Badger, Milton – Bailey, Gamaliel
Badger, Milton
clergyman, was born May 6, 1800, in Coventry, Conn. He was ordained in 1828 as pastor of the South Congregational church in Andover, Mass., and remained there until 1835, when he became associate secretary of the American Home Missionary society.
He was soon placed in the position of senior secretary, and for thirty-four years performed the duties of his office with great faithfulness and skill. He died March 1, 1873, in Madison, Conn.
Badger, Oscar C
naval officer, was born Aug. 12, 1823, in Windham, Conn.
He was made lieutenant-commander in 1862, and commanded the ironclads Patapsco and Montauk in the engagements with the forts and batteries in Charleston harbor in 1863. In 1872 he was made captain, and on Nov. 15, 1881, commodore. In 1885 he was placed on the retired list.
Badger, William
governor, was born Jan. 13, 1779, in Gilmanton, N. H.
He was a member of the legislature from 1810 to 1812; of the senate from 1814-16; and president of that body in 1816. He was an associate judge of the court of common pleas from 1816 to 1821; high sheriff of Stafford county, N. H., from 1822-32; and governor of the state from 1834-36. He died Sept. 21, 1852, in Gilmanton, N. H.
Badlam, Ezra
soldier, was born May 25, 1746, in Milton, Mass. He was a brother of Gen. Stephen Badlam, was a captain in Grilley's artillery regiment at the siege of Boston in 1775, was in Baldwin's regiment in 1776, was present at Trenton and Princeton, and from 1777 to 1780 was lieutenant-colonel of Bailey's regiment. He died April 5, 1788, in Dorchester, Mass.
Baensch, Emil
lawyer, jurist, lieutenant-governor, was born June 12, 1857, in Manitowoc, Wis. He was educated in the private and public schools of his native city; and in 1888 graduated from the state university. He then edited a local republican newspaper for two years; was admitted to the bar in 1882, and the same year elected justice of the peace.
In 1885 he became county clerk, which position he resigned to accept the position of county judge. He held this office for six years, and during his term but one appeal was taken from his decision. He was a candidate for congress in 1892, and has filled various positions of honor in his county and state. In 1894 he was elected lieutenant-governor of Wisconsin, and received the re-election in 1896. He is a life member of the State Historical society, and an honorary member of the German Press association of Wisconsin.
Baer, George
congressman, was born in Frederick, Md. He was engaged in various branches of business; and was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1797 to 1801, and again from 1815 to 1817. He died in Frederick at an advanced age.
Baer, John Willis
lecturer, was born May 2, 1861, near Rochester, Minn.
He is actively engaged in Christian Endeavor work, and is the general secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, with headquarters at Boston, Mass.
Baer, Libbie C. Riley
poet, was born Nov. 18, 1849, near Bethel, Ohio.
Her poems have appeared in the leading publications, and in several standard works. She has taken an important part in the benevolent work of the Woman's Relief corps of Appleton, Wis. In 1867 she was married to Capt. John M. Baer, an officer with a gallant military record.
Baer, O. P
physician, was born Aug. 25, 1816, in Frederick, Md. In 1867, with ten other homœopathic physicians, he organized The Indiana Institute of Homeopathy, and was elected its president.
Baer, William Jacob
artist, was born Jan. 29, 1860, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1.892 he was chosen principal of freehand drawing at the newly organized New York school of applied design for women of New York city; and became instructor of drawing from antique at the Cooper Union Art schools.
Bagby, Albert Morris
author, was born in 18-. He is a writer of New York city; and the author of A Weimar Idyl, a popular musical novel.
Bagby, Arthur P
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born in 1794, in Virginia. He adopted the profession of law, and settled in Alabama in 1818; was elected a member of the legislature in 1820 and 1822, and was speaker of the house.
He was governor of Alabama from 1837 to 1843; and was a senator in congress from that state from 1842 to 1849. He died of yellow fever Sept. 21, 1858, in Mobile, Ala.
Bagby, George William
journalist, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 13, 1828, in Buckingham county, Va. He was a Virginia journalist and lecturer and of some note as a humorist. He was the author of John M. Daniel's Latin Key; What I Did with My Fifty Millions; and Meekins's Twinses. He died Nov. 29, 1883, in Richmond, Va.
Bagby, John C
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 24, 1819, in Glasgow, Ky.
He was educated at Bacon college; studied law, and went to the bar in 1846. In that year he removed to Rushville, Ill., where he practiced his profession. In 1874, without seeking the nomination, he was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-fourth congress.
Bagg, Clara B
pianist, was born Sept. 26, 1861, in New York city.. The last of her instructors was Rafael Joseffy, from whom she acquired technical skill, force, and delicacy. She has appeared with success in concerts in Brooklyn and New York city.
Bagg, Lyman Hotchkiss
author, was born in 1846 in Massachusetts. He is the author of Four Years at Yale; and Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle.
Bagley, Blanche Pentecost
unitarian minister, was born Jan. 19, 1858, in England. In 1882 she moved to Chicago, Ill.; and in 1889 graduated from the Meadville Theological school. In 1887 she first preached in Middlesex, Vt.; and in 1889 Mr. and Mrs. Bagley were ordained and installed together as joint pastors of All Souls church of Sioux Falls, S. D.
Since 1890 she has lived in Haverhill, Mass., where she occasionally fills her husband's pulpit, and takes an active part in various organizations.
Bagley, George A
manufacturer, congressman, was born July 22, 1826, in Watertown, N. Y. He received an academic education; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1847; and practiced for six years, when he engaged in the manufacture of iron and machinery. He was elected to the forty-fourth and fortyfifth congresses.
Bagley, John H
merchant, congressman, was born Nov. 26, 1832, in Hudson, N. Y. He received a common-school education; and in 1851 went to California and engaged in mining and other pursuits. He returned to New York and engaged in steamboating on the Hudson river, and settled at Catskill, N. Y., as a merchant and leather manufacturer. He served four terms as supervisor of the town; was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress; and also elected to the forty-eighth congress.
Bagley, John Judson
manufacturer, governor, was born July 24, 1832, in Medina, N. Y. In 1872 he was elected governor of the state of Michigan; and re-elected in 1874. He died July 27, 1881 in San Francisco, Cal.
Bailey, Alexander H
jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1817, in Minisink, N. Y.
He was a justice of the peace at Catskill for four years; was a member of the state assembly in 1849; and judge of Greene county for four years from 1851. He was a member of the state senate from 1861 to 1864; was elected a representative from New York to the fortieth congress, in the place of Roscoe Conkling; and was re-elected to the fortyfirst congress. He died April 20, 1874, in Rome, N. Y.
Bailey, Anna Warner
known as Mother Bailey, patriot, was born Oct. 11, 1758, in Groton, Conn. She was the wife of Capt. Elijah Bailey, of Groton. She witnessed the massacre at Fort Griswold in 1781. In 1813, when the British threatened to attack New London, Mother Bailey rendered great aid to its defenders by tearing up flannel garments for cartridges.
She died in 1850 in Groton, Conn.
Bailey, Charles Martin
manufacturer, banker, was born Oct. 24, 1820, in Winthrop, Maine. He began the manufacture of oil-cloth carpets in Winthrop, Maine. Depots are now maintained in New York city and Philadelphia, unaer the style of The C. M. Bailey's Sons Co.
He is president of the Bank of Winthrop and the Maine Steamship company.
Bailey, David J
congressman, was born in Georgia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1855.
Bailey, Ebenezer
educator, was born June 25, 1795, in West Newbury, Mass. In 1838 he established a boys' school at Roxbury, which in 1839 was moved to Lynn. He was at various times a member of the city council of Boston, director of the Home of Reform, president of the Boston Lyceum, and director of the Boston Mechanics' institute. He died Aug. 25, 1839, in Lynn, Mass.
Bailey, Ellene Alice
inventor, was born in Pond Fort, Mo. One of her principal inventions is the Dart needle, for sewing on shoe and other buttons.
Her numerous inventions have proved not only useful and practical, but of commercial importance.
Bailey, Ezra B
financier, state senator, was born March 29, 1841, in Franklin, Conn. He resumed control of the E. H. Horton and Son Co. in 1880; since that time has been its general manager; and is now president and treasurer. In 1890 he was appointed United States collector of customs to the port of Hartford. He served in the state senate in 1887.
Bailey, Gamaliel
journalist, was born Dec. 3, 1807, in Mount Holly, N. H.
The first number of the National Era, published under the auspices of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery society, appeared in 1847, and of which publication he was editor. In 1848 an angry mob laid siege to the office for three days, and finally separated under the influence of an eloquent harangue by the editor. The Era, in which Uncle Tom's Cabin originally appeared, ably presented the opinions of the anti-slavery party. He died at sea June 5, 1859.