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Bendix, John E

soldier, business man, was born Aug. 28, 1818. He participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and the Wilderness, besides the engagements of the intervening campaigns. He was promoted brigadier-general in 1865. He died Oct. 8, 1877, in New York city, N. Y.

Benedict, Asa G

educator, was born Aug. 11, 1848, in Lysander, N. Y.

He was principal of the Free academy of Rome, N. Y.; and was for three years president of the Y. M. C. A. In 1880 he came to Clinton, N. Y., as principal of the Houghton seminary, which he has since managed with ability and success.

Benedict, Charles B

lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 7, 1828, in Attica, N. Y. He received an academic education; studied law; was admitted to practice in 1856; engaged in the banking business at Attica in 1860, and continued therein. He was a member of the democratic state committee in 1875; a presidential elector in 1876; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fifth congress.

Benedict, Charles L

lawyer, jurist. He practiced the profession of the law in Brooklyn; was a representative in the New York legislature in 1863; in 1865 was appointed United States district judge for the eastern district of New York; and in 1881 was tendered the appointment of associate justice of the court of appeals of New York state.

Benedict, Henry Harper

manufacturer, was born in 1801. In 1882, having been admitted to membership in the firm of Wyckoff, Seamans and Benedict, he removed to New York city to engage in the sale of Remington typewriters. In 1886 the firm purchased the entire typewriter plant of the Remingtons, including all rights and franchises, and have since conducted the manufacture as well as the sale of the machine, attaining a remarkable success.

Benedict, Kirby

jurist, was born in Connecticut. In 1853 he was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of New Mexico.

Benedict, Le Grand

soldier, was. born April 10, 1802, in Troy, N. Y. He enlisted in the second New York volunteers, and in 1826 was made assistant adjutant-general of the United States volunteers, with the rank of captain, by appointment of President Lincoln.

Benedict, Lewis

soldier, lawyer, was born Sept. 2, 1817, in Albany, N. Y.

In 1845-46 he was city attorney at Albany; in 1847 judge advocate; and from 1848 until 1852 surrogate of Albany. In 1860 he was elected a member of the state assembly, but entered the military service for the civil war. He died April 9, 1864, in Pleasant Hill, La.

Benezet, Anthony

philanthropist, author, was born Jan. 31, 1713, in France.

He was a Quaker philanthropist of Philadelphia, whose tracts on slavery first aroused the attention of Clarkson and Wnderforce to the subject. He died May 3, 1784, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Benham, Alexander E. K

naval officer, was born in 1832 in New York.

He entered the United States navy during the civil war; was raised to the rank of commander in 1867; became captain in 1878; commodore in 1889; and acting rear-admiral in 1890. In 1891 he was made commander of the East Indian squadron. He retired in 1894.

Benham, De Witt Miles

clergyman, was born Sept. 8, 1862, in Marysville, Cal. In 1889 he received a call to the presbyterian church of Pittsburg, Pa., but resigned this charge in 1893 and began new work in the east end of the city. The result was the organization of the Tabernacle Presbyterian church in 1894.