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Barnes, Mary Sheldon – Barney, Edward Mitchell

Barnes, Mary Sheldon

educator, author, was born Sept. 15, 1850, in Oswego, N. Y. In 1874 she graduated from the University of Michigan; and has filled the chair of Latin and Greek in the Oswego state normal school, and later in the Wellesley college. She is the author of Studies in General History; Studies in American History; and Teachers' Manual. was Mr.

Barnes, Phineas

engineer, born Jan. 10, 1842, in Portland, Me. He studied at the Lawrence Scientific school, Cambridge, Mass., and at the Rensselaer Polytechnic institute, Troy, N. Y.

Barnes has made a specialty of the construction of iron and steel works, and for some time has been associated with the American Iron and Steel works in Pittsburg, Pa. He is a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, to whose transactions he has frequently contributed papers of technical value.

Barnes, Sarah Isabella

poet, was born March 18, 1867, in Dexterville, Ohio; is the author of a volume of poems.

She has contributed extensively to the periodical press, and her poems have been incorporated into several standard works.

Barnes, William

educator, lawyer, was born May 26, 1824, in Pompey, N. Y.

He started life as a schoolteacher, and in 1843, in connection with his father, who was county superintendent, he successfully conducted one of the first normal schools or teachers' institutes in New York state at Baldwinsville. In 1845 he was admitted to the bar, and became noted as one of the foremost lawyers of his state at Albany.

Barnes, William Henry

railroad president, was born July 12, 1829, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1892 he has been president of the Allegheny Valley railway, and also various other railroads.

Barnett, Edward H

clergyman, journalist, was born Oct. 8, 1840, in Montgomery county, Va. He has filled various pastorates in Virginia and Georgia; has been for five years editor of the Presbyterian Quarterly of Richmond, Va., and is the author of a work entitled Life's Golden Lamp. of

Barnett, Orville Marion

lawyer, state legislator, was born Aug. 14, 1870, in Knox county, Mo. He is a successful lawyer of Sedalia, Mo., and in 1897 was elected a member of the Missouri state legislature.

Barnett, Mrs. Rachel Price

educator, poet, was born March 30, 1837, in Freeport, Ohio. For nearly ten years she taught school in Ohio and Iowa, and is now a writer and poet of Dexter, Iowa.

Barnett, Samuel

journalist, author, was born March 6, 1824, in Washington, Ga. He was president of the Washington bank; in 1871 was commissioner, and in 1872 was secretary of the Georgia State Agricultural society. He was editor of the Chronicle, and author of Interest Table; Buckle's Outline View of Georgia; and many other works.

Barnett, William

congressman.

He was elected a representative in congress from Georgia from 1812 to 1815, when he was appointed one of the commissioners to run the Creek boundary line.

Barnett, William Allen

merchant, was born Oct. 8, 1822, near Hamilton, Ohio. He has attained success as a merchant miller. For over half a century he was proprietor of the same mills.

Barney, Edward Mitchell

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 28, 1811, in Lynn, Mass. He was educated at the Harvard college and Tufts Divinity school and received the degree of B. D. from the latter institution. He has filled a pastorate in the First Universalist church of Marion, Mass., and now fills a pastorate in the First Universalist church of Beverly, one of the largest churches in his denomination.