Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . d from Kentucky to Washington county, Ind.,and. as agenl for the county, surveyed, plotted,and sold the lots in Salem. He was by professionan attorney-at-law, became a judge, and was alsoa genera] of militia, — His son, Washing-tonCharles, manufacturer, b. in Salem, Ind., 4 Jan.,!: d. in Chicago, III., 5 May, 1887, by the deathof his father was thrown entirely on his own re-sources at the ageof sixteen. When nineteen yearsof age he entered the office of the county clerk,and became subsequently clerk of circuit, probate,and common pleas courts, resi
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . d from Kentucky to Washington county, Ind.,and. as agenl for the county, surveyed, plotted,and sold the lots in Salem. He was by professionan attorney-at-law, became a judge, and was alsoa genera] of militia, — His son, Washing-tonCharles, manufacturer, b. in Salem, Ind., 4 Jan.,!: d. in Chicago, III., 5 May, 1887, by the deathof his father was thrown entirely on his own re-sources at the ageof sixteen. When nineteen yearsof age he entered the office of the county clerk,and became subsequently clerk of circuit, probate,and common pleas courts, resigning in February,1856. Ee afterward engaged in milling, and dealtextensively in grain. Be d. clined the nominationsfor lieutenant-governor and governor of ten years study, and the expenditure of$ Mr. De Pauw succeeded in making plate-glass equal to any in the world, and thereafterengaged in its manufacture in New Albany. became wealthy, and used his means freely toenlarge the city of New Albany. He established. CwlajuommM* &e4i6M/; 6 and largely endowed De Pauw university, Green-cast le, Ind., to which he also bequeathed $1,500,000,De Pauw female college, at New Albany, and alsoexpended large sums in building churches and en-dowing benevolent institutions throughout Indianaand the adjoining states. He gave largely for thesupport of superannuated clergymen of the Meth-odist church. During the last ten years of his lifehis benefactions amounted to more than $500,, Chauncey Mitchell, lawyer, b. inPeekskill, N. Y., 23 April, 1834. He is of FrenchHuguenot descent, and was born in the old home-stead that has been in the possession of his familyfor over 200 years. He was graduated at Yale in1856. studied law, was admitted to the bar, and be-gan his active work at an exciting period in ourpolitical life. Heserved in the NewYork assembly in1861-2, and dur-ing the second ses-sion was chairmanof the ways andmeans committee,and also acted asspeaker
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