Bebb, William – Beckwith, Charles D
Bebb, William
governor, was born in 1802 in Butler county, Ohio. He was governor of Ohio from 1846 to 1848. He died Oct. 24, 1873, in Rockford, Ill. many.
Bechtel, George
manufacturer, philanthropist, was born in 1840 in Ger- After graduating from the Columbia college, he became identified with his father's brewery, which was established in 1853 at Stapleton, Staten Island. In 1870 he became sole proprietor; and was one of the largest taxpayers on Staten Island. He filled numerous public offices of trust; was four times elected delegate from Richmond county to the state convention; and in 1888 was a presidential elector. Shortly before his death he erected Bechtel's hospital on Staten Island, which his widow subsequently donated to the Smith's infirmary. He was extremely charitable, and foremost in all benevolent works on Staten Island. died July 16, 1889, leaving an estate worth two million dollars.
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Beck, Charles
educator, legislator, was born Aug. 19, 1798, in Heidelberg, Germany. In 1832 he was elected to the chair of Latin language and literature at Cambridge, and, on his retirement from that professorship in 1850, he devoted himself to literary pursuits and classical studies. In 1863 he published The Manuscripts of the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, described and collated. He was for two years a representative of Cambridge in the state legislature. He died March 19, 1866, in Cambridge, Mass.
Beck, Erasmus W
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 21, 1833, in Mc- Donough, Ga. He was educated at Mercer university, in that state; was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1856; and practiced his profession there. He was elected to the forty-second congress to fill a vacancy.
Beck, George
poet, was born in 1749 in England. He wrote short poems, made poetic translations from Anacreon, Homer, Virgil, and Horace, and in 1812 published Observations on the Comet. In 1795 he served as a scout in Wayne's campaign against the Indians. He died Dec. 24, 1812, in Lexington, Ky.
Beck, James B
lawyer, United States senator, was born Feb. 13, 1822, in Scotland. In 1867 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the fortieth congress, and was re-elected to the three succeeding congresses. He was elected a United States senator from Kentucky for the term of six years, from 1877; and was re-elected for a second term of six years. He died May 3, 1890, in Washington, D. C.
Beck, John Brodhead
physician, author, was born Sept. 18, 1794, in Schenectady, N. Y. He was the author of Medical Essays; and with his brother, T. Romeyn Beck, produced the great work on Medical Jurisprudence. He was also the author of Infant Therapeutics; and Historical Sketch of the State of Medicine in the Colonies. He died April 9, 1851, in Rhinebeck, N. Y.
Beca, Leonora
educator, author, was born in Georgia. For five years she was the president of the Capitol Female college of Atlanta, Ga., and now fills the chair of Latin and Greek in the Gardner institute of New York city. She is the author of a work of prose and verse.
Beck, Lewis C
chemist, author, was born Oct. 4, 1798, in Schenectady, N. Y.
In 1830 he was appointed professor of chemistry and natural history in Rutger's college, and, at the time of his death, was professor of chemistry in the Albany Medical college. He published Account of the Salt Springs at Salina; On Adulterations; Botany of the United States, and of the United States North of Virginia; Mineralogy of New York; Illinois and Missouri Gazetteer; and Chemistry. He died April 20, 1853, in Albany, N. Y.
Beck, Paul
philanthropist, was born in 1760 in Philadelphia, Pa. He acquired a large fortune in the wine trade, and for several years filled the office of port warden of Philadelphia. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia academy of fine arts, a benefactor of the deaf and dumb institution of that city; president of the American Sunday School union; and a contributor to various other charitable and religious undertakings. He died Dec. 22, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Beck, Samuel
educator, clergyman, was born Nov. 3, 1832, near Richmond, Ind. He received his education in the public schools and academies of eastern Indiana; and received the degree of doctor of divinity from the DePauw university. For ten years he was engaged in educational work in the common and special schools. He has attained success as an eminent clergyman; has filled pastorates in the methodist episcopal church in Covington, Attica, Crawfordsville, Greencastle, Thorntown, Terre Haute, and Brazil; and for the past twelve years has been presiding elder of the Valparaiso district.
Beck, Theodric Romeyn
author, was born April 11, 1791, in Schenectady, N. Y. He was a medical writer of Albany; and the author of Elements of Medical Jurisprudence, with J. B. Beck, his brother. He died Nov. 19, 1855, in Utica, N. Y.
Becker, Cynthia Ann
poet. She is a successful writer of Lincoln, Neb.; and her poems constantly appear in the western press.
Becker, George Ferdinand
geologist, author, was born Jan. 5, 1847, in New York city. He is a geologist in the United States service; and the author of Geology of the Comstock Lode; Atomic Weight Determinations; Geometrical Value of Volcanic Cones; A New Law of Thermo-Chemistry; Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits of the Pacific Slope; and several lesser works. was
Becker, Harry William
born June 18, 1868, in Girardville, Pa.
He was educated in the common schools of his native place and at Ashland, Williamsport, and in a business college of Philadelphia.
He built the Palace theater in Girardville, of which he is owner and manager. He has been engaged with and interested in numerous theatrical enterprises; and is the owner and editor of the Footlight, a theatrical paper, and The Weekly Stem. He is an accomplished musician and leads a band numbering over one hundred men. He is a member of the board of trade of his city, and is interested in various business enterprises.
Becker, Philip
merchant, public official, was born in April, 1830, in Germany. He attained success as a merchant in Buffalo, N. Y., and has retired from active business. He served three terms as mayor of the city of Buffalo; and since 1869 has been president of the Buffalo German Insurance company. He was a delegate to the republican national convention of 1876.
Becker, Thomas A
Roman Catholic bishop, was born in 1832 in Pittsburg, Pa. He was appointed professor of theology, ecclesiastical history, and sacred scriptures in St. Mary's college, Emmettsburg, and was one of the chief secretaries of the plenary council assembled at Baltimore. He was then stationed at the cathedral of Richmond, where he remained until created bishop of the new diocese of Wilmington, Del. He has contributed largely to reviews and periodicals, and his series of articles in the American Catholic Quarterly on the idea of a true university attracted wide attention.
Beckett, Sylvester Break- More
author, poet, was born in 1812 in Maine. He was a publisher of Portland, Maine; and the author of Hester, the Bride of the Islands, a Poem; and Guide Book of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence.
He died in 1882.
Beckham, Carl H
lawyer, state legislator, was born July 3, 1860, in Henry county, Ohio. He studied law in Toledo, was admitted to the bar in 1886, and has been ever since engaged in the practice of his profession in that city. He was elected to the seventy-first Ohio general assembly as a republican, and re-elected to the seventy-second general assembly.
In 1888 he was a candidate of the democratic party for congress. He has been a member of the board of city school examiners for about eighteen years.
Beckley, John Newton
educator, lawyer, railroad president, was born Dec. 30, 1848, in Clarendon, N. Y. From 1870- 71 he became principal of the public schools of Lanesboro, Minn.; and at Rushford from 1871-72. In 1882 he was elected city attorney of Rochester, N. Y.; and in 1889 was elected president of a railroad; and in 1892 became president of the street railroad association of the state of New York at Rochester.
Beckner, William Morgan
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 19, 1841, in Nicholas county, Ky. He was elected city judge without opposition March, 1865; county attorney without opposition in 1867; was nominated without opposition and elected county judge in 1870; was appointed prison commissioner in 1880, and wrote report of commission with reference to system for managing state prisons. He was appointed railroad commissioner in 1882 and served until February, 1884, when he resigned. He was nominated and elected member of the constitutional convention without opposition in 1890; and was elected to the legislature without opposition in 1893. He was elected to congress as a democrat in 1894, to fill a vacancy.
Beckwith, Amos
soldier, was born in 1830 in Vermont. He was graduated at West Point in 1850, and served in the Seminole war. He was brevetted brigadier-general in the United States army in 1865, and promoted lieutenant-colonel on the general staff in 1874.
Beckwith, Charles D
manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 23, 1838, in Saratoga, N. Y. He was educated at private schools in Troy, N. Y.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Worcester, Mass.; and at New Haven, Conn. (military). He is engaged in iron manufacturing; served as alderman and mayor, each four years; and was elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.
BECKWITH, EDWARD GRIFFIN. soldier, was born June 25, 1818, in Cazenovia, N. Y. He was graduated at West Point in 1842, served in the war with Mexico at Tampico and Vera Cruz. In 1865, he received the brevet rank of brig-. adier-general, United States army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war. He died June 22, 1881, in Clifton, N. Y. was