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Brewer, Thomas Mayo – Brickell, John

Brewer, Thomas Mayo

ornithologist, author, was born Nov. 21, 1814, in Boston, Mass. He was a Massachusetts ornithologist who was the principal author of the History of North American Birds prepared with Ridgway and S. F.

Baird; and Oölogy of North America is also by him. He died Jan. 24, 1880, in Boston, Mass.

Brewer, William Henry

educator, author, was born Sept. 14, 1828, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He has been a professor of agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific school at New Haven since 1864; and is the author of Botany of California. was

Brewster, David P

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1843. He died Feb. 21, 1876, in Oswego, N. Y.

Brewster, Henry

manufacturer, was born May 19, 1824, in New Haven, Conn. He started in business for himself in 1856, with partners, as Brewster and Co., and devoted himself to the construction of fine carriages. The firm soon became the largest of their class in the world. He was one of the organizers of the Union League club, and he stoutly espoused the cause of the union during the civil war. He died Sept. 20, 1887, in New York city.

Brewster, Simon Latham

merchant, banker, was born July 27, 1811, in Griswold, Conn. In 1863 he became president of what is now The Traders' National bank of Rochester; and is the oldest president of a national bank in the state.

He was one of the first promoters of the Hoosac Tunnel road; and is president of The Nashua, Acton and Boston railroad.

Brewster, William

pilgrim, was born in 1560, in England. He negotiated a grant of land for his people somewhere near the mouth of the Hudson river; and early in 1620, with a number of persons, he embarked in the ship Mayflower at Plymouth, England, setting sail Sept. 16, and arriving in Cape Cod bay on Nov. 21, 1620. He died April 16, 1644.

Brewster, William R

soldier.

He was a colonel in the Excelsior brigade, organized by Daniel E. Sickles in 1861, and after the promotion of that officer was made a brigadier-general of volunteers.

He died Dec. 13, 1869, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Brice, Benjamin W

soldier, was born in 1809, in Virginia. He became a lawyer, and was a judge of common pleas in 1845, and adjutant-general of the state in 1846. He was promoted brigadier-general on July 28, 1866, and on Jan. 1, 1872, was retired from active service.

Brice, John Jones

naval officer, was born Jan. 23, 1842, in Ohio. He entered the navy as a volunteer officer in 1861; and in 1882 was promoted lieutenant-commander. BRICHER, ALFRED THOMPSON, painter, was born April 10, 1837, in Ports- THOMPSON, mouth, N. H. Among his more notable drawings are Sunset in October (1869); The Maiden's Rock, Lake Pepin; Mt.

Adams; On the Esopus (1874); Off Halifax Harbor; A Lift in the Fog (1876); St. Michael's Mount; and What the Tide Left.

Brick, Peter

lawyer, jurist, was born in December, 1847, in Ontario, Canada. He has attained success as an able lawyer of St. Cloud, Minn.; has been county attorney; and served with distinction as judge of probate of Stearns county.

Brickell, John

physician, historian. He lived at Edenton, N. C., and practiced his profession there. Later he returned to England and in 1737 published in Dublin, The Natural History of North Carolina, with an Account of the Trade, Manners and Customs of the Christian and Indian Inhabitants.