Biddle, Jacob Albert – Bigelow, Abijah
Biddle, Jacob Albert
clergyman, college president, author, was born Dec. 24, 1845, in Rochester, Ohio. He has held the position of president of the Philomath college, of Oregon; and has filled pastorates in Milford and South Norwalk, Conn. He is the author of Social Regeneration.
Biddle, James
soldier, was born Feb. 28, 1783, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1845 he was United States commissioner to ratify a treaty with China; visited Japan in the Columbus ; commanded the squadron on the west coast of Mexico during the war; and from 1838 to 1842 had charge of the naval asylum on the Schuylkill. He died Oct. 1, 1848, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Biddle, John
soldier, congressman, was born March 9, 1789, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an officer in the war of 1812, acquitting himself with bravery; held the position of paymaster in the army; and also that of Indian agent. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Michigan from 1829 to 1831, when he was appointed register of the land office at Detroit, Mich. He died Aug. 25, 1859, at White Sulphur Springs, Va.
Biddle, Nicholas
naval officer, was born Sept. 10, 1750, in Philadelphia, Pa.
In 1775 congress passed a resolution appointing nineteen naval officers, of whom five were captains. Nicholas Biddle, one of these, was assigned to the Andrea Doria, an armed brig. He died March 7, 1778.
Biddle, Nicholas
state senator, financier, was born Jan. 8, 1786, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a financier of Philadelphia famous in political history as the president of the United States bank.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1810- 11; and of the state senate in 1814. He was the author of A Commercial Digest; and History of the Expedition under Lewis and Clark to the Missouri River. He died Feb. 27, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Biddle, Richard
lawyer, congressman, author, was born March 25, 1796, in Philadelphia, Pa., and was a brother of Nicholas Biddle. He served during the war of 1812, in the protection of Philadelphia. He became a leader of the Pittsburg bar; and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1841. While in England he published an expose of Captain Basil Hall's Travels in America; and his Life of Sebastian Cabot brought to light new and important facts in the discovery of America. He died July 7, 1847, in Pittsburg, Pa.
Biddle, Thomas
soldier, was born Nov. 21, 1790, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1814 he was brevetted major, and in December became aide to General Izard. In 1820 he was paymaster. He met his death at the hands of Spencer Pettis in a duel.
In consequence of Major Biddle's defective eyesight, the distance was made five feet, and both men were mortally wounded at the first fire. He died Aug. 29, 1831, in St. Louis, Mo.
Bidlack, Benjamin A
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1841 to 1845. He died Feb. 29, 1849, in New Grenada. 4
Bidwell, Barnabas
lawyer, congressman. From 1801 to 1805 he was a member of the Massachusetts legislature; was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1805 to 1807; and attorney-general for the state from 1807 to 1810. He died in 1833.
Bidwell, Daniel D
soldier, was born about 1816 in Buffalo, N. Y. Colonel Bidwell took a prominent part in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, commanded a brigade at Gettysburg, and when General Grant took command of the armies in Virginia was again placed in charge of a brigade, participating in the overland campaign. He was commissioned brigadier-general in July, 1864, and served with honor in the Shenandoah campaigns during the summer preceding the action at Cedar Creek, where he lost his life. He died Oct. 19, 1864, near Cedar Creek, Va.
Bidwell, John
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 5, 1819, in Chautauqua county, N. Y. He served in the war with Mexico until its close, rising from second lieutenant to major.
He was the first man to find gold on Feather river, in 1848. In 1849 he was a member of the state constitutional convention, and during the same year was elected to the senate of the new state.
He was a brigadier-general of militia during the civil war, and in 1864 was elected a representative from California to the thirty-ninth congress; and in 1875 was a candidate for governor of California.
Bidwell, Marshal S
lawyer, banker, was born 1798 in New England.
He was at the time of his death president of the oldest savings bank in New York city, a director in the American Bible society, and a prominent member of the historical society, before which he delivered an address a short time before his death. He died Oct. 24, 1872, in New York city.
Bidwell, Walter Hilliard
clergyman, journalist, was born June 21, 1798, in Farmington, Conn. In 1841 he began a long editorial career, conducting the American National Preacher for about nineteen years. He also edited the New York Evangelist from 1843 till 1855, and in 1846 became proprietor of the Eclectic Magazine and the American Biblical Repository. He became publisher and proprietor of the American Theological Review in 1860, and kept it till 1862, when it was incorporated with the Presbyterian Quarterly Review. He died in November, 1881.
Bienville, Jean Baptist
colonial governor, was born Feb. 24, 1680, in Montreal, Canada. He was the founder of New Orleans; and French governor of Louisiana. He died in 1765 in France.
Bierer, Andrew Gregg Curtin
lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 24, 1862, in Uniontown, Pa. He has attained success in the legal profession; has been city attorney of Garden City, Kan.; city attorney of Guthrie, Oklahoma; and in 1893 was appointed by President Cleveland associate justice of the supreme court of Oklahoma Territory.
Bierer, Everard
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 9, 1827, in Uniontown, Pa. Since 1848 he has been principally engaged in the practice of law, and for three years was district attorney of his county. He served as a union soldier during the civil war; was captain of company F, eleventh regiment Pennsylvania volunteer reserve corps, from April 23, 1861, to Nov. 18, 1862; and colonel of the 171st regiment Pennsylvania volunteers from Nov. 18, 1862, to Sept. 28, 1863; and in the reserve corps as captain until March 16, 1864. He was a Lincoln presidential elector in 1864; and in 1867-68 was a representative from Brown county in the Kansas state legislature. Mr. Bierer is a prominent member of the Masonic order Grand Army of the Republic, and other fraternal bodies. college president, was born Dec. 1, 1839,
Bierman, E. Benjamin
educator, near Reading, Pa. He received his education in the Reading classical academy and the university of Pennsylvania. During 1867-81 he professor of mathematics in Lebanon valley college; and since 1890 has been president of that institution of learning. He has contributed valuable articles and essays was on educational topics, which have appeared in the periodical press and several standard works.
Bierne, Andrew
congressman, was born in Ireland. He served as a representative in congress from Virginia from 1837 to 1.841.
Bierstadt, Albert
landscape painter, was born Jan. 7, 1830, in Germany. Among his most celebrated works are Rocky Mountains; Looking Down the Yosemite; Storm in the Rocky Mountains; Valley of the Yosemite; Sunlight and Shadow; Emerald Pool; Great Trees of California; Landing of Columbus; and Last of the Buffalo. He has received numerous honors and medals.
Biery, James S
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born March 2, 1839, in Venango county, Pa. He received an academic education; taught school several years; studied theology and law; and was admitted to the bar in 1868. In 1869 he was a candiaate for the legislature, running ahead of his ticket. He was elected to the forty-third congress, serving on the committee on mileage..
He was an able speaker; and took an active part in all progressive measures. He is a successful lawyer of Allentown, Pa.; and one of the foremost jurists of his state.
Bigby, John Summerfield
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 13, 1832, in Coweta county, Ga. He graduated from Emory college, Georgia, in 1853; studied and practiced law; and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1867-1868. He was solicitorgeneral of the Tallapoosa circuit in 1868; was judge of its superior court until 1871; and was elected to the forty-second congress.
Bigelow, Abijah
congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1775, in Westminster, Mass.
He was a member of the general court of Massachusetts; and was a representative in congress from 1810 to 1815. In 1838 he was appointed a master in chancery for Worcester county; and held the office of justice of the peace for about fifty years..
He died April 4, 1860. イ