HERRINQSHAW'S LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHT. Lamont, George
D.,
luwyer.
jurist,
was
In in V«-sti'rn New York. ap{K>inted Lnitod States jutlgf in (or tliu provisional court of Louisiana, 1871 he was elected a ju lgc of the supreme court of New York for fourteen yi'iirs. He tlied Jan. Id, 1870. in Lockport, >i.Y. Lamoiit* Hmmoiid, educator, journalist, author. wuH Iwrn Jan. IH. 18()4. in Monticello, N.Y. In 1808- 19UU kc was professor of riietorie at Brown college. In 1006 was managing editor of the New Y<irk Kvenin^ I'ost; and in 19U6-0tt was editor of The l)oni
in
lai-i
was
he
Nation. l>oiiition.
He was the author of English ComHe died May 0, 1909, in New York
city.
Lamoma,
Silas Wright,
h'gislator, was horn ison county, .Y.
March He was
lawyer, jurist,
8.
184.'$.
in
Mini-
president of the
MayviHe exchange bank for four years; and county judge for sixteen year-*. He serve<l n» a nieinlx'r of the N iHconsin state h-gishilure for one term; and was comniisHioiier of the general land office in 1893-07. in lit* now eng!»«jed in the practice of law; and in Ihi'
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K'ture of rn;illt'ahh^ iron.
La Motte, Charles Eufeac^ soldier, was liom in Delaware. Tn 1S61 he was captain in t!i.^ fir-f regiment Delaware infantry; in J8«>4 lie was brevetted colonel of volunteers; in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteer';. Tie .lie.l May '24.
and
La Mountain,
John, aeronaut, was born in 1830, in ^ avne county, N.Y. In 1862 he wa.<? appointed aeronntit engineer to the Army of the Potomac, and in that capacity made several ascttisions. The honor of planning and executing the {rre.Ttest of all aerial journeys is due to r.a .Moiuitain alone, nl (hough the credit for it lias been rlaiiind by others. He died in 1878 in Lansiugburgh, N.Y. Lamport, William H., farmer, congressman, was born May 27, 1811, in Pittsfown. N.Y. Tn 1848-40 he was supervi.sor of Horh.TTn, y.V. Tn TSfil he wa-; <]<•, ted sheriff of Orange county; and in 1854 was elected a state aMemblyman. Tn 1866-67 he was president nf tin vill iL'< of Canandiagua. Tn 187175 he was a representative from New York to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses n:au;:e spring-vaecinntor. He is the author of Lectures; and Differential Diajcnosis of Diseases.
He
died
about 1900 in Frj'eburg. Maine. lamsOII, Charles Henry, merchant, inventor, was bom Sept. 17, 1847. in Augusta, He has engaged iu business as a Maine.
He is the In* watchmaker and optician. ventor of luggage carriers for bicycles; neroplanes for flying machines, and also novel types of kites and aeroplanes for use in meteorolo::ii-nl
filwtTvn
iiio*;.
t
Lamson, Charles Marion, clergyman, was May Hi. 1843. in North Hadley. Mass.
born
18<58-93
In
he
filltMl
pastorates in Hrockton
and St. Juhnsbury, In 18!)7 he was elected president of Vt. the Ameri<-an board of commissioners for He died Aug. 8, 1899, in foreign missions. and Worcester. Mass.
St
Johnsbucy, Vt.
Lamson, Mrs. Mary Swift, educator, auwas burn iu 1822 iu Massachusetts. She was for five years a teacher of Laura Hridginnn, the noted blind deaf mute; and thor,
for lliiee years in entire charge of her education. She was the author of IJfo and I'Mucation of Laura Dewey Bridgoun. She in Massachusetts. Lamson-vScribner, Frank, scientist, author, .pril 19. 1851, in Cambridgeport, Mass. Since 1894 he has been chief of the division of .gro8tology in the United States department of asriculture. He Is the author of Funinis Disease of Plants; The die«l
was bom
Fungus
Disea.ses
of
tin-
firapf
A'iin'
The
Fungus Diseases of the Urape and Other Plants and Their Treatment: Ornamental Cirisst»^ of ami T's. fiil IM;uits of ATaiiu' Tennessee; and Amerieau Urasses, Illus:
trated.
Lamy, John, clergyman, archbishop, was lie was pastor o£ in 1814, in France, St. Mary's church of Covington. Ky. In IH.'iO he wns consecrate<l under th'- title
born the
bishop of Agathonica. In 1875-8,') he created an archbishop. He died Feb.
of
was 13.
1888. in
Lancaster, III
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Siintn
V<
Columbia,
>rexico.
congressman.
He
Helena. Wash. he was a delegate fnun Wash-
ta! lo<>al offices at St.
18.'j;{-.'»;»
ington territory to the thirty-thinl rongress. died in Washinuion Lancaster, Ellsworth Gage, clergyman, col* lege president, author, was bom June 18, He w.is .xltuated 1801. in DixfieUl. Maine. at the Augusta high school, at Amherst college, at the Andover theological seminary and at Clarlc uniTerrity; and has received
He
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