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258 lives from Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography (1898), printed on pages 116–126. Each name links to the page it is printed on.

Black, Alexanderp. 116journalist, author, was born in 1859, in New York. He is a Brooklyn journalist, and literary editor of…
Black, Charles Cp. 116lawyer, author, was born July 29, 1858, in Mount Holly, N. J. Since 1881 he has practiced law in Jersey…
Black, Edward Jp. 116lawyer, congressman, was born in 1806 in Beaufort, S. C. He commenced his public life by going into the…
Black, Frank Sp. 116lawyer, congressman, governor, was born March 8, 1853, in Limington, Maine. He was editor of the…
Black, George Rp. 116soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born March 24, 1835, in Scriver county, Ga. He divided his…
Black, Henryp. 116jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 25, 1783, in Somerset county, Pa. He was the father of Judge J. S.…
Black, Jamesp. 116congressman, born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1847.
Black, Jamesp. 116prohibitionist, author, was born Sept. 23, 1823, in Lewisburg, Pa. He was a noted Pennsylvania advocate…
Black, James Ap. 116soldier, congressman, was born in South Carolina. He served as a captain in the war of 1812; was a…
Black, James C. Cp. 116soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 9, 1842, in Stamping Ground, Ky. He was a private soldier in…
Black, James Fredp. 116clergyman, author, was born Nov. 20, 1859, in Nova Scotia. He has attained success as a clergyman of the…
Black, James Rushp. 116physician, surgeon, author, was born March 3, 1827, near Glasgow, Scotland. During the war he was…
Black, Jeremiah Sp. 116jurist, was born Jan. 10, 1810, in Glades, Pa. In 1842 he was appointed presiding judge of the judicial…
Black, Johnp. 116congressman. He was at one time a resident of Louisiana, but removing to Mississippi, was elected a…
Black, Johnp. 116state legislator, was born in France. He has lived in America since 1846, and in Milwaukee since 1857.…
Black, Johnp. 116diplomatist, was born in 1792 in New York. He was for forty years a resident of Mexico, where he was a…
Black, John Charlesp. 116soldier, lawyer, was born Jan. 27, 1839, in Lexington, Miss. He graduated from the Wabash college of…
Black, John Fisherp. 116soldier, broker, was born Dec. 23, 1841, in New Orleans, La. He enlisted as a private in the Louisiana…
Black, Samuel Wp. 116jurist, governor, was born in Pennsylvania. He was appointed from that state an associate justice of the…
Black, Warren Columbusp. 116clergyman, journalist, author, was born May 24, 1843, in Copiah county, Miss. He acquired a superior…
Black, William Henryp. 116clergyman, college president, author, was born March 19, 1854, in Centerville, Ind. He was a graduate of…
Blackburn, Gideonp. 116clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 27, 1772, in Augusta county, Ga. He passed the last forty…
Blackburn, Joseph C. Sp. 117lawyer, soldier, United States senator, was born Oct. 1, 1838, in Woodford county, Ky. He entered the…
Blackburn, Joseph Ep. 117druggist, state legislator, was born June 30, 1860, in Belmont county, Ohio. He attended the Ohio Normal…
Blackburn, Luke Pp. 117statesman. He was governor of Kentucky from 1879 to 1883.
Blackburn, Williamp. 117pioneer, was born in 1814 in Virginia. He went to California in 1845, took part as volunteer in the…
Blackburn, William Jasperp. 117journalist, congressman, was born July 24, 1820, in Arkansas. He was a printer, and became the editor of…
Blackburn, William Maxwellp. 117clergyman, college president, author, was born Dec. 30, 1828, in Carlisle, Ind. He is a presbyterian…
Blackford, Eugene Gilbertp. 117merchant, banker, was born Aug. 8, 1839, in Morristown, N. J. Since 1879 he has been officially…
Blackford, Isaac Newtonp. 117legislator, jurist, was born Nov. 6, 1786, in Bound Brook, N. J. He was judge of the first district…
Blackledge, Williamp. 117legislator, congressman. He was for several years a member of the general assembly of North Carolina;…
Blackledge, William Sp. 117congressman, was born in Pitt county, N. C. He was a member of the general assembly of North Carolina;…
Blacklock, Thomas Wp. 117physician, surgeon, was born May 28, 1843, in Scotland. He graduated from the college of Physicians and…
Blackman, George Curtisp. 117physician, surgeon, was born April 20, 1819, in Newtown, Conn. He was a bold and skillful operator, and…
Blackman, Samuel Hallp. 117civil engineer, lawyer, state senator, was born April 6, 1814, in Aurora, Ohio. He moved to Michigan in…
Blackmar, Esbonp. 117congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from New York, from 1648 to 1849,…
Blackmar, Frank Wilsonp. 117educator, author, was born Nov. 3, 1854, in Springfield, Pa. He graduated from the Johns Hopkins…
Blackstone, Lorenzop. 117manufacturer, was born in 1819, in Branford, Conn. In 1877 his company erected the Pequot Cotton mills…
Blackstone, Timothy Bp. 117railroad president, was born March 28, 1829, in Branford, Conn. Since 1864 he has been president of the…
Blackstone, Williamp. 117pioneer. It is said that he planted the first orchard in Massachusetts, and also the first in Rhode…
Blackwell, Andrew Jacksonp. 117soldier, railroad president, was born Jan. 29, 1842, in Georgia. He entered the confederate army in the…
Blackwell, Elizabethp. 117physician, author, was born Feb. 3, 1821, in Bristol, England. She is a physician of New York city, who,…
Blackwell, James Heywardp. 117educator, was born Feb. 5, 1862, in Marion, Va. He is an expert penman and professor of mathematics. He…
Blackwell, Julius Wp. 117congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee, from 1839 to…
Blackwell, Lucy Stonep. 117abolitionist, was born Aug. 13, 1818, in West Brookfield, Mass. By hard work between the hours of study…
Blackwell, Mrs. Antoinette Louisap. 117minister, author, was born May 20, 1825, in Henrietta, N. Y. She is a unitarian minister prominent in…
Blackwell, Sarah Ellenp. 117artist, author, was born in 1828 in England. She is a successful writer, and the author of The Life of…
Blackwood, Robert E. Lp. 117educator, lawyer, was born Feb. 3, 1865, in Cabell county, W. Va. He graduated from the state university…
Blackwood, William Gp. 118jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He settled in Missouri, from which state he was appointed a justice of…
Bladen, Thomasp. 118governor of Maryland, lived in the eighteenth century. During his administration the western boundary of…
Blaikie, Williamp. 118lawyer, author, was born May 24, 1843, in York, N. Y. He is a lawyer and athlete of New York city; and…
Blaine, Harry Gordonp. 118physician, educator, author, was born Nov. 25, 1858, in Wheeling, W. Va. He received his education in…
Blaine, James Gillespiep. 118statesman, author, was born Jan. 31, 1830, in Washington county, Pa. He graduated at Washington college…
Blaine, Walkerp. 118diplomatist, was a resident of Maine. He received a collegiate education; and in 1881 wasappointed third…
Blair, Albert Gp. 118railroad president, was born in January, 1844, in Syracuse, N. Y. Since 1896 he has been president of…
Blair, Andrew Alexanderp. 118chemist, author, was born Sept. 20, 1846, in Woodford county, Ky. He is chemist of Philadelphia; and the…
Blair, Austinp. 118lawyer, congressman, governor, was born Feb. 8, 1818, in Caroline, N. Y. After holding the local offices…
Blair, Barnardp. 118congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to 1843.
Blair, Chauncey Bp. 118banker, was born June 18, 1810, in Bianford, Mass. In 1861 he removed to Chicago, and established a…
Blair, Francis Restonp. 118soldier, lawyer, congressman, author, was born Feb. 19, 1821, in Lexington, Ky. He adopted the…
Blair, Henry Williamp. 118was born Dec. 6, 1834, in Campton, N. H. He received an academic education; studied law; was admitted to…
Blair, Hugh Mp. 118educator, clergyman, was born Sept. 9, 1853, in Caldwell county, N. C. He graduated from the Rutherford…
Blair, Jacob Bp. 118lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 11, 1821, in Parkersburg, Va. He was prosecuting attorney…
Blair, Jamesp. 118congressman, was born in Lancaster, S. C. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1821…
Blair, Jamesp. 118clergyman, college president, was born in 1656 in Lancaster, S. C. He was an episcopal clergyman of…
Blair, Jamesp. 118banker, was born May 15, 1807, in Beaver Brooks, N. J. Among the properties in which he now has a large…
Blair, James Gp. 118lawyer, congressman, was born in 1828. He received a common English education; is a lawyer by…
Blair, Johnp. 118statesman, congressman, was born in Washington county, Tenn. He was a representative in congress from…
Blair, Johnp. 118statesman, was born in 1689 in Williamsburg, Va. He was a nephew of President James Blair. As early as…
Blair, Johnp. 118lawyer, jurist, was born in 1732 in Williamsburg, Va. He was a member of the legislature in 1765, and on…
Blair, Mrs. Elizap. 118(NELSON), author, was born in New Hampshire. She is a writer of Manchester, N. H. Her novel, 'Lisbeth…
Blair, Samuelp. 119clergyman, was born June 14, 1712, in Ireland. He was one of the original members of New Brunswick…
Blair, Samuelp. 119clergyman, legislator, was born in 1741 in Fogg's Manor, Pa. He was the principal founder of the English…
Blair, Samuel Sp. 119congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was elected a representative from that state to the…
Blair, Williamp. 119merchant. About 1848, after the opening of the Illinois and Michigan canal, he closed the retail branch…
Blair, William Allenp. 119educator, lecturer, author, was born June 4, 1860, in High Point, N. C. After graduating in 1882 from…
Blaisdell, Danielp. 119lawyer, congressman. He was a state councilor from 1803 to 1808, and a representative in congress from…
Blaisdell, Elijah Whittierp. 119lawyer, state legislator, author, poet, was born July 18, 1826, in Montpelier, Vt. In 1854 he moved to…
Blaisdell, H. Gp. 119governor. He was the first governor of Nevada after it became a state, and served as such from 1864 to…
Blake, Clarence Johnp. 119physician, inventor, journalist, was born Feb. 23, 1843, in Boston, Mass. He was president of the…
Blake, Edward Harwoodp. 119lawyer, financier, railroad president. He had a course at Brown college and post-graduate course at…
Blake, Eli Whitneyp. 119inventor, was born Jan. 27, 1795, in Westborough, Mass. The ideas that he originated still characterize…
Blake, Eli Whitneyp. 119educator, was born April 20, 1836, in New Haven, Conn. He has been professor of chemistry in the…
Blake, Ellyn Jp. 119educator, scientist, was born Nov. 7, 1842, in Wilbraham, Mass. She graduated from the Wesleyan academy…
Blake, George a. Hp. 119soldier, was born in September, 1812, in Pennsylvania. He served in the Seminole, Mexican and civil…
Blake, George Smithp. 119naval officer, was born in 1803, in Worcester, Mass. In 1857-65 he was superintendent of the United…
Blake, Harrison Gp. 119lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born March 17, 1818, in New Fane, Vt. He served four years in…
Blake, Henry Np. 119jurist. In 1875 he was appointed one of the associate justices of the United States for the territory of…
Blake, Jamesp. 119soldier, public official, was born March 3, 1791, in York county, Pa. He enlisted as a volunteer in the…
Blake, James Vilap. 119clergyman, author, was born in 1842 in New York. He is a unitarian clergyman of Chicago; and the author…
Blake, Johnp. 119congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from New York state from 1805 to…
Blake, John Bp. 119financier, was born Aug. 12, 1802, in Colchester, Va. He was commissioner of public buildings during a…
Blake, John Bp. 119railroad president, was born May 16, 1838, in Marlboro, Vt. Since 1892 he has been president of the West…
Blake, John Lp. 119lawyer, congressman, was born March 25, 1831, in Boston, Mass. He removed to Orange, N. J., when fifteen…
Blake, John Laurisp. 119educator, clergyman, author, was born Dec. 21, 1788, in Northwood, N. H. He was an episcopal clergyman…
Blake, John Walterp. 119banker, was born Aug. 6, 1858, in Leon county, Texas. He is prominently identified with the public…
Blake, Josephp. 119governor, was born about 1620. He was governor of South Carolina, in 1694, and from 1696 to his death in…
Blake, Mrs. Euphemia Valep. 119journalist, author, poet, was born May 7, 1825, near Hastings, England. Her father, Gilbert Vale, was…
Blake, Mrs. Lillie Devereuxp. 119reformer, author, was born Aug. 12, 1835, in Raleigh, N. C. She is a prominent advocate of woman…
Blake, Mrs. Mary Elizabethp. 120author, poet, was born in 1840 in Iowa. She is the author of Poems; Youth in Twelve Centuries; Verses by…
Blake, Thomas Holdsworthp. 120congressman, was born June, 1792, in Calvert county, Md. He served at the battle of Bladensburg, in…
Blake, Upton Clarencep. 120lawyer, was born Sept. 2, 1845, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. In 1865 he graduated from Kenyon college of…
Blake, William Phippsp. 120was born June 1, 1826, in New York city. He is a mineralogist of prominence and professor of geology in…
Blakeley, Archibaldp. 120soldier, lawyer, was born July 16, 1827, in Butler county, Pa. In 1852 he was admitted to the bar and…
Blakeley, Johnstonp. 120commander United States navy, was born Oct., 1781, in Ireland. In 1807 he was made a lieutenant; in 1813…
Blakelock, Ralph Albertp. 120artist, was born Oct. 15, 1847, in New York city. He has painted landscapes, Indian figures, and…
Blakeman, Alex. Noelp. 120journalist, was born July 18, 1840, in New York city. He received the rudiments of his education in the…
Blakesley, Louis Williamp. 120journalist, was born April 8, 1868, in Lafayette, Ill. In 1885 he moved to Logan, Kan., and subsequently…
Blanchard, Albert Gp. 120soldier, was born in 1810 in Charlestown, Mass. During the Mexican war he served as captain of Louisiana…
Blanchard, Amy Ellap. 120author, was born in Baltimore, Md. For several years she taught school; then took up the study of art;…
Blanchard, Charles Ap. 120educator, college president, was born Nov. 8, 1848, in Galesburg, Ill. This eminent educator has been…
Blanchard, Helen Augustap. 120inventor, was born in Portland, Maine. Among her numerous inventions are the Blanchard over-seaming…
Blanchard, James Armstrongp. 120soldier, lawyer, was born Aug. 16, 1845, in Henderson, N. Y. In 1864 he served in the civil war as a…
Blanchard, Johnp. 120educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 30, 1787, in Caledonia county, Va. He was a representative…
Blanchard, Jonathanp. 120congressman. He was a delegate from New Hampshire to the continental congress in 1783 and 1784.
Blanchard, Josephp. 120soldier, jurist, was born Feb. 11, 1704, near Nashua, N. H. He was a mandamus councilor from 1740-58,…
Blanchard, Justus Wardwellp. 120soldier, was born in 1811, in Milford, N. H. Before the civil war he was captain of the Burgess corps of…
Blanchard, Nathaniel Whit- Sonp. 120farmer, legislator, was born Aug. 19, 1849, in Hinds county, Miss. He is a successful farmer in…
Blanchard, Newton Crainp. 120lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Jan. 29, 1849, in Rapids Parish, La. He received an…
Blanchard, Noah Farwellp. 120financier, manufacturer, was born Jan. 22, 1821. The firm of Blanchard, Brother and Lane became one of…
Blanchard, Samuel Grayp. 120educator, clergyman, was born Oct. 25, 1840, in Sandusky, Ohio. He received his education in Canada, and…
Blanchard, Thomasp. 121inventor, was born June 24, 1788, in Sutton, Mass. While engaged with his brother in the manufacture of…
Bland, Ballardp. 121jurist, was born in Kentucky. He was educated for the legal profession, and while residing in Louisville…
Bland, Bessiep. 121poet, was born Dec. 8, 1863, in Lynn, Mass. She is a successful writer of Lynn, Mass.; and her poems…
Bland, Charles Clellandp. 121soldier, jurist, was born Feb. 9, 1837, in Hartford, Ky. During the civil war he was captain of company…
Bland, Richardp. 121statesman, was born May 6, 1710, in Virginia. He was for some years a leading member of the house of…
Bland, Richard Parksp. 121lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 19, 1835, near Hartford, Ky. He received an academic education;…
Bland, Robert Linnp. 121journalist, lawyer, was born June 2, 1868, in Jane Lew, W. Va. He attended the public schools of Weston,…
Bland, Theodoricp. 121soldier, congressman, was born in 1742 in Prince George county, Va. He rose to the rank of colonel, and…
Bland, Theodoricp. 121lawyer, jurist, was born in 1777. He was a lawyer by profession; was judge of the county court in…
Bland, Thomas Ap. 121physician, lecturer, author, was born May 21, 1830, in Bloomfield, Ind. During the civil war he was a…
Blanden, Charles Gp. 121banker, poet, was born Jan. 19, 1857, in Marengo, Ill. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled…
Blanks, James Braxtonp. 121expert accountant, was born Jan. 9, 1839, in Petersburg, Va. He has been an accountant the greater part…
Blashfield, Edwin Howlandp. 121painter, was born Dec. 15, 1848, in New York city. His favorite subjects are figures, with carefully…
Blatchford, Eliphalet Wp. 121manufacturer, was born May 26, 1826, in Lansingburgh, N. Y. In 1854, he began the manufacture of lead in…
Blatchford, Richard Milfordp. 121legislator, public official, was born April 23, 1798, in Stratford, Conn. In 1826 he was made a…
Blatchford, Samuelp. 121jurist, was born March 9, 1820, in New York city. He was private secretary to W. H. Seward from 1839 to…
Blatt, William Mosesp. 121lawyer, author, was born April 29, 1876, in Orange, N. J. He graduated from the Boston university law…
Blauvelt, Augustusp. 121clergyman, author, was born April 7, 1832, in Covert, N. Y. He is a Dutch Reformed clergyman of New…
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovnap. 121theosophist, was born July 31, 1831, in Southern Russia. Her father was Col. Peter Hahn, a descendant of…
Blayney, Francis Scottp. 121educator, clergyman, lecturer, was born July 31, 1856, at Iberia, Ohio. He has been president of the…
Bleckley, Logan Ep. 121lawyer, jurist, was born July 3, 1827, in Rabun county, Ga. In 1864 he was appointed supreme court…
Bledsoe, Albert Taylorp. 122clergyman, author, was born Nov. 9, 1809, in Frankfort, Ky. He was a southern clergyman who left the…
Bledsoe, Jessep. 122lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born April 6, 1776, in Culpeper county, Va. He was at one…
Bleecker, Ann Elizap. 122poet, was born in October, 1752, in New York city. Some years after her death her stories and poems were…
Bleecker, Anthonyp. 122author, was born in October, 1770, in New York city. He was graduated at Columbia in 1791 and studied…
Bleecker, Hermanusp. 122lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 19, 1779, in Albany, N. Y. He was a member of congress from New York…
Bleistein, Georgep. 122journalist, was born Dec. 6, 1861, in Buffalo, N. Y. In 1885 he was elected president and treasurer of…
Blewett, Benjamin Turnerp. 122educator, college president, was born Sept. 17, 1820, in Bowling Green, Ky. He graduated from the…
Blish, George Williamp. 122elocutionist, was born March 1, 1837, in Rome, Ill. He is the founder of the Blish school of elocution,…
Bliss, Aaron Tp. 122soldier, lumber merchant, congressman, was born May 22, 1837, in Peterborough, N. Y. In 1861 he enlisted…
Bliss, Archibald Mp. 122merchant, railroad president, congressman, was born Jan. 25, 1837, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He received an…
Bliss, Cornelius Newtonp. 122merchant, was born Jan. 26, 1833, in Fall River, Mass. He was a member of the Pan-American conference;…
Bliss, Danielp. 122missionary, author, was born June 17, 1823, in Georgia, Vt. He is a congregational missionary, and…
Bliss, Don Alfonsop. 122lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 14, 1854, in Artesia, Miss. He has attained success in the profession of…
Bliss, Edwin Munsellp. 122clergyman, journalist, author, was born Sept. 12, 1848, in Turkey. He is a graduate of the Amherst…
Bliss, Eliphalet Williamsp. 122manufacturer, was born April 12, 1836, in Fly Creek, N. Y. The corporation of the E. W. Bliss Co. now…
Bliss, Georgep. 122state senator, was born Nov. 16, 1793, in Springfield, Mass. In 1827 he was elected to the lower branch…
Bliss, Georgep. 122lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 1, 1813, in Jericho, Vt. In 1850 he was appointed president…
Bliss, Georgep. 122financier, was born April 21, 1816, in Northampton, Mass. In 1869 he associated himself with the firm of…
Bliss, Philemonp. 122lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 28, 1814, in Canton, Conn. He was elected president judge of…
Bliss, Philip Paulp. 122singing evangelist, was born July 9, 1838, in Clearfield county, Pa. He was associated with Moody in his…
Bliss, Porter Corneliusp. 122journalist, author, was born Dec. 28, 1838, in Erie county, N. Y. He was a journalist and diplomat of…
Bliss, Williamp. 122railroad president, was born Dec. 11, 1834, in Springfield, Mass. Since 1880 he has been president of…
Bliss, William Dwight Porterp. 122clergyman, author, was born in 1856. He is an episcopal clergyman of Boston, and prominent as a leader…
Bliss, William Rootp. 122author, was born in 1825 in Connecticut. He is a business man of New York city, and the author of Side…
Blizzard, T. Hp. 123educator, lawyer, was born Sept. 23, 1871, in Russell county, Va. For several years he was professor in…
Bloch, Joseph Cp. 123lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Oct. 24, 1856, in Hungary. He took a complete course in the State…
Blodget, Lorinp. 123statistician, author, was born May 25, 1823, near Jamestown, N. Y. He is an eminent statistician of…
Blodget, Samuelp. 123inventor, was born April 11, 1724, in Woburn, Mass. He commenced the manufacture of duck. In 1793 he…
Blodgett, Delos Abielp. 123capitalist, was born March 3, 1825, in New York. He is the owner of large timber lands in Michigan,…
Blodgett, Harrison Hp. 123lawyer, business man, was born Sept. 4, 1850, in Copenhagen, N. Y. He graduated from the law department…
Blodgett, Henry Williamsp. 123lawyer, state senator, jurist, was born July 21, 1821, in Amherst, Mass. He removed with his parents to…
Blodgett, Mrs. Mabelp. 123(FULLER), author, was born in 1869 in Maine. She is the author of The Aspen Shade, a novel; Fairy Tales;…
Blodgett, Rufusp. 123banker, United States senator, was born Oct. 9, 1834, in Dorchester, N. H. He moved to New Jersey in…
Bloede, Gertrudep. 123author, poet. She is a poet and novelist of Brooklyn who has usually written under the pseudonym of…
Bloede, Mariep. 123author, was born in 1821. Her poems and articles, both in English and German, attracted attention. Her…
Blood, Aretasp. 123manufacturer, was born Oct. 16, 1816, in Weathersfield, Vt. He is connected with the Nashua Iron and…
Blood, Fred Greelyp. 123educator, lawyer, legislator, was born May 4, 1856, in West Potsdam, N. Y. For many years he taught…
Blood, Henry Ap. 123poet. He is a successful writer of Washington, D. C., and the author of a volume of poems entitled How…
Blood, Jared Pp. 123soldier, lawyer, a lineal descendant of Sir Isaac Newton on his maternal side, was born Jan. 18, 1844,…
Bloodgood, Dp. 123medical director, was born in 1831 in New York. He entered the navy as assistant surgeon in 1857, and in…
Bloodgood, Freeman Ap. 123educator, author, was born July 17, 1867, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has attained success in educational…
Bloodgood, Simeon De Wittp. 123merchant, author, was born in 1799 in Utica, N. Y. He wrote The Sexagenary, or Reminiscences of the…
Bloodworth, Timothyp. 123state senator, congressman, was born, 1736, in North Carolina. He was a representative in congress from…
Bloom, Jacobp. 123educator, musician, was born May 6, 1844, in Germany. For several years he has been teacher of the…
Bloomer, Amelia Jenksp. 123suffragist, journalist, author, was born May 27, 1818, in Homer, N. Y. She married in 1840, and resided…
Bloomfield, Josephp. 123soldier, lawyer, congressman, governor, was born in Woodbridge, N. J. He studied law until 1775, when he…
Bloomfield-Moore, Mrs. Clara Sophiap. 123author, poet, was born in 1824 in Pennsylvania. She is a Philadelphia writer who has lived much abroad,…
Bloomingdale, Joseph Bp. 123merchant, was born Dec. 22, 1842, in New York city. For a while he was engaged in the dry goods business…
Bloomingdale, Lyman Gp. 123soldier, merchant, was born Feb. 11, 1841, in New York. In 1872 he aided in organizing the firm of…
Bloss, John Mp. 124soldier, educator, was born Jan. 21, 1839, in Washington county, Ind. He was a private in the…
Blot, Pierrep. 124instructor, author, was born in 1818 in France. He was a noted cooking instructor of New York city, and…
Blount, Ainsworth Emeryp. 124agriculturist, horticulturist, author, was born Feb. 6, 1831, near Chattanooga, Tenn. During 1849-59 he…
Blount, I. Tp. 124lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 22, 1846, in Ripley, Miss. He graduated from the Law School University…
Blount, James Hp. 124lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 12, 1837, in Clinton, Ga. He received a classical education,…
Blount, Thomasp. 124soldier, congressman, was born in 1760 in Edgecombe, N. C. He was a general of militia, and a…
Blount, Williamp. 124United States senator, governor, was born in 1744 in North Carolina. He was a delegate to the…
Blount, William Gp. 124congressman, was a representative in congress, from Tennessee, from 1815 to 1819. He died May 21, 1827.
Blount, Williep. 124legislator, governor, was born in 1767 in North Carolina. He was secretary to his brother William while…
Blow, Henry Tp. 124business man, state senator, congressman, was born July 15, 1817, in Southampton county, Va. He removed…
Blowers, Sampson Salterp. 124lawyer, jurist, was born March 22, 1742, in Boston, Mass. In 1785 he was appointed attorney-general and…
Bloxam, Henryp. 124physician, lawyer, was born March 17, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa. He received his degree of medicine from…
Bloxham, William Dp. 124legislator, governor, was born July 9, 1835, in Leon county, Fla. In 1860 he was elected a member of the…
Blue, Richard Whitingp. 124soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 8, 1841, in Wood county, Va. He enlisted in the third West…
Blunt, Edmond Marchp. 124author, was born June 20, 1770, in Portsmouth, N. H. He was a bookseller of Newbury-- port whose chief…
Blunt, Edmundp. 124hydrographer, inventor, was born Nov. 23, 1799, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1855-56 he furnished the points…
Blunt, George Williamp. 124hydrographer, author, was born March 11, 1802, in Newburyport, Mass. He was the author of Atlantic…
Blunt, James Gp. 124soldier, physician, was born in 1826 in Hancock county, Maine. In 1861 he entered the army as…
Blydenburgh, Charles Wardp. 124engineer of mines, lawyer, legislator, was born March 19, 1854, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He received the…
Blye, Birdicep. 124pianist, was born in Iowa. When an infant she removed to Indiana, and her home has been principally in…
Blythe, Jamesp. 125clergyman, college president, author, was born Oct. 23, 1765, in Mecklenburg county, N. C. He was…
Boardman, Arthur Edwinp. 125railroad president, was born March 20, 1850, in Macon, Ga. Since 1894 he has been president of the…
Boardman, David Shermanp. 125lawyer, jurist, was born in 1768. For several years he was chief justice of the supreme court of…
Boardman, Elijahp. 125merchant, legislator, United States senator, was born March 7, 1760, in New Milford, Mass. He became a…
Boardman, George Danap. 125clergyman, author, was born Aug. 18, 1828, in Burmah. He is a prominent baptist clergyman of…
Boardman, George Nyep. 125clergyman, educator, was born Dec. 23, 1825, in Pittsford, Vt. In 1859 he accepted a call to the…
Boardman, Henry Augustusp. 125clergyman, author, was born Jan. 9, 1808, in Troy, N. Y. He was once a noted presbyterian divine of…
Boardman, Samuel Wardp. 125clergyman, educator, college president, was born Aug. 31, 1830, in Pittsford, Vt. He graduated from the…
Boardman, William Wp. 125lawyer, jurist, legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1794, in New Milford, Conn. He was at one…
Boarman, Aleckp. 125lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 10, 1839, in Yazoo City, Miss. He served throughout the war…
Boarman, Charlesp. 125naval officer, was born in Maryland. During the civil war he was on special service. He was retired with…
Boatman, J. Austinp. 125clergyman, author, was born Feb. 7, 1848, in Jessamine county, Ky. He is a graduate of the De Pauw…
Boatner, Charles Jp. 125lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 23, 1849, in Columbia, La. He was admitted to the bar…
Bockee, Abrahamp. 125jurist, state senator, congressman, was born in Northeast, N. Y. He was a member of the state…
Bocock, Thomas Sp. 125lawyer, congressman, was born in 1815 in Buckingham county, Va. He sat for several terms in the house of…
Boden, Andrewp. 125congressman, was born in Carlisle, Pa. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1817 to…
Bodine, Robert Np. 125educator, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 17, 1837, in Monroe county, Mo. He has held the…
Bodine, William Buddp. 125clergyman, college president, was born March 10, 1841, in Burlington county, N. J. He has been rector of…
Bodle, Charlesp. 125congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1833 to 1835. He died in 1836 in New…
Bodman, Edward Cushmanp. 125merchant, was born March 22, 1840, in Charlemont, Mass. He was in the grain trade in Toledo in 1865-85,…
Bodwell, Charlesp. 125farmer, legislator, was born in Methuen, Mass. He was a successful farmer and millwright of Dracut,…
Bodwell, Joseph Rp. 125governor of Maine, was born June 18, 1818, in Methuen, Mass. He opened quarries in 1852 on an island in…
Boedecker, G. a. Wp. 125poet, business man. He is a successful business man of Brooklyn, Kan.; and contributes extensively both…
Boen, Haldor Ep. 125educator, congressman, was born Jan. 2, 1851, in Norway. In 1888 he was elected register of deeds and…
Boerum, Simonp. 125congressman, was born Feb. 29, 1724, in New Lots, N. Y. He was a delegate from New York to the…
Bogardus, Abrahamp. 125photographer, was born Nov. 29, 1822, in Fishkill, N. Y. Numerous improvements in the preparations of…
Bogardus, Charlesp. 125soldier, legislator, was born March 28, 1841, in Cayuga county, N. Y. In 1862 he enlisted as a private…
Bogardus, Jamesp. 125engineer, inventor, was born March 14, 1800, in Catskill, N. Y. He made important improvements in cotton…
Bogart, Elizabethp. 125poet, was born about 1806 in New York city. She contributed to periodicals, chiefly the New York Mirror,…
Bogart, G. Henrip. 126educator, journalist, poet, was born Oct. 26, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has attained success as an…
Bogart, William Henryp. 126author, was born Nov. 28, 1810, in Albany, N. Y. He was the author of Life of Daniel Boone; and Who Goes…
Boggess, Calebp. 126lawyer, was born April 29, 1822, in Lumberport, W. Va. In 1842 he was appointed a cadet in the Virginia…
Boggs, Charles Stuartp. 126naval officer, was born Jan. 28, 1811, in New Brunswick, N. J. He was promoted to the rank of captain on…
Boggs, George Brentonp. 126civil engineer, was born Jan. 8, 1844, in Somerville, N. J. He entered the railroad service in 1862; and…
Boggs, Julius Ep. 126railroad president, was born Feb. 14, 1854, in Pickens county, S. C. Since 1891 he has been president of…
Boggs, L. Wp. 126pioneer, governor, was born in 1798 in Kentucky. He was governor of Missouri in 1836, and took a…
Bogle, Jamesp. 126painter, was born in 1817 in Georgetown, S. C. He came to New York in 1836 and entered the studio of…
Bogue, George Marquisp. 126capitalist, was born Jan. 21, 1842, in Norfolk, N. Y. From 1875-76 he was a member of the Illinois…
Bogy, Lewis Vp. 126lawyer, legislator, United States senator, was born April 9, 1813, in St. Genevieve, Mo. He was several…
Bohmer, John Georgep. 126educator, college president, was born Nov. 9, 1848, in Rich Fountain, Mo. He received his education in…
Boies, Henry Mp. 126soldier, manufacturer, philanthropist, author, was born in 1837, in Lee, Mass. In 1882 he was chosen…
Boies, Horacep. 126lawyer, governor, was born Dec. 7, 1827, in Aurora, N. Y. In 1857 he was a member of the state assembly,…
Boise, James Robinsonp. 126educator, author, was born Jan. 27, 1815, in Blanford, Mass. From 1852 to 1868 he was professor of Greek…
Bok, Edward Williamp. 126journalist, author, was born in 1863. He is editor of the Ladies' Home Journal; and the author of The…
Bok, William Johnp. 126journalist, was born May 11, 1861, in Netherlands. In 1881, with his brother, he established the Bok…
Bokee, David Ap. 126naval officer, congressman, was born Oct. 6, 1805, in New York. He was a representative in congress from…
Boker, George Henryp. 126diplomatist, author, poet, was born Oct. 6, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a poet and diplomat of…