Beckwith, Emma – Bee, Hamilton P
Beckwith, Emma
reformer, was born Dec. 4, 1849, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
She received her education in the public schools of Toledo, Ohio, and was the first woman going into business life in lower New York, at 66 Nassau street. She was nominated for mayor of Brooklyn, made a genuine canvass, and obtained a large vote. She is an earnest advocate of woman suffrage, and has entered the regular lecture field, in which she has attained eminent success.
She has also been foremost in all charitable works and philanthropic movements.
Beckwith, James Carroll
painter, was born Sept. 23, 1852, in Hannibal, Mo. He is a son of N. M. Beckwith, who was United States_commissioner-general at the international exhibition of Paris in 1867. He studied art for two years in the national academy, New York, and for five years in the Paris school of arts.
His works include Judith, portraits exhibited at the New York academy of design, and The Falconer, sent to the Paris exposition of 1878. He received a medal from the Universal exposition in Paris in 1889.
Beckwith, John Watrus
bishop, was born Feb. 9, 1831, in Raleigh, N. C.
At the close of the war he became rector of Trinity church, New Orleans, and while there was elected protestant episcopal bishop of Georgia. He died Nov. 24, 1890, in Atlanta, Ga.
Beckwith, Philo Daniel
was born March 6, 1825, in Pike, N. Y. In 1871 he invented the Round Oak stove for heating purposes, which has since revolutionized the stove trade of the United States. He was elected mayor of Dowagiac, Mich., four times.
Beckwith, Mrs. Sue E
poet, was born in 1843, in DeKalb county, Ill. She is a writer of Audale, Kan.; and the author of the poem entitled A Legend of Arkansas.
Beckwith, Walter Parker
educator, was born Aug. 27, 1851, in Lempster, N. H. In 1871 he graduated from the Kimball Union academy of Meriden, N. H.; and from Tufts college in 1876.
For two years he was principal of the Chicopee Falls high school; and during 1878-96 was superintendent of schools at Adams, Mass. Since 1896 he has been connected with the State Normal school of Salem, Mass.
Beckwourth, James P
pioneer, was born about 1800 in Virginia. He was a mulatto. About 1850 he discovered the pass through the Sierra Nevada mountains that bears his name. During his adventurous life he was at one time chief among the Crow Indians, and he figures in many books of western travel. He died in 1867.
Bedel, John
soldier, lawyer, legisator, was born July 8, 1822, in Indian Stream territory, N. H. His father was Gen. Moody Bedel.
The son enlisted as a private in the Mexican war in 1847, and became a captain in 1849. He was admitted to the bar in 1850, and practiced in Bath. He was made a brigadiergeneral of United States volunteers, by brevet, dating in 1865, for gallant services. He repreand meritorious sented the town of Bath in the legislature, and was several times the unsuccessful democratic candidate for governor. He died Feb. 26, 1875, in Bath, N. H.
Bedel, Timothy
soldier, was born about 1740 in Salem, N. H. He served as a lieutenant in the French war. In 1775 he was appointed captain of rangers, and in 1776, colonel of the first New Hampshire regiment, joining the northern army under Schuyler. He died February, 1787, in Haverhill, N. H.
Bedell, Frederick
physicist, electrician, was born April 12, 1868, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He graduated from Yale, and later received the degree of Ph. D. from Cornell, where he was appointed assistant professor of physics in 1893. He is the editor of the Physical Review, is well known by his scientific writings, and as the author of Alternating Currents; A Laboratory Manual of Physics; and The Principles of the Transformer.
Bedell, Gregory Thurston
bishop, author, was born Aug. 17, 1817, in Hudson, N. Y. He was the third protestant episcopal bishop of Ohio, and a valued writer of the evangelical school. He is the author of The Divinity of Christ; The Profit of Godliness; Pastoral Theology; Principles of Pastorship; The Age of Indifference; Episcopacy; Fact and Law; and a few minor works. He died in 1892.
Bedell, Gregory Townsend
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 28, 1793, on Staten Island, N. Y. He was an episcopal clergyman of Philadelphia, and once famous as a preacher. He is the author of Renunciation; Ezekiel's Vision; and Sermons were his chief works. He died Aug. 30, 1834, in Baltimore, Md.
Bedell, Louis
lawyer, state legislator, was born Oct. 1, 1864, in Coxsackie, N. Y. He is a successful lawyer of New York city; and in 1896-97 served with distinction as a member of the New York state legislature.
Bedford, Gunning
soldier, congressman, governor, was born about 1730 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lieutenant in the French war in 1755; major in 1775; lieutenant-colonel in Hasler's regiment in 1776; was wounded at White Plains; and subsequently appointed muster-mastergeneral in 1776. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1783 to 1785; and governor of Delaware in 1796 and 1797. He died Sept. 30, 1797, in New Castle, Del.
Bedford, Gunning
JR., lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born in 1747, in Philadelphia, Pa. He graduated at New Jersey college in 1771; practiced law at Dover, and at Wilmington, Del.; was a member of the legislature; attorney-general of the state; and a delegate to the continental congress in 1785 and 1786.
He was a member of the convention which formed the federal constitution; was a presidential elector in 1789 and 1793; and was United States district judge from 1789. He died March 30, 1812, in Wilmington, Del.
Bedford, Gunning S
physician, author, was born in 1806, in Baltimore, Md. He was the author of Lectures on Diseases of Women and Children; Midwifery; and has translated from the French several medical works. He died Sept. 5, 1870, in New York city.
Bedford, Mrs. Lou S
poet. Her first work, A Vision and Other Poems, was published in 1881, and by permission was reproduced in London. This volume elicited many fine encomiums from such men as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Longfellow, and Paul Hayne. In 1888 appeared Gathered Leaves, a very fine collection of her later poems.
Bedinger, George M
soldier, congressman, was born about 1750 in Virginia. He was one of the earliest emigrants to Kentucky. He served as adjutant in the expedition against Chillicothe in 1779; as major at the battle of Blue Licks in 1782; and did good service throughout the war as an Indian spy. He was major of the United States infantry in 1792-93; was a member of the Kentucky legislature in 1792; and a representative in congress from that state from 1803 to 1807. He died in 1830 in Lower Blue Licks, Ky.
Bedinger, Henry
lawyer, diplomatist, congressman, was born in 1810 near Shepherdstown, Va. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1845 to 1849, where he was distinguished for his eloquence as a debater. In 1853 he was appointed charge d'affaires to Denmark, afterward minister resident. During his residence in Denmark he was successful in bringing about the treaty abolishing the sound dues. He died Nov. 26, 1858, in Shepherdstown, Va.
Bedle, Joseph Dorset
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Jan. 3, 1831, in Mattawan, N. J. In 1865 he was appointed a judge of the supreme court of New Jersey, and was reappointed in 1872. In 1874 he was elected governor of New Jersey, and served three years.
Bedle, Joseph Dorsett
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Jan. 5, 1821, in Middletown, N. J. In 1865 he was elected justice of the supreme court of New Jersey; and in 1875-78 was elected the twenty-sixth governor of New Jersey.
Bedlow, Henry
capitalist, was born Dec. 21, 1821, in New York city. In 1868 the island to which he gave his name, came to him by purchase, and there he made his home. He also served in 1848 as assistant physician of the American expedition to the Dead sea. While thoroughly a New Yorker, Mr. Bedlow long ago made Newport, R. I., his home, and held the office of mayor of that city in 1875, 1876 and 1877.
Bee, Bernard E
soldier, was born about 1823 in Charleston, S. C. He served as captain on frontier duty in Minnesota, on the Utah expedition, and in Dakota until March 3, 1861, when he resigned and entered the confederate service. He held the rank of brigadier-general, and commanded a brigade of South Carolina troops at Bull Run. He died July 21, 1861.
Bee, Hamilton P
soldier. He was a general in the confederate service during the civil war. He is a brower of Bernard C. Bee, who at Bull Run said: There is Jackson standing like a stone wall, thus giving to that officer a name that would live for all time, while he was to die that day himself.