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Daniel, Jolm Warwick, soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born on Sept. 5, 1842, in Lynchburg, Va. He entered the confederate army in 1861; and attained the rank of

major

and

adjutant-

general. During 187581 he was a state senator and resigned to accept the nomination of the democratic party for governor of Virginia; but was defeated at the election. In 1885-87 he was a representative from Virginia to the forty-ninth congress. In 18871903 and 1905-ll'he was United States senator. He is the author of Attachments Under the C!ode of Virginia and Negotiable In;

struments. Daniel, Junius, soldier, was born June 27, 1828, in Halifax county, N.C. He served through the civil war and received the rank of colonel. He died May 12, 1864, in Spottsylvania. Pa. Daniel, Peter Vyvian, lawyer, jurist, lieutenant governor, was born April 24, 1785, in StaflFord county, Va. He was a member of the state legislature in 1809-10; in 181235 was a member of the privy council. He frequently served as lieutenant-governor. In 1836 he was appointed judge of the United States district court for Virginia; and in 1840-60 was an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. He died June 30, 1860, in Richmond, Va.

Daniel, Raleigh Travers, lawyer, legislawas born Oct. 15, 1805, in Stafford county, Va. For several years he was commonwealth attorney for Henrico county; and was repeatedly elected to represent Richmond in the state legislature. In 1872 he was elected attorney-general of Virginia. He died Aug. 16, 1877, in Richmond, Va. Daniel, Robert, colonial governor. In 171619 he was colonial governor of South Carotor, jurist,

lina.

was born in 1770, Cumberland county, Va. He was a member of the Virginia house of delegates; and became circuit judge and ex-offioio member Daniel, William, jurist,

in

of the old general court of Virginia. He died 20, 1839, in Lynchburg, Va. Daniel, William, lawyer, jurist, legislator, was bom Nov. 26, 1806, in Winchester, Va. He was elected to the Virginia house of delegates before he was of age. He was a judge of the supreme court of appeals of Virginia in 1847-65. He died March 28, 1873, in Lynchburg, Va. Daniel, William, candidate for the vicepresidency of the United States on the pro-

Nov.

hibition ticket in 1884, was bom Jan. 24, 1826, in Somerset county, Md. He was elected to the Maryland legislature in 1853; was re-elected; and on the completion of

term sent to the state senate in 1857. He was chosen president of the Maryland temperance alliance on its organization in 1872. He died Oct. 13, 1897, in Baltimore, Md. Daniell; Moses Grant, educator, author, was born Sept. 9, 1836, in Boston, Mass. He

his

now in the editorial department of Ginn and company of Boston, Mass. He is the is

author of Exercises in Latin Composition; Latin Composition; Exercises in Greek Composition and First 'Year Latin.

New

Warren Fisher, state senator, congressman, was born June 26, 1826, in Newton Lower Falls, Mass. He was a memDaniell,

ber of the state house of representatives; and of the state senate. In 1891-93 he was a representative from New Hampshire to the fifty-second congress as a democrat. Daniels, Benjamin F., miner, public official, was born Nov. 4, 1852, near Ottawa, 111. In

1884-85 he

was deputy marshal

of

Dodge

City, Kan.; in 1887-88 was deputy sheriff of Bent county, Col.; in 1889 became marshal of Guthrie, Okla.; and in 1894-95 was deputy marshal of Cripple Creek, Col. He is by profession a, miner; and now associated with, the business and public affairs

In 1904-05 he was superintenof Arizona. dent of the territorial prison at Yuma, Arizona; and is now United States marshal. Daniels, Charles, lawyer, jurist, congress-

12, 1826, in New City. He was a justice of the supreme court in 1863-91. In 1893-97 he was a representative to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses as a republican. He died Dec. 20, 1897, in Buffalo, N.Y. Daniels, Mrs. Cora Linn, educator, author, was born March 17, 1852, in Wrentham, Mass. She is the author of Sardia, a Story of Love ; As It Is to Be ; The Bronze Bud-

man, was born March

York

dha; and other works.

Frank actor, was bom in 1860. attained prominence as one of the foremost actors in the United States. Daniels, George Fisher, litterateur, author, was born in 1820 in Massachusetts. He is a notary public of Oxford, Mass. He is the author of The Hugenots in Nipmuck County Prior to 1713; and History of Oxford. Daniels, Mrs. lone G., author, poet, was born in Wisconsin. She is the author of Under the Ban, a novel; and Temperance Songs. Daniels, Josephus, journalist, publisher, was born May 18, 1862, in Washington, N. C. He has been public printer of the state of North Carolina; for several years was chief clerk of the interior department at Washington, D.C. and is now the editor of the News and Observer of Raleigh, N.C. Daniels, Milton J., soldier, banker, state senator, congressman, was bom April 18, 1838, in Cobleskill, N.Y. During the civil war he raised company F, ninth regiment Minnesota volunteers; and was commissioned second lieutenant. In 1865 he attained the rank of major by brevet. Since 1881 he has been president of banks; and served Daniels,

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