HKRRIN'ISHAWS LIHRAnV OV AMKIUCAN BIOGRAPHY MitiMii railroad tlic firMt Im-oiiiotive that was built v«-Ht of tlu* Alloj^hoiiy iiiiniiitains. (li.'d April JH. lS(i.">. in l.tidlnw. Ky.
the
III-
James,
Latte,
man, was
lN>rn
holdirr,
fdm-ator.
i-U-rgy-
war
lie dii'd
dan.
in
21>.
tlii'
18<»1, in
He was a delegate to the coiiention which franu'd the first constitution Mississippi. He died .April li, IHi'A, in Mi-^sissippi.
Lattimore, Samuel Allan, nluoitor, ehein1.S2S, in Cnion coiiiiw:is born .Miiy Ind. Ill IS.'MI he graduated from Del'aiiw university where he has ree<*ive«| the <le-
isi,
lli*
ly.
I'a.
l-inicastfr county.
Pa.
James
Latta,
P.,
hanker, con-
farmer,
was Imrn <k't. IS44. in -AshIll- was educatinl in the distriet selirnds ami was eni|doyi>d on his father's farm. In lHt>:( he took up a homestead in Hurt county. Neb.; and was eii^ap'd in farming; and sto<-k raisinj:. lit- was president ot the Kir.st national hank of Tckaniah. Neb. In IH87 he was a memlH*r of the Nel)r»t»ka house of representativi aiitl
4 S3
and fourteenth
of
as soldi«'r
H«'rv«*tl
lu'
Aini'rican army, ost.jMiHlu',1 a seliool in Lani'astrr fonnty. <'liaplain
nintli. thirti-eiith
eoiigie?»ses.
During
1732 in Irtdaiid.
in
the re nlut iniiary
and
ciglitli,
gri'cs
of
A.H.. A.M. In 187:{ he degriT of
- n'-sniaii.
and
land. Cliio.
rc'-eived the
t* ;
member
b*>eame a llMMl-ll
va» a
lie
braska
to deUMK-rat. ester.
the
He
of the stat** »emite.
in
reprewntative from Neeongrens
.sixty -li rat
<lied Se[)t.
11,
an
a
l!MI, in Kocli-
Minn.
Latta, Samuel Arminius, clergyman, phy-
was
sieian. authtir.
lH)rn
.pril
H.
1S(I4,
in
county. Ohio. lie was a methclergyman of Ohio; and subsequently
Muskingum (ulist
He was the aua physician in Cincinnati. tlior of a work entitled The Chain of Sacred Wonders, lie died June 28. 1852, in Cincinnati. ( >hio. Lattimer, Henry, physician, surgeon, congressman. L iiited Stat«'s senator, was l>«)rn April 24, 17.'>2, in Newport, Del. Me was a nienilM'r of the state legislature; and in I7!>3-!).') he was a re|»reHcntative from Delaware to the third <'ongress and in 17!':{;
he was a L'nited .States senator. died Dec. 1!». 181!). in IMiiladelphia. Ta. 1S(»1
He
Lattimore, John, soldier, was horn about 17.'**i in South Carolina. It is said that he participated in every action of the army that W ashington comniande<l. He died .Aug. 27, 7.S2. in Sunt h ( 'andina. Lattimore, John Compere, educator, wa.s Uiru March 25, IH62, in Marion, Ala. In ?fW6 he graduated from the .National normal college; was a student at the Chicago university : and in 185)5 graduati>d from Ihiylor luiiversity with the (h-grce of .M.S. In 1887-no he was superintendent of the seluMds of Falls county, Texas; and in 1800!)2 was principal of the preparatory school. 18!I2-!M> he was professor of mathematics, Ill 1
rh.l).
I.I..D.
cidlege.
was H
from Hamilton In |8.'>() classical
fess4»r of (Jreek
(IU la-
proat
Di-
Pauw
university. In I8lt7 he was elected professor of chemistry at the university of R»)oheHter and i n I8!m;;>8 was acting president of that institutioii. He organized the laboratory of anaIvtical chemistry; an<l for the two last years has U>cn president of the toan of trustees (»f Reynold library. .Since 188«J he has been chemist of the New York state department of agriculture; and in 1874 iM-gan giving a course of free lectures on scientific subjects. He was one of the organizers of the wi'stern New York institution for deaf mutes; and was one of the orpinizers of the Rochester microscopical society. He ia a memlK'r of the American ciiemicnl society; and a fellow of the American association for lie advancement of science.
I
Latto, Thomas Carstairs, journalist, poet, was born Dec. 1. 1818. in Scotland. He was connected with the publishing house of Iviaon and company of New York for eleven years; and in 1871 became a real-estate agent in Brooklyn. His principal work is The VilI:ige-.S<duMd Kaminati<»ii. The poems that lie has contributed to i»eri<Mlicals include Mien We Were at the Scliul.'; llie Itlind Lassie; l.iiieji
12.
The (Jrave
on
I.Sf)4.
.1.
in
of Sir Walter .Scott an<l Fenimore Cooper. He diecl May
Brooklyn. N.Y.
Laubach, Charles, geologist, author, was born Aug. 2*). I8.'{('». in Durham. Pa. He Ih«scientilic invest igii lions in 18G5 and has
l^-.tu
devol»'d his principal attention to them since I87n. He is the author of Prehistoric .Man ill
file
Delaware
'alley.
aminers.
Lauber, Joseph, pointer, artist, was born .ug. in, |S.-)5. ill (;ermany. In 1878 he began his ean-er as a sculptor. He has dexigncd paintings an«l windows in |»ublie buildings, such as the Appellate court build iiig; Church of the ascension in New York ity; and many others. He has painted Hie Conception of Christ. He is the author of A Treatise on .American Color Windows.
Lattimore, William, phy.sieian, eongressFeb. 9. 1774. in Norfolk. In 18<»:M>7 and 18i:M7 he was a lerriloriul delegate from Mississippi territory to
Laucheimer, Charles Henry, naval oftlcer. author, was lM>rii Sept. 22. 185!). in Haitimore. Md. Since 188.} he has been an oITi cer in the I'liited States marine ctirps; and
philosophy ami
was chairman versity.
pedagogy;
and
in
18!)7-ni)
of the faculty of Haylor uni1S!(H he has been superiii-
Since
of the city sclicjols of Waco. Texas. Ill I8{)1> he was president f)f the T«'xas state teachers' assoeiation and in l!HMI-()5 was a ineniher of the Texas state hoanl of exleiidetit
man. was born Va.
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