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Bagby, George William

journalist, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 13, 1828, in Buckingham county, Va. He was a Virginia journalist and lecturer and of some note as a humorist. He was the author of John M. Daniel's Latin Key; What I Did with My Fifty Millions; and Meekins's Twinses. He died Nov. 29, 1883, in Richmond, Va.

Bagby, John C

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 24, 1819, in Glasgow, Ky.

He was educated at Bacon college; studied law, and went to the bar in 1846. In that year he removed to Rushville, Ill., where he practiced his profession. In 1874, without seeking the nomination, he was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-fourth congress.

Bagg, Clara B

pianist, was born Sept. 26, 1861, in New York city.. The last of her instructors was Rafael Joseffy, from whom she acquired technical skill, force, and delicacy. She has appeared with success in concerts in Brooklyn and New York city.

Bagley, George A

manufacturer, congressman, was born July 22, 1826, in Watertown, N. Y. He received an academic education; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1847; and practiced for six years, when he engaged in the manufacture of iron and machinery. He was elected to the forty-fourth and fortyfifth congresses.

Bagley, John Judson

manufacturer, governor, was born July 24, 1832, in Medina, N. Y. In 1872 he was elected governor of the state of Michigan; and re-elected in 1874. He died July 27, 1881 in San Francisco, Cal.

Bailey, Anna Warner

known as Mother Bailey, patriot, was born Oct. 11, 1758, in Groton, Conn. She was the wife of Capt. Elijah Bailey, of Groton. She witnessed the massacre at Fort Griswold in 1781. In 1813, when the British threatened to attack New London, Mother Bailey rendered great aid to its defenders by tearing up flannel garments for cartridges.

She died in 1850 in Groton, Conn.

Bailey, Charles Martin

manufacturer, banker, was born Oct. 24, 1820, in Winthrop, Maine. He began the manufacture of oil-cloth carpets in Winthrop, Maine. Depots are now maintained in New York city and Philadelphia, unaer the style of The C. M. Bailey's Sons Co.

He is president of the Bank of Winthrop and the Maine Steamship company.

Bailey, David J

congressman, was born in Georgia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1855.

Bailey, Ebenezer

educator, was born June 25, 1795, in West Newbury, Mass. In 1838 he established a boys' school at Roxbury, which in 1839 was moved to Lynn. He was at various times a member of the city council of Boston, director of the Home of Reform, president of the Boston Lyceum, and director of the Boston Mechanics' institute. He died Aug. 25, 1839, in Lynn, Mass.

Bailey, Ellene Alice

inventor, was born in Pond Fort, Mo. One of her principal inventions is the Dart needle, for sewing on shoe and other buttons.

Her numerous inventions have proved not only useful and practical, but of commercial importance.

Bailey, Ezra B

financier, state senator, was born March 29, 1841, in Franklin, Conn. He resumed control of the E. H. Horton and Son Co. in 1880; since that time has been its general manager; and is now president and treasurer. In 1890 he was appointed United States collector of customs to the port of Hartford. He served in the state senate in 1887.

Bailey, George Howard

lawyer, was born Feb. 1, 1867, in Washington county, Ohio. In 1894 he graduated from the Michigan university, and has since attained prominence as an able lawyer of Red Lodge, Mont.