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Budd, James Herbert

lawyer, congressman, was born May 18, 1851, in Janesville, Wis. He was a member of the governor's staff from 1875 to 1879; served as United States commissioner for several years, and was also deputy district attorney of his county. In 1882 he was nominated for congressman and was elected a representative from California to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat. a

Buehrle, Robert Koch

educator, author, was born Sept. 24, 1840, in Germany. He displayed great ability in the organization and management of graded system of education; was superintendent of the schools of Allentown, Pa.; and is the author of a work entitled Grammatical Praxis.

Buel, Alexander H

merchant, congressman, was born in Fairfield, N. Y.

He was a representative in congress from New York from 1850 to 1853. He died Jan. 30, 1853, in Washington, D. C.

Buel, Alexander W

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1813, in Rutland county, Vt. In 1836 he was attorney for the city of Detroit; in 1837 was elected to the state legislature; in 1843 and 1844 was prosecuting attorney for Wayne county; and in 1847 was again elected to the legislature. From 1849 to 1851 he was a representative in congress from Michigan. He died April 17, 1868, in Detroit, Mich.

Buel, Clarence Clough

journalist, author. He was assistant editor of the Century magazine; associate editor of the Century's War History, and a writer of thoughtful, polished prose and verse.

Buel, Don Carlos

soldier, manufacturer, was born March 23, 1818, near Marietta, Ohio. He was an officer of note in the Florida, Mexican and civil wars. He graduated from West Point military academy in 1841. In 1861 he received the appointment of brigadiergeneral of volun,teers, and in 1862 became major-general of volunteers.

In 1865 he became president of the Green River Iron works; and subsequently held, until 1890, the office of pension agent at Louisville, Ky.

Buel, James William

author, was born Oct. 22, 1849, in Golconda, Ill. He was employed as a reporter and editorial writer on various Kansas City and St.

Louis newspapers. He is the author of The World's Wonders; Sea and Land; The Beautiful Story, and various other books.

Buel, Jesse

agriculturist, journalist, author, was born Jan. 4, 1778, in Coventry, Conn. He was a noted agriculturist of Albany, who effected many reforms in farming. He established the Albany Argus, The Cultivator, and published The Farmer's Instructor, in ten volumes; and also The Farmer's Companion, or Essays in Husbandry. He died Oct. 6, 1839, in Danbury, Conn.

Buel, Samuel

clergyman, author, was born in 1815, in New York. He was an episcopal clergyman of high church proclivities, and professor of divinity at the General Theological seminary of New York from 1871. He was the author of The Apostolic System Defended; Eucharistic Presence, Sacrifice and Adoration; and A Treatise on Dogmatic Theology. He died in 1892.

Buell, Abel

manufacturer, mechanic, inventor, was born about 1750, in Killingworth, Conn. After the war he was employed by the state in coining coppers; for which he made all the apparatus. He then visited England, where he gained some knowledge of the machinery used in the manufacture of cloth, and, on his return, erected a cotton factory in New Haven, one of the first in the country.

He died about 1825, in New Haven, Conn.

Buell, Richard Hooker

civil engineer, author, was born Nov. 9, 1842, in Cumberland, Md. He is the author of The Cadet Engineer; Safety Valves; and The Compound Steam Engine and its.

Steam Generating Plant.