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BAYLIES, Nicholas, jurist, b. in Uxbridge, Mass., in 1772; d. in Lyndon, Vt., 17 Aug., 1847. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1794, studied law, and practised in Woodstock and Montpelier. From 1831 to 1834 he was a judge of the supreme court of Vermont. He published "A Digested Index to the Modern Reports of the Courts of Common Law in England and the United States" (3 vols., 1814), and an "Essay on Free Agency."

BAYLIES, William, physician, b. in Uxbridge, Mass., 5 Dec, 1743; d. in Dighton, Mass., 17 June, 1836. He was graduated at Harvard in 1760, studied medicine, and settled in Dighton, where he practised with success. lie was a member of the provincial congress of Massachusetts in 1770, and also a member of the state convention that adopted the federal constitution. In 1783 he was a state senator, and in 1801 was a member of the electoral college. From 1805 till 1809 he served as a representative from Massachusetts in congress. Dr. Baylies was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the State Historical Society. His two sons, William and Francis Baylies, were distinguished lawyers.—Francis, b. in Taunton, Mass., 16 Oct., 1783; d. there, 28 Oct., 1852, studied law in the office of his brother, and was admitted to the bar. From 1812 till 1820 he was register of probate in Bristol co., Mass., and from 1827 till 1832, and again in 1835, he was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature. He was elected to congress and served continuously for three terms, from 1821 till 1827. In 1832 he was appointed charge d'affaires to the Argentine Republic, but soon returned home. He was the author of a valuable " Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth " (2 vols., Boston, 1830), which has been republished, with notes and additions, by S. G-. Drake (Boston, 1866).

BAYLOR, Frances Courtenay, author, b. in Payettoville, Ark., 20 Jan., 1848. Her home has been in the south, with the exception of a residence in England during the years 1865-7 and 1873-'4. Her writings have been principally for periodicals, in which two of her short stories—"The Perfect Treasure" and "On This Side"—attracted wide attention, and were published in book form as one narrative, "On Both Sides" (Philadelphia, 1886; republished in Edinburgh). Miss Baylor has travelled extensively both at home and abroad.

BAYLOR, George, soldier, b. in Newmarket, Va., 12 Jan., 1752; d. in Bridgetown, Barbadoes, W. I., in March, 1784. He served continuously throughout the revolutionary war, beginning with his appointment, 15 Aug., 1775, as aide-de-camp to Gen. Washington. He participated in the surprise of the Hessians at Trenton, carried the news of the victory to congress, and was presented by that body with a horse, and advanced to the rank of colonel in the dragoons, 8 Jan., 1777. During the following year (17 Sept., 1778) his command was surprised near Tappan at midnight by a British force under Gen. Grey, who killed sixty-seven of his men and captured the remainder, including Col. Baylor. Later he rejoined the colonial forces, and served with them until the end of the war, after which he continued for some time in command of the Virginian cavalry. The winter of 1783-4 he spent in the West Indies on account of his health, being a great sufferer from a bayonet-wound through "the lungs, received at Tappan.

BAYLOR, Robert Emmett Bledsoe, jurist, b. in Lincoln co., Ky., 10 May, 1793; d. at Gay Hill, Texas, 6 Jan., 1874. He was the son of Walker Baylor, who commanded Washington's life guards at the battle of Germantown, and was a nephew of Col. George Baylor. He studied law with his maternal uncle, the Hon. Jesse Bledsoe. He served in the war of 1812 under Col. Boswell, and was in the fight near Fort Meigs. When peace was restored he returned to Kentucky, was admitted to the bar, and soon acquired a large practice. In 1819 he was elected to the state legislature, but during the following year removed to Alabama, where he became prominent in the legal profession. He was elected to the state legislature in 1824, and in 1829 was sent as a representative from Alabama to the 21st congress, serving till 3 March, 1831. During the Creek war he commanded a regiment of Alabama volunteers, and rendered efficient service in terminating the war on the borders of that state. Subsequent to his career in congress he emigrated to the republic of Texas, where he was immediately elected a judge of the district and of the supreme court. Judge Baylor, being a warm friend of annexation, after the change of government was elected a member of the convention that formed the present state constitution. Later he was again appointed one of the district judges, and held the office for twenty-five years. He was a devoted Baptist, and at one time a licensed preacher of that denomination. In 1845 a charter for a Baptist college, to be located at Independence, was granted by the congress of Texas, and it received the name of Baylor university, an honor warranted by the gifts of land and money made by Judge Baylor. One of the counties of Texas was also named for him.

BAYNAM, William, surgeon, b. in Caroline CO., Va., in December, 1749; d. in Essex, Va., 8 Dec, 1814. He studied medicine under Dr. Walker, and in 1769 went to London, where he became very proficient in anatomy and surgery. For several years he was assistant demonstrator in St. Thomas's hospital, London. After sixteen years' residence in England he returned in 1785 to the United States and settled in Essex. He was very successful as a surgeon, and as an anatomist he had no superior. The best preparations in the museums of Cline and Cooper, in London, were made by him. lie contributed to the medical journals.

BAYNE, Herbert Andrew, educator, b. in Londonderry, Nova Scotia, 16 Aug., 1846; d. in Pictou, 16 Sept., 1886. He was principal of Pictou academy from 1865 till 1867, and from 1869 till 1873. Meanwhile he was graduated at Dalhousie college in 1869. He studied from 1873 till 1875 at the university in Leipsic, and at Heidelberg in 1875-'6, where he received the degree of doctor of philosophy. During 1876-7 he studied at Berlin and Paris. On his return to Nova Scotia he became professor of mathematics at the Halifax high school, and at the same time professor of organic chemistry at Dalhousie college. In 1880 he was appointed professor of physics and chemistry in the Royal military college of Canada, in Kingston. He was appointed, in 1885, a member of the cartridge commission appointed by the Dominion government, and has performed much chemical work in connection with the investigations of that board. Dr. Bayne is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and other scientific societies.

BAYNE, John, Canadian clergyman, b. in Greenock, Scotland, 16 Nov., 1806; d." in Gait, On-