Prof. Charles F. Himes, Ph.D. and Mary Elizabeth Murray

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Husband Prof. Charles F. Himes, Ph.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 Jun 1838 - Lancaster Co, PA 3
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       Marriage: 2 Jan 1868 1 3

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Wife Mary Elizabeth Murray ^{2 3}

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           Born: 11 Feb 1848 1 3
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         Father: Rev. Joseph Alexander Murray, D.D. (1815-1889) 4 5 6
         Mother: Ann Hays Blair (1819-1875) 1 2 4

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Children

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1 U [Infant] Himes ³

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2 U [Infant] Himes ³

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3 F Mary Murray Himes ³

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4 F Anna Magdalene Himes ³

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General Notes: Husband - Prof. Charles F. Himes, Ph.D.

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He graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1855; was a teacher until 1860; professor of mathematics in Troy University from 1860 to 1863; from 1863 to 1865 engaged in scientific studies at the University of Giessen, Germany, and in that year entered the position of professor of natural science in his alma mater, but later that of physics, and was the senior professor in the college. As a scientist he deservedly held a front and honorable rank, and made frequent contributions of a scientific and educational character, among them, "Leaf Prints," "The Steroscope," "Wills' Table for Qualitative Chemical Analysis, Translated and Enlarged," "Bunsen's Flame Reactions," "Methods and Results of the Observation of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1869," "Photographic Investigations, including Improved Photographic Toning Process," "Preparation of Photographic Plates by Daylight," "Actinism," and articles in the Annual Record of Science and Industry, from 1873 to 1877, &c.; in 1879 he published "Historical Sketch of Dickinson College."

1 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 389.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 154.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 601.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 591.

5 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 388.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 35, 152.