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oHIITAIUKS, AMERICAN. (Swi.xBuut TBOMU.) 





UMMm. of Horace <,r,,-ly A Co., and edited 

 In 184 Mr Bwain 

 Uw-llttEonKiv.>rChn.ni. 



the 



ami edited and i 



D Kaw Yorkwd boc.ni, of the 



Tribune." lie went to the - Timee^ 1 in a ninnlar 

 .aixi became editor of UK- "American 

 in 186* and j-.Iiti.-al .-.ntrii 

 - Time- N ashington 



: . .. edited fa - Prat State 

 a national Republican campa 

 16M. and the A i I . 'nun" in 1"'7-'H. 



'..... n known aiBeotti 

 .ii-ir^i." and went to the t'n-nt a* it* colonel. 

 1 the cloae of the war, and on hi* return 

 wa appointed engineer in chief of the Nati>n 

 . York. In 18*7-70 he wan a rniu-d 

 wtiffccr. in 1876- TO edited the "Hudson 

 cirafek." and In IMl-'W was an inspector of post 



: Henry 

 : hom he waa fr time private *< 



. N< tea to a 



Collection of the Speeches ol 



.,ry History of the State < 



Hl-*5). 



ftviabvn. B*lpn, engineer, born in New 

 land, in Januarv, 1 .".. harleston, \\ 



Jane 14. 18W. lie was the son of a miner, and when 

 Ifteen yean old was apprenticed to Stephenson, who 

 was then perfecting liu* railway locomotive. In 1850 

 be settled ii .m*, afterward rcmo\ 



V a., where he secured employment in the 



k of the old entral Railroad. 11. 



in the railway service as operating and con- 

 urineer till about 1870, when ho settled on 

 feat Virginia, and also entered the minis- 

 try of the Baptist Church, and was engaged in work 

 aa an evangelist till within two rears of his death, 

 n aided Stephenaon in making the trial 

 trip of the flr*t railway locomotive, and sat in the cab 



->.r :.. MsffaM6r 



clergyman, born in Kil- 

 , Oct. ?>,' 18*9: died in New York 

 city Feb. 8, 199ft. He waa graduated at the I 

 ny of Glasgow In 1849; studied theology at th. I >i 

 Hall of the Tnitcd I'rcsby h at 



Edtnmtfgh ; waa lioanacd to preach by the pres 



. 14, 1868; and was ordained pastor 

 f the United Praabyiarian Church at Kilmaurs, June 

 9S.19U. InlBMhewascall. ^by- 



Church on the Derby Road. I.i\erp.-.l, where 

 up a congrega- 

 rs, and leaving 

 tatfteaaeoajd larvwt of 'its denomination in England. 

 He ftm oame to the United States in 1871 as a dcle- 

 gato to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian 

 Cfcweh. and the same spring occupied for several 

 . : Brooklyn, In November, 

 lr TayW was called to the pastorate of 

 way Tabernacle rhim-h. where he wa 



aw ~-*& wr^s ter tra 



Mritoa. He receivecTthiTdcgree of 

 & *f? \& d Ambem Colleirea in 18?8, and 

 i of LU D. from PrbMMton tolE Fr 



of the-4'hrirtian at Work, 



U 



to the religious proas; and i>u 



Truths" a vi . 



186S); "Tht- Miruclri*: llv\\* t Faith, n 

 i hMindurgh. 1865); "Tin- \.*\ foui 

 wrlfon. : " M. nmii 



'.,-.; 



mfa 

 wa. a frequent 



Matt IP 



.:juh. th.- I'ropl.- 



;:iiiity " , : 

 i 



W.-ll " 

 44 Joseph, ti 



bleu "' 'i'l<<l ,ni. i 



(1886); "The Scottish l'nl| 



, 



Charact4-r: What it if. an.l ' 

 and '! -uc, and ( ' 



Thatcher. Solon 0.. juri-t. Lorn in I 



lied i-i l.:i.' 

 .lied at I'liiun <'cll 

 graduated a: i n> is; 



delegate to the flrat Mat.- r..n\.-r.- 

 tor tin- oru'iini/atinn <it tin- Ucpulil'u-an par' 

 alter th- Fn iimnt OajUpaigD rcinnvi-d to l.a 

 Kan., \\hcn 1 he at <>in-c became <>nr <it' t .' 

 nf tin : :io\ cinciit. In 1 *.">'. he \va> 



rary prt-idirii: chairman "f the \V\ain. 

 tion, a: 'ii ehairman .!' tin- !_ 



mittee of thai body. ll- \vu> -lrctrd tl.. 

 judge of tin- -Jtli Judicial I)i>tri-t 

 and M-rvcd till IM'-J, when ! 



iin>u--<-r>-t'ul Ki-j.ubli.-an randidat. 

 [Miintcd in .lul\ 



tiat- treaties with the South and ' 

 American ir^vcrnmcnt"; and at the M 

 sembliiiir of the I'an American t'-'H/ro- 

 ton he made a di-taile.i n-jMirt of hi> \v..rk. 



Thomas. Elisha Smith. Henry man. l"-rn in \V 

 I: 1 .. Mur.-h _'. l-".4 : died in Sa'.ina. l\ 

 1895. He \sa- L'raduat.-d at Vale in !*.> .. 

 ley Divinity S-hool, Middletown. ( ..m, 

 June of the latter year he t-.ok ! 

 after taking prie~- three year 



of St. I'aulV Chun-h at N.-w Hav,-n. I- 

 came rector of Seabury Hall, Faribau!' 

 Professor of Old and N 

 divinitv .-.(,, M .l there. In i*;i lie a.-c. ; 



the rectorship of St. MurkV church. Mini. 

 which lie held till -.it'ioiia* A*- 



.t' Kansas in 1^7. < >n tlie death 

 1889,Bifthop Thonias became the head t' tin 

 and lie labored with energy and ability in I 



( 'hlin-ll evteli-inll. 



Thomei, William Henry, autli-.r. b-.rn 



1"-J4: died in HoMon. Maw., M 



1895. He receixcd a pllblie-sc||0^)l ., 



I the printer's trade. In 1- ; 



tornia. and a-ain in 1K4I'. extendintr |HH last ^^^H 

 Honolulu, the Kant I' Talia. and 



l)urinir his tra\> 



interest -n the ^..iith American and Africa; 

 He was engaged for three years in 

 tralia : I time i.'n an opium 



twcen China and California; and al 

 the Mexican War was forced int- 



neiit. from which he 

 difficulty. On his return to ! 

 of "Ballou's Monthly," to whi.-l 

 large numi>. Am-.iiL' 



(lold HunterM of Au-tra! 



: 



Adventures' 1 (IhT '."Id Hunter- :n Kurope* 1 



: i^unmB 



^i^kade" (1874'; "The Belle of Australia* 

 Land ni. : 



Be wasthefli 

 England Society of California i'i- 



