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Bates, J. Woodson

jurist. He was an early emigrant to the southwest, and while residing at the post of Arkansas was appointed a United States judge for that territory.

Bates, James

physician, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Somerset county, Maine, from 1831 to 1833.

Bates, James W

congressman, was born in Goochland county, Va. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Arkansas from 1820 to 1823.

Bates, Joseph Clement

lawyer, author, was born in July, 1836, in Richmond, Maine. He is a successful lawyer of San Francisco, Cal. He has published a work, Forms and Use of Blanks, and a paper entitled Horace Howes's Will Case.

Bates, Joshua

educator, college president, was born March 20, 1776, in Cohasset, Mass. In 1818 he accepted the presidency of Middlebury college, Vt., which position he filled for twenty years.

He died Jan. 14, 1854, in Dudley, Mass.

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Bates, Katharine Lee

educator, author, poet, was born Aug. 12, 1859, in Falmouth, Mass. She received her dedegrees of B.A. and M.A. from the Wellesley college, in which institution she has been instructor of English literature for many years. She is the author of the Student's Series of English Classics, numerous stories, and two volumes of poems. a

Bates, William W

journalist, shipbuilder, was born in 1827, in Calais, Maine. From 1854-59 he helped to conduct The Nautical Magazine and Naval Journal; in 1875 he took part in a council of shipbuilders to improve their rules; in 1881 he built a large dry dock at Portland, Maine; and in 1889 was elected commissioner of navigation. He is now engaged on an elaborate work entitled The Shipping Question Investigation.

Bateson, John C

physician, lecturer, was born July 25, 1854, in Iowa. He graduated from the University of New York, and has attained eminence as a great physician and surgeon. He was the founder of the organization known as the United Christians; and has lectured extensively on Christian union hygiene.

He has been health officer of Scranton, Pa., where he has filled many public positions of trust.

Battels, S. M. E

philanthropist, was born Nov. 17, 1839, in Hudson, Ohio.

She was a prominent worker member of the first Ohio Soldiers' Aid society; and was for three years president of the Woman's Relief corps of Ohio. She has done inspective work through the state, soliciting, purchasing and distributing sanitary and hospital supplies to the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' home.

Batten, John M

physician, was born April 19, 1837, in East Brandywine, Pa. He graduated from the medical college department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1864, and prior to graduating was a medical cadet in the army hospital at Philadelphia. In 1864 he was appointed acting assistant surgeon in the United States navy, and served at different times on the United States steamers Princeton and Valley City.

Batterman, Henry

merchant, banker, was born Nov. 5, 1849, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He employs 500 clerks, and conducts the most important trade in the eastern district of Brooklyn. He is president of The Broadway bank of Brooklyn.

Batterson, James Goodwin

insurance president, was born Feb. 23, 1823, in Bloomfield, Conn. He owns and operates extensive granite quarries at Westerly, R. I., and Concord, N. H. He has been the moving and controlling force in the management of the Travelers Insurance company since its inception in 1863. sur-