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Bolles, Frank – Bond, Henry Herrick

Bolles, Frank

author, was born in 1856 in Massachusetts. He was a writer of nature studies of the school of Jefferies and Thoreau, though with important differences from either. He was the author of From Blomidon to Smoky; At the North of Bearcamp Water; Land of the Lingering Snow; and Chocorua's Tenants, a volume of verse. He died in 1894.

Bolles, Joshua A

journalist. He is the editor and owner of The Gazette of New Milford, Conn. His paper was established in 1872; and is fearless and independent in all that it advocates. He has taken an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state.

Bollinger, Albert C

lawyer, state senator, was born Nov. 22, 1870, in Steelville, Ill. In 1892 he declined the nomination for state's attorney of Randolph county, Ill.; and subsequently served as a member of the Illinois state senate.

BOLSTER, WILLIAM WHEELER, lawyer, author, was born in 1823 in Maine.

He is a lawyer of Auburn, Maine; and the author of Digest of the Law of Tax Titles; and The Authority and Duty of Town Officers.

Bolton, Channing Moore

soldier, civil engineer, was born Jan. 24, 1843, in Richmond, Va. He served in the civil war; and from 1863-65 was commissioned officer in the engineers corps, Confederate States of America; from 1874-75 he located several small railroads in Virginia and North Carolina; and in 1876-79 was engineer in charge for the United States government. In 1887-88 he was president and manager of the Richmond City railroad.

Bolton, Charles Edward

lecturer, author, was born May 16, 1841, in South Hadley Falls, Mass. He has attained a national reputation as a brilliant lecturer; and is the author of a work entitled Realistic Travels.

Bolton, Henry Carrington

educator, scientist, author, was born Jan. 28, 1843, in New York city. He is a scientist and professor of chemistry at Trinity college; and the author of Application of Organic Acids to the Examination of Minerals; Literature of Uranium; Literature of Manganese; Student's Guide in Quantitative Analysis; and Counting-out Rhymes of Children: their Antiquity, Origin, and Wide Distribution.

Bolton, Mrs. Sarah Tittle

author, poet, was born Dec. 18, 1815, in Newport, Ky. She was a writer whose name is kept in mind by her oft quoted poem, Paddle Your Own Canoe. She was the author of The Songs of a Life Time; and Life and Poems. She died in 1893.

Bond, Elizabeth Powell

educator, author, was born Jan. 25, 1841, in Clinton, N. Y. During 1865-70 she was director of physical culture in Vassar college; since 1880 has been a member of the faculty of Swarthmore college, Pennsylvania; and dean of that institution since 1890. She is the author of Words by the Way, and other works.

Bond, Frank Stuart

was born Feb. 1, 1830, in Sturbridge, Mass. In 1886 he was elected vice-president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway company, and has since then represented that company in the city of New York.

Bond, George Phillips

educator, astronomer, author, was born in 1825 in Massachusetts. He was an astronomer of note, and a professor in Harvard university. He was the author of On the Construction of the Rings of Saturn; The Method of Least Squares; and Mathematical Memoirs upon Mechanical Quadrations. He died Feb. 17, 1865, in Cambridge, Mass.

Bond, Henry Herrick

lawyer, journalist, was born June 2, 1847, in Canterbury, Conn. He was treasurer of the Florence Savings bank; and with his brother-in-law he established the Northampton Journal. He died Oct. 22, 1881, in Millboro, Va.

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