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Brimmer, Martin – Bristed, Charles Astor

Brimmer, Martin

author, was born in 1829 in Massachusetts. He was a prominent citizen of Boston, and the author of Egypt: Three Essays on the History, Religion and Art of Ancient Egypt. He died in 1896, in Boston, Mass.

Brimson, William George

railroad president. Since 1891 he has been president of the Eastern Chicago and Kenosha; the Joliet and Blue Island; and the Milwaukee and Bay View and Chicago railways.

Brinker, William Hugh

lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 23, 1851, in Crawford county, Mo. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Johnson county, Mo., and was twice re-elected, serving three successive terms. In 1885 he was appointed by President Cleveland an associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of New Mexico.

Brinkerhoff, Jacob

congressman, jurist, was born in 1810 in New York. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1843 to 1847. He died July 19, 1880, in Mansfield, Ohio.

Brinkerhoff, Roeliff

soldier, was born June 28, 1828, in Owasco, N. Y.

He served in the civil war; and attained the rank of brigadier-general. In 1891 he was vice-president of the Mansfield Savings bank of Ohio; and is also vice-president of the National Prison congress.

Brinkerhoff, William

soldier, lawyer, state senator, was born July 19, 1843, in Jersey City, N. J. He served in the civil war as private. In 1865 he was elected mayor of New Jersey, and in 1867 was elected counsel for Hudson county. In 1883 he was elected to the New Jersey senate; and in 1884 was appointed corporation counsel of New Jersey.

Brinley, Charles

surveyor, business man, was born Aug. 23, 1847, in Hartford, Conn. In 1864-65 he was attached to the field party of the California state geological survey, and was with the engineers employed by the United States government to survey a wagonroad to Colorado river. Since 1872 he has been superintendent of large steel works near Philadelphia, and of a sugar refinery in that city.

Brisbane, Abbott Hall

soldier, military engineer, author, was born in South Carolina. He served in the Florida war against the Seminole Indians in 1835-36 as colonel of South Carolina volunteers. He was the author of a political romance, Ralphton, or the Young Carolinian of 1776. He died Sept. 28, 1861, in Summerville, S. C..

BRISBANE, MRS. MARGARET HUNT, poet, was born Feb. 11, 1858, in Vicksburg, Miss. She is a popular poet of the south at Vicksburg, Miss.

Brisbane, William Henry

financier, was born Nov. 23, 1851, in Allentown, Pa. He received his education in the public and Quaker schools of Philadelphia, Pa., and has been principally engaged in mining, real estate and cattle in Leadville, Colo. He has been the state treasurer of Colorado, and has filled numerous positions of honor in the republican party of that state.

Brisbin, James A

soldier, was born May 23, 1837, in Boalsburg, Pa. He served in the civil war, and for his gallantry was made brigadier-general.

Brisbin, James Sanks

soldier, author, was born in 1837, in Boalsburg, Pa. He was a United States cavalry officer; and the author of Campaign Lives of Grant and Colfax; The Beef Bonanza; and Trees and Tree Planting. He died in 1892.

Bristed, Charles Astor

journalist, author, was born Oct. 6, 1820, in New York city. He was a magazinist of New York city; and the author of Five Years in an English University; The Upper Ten Thousand; The Interference Theory of Government; Pieces of a Brokendown Critic; and Anacreontics.

He was a son of John Bristed, the noted clergyman and author. He died Jan. 15, 1874, in Washington, D. C.