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Bancroft, Aaron – Bankard, Henry Nicholas

Bancroft, Aaron

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 10, 1755, in Reading, Pa. He was a unitarian clergyman of Worcester, Mass., in 1785-1839, and was prominent in the earlier days of the unitarian movement as a writer in its behalf. He was the author of Sermons on the Doctrines of the Gospel; and A Life of Washington. He died Aug. 19, 1839, in Worcester, Mass.

Bancroft, Lucius W

educator, clergyman, was born Aug. 27, 1827, in Worcester, Mass. In 1862 he was professor of divinity in Kenyon college, Gambier, Ohio; for five years professor in the divinity school of Philadelphia, Pa.; and has filled pastorates in the episcopal churches of South Brooklyn, N. Y.

Banes, Charles H

soldier, author, was born Oct. 24, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He served through the civil war, and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1864. He is the author of a volume entitled History of the Philadelphia Brigade.

Bangs, Francis C

actor, was born in October, 1837, in Virginia. His first appearance on the stage was in November, 1852, in the Old National theater, Washington, D. C.

Bangs, Francis Nehemiah

lawyer, was born Feb. 23, 1828, in New York city. He was one of the original members of the Bar association of New York, and was its president in 1882 and 1883. He was one of the originators of the Union League club in New York city. He died Nov. 30, 1885, in Ocala, Fla.

Bangs, John Kendrick

journalist, author, was born in 1862 in New York. He is a humorous writer of Yonkers, N. Y., and one of the founders of Life. He is the author of Three Weeks in Politics; Coffee and Repartee; The Idiot; The Water Ghost; Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica; A House Boat on the Styx; The Bicyclers and Other Farces; Toppleton's Client; and A Rebellious Heroine.

Bangs, Nathan

clergyman, author, was born May 2, 1778, in Stratford, Conn.

He was an active methodist theologian and controversialist, very prominent in the literary history of his church and a most prolific writer. Among his works are comprised History of the Methodist Episcopal Church to 1840; Errors of Hopkinsianism; Life of Arminius; Letters to a Young Preacher; Letters on Sanctification; and Methodist Episcopacy. He died May 3, 1862, in New York city.

Banigan, Joseph

manufacturer, was born June 7, 1839, in Ireland. He organized The Woonsocket Rubber company in 1866, and has ever since been its president and general manager, making his home in Providence, R. I.

Banister, John

congressman. He was a delegate from Virginia to the continental congress from 1778 to 1779, and signed the articles of confederation.

Banister, John

botanist, author, was born in 16- in England. He was a Virginia botanist who assisted the English naturalist, John Ray, and was the author of Observations on the Natural Productions of Jamaica; Insects of Virginia; Curiosities of Virginia; The Unseen Lupus; and The Pistolochia, or Serpentaria Virginiana. The genus Banisteria was named in his honor. He died in 1692 in Virginia.

Banister, John

soldier, legislator, was born in Virginia. He was a member of the state assembly, and of the continental congress from 1778 to 1779. In 1781, as lieutenant-colonel of Virginia cavalry, he took an active part in repelling the British from his state. He died 1787 in Hatchers Run, Va.

Bankard, Henry Nicholas

business man, was born Dec. 23, 1834, in Baltimore, Md. He published a paper which was strongly commended for its breadth of view and its force of statement. was one of the founders of the real estate exchange of Baltimore, and is also director of the Taxpayer association.

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