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president of the Southern homoeopathic medical society of Middle Tennessee. Dakin, George M., donor, was born May 13, 1827, in Oakland, Ohio. He devoted both time and means to the establishment and successful continuance of the Laporte library and the national history association, over which he presided for twelve years. Dakin, Thomas Spencer, soldier, merchant, was born in 1831 in Orange county, N. Y. In 1862 he was captain in the thirteenth regiment, Brooklyn and served in the Virginia campaign. After the war he became major-general of militia; and was widely known as a member of the American rifle team. He died May 13, 1878, in Brooklyn,
or the Baptism of Calvary; Classic Baptism; Judaic Baptism; Johannic Baptism; and Christie and Patristic Baptism. He died in Wayne county. Pa. Dale, Richard, naval officer, was born Nov. 6, 1756, near Norfolk, Va. In 1775 he rose to the command of a vessel. He was promoted to a captaincy in 1794; and in 1801 was sent to the coast of Tripoli with a large
squadron as commoLord Nelson observed Dale's handling
N.Y. Daland, William Clifton, educator, clergyman, collpoe president, was born Oct. 25, 1860, in New York City. In 1879 he graduated from the Brooklyn polytechnic institute M ith the degree of A. B he graduated from ,
the
Union theological
seminary of New York City; and from the Alfred university with the degree of A.M. He has received the degiees of D.D. from Alfied college and from ililton college. Since 1885 he has been a minister of the seventh-day baptist church; and has filled pastorates at Leonardsville, N.Y. and at Westerly, R.I. Since 1902 has been president of Milton college. Wis. In 1887 he published The Song of Songs and in 1888 The Song of Solomon, translated from the Hebrew, with notes. Dalcho, Frederick, physician, clergyman, author, was born in 1770 in London, England. He was rector of St. Michael's church in 1819-36. He was the author of The Evidence of the Divinity of Our Savior; Historic Account of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina and Ahiman Rezon. He died in 1836 in Charleston, S.C.
Dale, Alan, Alfred J. Cohen, journalist, author, was born May 14, 1861, in Birmingham, England, Since 1895 he has been dramatic critic of the New York Journal, He Maris the author of Jonathan's Home; riage Below Zero; An Eerie He and She; Eootlight Husband; Miss Innocence; Familiiir Chats with Queens of the Stage; An
A
My
Old Maid Kindled; A Moral Busybody; and Conscience on Ice. Dale^ Frank, lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 26, 1849, in De Kalb county. 111, In 1880-S5 he Avas prosecuting attorney of Wichita, Kan. In 1893 he was associatejustice of Oklahoma; and in 1893-98 was chief justice.
Dale, James Wilkinson, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 16, 1812, in Odessa, Del. He was the author of The Cup and the Cross,
dore.
of American vessels, and he said that the Americans, with such men might easily make
trouble
for
He was one foremost
England. of
citizens
the of
Philadelphia, Pa, He died Feb. 24, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pa. Dale, Samuel, pioneer, was born in 1773 in Rockbridge county, Va. In 1816 he was a member of the convention to divide the Mississippi territory; and served several terms in the Alabama state legislature. He died May 23, 1841, in Lauderdale county, Miss.
Theodore, Dana, soldier, manufacwas born in 1846 in Newport, Ohio. In 1868 he graduated from Marietta college of Ohio. During the civil war he served in an Ohio regiment. In 1890 he was president of the United terminal railroad. He is president of the Glen Dale mining company; president of the West Cable raining and milling company; and treasurer and director of the Montezeuma mining and smelting company. Dale, Thomas, colonial governor, was born in England. He deserves special praise for the important changes that he introduced in the colonial land-laws, under which, as established by him, the cultivator was given a chance of becoming proprietor of the soil, which was an impossibility under the old system. He died early in 1620 in East InDale,
turer, railroad president,
dies.
Dale, Thomas H., soldier, congressman, was born June 12. 1846, in Daleville, Pa. He served in the civil war in the Pennsyl-
vania volunteers.
In 1892 he organized
i;he
Greenwood
coal company; and was In the coal business until 1901. In 1896 he was a
delegate to the republican national convenIn 1905-07 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the fifty-ninth congress as a republican. Dale, Thomas Nelson, geologist, author, was born Nov. 25, 1845, in New York City. He is on the United States geological survey; and instructor in geology and botany at Williams college. He is the author of The Outskirts of Physical Science; Mount Greyloek, Its Areal and Structural Geology; and The Rensselaer Grit Plateau in New tion.
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