Babbitt, Elijah – Bache, Benjamin Franklin
Babbitt, Elijah
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1796 in Providence, R. I. He was prosecuting attorney for the state in 1833; served in the state legislature in 1836 and 1837; was a state senator in 1844 and 1845; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirtysixth and thirty-seventh congresses.
Babbitt, Isaac
inventor, was born July 26, 1799, in Taunton, Mass. In 1839, he discovered the now well-known antifriction metal that bears his name and is so extensively used in lining boxes for axles and gudgeons. For this invention he received in 1841 a gold medal from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' association, and afterward congress granted him $20,000. He was also engaged in the manufacture of soap. He died May 26, 1862, in Somerville, Mass.
Babcock, Alfred
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1841 to 1843.
Babcock, Charles A
naval officer, was born June 12, 1833, in New York city.
While co-operating with the army on the James, York and Pamunkey rivers, he defeated the confederates in several actions. He was afterward attached to the Pensacola navy yard, and in 1868-69 commanded the steamer Nyack of the South Pacific squadron. He died June 29, 1876, in New Orleans, La.
Babcock, Charles Almanzo
edu- He cator, scientist, was born in 1849. graduated from Hamilton college, and received the degrees of A. M. and LL. B. He has filled the chair of science in the New York State Normal school; and has been superintendent of schools of Oil City, Pa. He has lectured on scientific subjects, and contributed valuable articles on science to current literature. He is the originator and founder of bird day in the schools of America; and is a member of the British Astronomical association.
Babcock, Elnora Monroe
Woman suffragist, was born Jan. 11, 1852, in Columbus, Pa. In 1870 she was married to Prof. John W. Babcock of Jamestown, N. Y., and now superintendent of public schools in Dunkirk. She became president of the Dunkirk club; was elected president of the Chautauqua County Political Equality club, of which she still holds the presidency. In 1891 she had the honor of presiding over the first woman suffrage meeting ever held at the great Chautauqua assembly.
Babcock, Emma Whitcomb
author, was born April 24, 1849, in Adams, N. Y. She is the wife of Prof. C. A. Babcock, superintendent of schools of Oil City, Pa. She has done considerable work as book reviewer; has contributed to various leading magazines; and is the author of Household Hints; A Mother's Note Book; and other works. She is president of a literary club well known in western Pennsylvania, which has founded a public library.
Babcock, Francis Granger
banker, legislator, was born in 1831, in Pharsalia, N. Y. He purchased large tracts of land with reference to their value as timber land, which turned out to be petroleum producing. In 1875 he established The Bank of Hornellsville, and is the owner of the celebrated Babcock Stock Farms. In 1853 he was elected to the legislature.
Babcock, George Herman
inventor, engineer, manufacturer, philanthropist, was born Jan. 17, 1832. The Babcock and Wilcox boilers have been the most extensively built and sold of all devices of this nature. Large works for their production have been built in Elizabeth, N. J. Works have been established in the city of Glasgow, from which the markets of the world are supplied. He died Dec. 20, 1894, near Otsego, N. Y.
Babcock, Harmon Seeley
educator, lawyer, poet, author, was born April 11, 1849, in Lebanon, R. I. In 1874 he graduated from the Brown university with the degree of A. B., and was valedictorian of his class. In 1877 received the degree of A. M., and was admitted to the bar in the same year. For three years he was superintendent of public schools of East Providence, R. I.; was town solicitor for two years; and since 1890 has been coroner. He taught two years in the University Grammar school of East Providence, and for one year in the Brown university as instructor in logic. He has delivered poems at annual conventions of various associations and reunions, and is the author of two volumes of poems, entitled Trifles, and The Friendship of Learning. He has been president of the Rhode Island Poultry association; vicepresident of the American Poultry association; editor of the Standard of Perfection; and is the author of several works on poultry.
Babcock, Helen Louise B
educator, elocutionist, was born Aug. 13, 1867, in Galva, Ill. She graduated from the Cumnock School of Oratory of the Northwestern university, and subsequently became an instructor in that institution. She then taught elocution in the Mount Vernon seminary of Washington, D. C.; and has attained prominence as a dramatic reader. In 1891 she was married to Dr. F. C. Babcock, a successful physician of Hastings, Neb.
Babcock, James F
journalist, jurist, legislator, was born in 1809 in Connecticut. He began newspaper work at an early age, and in 1830 became editor of the New Haven Palladium, which soon began to issue a daily edition and which he conducted for thirty-one years. He was nominated for congress, and was elected by the democrats to the state legislature in 1873. The legislature of 1874 elected him judge of the police court of New Haven. He died June 18, 1874, in New Haven, Conn.
Babcock, James Francis
chemist, was born Feb. 26, 1844, in Boston. For five years he was professor of chemistry in the Boston university; and in 1881 he accepted that chair in the Massachusetts college of pharmacy. He is well known as the inventor of a fire extinguisher.
Babcock, Joseph Weeks
manufacturer, congressman, was born March 6, 1850, in Swanton, Vt. He removed with his parents to Iowa in 1855; attended school at Mount Vernon and Cedar Falls; removed from Iowa in 1881 and settled in Necedah, where he has since resided, being engaged in the manufacture of lumber. He was elected to the Wisconsin assembly in 1888 and re-elected in 1890; was elected chairman of the national republican congressional committee in 1894 and re-elected in 1896. He was elected to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Babcock, Leander
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.
Babcock, Orville E
soldier, was born Dec. 25, 1835, in Franklin, Vt. He was graduated at West Point, and entered the engineer corps as second lieutenant May 6, 1861. In 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. At the surrender of Lee at Appomattox he selected the place where the generals met. He was promoted a colonel in the regular army in 1866. He was drowned June 26, 1884, in Mosquito inlet, Fla.
Babcock, Paul
soldier, merchant, was born Aug. 18, 1841, in New York city..
Since 1880 he has been the president of The Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, and of The Soule and Fleming Manufacturing Co., and of The Liebig Manufacturing Co.
Babcock, Samuel S
soldier, educator, lawyer, was born Feb. 5, 1842, in Genesee county, Mich. In 1861 he enlisted as a union soldier and was promoted to first sergeant. He was a graduate from the Michigan State Normal school, and for fifteen years was engaged in educational work. He held the chair of mathematics in the State Normal school; and the chair of natural sciences in the Ypsilanti seminary. For six years he was a member of the state board of Michigan, four years of which he was its president. For two years he was a member of the state board of geological survey; has been president of the Michigan Republican club, and a director from its organization. He is a successful lawyer of Detroit, Mich.; and has contributed both prose and verse to current literature.
Babcock, William
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from New York from 1831 to 1833.
Baber, Edmund K
railroad president, was born Oct. 7, 1841, in New York city. Since 1889 he has been president of the Keesville, Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain railroad.
Bach, J. Maurice
musician, composer, was born May 7, 1856, in Switzerland. He is active as teacher of piano, organ and theory at Henderson, Ky. He is a good performer and has composed much music, including four operas, Laredo; Marguerita; Alhamer; and The Politicians.
Bache, Alexander Dallas
scientist, author, was born July 19, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pa. He graduated at West Point in 1825. In 1843 he was appointed superintendent of the United States coast survey; was one of the founders of the American association for the Promotion of Science; in 1855 was made president of the American Philosophical society; was an active and efficient member of the United States sanitary commission throughout the civil war; and in 1846 was made regent of the Smithsonian institution. In 1833 he edited Brewster's Optics, with notes; in 1840 to 1845 published Observations at the observatory of Girard college; and in 1834, Report of Experiments to Navigate the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal by Steam. He died Feb. 17, 1867, in Newport, R. I.
Bache, Benjamin Franklin
surgeon, was born Feb. 7, 1801, in Monticello, Va. He was fleet-surgeon of the Mediterranean squadron in 1841-44, and of the Brazil squadron in 1847-50. From 1850 to 1854 he was at the New York naval hospital, and then organized in New York the laboratory that furnishes all medical supplies to the navy. He was director of this from 1853 to 1871. He died Nov. 2, 1881, in New York city.