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military service his voice gradually ehaJiged from first bass to tenor. He died in New
York
City.
Candler, Allen Daniel, soldier, educator, congressman, governor, college president, was born Nov. 4, 1834, in Lumpkin county, Ga. In 1857 he graduated from Mercer university of Macon, Ga. He entered the eonfederate army as a private; and he rose through the intermediate grades to the colonelcy of his regiment. In 1866-70 he was president of Baily Institute of Grif&n, Ga. He was a member of the Georgia legislative house of representatives in 1873-78; and was a member of the state senate in 187880. In 1883-91 he was a representative from Georgia to the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat. In 1894-98 he was secretary of state of Georgia; and in 1898-1902 he was governor of Georgia. He is the author of a biography of his great grandfather, entitled Colonel William Candler. Candler, Asa Griggs, druggist, founder, was born Dec. 30, 1851, in Villa Rica, Ga. He conceived the idea of having experts make a summer beverage that was healthful and stimulating; and the result was the univer-
ber of the state constitutional convention in 1865. He was a member of the state senate in 1868-72. In 1875-79 he was a representative from Georgia to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses.
Warren Akin,
Candler,
educator, clergy-
man, college president, bishop, author, was born Aug. 23, 1857, in Carroll county, Ga. He was educated in the public schools of native state, and
his
graduated from Emory college. In 1886 he was duly elected editor of assistant the Nashville Christian advocate; and in 188898 was president of Emory college. Since 1898 he has been bishop of the methodist episcopal church south. of History of Sunday
,
He
is the author Schools; Georgia's Educational Work; and also several other religious and educational works. Candy, Albert Luther, educator, mathematician, author, was born March 12, 1857, in Grant county, Ind. In 1893-1905 he was adjunct professor of mathematics in the university of Nebraska; and since 1905 he has been associate professor of mathematics in the university of Nebraska. He is the author of Analytic Geometry.
Candy, Charles,
He
soldier,
was born
in
Ken-
popular Coca Cola. Candler, Ezekiel Samuel, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 18, 1862, in Belleville, Fla. In 1883 he practiced law in luka, Miss.; and since 1887 in Corinth, Miss. In 1901-11 he was a representative from Mississippi to the fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a dem-
tucky.
ocrat.
union of America. Canfield, Francesca Anna, litterateur, author, was bom in August, 1803, in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a writer of New York City. She was the author of Stradella; and her poems were very popular in the east. She died May 28, 1823, in New York City.
sally
Candler, John
was born
Slaughter, lawyer, jurist,
Oct. 22, 1861, in Villa Rica, Ga. he began the practice of law in
In 1882 Georgia; and in 1887-96 was solicitor general of that state. In 1896-1903 he was judge of the superior court; and since 1903 has been judge of the supreme court of Georgia. In 1898-99 he was a colonel in the SpanishAmerican war. Candler, John W., merchant, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 10, 1838, in Bos-
He was engaged in merchandising and maritime transportation; and was a representative in the Massachusetts state
ton. Miss.
legislature in 1866. He was president of the board of trade and of the Commercial club of Boston. In 1881-83 and 1889-91 he was a
representative from Massachusetts to the forty-seventh and fifty-first congresses. He died March 16, 1903, in Brookline, Mass. Candler, Milton A., lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born on Jan. 11, 1837, in Campbell county, Ga. He was a member of the state legislature in 1861-63; and a mem-
the United States army in 1850; and was a private in the first dragoons. In 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteeers. enlisted
in
Canvin, J. F. Regis, clergyman, bishop. He has been catholic bishop of Pittsburg since 1903.
He
is
rector of St. Paul's cathedral;
and president of the catholic total abstinence
Canfield, Henry Judson, agriculturist, author, was born in 1789 in Connecticut. He was an agriculturist who published a serviceable Treatise on the Breed, Management, Structure and Diseases of Sheep. He died in
1856 in Connecticut. Canfield, James Hulme, educator, college president, was born March 18, 1847, in Delaware, Ohio. In 1891-95 he became chancellor of the university of Nebraska; and since 1895 president of Ohio state university. Canfield, John, railroad president, was born May 17, 1830, in Berkshire county, Mass. Since 1892 he has been president of the Manistee and Grand Rapids railway. Canfield, William Walker, journalist, author, was born July 6, 1855, in Ellicottville,
