Bender, Joseph Elmer – Benjamin, Dowling
Bender, Joseph Elmer
educator, physician, nurseryman, was born Sept. 17, 1852, in Westmoreland county, Pa. He received his education at the Oskaloosa college, Iowa; and during 1879-81 attended the Allopathic Medical department at the Iowa State university. He taught school until 1883, and since that time has been secretary of the Independent School district of Oakland, Iowa. He abandoned the practice of medicine in 1892, since which time he has been engaged in fruit growing.
Bender, Prosper
physician, author, was born in 1844 in Quebec, Canada. He is a Canadian physician, and since 1883 has practiced his profession in Boston. He is the author of Old and New Canada; Literary Sheaves, or La Littérature au Canada-Francais.
Bendire, Charles E
soldier, educator, author, was born in 1836 in Georgia. He was an ornithologist of note; honorary curator of the department of oölogy in the United States National museum; and a captain and brevet major in the United States army. He was the author of Life Histories of North American Birds. He died in 1897.
Bendix, John E
soldier, business man, was born Aug. 28, 1818. He participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and the Wilderness, besides the engagements of the intervening campaigns. He was promoted brigadier-general in 1865. He died Oct. 8, 1877, in New York city, N. Y.
Benecke, Louis
lawyer, legislator, was born May 1, 1843, in Brunswick, Germany. He received his education in the common schools in Blankenburg college, Germany, and in the high schools of Brunswick, Mo. He served during the civil in the forty-ninth regiment of the Missouri volunteers, and captain of company I. For fourteen years he was mayor of his adopted city war was of Brunswick, Mo.; for twenty-two years president of the board of education of that city; and a director of the First National bank of Brunswick. For four years he served as a member of the Missouri state senate. He stands high in fraternal societies; is grand dictator of the Knights of Honor; judge-advocate, junior, senior, and department commander of the G. A. R. of Missouri.
Benedict, Asa G
educator, was born Aug. 11, 1848, in Lysander, N. Y.
He was principal of the Free academy of Rome, N. Y.; and was for three years president of the Y. M. C. A. In 1880 he came to Clinton, N. Y., as principal of the Houghton seminary, which he has since managed with ability and success.
Benedict, Charles B
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 7, 1828, in Attica, N. Y. He received an academic education; studied law; was admitted to practice in 1856; engaged in the banking business at Attica in 1860, and continued therein. He was a member of the democratic state committee in 1875; a presidential elector in 1876; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fifth congress.
Benedict, Charles L
lawyer, jurist. He practiced the profession of the law in Brooklyn; was a representative in the New York legislature in 1863; in 1865 was appointed United States district judge for the eastern district of New York; and in 1881 was tendered the appointment of associate justice of the court of appeals of New York state.
Benedict, David
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 10, 1779, in Norwalk, Conn. He was a baptist clergyman of Pawtucket; and the author of History of the Baptists; History of All Religions; Fifty Years Among the Baptists; Compendium of Ecclesiastical History; and History of the Donatists. He died Dec. 5, 1874, in Pawtucket, R. I.
Benedict, Erastus Cornelius
jurist, author, was born March 19, 1800, in Branford, Conn. He was a jurist of New York city; and the author of The American Admiralty, Its Jurisdiction and Practice. He died Oct. 22, 1880, in New York city.
Benedict, Frank Lee
author, poet, was born in 1834 in New York city.
She is the author of Miss Van Kortland; My Daughter Elinor; The Price She Paid; John Worthington's Name; Miss Dorothy's Charge; St. Simon's Niece; 'Twixt Hammer and Anvil; Her Friend Laurence; A Late Remorse; Madame; and The Shadow-Worshipper and Other Poems.
Benedict, George Grenville
journalist, state senator, was born Dec. 10, 1826, in Burlington, Vt. He attended the academy at Burlington; and graduated from the university of Vermont in 1847. During the civil war he was lieutenant in the twelfth regiment, Vermont volunteers; and aid-de-camp on the staff of the second Vermont brigade. He has been president of the Vermont and Boston Telegraph company; a member of the Vermont state senate; secretary of the university of Vermont; president of the State Historical society; president of the Vermont Press association; and president of the Vermont society of Sons of the American Revolution. He has been the state military historian; collector of customs for Vermont; and for forty years editor of the Burlington Free Press.
Benedict, George Wyllys
educator, journalist, was born Jan. 11, 1796, in North Stamford, Conn. He was professor at the university of Vermont from 1825 till 1847. He became associated with Ezra Cornell in the construction of the Troy and Canada junction telegraph line, becoming the first superintendent of that company. He subsequently engaged independently in telegraph building, and contracted for the erection of several lines. He purchased the Burlington Free Press in 1853, and remained its editor and publisher until 1866. During 1854 and 1855 he was a member of the Vermont senate, serving as chairman of the committee on education. He died Sept. 23, 1871, in Burlington, Vt.
Benedict, Henry Harper
manufacturer, was born in 1801. In 1882, having been admitted to membership in the firm of Wyckoff, Seamans and Benedict, he removed to New York city to engage in the sale of Remington typewriters. In 1886 the firm purchased the entire typewriter plant of the Remingtons, including all rights and franchises, and have since conducted the manufacture as well as the sale of the machine, attaining a remarkable success.
Benedict, Kirby
jurist, was born in Connecticut. In 1853 he was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of New Mexico.
Benedict, Le Grand
soldier, was. born April 10, 1802, in Troy, N. Y. He enlisted in the second New York volunteers, and in 1826 was made assistant adjutant-general of the United States volunteers, with the rank of captain, by appointment of President Lincoln.
Benedict, Lewis
soldier, lawyer, was born Sept. 2, 1817, in Albany, N. Y.
In 1845-46 he was city attorney at Albany; in 1847 judge advocate; and from 1848 until 1852 surrogate of Albany. In 1860 he was elected a member of the state assembly, but entered the military service for the civil war. He died April 9, 1864, in Pleasant Hill, La.
Benefield, Robert K. W
journalist, planter, was born Dec. 28, 1835, in Louisville, Ky. He attended the Ayers university, of Albany, Ind.; and was a graduate of the American Health college of Cincinnati, Ohio. He served as a private soldier in the confederate army. He is the editor and owner of the Southland and Gazette, of Maurepas, La. He has been a justice of the peace, a member of the school board, and has held various other public offices in his county and state.
Benezet, Anthony
philanthropist, author, was born Jan. 31, 1713, in France.
He was a Quaker philanthropist of Philadelphia, whose tracts on slavery first aroused the attention of Clarkson and Wnderforce to the subject. He died May 3, 1784, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Benham, Alexander E. K
naval officer, was born in 1832 in New York.
He entered the United States navy during the civil war; was raised to the rank of commander in 1867; became captain in 1878; commodore in 1889; and acting rear-admiral in 1890. In 1891 he was made commander of the East Indian squadron. He retired in 1894.
Benham, De Witt Miles
clergyman, was born Sept. 8, 1862, in Marysville, Cal. In 1889 he received a call to the presbyterian church of Pittsburg, Pa., but resigned this charge in 1893 and began new work in the east end of the city. The result was the organization of the Tabernacle Presbyterian church in 1894.
Benham, Henry W
engineer, inventor, was born in 1817, in Connecticut. He invented the picket shovel used by troops in the field, and was an expert in pontoon bridges, in the management of which he devised important improvements. He died June 1, 1884, in New York city.
Benham, Robert T
soldier, jurist, was born about 1745 in Virginia. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of captain. At the close of the war he settled in Campbell county, Ky., where in 1794 he was one of the first judges of the county court.
Benjamin, Albert Ellis
journalist, was born Oct. 7, 1872, near Barry, Ill.
He is the editor and owner of the Chehalis County Tribune of Hoquiam, Wash.; and has contributed extensively to periodical literature.
Benjamin, Dowling
physician, author, was born Jan. 23, 1849, in Baltimore, Md. In 1877 he began the practice of medicine in Camden, N. J., where he has built up a general practice. He is the author of Contagion, Typhoid in Water; and Treatment of Fractures.