Bushman, M. V – Butler, Benjamin Franklin
Bushman, M. V
lawyer, was born April 28, 1867, in Gettysburg, Pa. He attended the Gettysburg college, and graduated from the Law University of Maryland. For two years he practiced law in Hagerstown, Md., and then moved to Nevada, Iowa, where he has attained success in his profession.
Bushnell, Allen Ralph
lawyer, legislator, jurist, congressman, was born July 18, 1833, in Hartford, Ohio. He received his education in the Hartford High school, and at the Oberlin and Hiram colleges. In 1861 he entered the union army and served as captain of company C, seventh regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry, Iron brigade. He has been district attorney of Grant county, Wis., and United States attorney for western district of Wisconsin. He has served as a member of the Wisconsin state legislature, and was a member of the fifty-second congress. In congress his speeches on silver and tariff questions were used as campaign documents in the presidential elections of 1892 and 1896. He especially endeavored to have the United States constitution amended to elect senators by a direct vote of the people.
Bushnell, Asa Smith
soldier, manufacturer, governor, was born Sept. 16, 1834, in Rome, N. Y. He served through the civil war. He has been president since 1886 of the Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Co. Champion mowers and binders are manufactured by the company, and the factory is one of the largest industries in Springfield, Ohio, covering over sixty acres of ground and employing more than one thousand workmen. In 1886 Mr. Bushnell was appointed quartermaster-general of Ohio for four years, on the staff of Gov. Foraker. He is president of the First National bank and the Springfield Gas Light and Coke company. He is the fortieth governor of Ohio, being elected to that high office in November, 1895.
Bushnell, Charles Ira
author, was born July 28, 1826, in New York city.
He was an antiquarian writer of New York city, among whose works Crumbs for Antiquarians; and Adventures of Sir Christopher Hawkins (edited). He died in 1883 in New York city. are
Bushnell, Cornelius S
inventor and railroad constructor, was born in 1829. He won fame through his connection with John Ericsson in the construction of the Monitor. During the war he built more ships for the government than any other man, in his ship-yard at Fair Haven, where he and Ericsson built the Puritan and the Dictator. Later, when he turned his attention to railroads, he helped construct the Union Pacific. He died April 6, 1897, in New York city.
Bushnell, David
soldier, inventor, was born in 1742 in Saybrook, Conn. During his college course he matured plans that led to the production of what may be called the earliest of torpedoes. He invented several other machines for the annoyance of the British shipping. He served continuously during the war, attaining the rank of captain in the corps of sappers and miners, and was on duty at New York, Hudson Highlands, Philadelphia, Yorktown, and elsewhere. He died in 1824 in Warrenton, Ga.
Bushnell, Henry
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 31, 1824, in Granville, Ohio. This eminent educator and clergyman is the author of History of Granville, Ohio; and Following the Star.
Bushnell, Horace
clergyman, author, was born April 14, 1802, in Litchfield county, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman of Hartford, who was one of the foremost thinkers in his denomination. He was a fearless reasoner, and his literary style exhibits both clearness and beauty. He was the author of Christian Nurture; God in Christ; Christ in Theology; The Vicarious Sacrifice; Politics the Law of God; Nature and the Supernatural; Moral Uses of Dark Things, his ablest work; Sermons for the New Life; Sermons on Living Subjects; Forgiveness and Law; The Age of Homespun; Woman Suffrage; Moral Tendencies and Results of Human History; Building Eras in Religion; The Character of Jesus; Work and Play; and Christ and His Salvation. He died Feb. 17, 1876, in Hartford, Conn.
Bushnell, William
physician, state legislator, was born Sept. 10, 1800, in Hartford, Conn. He became interested in the New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad, and, when the enterprise was threatened with failure, devoted eight years to superintending the building of the road, securing the right of way, and raising the capital. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1849 and succeeding years, and assisted in passing the Ohio school law. In 1878 he was a delegate to the international congress for prison reform at Stockholm.
Bushnell, William H
journalist, author, poet, was born June 4, 1823, in Hudson, N. Y. He is the author of Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of Chicago; The Hermit of the Colorado Hills, a Story of the Texan Pampas; and Ah Meek the Beaver, or The Copper Hunters of Lake Superior.
Buskirk, George A
lawyer, jurist, ty, Ind. He practiced law until he was was born Aug. 10, 1829, in Monroe counelected, in 1856, judge of the common pleas.
Bussey, Cyrus
soldier, merchant, was born Oct. 5, 1833, in Hubbard, Ohio.
In 1858 he was elected as a democrat to the Iowa state senate. In 1861 he entered the military service in the civil war, and rose to the rank of major-general.
Busteed, Richard
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 16, 1822, in Cavan, Ireland. In 1862 he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers by President Lincoln. In 1863 he was appointed by President Lincoln to be United States district judge for Alabama.
Busteed, William W
journalist, legislator, was born in Denton, Md. He was elected a member of the legislature in 1886 and 1890; was mayor of Centreville, Md., for ten years; and editor of The Observer of that city.
Bute, George Hering
physician, was born May 27, 1792, in Germany. He located in Philadelphia, and in two years he built up a large practice as the second homœopathist in the city. He made many important contributions to homœopathy.
He died Feb. 13, 1876, in Nazareth.
Butler, Andrew Pickens
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Nov. 19, 1796, in South Carolina. He became a member of the legislature when quite a young man; and in 1835 was appointed one of the judges of the general sessions of common pleas, which office he held until 1847, when he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States senate. He was subsequently elected and re-elected to the same position, and was in this office at the time of his death. He died May 25, 1857, near Edgefield, S. C.
Butler, Benjamin Franklin
lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 14, 1795, in Kinderhook, N. Y. In 1821 he was appointed district attorney for the city of Albany; in 1827 was elected to the state legislature; was attorney-general; and in 1836-37 officiated as secretary of war. In 1845 he was a presidential elector; and was subsequently twice appointed United States attorney for the southern district of New York. He died Nov. 8, 1858, in Paris, France. was
Busiel, Charles Albert
governor, was born Nov. 24, 1842, in Meredith, N. H. He served with distinction as governor of New Hampshire during 1895-97. He resided in Laconia; and his portrait hangs in the new library building of the state capitol. He
Buskin, James H
journalist, born Feb. 17, 1845, in Atlanta, Ga. served as a soldier in the confederate army. He is the editor and owner of the Journal of Scotland, S. D., in which city he has served as mayor for two terms.
He has been sheriff of his county, and filled various other public positions of honor.
Buskirk, Clarence A
lawyer, poet, was born Nov. 8, 1842, in Friendship, N. Y. For two terms he served as attorney-general of Indiana, and has a lucrative practice in Princeton. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Indiana, and many valuable articles and papers have been contributed to law literature by this able lawyer. He is the author of a work entitled A Cavern for a Hermitage, a poem of some length. The story is ingenious, the meditations are deeply philosophical, which, together with the richness of its rhythm, proves very interesting, and is a valuable acquisition to American literature.
Butler, Benjamin Franklin
general, governor, United States senator, was born Nov. 5, 1818, in Deerfield, N. H.
In 1853 he was elected to the state legislature; in 1859 was elected to the state senate; and in 1860 was a delegate to the Charleston tion. In 1861 he was appointed a brigadier-general, and entered actively into the war movements.
Before the close of that year he was convenmade a major-general, serving as such in New Orleans and various other portions of the rebellious states. At the conclusion of the rebellion he resumed the practice of law in Lowell; in 1866 was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the fortieth congress; was one of the managers of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson; and was re-elected to the forty-first, forty-second, forty-third and forty-fifth congresses. In 1882 he was elected governor of Massachusetts; and also served his country as United States senator. He died Jan. 11, 1893, in Washington, D. C.