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Barr, John W

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 17, 1826, in Versailles, Ky. In 1847 he commenced the practice of law at Versailles, Ky., and soon afterward removed to Louisville, where he continued to practice his profession until 1880, when he was appointed United States district judge for the district of Kentucky.

Barr, Samuel F

journalist, congressman, was born June 15, 1829, in Ireland. He emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1831; received a common-school education; engaged in railroad and commercial pursuits; was editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph from 1873 to 1878, and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses.

Barr, Thomas C

capitalist, was born Feb. 2, 1858, in Wellsboro, Pa. He has been president of several railway companies, and has also organized and put in operation the omnibus general of Philadelphia. He was elected president of the New Jersey Traction company in 1893.

Barr, Thomas J

state senator, congressman, was born in 1812 in New York city. In 1853 he was elected a member of the New York state senate, and was elected a representative in congress from New York to the thirty-fifth and thirtysixth congresses.

Barras, Charles M

actor, author, was born in 1826. He was the author of a well-known spectacular play called The Black Crook, from which he derived a large income. His eccentric character and unconscious drollery made him popular. He died March 31, 1873, in Cos Cobb, Conn.

Barrere, Granville

lawyer, congressman, was born in Highland county, Ohio. He commenced practicing law in Illinois in 1856, and was elected to the forty-third congress.

Barret, John Henry

merchant, was born in 1835, in Henderson, Ky. His firm is known under the style of Jno. H.

Barret and Co., and they retain, both in America and in Europe, the extensive and influential prestige which was once the high and peculiar distinction of the original house in the Kentucky tobacco market.

Barrett, Benjamin Fisk

clergyman, author, was born June 24, 1808, in Dresden, Maine. He is a Swedenborgian clergyman of Philadelphia who wrote extensively in behalf of his faith. Among his many books are A Life of Swedenborg; The New View of Hell; Swedenborg and Channing; Heaven Revealed; and a Popular Presentation of Swedenborg's Disclosures about Heaven. He died in 1892.

Barrett, Edward

naval officer, was born in 1828, in Louisiana. In 1864-65 he commanded the monitor Catskill, and captured the Deer, the only blockade-runner captured by a monitor. He was in the first expedition that ascended the Yangtse-Kiang river as far as Hangkow, and took the first man-of-war through the Eads jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi. He died in March, 1880.

Barrett, George Hooker

actor, was born Jan. 9, 1794, in England. He made his debut as an adult as Belcaur in The West Indian at the Parke theater, New York, in 1822, and at once became one of the favorite actors of the day.

Barrett, J. Richard

congressman, was born in Kentucky. Removing to Missouri he was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-sixth congress.

Barrett, Lawrence

actor, was born April 4, 1838, in Paterson, N. J. His first appearance was in 1853. On the outbreak of the civil war in 1861, Mr. Barrett accepted a captaincy in the twentyeighth Massachusetts infantry and served with distinction. Afterward he acted at Philadelphia, at Washington, and then at the Winter Garden in New York, where he was engaged by Mr. Booth to play Othello to his lago. He died March 20, 1891, in New York city. of