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Benham, Henry W

engineer, inventor, was born in 1817, in Connecticut. He invented the picket shovel used by troops in the field, and was an expert in pontoon bridges, in the management of which he devised important improvements. He died June 1, 1884, in New York city.

Benham, Robert T

soldier, jurist, was born about 1745 in Virginia. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of captain. At the close of the war he settled in Campbell county, Ky., where in 1794 he was one of the first judges of the county court.

Benjamin, Albert Ellis

journalist, was born Oct. 7, 1872, near Barry, Ill.

He is the editor and owner of the Chehalis County Tribune of Hoquiam, Wash.; and has contributed extensively to periodical literature.

Benjamin, Dowling

physician, author, was born Jan. 23, 1849, in Baltimore, Md. In 1877 he began the practice of medicine in Camden, N. J., where he has built up a general practice. He is the author of Contagion, Typhoid in Water; and Treatment of Fractures.

Benjamin, Judah Philip

lawyer, author, was born Aug. 11, 1811, in St.

Croix, W. I. He was a prominent New Orleans lawyer who became attorneygeneral of the confederacy during the civil war. At its close he went to England, and speedily became eminent in his profession there. His Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property is the standard work on the subject. He died May 8, 1884, in Paris, France.

Benjamin, Nathan

missionary, reformer, was born Dec. 14, 1811, in Catskill, N. Y. In 1835 he was appointed as missionary to Greece and Turkey by the American board, and went to Argos in 1836. He translated numerous works into Greek and Armenian, including Pilgrim's Progress and D'Aubigny's Reformation, and also established the first newspaper ever published in the Armenian tongue, The Morning Star, which is still issued He died Jan. 27, 1855, in Constantinople, Turkey.

Benjamin, Samuel Nicoll

soldier, educator, was born Jan. 13, 1839, in New York city. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel in 1865, and major in 1875. On recovery from his wounds he became assistant professor of mathematics at the United States military academy. Col.

Benjamin was one of the very few officers that held the congressional medal for conspicuous bravery in the field. He died May 15, 1886, on Governor's Island, N. Y.

Benjamin, Walter Romeyn

antiquarian, journalist, was born Sept. 24, 1854, in Guilford, Conn. In 1874 he graduated from the Union college; then studied law three years; and for eleven years was connected with the New York Sun.

He originated the special business of dealing in authograph letters and historical documents; and rescued from oblivion many valuable historical papers. In 1887 he established The Collector, which he still edits, and in 1897 he was historian of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Benner, George Jacob

educator, lawyer, congressman, was born April 13, 1859, in Gettysburg, Pa. He was educated at Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, graduating in the class of 1878. After several years devoted to teaching he was admitted a member of the Adams county bar Dec. 31, 1881, since which date he has followed the practice of the law. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Bennet, Benjamin

clergyman, congressman, was born in 1762. He was a baptist minister; and a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1815 to 1819. He died Oct. 8, 1840, in Middletown, N. J.

Bennett, Mrs. Adeline G

poet, was born Nov. 8, 1848, in Warner, N. H.

She is a writer of Pipestone City, Minn.