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n*iid<'n'il

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of Tfxa.H. Iiavinf; for soinc vic«'-pri'sidi-iit

first

iiiontlis

j>r«'vioiis

liold

the rank of majorgenoral. In 18:W-4I he was pr«*sid«*nt of Tt*xa«, He was the iiiithnr ot a voiiiiiM' of poems entitled Verse Meinoriaii.-v. He «lied Dec. 10, 18.")!», in An;;ii>ta.

William Bailey, lawyer, jurist, roM^'ie>siiiati, was born dune 1-, 1H.5;J, in

Lamar,

1883-86 he was county, Kia. In judf^> I8S8-i]Hi4 he was attorney general of FlorIn 1!H):J-(H» he was a represrntative ida. from Florida to the fifty eighlh, lifty-ninlli and sixtieth emiyresx-H as a democrat. county,

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Lamb, Alfred W., eongressman, was born In 1853-.')5 he was a reprein New York. MMitative from Missouri to the thirty tliird rongress as a ileniocrat. He dit'«l May 21, ISSS. ill Hannilial, .Mo. Lamb, Artemus, railroad president, was iKirn Sept. 11, 1S40, in SteiilK'ii eounty. X. II. He is president of the Crestvnt Springs railroad and of the Northern Mississippi railroa*!

«if

Minnesota.

Lamb, Charles Rollinson, arehiteet, artist, was Iwirn in New York. He has made a sprtialtv of ecclesiastical architecture, meiiMirial and historical art He ilesigiied the

Dewey

New

arch

i^rected

in

Madisun

Square,

Lamb, Daniel Smith, soldier, physician, i^cientist. author, was Ixirn -May 20, 18-13, in Pa.

I8.)JI he graduated with the «legree of from ThilaA.B. delphia high scliool; graduaiul in 18»i7 ate<l from the medical department of the university of (;<orgetown at Wasliington, During the civD.l'. war he served in il

In

tlie

eighty-llrst

ment

regi-

IVnnsylvania

volunteers; in lHli2was on duty in the military hospitals of Alexandria, Va. ; and 1S«»4 (»8 was hospital steward. ill In 18r»8!(2 he was acting surgeon in the I'liited >lates army, on duly at the army medical miixfiim: and since 18H2 has Imimi patliologi-t to the army mediral iiiu<euin. Since iH73 he has heen j>rof»'s>,or of materia mediea

and

tv.

He

at Howard liniversia fellow of the .American associ-

thi-n is

Tre-ideiit

Slates

(iartield.

.Senator

He i> edit<ir of the 'a>liingti>n Medi<-al Annals. He is tiie author of Hi'^tory of the Medical I>partnienl <»f Howard I Diversity : and numerous medical moiio-

(iiiiteau.

graph>.

Lamb, Edward, actor, was born Oct. He playe.l in New York city.

182S,

18.

his

most successful engagement at the old Park theater in Brooklyn, of which he was lessee and manager. He died .lulv o. 18S7. in llro'.klyn. N.Y.

Lamb, Henry Whitney, manufacturer, pocconoiiiist was lM>rn in 18.'»3 in Bos.las>. He was educated in the public schoiils of his native city; and at the Maslitical

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sachusetts institute of technidogy. He is a successful nianiifRcturer of slu-ct metal and a notable political reformer, -peaker and writer of >yiidicali' articles. He has Ix-en president of the American free traile league; was president «»f the democratic cluli of .Massachusetts; was c(7nini(Mlore «»f the Kastern yacht club; president Puritan club of Bt»ston and one of tile vice-presidents of the anti-imperialist league for .Massiu-liusetts. g<M>ds of Boston. Mass.;

Lamb, Isaac Wixom, clergyman. inv«>ntor. was born .Ian. H, 1S40. in Saiem, .Mich. The Lamb knitting machine manufacturing com paiiy was «u-gaiiized in Springfield, .Mass.; and in 18<i,"> their manufai-tory was reniove«l to Chicoivee Falls. .Mas«. His machine pro duces more than thirty kin<ls of knitlitl goods, making altout four thotisjind loops a minute at <»rdinary sjM>e«l. llv die<l in lOOli Perry, Mich.

in

Lamb, John, lioni

Y«irk city.

IMiilafU'lphia.

post-mortem

(oiiiliKted

ton.

T»'as.

eounty

He examinations of Henry Wilson. Inited Hrooks, and the assassin

ation for the advancement of science.

anatomy

Jan.

was

soldier, state k>gislator.

New

1735, in

1,

He

Y«>rk city.

was promoted to major and mionel of artillery; and n-iideied g(MKl service throughout the revfdiitionary war. He was sul>s«H]iiently elected to the New York legislature; an<l was appointed by Wasliington collecttir of customs for the port of New York, which poHt

n.

he held 1S(M».

in

till

Lamb, John, born

.liine

At the

first

his death.

New York 12.

He

Mav

di««<l

city.

soldier, congressman, 1S40, in .Snssex county

alarm

of

war

in

18(!(f

V:i.

he went

to the frouL

I

Tttl-

u»»«PT in the (ha Hps City troop, and served through the €»nlire war w t h distinguished gallantry. .After the war he returned to his nativ«> county ami took up the biisinCMS of fanning; was S4x>n i

elected

sln'rilF

county.

and

•lUenlly

serve<l

peojde

of

subsehis

as

treasurer, surveyor and chairman of the ^<k)untv deino-

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