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Balbach, Leopold

metallurgist, was born March 17, 1847, in Germany. He founded and incorporated the Omaha Smelting and Refining company of Omaha, Neb.; also established similar works at Chicago, Ill., and at Denver, Colo. For some past years he has been an extensive mine operator.

Balch, Alfred

jurist. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Florida, and in 1840 was appointed one of the United States judges for that territory.

Balch, George Beall

naval officer, was born Jan. 3, 1821, in Tennessee.

He served in the Mexican war, and in 1850 was commissioned lieutenant. In 1861 he enlisted in the United States navy to serve in the civil war, and attained the rank of rear admiral. From 1879-'81 he was superintendent of the naval academy at Annapolis, Md.

Balch, William Stevens

clergyman, author. He was born in 1806 in Vermont. He was a universalist clergyman, long resident at Elgin, Ill.; and author of Lectures on Language; Grammar of the English Language; Ireland as I Saw It; and A Peculiar People. He died in 1887.

Baldridge, William M

lawyer, legislator, was born March 13, 1863, in Saline County, Ark. He graduated from the Little Rock university, and from the law department of the Vanderbilt university. He has attained success as an eminent lawyer of his native state at Benton, and served as a representative in the Arkansas state legislature in 1893 and again in 1897.

Baldwin, Abel Seymour

physician, state legislator, was born March 19, 1811, in Fulton, N. Y. He was the first president of the Florida, Atlantic and Gulf railroad; in 1852 was elected to the Florida legislature; in 1859 was a state senator, and in 1863 was made medical director of Florida and Georgia.

Baldwin, Albert

merchant, manufacturer, financier, was born in 1834 in Watertown, Mass. He is now president of the hardware corporation of A. Baldwin and Co. of New Orleans, La., and is a prominent factor in the business world.

Baldwin, Alexander W

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1835 in Alabama. He received a legal education and settled in Virginia City, Nev.; in his thirtieth year was appointed United States judge for Nevada. His father, Joseph G. Baldwin, was the author of a popular book entitled The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi, and was judge of the supreme court of California. He was killed by a railroad accident Nov. 15, 1869, at Alameda, Cal.

Baldwin, Ashbel

clergyman, was born March 7, 1757, in Litchfield, Conn.

He served as a quartermaster in the revolutionary war, and was ordained by Bishop Seabury in 1785-the first episcopal ordination in this country. He had preached about 10,000 times, baptized 3,010, married 600 couples, and assisted at the burial of about 3,000 individuals. He died Feb. & 1846, in Rochester, N. Y.

Baldwin, Charles H

naval officer, was born Sept. 3, 1822, in New York city. He entered the navy in 1839. In the war with Mexico he served on the frigate Congress, and in 1861 commanded the steamer Clifton. January, 1883, he was raised to the rank of rear admiral, and assigned to the command of the Mediterranean squadron, and in 1884 was placed on the retired list. He died Nov. 17, 1888, in New York city.

Baldwin, Daniel Pratt

lawyer, jurist, author, was born March 22, 1837, in Madison county, N. Y. He graduated from Cagmina seminary in 1852, the Colgate university in 1856, and from the Columbia Law school in 1860. He was judge of the circuit court in 1870, and attorneygeneral of Indiana in 1880. He is a platform speaker and a successful man of affairs.