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in 1723. John the elder was the son of a poor French fisherman 

 and was the twentieth child. We thus have Audubon and his father 

 both in sub-class A 3 . The chances are therefore 100 to one against 

 such a person being in this list. 



DAVID GLASCOE FARRAGUT. 



David Glascoe Farragut, the ablest and brainiest of American 

 naval officers, was born July 5, 1801, and was the son of George 

 Farragut, who was born September 29, 1755, and consequently 

 comes in class A. While I have the names of all of Farragut's 

 grandparents, I do not have any dates for them, and unfortunately 

 cannot carry his ancestry further. 



WASHINGTON IRVING. 



Washington Irving, born April 3, 1783, possessed one of those 

 rare intellects that permitted him to reach the greatest heights of 

 literature without apparent effort. He was the son of William 

 Irving, a sailor, who was born in 1731. William was the son of 

 Magnus Irving, who was born about 1675. We thus have both 

 Irving and his father in sub-class A 2 . The chances are sixteen to 

 one against a person so born being found in this list. 



ROBERT E. LEE. 



Robert E. Lee is considered by many to have been a general 

 of ability superior to Grant. However that may be, it is quite 

 certain that outside of military life he was a great man. During 

 later life he was the president of a college. The fact that a defeated 

 general, and the exponent of a lost and discredited cause, should 

 be selected as one of America's greatest men shows that intrinsically 

 he was great indeed. He was born January 19, 1807, and was 

 the youngest son of Col. Henry Lee, born January 29, 1756. 



