Belknap, Hugh Reid – Bell, John I
Belknap, Hugh Reid
business man, congressman, was born Sept. 1, 1860, in Keokuk, Iowa. He attended the public schools there, and also took a course of instruction at the Adams academy, Quincy, Mass., completing his education at Phillips academy at Andover, Mass.; being unable to take a collegiate course, at the age of eighteen he entered the service of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company in a minor capacity; remained with that company for twelve years, filling various positions in practical railroading in the operating department, and retired as chief clerk to the general manager, in 1892, to become superintendent of the South Side Rapid Transit rail- Rapid Transit railroad of Chicago. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Belknap, Jeremy
clergyman, author, was born June 4, 1744, in Boston, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman of Boston, whose History of New Hampshire ranks as the best among local state histories, and is accurate as it is entertaining. His other works include American Biographies; The Foresters; and an American Tale. He died June 20, 1798, in Boston, Mass.
Belknap, William Worth
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born in 1831 in Hudson City, N. Y. He was elected to the Iowa legislature in 1849. He was present at the battles of Shiloh and Vicksburg; was with General Sherman in his great campaign; and was so rapidly promoted as to have command of a division of the army as major-general. After the war he was appointed a collector of internal revenue, which position he held until he entered President Grant's cabinet, in 1869, as secretary of war. He died Oct. 12, 1890, in Washington, D. C.
Bell, Agrippa Nelson
physician, surgeon, journalist, was born Aug. 3, 1820, in Northampton county, Va. He entered the practice of medicine in Franktown, Va.; and in 1847 entered the naval service as a surgeon. In 1873 he established The Sanitarian, of which he still continues as editor and proprietor. He is the author of Knowledge of Living Things, and other works. In 1872 he was one of the founders of the American Public Health association.
Bell, Alexander Graham
patentee, was born March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland. With men of executive ability to aid him, including Gardiner G.
Hubbard, his father-in-law, Prof. Bell organized, in 1878, the American Bell Telephone company, to introduce telephone service into general use throughout the United States. Subordinate companies came into existence in various sections of the United States, and after protracted litigation and contention with the Western Union Telegraph company, Prof. Bell established his rights, and the telephone has now become one of the most necessary, as it is one of the most useful, facilities for the transaction of every -day business.
Bell, Charles H
naval officer, was born Aug. 15, 1798, in New York. He served in the war of 1812 as midshipman ; in 1862 was promoted to commander in the civil war; and in 1866 attained the rank of rear admiral. He died Feb. 19, 1875, in Brunswick, N. J.
Bell, Charles H
lawyer, legislator, United States senator, governor, was born Nov. 18, 1823, in Chester, N. H. He received a collegiate education, graduating at Dartmouth college in 1844; and studied and practiced law. He was solicitor for Rockingham county from 1855 to 1865; was a representative in the legislature in 1858, 1859, and 1860; and the last year as speaker. He was a state senator in 1803 and 1864; president of the senate the last year; and was again a member of the state house of representatives in 1872 and 1873. He was appointed a United States senator in 1879 to fill a vacancy. In 1880 he was elected governor of New Hampshire for the term of two years from June, 1881. He is the author of The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire.
Bell, Charles K
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was porn April 18, 1853, in Chattanooga, Tenn. He removed to Texas in 1871, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He was elected district attorney, state senator, and district judge, serving four years in each position. He was a delegate to the democratic national convention in 1884; and was elected to the fifty-third and fiftyfourth congresses as a democrat.
Bell, Clark
lawyer, journalist, author, was born March 12, 1832, in Rodman, N. Y. He was the originator and president of the Saturday Night club .
In 1883 he founded the Medico-Legal Journal, and is still its editor.
Bell, Edward A
artist, was born Dec. 18, 1861, in New York city. In 1881 In 1881 he went to Europe, where he studied at Munich for two years. He painted nis first picture, Their First Sorrow, two years later.
Bell, Frank Frederick
banker, was born May 26, 1855, in Philadelphia, Pa. He became the first treasurer of the of the city of Philadelphia under the new charter. He engaged in large real estate operations; and is the senior member of the banking firm of Bell, Houghes and company. born
Bell, George
soldier, was about 1832 in Maryland. He was graduated at West Point in 1853. During the civil war he served as assistant in the organization of the subsistence department for the Manassas campaign; as principal assistant commissary to the Army of the Potomac, and in charge of subsistence depots, and as chief of commissariat of the departments of Washington and the Potomac. On April 9 , 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general for services during the war.
Bell, Henry Hay Wood
naval officer, was born about 1808 in North Carolina. Early in the civil war he was appointed fleet captain of the Western Gulf squadron. In July, 1866, he was promoted to be rear-admiral; and in 1867 he was retired. He died Jan. 11, 1868, in Japan.
Bell, Hiram
congressman, was born in Vermont. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1852 to 1853.
Bell, Hiram P
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 1, 1827, in Jackson, Ga. He graduated from the Academy of Cumming, Ga., where he has attained a reputation as one of the leading lawyers of the south. In 1861 he was a delegate to the secession convention ; was a state senator the same year, and resigned to enter the confederate army in 1862. He raised a company, of which he was elected captain. He was dangerously wounded at Chickasaw bayou; and attained the rank of colonel. He was a representative from Georgia in the second confederate congress in 1864-65; and was elected a representative from his state to the forty-third and forty-fifth congresses of the United States as a democrat. He has been a trustee of four colleges, and also of the Methodist Orphans' home; and has taken an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state.
Bell, Isaac
JR., merchant, banker, public official, was born Nov. 16, 1846, in New York city, N. Y. He was educated at private schools, and at Harvard college, Cambridge, Mass., where he remained two years. After leaving Harvard he went abroad to complete his education and to travel. From 1870 to 1818 he was engaged in mercantile business and in banking in New York city; and in the latter year retired from business and went abroad. He returned to the United States in 1880 and settled at Newport, R. I. In 1885 he received the vote of his party in the state legislature for United States senator, but was not elected. In 1885 he was appointed United States minister at The Hague, Netherlands.
Bell, James
lawyer, United States senator, was born Nov. 13, 1804, in Francestown, N. H. He began to practice at Gilmanton, N. H.; in 1831 he removed to Exeter, N. H.; and in 1846 represented that town in the legislature. In that same year he removed to Gilford, where he took charge of the enterprise of damming the outlets of Lake Winnipiseogee and other lakes, so that the large mills on the Merrimac might not suffer from a diminished water supply during the dry season. By prudent management he gained over those property-owners whose interests seemed to be threatened, and the scheme was successful. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1850, and in 1854 and 1855 the unsuccessful whig candidate for governor. In 1855 he was elected to the United States senate, where he served until his death. He died May 26, 1857, in Laconia, N. H.
Bell, James Dana
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Aug. 30, 1840, in Exeter, N. H. He graduated from the Phillips Exeter academy, and the Harvard Law school, and has attained eminence as a successful lawyer and jurist. He was a member of the constitutional convention of South Carolina; and served as a judge of the probate court.
He has always taken great interest in religious matters, and was commissioner to the general assembly of the presbyterian church of the United States. nas
Bell, James M
congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1835.
Bell, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1850 to 1851.
Bell, John
merchant, governor, was born in 1766 in Londonderry, N. H. He was for many years a merchant in Chester, N. H.; councilor of the state; and sheriff of Rockingham county from 1823 to 1828; and was governor of New Hampshire from 1829 to 1830. He died March 22, 1836, in Chester, N. H.
Bell, John I
physician, lecturer, author, was born in 1796, in Ireland. He was a physician and medical lecturer, among whose writings are Health and Beauty; and Regimen and Longevity. He died in 1872. a