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Berry, Lucien W

college president, was born in 1815, in Alburg, Vt. At the age of thirty-four he was elected president of Indiana Asbury (DePauw) university for six years; resigned in 1855, and accepted the presidency of the Iowa Wesleyan university. After three years here he resigned and entered into the project of founding a methodist college at Jefferson City, Mo. He died July 23, 1858, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Berry, Nathaniel S

statesman.

He was governor of New Hampshire for two years, from 1861 to 1863, taking an active interest in raising troops for the war of the rebellion.

Berry, Orville E

lawyer, state senator, was born Feb. 16, 1852, in Mc- Donough county, Ill. In 1883 he was elected mayor of Carthage, and was twice reelected without opposition. He was secretary of the Hancock county agricultural board for four years. He has served with distinction as a member of the Illinois state senate, and is a noted parliamentarian.

Berry, William Franklin

railroad manager, was born Feb. 2, 1844, in Biddeford, Maine. He is the second vicepresident in charge of traffic of the Boston and Maine railroad. For thirty-five years he has been engaged in railroad work, commencing as freight clerk and working his way through all grades to his present position.

Bertram, George Webb

lawyer, jurist, was born March 21, 1847, in Salem, Mass. He attended the common schools and the agricultural college of Manhattan, Kan. He served as a union soldier during the civil war in company B, eighteenth regiment Kansas cavalry. For two years he was attorney for Mitchell county, Kan.; and during 1890-94 was judge of the seventeenth judicial district court of Kansas. He is a prominent member of the G. A. R., Knights Templars, and other fraternal bodies.

Berwald, William Henry

musician, was born Dec. 26, 1864, in Germany.

He was conductor of orchestra and chorus for two years in Russia, after which, in 1892, he came to America and entered the Syracuse university as instructor upon the piano and professor in the history of theory of music. In 1893 he was made full professor.

Bessey, Charles Edwin

botanist, author, was born May 21, 1845, in Milton, Ohio. He is a botanical professor in the university of Nebraska, and the author of Geography of Iowa; Botany for High Schools and Colleges; and The Essentials of Botany.

Best, Eva

author, poet, was born Dec. 19, 1851, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the author of several dramas entitled An American Princess; Sands of Egypt; A Rhine Crystal; and is the author of numerous short stories and poems.

Best, Philip

brewer, was born Sept. 26, 1814, in Germany. He located in Milwaukee, and, together with his father and three brothers, he established the famous brewery of Philip Best and Co. He was for many years major-general of the Wisconsin state militia. He died in 1869 in Bavaria.

Bethune, Laughlin

congressman, was born in North Carolina. He was for several years a senator in the state legislature, and from 1831 to 1833 a representative in congress from Cumberland county, N. C.

Bethune, Thomas Green

musician, was born May 25, 1849, near Columbus, Ga. He was blind from birth, and known as Blind Tom. He was born a slave. At the age of five he was familiar with the piano. He made his first public appearance in 1858, and made successful tours of the United States and Europe.

Betton, Silas

congressman, was born in 1764. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1787, was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1803 to 1807; and held the office of sheriff of Rockingham county for several years. He died in 1822 in Salem, Ν. Η.