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pletely revolutionizing the smelting of gold and silver in this country and in Europe; and which brought to his works a continual stream of consignments of gold and silver ores from all the western states and territories and from Mexico. He afterward incorporated the business with himself as president as the B'albaeh smelting and refining company, of Newark, N.J. He died Oct. 14, 1890, in Newark, N.J. Balbach, Edward, metallurgist, inventor, was born July 4, 1839, in Germany. In 1864 he obtained letters patent for a new desilverizing process for argentiferous lead, which was afterward known as the Balbach process. He also invented the water jacket used for smelting and refining furnaces. In 1891 he was appointed president of the Balbach smelting and refining company. Balbach, Leopold, metallurgist, founder, was born March 17, 1847, in Germany. He

founded and incorporated the Omaha smelting and refining company of Omaha, Neb.; also established similar works in Chicago and Denver. For some past years he has been an extensive mine operator. Balch, Alfred, lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Florida; and in 1840 was appointed one of the United States judges for that territory. Balch, Alfred William, surgeon, chemist,

was born Aug. S7, 1873, in East Saginaw, Mich. In 1901-04 he was assistant surgeon and since 1904 has been past assistant surgeon in the United States navy. He has made valuable researches on the action of drugs on the flow of bile. scientist,

Edwin

Swift, lawyer, author, was He practices law in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Mountain Exploration; and Antarctic, a History of Antarctic Discovery. Balch, Elizabeth, litterateur, author, was born in 1845 in New York. She was the author of Zorah; and An Author's Love. She died in 1890 in Europe. Balch, Galusha B., physician, genealogist, author, was born Feb. 6, 1839, in Plattsburgh, N.Y. He was educated at the PlattsBatch,

born about 1853.

burgh academy; and in 1860 graduated in medicine from the college of physicians and surgeons of New York City. During the civil war he was assistant surgeon in the ninetyeighth regiment New York volunteers, and also in the second veteran cavalry. He is an eminent physician of Yonkers, N.Y. and superintendent of the Westchester, county so;

ciety for the prevention of cruelty to children, of which he has also been president. He is the author of The Balch Genealogy. Balch, George Beall, naval officer, was born Jan. 3, 1821, in Tennessee. He served in the Mexican war; and in 1850 was commissioned lieutenant. In 1861 ^le enlisted in the United States navy to serve in the civil war; and attained the rank of rear-admiral. In 1879-81 he was superintendent of the naval academy at Annapolis, Md; and was retired in 1886. He died in 1908 in Baltimore, Md.

Balch, Joseph Pope, soldier,

Rhode

Island.

was born

He was a major

in in the first

regiment Ehode Island volunteer infantry; in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general

and

of volunteers. He died Dec. 3, 1872, in Rhode Island. Balch, Thomas Willing, lawyer, author. He is a member of the Philadelphia bar. He is the author of Some Facts about Alsace and jjorraine; The Alabama Arbitration; and Prance in North Africa.

Balch, William Stevens, clergyman, auth-

He was born in 1806 in Vermont. He was a universalist clergyman of Elgin, 111. He was the author of Lectures on Language or.

Grammar of the English Language; Ireland as I Saw It and A Peculiar People. He died

in 1887 in Elgin,

111.

Baldey, George, soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1847-48 he was a soldier in the Mexican war. In 1863 he was first lieutenant in the second Colorado cavalrj'; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general.

Baldwin, Abel Seymour, physician, state senator, railroad president, was born March 19, 1811, in Fulton, N.Y. He was the first president of the Florida, atlantic and gulf railroad. In 1852 he was elected to the Florida state legislature; in 1859 he was a stats senator; and in 1863 was made medical director of Florida and Georgia. He died about 1905 in Jacksonville, Fla. Baldwin, Abraham, lawyer, college presidcongressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 6, 1754, in Guilford, Conn. He settled in Savannah, Ga.; and was chosen a member of the state ent,

legislature.

He

origin-

ated the plan of the university of Georgia; drew up the charter; persuaded the assembly to adopt it; and was for some time its president. In 1785-88 he was a representative from Georgia to the continental congress; and was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States, which he duly signed. In 1789-99 he was a representative from Georgia to the first, second, third, fourth and fifth congresses. In 1799-1807 he was a United States senator. He died March 4, 1807, in Washington, D.C. Baldwin, Alexander W., lawyer, jurist, was born in 1835 in Alabama. In 1865 he was appointed United States judge for Nevada. He was killed by a railroad accident Nov. 15, 1869, at Alameda, Cal.

Baldwin,

March

Ashbel,

clergyman,

was born

1757, in Litchfield, Conn. He served as a quartermaster in the revolutionary 7,

war; and was ordained by Bishop Seabury in 1785, the first episcopal ordination in this country. He held parishes in Wallingford,