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Brabb, Marvil I

merchant, banker, was born Oct. 8, 1847, in Romeo, Mich.

He is president of the First National bank of Romeo, Mich., president of the Burt and Brabb Lumber company, and prominently identified with various other business enterprises.

Brabson, Reese B

congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-sixth congress. He died September, 1863, in Tennessee.

Brace, Charles Loring

clergyman, philanthropist, author, was born.

June 19, 1826, in Litchfield, Conn. He was a noted clergyman and philanthropist of New York city and founded the Children's Aid society, and gave much of his time to philanthropic work. He was the author of Norsefolk; Home Life in Germany; The Races of the Old World; Gesta Christi; and The Dangerous Classes of New York. He died Aug. 11, 1890, in Switzerland.

Brace, John Peirce

educator, author, was born Feb. 10, 1793, in Litchfield, Conn. He was a prominent educator of Litchfield, Conn., and was the author of Lectures to Young Converts; Tales of the Devil; The Fawn of the Pale Faces, a novel. He died Oct. 18, 1872, in Litchfield, Conn.

Brace, Jonathan

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Nov. 12, 1754, in Harrington, Conn. He was elected a judge of probate, chief judge of the Hartford county court, and was a representative in congress from 1798 to 1800. He was also frequently in the state legislature, at one time state attorney for Hartford county, and for nine years mayor of Hartford. He died Aug. 26, 1837, in Hartford, Conn.

Brackett, J. Q. A

lawyer, governor, was born Sept. 6, 1857, in Cambridge, Mass. In 1881 he became a member of the common council, and two years later he became a member of the upper branch of the city government. In 1890 and 1891 he was elected governor of Massachusetts.

Brackett, J. Raymond

educator, was born April 1, 1854, in Raymond, Maine. He attended Bates college, and Yale college, and has received the degrees of B. A., M. A., and Ph. D. For many years he was engaged in educational work in New England, and since 1884 has filled the chair of comparative and English literature in the university of Colorado, of which institution he is dean of the college of liberal arts.

Brackett, Walter M

artist, was born June 14, 1823, in Unity, Maine. He gave his attention to portraits and ideal heads, and executed likenesses of Charles Sumner, Edward Everett, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. He also painted portraits of the first four secretaries of war, for the war department at Washington.

Bradbury, George Lewis

soldier, railroad manager, was born March 10, 1843, in Nova Scotia. He served in the army from Massachusetts from 1861 to 1865, serving from private up to captain. Since then he has been in the railroad service as conductor, agent, general freight agent, general manager, and vice-president.

Bradbury, Henry Knight

lawyer, legislator, was born October, 1827, in Hollis, Maine. He has held county and town offices, and has represented his town in the legislature of Maine for three terms.

Bradbury, Osgood N

physician, state senator, was born Oct. 28, 1828, in Norway, Maine. Since 1864 he has practiced medicine and surgery. During the civil war he was surgeon of the United States army for two years; and for thirteen years United States examining surgeon for pensions. He served in the Maine state legislature for one year, and for two years was a member of the senate.

Braden, Mrs. Emily

poet, was born in England. She is a writer of Chariton, Iowa; and a constant contributor of poems to the periodical press of the west.