horticulturistBorn: 1860Birthplace: Canton, China Lue Gim Gong emigrated from China to San Francisco as a boy of 12. When he was 16 he moved to Massachusetts, where he took a job in a shoe factory…
ABERNETHY, Charles Laban, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Rutherford College, Burke County, N.C., March 18, 1872; attended the public schools, Mount Olive (N.C.) High School, and…
AKIN, Theron, a Representative from New York; born in Johnstown, Fulton County, N.Y., May 23, 1855; attended the common schools of Amsterdam, N.Y., and also was privately tutored at home;…
INGERSOLL, Ralph Isaacs, (father of Colin Macrae Ingersoll), a Representative from Connecticut; born in New Haven, Conn., February 8, 1789; pursued classical studies, and was graduated from…
JETT, Thomas Marion, a Representative from Illinois; born near Greenville, Bond County, Ill., May 1, 1862; attended the common schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Ind…
JOHNSTON, Rowland Louis, a Representative from Missouri; born in Louisiana, Pike County, Mo., April 23, 1872; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1894 and…
JONES, John Sills, a Representative from Ohio; born near St. Paris, Champaign County, Ohio, February 12, 1836; attended the public schools; was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University,…
LAFORE, John Armand, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bala, Montgomery County, Pa., May 25, 1905; attended the Montgomery County schools; student at Swarthmore College in 1923…
SEERLEY, John Joseph, a Representative from Iowa; born on a farm near Toulon, Stark County, Ill., March 13, 1852; in 1854 moved to Iowa with his parents, who settled on a farm in Keokuk County…
SHACKLEFORD, Dorsey William, a Representative from Missouri; born near Sweet Springs, Saline County, Mo., August 27, 1853; attended the public schools and William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo…
