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Browne, Sara H – Bruce, John
Browne, Sara H
author, was born in Sunderland, Mass. She has published The Book for the Eldest Daughter; The *Borrowed Bible; Philip Alderton; Maggie Menealy; and other volumes for the young; also A Manual of Commerce; and magazine articles in prose and poetry.
Brownell, Chauncey W
lawyer, statesman, was born Oct. 7, 1847, in Williston, Vt. He is a successful lawyer of Burlington, Vt.; and since 1890 has been secretary of state.
Brownell, Walter A
educator, was born March 23, 1838, in Evans Mills, N. Y. In 1881 he was professor of mineralogy in the vacation summer school for teachers at Martha's Vineyard, Mass. He has held professorships in the Syracuse high school; Red Creek seminary; Fulton seminary, and many other prominent colleges.
Brownell, William Crary
journalist, author, was born in 1851 in New York. He is a New York journalist and critic; and the author of Newport; French Art; Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture; and French Traits: essay in Comparative Criticism. an
Browning, J. Hull
railroad president, was born Dec. 25, 1841, in Orange, N. J. Since 1887 he has been president of the Northern railroad of New Jersey.
BROWNING, ORVILLE HICKMAN, lawyer, statesman, was born in 1810 in Harrison county, Ky. He served through the Black Hawk war in 1832; in 1836 was elected a senator in the Illinois legislature; and in 1861 was appointed a senator in congress to fill the vacancy. He died Aug. 10, 1881, in Quincy, Ill.
Brownscombe, Jennie
artist, was born Dec. 10, 1850, near Honesdale, Pa.
She has devoted her studies mainly to genre figure painting, and has made a large number of portraits. Her most widely known pictures are Grandmother's Treasures; Blossom Time: The Gleaners; and Sunday Morning in Sleepy Hollow. She has exhibited pictures in the Academy of Design in New York city; and her pictures have been reproduced in etchings and engravings.
Brownson, Henry F
soldier, lawyer, author, was born Aug. 7, 1835, in Canton, Mass. He was educated at the college of the Holy Cross, and the university of Munich. He served as lieutenant, captain and major in the United States army for ten years. He is a successful lawyer of Detroit, Mich.; and the author of several works.
Brownson, James I
clergyman, author, was born March 14, 1817, in Mercersburg, Pa. He has been pastor of the presbyterian church at Washington, Pa., since 1849; and since 1852 has been connected with the Washington college as trustee and president of board of trustees. He has published Memorials of the Rev. Dr.
David Elliott and the Rev. Dr. Charles C.
Beatty, and various historical addresses and sketches.
Bruce, Dwight Hall
journalist, author, was born June 21, 1834, in Lenox, N. Y. He became the managing editor of the Oswego Times; and in 1869 he became part owner and editor of the Syracuse Journal. He is the author of The Memorial History of the City of Syracuse.
Bruce, Henry
naval officer, was born Feb. 12, 1798, in Machias, Maine.
He was appointed to the navy as midshipman from Massachusetts in 1813, commissioned commodore in 1862, and retired in 1867.
Bruce, James
farmer, legislator, was born Nov. 3, 1827, in Harrison county, Ind. He was major commanding southern battalion of the Oregon mounted volunteers in 1855-56, and during the centennial in 1876 was one of the judges of agricultural implements. He has twice been a member of the house of representatives in the Oregon legislature.
Bruce, John
soldier, planter, jurist, was born Feb. 16, 1832, in Scotland. He entered the union army and served throughout the war, rising to the rank of colonel and brevet brigadier-general. He settled in Alabama as a cotton planter, and was a representative in the state legislature in 1872 and 1874. In 1875 he was appointed, by President Grant, United States district judge for the district of Alabama.