Barnes, James – Barnhart, Jacob S
Barnes, James
author, was born in 1865 in Maryland. He is the author of For King or Country, a Story of the Revolution; Admiral Farragut; Naval Actions of the War of 1812; and A Princetonian.
Barnes, John A
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born Jan. 3, 1859, in Marion county, Ky. He has been master in chancery for Clay county, Ill., and is a successful lawyer of Louisville. In 1897 he became a member of the Illinois state legislature.
Barnes, Joseph K
physician, surgeon, was born July 21, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was present at the deathbed of Lincoln, attended Secretary Seward when he was wounded by the knife of a confederate assassin, and attended Mr. Garfield through his long confinement. He was a trustee of Peabody educational fund, a commissioner for the soldiers' home, and the custodian of other important public trusts. He died April 5, 1883, in Washington, D. C.
Barnes, Lemuel Call
clergyman, was born Nov. 6, 1854, in Kirtland, Ohio.
He is a prominent clergyman of the baptist church, and is now pastor of the Fourth Avenue church, of Pittsburg, Pa.
Barnes, Lyman E
lawyer, congressman, was born June 30, 1855, in Weyauwega, Wis. He began the practice of law in Appleton in 1876; was district attorney of Outagamie county, and as a democrat was elected to the fifty-third congress.
Barnes, Mary Sheldon
educator, author, was born Sept. 15, 1850, in Oswego, N. Y. In 1874 she graduated from the University of Michigan; and has filled the chair of Latin and Greek in the Oswego state normal school, and later in the Wellesley college. She is the author of Studies in General History; Studies in American History; and Teachers' Manual. was Mr.
Barnes, Phineas
engineer, born Jan. 10, 1842, in Portland, Me. He studied at the Lawrence Scientific school, Cambridge, Mass., and at the Rensselaer Polytechnic institute, Troy, N. Y.
Barnes has made a specialty of the construction of iron and steel works, and for some time has been associated with the American Iron and Steel works in Pittsburg, Pa. He is a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, to whose transactions he has frequently contributed papers of technical value.
Barnes, Sarah Isabella
poet, was born March 18, 1867, in Dexterville, Ohio; is the author of a volume of poems.
She has contributed extensively to the periodical press, and her poems have been incorporated into several standard works.
Barnes, Thurlow Weed
president of corporations, was born June 28, 1853, in Albany, N. Y. In 1876 he graduated from Harvard university. His life has been devoted to literary work and politics. He is the president of corporations in New York city. He was chairman of the Albany general committee in 1886; traveled in Europe in 1882, and made the tour around the world in 1884-85. He is a grandson of Thurlow Weed, and is the author of the second volume of the Life of Thurlow Weed in two volumes, and of Souvenir of Albany Bicentennial.
Barnes, William
educator, lawyer, was born May 26, 1824, in Pompey, N. Y.
He started life as a schoolteacher, and in 1843, in connection with his father, who was county superintendent, he successfully conducted one of the first normal schools or teachers' institutes in New York state at Baldwinsville. In 1845 he was admitted to the bar, and became noted as one of the foremost lawyers of his state at Albany.
Barnes, William
journalist, is the youngest son of William Barnes, the celebrated lawyer of Albany, N. Y. He is the editor of The Albany Evening Journal, and contributes extensively to current literature The Evening Journal is published every evening except Sunday, and also issues a semi-weekly and weekly edition.
It is one of the foremost journals in the state of New York, and always advocates the principles of the republican party. It is published by The Journal Publishing company, of which he is one of the largest individual stockholders.
Barnes, William H
lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born in 1843 in Hampton, Conn. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law at Jacksonville, Ill. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1871 and 1872, and was a delegate to the democratic national conventions of 1876, 1880 and 1884. He was a member of every democratic state convention held in Illinois between 1865 and 1885, and in 1885 was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of the territory of Arizona.
Barnes, William Henry
railroad president, was born July 12, 1829, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1892 he has been president of the Allegheny Valley railway, and also various other railroads.
Barnett, Edward H
clergyman, journalist, was born Oct. 8, 1840, in Montgomery county, Va. He has filled various pastorates in Virginia and Georgia; has been for five years editor of the Presbyterian Quarterly of Richmond, Va., and is the author of a work entitled Life's Golden Lamp. of
Barnett, James
soldier, merchant, banker, congressman, was born June 21, 1821, in Cherry Valley, N. Y. He received his education in the public schools Cleveland, Ohio, and is a successful hardware merchant of that city. During the civil war he served with distinction, and attained the rank of brigadier-general.
In 1882 he was elected a member of congress from Cleveland by the republican party. He has served as president of the First National bank, and is prominently identified with the business and public affairs of his city and state.
Barnett, Orville Marion
lawyer, state legislator, was born Aug. 14, 1870, in Knox county, Mo. He is a successful lawyer of Sedalia, Mo., and in 1897 was elected a member of the Missouri state legislature.
Barnett, Mrs. Rachel Price
educator, poet, was born March 30, 1837, in Freeport, Ohio. For nearly ten years she taught school in Ohio and Iowa, and is now a writer and poet of Dexter, Iowa.
Barnett, Samuel
journalist, author, was born March 6, 1824, in Washington, Ga. He was president of the Washington bank; in 1871 was commissioner, and in 1872 was secretary of the Georgia State Agricultural society. He was editor of the Chronicle, and author of Interest Table; Buckle's Outline View of Georgia; and many other works.
Barnett, William
congressman.
He was elected a representative in congress from Georgia from 1812 to 1815, when he was appointed one of the commissioners to run the Creek boundary line.
Barnett, William Allen
merchant, was born Oct. 8, 1822, near Hamilton, Ohio. He has attained success as a merchant miller. For over half a century he was proprietor of the same mills.
Barney, Edward Mitchell
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 28, 1811, in Lynn, Mass. He was educated at the Harvard college and Tufts Divinity school and received the degree of B. D. from the latter institution. He has filled a pastorate in the First Universalist church of Marion, Mass., and now fills a pastorate in the First Universalist church of Beverly, one of the largest churches in his denomination.
Barney, Everett H
inventor, manufacturer, was born Dec. 7, 1835, in Framingham, Mass. He has attained success as a manufacturer and inventor, and the Barney and Berry skates have a world-wide reputation.
Barney, John
congressman. He was a member of congress from Maryland from 1825 to 1827. He left behind him an unfinished record of Personal Recollections of Men and Things. He died Jan. 26, 1856, in Washington, D. C.
Barney, Joshua
naval officer, commodore, was born in 1759 in Baltimore, Md. He entered the naval service of the revolution in 1775, and was active during the whole war. He bore the American flag to the French national convention in 1796, and entered the French service. He returned to America in 1800, and took part in the war of 1812. He died in 1818 in Pittsburg, Pa.
Barney, Samuel S
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 31, 1846, in Hartford, Wis. He was educated in the public schools and at Lombard university, Galesburg, Ill., and taught the high school in Hartford for four years. He has practiced his profession at West Bend, Wis., since 1873. He filled the office of superintendent of schools of Washington county from 1876 to 1880, and was elected to the fiftyfourth and fifty-fifth congresses.
Barnfield, Thomas P
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born March 25, 1844, in Boston, Mass. He was admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1870, and was city solicitor of Pawtucket for eleven years. He was judge of the probate court for three years, and was a member of the legislature of Rhode Island for three years.
Barnhart, Jacob S
lawyer, poet, was born Jan. 19, 1828, near Bellefonte, Pa. In 1849 he became a daguerrean artist, and subsequently a photographer. For many years he was the editor and owner of the Democratic Watchman of Pennsylvania. In 1871 he was admitted to the bar, and since 1877 has practiced law in Charles City, Iowa.
He is a stenographer and a teacher of shorthand, and a natural musician. He has contributed extensively to the periodical press, and his poems have been given a place in several standard works.