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Bard, David – Barker, Josiah

Bard, David

congressman, was a graduate of Princeton college in 1773.

He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1795 to 1799, and again from 1803 to 1815. He died in 1815, in Virginia.

Bard, John

founder of St. Stephen's college, was born June 2, 1819, in Hyde Park, N. Y. He was the founder of St.

Stephen's college, at Annandale, N. Y., a diocesan training-school for students for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church, preparatory to entrance in the general theological seminary in New York city.

Bard, William

was born in October, 1777, in New York. He was a pioneer in life insurance in the United States, and for twelve years from its foundation in 1830 the president of the New York Life Insurance and Trust company. He died Oct. 17, 1853.

Barger, Samuel F

lawyer, financier, was born Oct. 19, 1832, in New York city. He is a director of the Central Railroad company; Harlem road; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern; the Chicago and Northwestern Union Telegraph company; and many other business corporations. He was one of the founders of the Manhattan club, and also of the Casino and Reading room at Newport.

Barghoorn, Charles D

lawyer, was born Jan. 1, 1860, in Holland. During 1883-87 he served as a school trustee; during 1884-86 was a justice of the peace; and since 1892 has been prosecuting attorney in Luther, Mich. Since 1885 he has been in the active practice of law, in which he has been eminently successful.

Barham, John A

educator, lawyer, congressman, was born July 17, 1844, in Missouri. He removed with his parents to California in 1849, and was educated in the common schools and at the Hesperian college, in Woodland, Cal. He taught in the public schools of California for three years; studied law and was admitted to practice in 1868, and has practiced his profession since. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fiftyfifth congress.

Baright, Marie Louise

educator, elocutionist, was born Aug. 12, 1864, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. She received her education in Cook's Collegiate institute of her native city; subsequently attending the Boston university, and the School of Expression of Boston, Mass.; and finally studied in the Chicago university.

She has been professor of Elocution and English Literature in the State Normal schools of West Chester, Pa.; and filled the same chair in the university of Oregon.

Barker, Abraham A

merchant, congressman, was born March 30, 1816, in Lovell, Maine. Mr. Barker was a delegate to the Chicago convention of 1860; and in 1864 was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-ninth congress.

Barker, David

lawyer, congressman, was a lawyer by profession. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1827 to 1829. He died April 1, 1834, in Rochester, N. H.

Barker, James Nelson

author, poet, was born June 17, 1784, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia poet and playwright, and was comptroller of the United States treasury in 1838-50.

His dramas include Marmion; The Indian Princess; Superstition; and Smiles and Tears. He died March 9, 1858, in Washington, D. C.

Barker, Joseph

clergyman, congressman. He commenced his classical studies at Harvard university, and graduated at Yale college in 1771. He was an ordained preacher of the gospel; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1805 to 1809. He died in 1815.

Barker, Josiah

shipbuilder, was born Nov. 16, 1763, in Marshfield, Mass.

He was United States naval constructor about 1810, and built the Virginia in 1818, the Warren in 1826, the Cumberland in 1842, and other men-of-war. He also rebuilt the Constitution in 1834, and furnished the plans for the Portsmouth. He died Sept. 23, 1843, in Charlestown, Mass.