Barnitz, Charles A – Barrere, Nelson
Barnitz, Charles A
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1835. He died in March, 1850, in York, Pa.
Barns, William
clergyman, was born in 1795, in Ireland. He was very successful in his preaching, and during his various pastorates large accessions were made to the churches under his direction. Among these charges were several of the largest in Philadelphia and Harrisburg. He died Nov. 25, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Barnum, Mrs. Frances Courte- Nay
author, was born in 1848 in Arkansas. She is a novelist now living in Savannah, Ga., and the author of On Both Sides, an international novel; Behind the Blue Ridge; Juan and Juanita, a juvenile tale; and Claudia Hyde.
Barnum, Henry A
soldier, was born Sept. 24, 1833, in Jamesville, N. Y. He was brevetted major-general in 1865. In 1866 he resigned, having declined a colonelcy in the regular army, and became inspector of prisons in New York. He was deputy tax commissioner from 1869 till 1872, and was for five years harbor-master of New York.
In 1885 he was elected as a republican to the New York state assembly.
Barnum, Phineas Taylor
showman, author, was born July 5, 1810, in Bethel, Conn. He was the son of a farmer and tavern keeper, and became a successful showman of world-wide fame. He was the author of Humbugs of the World; Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' Recollections; Lion Jack, or How Menageries are Made; and Autobiography. He was the best known and He most popular circus showman ever engaged in that business in America. died April 7, 1891, in Bridgeport, Conn.
Barnum, William H
manufacturer, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 17, 1818, in Columbia county, Conn. His firm of Barnum, Richardson and Co. built large works in Lime Rock and East Canaan, Conn., and finally added a car wheel shop in Chicago. In 1851-52 he sat in the state legislature, and from 1868 attended every national convention of his party as a delegate. He was a member of congress in 1867-76; and Connecticut then made him United States senator. He died April 30, 1889, in Lime Rock, Conn.
Barnum, Zenas
civil engineer, capitalist, was born Dec. 9, 1810, in Wilkesbarre, Pa. He was a civil engineer, but became proprietor of Barnum's hotel in Baltimore, in the management of which he acquired a large fortune. Later he became president of the Baltimore Central railroad. He died April 5, 1865, in Baltimore, Md.
Barnwell, John
soldier, was born about 1671 in Ireland. Barnwell's force overtook the depredating Tuscaroras and killed 300 in the first engagement. The survivors were driven into their fortified town, besieged, and finally reduced to submission. Nearly 1,000 of them were killed or captured, and the remnant abandoned their hereditary lands and joined the Five Nations of New York. This was the first crushing blow dealt against the Indians by the white settlers in the Carolinas, and Barnwell is to this day known to his descendants as Tuscarora John. He died about June, 1724, in Beaufort, S. C.
Barnwell, Robert
soldier, gressman, was born in 1762 in Beaufort, S. C. He volunteered for the revolutionary war when sixteen years old. He was afterward a member of the convention in South Carolina on the adoption of the federal constitution; and was a representative in congress in 1791-93. He died in 1814. con-
Barnwell, Robert Woodward
college president, congressman, was born Aug. 10, 1801, in Beaufort, S. C. He graduated at Harvard university in 1821; studied law; was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1829 to 1833; was president of the South Carolina college from 1835 to 1843, and was a senator in congress in 1850 by appointment to fill a vacancy. After the war he was again president of the South Carolina college.
He died Nov. 25, 1882, in Columbia, S. C.
Barr, Albert J
journalist, was born Jan. 12, 1851, in Pittsburg, Pa. Upon the death of his father he became president of the Pittsburg Post Printing and Publishing company, and editor-in-chief of the paper. The work he has since done on the Post has made that publication one of the best known newspapers in America. In 1893 he was appointed a commissioner to the World's Fair, and in 1894 was appointed surveyor of customs of the port of Pittsburg.
BARR, MRS. AMELIA EDITH [HUD- DLESTON], author, was born March 29, 1831, in Lancaster, England. She came to America in 1854. Her books exhibit many excellencies of construction and characterization, are wholesome in tone, and have been deservedly popular. Among the best of them may be named Jan Vedder's Wife; Paul and Christina; A Daughter of Fife; A Border Shepherdess; The Bow of Orange Ribbon, a tale of colonial life in New York; Between Two Loves; Friend Olivia; Bernicia, a story in which Whitefield, the famous preacher, is a prominent figure.
Other works by Mrs. Barr include: Scottish Sketches; Flower of Gala Water; Romance and Reality; Young People of Shakespeare's Time; Cluny McPherson; The Hallam Succession; The Lost Silver of Briffault; The Last of the McAlisters; Scottish Sketches; The Squire of Sandal Side; Master of His Fate; Christopher; Remember the Alamo, a story of Texas; She Loved a Sailor; A Rose of a Hundred Leaves; Michael and Theodora; A Sister to Esau; Feet of Clay; The Household of McNeil; The Preacher's Daughter; Love for an Hour is Love Forever; A Singer from the Sea; and The Lone House.
Barr, Berzelius L
lawyer, college president, author, was born Sept. 29, 1846, in Tremort City, Ohio. He graduated in law from the University of Michigan, and as civil engineer from the National Normal university, Ohio. For twelve years he was president of the Western Normal university, and now practices law in his native city. He served as a union soldier during the civil war in company F, second Illinois light artillery, and was in the sieges of Atlanta and Jonesboro, and Nashville, Tenn. He is the author of Outlines of Oral Grammar Teaching; and Complete Inductive Grammar.
Barr, Charles
educator, was born April 8, 1860, in Watertown, N. Y. In 1887 he accepted the chair of natural science in Baldwin university of Berea, Ohio, and in 1888 he became professor of astronomy and applied mathematics, and acting professor of biology in Albion college, of Albion, Mich.
Barr, G. Walter
physician, lecturer, author, was born Oct. 25, 1860, in Medway, Ohio. In 1880 he graduated from the Indiana Asbury university, and in 1884 from the Jefferson Medical college of Philadelphia. He is professor of materia medica, therapeutics and hygiene in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Keokuk, Iowa. He has been a public lecturer on popular science; was lecturer on hygiene in the Training School for Nurses in the Blessing hospital of Quincy, Ill.; is post-surgeon Illinois division Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., and a prominent member of many leading medical and pharmaceutical associations. He is the author of Idiosyncrasy and Drug, and other works.
Barr, George Tillotson
banker, state senator, was born Feb. 4, 1851, in Terre Haute, Ind. He is a successful banker of Mankato, Minn., of which city he has been mayor. In 1889 he served as a representative in the Minnesota state legislature; was a state senator during 1891-97, and president pro tem of the senate during the sessions of 1895 and 1897.
Barr, John W
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 17, 1826, in Versailles, Ky. In 1847 he commenced the practice of law at Versailles, Ky., and soon afterward removed to Louisville, where he continued to practice his profession until 1880, when he was appointed United States district judge for the district of Kentucky.
Barr, Samuel F
journalist, congressman, was born June 15, 1829, in Ireland. He emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1831; received a common-school education; engaged in railroad and commercial pursuits; was editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph from 1873 to 1878, and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses.
Barr, Thomas C
capitalist, was born Feb. 2, 1858, in Wellsboro, Pa. He has been president of several railway companies, and has also organized and put in operation the omnibus general of Philadelphia. He was elected president of the New Jersey Traction company in 1893.
Barr, Thomas J
state senator, congressman, was born in 1812 in New York city. In 1853 he was elected a member of the New York state senate, and was elected a representative in congress from New York to the thirty-fifth and thirtysixth congresses.
Barras, Charles M
actor, author, was born in 1826. He was the author of a well-known spectacular play called The Black Crook, from which he derived a large income. His eccentric character and unconscious drollery made him popular. He died March 31, 1873, in Cos Cobb, Conn.
Barrere, Granville
lawyer, congressman, was born in Highland county, Ohio. He commenced practicing law in Illinois in 1856, and was elected to the forty-third congress.
Barrere, Nelson
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1851 to 1853. .