Barmm, Frank Herman – Barnes, Jacob B
Barmm, Frank Herman
lawyer, was born Jan. 25, 1864, in Chicago, Ill.
He is a recognized expert on real estate values; his own holdings in the city of Chicago being very extensive and valuable.
Barnam, Curtis Field
lawyer, legislator, was born May 24, 1820, in Richmond, Ky. He graduated from the law school in 1842, and became prominent as a representative in the state legislature of Kentucky.
Barnard, Charles
journalist, author, was born Feb. 13, 1838, in Boston, Mass. He is a journalist, and the author of The Tone Masters; The Soprano; My My Ten Rod Farm; Farming by Inches; A Simple Flower Garden; The Strawberry Garden; Legilda Romanoff; Knights of To-day; Co-operation as a Business; A Dead Town, a Romance of the Old Country; Talks about the Weather; and Talks about the Soil.
Barnard, Daniel Dewey
lawyer, congressman, author, was born July 16, 1797, in Sheffield, Mass. In 1826 he was elected district attorney for Monroe county, N. Y., and in 1827 was elected representative to congress. He was again in congress from 1839 to 1845, when he was chairman of the judiciary committee.
From 1850 to 1853 he was United States minister to Prussia. He was the author of numerous reviews and speeches. He died April 24, 1861, in Albany, N. Y.
Barnard, Edmund K
educator, was born in 1863, in Sauk county, Wis. His life has been devoted to educational work; he has been county superintendent of schools, and has occupied the positions of principal and professor in various schools of Oregon and Washington.
Barnard, Edmund M
state senator, was born May 28, 1860, in Hudson, N. Y.
In 1891 he was elected a representative in the Michigan state legislature; was a member of the senate in 1893-94, and received the re-election in 1895-96, and again in 1897-98.
Barnard, Edward Emerson
astronomer, author, was born Dec. 16, 1857, in Nashville, Tenn. Since 1883 he has had charge of the astronomical observatory, and he is also assistant in practical astronomy at Vanderbilt university. His publications consist of astronomical contributions to the Sidereal Messenger, Observatory, Science Observer, Astronomische Nachrichten, and other technical journals.
Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter
college president, author, was born May 5, 1809, in Sheffield, Mass. He was an educational writer, and was president of Columbia college in 1864-89. He was the author of History of the United States Coast Survey; Imaginary Metrological System of the Great Pyramid; The Undulatory Theory of Light; and Letters on College Government. He died April 27, 1889, in New York.
Barnard, Henry
educator, author, was born Jan. 24, 1811, in Hartford, Conn.
In 1837 he was elected a member of the legislature of Connecticut, and was twice re-elected to that office, during which time he effected a reorganization of the state common school system. He was superintendent of public schools in Rhode Island from 1843-49; state superintendent of school architecture from 1850 to 1854; and began the American Journal of Education in 1855. He became president of the American association for the advancement of education. He is the author of several educational works, including Story of Education in Connecticut, and Educational Biography.
Barnard, Isaac D
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born July 18, 1791, in Aston, Pa. He was distinguished at Lyons Creek and at the capture of Fort George in 1813; and left the army in 1815. He was admitted to the bar in 1816, and was soon made deputy attorney general. He was chosen state senator in 1820; secretary of state in 1826; and was United States senator from Pennsylvania , from 1827 to 1831. He died Feb. 28, 1834, in Westchester, Pa.
Barnard, James Ellery
lawyer, was born Jan. 29, 1863, in Franklin, N.
H. He graduated in 1884 from Dartmouth college; and from the Boston university law school in 1890. He has attained prominence as a successful lawyer in his native town, and in 1892 was appointed justice of the police court of his city by Gov. Smith .
He is very prominent in various Masonic bodies.
Barnard, John
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 6, 1681, in Boston, Mass.
He was a congregational minister of Boston who was among the earliest New England dissenters from Calvinism. A robust and logical thinker; and the author of Version of the Psalms; Sermons; and The Strange Adventures of Philip Ashton.
He died Jan. 24, 1770.
Barnard, John Gross
soldier, author, was born May 19, 1815, in Sheffield, Mass. He was a major-general of the United States army; and the author of Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec; Phenomena of the Gyroscope; Dangers and Defences of New York; Sea Coast Defence; The Peninsular Campaign and its Antecedents; and Problems of Rotary Motion. He died May 14, 1882, in Detroit, Mich.
Barnard, Oliver W
farmer, business man, poet, was born Aug. 4, 1828, in 1828, in Economy, Ind. He is a successful farmer and business man of Manteno, Ill.; and is .; and is the author of a number of poems which have appeared in Poets of America and other standard works.
Barnard, William Stebbins
naturalist, inventor, author, was born Feb. 28, 1849, in Canton, Ill. His reports His reports as entomologist have been published by published by the government, and he has contributed to the proceedings and transactions of the of the scientific societies of which he is a mema member. He has made inventions of harvesters, both for corn and cotton, and also of means and appliances for the destructhe destruction of injurious insects. He also devised the Harvard book-rack, improved paperfile holders, and similar articles .
Barnes, Alanson H
lawyer, jurist, was born in New York. He removed to He removed to Wisconsin and practiced law, and in 1873 was appointed United States associate jusassociate justice for the territory of Dakota.
Barnes, Albert
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 1, 1798, in Rome, N. Y.
Rome, N. Y.
He was a leader of new school presbyterian thought and an and an able scriptural commentator. He was a clergyman of Philadelphia, and was at one time tried for heresy. He was the author of Notes on the New Testament; Scriptural Views of Slavery; The Atonement; Life at Three Score; Prayers for Worship; Family and Evidences of Christianity in the Nineteenth Century. He died Dec. , 1870, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Barnes, Alfred C
was born Oct. 27, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected colonel of the thirteenth regiment in 1884, and in 1886 retired from military service. He founded the Astor Place bank, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and in 1891 became its president. He planned and supervised Barnes' Brief History of America.
Barnes, Alfred Smith
publisher, was born Jan. 28, 1817, in New Haven, Conn. In 1840 he went to Philadelphia for four years, and built up a profitable publishing business, which he then removed to New York city. His brother, five sons and a nephew were associated with him under the title of A. S. Barnes and Co. The firm attained eminence in the publication of school books. His son, Alfred C. Barnes, now represents the house in The American Book company.
He died Feb. 17, 1888, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Barnes, Amos
hotel proprietor, was born Aug. 15, 1828, in East Lebanon, N. H. He established the firm of Barnes and Dunkle in 1879, and leased the Hotel Brunswick in the famous Back Bay district of Boston. The Brunswick is now known as one of the finest and most successful hotels in America.
Barnes, Annie Maria
editor, author, was born May 28, 1857, in Columbia, S. C. For many years she edited and published a juvenile paper, and is the author of Some Lowly Lives; The Life of David Livingston; Scenes in Pioneer Methodism; The Children of the Kalahari; The House of Grass; and The Atlanta Ferryman. can
Barnes, Catharine Weed
artist, was born Jan. 10, 1851, in Albany, N. Y.
She is one of the editors of the Ameri- Amateur Photographer, besides writing for other magazines on camera work. She built a fine portrait studio at Albany, N. Y., containing a laboratory and printing room.
Barnes, Demas
journalist, banker, congressman, was born April 4, 1887, in Canandaigua, N. Y. In 1866 he was elected as a democrat to the fortieth congress , where he served on the committees on banking and currency, and education and labor. He was active in procuring legislation for the construction of the Brooklyn bridge. The Brooklyn Eagle at one time belonged to him, and of the Brooklyn Argus he was the founder, continuing publication until 1877. He died May 1, 1888, in New York city.
Barnes, Edwin H
poet, was born May 13, 1849, in Marathon, N. Y. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled A Wild Bouquet, which contains many rare gems of verse. He is engaged in engaged in business in his native city, where he filled the office of postmaster for eleven years.
Barnes, George T
lawyer, state representative, was born Aug. 14, 1833, in Richmond county, Ga. He was educated at the Richmond county academy and at Franklin college, University of Georgia, Athens, where he graduated in August, 1853. He studied law, was adwas admitted to the bar, and has since practiced in Georgia. He was a member of the state house of representatives of Georof Georgia in 1860-65; was a member of the national democratic committee from Georfrom Georgia, 1876-84, and was elected to the forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses
Barnes, Jacob B
journalist, was born July 11, 1839, in Freeport, Ill. He Ill. He is the editor and owner of the Peoria of the Peoria Journal, one of the leading newspapers of the west.