Barbee, William J – Barbour, John Humphrey
Barbee, William J
educator, clergyman, physician, author, was born in 1816 in Winchester, Ky. He was educated at Miami university, Oxford, Ohio, and studied medicine with Dr. Drake, of Cincinnati, where he practiced from 1836 to 1846. He afterward taught school in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, and also became a preacher of the Christian or Campbellite denomination. He is the author of Physical and Moral Aspects of Geology (Philadelphia, 1859); The Cotton Question; The Scriptural Doctrine of Confirmation; Life of the Apostle Peter, and other works.
Barber, Amzi Lorenzo
capitalist, was born June 22, 1843, at Saxton's River, Vt. In 1867 he graduated from Oberlin college with the degree of A. B.; and in 1868 took charge of the preparatory department of the Howard university of Washington. In 1887 he resigned from the professorship to engage in the real estate business; and since 1878 has been identified with asphalt pavement. He is president of the Barber Asphalt Pavement company; president of the celebrated Trinidad Asphalt company; and their asphalt pavements are used in the principal cities of the United States. He is one of the foremost business men of Washington, D. C.
Barber, Francis
soldier, was born in 1751, in Princeton, N. J. In 1767 he graduated from Princeton college; and during 1769-76 he conducted an academy in Elizabethtown, N. J. He served with distinction through the revolutionary war, and attained the rank of adjutant general.
He was accidentally killed by a falling tree Feb. 11, 1783, in Newburg.
Barber, George Franklin
architect, was born July 30, 1854, in DeKalb, Ill. He is well known as an architect of Knoxville, Tenn.; and a writer on architectural subjects.
Barber, Gershom M
soldier, educator, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 2, 1823, in Cayuga county, N. Y. He was professor in Baldwin institute four years and principal two years. He served in the civil war and rose to the rank of brigadier-general. In 1873 he was elected judge of the superior court of Cleveland; in 1875 served on the bench of the court of common pleas; and served two terms as a member of the city council of Cleveland, Ohio.
Barber, Hiram
lawyer, congressman, was born March 24, 1835, in Warren county, N. Y. He removed to Wisconsin in 1846, and was educated at the State university at Madison; studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was district attorney of Jefferson county, Wis., in 1861-62; was assistant attorney general of the state in 1865-66; and in 1866 moved to Chicago, Ill. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-sixth congress.
Barber, Homer G
business man, state senator, was born in 1830, in Benson, Vt. He removed to Vermontville, Mich., and became a merchant, and in 1871 engaged in banking. In 1871-72 he was state senator from Eaton and Barry counties.
In 1861 he was appointed postmaster of Vermontville, and held that position eleven years.
Barber, Isaac
physician, surgeon, state senator, was born Sept. 4, 1854, at Forty Fort, Pa. He is a physician by profession. He studied medicine, and graduated from the university of Pennsylvania in 1879. He served as medical director of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company in New York city for one year, and located at Phillipsburg, N. J., in 1880. In 1897 he was elected a member of the New Jersey state senate, and has since continued in active practice.
Barber, Isaac Ambrose
physician, business man, legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 26, 1852, near Salem, N. J.
He graduated from the Hahnemann medical college of Philadelphia, Pa. In 1873 he moved to Easton, Md.; practiced medicine for fifteen years; and since that time has been engaged in milling. He has been president of the Farmers' and Merchants National bank of Easton, Md.; was a member of the Maryland state legislature in 1895-96; and in 1896 was elected a member of the fifty-fifth congress.
Barber, J. Allen
lawyer, congressman, was born in Georgia, Vt. He obtained a liberal education at the university of Vermont; studied law and was admitted to practice in 1833. In 1837 he removed to the territory of Wisconsin; and was a member of the first constitutional convention of Wisconsin in 1846.
He was elected to the state assembly in 1852, 1853, and 1863, serving the last year as speaker. He was elected to the state senate in 1856 and 1857; was elected to the forty-second and forty-third congresses; and served with ability on numerous important committees.
Barber, John Jay
soldier, lawyer, artist, was born Sept. 21, 1840, in Sandusky, Ohio. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1862; joined the volunteer army in 1863; returned sick, and upon recovery determined to devote himself to painting. He received no instruction in art, but settled in Columbus, Ohio, in 1871, and opened a studio. He devoted himself at first to landscapes, delineating scenes in the Muskingum valley. Subsequently he executed cattle pieces, and after 1881 exhibited in the National academy in New York.
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Barber, John Warner
author, was born Feb. 2, 1798, in Windsor, Conn.
He was an industrious annalist whose compilations, though of slight literary merit, are valuable as historical material not so readily accessible elsewhere. is the author of Historical Collections of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Ohio, the four last being prepared with the assistance of Henry Howe; History of New Haven; Elements of General History; and Historical Scenes in the United States. He died in June, 1885, in New Haven, Conn.
Barber, Levi
congressman, was born in Litchfield county, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1817 to 1819, and again from 1821 to 1823.
Barber, Mary Augustine
educator, was born in 1789, in Newtown, Conn.
She entered the visitation convent of Georgetown in 1818 with her four daughters. She was a woman of superior education, and the convent and school progressed rapidly during her residence. In 1836 she founded a convent of the visitation in Kaskaskia, Ill., where she remained until 1844. She died in 1860, in Mobile, Ala.
Barber, Noyes
merchant, lawyer, congressman, was born April 28, 1781, in Groton, Conn. He was in early life a merchant, but a lawyer by profession; and was a representative in congress from his native state from 1821 to 1835.
He died Jan. 3, 1845, in Groton, Conn.
Barber, Otho C
president of the Diamond Match company, was born April 20, 1841, in Middlebury, N. Y. In 1880, The Barber Match company, of which he was at the head, was making over one-fourth of the matches manufactured in the United States. About this time, Mr. Barber saw the advantages of consolidating a number of the leading manufactories, and instead of thirty factories being required for their manufacture, ninety per cent. of the matches in America are now manufactured in five factories. In 1889 The American Straw Board company was organized with $6,- 000,000 capital, with Mr. Barber as president, in which position he served until 1894. In 1891 Mr. Barber and associates founded the town of Barberton, Ohio. He is president of The Ohio Tube company, of Warren, Ohio, and of The Barberton Belt Line Railroad company. of
Barber, William Alexander
lawyer, was born Sept. 10, 1869, in Chester, county, S. C. In 1889 he graduated with distinction from the South Carolina college, and received the degrees of A. B. and LL. B. In 1894 he was elected attorney general of South Carolina, and in 1896 received the re-election without opposition.
Barbour, G. L
author, poet. He is the author of The End of Time; and his poems have appeared in numerous collections.
Barbour, George Harrison
manufacturer, was born June 26, 1843, in Collinsville, Conn. He is the president and general manager of the Michigan Stove company; first president of the Chamber of Commerce; president of the Manufacturing club; director of the Buck Stove and Range company, of St. Louis, Mo.; expresident of the National Association Stove manufactory; and served as president of the city council of Detroit in 1888. He has taken an active part in the business and public affairs of his city and state; and has been foremost in various public improvements and charitable works.
Barbour, James
state senator, governor, was born June 10, 1775, in Orange county, Va. He was speaker of the house of delegates, and governor of that state; and was a senator in congress from 1815 to 1825. He was appointed secretary of war in 1825, and minister to England in 1828. He died June 8, 1842, in Orange county, Va.
Barbour, John Humphrey
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1854, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is an episcopal clergyman, professor of New Testament interpretation at the Berkeley Divinity school of Middletown, Conn.; and the author of Beginnings of the Historic Episcopate.