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Baart, P. A

priest, was born in 1858 in Coldwater, Mich. In 1881 he was ordained to the priesthood; and in 1890 was appointed one of the four irremovable rectors of the Detroit diocese, and also chosen one of the examiners of the clergy.

Babb, Washington I

lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 2, 1844, in Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from the Wesleyan university. He was elected a member of the Iowa state legislature; has served as district judge of the second judicial district; and was the democratic candidate for governor of Iowa in 1895.

Babbitt, B. T

manufacturer, was born in 1809, in Westmoreland, N. Y. He discovered a new process for making saleratus at a great saving of cost, and in a few years acquired control of the trade of the whole country. He also manufactured soda and potash. In 1858 he began the manufacture of soap, from which he amassed a fortune. He died Oct. 20, 1889, in New York.

Babbitt, Edwin B

soldier, was born about 1802 in Connecticut. He was brevetted brigadier-general for his services on March 13, 1865. He died Dec. 10, 1881, in Fortress Monroe.

Babbitt, Elijah

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1796 in Providence, R. I. He was prosecuting attorney for the state in 1833; served in the state legislature in 1836 and 1837; was a state senator in 1844 and 1845; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirtysixth and thirty-seventh congresses.

Babbitt, Isaac

inventor, was born July 26, 1799, in Taunton, Mass. In 1839, he discovered the now well-known antifriction metal that bears his name and is so extensively used in lining boxes for axles and gudgeons. For this invention he received in 1841 a gold medal from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' association, and afterward congress granted him $20,000. He was also engaged in the manufacture of soap. He died May 26, 1862, in Somerville, Mass.

Babcock, Alfred

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1841 to 1843.

Babcock, Charles A

naval officer, was born June 12, 1833, in New York city.

While co-operating with the army on the James, York and Pamunkey rivers, he defeated the confederates in several actions. He was afterward attached to the Pensacola navy yard, and in 1868-69 commanded the steamer Nyack of the South Pacific squadron. He died June 29, 1876, in New Orleans, La.

Babcock, Elnora Monroe

Woman suffragist, was born Jan. 11, 1852, in Columbus, Pa. In 1870 she was married to Prof. John W. Babcock of Jamestown, N. Y., and now superintendent of public schools in Dunkirk. She became president of the Dunkirk club; was elected president of the Chautauqua County Political Equality club, of which she still holds the presidency. In 1891 she had the honor of presiding over the first woman suffrage meeting ever held at the great Chautauqua assembly.

Babcock, George Herman

inventor, engineer, manufacturer, philanthropist, was born Jan. 17, 1832. The Babcock and Wilcox boilers have been the most extensively built and sold of all devices of this nature. Large works for their production have been built in Elizabeth, N. J. Works have been established in the city of Glasgow, from which the markets of the world are supplied. He died Dec. 20, 1894, near Otsego, N. Y.

Babcock, Helen Louise B

educator, elocutionist, was born Aug. 13, 1867, in Galva, Ill. She graduated from the Cumnock School of Oratory of the Northwestern university, and subsequently became an instructor in that institution. She then taught elocution in the Mount Vernon seminary of Washington, D. C.; and has attained prominence as a dramatic reader. In 1891 she was married to Dr. F. C. Babcock, a successful physician of Hastings, Neb.