The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-02
A CENTURY OF IMMORTALS
Prominent Men Whose Natal Centenary Will Be Celebrated
This Year

the naval medical board. medical direc-
tor and Chief of Bureau Of Medicine aud
Surgery. Born in Lancaster. Pa; died
April L. 1871
May.
samuel s. Green. educator and au.
thor. Born in Belchertown. Mass; died
January "a. 1888
S-James Cooper. United States Sena-
tor. Congressman. and officer In the civi!
war Born in FREDERICK County. Md. ::
died March 2S. 1868
l5-Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the
Interior Of the United States. governor Of
Mississippi, and Confederate soldier
Eorn in Casweli, County, n. c.; died
March a, 1885,
2@-Martin J. Spauldng. Bishop of Lou
isviile. Ky: Archbishop of Baltimore.
and author. Born near Lebanon. Marion
County Ky. died February Z, 1872.
Z3-Alfred Taylor, naval officer. Born
in Fairfax County, Va; died April L.
1891
25-Sarah Margaret Fuller (Marchioness
OssolD, litterateur and the Zenoba Of
HawthOrne's The Blithedale Romance. -
Porn in Cambridgeport. Mass: drowned
July 16. 1850
@5.-William Allen, phiIanthropist origi-
nator of the national homestead law. and
Journalist Born in Windham, Conn.
died November %, 1891,
e4-Melancthon Smith. naval officer.
Born in New York City; died July 10. 1888
2i-G. T. NJ. Davis. lawyer and business
man. Born ir the island of Malta whil5
his father was consul general 20 the Bar
barry State. Died June l.. 1877.
25-William Henry Claiming, Unitarian
minister, editor. author, and lecturer.
Born in Boston; died December %, 1885,.
9-Erasmus D. Keyes. soldier Born in
Er.mtield, Mass. died October Il. 1895.
29-SOlomon Meredith, soldier, command
er of the Iron Brigade in the civil war.
which opened the battle of Gettysburg,
and pioneer in improved methods of az
riculture. Born in Guilford County. y.
c.; died October 2, 1873.
3o-Francis W. Kellogg. Congressman.
collector Of internal revenue for Southern
Alabama. He raised six regiments OF
cavalry for the North in the civil war.
Born in Washington, Mass; died Novem-
Der. 1873
Sl-Hrrato seymour. political leader.
governor of .Eew York. and Democratic
nominea sor President against Grant.
Born at Fonpey Hin. y. Y: died Feb
ruary u, 1856.
June.
Elijah Il. Pitcher, Methodist Episco-
pal minister. representative TO general
conference OF the church. member Of its
book committee, aided in founding the
Michigan Christian Advocate and Albion
College. teacher, and author of The His
tory OF Professionalism in Michigan" BON
in Athens, Ohio; died April :. ISL.
3-Truman ". Post, Congregational and
Presbyterian minister. teacher. and writ
er. Born in Middlebury. Vt. died De-
cember 81. 1856
S-Macarthur E Eastman. capItalist
manufacturer Of firearms. and planner Of
the ocean cable Waich was laid in 1874
Born in Gilmanton, y. H; died Septex-
her g. 1877.
lo-Robert T. Conrad. lawyer. Judge.
dramat!st, writer, editor. orator. and
mayor of Philadelphia Born in Pbila-
delphia: died June = 1855
lG-Mathew simpson Methodist Fuisco-
nal missionary and bishop. Born in Ca
diz Ohio: died June Is 1881.
0-Benjamin s EweI. soldier and edu-
Gator. Born in Washington. W. c.: died
June 70, 1884
H-Ward Hunt. jurist and judge Of the
United states supreme Court and mayor
OF Utica. y. Y, Born in that CITY. died
March q. ISSs.
29-Nathaniel r. ShurtIen. ANTIQUARIAN
author. and mayor OF Boston. Born in
that city; died October L. 1854
July.
John T. Sprague. soldier Of the Flor
ida and civil wars. Born in Newbur--
port. Mass, died September s. ISIS
david p Page. educator and author
Born in Epping. y z. died January 1.
1875.
Henry G. Murphy. mayor. congress
man. United states Minister 10 Holland
historian, writer Of Colonial history Of