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Byington, Horace W

capitalist, was born in December, 1828, in Plymouth, Conn. Since 1849 he has been a resident of California; has been a successful business man of Santa Rosa; and is now a retired capitalist. He has been mayor of Santa Rosa; collector of internal revenue under President Harrison's administration; and was a delegate to the republican national convention held in Chicago in 1888.

Byles, Charles N

banker, public official, was born March 20, 1844, in Louisville, Ky. He is the president of the bank of Montesana, Washington; and has been auditor and treasurer of his county.

Byles, Mather

clergyman, author, was born March 15, 1707, in Boston, Mass.

He was a congregational clergyman of Boston, famous both as preacher and wit.

After forty-three years' ministry in the Hollis Street church, his tory sympathies obliged him to give up his charge in 1776.

He died July 5, 1788, in Boston, Mass.

Bynner, Edwin Lassetter

author, was born in 1842, in New York. His best work is included in the three historical tales, Agnes Surriage; The Begum's Daughter; and Zachary Phips. Of lesser importance are Nimport; Tritons; Damen's Ghost; Penelope's Suitors; and The Chase of the Meteor, a book for boys.

He died in 1893.

Bynum, J. H. T

lawyer, state senator, was born Nov. 1, 1856, in North county, Ga. He is a successful lawyer of Live Oak, Fla.; and in 1897 was elected a member of the Florida state senate.

Bynum, Jesse A

state legislator, congressman, was born in Halifax county, N. C. He served a number of years in the state legislature; and was a member of congress from North Carolina from 1833 to 1841. While in congress he fought a duel with Daniel Jenifer, which terminated harmlessly.

Byrd, Charles W

jurist, was born in Virginia. In 1803 he was appointed United States judge for the district of Ohio.

Byrde, Edward C

journalist, was born July 10, 1874, in Litchfield, Minn.

He is the editor and owner of the Spink County Chronicle of Redfield, S. D.

Byrn, Marcus Lafayette

physician, author. He is the author of Complete Practical plete Practical Brewer; Rattlehead's Travels, or the Recollections of a Backwoodsman; Complete Practical Distiller; Repository of Wit and Humor; Book of Nature, an expositor of the Science of Life and Sexual Physiology; and Family Physician.

Byrne, John

railroad president, was born in Maryland. He is the president of the Central New York and Western railroad.

Byrne, William

soldier, merchant, was born Oct. 10, 1838, in Ireland. He served in the civil war as a confederate; in 1880 he moved to Jacksonville, Fla., where he was engaged in the mercantile business; and also invested largely in phosphate lands, city lots and business blocks. He improves his city property, and has been one of the foremost citizens of Jacksonville in building and beautifying the city.

Byrns, Sam

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born March 4, 1848, in Jefferson county, Mo. He was elected in 1876 a member of the twenty-ninth general assembly to represent Jefferson county; was elected state senator for the twenty-sixth senatorial district in 1878; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.