The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . kiomen Bridge. She isa woman of culture and refinement, and nobly as-sisted her husband in the good works that were cutshort by his untimely death. She has since devotedherselfto t
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . kiomen Bridge. She isa woman of culture and refinement, and nobly as-sisted her husband in the good works that were cutshort by his untimely death. She has since devotedherselfto the forwarding of the plans he had formedfor the education and development of his Belden was a member of the G. A. R., and onAug. 2, 1881, was made surgeon of the 8th regiment,O. Jv. G. He was also a member of the SummitCo. Medical and Surgical Society, of the MedicalAssociation of Northeastern Ohio, of the State Med-ical Society of Ohio, and of the American NationalAssociation. He was a skillful surgeon and physi-cian, a cultivated and true gentleman, whose lifehad been a busy one, and gave promise of a brilliantfuture. His death occurred on Dec. 20, 1890. FOX, Robert Claybrook, educator, was bornin King and Queen county, Va., Dec. 13, 1834, of anold and well-known family. He spent his earlyyears in his native county—a part of Virginia notedfor culture, refinement and piety—and in en-. tered the University of Virginia, and in this famousinstitution he studied with such success for twoyears that in 1855 he was elected tutor in Greek andLatin in the Columbian College. This position hefilled most ably, but possessing a taste for businesshe resigned in 1857. In 1861 he was appointedcashier of the American Telegraph Company in thecity of Washington, and he held this place until1866, when he entered the real, estate business. In1881 Fox was chosen secretary and treasurer of theColumbian University, and secretary and auditor ofthe Columbia Institution for the
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