Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-06
NEUROLOGY

DedIn lOOh many persons prominent
in national and world affairs in 1920
Among those who were best known or
most active in their particular fields,
of labor, were the following:
January 3, Nicholas SiCard, famous.
French painter; January 8, Maud Pow
ell, worlds foremost woman viOlinist .
January 16, Reginald DeKOven, Amer
lean composer and music critic; Jan
uary %, Richard L. Garner, author audi
explorer; January "a, Rev. Cyrus
Townsend Brady, widely-knOwn author.
February 4, Edward PaysOn Ripley,
for "a years president of Santa Fe-
railroad Ohio c. Barber, organizer
Of the match industry; February H.,
Gaby Deslys, noted French dancer
February ~, Julius Chambers, New
York author and explorer; February
1S, Gen. William Z. MickIe, for man.
years adjutant general of the United
Confederate veterans; February 20,
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, U. S.
N, retired, discoverer of the North
pole.
March 1, John H. Bankhead, senior.
United States senator from Alabama
March 3, John ]. O'Shea, Catholic au-,
thor and editor; March "a, Mrs.
Humphrey Ward, famous English nov
elist; March %, Elmer AppersOn, pi-
Oneer automobile manufacturer.
April l, DIR. William Martin, U. s.
N, retired, yellow fever expert; Aprip
6, Laurent HonOre Marqueste, French
sculptor; April Z, Edward Harold Mott,
humOrist; April IL, Ferdinand ROybet,
French artist; April 10, Theodore NJ
Vail, pioneer in telegraph and tele-
phone industries.
May l, William Barrett Ridgely, for
mer controller of the treasury; May g..
Bishop John II. Vincent of the Meth
Odist Episcopal church, founder of the
Chautauqua assembly; May IL, VIII
liam Dean HOwells, famous American
novelist; May 10, Levi P. Morton, for
mer vice president.
June 3, Rev. Charles Augustus StOd-
dard of New York, author and theO-
Logan; June 10, Nine. Gabrielle Char
lOtte Rejane, famous French actress:
June 49, George w. Perkins, New York.
financier; June 20, Rev. DR. William
Henry Roberts, for more than thirty
years stated clerk of the Presbyterian
general assembly.
July 4, Major General William G.
Gorgas, former surgeon general of the.
United States army; July 10, John
ArbuthnOt Fisher, former first lord of
the British admiralty; July II, former
Empress Eugene, widow of Napoleon
III; July %, William X. Vanderbilt.
financier and former railroad presi-.
dent.
August l, ]. Frank HanIy. ex-gOv-
ernor of Indiana and Prohibition can
didate for president in 1916; August
3. Isham Randolph of Chicago, noted
engineer; August 10, James O'Nell, ia
nous Irish actor; August 16, Sir Nor.
man LOckyer, eminent English scten-
fist; August 20, James Wilson, former
secretary of agriculture September 10.
Raimundo de MadrazO, famous Span
ish portrait painter; September 25.
Jacob II. Schfff, American fnaucier,
and phiIanthrOplst.
October ., Winthrop Murray Crane.
former United States senator from
Massachusetts; October 3, Charles,
Norris Williamson. noted English au-
thor; October 70, Mrs Ogden Mills. SO
clal leader in New York and Parjs :
October 49, Charles M. Alexander Ia
nous singing evangelist
November ., Louise ImOgen Quincy.
American poet and essayist Novem-
Der 8, Ludwig III. former king of Ba-
varia; November 10, Henry Thode.
noted German historian; November rs.
Franklin Fort, former governor OF
New Jersey; November -, Ole Thee
baldi, Norwegian violinist; November
%, Margaret Brewster. American
writer November 80 Eugene ".
Chafin, prohibition candidate for pres
ident in 1908 and 1912.
December 3, Francis LyBde Stetson,
eminent attorney of New York: De
cember 10, Horace T. Dodge. autoino-
bile manufacturer; Marquis bella Chic-
sa. brother of the pope; December u.
Olive Schreiner. noYeIist.
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