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Badger, Joseph – Bagby, Arthur P

Badger, Joseph

clergyman, was born Aug. 16, 1792, in Gilmanton. He edited Palladium; and founded various churches. He died May 12, 1852, in Gilmanton.

Badger, Milton

clergyman, was born May 6, 1800, in Coventry, Conn. He was ordained in 1828 as pastor of the South Congregational church in Andover, Mass., and remained there until 1835, when he became associate secretary of the American Home Missionary society.

He was soon placed in the position of senior secretary, and for thirty-four years performed the duties of his office with great faithfulness and skill. He died March 1, 1873, in Madison, Conn.

Badger, Oscar C

naval officer, was born Aug. 12, 1823, in Windham, Conn.

He was made lieutenant-commander in 1862, and commanded the ironclads Patapsco and Montauk in the engagements with the forts and batteries in Charleston harbor in 1863. In 1872 he was made captain, and on Nov. 15, 1881, commodore. In 1885 he was placed on the retired list.

Badger, William

governor, was born Jan. 13, 1779, in Gilmanton, N. H.

He was a member of the legislature from 1810 to 1812; of the senate from 1814-16; and president of that body in 1816. He was an associate judge of the court of common pleas from 1816 to 1821; high sheriff of Stafford county, N. H., from 1822-32; and governor of the state from 1834-36. He died Sept. 21, 1852, in Gilmanton, N. H.

Badlam, Ezra

soldier, was born May 25, 1746, in Milton, Mass. He was a brother of Gen. Stephen Badlam, was a captain in Grilley's artillery regiment at the siege of Boston in 1775, was in Baldwin's regiment in 1776, was present at Trenton and Princeton, and from 1777 to 1780 was lieutenant-colonel of Bailey's regiment. He died April 5, 1788, in Dorchester, Mass.

Baer, George

congressman, was born in Frederick, Md. He was engaged in various branches of business; and was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1797 to 1801, and again from 1815 to 1817. He died in Frederick at an advanced age.

Baer, John Willis

lecturer, was born May 2, 1861, near Rochester, Minn.

He is actively engaged in Christian Endeavor work, and is the general secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, with headquarters at Boston, Mass.

Baer, Libbie C. Riley

poet, was born Nov. 18, 1849, near Bethel, Ohio.

Her poems have appeared in the leading publications, and in several standard works. She has taken an important part in the benevolent work of the Woman's Relief corps of Appleton, Wis. In 1867 she was married to Capt. John M. Baer, an officer with a gallant military record.

Baer, O. P

physician, was born Aug. 25, 1816, in Frederick, Md. In 1867, with ten other homœopathic physicians, he organized The Indiana Institute of Homeopathy, and was elected its president.

Baer, William Jacob

artist, was born Jan. 29, 1860, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1.892 he was chosen principal of freehand drawing at the newly organized New York school of applied design for women of New York city; and became instructor of drawing from antique at the Cooper Union Art schools.

Bagby, Albert Morris

author, was born in 18-. He is a writer of New York city; and the author of A Weimar Idyl, a popular musical novel.

Bagby, Arthur P

lawyer, congressman, governor, was born in 1794, in Virginia. He adopted the profession of law, and settled in Alabama in 1818; was elected a member of the legislature in 1820 and 1822, and was speaker of the house.

He was governor of Alabama from 1837 to 1843; and was a senator in congress from that state from 1842 to 1849. He died of yellow fever Sept. 21, 1858, in Mobile, Ala.