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Bryant, Nathaniel C – Buchanan, John P

Bryant, Nathaniel C

naval officer, was born March 27, 1823, in Nobleborough, Maine. He was appointed midshipman in the United States navy in 1837; and attained the rank of commander in 1862.

Bryant, William

clergyman, poet, was born in 1850 in England. After receiving his education he entered the ministry, and since 1887 has been pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Marshalltown, Iowa. He has written numerous poems, many of which have appeared in various hymn books and the secular and religious press generally.

Bryant, William Perkins

jurist, was born Aug. 3, 1806, in Mercer county, Ky. He was an early emigrant to Oregon when it was a territory; and in 1849 was appointed chief justice of the United States court for that district. He died Oct. 10, 1860.

Bryant, William W

educator, author, poet, was born July 11, 1860, in Breathitt county, Ky. For several years he was engaged in educational work, and in 1884 moved to Minnesota. In 1892 he was elected commissioner of Cass county; subsequently became treasurer and president of the board of education. com-

Bryce, James Paterson

soldier, designer, librarian, was born Dec. 19, 1832, in Lanark, Scotland. He commenced life as a designer of patterns for muslin, which he followed for ten years.

He entered the union army in 1861 and was wounded the following year near Rolla, Mo. In 1887 he became librarian of the public library of Springfield, Ill., and has attained prominence as a cataloguer.

Bryce, Lloyd S

journalist, congressman, author, was born Sept. 4, 1851, in Flushing, N. Y. He was appointed paymaster-general of the state of New York in 1886, and was elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat. During 1889-96 he was editor of the North American Review, and is the author of Paradise; A Dream of Conquest; The Romance of an Alter Ego; and Friends in Exile.

Bryde, Archibald M

state senator, congressman, was born in Moore county, N. C. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1809 to 1813; and subsequently a member of the state senate for two years.

Bryson, Andrew

naval officer, was born July 22, 1822, in New York city.

He entered the navy as midshipman in 1837; was promoted lieutenant in 1851; commander in 1862; captain in 1866; commodore in 1873; and rear admiral in 1880, with which rank he was retired in 1881.

Previous to his retirement, after fortythree years of service, he was in command of the South Atlantic station.

Bryson, John Paul

educator, physician, was born April 16, 1846, in Macon, Miss. He is consulting physician of the St. Louis hospital; surgeon of the St.

Louis Murphy hospital; and for fifteen years professor of genito-urinary surgery in the St. Louis Medical college.

Buchanan, Andrew

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1835 to 1839.

Buchanan, Franklin

naval officer, was born Sept. 17, 1800, in Baltimore, Md. In 1861 he entered the confederate army as captain and for his services was tendered a vote of thanks by the confederate congress, and appointed admiral and senior officer of the confederate navy..

He died May 11, 1874, in Maryland.

Buchanan, John P

farmer, governor, was born in 1847, in Tennessee. He has always been a farmer, but has taken an active interest in politics since he attained his majority, and since 1875 has been a delegate to all the democratic state conventions. He was governor of Tennessee from 1891 to 1893.