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Bedel, Timothy – Bee, Hamilton P

Bedel, Timothy

soldier, was born about 1740 in Salem, N. H. He served as a lieutenant in the French war. In 1775 he was appointed captain of rangers, and in 1776, colonel of the first New Hampshire regiment, joining the northern army under Schuyler. He died February, 1787, in Haverhill, N. H.

Bedell, Louis

lawyer, state legislator, was born Oct. 1, 1864, in Coxsackie, N. Y. He is a successful lawyer of New York city; and in 1896-97 served with distinction as a member of the New York state legislature.

Bedford, Gunning

soldier, congressman, governor, was born about 1730 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lieutenant in the French war in 1755; major in 1775; lieutenant-colonel in Hasler's regiment in 1776; was wounded at White Plains; and subsequently appointed muster-mastergeneral in 1776. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1783 to 1785; and governor of Delaware in 1796 and 1797. He died Sept. 30, 1797, in New Castle, Del.

Bedford, Gunning S

physician, author, was born in 1806, in Baltimore, Md. He was the author of Lectures on Diseases of Women and Children; Midwifery; and has translated from the French several medical works. He died Sept. 5, 1870, in New York city.

Bedford, Mrs. Lou S

poet. Her first work, A Vision and Other Poems, was published in 1881, and by permission was reproduced in London. This volume elicited many fine encomiums from such men as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Longfellow, and Paul Hayne. In 1888 appeared Gathered Leaves, a very fine collection of her later poems.

Bedinger, Henry

lawyer, diplomatist, congressman, was born in 1810 near Shepherdstown, Va. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1845 to 1849, where he was distinguished for his eloquence as a debater. In 1853 he was appointed charge d'affaires to Denmark, afterward minister resident. During his residence in Denmark he was successful in bringing about the treaty abolishing the sound dues. He died Nov. 26, 1858, in Shepherdstown, Va.

Bedle, Joseph Dorset

lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Jan. 3, 1831, in Mattawan, N. J. In 1865 he was appointed a judge of the supreme court of New Jersey, and was reappointed in 1872. In 1874 he was elected governor of New Jersey, and served three years.

Bedle, Joseph Dorsett

lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Jan. 5, 1821, in Middletown, N. J. In 1865 he was elected justice of the supreme court of New Jersey; and in 1875-78 was elected the twenty-sixth governor of New Jersey.

Bedlow, Henry

capitalist, was born Dec. 21, 1821, in New York city. In 1868 the island to which he gave his name, came to him by purchase, and there he made his home. He also served in 1848 as assistant physician of the American expedition to the Dead sea. While thoroughly a New Yorker, Mr. Bedlow long ago made Newport, R. I., his home, and held the office of mayor of that city in 1875, 1876 and 1877.

Bee, Bernard E

soldier, was born about 1823 in Charleston, S. C. He served as captain on frontier duty in Minnesota, on the Utah expedition, and in Dakota until March 3, 1861, when he resigned and entered the confederate service. He held the rank of brigadier-general, and commanded a brigade of South Carolina troops at Bull Run. He died July 21, 1861.

Bee, Hamilton P

soldier. He was a general in the confederate service during the civil war. He is a brower of Bernard C. Bee, who at Bull Run said: There is Jackson standing like a stone wall, thus giving to that officer a name that would live for all time, while he was to die that day himself.