Bigler, William – Bines, Thomas
Bigler, William
journalist, governor, United States senator, was born December, 1814, in Shermansburg, Pa. In 1841 he was elected to the state convention; was a member of the state senate up to 1847, and part of the time speaker.
In 1851 we was elected governor of Pennsylvania; and subsequently became president of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad company. In 1855 he was elected a senator in congress for six years. died Aug. 9, 1880, in Clearfield, Pa.
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Biglow, William
educator, author, was born Sept. 22, 1773, in Natick, Mass.
He was an educator of Boston, and the author of History of Natick; History of Sherburne; The Youth's Library; and Introduction to the Making of Latin. He died Jan. 12, 1844, in Boston, Mass.
Bigney, Mark Frederick
journalist, author, was born in 1817, in Nova Scotia. In 1865 he became managing editor of the New Orleans Times. In 1867 he was one of the founders of the New Orleans City Item. His only published work is a volume of poems.
Bignold, Lewis Bruce
lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 4, 1851, in England. In 1873 he emigrated to the United States; for ten years resided in Nebraska, and since 1883 has practiced law in Montesano, Wash. In 1885 he was mayor of his city; during 1885-87 was city attorney; and has since taken an active part in public affairs. In 1879 he was a member of the first state republican convention held at Walla Walla.
Bignon, Fleming Grantland Du
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born July 25, 1853, in Milledgeville, Ga.
From 1877-79 he was county judge of Baldwin county, Ga.; in 1880 a member of the state legislature; and in 1882 was a member of the Georgia state senate.
Bigot, William Valentine
clergyman, was born Dec. 4, 1838, in Germany. He came to the United States in 1847, and was placed in charge of the large congregation of St. Michael's Loramie of Berlin, Ohio. He built the St. Micnael's church, which is admired for its beauty, solidity and minor equipment.
Bikle, Philip M
educator, editor, was born Dec. 1, 1844, in Smithsburg, Md.
Since 1880 he has been editor of the Lutheran Quarterly; since 1874 has been professor in the Pennsylvania college; and dean since 1889.
Bill, Benezet Hough
lawyer, jurist, banker, was born Feb. 26, 1829, in New Milford, Pa. He received his education in the academies of Worcester and Wilbraham, Mass.; and the Suffield literary institution, Connecticut. He graduated from the law school in 1854, and the same year was admitted to the bar, and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Rockville, Conn. He was appointed state's attorney for Tolland county in 1869, and held that office for twenty-four years. He is now the present judge of the Rockville city court; corporation counsel for the city; and president of the savings bank of Rockville. Although Mr. Bill has devoted himself very closely to his profession, he has taken time to travel extensively on the American continent and in Europe.
Bill, Ledyard
journalist, author, legislator, was born May 14, 1836, in Ledyard, Conn. After receiving his education he entered the publishing business in Louisville, Ky.; and subsequently continued the same business in New York. He resides in Paxton, Mass., except when serving in the legislature as member of that body in Bostonhaving served one term in the house a and two in the senate with the most honorable record. In his native city he has been a power. He started the free public library; it was at his sole expense that the soldiers' monument of his native town was erected; and his name is well and favorably known throughout the state. He is the author of A Winter in Florida; A Work on Minnesota; and A Genealogy of His Family, which is virtually a history of Paxton. He is an enthusiastic antiquarian, and discovered that the ancient bell in the village church of Paxton was made by Paul Revere. He is president of the Leicester Historical society, and a prominent member of several genealogical and historical societies.
Billinghurst, Charles
lawyer, congressman, was born July 27, 1818, in Brighton, N. Y. He moved to Wisconsin in 1847, and was a member of the first legislature of that state in 1848. He was a presidential elector in 1852; was elected a representative to the thirty-fourth congress from Wisconsin, and was re-elected to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He died Aug. 18, 1865, in Juneau, Wis.
Billings, Adoniram Judson
physician, surgeon, state legislator, was born Dec. 3, 1826, in Newport, Maine. In 1862 he was appointed surgeon of the nineteenth Maine volunteers; and in 1864 was appointed surgeon of enrollment.
During 1862-68 he served with distinction as a member of the Maine state legislature. He is one of the foremost physicians of New England at Freedom, Maine.
Billings, Charles Edward
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1825 in South Carolina. He fought in the civil war, and rose to the rank of colonel of cavalry in the confederate army. He was attorney-general of Mississippi in 1865, and was re-elected in 1868. He served in congress from 1875 to 1883.
Billings, Edward C
lawyer, jurist, was born in Massachusetts. He received a collegiate education; studied law, and engaged in practice, and later removed to Louisiana, settling at New Orleans. In 1876 he was appointed United States district judge for the eastern district of Louisiana.
Billings, Frederick
lawyer, philanthropist, was born Sept. 27, 1823, in Royalton, Vt. His gifts to the university of Vermont amounted to $250,000; and he gave $50,000 to D. L. Moody's Mount Hermon school for boys, and $50,000 to Amherst college. He died Sept. 30, 1890, in Woodstock, Vt.
Billings, George Herrick
metallurgist, inventor, was born Feb. 8, 1845, in Taunton, Mass. Since 1862 his attention has been occupied with the study and practice of iron metallurgy and its chemistry. Of late he has been the general manager of the Norway Iron and Steel company in Boston. He has invented improved forms of machinery for the manufacture of iron and steel, principally appliances for drawing iron and steel bars for shafting and finishing rods.
Billings, Hammatt
architect, was born Nov. 14, 1784, in Boston, Mass. He lived in Boston for many years, and designed numerous churches and public buildings throughout the United States.
The Pilgrims' monument at Plymouth, and the case of the great organ in Boston music hall were after his designs. He died Nov. 14, 1874, in Boston, Mass.
Billings, John Shaw
surgeon, author, was born in 1838 in Indiana In 1894 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and deputy surgeon-general of the United States army. Upon the consolidation of the New York city libraries, he was made chief librarian. His chief work is a voluminous Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office. Others are Hygienics of the United States Army Barracks; Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United States Army.
Billings, Simeon R
farmer, civil engineer, state senator, was born March 17, 1835, in Orleans county, N. Y. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools, and graduated from the Albion academy. In 1867 he moved to Michigan; has filled numerous offices of trust in Richfield; was county surveyor for six years; a member of the state legislature during 1875-78, and state senator during 1879-81. In 1893 he was appointed commissioner of railroads, and received the reappointment to the same office in 1895, serving four years.
Billings, William
composer, was born Oct. 7, 1746, in Boston, Mass. He was a zealous patriot, and during the revolution produced a number of patriotic pieces, including Lamentation Over Boston; Retrospect; Independence; and Columbia, as well as verses set to the air of Chester, which were popular in the camps of the revolutionary army. He died Sept. 26, 1800, in Boston, Mass.
Billingsley, Amos Stevens
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 14, 1818, near East Palestine, Ohio. In 1847 he graduated from the Jefferson college, Pennsylvania; and in 1850 from the Allegheny Theological seminary. He filled many important pastorates; was home missionary in Nebraska and Colorado; was chaplain in the army, and promoted to United States chaplain. He was president of the board of trustees of Biddle university. He was the author of Christianity in the War; Life of Reverend George Whitfield; Sources of Pulpit Power. He died Oct. 12, 1897, in Statesville, N. C.
Billow, Garrett A
professor of dental pathology, was born Aug. 29, 1864, in Shelby, Ohio. For many years he was engaged in educational work, and is a graduate of the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. Since 1892 he has been professor of dental pathology, materia medica and therapeutics in the Ohio medical university of Columbus; and is prominent in various dental societies and contributes extensively to current literature on pathological subjects.
Bines, Thomas
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1814 to 1815, and again from 1819 to 1820.