Bundy, Hezekiah Sanford – Burchard, Samuel D
Bundy, Hezekiah Sanford
merchant, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 17, 1817, in Marietta, Ohio. He was in the mercantile business as clerk and proprietor from 1835 to 1846; after that turned his attention to farming, and in 1854 became connected with the furnace business; during all these avocations he studied law, and came to the bar in 1850. He was elected to the state legislature in 1848; re-elected in 1850; in 1855 was chosen a state senator; and was a presidential elector in 1860. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-ninth congress, and to the fiftythird to fill a vacancy.
Bundy, Jonas Mills
journalist, author, was born in 1835 in New Hampshire. He was a New York journalist, and prominent as editor of the Mail and Express from 1868. He was also the author of State Rights; Are we a Nation?; and Life of Garfield. He died in 1891.
Bundy, Solomon
lawyer, congressman, was born May 22, 1823, in Oxford, N. Y. He was district attorney of Chenango county from 1862 to 1865; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fifth congress.
Bungay, George Washington
journalist, author, poet, was born Nov. 28, 1826, in England. He was a New York journalist well known as a temperance lecturer. He wrote many poems, among which The Creeds of the Bells has long been popular. His other writings include The Abraham Lincoln Songster; The Poets of Queen Elizabeth's Time; Offhand Takings; Crayon Sketches; and Pen Portraits of Illustrious Abstainers. He died July 10, 1892, in Bloomfield, N. J.
Bunker, Rufus a. W
educator, clergyman, lecturer, was born Oct. 23, 1844, in Roxbury, Maine. During the war he served as a soldier in the fifth regiment Maine battery. In 1871 he graduated from the New Hampshire conference seminary and female college; and in 1874 from the School of Theology of the Boston university. He has attained success as a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church; has lectured extensively; and is the author of several hymns and numerous religious articles.
Bunn, Benjamin H
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 19, 1844, near Rocky Mount, N. C. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the confederate army; commanded fourth company sharpshooters, Mac- Rae's brigade, army of Northern Virginia; and was twice wounded. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1875; was a delegate to the national democratic convention in 1880; and was a member of the state legislature in 1883. He was presidential elector in 1884; and was elected to the fifty-first, fifty-second, and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
Bunn, Henry Gaston
soldier, state senator, jurist, was born June 12, 1838, in Nash county, N. C. He served in the confederate army throughout the war; was third lieutenant, adjutant, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel of the fourth Arkansas infantry in the army of the Tennessee. In 1873-74 he served as state senator; and was a member of the constitutional convention of 1874. He was special judge of the circuit and supreme court, and since 1893 has been chief justice of the supreme court of Arkansas, his term expiring in October, 1904.
Bunn, Jacob Frederick
lawyer, jurist, was born June 6, 1847, in Bellevue, Ohio. This eminent lawyer has filled various high offices; and during 1879-85 was probate judge of Seneca county, Ohio.
Bunn, Romanzo
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Sept. 24, 1829, in South Hartwick, N. Y. In 1859 he was elected a representative in the Wisconsin state legislature; was elected circuit judge of the sixth judicial circuit for the term of six years, and was re-elected.
In 1877 he was appointed United States district judge for the western district of Wisconsin.
Bunnell, Frank C
soldier, banker, lawyer, congressman, was born March 19, 1842, in Luzerne county, Pa. He enlisted in the union army as a private of the fifty-second regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers; and was made quartermaster's sergeant in 1862. In 1872 he was elected a representative in congress to fill a vacancy; in 1875 was elected president of Wyoming county agricultural society and continued to be re-elected each year.
He was a member of the board of education from 1881 to 1884; in 1881 was appointed a member of the Pennsylvania Bi-Centennial association; in 1883 was elected treasurer of Tunkhannock for one year; and was burgess in 1883 and 1884.
In 1884 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.
Bunnell, Lafayette Hough- Ton
soldier, author. He served in the Mexican war; was a pioneer in California in 1849; and was one of the discoverers of the Yosemite valley, and was in the Indian war of 1851. He is a resident of Minnesota, and the author of Winona and Its Environs.
Bunner, Henry Cuyler
journalist, author, poet, was born in 1855, in New York. He is a New York journalist, the editor of Puck, and well known as a writer of graceful, delicate verse and very readable fiction. He is the author of Jersey Street and Jersey Lane; Love in Old Clothes; Zadoc Pine and Other Stories; The Story of a New York House; The Midge; In Partnership (with J. B. Matthews); Short Sixes, a collection of humorous tales; and The Woman of Honour. His verse includes Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere; Rowen, second crop songs.
Bunner, Rudolph
congressman, was born in 1779. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1827 to 1829. He died July 23, 1837, in Otsego, N. Y.
Bunting, Thomas L
merchant, banker, congressman, was born in 1844, in Eden, N. Y. He is president of the New York Packers' association, and state president of the National Packers' association; is president of the Hamburg Water and Electric Light company, and Investment and Improvement company; is one of the city and county hall commissioners; is a member of the Erie County Farmers' institute; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Bunton, Frederick Henry
educator, clergyman, was born Aug. 13, 1860, in Pass Christian, Miss. He received his education in the New Orleans university, and has received the degrees of A. M., Ph. D. For several years he was principal of the high school in Summit, Mass.; and professor of mathematics in the New Orleans university. This eminent clergyman of the methodist episcopal church is secretary of the upper Mississippi conference, and fills a pastorate in Starkville.
Burbanks, Frank E
man of affairs, was born April 10, 1852, in Louisville, Ky. He received his education at the Olivet college of Michigan, in which state he has attained success in the insurance business at Minden City. He has taken great interest in the public affairs of his county and state, and filled several important positions of honor.
Burbault, J. E
soldier, legislator, was born Aug. 20, 1822, in Hanover, Pa.
He participated in the Kansas troubles in 1857 with Lane, John Brown and others; and was one of the original founders of Falls City, Neb. He was instrumental in passing the bill to abolish slavery in the territory of Nebraska in 1859; and served as paymaster in 1863. He was appointed in the regular army and served on the frontier during the rebellion, retiring through disability in 1875. He has also served with distinction as member of the Nebraska legislature.
Burbeck, Henry
soldier, was born June 8, 1754, in Boston, Mass. He served as major in the revolutionary war; and attained the rank of brigadier-general in the war of 1812. He died Oct. 2, 1848, in New London, Conn.
Burbridge, Stephen Gano
soldier, lawyer, was born Aug. 19, 1831, in Scott county, Ky. General Burbridge was conspicuous at the capture of Port Gibson, and was among the first to enter the place. Later he was placed in command of the military district of Kentucky, and defeated General John H. Morgan on his raid, driving him into Tennessee. For this service he received the thanks of President Lincoln, and in 1864 the brevet of major-general.
Burch, William Thomas
soldier, lawyer, was born Aug. 6, 1844, in Meade county, Ky. He served through the civil war as a private under General N. D. Forrest of the confederate service. For four years he was justice of the peace in his native county; and now successfully practices law in Louisville, Ky.
Burchard, Horatio C
merchant, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 22, 1825, in Marshall, N. Y. He was engaged in mercantile business; and was school commissioner in Stephenson county, Ill., from 1857 to 1860. He was a member of the legislature in 1866; and was elected to the forty-first, forty-second, forty-third and forty-fifth congresses. In 1879, he was appointed director of the United States mint; and in 1885-86 was revenue commissioner for the state of Illinois.
Burchard, Samuel D
soldier, manufacturer, congressman, was born July 17, 1836, in Leyden, N. Y. He was engaged in the manufacturing of woolen goods; was a lieutenant in the Missouri militia during the rebellion; was appointed a captain in the volunteer service, and as quartermaster was assigned to duty in New York, where he had charge of the purchase of forage for the seaboard armies; and was mustered out of service as a major. He returned to Wisconsin; and was elected to the state senate in 1872; and in 1874 was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress.