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Beekman, Henry Rutgers – Belcher, Hiram

Beekman, Henry Rutgers

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 8, 1845, in New York city. Previous to his election as judge of the superior court, he was a member of the law firm of Ogden and Beekman. In 1886 he was elected president of the board of aldermen, for which office he was nominated by the united democracy. In 1888 he was appointed counsel to the corporation of the city of New York.

Beekman, James William

state senator, was born Nov. 22, 1815, in New York city, N. Y. He was chosen state senator of New York in 1850, and served two terms. In 1861 he, with Erastus Corning and Thurlow Weed, was appointed by a meeting of conservative men in New York to go to Washington and urge President Buchanan to relieve Fort Sumter. He died June 15, 1877, in New York city, N. Y.

Beekman, Thomas

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from New York from 1829 to 1831.

Beeman, Joseph H

business man, legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 17, 1835, in Gates county, N. C. He received an academic education; and was elected to the legislature from Scott county, Miss., in 1883, 1885, 1887, and 1889. He has been connected with the Farmers' Alliance since its organization in the state, having served during this time as chairman of the state executive committee. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.

Beers, Cyrus

congressman. In 1838 he was elected a representative from New York to the twenty-fifth congress to fill a vacancy.

Beers, Mrs. Ethelinda

author, poet, was born Jan. 13, 1827, in Goshen, N. J. She was the author of General Frankie, a juvenile tale; and All Quiet Along the Potomac, and other poems. She died Oct. 10, 1879, in Orange, N. J.

Beers, Henry Augustin

educator, author, was born July 2, 1847, in Buffalo, N. Y. He is a professor of English literature at Yale university; and the author of The Ways of Yale; A Suburban Pastoral and Other Stories: From Chaucer to Tennyson; Life of N. P. Willis; Outline Sketch of English Literature; Initial Studies in American Letters. Verse:

Odds and Ends; and The Thankless Muse.

Beers, Robert Welsted

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 3, 1860, in Easton, Pa. He graduated from Lafayette college in 1880, and entered Princeton seminary in 1882. He is a successful clergyman and the author of Mormon Puzzle.

Beers, Wayland L

clergyman, was born Dec. 15, 1867, in Montana, N. J.

He graduated from the Peddie institute in 1890; from the Brown university in 1895; and subsequently from the Union seminary and Columbia university. He has attained success as a unitarian clergyman, and now fills a pastorate in Union Springs, N. Y.

Beeson, Henry W

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1841 to 1843.

Beeson, John Wesley

educator, college president, was born March 31, 1866, in Keener, Ala. This eminent educator received his education at the university of Alabama. He became president of the Arcadia college of Louisiana, and subsequently was made president of the Marengo Female college of Demopolis, Ala.

Belcher, Hiram

lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born in Augusta, Maine.

For four or five years he was a member of the Maine legislature; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1848. He died May 7, 1857.