Bouligney, John Edward – Bowden, Lemuel Jackson
Bouligney, John Edward
congressman, was born Feb. 5, 1824, in New Orleans, La., of creole descent. He was elected a representative from Louisiana to the thirty-sixth congress; and of the representatives of twelve millions of people, he was the only one who refused to abandon his state to the leaders of the secession movement, and continued in congress until the close of his term. He died Feb. 20, 1864, in Washington, D. C.
Bound, Franklin
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1829, in Milton, Pa. He was elected a state senator in 1860, and served three years, declining a renomination. He was a delegate to the republican gubernatorial convention of the state in 1864; was a delegate to the republican national convention of 1868; and in 1884 was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fortyninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.
Bourgeois, Charles A
planter, lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 1, 1853, in New Orleans, La. He graduated from the Staright university of his native city.
He is a successful lawyer and planter of Killona, La., and since 1879 has represented the parish of St. Charles in the general assembly of the Louisiana state legislature.
Bourke, John Gregory
soldier, author, was born in 1846, in Pennsylvania.
He was a United States army officer; and the author of The Snake Dance of the Moquis of Arizona, a valuable contribution to ethnology; An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre; and On the Border with Crook. He died in 1896.
Bourne, Augustus O
soldier, manufacturer, state senator, governor, was born Oct. 1, 1834, in Providence, R. I.
He engaged in the manufacture of indiarubber goods at Providence; and in 1867 founded the National Rubber company, of Bristol, R. I., of which he became the executive head. In 1873 he removed to Bristol; in 1876 was elected state senator, and was annually reelected, without opposition, until 1883, when he was elected governor of Rhode Island. For many years he was connected with the state militia, serving in every capacity from private to lieutenantcolonel. For four years he was consulgeneral for Italy. con-
Bourne, Benjamin
jurist, gressman, was born Sept. 9, 1755, in Bristol, R. I. He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1790 to 1796, when he resigned, and was appointed judge of the United States district court of Rhode Island. He died Sept. 17, 1808.
Bourne, Edward Emerson
lawyer, jurist, was born March 19, 1797, in Kennebunk, Maine. He was state's attorney for York county in 1838 and 1841, and judge of the probate court from 1857 till 1872. He was also for several years president of the Maine Historical society. He died Sept. 23, 1873, in Kennebunk, Maine.
Bourne, George
clergyman, author, was born about 1760, in England. He was an ardent and learned controversialist, and wrote works on Romanism and slavery. He died in 1845, in New York city.
Bourne, Jonathan
capitalist, was born March 25, 1811, in Sandwich, Mass.
Having made some investments in whaling ships, he sold his mercantile business and devoted his attention to vessel property and whaling industry. At one time he was the largest owner of whaling tonnage in New Bedford, possibly in the United States. He died Aug. 7, 1889.
Bourne, Richard
missionary, was born in England. He acquired a knowledge of the Indian tongue, and in 1670 was ordained pastor of an Indian church at Marshpee. In 1660 he obtained at his own expense a deed securing to those under his charge the possession of Marshpee. His son Shearjashub, his grandson Ezra, and his great-grandson Joseph, had charge after him of the settlement at Marshpee. He died in 1682, in Sandwich, Mass.
Bourne, Shearjasub
jurist, congressman. He was a graduate of Harvard college in 1764; was chief justice of the court of common pleas for Suffolk county, Mass.; and was a representative in congress from 1791 to 1795. He died in 1806.
Boutell, Henry Sherman
lawyer, legislator, was born in 1856, in Boston, Mass. He was graduated from the Northwestern university in 1874; and while there he won the oratorical prize every year. Next he went to Harvard and was graduated in 1876, and was given the degree of A. M. in civil and international law. He was admitted to the bar in 1879.
He has been a state legislator, with a good record, and has been successful as a lawyer.
Boutelle, Charles Addison
naval officer, journalist, congressman, was born Feb. 9, 1839, in Lincoln county, Maine. He early adopted the profession of his father, a shipmaster. In 1862 he volunteered and was appointed acting master in the United States navy; and he served in the north and south Atlantic and west gulf squadrons. In 1870 he became managing editor and in 1874 proprietor of the Bangor Whig and Courier. He was elected representative at large to the forty-eighth congress; was elected as representative from the fourth district to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Boutelle, De Witt Clinton
artist, was born April 6, 1820, in Troy, N.
Y. After painting in New York and Philadelphia he removed his studio to Bethlehem, Pa., where he lived for many years. He died Nov. 5, 1884.
Bouton, Emily St. J
journalist, author, was born in New Canaan, Conn.
In 1877 she became a member of the editorial staff of the Toledo Blade, a position she still continues to occupy. She is the author of a volume entitled Health and Beauty.
Bouton, Eugene
educator, author, was born Dec. 6, 1850, in Jefferson, N. Y.
He is a successful educator, and has received the degrees of A. B., A. M. and Ph. D. He has been deputy superintendent of public instruction of the state of New York; superintendent of schools in various cities; and is the author of several educational works.
Bouton, John Bell
author, was born March 15, 1830, in Concord, N. H.
He is the author of Loved and Lost: essays; Round the Block, a novel; Treasury of Travel and Adventure; Memoir of General Bell; Roundabout to Moscow, an Epicurean Journey; and Uncle Sam's Church.
Bouton, Nathaniel
clergyman, author, was born June 29, 1797, in Norwalk, Conn. He was a state historian of New Hampshire. He is best known for his edition of ten volumes of Provincial Records and for a History of Concord, and New Hampshire. He died June 6, 1878, in Concord, N. H.
Boutwell, George Sewall
governor, congressman, was born Jan. 28, 1818, in Brookline, Mass. He was governor of the state in 1852-53; secretary of the treasury in 1869-73; and was seven years a member of the Massachusetts legislature, in 1842-50. He was a member of the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, and forty-first congresses; and during 1873-77 was a United States senator. He is the author of Thoughts on Educational Topics; Manual of the Direct and Excise Tax System of the United States; The Tax- Payer's Manual; Speeches and Papers relating to the Rebellion; Why I am a Republican: a History of the Republican Party; The Lawyer, the Statesman, the Soldier; and the Constitution of the United States at the end of the First Century.
Bouve, Edward Tracy
author. He is the author of Centuries Apart; and other works.
Bouve, Thomas Tracy
merchant, author, was born Jan. 14, 1815, in Boston, Mass. For many years he filled the offices of curator and councillor to the Boston society of natural history, becoming its president in 1870, and continuing as such until 1880. He has contributed many scientific papers to the proceedings of that society, and is the author of a History of the Boston Society of Natural History for the First Half Century of its Existence, ending in 1880.
Bouvet, Marguerite
author, was born Feb. 14, 1865, in New Orleans, La.
She is a writer of children's books of notable excellence; and the author of Sweet William; Prince Tip-Top; Little Marjorie's Love Story; My Lady; A Child of Tuscany; and Pierrette.
Bouvier, John
lawyer, jurist, author, was born in 1787, in Italy. He was a jurist of Philadelphia; and the author of Law Dictionary; and Institutes of American Law. He died Nov. 18, 1851, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Bovee, Christian Nestell
author, was born Feb. 22, 1820, in New York city. He is an epigrammatic writer, some of whose sayings have been much quoted; and is the author of Thoughts, Feelings, and Fancies; and Intuitions and Summaries of Thought.
Bovee, Matthias J
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1835 to 1837.
Bowden, George Edwin
congressman, was born July 6, 1852, in Williamsburg, Va. He was admitted to the bar, but never engaged in the practice. He was collector of customs for port of Norfolk in 1879-85; and was elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.
Bowden, John
clergyman, educator, was born Jan. 7, 1751, in Ireland. He took charge of the Episcopal academy at Cheshire, Conn., where he remained six years. In 1802 he was elected professor of moral philosophy and logic in Columbia college. He died July 31, 1817, in Ballston Spa, N. Y.
Bowden, Lemuel Jackson
lawyer, United States senator, was born Jan. 16, 1815, in Williamsburg, Va. He served three sessions in the Virginia legislature; was a member of the convention for amending the state constitution in 1849; and was a presidential elector in 1861. In 1863 he was elected a senator in congress from Virginia. He died Jan. 2, 1864, in Washington city.