Barron, Samuel – Barry, William Farquhar
Barron, Samuel
naval officer, was born Sept. 25, 1765, in Hampton, Va. He was distinguished for gallantry in the revolutionary navy of Virginia, in which his father, his uncle and his brother also participated. He died Oct. 28, 1810, in Hampton, Va.
Barron, Samuel
naval officer, was born about 1802 in Virginia. He entered the navy as midshipman; attained the rank of lieutenant in 1827; commander in 1847; and captain in 1855.
Barron, Walter J
inventor, was born June 27, 1846, in Meadville, Pa. He invented many improvements now in use on leading typewriters, and in 1888 he invented the Universal typewriter. In 1891 he perfected the Densmore and Barron typewriters.
Barrow, Alexander
lawyer, legislator, United States senator, was born in 1801 in Nashville, Tenn. He served a number of years in the legislature of Louisiana, and was a senator in congress from Louisiana from 1841 to 1846. He died Dec. 29, 1846, in Baltimore, Md.
Barrow, David
clergyman, was born Oct. 30, 1753, in Virginia. He held various pastorates in Kentucky, and in 1803 published an able pamphlet on The Trinity. He died Nov. 14, 1819, in Kentucky.
Barrow, Mrs. Frances Eliza- Beth
author, was born Feb. 22, 1822, in Charleston, S. C. She was a writer of juvenile tales which have been widely circulated. Among them are The Night Cap Series; The Pop Gun Series; and The Six Mitten Books. She died in 1894.
Barrow, Pope
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born Aug. 1, 1830, in Oglethorpe county, Ga. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1859, and in the law class of that institution of 1860. He served in the confederate army, and at the close of the war of the rebellion resumed the practice of law at Athens, Ga. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1877, and was a representative in the state legislature in 1880-81. He was elected a senator of the United States from Georgia to fill a vacancy, and served from 1882 to 1883.
Barrow, Washington
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 5, 1817, in Davidson county, Tenn. He was a lawyer by education and profession, and in 1841 was appointed American charge d'affaires to Portugal. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1847 to 1849. He died Oct. 19, 1866, in St. Louis, Mo.
Barrows, Charles C
physician, was born June 5, 1857, in Jackson, Miss.
He is assistant obstetric physician and gynecologist of Bellevue hospital of New York city.
Barrows, Elijah Porter
educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 5, 1817, in Mansfield, Conn. In 1853 he was appointed professor of Hebrew language and literature in Andover theological seminary, retaining the office until 1866.
In 1872 he accepted a like appointment in Oberlin, Ohio, theological seminary. Besides twenty-five articles in the Bibliotheca Sacra, he has published A Memoir of Evertin Judson; Companion to the Bible; and Sacred Geography and Antiquities. He has also been one of the editors of the American Tract society's Bible with Notes.
Barrows, Henry Francis
manufacturer, was born in Attleborough, Mass.
He is the builder and president of The Attleborough Branch railroad; manager of The North Attleborough Gas company; and president of The North Attleborough National bank.
Barrows, John Henry
clergyman, author, was born in 1847 in Michigan. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Chicago, and the author of The Gospels are True History; I Believe in God the Father Almighty; Henry Ward Beecher, the Pulpit Jupiter; and Life of Henry Ward Beecher.
Barrows, John Otis
clergyman, author, poet, was born Aug. 4, 1833, in Mansfield, Conn. He has filled many important pastorates in the congregational church, and is the author of On Horseback in Cappadocia and many poems of merit have appeared from the pen of this eminent divine.
Barry, John
naval officer, was born in 1754 in Ireland. He served through the revolutionary war as a naval officer, and at the close of the war, the United States established a new navy, and Barry was named senior officer. In 1776 he commanded the brig Lexington, the first continental vessel which sailed from the port of Philadelphia, and with which he made the first capture of a British war vessel accomplished by an American cruiser. He subsequently commanded the Effingham, Raleigh, the Alliance and other war vessels. He died Sept. 30, 1803, in Philadelphia, Pa. born
Barrows, Samuel June
clergyman, congressman, author, was May 26, 1845, in New York city. He was fifteen years chaplain of the fifth regiment Massachusetts militia, and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican. He is the author of The Shaybacks in Camp; The Baptist Meeting House; Science and Immortality; Isles and Shrines of Greece; and various other works.
Barrows, Willard
civil engineer, author, was born in 1806 in Monson, Mass.
He accomplished the government survey of the Choctaw purchase, in Mississippi, finishing that work in 1835. Later he explored Cedar river, which at that time was scarcely known, and in 1837 was engaged on the first surveys of Iowa. In 1840 he surveyed the islands in Mississippi river between Rock Island, and Quincy. He published several accounts of his experiences, including Barrows's New Map of Iowa, with Notes, and Historical Sketch of Scott County. He died Jan. 3, 1868, in Davenport, Iowa.
Barrows, William
clergyman, author, was born in 1815 in Massachusetts. He was a congregational clergyman of Massachusetts, and the author of The Church and the Children; The Indian's Side of the Indian Question; Oregon, the Struggle for Possession; The United States of Yesterday and To-morrow; and Twelve Nights in the Hunter's Camp. He died in 1891.
Barry, Belle B
poet, has contributed many poems of rare merit to the periodical press, which have been incorporated into several standard works. She is the wife of Isaac E. Barry, a prominent business man of Knoxville, Tenn.
Barry, F. G
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 15, 1845, in Woodbury, Tenn. He served in the confederate army during the civil war, and engaged in the practice of law at West Point, Mississippi. He was a state senator from 1875 to 1879; was a presidential elector in 1880, and was elected a representative from Mississippi to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses. a
Barry, Henry W
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born in New York city. He entered the union army as private early in the war; organized the first regiment of colored troops raised in Kentucky, and commanded a brigade and for a time a division of the army. He was brevetted twice for gallant and meritorious conduct, the last brevet being majorgeneral. He was elected a member of the state constitutional convention of Mississippi in 1867; was elected to the state senate of Mississippi in 1868; and was elected to the forty-first, forty-second and forty-third congresses. He died June 7, 1875, in Washington, D. C.
Barry, John Daniel
author, was born in 1866 in Massachusetts. He is the author of A Daughter of Thespis; The Intriguers, a novel; Mademoiselle Blanche; and The Princess Margarethe, a fairy tale.
Barry, John Stetson
clergyman, author, was born March 26, 1819, in Boston, Mass. He was a universalist clergyman, and the author of The Stetson Genealogy; and History of Massachusetts. He died Dec. 11, 1872, in St. Louis, Mo.
Barry, John Stewart
state senator, governor, was born Jan. 29, 1802, in Amherst, N. H. Upon the organization of the Michigan state government he was elected a state senator, and in 1841 chosen governor of the state. He was reelected in 1843, and also in 1849; and was also, on two occasions, a presidential elector. He died Jan. 14, 1870, in Constantine, Mich.
Barry, Nicholas J
physician, was born in 1865, in La Crosse, Fla. Is a prominent physician and drug merchant of Yular, Fla. He received his education in the schools of Lebanon, Ohio, and at colleges in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Atlanta, Ga.
Barry, Patrick
horticulturist, author, was born in May, 1816, near Belfast, Ireland. He edited the Genesee Farmer in 1844-52; and was editor of The Horticulturist in 1852-54. He wrote extensively on subjects connected with pomology and flowers, and in 1851 produced a Treatise on the Fruit Garden. His most important book is the complete and valuable Catalogue of the American Pomological Society, which has long been a standard work. He died June 23, 1890, in Rochester, N. Y.
Barry, William
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 10, 1805, in Boston, Mass.
He was a congregational clergyman of Chicago; and the author of Rights and, Duties Churches; Duties of Neighboring Churches; Thoughts on Christian Doctrine; History of Framingham; and Antiquities of Wisconsin. He died Jan. 17, 1885, in Chicago, Ill.
Barry, William Farquhar
soldier, was born Aug. 8, 1818, in New York city. In 1865 he was made brevet brigadier-general, United States army, for his services in the campaign ending with the surrender of the army under Gen. J. E.
Johnston, and on the same day was made brevet major-general for gallant conduct in the field. He was the author in conjunction with Gen. Barnard, of Reports of the Engineer and Artillery Operations of the Army of the Potomac from its Organization to the Close of the Peninsular Campaign. He died July 18, 1879, in Baltimore, Md.