in 1890 was place«F on the emeritus list. During the civil war he was surgeon in the marine hospital in Chicago. Hi' was one of the originators of (he Cnited States sanitary conunission. He has been a wide traveler; and has accumu-
lated a valuable biographical and historical librarv. He died May 28, 1905, at Chicago. Ill,
in
Isham, Samuel, painter, attist, was born lS5,i ill New York t'ity. He was a diof the American fine arts society treasurer of the society of American He is an associate of the national
rector anil
artists.
aeadeiiiy of design.
Isherwood, Benjamin Franklin, naval
ofli-
was Ixirn June 0, 1822, in New In 1844 he was appointed from .sew York in the L'nited States navy yard as assistant engineer. In 1801 he was appointeil engineer in chief of the Cnited States navy; and in 1884 retired with the rank of commoilore, eer. engineer,
York
(-'ity.
Ishmay, Thomas was iKirn
founder,
Henry,
business
1830.
in
He was
founder of the White star steamship
He
died in
Isler,
man. the line.
1S09.
Arnold
Henry, soldier, journalist,
nulhor. poet, was Inirn in 1848 in Switzerland, lie served in the twenty-third Ohio infantry tlironghout the war as a private scout, spy. and colorbearer. In 1880 he became literary editor of the Cincinnati Eni|uirer. He was the author of a volume of poems entitled Wild Thoughts in Rhyme; and many of his poems were incorporated in standard publications. He died about 1890 in Cincinnati. Ohio. Israels, Charles Henry, designer, archilecl, was born Dec. 23. 1805, in New Y'ork (^ity. He has traveled in Euroi>e and in the West Indies in the study of architecture. He designed the hotels Warrington, .Arlington, Walton. Howard, Hampton and Holland of New York ( ity, Ittner, Anthony, state s'.Miator, congress-
man, was
Ixirn
(Vt.
8,
1837,
in
Lebanon.
Ohio, In 1807-08 he was a member of tin* city council of St. l^nuis, .Mo,; was ciccleil slate representative in 1808; state senator in 1870 78, In 1877-79 he was a reprcsen(a(-ive from Missouri to (he forty-fifth eongre-s as a republican. Ittner, Martin Hill.cliemist of Jersey City, N,J., was Ix.rn May 2, 1870. in 'Berlin