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Barnes, Alanson H

lawyer, jurist, was born in New York. He removed to Wisconsin and practiced law, and in 1873 was appointed United States associate jusassociate justice for the territory of Dakota.

Barnes, Alfred C

was born Oct. 27, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected colonel of the thirteenth regiment in 1884, and in 1886 retired from military service. He founded the Astor Place bank, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and in 1891 became its president. He planned and supervised Barnes' Brief History of America.

Barnes, Amos

hotel proprietor, was born Aug. 15, 1828, in East Lebanon, N. H. He established the firm of Barnes and Dunkle in 1879, and leased the Hotel Brunswick in the famous Back Bay district of Boston. The Brunswick is now known as one of the finest and most successful hotels in America.

Barnes, Annie Maria

editor, author, was born May 28, 1857, in Columbia, S. C. For many years she edited and published a juvenile paper, and is the author of Some Lowly Lives; The Life of David Livingston; Scenes in Pioneer Methodism; The Children of the Kalahari; The House of Grass; and The Atlanta Ferryman. can

Barnes, Catharine Weed

artist, was born Jan. 10, 1851, in Albany, N. Y.

She is one of the editors of the Ameri- Amateur Photographer, besides writing for other magazines on camera work. She built a fine portrait studio at Albany, N. Y., containing a laboratory and printing room.

Barnes, Edwin H

poet, was born May 13, 1849, in Marathon, N. Y. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled A Wild Bouquet, which contains many rare gems of verse. He is engaged in business in his native city, where he filled the office of postmaster for eleven years.

Barnes, Jacob B

journalist, was born July 11, 1839, in Freeport, Ill. He is the editor and owner of the Peoria Journal, one of the leading newspapers of the west.

Barnes, James

author, was born in 1865 in Maryland. He is the author of For King or Country, a Story of the Revolution; Admiral Farragut; Naval Actions of the War of 1812; and A Princetonian.

Barnes, John A

lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born Jan. 3, 1859, in Marion county, Ky. He has been master in chancery for Clay county, Ill., and is a successful lawyer of Louisville. In 1897 he became a member of the Illinois state legislature.

Barnes, Joseph K

physician, surgeon, was born July 21, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was present at the deathbed of Lincoln, attended Secretary Seward when he was wounded by the knife of a confederate assassin, and attended Mr. Garfield through his long confinement. He was a trustee of Peabody educational fund, a commissioner for the soldiers' home, and the custodian of other important public trusts. He died April 5, 1883, in Washington, D. C.

Barnes, Lemuel Call

clergyman, was born Nov. 6, 1854, in Kirtland, Ohio.

He is a prominent clergyman of the baptist church, and is now pastor of the Fourth Avenue church, of Pittsburg, Pa.

Barnes, Lyman E

lawyer, congressman, was born June 30, 1855, in Weyauwega, Wis. He began the practice of law in Appleton in 1876; was district attorney of Outagamie county, and as a democrat was elected to the fifty-third congress.