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ard Kipling; and Common Story. He died Dec. 6, 1891, in Dresden, Germany. Balfour, Walter, clergyman, author, was bom 1776 in Scotland. He became a baptist about 1806; and in 1823 he went over to the universalists. His best known book is entitled Essays on the Intermediate State of the Dead. He died Jan. 3, 1852, in Charles-

Ball, George Harvey, clergyman, college president, author, was born Deo. 7, 1819, in Canada. For thirty years he was pastor of the baptist church in Buffalo, N.Y.; for seven years was editor of

the Baptist Union of City; and

New York

^

became presid-

town, Mass.

in 1892

Balke, Julius, manufacturer, founder, was born March 30, 1830, in Germany. In 1879 the New York billiard manufacturer, W. H. Collender, joined his corporation; and their business has since been conducted as the

ent of the

Brunswick -Balke-CoUender company of

affairs;

New

Virginia waters. Leesburg, Va.

He

died

March

7,

1800, near

lawyer, state senator, was born July 19, 1844, in Rochester, N.Y. In 1871-72 he was state senator of Michigan. He was attorney-general of Michigan in 1873-74. He built a block of stores in Grand Eapids; and was interested with his father in other enterprises. Ball, Dyer, physician, missionary, was Ball,

Byron

born June

3,

D.,

1796, in

West

B'oylston, Mass.

He

sailed for Singapore in 1838; thence to in 1841; to Hong Kong in 1843; and to Canton in 1845. He there passed the remainder of his life in missionary, medical and educational labor, his medical acquirements adding much to his moral influence with the

Macao

He published a Chinese almanac for many years. He died March 27,

native inhabitants. 1866, in China. Ball,

Edward, congressman, was born in

Virginia. In 1853-57 he was a representative from Ohio to the thirty-third and thirty-fourth congresses. He died in Virginia. Ball, Elmer Darwin, educator, entomologist, scientist, was born Sept. 21, 1870, in Athens, Vt. Since 1907 he has been director of the Utah experimental station. He is a member of the American association for the advancement of science. Ball, Ephraim, manufacturer, inventor, was born Aug. 12, 1812, in Greentown, Ohio.

In 1854 he invented the Ohio mower; afterward he devised the World mower and reaper; and in 1858 the Buckeye machine was brought out, all of which have sold extensively. He died Jan. 1, 1872, in Canton, Ohio. Ball, Farlin Q., soldier, lawyer, jurist, author, was born March 28, 1838, in Ohio. He served through the civil war in the thirtyfirst regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry and attained the rank of major. He served two terms as states attorney for Dane county. Wis.; and in 1869 began the practice of law in Chicago, HI. Since 1896 he has been judge of the superior court of Cook county, Law of Nation111. He is the author of The al Banks.

col-

and

was

a

member

of the first republican convention at

York

City. Ball, Surges, soldier, was born July 28, 1749, in Lancaster county, Va.; and was related to Mary Ball, the mother of Washington. He served throughout the revolutionary war; and at its close was privateering in

Keuka

N.Y. He always, took a deep interest in the governmental lege,

Philadelphia

nominated John

which

Fremont

for the presidency. He was the author of several books. He died in 1907 in Keuwa Park, N.Y. Ball,

C.

George Washington, soldier, genealo-

19, 1828, in Loudoun county, Va. In 1861-62 he served in the civil war. Since 1873 he has been an authority on American genealogy. gist,

was born Feb.

Ball, James Moores, physician, oculist, author, was born Sept. 4, 1862, in West Union,

Iowa. Since 1894 he has practiced medicine in St. Louis, Mo. He is the author of Ball's

Modern Ophthalmology. Ball, John, lawyer, state legislator, philanthropist, was born Nov. 12, 1794, in Hebron, N.Y. In 1837 he settled in Grand Rapids, Mich.; and in 1838 he was a representative in the Michigan state legislature. He was interested in schools, geology, lyceums and other local enterprises. He died Feb. 5, 1884,

in Grand Rapids, Mich., and willed to that city forty acres of land, which is now known as the John Ball Park. Ball, Lewis Heisler, physician, congressman. United States senator, was born Sept. 21. 1861, near Stanton, Del. He graduated from Delaware college in 1882, and from the medical department of

the state university of Pennsylvania in 1885; and has attained success in the practice of his profession at Marshalltown,Del. Then in 1901-03 he was a representative from Delaware to the fifty-seventh congress as a republican. In 1898-190Q he was state treasurer of Delaware; and is a trustee of Delaware college. In 1903 he was elected to the United States senate. Ball, Michael Valentine, physician, surgeon, author, was born Feb. 14, 1868, in Warren, Pa. He received an academic education;

1889 graduated from Jefferson medical and studied in he was physician to the state penitentiary at Philadelin

college of Philadelphia, Pa.; Berlin, Germany. In 1892-95