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(N. Y.) Academy, Northwestern University, Ev- anston, Ill., 1877-81; University of Penn- sylvania, 1896; recorder United States Lake Survey, 1875-77; assistant engineer, United States Yellowstone River Survey, 1878; recorder, United States Scientific Survey of Niagara Falls, 1876; assistant literary editor, Chicago Tribune, 1877-8; commissioner on several important mis- sions; contributor to Harper's periodicals from 1882 to date; contributor North American Review .; principal articles therein, "The Future American," Sept., 1887; "Are the Lower Animals Ap- proaching Man?" Nov., 1887; "Uncon- scious Suicide," April, 1889; a vice-presi- dent, American Humane Association, 1892-95; conducted successfully crusade against cruelty to animals at sea; a foun- der and director-secretary, Westchester Free Hospital, 1892-95; vice-president, New York & Westchester Water Com- pany, 1891-98; president Pocantico Water- works Company, 1893-96; director of other corporations, 1891-98; secretary, Greater New York Publishing Company, and edi- tor New York Dispatch, 1895-98; delegate of Davenport Academy Sciences of (Iowa); honorary commissioner, United States Department of Agriculture; repre- sentative American Museum Natural His- tory and of Popular Science Monthly to the Seventh International Geological Con- gress at St. Petersburg, 1897; principal articles in Popular Science Monthly, "The Sea Serpent-Like Saurians," June, 1898; "A Tortoise Shell Wildcat," Aug., 1897; "World's Geologists at St. Petersburg," June, 1897; Science News editor, Ameri- can Naturalist, 1886. Author, "A Ride on a Cyclone," 1889; "The Bachelor Girl," 1890; "The Upper Ten," 1891; "An Auto- matic Wife," 1897; "Spectacular Ro- mances," 1892; other fiction and over 3,000 articles and over 300 poems in over 500 different periodicals; donor of large collections of natural history to North- western University Museum; principal article in Century Magazine, "Strange
Creatures of the Past," Nov. 1897; at present contributor of illustrated articles to sixty American and foreign publishing houses, including illustrated weeklies, page articles in Sunday magazines of New York dailies, and correspondent of the leading London illustrated weeklies. Permanent address, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York.
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BANDELIER, Adolph Francis Alphonse:
Archaeologist; born Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 6, 1840; attended schools only till eighth year; came to United States, and after unsuccessful attempts at business took up work in archaeology under Arch- æological Institute of America; 1880-85, examined ruins of Pueblos and studied Indians of New Mexico; 1881, in Central America; 1883-84, in Northern Mexico and Arizona; published "Art of War and Mode of Warfare" (1877); "Tenure of Lands and Inheritances of Ancient Mexicans (1878) ; "Social Organization and Government of Ancient Mexicans" (1878); "An Archaeo- logical Tour into Mexico" (1880); also numerous papers in Journal of American Association for Advancement of Science and of Archaeological Institute of Amer- ica. Address, care American Museum of Natural History, New York.
BANGS, John Kendrick:
Author; born Yonkers, N. Y., May 27, 1862; graduated, Columbia College (Ph. B.) 1883 and took course of one year at the law school; 1884, associate editor of Life; 1888, editor of the "Drawer" in Harper's Magazine; July, 1898, wrote "Lit- erary Notes" in same magazine; Jan., 1899, editor of "Literature," published by Harper and Bros., New York; 1903, editor of Metropolitan Magazine; is reader and lecturer and connected with many insti- tutions besides; director of a gas com- pany; president of Halsted School, You- kers, N. Y .; Democratic candidate for mayor, Yonkers, 1894; vice-president of Board of Education of city, 1896-97; pres- ident of Amackassin Club; trustee of Yonkers Library; member of Lotus and University Clubs, Century Association of New York city; Psi Upsilon Fraternity and many other organizations; married Miss Agnes Lawson, March 3, 1886. Ad- dress, Yonkers, N. Y.
BANGS, Lemuel B., M. D .:
Born Aug. 9, 1842, New York city; phy- sician and surgeon, New York, 1872; visit- ing surgeon City Hospital since 1880; St. Luke's Hospital since 1885; consulting surgeon since 1895; visiting surgeon Belle- vue Hospital since 1898. Author of var- ious articles in medical journals. Editor of text book on Genito-Urinary and Ve- nereal Diseases; member State Medical Society, Pathological Society; professor of genito-urinary surgery in the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical School, 1898. Address, 39 E. 72d St., New York.
BANKS, Louis Albert:
Clergyman; born Corvallis, Ore., Nov. 12, 1855; son of Lebbius Irwin and Mary (Hurlburt) Banks; studied at Philomath College, Ore., and Boston University, Boston, Mass .; degree of D. D. conferred by Mount Union College, Ohio; married Mary A. Milhollan, Sept. 21, 1877, who died Aug. 7. 1881; married Jessie F. A. Ainsworth, Jan. 1, 1884; ordained to min-
istry of Methohdist Episcopal Church,
pastor at Portland, Ore .; Boise City, Idaho; Vancouver and Seattle, Wash .; St. John's and First Methodist Episcopal Church, Boston, Mass .; Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, N. Y .; First Church, Cleveland, Ohio; at present pastor Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, New York City; member of the Society of American Authors; has pub- lished "The Great Portraits of the Bible," "The Lincoln Legion, ' "Great Archers and Their Weapons," "The Honeycombs of Life," "The Heavenly Trade Winds," 'The Lord's Arrows," "The Motherhood of God," "The Christ Dream," "The
Christ Brotherhood," "Christ and His Friends," "The Unexpected Christ," "The Revival Quiver," "Anecdotes and Morals," "Poetry and Morals," "Fresh Bait for Fishers of Men," "Windows for Sermons,"
"The Hall of Fame." "The Youth of
Famous Americans," "The Life of Dr. T. De Witt Talmage," "The Christian Gentleman," "My Young Man," "Seven Times Around Jericho," "The Saloon- keeper's Ledger," "The White Slaves," "The People's Christ," "Unused Rain- bows," "Twentieth Century Knighthood," "Hero Tales from Sacred Story," (il- lustrated), "Live Boys in Oregon," "He roic Personalities," and others. Address, 168 West 105th St., New York.
· BANNIN, Michael Eugene:
Dry goods merchant; born Feb. 19, 1846, in Glens Falls, N. Y .; his father was Eugene Bannin, a dealer in dressed stone; the subject of this sketch was educated in the Glens Falls Academy, and he was graduated from Eastman's Business Col- lege, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1868; early became the private secretary to Abraham Wing, a prominent banker of Glens Falls, and remained in this capacity up to the time of the death of his employer, in 1872; ¿ he read law in the office of ex-Judge Stephen Brown & Sheldon's law office, in Glens Falls, and remained there until July, 1875; he then came to New York and immediately assumed charge of the cred- its of the importing and jobbing house of Moore, Tingue & Co., and remained in their employ until their success, due largely to his efforts, enabled them to re- tire in 1886; he was immediately placed in charge of the credits of Converse, Stan- ton & Cullen, dry goods commission mer- chants, and became a partner in the firm in 1895; was the first president of the New York Credit Men's Association, and he was the first man to hold the office of vice-president of the National Credit Men's Association, which association he is still a member of, serving on the board of management; he is member of the firm of Lindon & Bannin, in Sixth Avenue; of the Merchants' Association of the City of New York; he is also a director of the Merchants' Trust Company; he is a mem- ber of the Merchants' Club, the Catholic and Champlain Clubs, and of the Brook- lyn Arts and Sciences Institute; on June
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5, 1878, he married Miss Ellie M. Mulry, of New York City. Address, 830 Broad- way, New York.
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BARBER, Amzi Lorenzo:
Contractor; born Saxton's River, Vt., June 22, 1843; removed with family to Bellevue, Huron County, O., 1852; to East Cleveland, 1856, and later to Austinburg, Ashtabula County, O .; attended public schools and Cleveland High School; grad- uated Oberlin College, 1857, with B. A .; 1868, principal of preparatory department of Howard University at Washington; subsequently professor of natural phil- osophy at university; 1872, took up real estate business; since 1883 president of Barber Asphalt Pavement Co .; since 1888 president of Trinidad Asphalt Co .; 1887, negotiated concession of Great Britain of Pitch Lake of Trinidad for forty-two years; prior to 1892 laid more than 6,000,000 square yards pavement, amount- ing to over $20,000,000; trustee of Oberlin College; director of Washington Loan & Trust Co., etc .; fellow of American So- ciety of Civil Engineers, Ohio Society; member. of Engineers', Manhattan Ath- letic, New York Yacht and Corinthian Yacht Clubs and of New York Geograph- ical Society; received A. M. from Oberlin and L.L. B. from Columbian University; married 1867 to Celia M. Bradley, of Ge- neva, O .; 1871, to Julia Louise Langdon. Address, 7 East 42d St., New York, N. Y.
BARBER, Arthur William:
Lawyer and litterateur; was born in Chazy, Clinton County, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1872; in 1891 he completed his preparatory studies in the Plattsburgh High School and entered Cornell University, from which he was graduated as bachelor of arts, in 1895, having received the Phi Beta Kappa for scholarship in his junior year; he was awarded the degree of LL.B. in the New York Law School in 1897, and the LL.M. by the New York University in 1899; he was admitted to the bar in 1897, since which time he has engaged in practice in New York City; is a member of the Cornell University Club; assisted the commission appointed by the late President Mckinley to revise the laws relating to patents and trademarks, the report of which commission and proposed legislature were presented to Congress; he is an independent Republican in poli- tics and has been identified with the Citizens' Union since 1897; was a mem- ber of the committee of the Republican organization which so urgently advocated before the last Legislature the bill pro- viding for direct nomination to public office; he is a junior member of the firm of Forbes & Haviland. Address, 32 Nas- sau St., New York.
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BARBER, Thos. Henry:
Brigadier-general, U. S. Volunteers; graduated Military Academy, 1867; var- ious positions to Sept. 28, 1881; aide-de- camp to Major General Hancock, 1881-85; 3
resigned from army July 1, 1885; colonel 12th Regiment, N. G. N. Y., 1889; In- spector General, N. G. N. Y .; resigned from National Guard, 1891; mustered in United States service May 20, 1898; in command of United States forces at Hon- olulu and took part in annexation cere- monies of Sandwich Islands as represen- tative of U. S. Army; commissioned brigadier general United States Volun- teers, Jan. 10, 1899; honorably discharged from volunteer service, February 28, 1899; held the following positions in public in- stitutions: Vice-president Society of First Aid to the Injured, vice-president Rogers Memorial Library, Southampton, L. I., vice-president Southampton Village Im- provement Society, manager Samaritan Home for the Aged, manager of the House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents, trustee St. Andrew's Dune Church, South- ampton, L. I., governor of New York Hos- pital, manager New York Zoological So- ciety, trustee Greenwich Savings Bank. Also the following club offices: President Currituck Shooting Club, North Carolina, president Shinnecock Hill Golf Club, gov- ernor Union Club, governor Knickerbocker Club, governor University Club. Address, 45 East 68th St., New York.
BARBER, William H .:
Concert pianist and teacher; born in Orange, N. J., Sept. 4, 1864; studied in Germany seven years; married Baroness von Oertzen, Dec. 23, 1890; Syracuse Uni- versity, N. Y., 1890-1893; since then in New York; successful in extensive re- cital work and concert tours in west and south; prominent teacher; since 1901 dur- ing the month of May, successor of Xaver Scharwenka as musical examiner at Har- din College, Mexico, Mo .; studio, Stein- way Hall. Residence, Barclay Manor, Shore Road, Astoria, Long Island.
BARDEEN, Charles William:
Educator and author; born Groton, Mass., August 28, 1847; prepared at Law- rence Academy, Groton, Mass .; graduated from Yale 1869; married, New Haven, Conn., 1868, Ellen Palmer Dickerman; enlisted in 1st Massachusetts Volunteers, July, 1862, serving until regiment was dis- charged, May 25, 1864; in charge of High School, Meriden, Conn., 1868; Weston, Conn., Boarding School, 1869; vice-presi- dent State Normal School of Connecticut, 1870; became school superintendent at Whitehall, N. Y., 1872; editor of School Bunetin from 1874; director National Ed- ucational Association, 1891-95; elected president Educational Press Association of America, 1900, and since holds office; also president Yale Club, Syracuse. Has published "Manual of School Law," 1875; "'Roderick Hume," 1875; . "The Song Budget," 1878; "Some Facts About Our Public School System," 1878; "Education- al Journalism," 1881; "Verbal Pitfalls," "Outlines of Sentence Making," 1884; "Teaching as a Business for Men," 1885; "A System of Rhetoric," 1884; "The
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Teacher's Commercial Value," 1885; "Phy- siology," ." "Organization and System vs. Originality," 1890; "The Taxpayer and the Township System," 1891; "The Song Cen- tury," 1888; "The Little Old Man, or The School for Illiberal Mothers," 1893; "His- tory of Educational Journalism in New York," 1893; "Teaching as a Business," 1897; "Some Problems of City School Management," 1899; "Educational Jour- nalism, An Inventory," 1899; "Continuous Contracts for Teachers," 1900; "Diction- ary of Educational Biography," 1901; "A Manual of Civics," 1902; and others. Residence, 1109 E. Genesee St .; office, 406 S. Franklin St., Syracuse, N. Y.
BARDEL, William:
Commercial agent; is a naturalized American citizen; he was born in Ger- many; grauated from Commercial High School at Nuremberg; speaks, reads and writes English, German and French flu- ently; emigrated to the United States in 1867, and was engaged in mercantile pur- suits in New York until appointment as commercial agent at Bamberg, Germany.
BARGER, Samuel F .:
Lawyer; director New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co., Michigan Central Railroad Co .; West Shore Rail- road Co. and ten other railroad corpora- tions. Address, 192 Madison Ave., New York.
BARKER, Alden Farnsworth:
Banker: one of the most prominent citi- zens in Jefferson county; he is regarded as the father of Clayton and of the region which finds in that village an out- let for its products, having pioneered its drainage, its railroad facilities and its many public improvements; sixty-five years ago, when only fifteen years of age, Mr. Barker arrived in Clayton; it re- mained for him, after he had reached his majority, to advocate the future of the islands and develop the same; was born Oct. 21, 1822, in Walden, Caledonia Coun- ty, Vt .; son of Silas and Phoebe Farns- worth Barker; was educated in the dis- trict schools, and when eleven years of age worked on his father's farm, near Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y .; 1837, he removed to Clayton and became a clerk in a grocery store; five years later he purchased the business, which he con- ducted successfully for thirty years; 1856, he purchased an interest in several ves- sels engaging in the grain carrying trade between Chicago and Ogdensburg; dur- ing 1863, 1867 and 1868 he built at Clay- ton several schooners and continued ac- tively in this enterprise until 1887; he was postmaster of Clayton during the Buch- anan administration; for ten years he was president of the Thousand Island Steam- boat Company, and he is now a stock- holder and director; of all his successes, his achievement in the field of finance has made him most widely known outside of New York State; from 1884 to 1887 he
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conducted the Citizens' Bank of Clayton; in the year last named he organized the First National Bank of Clayton; is also trustee of the Jefferson County Savings Bank of Watertown, N. Y., and treasurer of Clayton Lodge, No. 296, F. & A. M .; 1844, he married Miss Laura D. Smith, daughter of the late Honorable Benjamin Smith, of Russell, N. Y. Address, Clay- ton, Jefferson County, N. Y.
BARKER, Jno. W .:
Captain, U. S. Army; born New York; appointed to U. S. Military Academy from New York, June 1; graduated there and appointed second lieutenant Ninth In- fantry, June 12, 1894; transferred to Third Infantry, Aug. 30, 1894; first lieutenant, April 26, 1898; captain, Feb. 2, 1901; vol- unteer service, captain com. sub., June 8, 1898 (declined); major chief ordinance officer, July 27, 1898; honorably dis- charged, Nov. 30, 1898. Present station, Fort Thomas, Ky.
BARLOW, John W .:
Brigadier-general, U. S. Army; born New York, June 26, 1838; appointed from Wisconsin; cadet at the United States Military Academy, July 1, 1856; graduated, May 6, 1861; actual rank-second lieuten- ant Second United States Artillery, May 6, 1861; first lieutenant, May 15, 1861; transferred to Topographical Engineers, July 24, 1862; transferred to engineers, March 3, 1863; captain, July 3, 1863; major, April 23, 1869; lieutenant-colonel, March 19, 1884; colonel, May 10, 1895; brigadier- general and chief of Engineers, May 2, 1901; retired, May 3, 1901, at his own re- quest, after 40 years' service; brevet rank -brevet captain, May 27, 1862, for gal- lant and meritorious services in the bat- tle of Hanover Court House, Va .; brevet major, July 22, 1864, for gallant and meri- torious services in the Atlanta campaign; brevet lieutenant colonel, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles before Nashville, Tenn .; ser- vice-with Light Battery First Bull Run, Va .; with Horse Battery "M," Second Artillery, in Peninsula campaign; siege of and advance from Yorktown; battles of Williamsburg, Hanover Court House, where recommended for medal of honor for holding in check with one gun a division of the enemy; in seven days' battles before Richmond, Va., especially at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, remaining with rear guard during the movement of army to James River, and the transfer of the army to the defense of Washington, D. C .; at Military Academy as assistant professor of mathematics and ethics, Sept., 1862, to Jan. 18, 1863; with Engineer Battalion, Army of the Potomac, June 28, 1863, to Feb. 17, 1864; in constructing bridge over Potomac River at Berlin, July 18, 1863; in laying, repairing and guarding bridges over the Rappahan- nock. Aug. 1-23, over Bull Run at Black- burn's Ford, Oct. 17, '63, and across the Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford, Nov. 7,
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1863; in the Mine Run operations, Nov. 26 and Dec. 3, 1863, and in making roads and reconnoissances, building block- houses and erecting defensive works; at the Military Academy as assistant profes- sor of mathematics, Feb. 26 to June 20, 1864; in the Georgia campaign, July 12 to Aug. 27, 1864; as chief engineer of the 17th Army Corps, July 22 to Aug. 27, 1864; on sick leave of absence, Aug. 27 to Nov. 13, 1864; in charge of the defenses of Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 13, 1864, to Oct. 1, 1865; as superintending engineer of the construction of Fort Clinch, Fla., Oct. 20, 1865, to Nov. 19, 1867; of Fort Mont- gomery, N. Y., and harbor improvements on Lake Champlain, Dec., 1867, to May 30, 1870; at Chicago, New London, Conn., Milwaukee, Wis., Chattanooga and Nash- ville, Tenn., on engineering duty, includ- ing original explorations in the Western territories, especially at the head waters of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers, now Yellowstone National Park; Tidal River and harbor improvements in New England; the construction of harbors on the great lakes; improvement of interior rivers, including construction of locks on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers and improvement of their torrential tributar- ies; 1870 to 1891, senior commissioner, on the part of the United States, of the International Boundary Commission, in re-surveying and marking the boundary between the United States and Mexico from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean; 1891 to 1896, division engineer of the Southwest Division, for the works of fortification and river improvement in the territory south of St. Louis and west of the Mississippi River; division engineer of the Northwest Division, extending from Lake Erie to the Rocky Mountains; member of Board of Engineers for de- signing the fortifications of the United States; member of New York Harbor Line Board; president of Board of Engineers to make a survey and estimate of cost for improvement of the Upper Illinois and Lower Des Plaines Rivers; member of Board of Engineers for examining for promotion certain officers of the Corps of Engineers; in local charge of improve- ment of the Hudson River, New York, and its several harbors; of harbors on Lake Champlain and in Northeast New Jersey; the supervision of certain railway and other bridges in New York, New Jer- sey and Vermont, 1896 to 1901. Address, 43 Federal St., New London, Conn.
BARNABEE, Henry Clay:
Singer; born Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 14, 1833. April, 1854, first appeared in public entertainments as basso and hu- morous vocalist; subsequently member of choirs in churches of Boston and vicinity; established Barnabee Operatic Co. and Barnabee Concert Co .; member of Boston Ideal Opera Co., and in 1887 organized Bostonians, and has played leading parts in that famous aggregation since that date; member of Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Co., Boston; married to Clara George, of Warner, N. H., 1859. Address, Players' Club, Gramercy Park, New York City.
BARNARD, Charles:
Writer; born Boston, Feb. 13, 1838; eld- est son of Rev. Charles Francis Barnard and Sarah Holmes Barnard; married Mary E. Knight of New York; contribut- ing editor to The Century Dictionary and writer of many educational and popular scientific articles for the magazines. Au- thor of several books for young people upon music, horticulture, physics, etc. These books include "The Tone Masters," "Handkerchief Garden," "Talks About the Weather," "The Soil and Plants," Sim- ple Flower Garden," "First Steps in Elec- tricity," and, with the late Frofessor Meyer, a book upon "Light"; published in 1903, "Tools and Machines, a school book, and "The Door in the Book," a religious story book for young people. Author of "The Country Fair" and other plays; au- thor of a great number of children's stories, chiefly of a religious or scientific character and also lecturer before schools and educational bodies upon technical subjects. Author of several short novels, including "The Soprano" and "Camilla, a Tale of a Violin," etc. Address, 139 E. 39th St., New York City.
BARNARD, George Grey:
Sculptor; born Bellefonte, Pa., May 24, 1863; at about age of 16 went to Chi- cago, studying for one year at the Art Institute; later spent four years at "Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts," Paris; first exhibited in Salon of Champ de Mars in 1894, and at once elected associate of Societé Nationale de Beaux-Arts; became widely known for his splendid produc- tions, "Brotherly Love," "Norway." "Two Natures," and "The God Pan" in Metropolitan Museum Art; of "The Hewer" for Paris Exposition; his master- piece, "I Feel Two Natures Struggling Within Me." Address, New York City.
BARNARD, Joseph Folger:
Jurist; he was born in the town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N. Y., in 1823; is descended from an old English family whose pioneer ancestor, Thomas Barnard, came to America in 1659, and with nine others purchased the Island of Nantucket, and descendants of the family have resided there ever since; the Bar- nards have been for nearly three centu- ries good American citizens; he was edu- cated in the common schools and private academies of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and then became a student of Yale College, graduating as Bachelor of Arts in 1841; subsequently, in 1894, he was made an honorary LL.D. of Yale, as a reward for his great services to the legal profession; he was admitted to the bar in 1884; after practicing continuously in Pough- keepsie, N. Y., until he was nominated for judge of the Supreme Court, for the
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Second Judicial District of the State of New York, in the Democratic Judicial District Convention, held in 1862 in the city of Brooklyn, Mr. Barnard was duly elected and took his seat on the bench on Jan. 1, 1863, for eight years; on the ex- piration of his term he was re-elected for a term of fourteen years, and again in 1885, for a further term of fourteen years; retired at the end of the year, 1893, hav- ing attained the age of seventy years; during the year 1894 he practiced law in Poughkeepsie; on Jan. 1, 1895, the new Constitution of this State went into effect; this new Constitution allowed jus- tices of the Supreme Court, whose term of office has been terminated by reason of the aforesaid age limit of seventy
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