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Beardsley, Arthur

engineer, was born Nov. 1, 1843, in Esopus, N. Y. During 1867-68 he was assistant engineer at the Hoosac tunnel, Mass., and from 1863 till 1872 professor of civil engineering and industrial mechanics at the university of Minnesota. In 1872 he became professor of civil and mechanical engineering in Swarthmore college, where he organized a manual training department, of which he is director.

Beardsley, Charles

physician, journalist, state senator, was born Feb. 18, 1830, in Knox county, Ohio. He practiced medicine at Oskaloosa, Iowa, until 1861; was editor of the Herald of that place from 1858 to 1865; and of the Burlington Hawkeye from 1865 to 1874. He was a member of the state senate in 1870, 1872, and 1873; and in 1879 was appointed fourth auditor of the treasury at Washington.

Beardsley, Eben Edwards

clergyman, author, was born in 1808 in Stepney, Conn. He is an episcopal clergyman of New Haven; and the author of History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut; Lives of Samuel Johnson, the First President of King's College, New York, William Samuel Johnson, president of Columbia College; and Samuel Seabury, Bishop of Connecticut. He died in 1891.

Beardsley, Hosea L

soldier, clergyman, was born June 11, 1838, in Delaware county, N. Y. He served with distinction during the civil war; first in the eighteenth regiment, Iowa volunteer infantry, and was promoted to first lieutenant of the second regiment, Arkansas infantry. Since 1866 he has been clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church; and since 1885 has been pastor of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church of Denver, Colo.

Beardsley, Isaac H

clergyman, author, was born Oct. 1, 1831, in North Harpersfield, N. Y. For nearly fifty years he has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church; and has filled pastorates in New York, Ohio, and for the past thirty years in Colorado. During the civil war he was a chaplain in the Union army. He is the author of Echoes from Peak and Plain; and a Genealogical History of the Beardsley family.

Beardsley, Morris Beach

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Aug. 13, 1849, in Trumbull, Conn. He graduated from Yale university and Columbia college law school, and has been judge of the Bridgeport probate court for sixteen years; and member of the general assembly of Connecticut since 1893.

Beardsley, Nelson

manufacturer, bank president, was born May 30, 1807, in Southbury, Conn. In 1848 he became one of the incorporators of the Oswego Starch factory, and in 1883 its president, and held the office for the rest of his life. He gained a fortune of seven mil-eral assemblies of Ohio.

Beatty, Harry L

lawyer, state legislator, was born April 4, 1865, in Ravenna, Ohio. He is a successful lawyer of Ravenna; has filled numerous public offices; and served as a member of the seventy-second and seventy-third genlions. He died Jan. 15, 1894, in Auburn, N. Y.

Beaseley, Nathaniel

pioneer, state senator, was born in 1751. He was a large and powerful man; a noted Indian fighter, and performed valuable services in the St. Clair and Wayne campaigns. He afterward settled in Chillicothe, Ohio; was a member of the general assembly in 1819-20 from Adams county, and senator from Brown in 1820-22. He was also canal commissioner and majorgeneral of militia. He died March 27, 1835, in Knox county, Ohio.

Beasley, Frederick

clergyman, author, was born in 1777, near Edenton, N. C. He was an episcopal clergyman who was provost of the university of Pennsylvania. He was the author of An Examination of the Oxford Divinity; Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind; and Reply to Dr. Channing. He died Nov. 2, 1845, in Elizabethtown, N. J.