HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. of design;
Among
his noted pictures are
Lady Singing; The Chess Players; Mending the Net.
A
and
Eakle, Arthur Starr, educator, author, was born July 27, 1868, in Washington, D.C. Since 1903 he has been assistant professor of mineralogy in the university of California. He is the author of Mineral Tables for the Determination of Minerals by Their
Physical Properties.
Eames, Benjamin
X.,
1854-56, 1859, and 1863; and of the state legislature in 1859, and 1868-69, and, serving the last year as speaker. He was delegate to the convention at Chicago in 1860. In 187179 he was a representative to the fortysecond, forty-third, forty-fourth, and fortyfifth congresses. He died Oct. 6, 1901, in
East Greenwich,
has held various town and village offices; and was county judge of Herkimer county in 1855-59. He was one of the foimders and in 1901 was president, of the Herkimer county historical society. Together with his wife, he founded Herkimer free library, and gave it about thirty thousand dollars worth of property. In 1869-95 he was judge of the court of appeals of New York. He died Dec. 2, 1902, in Herkimer, N.Y.
lawyer, congressman,
was bom June 4, 1818, in Tudham, Mass. He was a member of the state senate in
Earl,
Adams, railroad
Kankakee,
111., connecting at the latter place with the Illi-
nois
with the decoration of officer of the academy. In 1891 she married Julian Story, the painter.
Eames, Mrs. Jane Anthony, author, was born Jan. 21, 1816, in Wellington, Mass. She was the author of A Budget of Letters The Budget Closed; My Mother's Jewel; The Christmas Gift; and Letters from Bermuda, She died July 8, 1894, in Boston, Mass.
Eames, Wilberf orce,
librarian, bibliographOct. 13, 1855, in Newark, N.J. er, was In 1885 he became assistant at Lenox library; was assistant librarian in 1892; and librarian since 1893. He edited volumes fifteen to twenty of Sabin'e Dictionary ot
bom
Books Relating to America; and made important
contributions Bibliographies.
Eames, William
to
Pillings'
Indian
Scofield, designer, archi-
was bom on Aug. 4, 1857, in Clinton, Mich. In 1884 he became an architect of Since 1886 he has been St. Louis, Mo. tect,
deputy commissioner of public buildings of Mo. Earl, Nehemiah H., congressman, was. bom in Onondaga county, N.Y. He received a pubIn 1839-41 he was a lic school education. representative from New York to the twenSt. Louis,
ty-sixth congress as a democrat. Earl, Robert, lawyer, founder, jurist, bora Sept. 10, 1834, in Herkimer, N.Y.
was bom
builder,
1820 in Fairfield county, Ohio. In 1870 the Cincinnati, Lafayette and Chicago railroad company was organized to construct and operate a railroad from Lafayette to in
K.I.
Eames, Charles, journalist, lawyer, diplomat, was bom March 20, 1812, in New Braintree, Mass. He was appointed commissioner to the Sandwich Islands for the negotiation of a treaty. He edited the Nashville Union until sent as minister to Venezuela by President Pierce. He returned to Washington in 1858, where he practiced law until his death. He died March 16, 1867, in Washington, D.O. Eames-Story, Mrs. Emma, prima donna, was born Aug. 13, 1867, in Shanghai, China, of American parents. She made her debut in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet in Paris; and during her engagement there she was decorated by the president of the French republic
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central
railroad,
and thus forming the connecting link in the
through cinnati
This
from Cin-
line
Chicago.
to
road
was
built
and owned by Adams Earl, Moses Fowler and Gustavus Rlcker; Mr. Earl being president, general manager and builder. He died in 1899 in Lafayette, Ind. Earle, Mrs. Alice Morse, author, was born April 27, 1853, in Worcester, Mass. She is
a writer on American antiquarian themes, the author of Curious Punishments of Bygone Days; Margaret Winthrop, a biography; Customs of Colonial Times; Cusin Old New England; in Puritan England; China- Collecting in America; Colonial Dames and Goodwives; Colonial Days in Old New York. Home Life in Colonial Days; Child Life in Colonial Days; and Old Narragan-
toms and Fashions
The Sabbath
New
sett.
Earle, C. W., soldier, physician, clergyman,
was
bom
Waukegan, 111. army during the
He
served in war. He was one of the party concerned in the celebrated tunnel escape from Libby prison in 1864. He subsequently became one of the He foremost physicians of Chicago, 111. died Nov. 19, 1893, in Chicago, 111. the union
Earle,
in
Edwin
6., physician,
civil
surgeon, was
born Mar. 39, 1866, Birmingham, la. In 1891 he graduated from the college of physicians and surgeons of Chicago, 111.; was adjunct professor of medicine in that institution; and pathologist to the Alexian brothers' hospital. He has attained success in the practice of medicine in Chicago, 111.; is medical examiner for the Royal arcanum, Columbian knights and the fraternal mystic circle. He is a member of the American medical association; a member of the Chicago medical society; and a member of various other medical, fraternal and scientific societies.
was
He
Eaile, Elias, congressman, was bom In Frederick county, Va. In 1805-07, 1811-15
