Bullions, Peter – Bunch, Samuel
Bullions, Peter
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 1, 1791, in Scotland. He was a united presbyterian clergyman of Troy, N. Y., well known as a classical scholar. Among his text books for schools are Principles of English Grammar; Principles of Greek Grammar; and Latin and English Dictionary. He died Feb. 13, 1864, in Troy, N. Y.
Bullis, Spencer S
railroad president, was born July 7, 1849, in East Aurora, N. Y. Since 1894 he has been president of the Buffalo, Attica and Arcade railroad.
Bullitt, Alexander Scott
legislator, lieutenant-governor, was born in 1761, in Prince William county, Va. He was president of the Kentucky senate for several years; and in 1799 was president of the convention to amend the state constitution. He was lieutenant-governor from 1800 to 1804; and was again in the legislature until 1808. He died April 13, 1816, in Jefferson county, Ky.
Bulloch, Archibald
lawyer, public official, was born about 1730, in Charleston, S. C. In 1775 he was elected a member of the provincial congress, and became its president, and during the following year he was again called upon to preside over the second provincial congress, and sent as a delegate to the continental congress meeting at Philadelphia. He was chosen first republican president of Georgia, holding that office from 1776 till 1777, when the state constitution came into existence. Governor Bulloch was one of the most eminent men of his time, and had great influence in shaping the course of his state. He died Feb. 22, 1777, in Savannah, Ga.
Bulloch, James R
jurist, was born in Rhode Island. He was appointed a judge of the United States court for that district.
Bulloch, William Bellinger
lawyer, banker, United States senator, was born in 1776, in Savannah, Ga. In 1809 he was elected mayor of Savannah.
Subsequently he became collector of the port, and during the war of 1812 served in the Savannah heavy artillery. He was appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States senate. From 1816 to 1843 he was president of the state bank of Georgia, having been one of the founders of that institution. He died March 6, 1852, in Savannah, Ga.
Bullock, Alexander Hamil- Ton
lawyer, state senator, governor, author, was born March 2, 1816, in Royalston, Mass. He was a member of the legislature in 1845, 1847, 1848, 1861, and 1862; state senator in 1849; and commissioner of insolvency in 1853. He was judge of insolvency from 1856 to 1858; mayor of Worcester in 1859; and governor of Massachusetts from 1866 to 1869. He was the author of Intellectual Leaderships, and several addresses and speeches. He died Jan. 17, 1882, in Worcester, Mass.
Bullock, Archibald
congressman. He was a delegate from Georgia to the continental congress from 1775 to 1776. congress-
Bullock, Archibald
man, governor, was born about 1730, in Charleston, S. C. In 1772 was elected a member of the provincial general assembly of Georgia; in 1775 and 1776 was elected member and president of the Georgia provincial congresses; and from 1776-77 was chosen governor of Georgia.
He died Feb. 22, 1777, in Savannah, Ga.
Bullock, Caroline
educator, author, was born Oct. 27, 1845, in Baltimore, Md. She is the widow of Captain Walter R. Bullock, and the founder of the Wilford Home School for girls, which was established twenty years ago, and of which she is still principal. She is the author of several educational works.
Bullock, Charles
educator, college president, author, was born in 1826, in Wilmington, Del. Since 1885 he has been president of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. He is the author of a work entitled Alkaloids of Veratrum Virdie.
Bullock, Jonathan Russell
lawyer, state senator, lieutenant-governor, was born Sept. 6, 1815, in Bristol, R. I. In 1844 and the two succeeding years he was chosen first representative to the general assembly from the town of Bristol. In 1859 he was elected to the state senate, and in 1860 was chosen lieutenant-governor.
Bullock, Robert
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 8, 1828, in Oxford, N. C. In 1862 he went into the war as lieutenant colonel of the seventh regiment Florida volunteers, and remained until the close of the war; and was promoted to brigadier-general in 1864. He was elected judge of probate during Johnson's reconstruction, and was appointed judge of county criminal courts by the governor. He was a Tilden elector in 1876; was elected to the legislature in 1879; and was elected to the fiftyfirst and fifty-second congresses as a democrat. In 1897 he was appointed judge of the county court.
Bullock, Rufus Brown
business man, governor, was born March 28, 1834, in Bethlehem, N. Y. He formed the Southern Express company, and became one of its active managers. During the civil war he continued this occupation under the direction of the confederate government, establishing railroads and telegraph lines on interior routes. After the cessation of hostilities, Mr. Bullock resumed the management of express affairs, and was elected one of the trustees and secretary of the Southern Express company. Its present magnitude is largely due to his management at that time. He was also associated in the organization of the first national bank of Georgia, and was elected its president.
Governor Bullock continued his residence in Georgia, and became president of one of the largest cotton mills in Atlanta.
He has taken no public part in politics since his resignation of the office of governor.
Bullock, Stephen
jurist, congressman, was born in 1735, in Massachusetts. He was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of that state; frequently served in the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1797 to 1799. He subsequently became judge of the common pleas for Bristol county; served in the state senate, and was a member of the executive council of Massachusetts. He died in 1816, in Massachusetts.
Bullock, Thomas Seaman
railroad builder, was born Jan. 1, 1853, in Shelbyville, Ind. He built the Prescott and Arizona Central railroad, which connected the capital of the territory with the Atlantic and Pacific railroad. He also undertook the construction of the Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad, which was completed in 1891. or
Bullock, William A
inventor, was born in 1813, in Greenville, N. Y.
He gave his energies to the problem of constructing a printing press that should embody in one machine accurate self-adjustment and feeding, perfecting, printing on both sides, with the highest rate of speed. He was successful in accomplishing all these objects, and the Bullock web perfecting press revolutionized the art of press building. Subsequent modifications and improvements have brought the delivery up to thirty thousand an hour. He died April 14, 1867, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Bullock, Wingfield
state senator, congressman. He was elected a member of the Kentucky senate from Shelby county from 1812 to 1814; resigned in 1813; and was elected a representative in congress from Kentucky for the years 1820 and 1821. He died Oct. 13, 1821.
Bump, Orlando Franklin
lawyer, author, was born in 1841, in New York. He is a Baltimore lawyer, and the author of The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy.
Bumstead, Freeman Josiah
physician, author, was born April 21, 1826, in Boston, Mass. He was the author of Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases; and translations from the French of Ricord and Cullerier. He died Nov. 28, 1879, in Boston, Mass.
Bumstead, Horace
soldier, clergyman, educator, college president, was born Sept. 29, 1841, in Boston, Mass. During 1864-65 he was a major of the fortythird regiment United States colored troops, and served in Virginia and Texas.
He has attained eminence as a clergyman and educator, and is now president of the Atlanta University of Georgia.
Bumstead, Samuel Josiah
surgeon, oculist, author, was born June 13, 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was assistant surgeon of the twenty-ninth Illinois volunteer infantry; served three years during the civil war; and became second sergeant in company B, one hundred and eighth Illinois volunteer infantry. He is the author of two books: Riversom; and The Peacemaker of Bourbon.
Bunce, Oliver Bell
journalist, author, was born Feb. 8, 1828, in New York city. He was the editor of Appleton's Journal for the period of its existence, and well known as the author of Don't, a small volume of social negations which was widely circulated. He wrote also Bachelor Bluff, his Opinions, a volume of essays; My House; Marco Bozzaris, a drama; Love in '76, a comedy; Romance of the Revolution; four stories, including Life Before Him; Bensly; A Bachelor's Story: The Adventures of Timias Terrystone; and Happinolande and Other Legends, a collection of sketches. He died May 15, 1890, in New York city.
Bunce, William Gedney
landscape painter, was born Sept. 19, 1842, in Hartford, Conn. His principal paintings are Approach to Venice; Twilight in Holland; Watch Hill, Rhode Island; Satucket Hillside, New England; Among the Sail, Venice; Bit of Harbor, Venice; Venetian Day; and Venetian Night.
Bunch, Samuel
soldier, congressman, was born Dec. 4, 1786, in Granger county, Tenn. He commanded a regiment in the Indian war, under General Andrew Jackson, and, in the charge of the battle of the Horseshoe, was the first or second man over the breastworks of the enemy. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1833 to 1837. He died Sept. 5, 1849, in Rutledge, Tenn.