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HBRRINOBHAW'S LIBRARY OP AMKRrCAN BIOHRAPHY. Uoston .Massacre; auU the Kxpediliuud uf

John

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Lo*'Pwell.

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died

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Kidder, Henry Purkitt, invrchuut, iMiukcr, >vn« born Jan. 18, 1823, in RoHtoii, .Mans, 1m';,mii

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can'r

in

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uuctiuii liloTK of C'oolid|;e uihl itu.skvU. lie wai* in the banking bouae ol

jjiiotlti

»u 18.»8-o8

Jubn •ZHt

He died Jan.

E. Tha r aii<l hrother. I88U, iu itoMtoii, .MuHH. <

Kidder, Jefferwa P., lawyer, jurist, con1H14, in Hraiiitrci-, -^iiiMti. WUH horn it)

t.

He farmed: taught ^cliuul; and was a He was Kradtiate of Norwich university. state's attorney in IS42 47; a iiieniher of !

1.47-48; and lieiitenaulgovernor in l8.*):t-.)4. He removed to MinnC' and in ISiiO t>4 wan a nienioota in 1S.)7 in 1805 73 he lier of th«> -tate le<ri"*hitnre. was an ansoeiate judj^e of the supreme court of Dakota. In 1875-79 be was a territorial delegate from D.ikota to the forty-fourth, forty ti ft h conj^n stMjs. He died Oct. 2, 1883, in H. Paul, Minn. . Kidder, Jerome Remy, surgreon, scientist, was born ihi. jr.. 1S42. in Ikillinuire eount). he entered the national army; .Md. in and served until the close of the war as a iiHilital tadt in the military liKpitals. He was aj>iM)iutiHi an asaistaut surgeon in the rnited States navy; and became surgeon in stale

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.neiiate in

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lH7<i.

Kidder, Wellington Parker, inventor, was Maine. is the inventor i>f tlic Knmklin. Wellinj^ (on and Empire lypeu iters; the W eb adjustable press; and iniprovenu*ut.H for pressliorn Feb. 19, 1853. in .<orridgew(K'k,

Me

and heavy truekin^; veliich-?*. Henry, educator, author, was born

in, autoiiuildleH

Eliddle,

1824. in Knpland. He i<Mhlent of the schuuls of New

.Ian.

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He was

1870 79. of

was su()«rtnYork city in

the author of Text-Book Klements of .strononiy; ami

IMiysies;

Dictionary uf Kducation. He died Sept. 25, 18fll. In N'ew York city. Kiddoo, Joseph B., sohiier, was born about He was brevetted 1840 in reunsylvania. major-gimeral of and hiig-ulier-ijenprBl I'nited States volunteers; and eulmiel ainl Itrigadier-general I nited States army. He was retired in 1870 with the full rank of in the regiilar army. 1880. in New York city.

lni;;ailier-<,'eneral

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Aug.

1S>,

He

Kidwell, Zedekiafa, pli> sician. lawyer, conpressman, was Inirs "Ian 4. 1^11. in Fairfax He served a uumbef of years county, Va. in the leipslatnre of Virginia: and was a In IS.j;}-.")7 hp presidential chilor in IS.1'2. was a represHjutative from irginia to the tiiirty-third and thirty-fourth eongrcssea. lie ilifd

Kieb,

and '.lA.

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-IT.

Raymond

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ill

inii'iiitit

,

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Francis Charles, pliysician

H«*aenn. N.V..

was

l»orn

Aug.

ISSI. in Lowville. .N.V. He is medical su of the Matteawan -.tale hos-

perintiihlciit pital.

Kiefer, lator,

Andrew

R.,

sohiier.

state

congressman, was horn in

legis-

(.Jernniny.

<«7

in 18(il lie entered the union army as captain in the second Minnesota infantry volnnte«Ts; and in l8(i:{ va-< ei)ninii~^>ioned in 18u4 lie was eU-cted eoionel uf militia, a niemljer of the Minnesota state legislature. In

1

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wa-

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.Minnesota to the hfty-third and tifty lourlli In 1805 he was mayor of St. Pa 111. .Minn. He died in 1904 in 8t. Paul,

tinigrrsMnt.

.Minn. Kiefer,

Hermann, physician, surgeon, dipwas bom Xo%'. lU, IS2."). in tJirmauy. He received a thorough edueath>n in his native country and has received the honorlonnit.

ary de;iree of .M.D. and j>n)fessor emeritus tinm the university of Mu-higau. In 1H45I he iH'gan the practice of medicine at De^ troit. .Mich., and in 1855-5(1 was a of the Detroit boanl of education. he was a pi -^idrnt ial elector; and was a delegate to the republican «

memlM'r In IHT'i in

187»»

national

convention. In 1R82 he was a eommiHsioner of tile pnidic lilirary. In 188;{ 8.") he was I'nited State's consul at Stettin, (Germany, 1889-]9ni was fn he a regent of the unii T-^ity of Mh'hifian. The fa< nlly of tin- de partment of medicine and surgery of that institution had a life sice portrait of hint |i:iiiiii'd by liis sDii for the faculty room in the new mtHlieal building. KiefFer, Aldioe StUlaum, journalist, autlifir. poet, was Ixnn -Xug. 1. 1810. in Mi;itni. In.Wo. lie is the editor and proprietor t»t Musical Million of Dayton. Va. He is the 1

author of two volumes of po«nn^. enttlktl X i^il and Visitm. ami Hours of Fancy. Kieffert Henry Martyn, clergyman, au184."». in Mitlliiiburg, thor, was horn Oct. Pa. He is a clergyman of the reformed fJerman church; tirst at Norristown. ami subsequently of Easton. Pa. He is the author of .'>.

Druramer Boy;

'ITie

Rc«»Ileetions of a

1e;.'e

Chapel Sermons; and The

Colof

Hymnal

the Reformed Church. Kieffer, Moses, clergyman, college president, ;is burn Mny 1814. in Lettei ki iiny, Pa. In 18.M-I»4 he was president of Heidelberg college of Tiffin, Ohio. He is now a .').

pMst'ir

in

.'t f -bnrj,'.

Pa. colonial govermir. Kieft, Wilhelm, In 1638-47 he was Dutch colonial governor of New York. He died in New York. Kiehle, David L., educator. cler<.'yinan. aufhtir, was born Feb. 7, I8;i7. in Dansville, NVN He is a »der};ymMn of the presbyterian <

.

was |iastt>r at Presbe was president of iHwd at .""^t. Cloud, Minn. In 1881 -!KJ was state superintendent of public instruction for Minnesota; and in 18031002 WHS professor of pedagogy nt the universitv of Minnesota. He is the author of History of Kdui-ation in Minnesota.

cliun h; and in ton. Minn. In

the

«.t;»te

18(>.'»-7r)

187.">-81

normal

-.

Kiekhoifer, H. J., educator, clergyman. lolK-ye president, was born Aug. 10. I841>, He attended the (ialesville in (Jermaiiy. nnixersity. in which institution ]), .-ulisi-i|Ueiitiy tilled the chair of ancient i.uiguaxes.

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