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Bloomfield, Joseph – Blowers, Sampson Salter

Bloomfield, Joseph

soldier, lawyer, congressman, governor, was born in Woodbridge, N. J. He studied law until 1775, when he became an active friend of the revolution. He was afterwards attorney-general for New Jersey; governor of that state from 1801 to 1812; was appointed a brigadier-general by President Madison, and was a representative in Congress from New Jersey from 1817 to 1821. He died Oct. 3, 1823, in Burlington, N. J.

Bloomingdale, Lyman G

soldier, merchant, was born Feb. 11, 1841, in New York. In 1872 he aided in organizing the firm of Bloomingdale Brothers of New York city, to transact a dry goods and general trade, and is senior partner of the firm.

Bloss, John M

soldier, educator, was born Jan. 21, 1839, in Washington county, Ind. He was a private in the twenty-seventh regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, company F. He has been an active member in county institutes, and has been president of the State Teachers' association.

Blot, Pierre

instructor, author, was born in 1818 in France. He was a noted cooking instructor of New York city, and the author of What to Eat and How to Cook It; Lectures on Cookery; and Handbook of Practical Cookery. He died Aug. 26, 1874, in Jersey City, N. J.

Blount, I. T

lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 22, 1846, in Ripley, Miss. He graduated from the Law School University of Mississippi, and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Water Valley, Miss., where he has been mayor and also held various other positions of trust. He has served with distinction as a member of the Mississippi state legislature, and was a Cleveland elector in 1893.

Blount, James H

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 12, 1837, in Clinton, Ga. He received a classical education, graduating from the University of Georgia in 1857; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859, engaged in practice and settled in Macon, Ga. He was a member from Georgia to the forty-third, fortyfourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first and fifty-second congresses as a democrat.

Blount, Thomas

soldier, congressman, was born in 1760 in Edgecombe, N. C. He was a general of militia, and a representative from his native state in the twelfth congress. He died Feb. 7, 1812, in Washington, D. C.

Blount, William G

congressman, was a representative in congress, from Tennessee, from 1815 to 1819. He died May 21, 1827.

Blount, Willie

legislator, governor, was born in 1767 in North Carolina. He was secretary to his brother William while territorial governor of Ohio. He was a member of the Tennessee legislature; governor from 1809 to 1815, and a member of the state constitutional convention in 1834. He died Sept. 10, 1835, in Clarksville, Tenn.

Blow, Henry T

business man, state senator, congressman, was born July 15, 1817, in Southampton county, Va. He removed to Missouri in 1830; graduated at St. Louis university; devoted himself to the drug and lead business, and served four years in the state senate. In 1862 he was elected a representative from Missouri to the thirty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth congress. He died Sept. 11, 1875, in Saratoga, N. Y.

Blowers, Sampson Salter

lawyer, jurist, was born March 22, 1742, in Boston, Mass. In 1785 he was appointed attorney-general and speaker of the house of assembly; and in 1797 chief justice of the supreme court, having had for some years a seat in the council. In 1801, he became presiding judge, which office he resigned in 1833. He died Oct. 25, 1842, in Halifax, N. S.