Search Terms: LANDIS (4) Database: Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904 Combined Matches: 4 The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume I A Boole, William H. BOOKWALTER, Lewis, educator, was born near Hallsville, Ross county, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1846; son of Isaac and Phebe (Johnston) Bookwalter; grandson of Joseph and Elizabeth (Landis) Bookwalter, and of Robert and Sophia Johnston; and a descendant of Francis Buchwalter, a Mennonite, who emigrated from Switzerland, settled at Phoenixville, Pa., in 1709 and died there, 1723. Lewis was graduated from Western college, Iowa, in 1872, and was licensed in the church of the United Brethren in Christ in 1872. He was professor of ancient languages at Western college, Iowa, 1872-'79, and at Westfield college, Ill., 1879-'81; was a missionary preacher at Knoxville, Tenn., 1881-'83; and was president of Westfield college, 1883-'85. He was pastor of the Oak Street United Brethren church at Dayton, Ohio, 1886-'88; was graduated from the Union Biblical seminary, Dayton, Ohio, in 1887, and was pastor of the First United Brethren church there, 1888-'94. He was elected president of Western college, Toledo, Iowa, in 1894. He received the degree of D.D. from Western college in 1890. He is the author of "Do We Need a Revival?" (1887); "The Family, or the Home" (1894). View full context The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VI J Jaffrey, George JACOBY, Henry Sylvester, educator, was born in Springtown, Bucks county, Pa., April 8, 1857; son of Peter L. and Barbara (Shelly) Jacoby, and grandson of Benjamin and Margaret (Landis) Jacoby and of John and Mary (Snyder) Shelly. His ancestor, Abraham Shelly, came from Germany and settled in Milford, Pa. Henry studied at Carversville Normal institute, 1870-72, and at the preparatory department of Lehigh university, 1872-73, and was graduated from Lehigh university in 1877 with the degree of C.E. He was a member of the Lehigh topographical corps, second geological survey of Pennsylvania, in 1878: was transitman on gauging the Red river at Alexandria, La., and on the surveys of the Red river under an officer of a corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1878-79; was chief draughtsman in the U.S. engineer office at Memphis, Tenn., 1879-85; was bookkeeper and cashier to George W. Jones & Co., Memphis, 1885-86; instructor in civil engineering at Lehigh university, 1886-90; assistant professor of bridge engineering and graphics at Cornell university, 1890-94; was promoted associate professor in June, 1894, and served until 1900, when he was made full professor. He was elected a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in August, 1887; was made a fellow in 1892; an associate of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Nov. 5, 1890, and a member of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, August, 1894. He was married, May 18, 1880, to Laura Louise Saylor. He was one of the editors of the Journal of the Engineering Society of Lehigh University, 1887-90, and is the author of: Notes and Problems in Descriptive Geometry (1892); Outlines of Descriptive Geometry (1895-97); Text-Book on Plain Lettering (1897), and Text-Book on Roofs and Bridges, with Professor Mansfield Merriman (1890-98). View full context The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VI L. Landon, Judson Stuart LANDIS, Charles Beary, representative, was born in Millville, Ohio, July 8, 1858; son of Abraham and Mary (Kumler) Landis, grandson of Daniel Kumler, and a descendant of one of seven brothers who came to America from Germany in the seventeenth century. He attended the public schools of Logansport, and was graduated from Wabash college, Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1883. He was editor of the Logansport Journal, 1883-87, and of the Delphi Journal, 1887-97. He was married, Oct. 23, 1887, to Cora B., daughter of J. B. Chaffin, of Logansport. He was president of the Indiana Republican Editorial association, 1894-96; and a Republican representative from the ninth Indiana district in the 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th congresses, 1897-1905. View full context The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IIV N Niblack, William Ellis NEWTON, William Wilberforce, clergyman, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 4, 1843; son of the Rev. Richard and Lydia (Greatorex) Newton. He left the University of Pennsylvania with other students in 1863 to serve in Landis battery in the emergency corps for the defence of the state against Lee's invasion. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1865, A.M., 1868, and at the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal church, Philadelphia, in 1868. He was ordered deacon in 1868, and ordained priest, June 19, 1869, and was assistant at the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia, during his father's absence in Europe, 1869-70. He was married, Nov. 16, 1870, to Emily Stevenson, daughter of the Rev. James Welsh Cooke, of Philadelphia, Pa. He was rector of St. Paul's, Brookline, Mass., 1870-75; of Trinity, Newark, N.J., 1875-77; of St. Paul's, Boston, Mass., 1877-81, and in 1881 became rector of St. Stephen's, Pittsfield, Mass. He was a member of the school committee while in Brookline, Mass., and held a similar office in Pittsfield, Mass., 1887-88. He organized the American congress of churches, which met at Hartford, Conn., in 1885, and at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1886. He received the degree of D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1890. He is the author of: Little and Wise (1877); New Tracts for New Times (1877); The Wicket Gate (1878); Essays of To-day (1879); The Interpreter's House (1879); The Palace Beautiful (1880); Great Heart (1881); The Voice of St. John (1881); Troublesome Children (1880); Priest and Man (1883); Summer Sermons (1885); Toyland (1885); The Vine Out of Egypt (1887); Prayers of the Ages (1887); A Father's Blessing (1888); Ragnar the Sea-King (1888); The Life of Dr. William A. Muhlenburg, D.D. (1890); The Child and the Bishop (1894); A Run Through Russia (1894); Philip McGregor (1895). His three poems in The Voice of St. John: Paradise, Tele-machus and Ragnar, were set to music in cantata form by Prof. F. J. Liddle, organist of St. Stephen's church, Pittsfield. View full context -- Jeffery G. 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