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In Dushore Mr. Waltman was united in marriage to Miss Mary Brewer, a lady of culture and intelligence. She is a daughter of R. H. Brewer, a well known citizen of Dushore. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Waltman has been blessed with three chil- dren,-Lillie, Raymond and Anna. In the
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community the parents have many warm friends and the hospitality of the best homes of Lopez is extended them. In his political views Mr. Waltman is a Republican, and though not an aspirant for office keeps well informed on all the issues of the day, as every true American citizen should do.
W TILLIAM H. KRAUS, a dealer in meats and a butcher at Cherry Mills, in this county, was born at Tamaqua, Schuyl- kill county, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1863. He is a brother of Hon. Conrad Kraus, incorporated in whose sketch on another page of this work the family record will be found. When a lad of fifteen he went to work for George Stang, in Philadel- phia, in whose employ he remained for six years, having previously learned his trade of butcher with his father in his native place. He then returned to Sullivan county and in connection with his brother Conrad carried on the meat business at Dushore for three years, subsequently moving to the farm where his brother now resides. Two years later the partnership between the two was dissolved and Mr. Kraus engaged in his present enterprise at Cherry Mills. He has always borne the reputation of an honest, industrious man, and has been very suc- cessful in his business. He is a loyal Dem- ocrat and takes an active interest in polit- ical affairs, although he has never aspired to office. He is a member of the Lutheran church and contributes liberally to all worthy objects.
Mr. Kraus was married at Elmira, New York, August 21, 1886, to Miss Sarah Ath- erton, and seven children have been born of this union, namely: Mabel, Harry, Carrie, William, Clarence, Howard and Jennie. Mrs. Kraus was born in Windom, Wyom-
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ing county, Pennsylvania, March 27. 1866, and is a daughter of Judson and Si- ble (Gavey) Atherton, natives of Eaton and Windom, Pennsylvania, respective- ly. Her parents came to Sullivan county in 1881, settling in Colley township, where they still reside. Her father is a farmer and was born December 30, 1834, while her mother was born February 13, 1836. They are members of the Baptist church, and in politics the father is a Republican. The children of this worthy
couple are: Jennie, who married Lewis Long, a hotel-keeper at Forkston, Pennsylvania; Sarah, the wife of our subject; Fennimore and Samuel, who live with their parents.
The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Kraus were Jonathan and Rebecca (Maw- son) Atherton, of Lovelton, Pennsylvania, who were farmers in Wyoming county. Her maternal grandparents were Ambrose and Laura (Comstock) Garey, of Connecti- cut and Pennsylvania respectively. They were also agriculturists in Wyoming county.
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PART III.
COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.
INDEX.
PART III.
COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.
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Abbott, Lyman ...
144
Boone, Daniel
36
Adams, Charles Kendall 14:1
Adams, John. 25
Adams, John Quincy
61
Brice, Calvin S.
Brooks, Phillips
130
Brown, John. 51
Brown, Charles Farrar.
91
Cooper, Peter
37
Brush, Charles Francis.
Bryan, William Jennings
158
Bryant, William Cullen ..
44
Buchanan. Franklin .. 105
Buchanan, James
128
Cramp, William
189
Buckner, Simon Bolivar 188
Burdette, Robert J.
103
Burr, Aaron.
Butler, Benjanun Franklin 24
Calhoun, John Caldwell. 23
Cameron, James Donald. 141
Cameron, Simon.
141
Cammack, Addison
197
Campbell, Alexander
180
Carlisle, John G.
133
Carnegie, Andrew.
Carpenter, Matthew Hale 178
Carson, Christopher (Kit). 86 Cass, Lewis .. 110 Depew. Chauncey Mitchell 209
Chase, Salmon Portland 65 Dickinson, Anna 103
Childs, George W
83
Dickinson, Don M
139
Choate, Rufus.
207
Dingley, Nelson, Jr
215
Claflin, Horace Brigham.
107
Clay, Henry.
'21
Clemens. Samuel Langhorne
86
Cleveland, Grover
174
Bland, Richard Parks.
106
Clews, Henry
153
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Clinton, De Witt
110
Booth, Edwin.
51
Colfax, Schuyler.
139
Booth, Junius Brutus.
177
Conkling, Alfred.
32
Conkling. Roscoe
32
Cooley, Thomas Mcintyre
140
Cooper, James Fenimore. 58
Copely, John Singleton
191
Corbin. Austin
205
Corcoran, W. W
196
Cornell, Ezra ..
161
Crockett, David
76
Cullom, Shelby Moore. 116
Curtis, George William
144
Cushman, Charlotte
107
Custer, George A
95
Bailey, James Montgomery 177
Bancroft, George ... 74 Barnard, Frederick A. P. 179 Barnum, Phineas T 41
Barrett, Lawrence.
156
Barton, Clara.
209
Bayard, Thomas Francis. 200 Beard, William H. 196 Beauregard, Pierre G. T. 203
Beccher, Henry Ward .. 26 Bell, Alexander Graham. 96 Bennett, James Gordon 206
Benton, Thomas Hart. 53
Bergh, Henry 160
Bierstadt, Albert 197
Billings, Josh. 166
Blaine, James Gillespie
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Alger, Russell A.
173
Allison, William B. 131
Allston, Washington 190
Altgeld, John Peter. 140
Andrews, Elisha B.
184
Anthony, Susan B.
62
Armour, Philip 1) 62
Arnold, Benedict.
84
Arthur, Chester Allen
168
Astor, John Jacob.
189
Audubon, John James.
166
Dana, Charles A
"Danbury News Man
Davenport, Fanny
106
Davis, Jefferson
24
Debs, Eugene V
132
Decatur, Stephen
101
Deering. William 198
Donnelly, Ignatius 161
Douglas, Stephen Arnold.
53
Douglass, Frederick
43
Dow, Neal ..
108
Draper, John William
184
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Agassiz, Louis J. R.
137
INDEX.
PAGE
Drexel, Anthony Joseph.
124
Dupont, Henry.
198
Edison, Thomas Alva.
55
Edmunds, George F
201
Ellsworth, Oliver
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Ericsson, John ...
Evarts, William Maxwell
Farragut, David Glascoe. NI
Field, Cyrus West .. 173
Field, David Dudley 126
Field, Marshall. . ..
59
Field, Stephen Johnson
Fillmore, Miltard.
Foote, Andrew Holl 176
Foraker, Joseph B 143
Forrest, Edwin
92
Franklin, Benjamin.
Fremont, Jobb Charles 29
Fuller, Melville Weston
Fulton, Robert,
182
Gage, Lyman J
71
Galhtan, Albert 115
Garfield, Jantes A 163
Garrett, John Work 200
Garrison, Wilham Lloyd. 50
Gates, Horatio. . 70
Gatling, Richard Jordan 116
George, Henry ..
203
Gibbons, Cardinal Jaures 20%
Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield
Girard, Stephen.
Gough, John B
131
logan, Jolor A.
26
Gould, Jay
Gordon, John B 215
Grant, Ulysses S 155
Gray, Asa ..
Gray, Elisha 1.19
Greeley, Adolphus W 142
Greeley, Horace
Greene, Nathaniel.
Gresham, Walter Quintin
Hate, Edward Everett 79
Hall, Charles Francis.
Hanulton, Alexander $1
Hamlin, Hannibal. 214
Hampton, Wade .. 192
Hancock, Winfield Scott. 146
Hanna, Marens Alonzo 169
Harris, Isham ( 214
Harrison, Witham Henry
Harrison, Benjamin
Harvard, Johni
Havemeyer, John Craig
Hawthorne, Nathanael
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard. . 157
Hendricks, Thomas Andrew. . 212 Henry, Joseph ... 105
Henry, Patrick 83 90
1hill, David Bennett
llobart, Garrett .1 213
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. 206
Hooker, Joseph.
Howe, Elias ..
130
Howells, William Dean
104
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Ilouston, Sam.
120
O'Connor, Charles
187
Olney, Richard ..
133
Hughes, Archbishop John
157
linglutt, Marvin.
159
Ilott, Isaac ..
108
Huntington, Collis Potter 91
Ingalls, John James
111
lugersoll, Robert G
Irving, Washington.
Jackson, Andrew.
Jackson, " Stonewall'
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan. ..
Jay, John. .
Jefferson, Joseph.
Jefferson, Thomas
Johnson, Andrew
1:15
Poe, Edgar Allen
Johnson, Lastunas
Johnston, Joseph Eccleston 85
Jones, James K.
171
Jones, John Paul.
97
Jones; Samuel Porter. 115
Kane, Elisha Kent
125
Kearney. Plubp.
210
Kenton, Shoot
Knox, John Jay.
131
lamar, Lucius Q. C. 201
Landon, Melvill: D.
10%
Lee, Robert Edward .
Lewis, Charles B. 193
Lincoln, Abraham
135
Livermore, Mary Ashton.
Locke, David Ross.
172
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Longstreet, James 56
Lowell, James Russell.
101
Mackay. John William. 118
Madison, James
42
Marshall, John 156
Mather, Cotton
Mather. Increase
165
Maxim. Hiram S. 1:14
A CleRan, George Brinton . . .
47
Mc Cormick, Cyrus Hall.
Mc Donough, Com. Thomas
167
Mckinley, William. 217
Meade, George Gordon
Medill, Josephi.
Miles, Nelson A
Miller, Cincinnatus leine 218 Stanford, Leland. 101
Stanton, Edward McMasters.
179
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady.
126
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton
82
Stephenson, Adlai Ewing ..
141
Stewart, Alexander T.
58
Stewart, William Morris. 213
Morgan, John T 216 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth
Morris, Robert. 165 Beecher 66
Morse, Samuel F. B
124
Stuart, James E. B
122
Morton, Levi P. .
1422
Sumner, Charles.
34
Motley, John Lathrop
130
Talmage, Thomas De Witt.
60
Taney, Roger Brooke.
129
Taylor, Zachary.
108
Teller, Henry M.
127
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l'aine, Thomas
147
Palmer, John M
195
Parkhurst, Charles Henry.
160
" Partington, Mrs."
202
Peabody, George
170
Peck, George W. 187
Pelter, William A 164
Perkins, El. .. 109
Perry, Oliver Hazard
97
I'lltips, Wendell.
30
Pierce, Franklin
122
Pingree, Hazen S.
212
Plant, Henry B.
192
Polk, James Knox
102
Porter, David Dixon.
Porter, Noaks. ...
Prentice, George Demson
119
Prescott, William Hickling.
96
Pullman, George Mortimer., 121
Quad, MI
193
Quay, Matthew S.
171
Randolph, Edmund
136
Read, Thomas Buchanan
182
Reed, Thomas Brackett
Reid, Whitelaw ..
149
Roach, John
190
Rockefeller, John Davison
195
Root, George Frederick
218
Rothermel, Peter F
113
Rutledge, John. 57
Sage, Russell
211
Schofield, John McAllister
199
Schurz, Carl.
201
Scott, Thomas Alexander
204
Scott, Winfield ..
79
Seward, William Henry 44
Sharon. William
165
Shaw, Henry W.
166
Sheridan, Pinllip Henry
40
Sherman, Charles R
Sherman, Jolin.
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Sherman, William Tecumseh.
Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow 202 114 Smith, Edinund Kirby
Sousa, John Philip.
159
Spreckels, Claus
Miller, Joaquin .. 218
Mills, Rozers Quarles 211
Monroe, James.
54
Mainly, Dwight 207
Moran, Thontas.
Morgan, John Pierpont 208
Morton, Oliver Perry.
59
" Nye, Bill"
Nye, Edgar Wilson
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INDEX.
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Tesla, Nikola .
193
Thomas, George H1.
Thomas, Theodore.
182
Thurman, Allen G.
Thurston, Jolin M.
166
Tilden, Samuel J.
48
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan
119
Toombs, Robert.
205
"Twain, Mark
Tyler, John
93
Van Buren, Martin.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius. 35
Vail, Alfred . 154
V'est, George Graham.
214
Webster, Daniel.
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Webster, Noah ..
49
Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey.
95
Waite, Morrison Remich.
125
Wallace, Lewis
199
Wallack, Lester
121
Wallack, John Lester.
121
Wanamaker, John
" Ward, Artemus
91
Washburne, Eliba Benjamin
189
Washington, George
17
Willard, Frances E.
183
Watson, Thomas E
178
Wilson, William L.
180
Winchell, Alexander
175
Windom, William.
138
PORTRAITS OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.
PAGE
Alger, Russell A
16
Allison, William B ..
99
Anthony, Susan B.
Armour, Philip D
151
Arthur, Chester A
81
Barnum, Phineas T.
117
Beecher, Henry Ward
27
Blaine, James G.
151
Booth, Edwin.
63
Bryan, W'm. J ....
63
Bryant, William Cullen
185
Buchanan, James ...
81
Buckner, Simon B.
16
Butler, Benjamin F
151
Carlisle, John G
151
Chase, Salmon P
16
Childs, George W 99
Clay, llenry
Cleveland, Grover
45,
Cooper, Peter.
Ingersoll, Robert G.
117
Irving, Washington
27
Jackson, Andrew
45
Jefferson, Thomas.
45
Johnson, Gen. J. E.
16
Lee, Gen. Robert E
185
Lincoln. Abraham.
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Logan, Gen. John A
16
1.ongfellow, Henry W
185
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Longstreet, Gen. James
16
Lowell, James Russell
27
Mckinley, William.
45
Morse, S. F. B ..
185
Phillips, Wendell.
27
Porter, Com. D. D.
185
Pullman, George M.
117
Quay; M. S.
99
Reed, Thomas B
151
Sage, Russell
117
Scott, Gen. Winfield.
185
Seward, William H.
45
Harrison, Benjamin
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llaves. R. B
45
Sherman, John.
99
Hendricks, Thomas A
81
Sherman, Gen. W. T ..
151
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
27
Sumner, Charles.
45
Talmage, T. DeWitt
Teller, Henry M.
99
Thurman, Alten G.
81
Tilden, Samuel J.
117
Van Buren, Martin.
81
Vanderbilt, Commodore
99
Evarts, William M.
99
Farragut, Com. David G
185
Field, Cyrus W.
63
PAGE
Field, Marshall
117
Franklin, Benjamin.
Fremont, Gen. Jolin C.
16
Gage, Lyman J ..
151
Garfield, James A.
45
Garrison, William Lloyd
George, Henry.
117
Gould, Jay ..
99
Grant, Gen. U. S.
185
Greeley, Horace ..
81
Hampton, Wade
16
Hancock. Gen. Winfield S
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Hanna, Marcus A
117
Holmes, Oliver W ..
151
Hooker, Gen. Joseph,
16
Dana. Charles A
151
Depew, Chauncey M.
117
Douglass, Fred.
63
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
27
Webster, Daniel
27
Whittier, John G ..
27
Washington, George.
45
Watterson, Henry.
63
Weed, Thurlow
91
West, Benjamin
115
Whipple, Henry Benjamin 161
White, Stephen V.
162
Whitefield, George
150
Whitman, Walt. 197
Whitney, Eli ..
120
Whitney, William Collins
92
Whittier, John Greenleaf.
67
Watterson, Henry.
Weaver, James B.
123
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Vilas, William Freeman
140
JAS LONGSTREET
JEJOHNSTON
SALMON PCHASE
WADE HAMPTON
JOHN A. LOGAN
JOHN C FREMONT
R.A. ALGER
SMOL E BUCHNER
JOSEPH HOOKER
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COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY . . OF .. CELEBRATED AMERICANS
G EORGE WASHINGTON, the first president of the Unit- ed States, called the "Father of his Country," was one of the most celebrated characters in history. He was born Feb- ruary 22, 1732, in Washing- ton Parish, Westmoreland county, Virginia. His father, Augustine Washington, first married Jane Butler, who bore him four children, and March 6, 1730, he .married Mary Ball. Of six children by his second marriage, George was the eldest.
Little is known of the early years of Washington, beyond the fact that the house in which he was born was burned during his early childhood, and that his father there- upon moved to another farm, inherited from his paternal ancestors, situated in Stafford county, on the north bank of the Rappahan- nock, and died there in 1743. From earliest childhood George developed a noble charac- ter. His education was somewhat defective, being confined to the elementary branches taught him by his mother and at a neighbor- ing school. On leaving school he resided some time at Mount Vernon with his half
brother, Lawrence, who acted as bis guar- dian. George's inclinations were for a sea- faring career, and a midshipman's warrant was procured for him; but through the oppo- sition of his mother the project was aban- doned, and at the age of sixteen he was. appointed surveyor to the immense estates of the eccentric Lord Fairfax. Three years. were passed by Washington in a rough fron- tier life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very essential to him. In 1751, when the Virginia militia were put under training with a view to active service against France, Washington, though only nineteen years of age, was appointed adjutant, with the rank of major. In 1752 Lawrence Washington died, leaving his large property to an infant daughter. In his will George was named one of the executors and as an eventual heir to Mount Vernon, and by the . death of the infant niece, soon succeeded to that estate. In 1753 George was commis- sioned adjutant-general of the Virginia . militia, and performed important work at the outbreak of the French and Indian war, was rapidly promoted, and at the close of that war we find him commander-in-chief of
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all the forces raised in Virginia. A cessation of Indian hostilities on the frontier having followed the expulsion of the French from the Ohio, he resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Virginia forces, and then proceeded to Williamsburg to take his seat in the Virginia Assembly, of which he had been elected a member.
January 17, 1759, Washington married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Curtis, a young and beautiful widow of great wealth, and devoted himself for the ensuing fifteen years to the quiet pursuits of agriculture, inter- rupted only by the annual attendance in winter upon the colonial legislature at Williamsburg, until summoned by his coun- try to enter upon that other arena in which his fame was to become world-wide. The war for independence called Washington into service again, and he was made com- mander-in-chief of the colonial forces, and was the most gallant and conspicuous figure in that bloody struggle, serving until Eng- land acknowledged the independence of each of the thirteen States, and negotiated with them jointly, as separate sovereignties. December 4, 1783, the great commander took leave of his officers in most affection- ate and patriotic terms, and went to An- napolis, Maryland, where the congress of the States was in session, and to that body, when peace and order prevailed everywhere, resigned his commission and retired to Mount Vernon.
It was in 1789 that Washington was called to the chief magistracy of the na- tion. The inauguration took place April 30, in the presence of an immense multi- tude which had assembled to witness the new and imposing ceremony. In the manifold de- tails of his civil administration Washington proved himself fully equal to the requirements of his position. In 1792, at the second presi-
dential election, Washington was desirous to retire; but he yielded to the general wish of the country, and was again chosen presi- dent. At the third election, in 1796, he was again most urgently entreated to con- sent to remain in the executive chair. This he positively refused, and after March 4, 1797, he again retired to Mount Vernon for peace, quiet, and repose.
Of the call again made on this illustrious chief to quit his repose at Mount Ver- non and take command of all the United States forces, with rank of lieutenant-gen- eral, when war was threatened with France in 1798, nothing need here be stated, ex- cept to note the fact as an unmistakable testimonial of the high regard in which he was still held by his countrymen of all shades of political opinion. He patriotic- ally accepted this trust, but a treaty of peace put a stop to all action under it. He again retired to Mount Vernon, where he died December 14. 1799, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. His remains were depos- ited in a family vault on the banks of the Potomac, at Mount Vernon, where they still lie entombed.
B' ENJAMIN FRANKLIN, an eminent American statesman and scientist, was born of poor parentage, January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was appren- ticed to his brother James to learn the print- er's trade to prevent his running away and going to sea, and also because of the numer- ous family his parents had to support (there being seventeen children, Benjamin being the fifteenth). He was a great reader, and soon developed a taste for writing, and pre- pared a number of articles and had them published in the paper without his brother's knowledge, and when the authorship be- came known it resulted in difficulty for the
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young apprentice, although his articles had been received with favor by the public. James was afterwards thrown into prison for political reasons, and young Benjamin con- ducted the paper alone during the time. In 1823, however, he determined to endure his bonds no longer, and ran away, going to Philadelphia, where he arrived with only three pence as his store of wealth. With these he purchased three rolls, and ate them as he walked along the streets. He soon found employment as a journeyman printer. Two years later he was sent to England by the governor of Pennsylvania, and was promised the public printing, but did not get it. On his return to Philadelphia he estab- lished the "Pennsylvania Gazette," and soon found himself a person of great popu- larity in the province, his ability as a writer, philosopher, and politician having reached the neighboring colonies. He rapidly grew in prominence, founded the Philadelphia Li- brary in 1842, and two years later the American Philosophical Society and the University of Pennsylvania. He was made Fellow of the Royal Society in London in 1775. His world-famous investigations in electricity and lightning began in 1746. He became postmaster-general of the colonies in 1753, having devised an inter-colonial postal system. He advocated the rights of the colonies at all times, and procured the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. He was elected to the Continental congress of 1775, and in 1776 was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, being one of the commit- tee appointed to draft that paper. He rep- resented the new nation in the courts of Europe, especially at Paris, where his simple dignity and homely wisdom won him the admiration of the court and the favor of the people. He was governor of Pennsylvania four years; was also a member of the con-
vention in 1787 that drafted the constitution of the United States.
His writings upon political topics, anti- slavery, finance, and economics, stamp him as one of the greatest statesmen of his time, while his "Autobiography" and "Poor Richard's Almanac " give him precedence in the literary field. In early life he was an avowed skeptic in religious matters, but later in life his utterances on this subject were less extreme, though he never ex- pressed approval of any sect or creed. He died in Philadelphia April 17, 1790.
D ANIEL WEBSTER .- Of world wide reputation for statesmanship, diplo- macy, and oratory, there is perhaps no more prominent figure in the history of our coun- try in the interval between 1815 and 1861, than Daniel Webster. He was born at Salisbury (now Franklin), New Hampshire, January 18, 1782, and was the second son of Ebenezer and Abigail (Eastman) Webster. He enjoyed but limited educational advan- tages in childhood, but spent a few months in 1797, at Phillip Exeter Academy. He completed his preparation for college in the family of Rev. Samuel Wood, at Boscawen, and entered Dartmouth College in the fall of 1797. He supported himself most of the time during these years by teaching school and graduated in 1801, having the credit of being the foremost scholar of his class. He entered the law office of Hon. Thomas W. Thompson, at Salisbury. In 1802 he con- tinued his legal studies at Fryeburg, Maine, where he was principal of the academy and copyist in the office of the register of deeds. In the office of Christopher Gore, at Boston, he completed his studies in 1804-5, and was admitted to the bar in the latter year, and at Boscawen and at Ports- mouth soon rose to eminence in his profes-
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sion. He became known as a federalist but did not court political honors; but, at- tracting attention by his eloquence in oppos- ing the war with England, he was elected to congress in 1812. During the special session of May, 1813, he was appointed on the committee on foreign affairs and made his maiden speech June 10, 1813. Through- out this session (as afterwards) he showed his mastery of the great economic questions of the day. He was re-elected in 1814. In 1816 he removed to Boston and for seven years devoted himself to his profession, earning by his arguments in the celebrated "Dartmouth College Case" rank among the most distinguished jurists of the country. In 1820 Mr. Webster was chosen a member of the state convention of Massachusetts, to revise the constitution. The same year he delivered the famous discourse on the " Pil- grim fathers," which laid the foundation for his fame as an orator. Declining a nomi- nation for Un.ted States senator, in 1822 he was elected to the lower house of congress and was re-elected in 1824 and 1826, but in 1827 was transferred to the senate. He retained his seat in the latter chamber until 1841. During this time his voice was ever lifted in defence of the national life and honor and although politically opposed to him he gave his support to the administra- tion of President Jackson in the latter's con- test with nullification. Through all these years he was ever found upon the side of right and justice and his speeches upon all the great questions of the day have be- come household words in almost every family. In 1841 Mr. Webster was appointed secretary of state by President Harrison and was continued in the same office by President Tyler. While an incumbent of this office he showed consummate ability as a diplomat in the negotiation of the " Ash-
burton treaty " of August 9, 1849, which settled many points of dispute between the United States and England. In May, 1843, he resigned his post and resumed his pro- fession, and in December, 1845, took his place again in the senate. He contributed in an unofficial way to the solution of the Oregon question with Great Britain in 1847. He was disappointed in 1848 in not receiv- ing the nomination for the presidency. He became secretary of state under President Fillmore in 1850 and in dealing with all the complicated questions of the day showed a wonderful mastery of the arts of diplomacy. Being hurt in an accident he retired to his home at Marshfield, where he died Octo- ber 24, 1852.
H ORACE GREELEY. - As journalist, author, statesman and political leader, there is none more widely known than the man whose name heads this article. He was born in Amherst, New Hampshire, Feb- ruary 3, 1811, and was reared upon a farm. At an early age he evinced a remarkable intelligence and love of learning, and at the age of ten had read every book he could borrow for miles around. About 1821 the family removed to Westhaven, Vermont, and for some years young Greeley assisted in carrying on the farmn. In 1826 he entered the office of a weekly newspaper at East Poultney, Vermont, where he remained about four years. On the discontinuance of this paper he followed his father's family to Erie county, Pennsylvania, whither they had moved, and for a time worked at the printer's trade in that neigh- borhood. In 1831" Horace went to New York City, and for a time found employ- ment as journeyman printer. January, 1833, in partnership with Francis Story, he published the Morning Post, the first penny -
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