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 HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Barber,

Francis,

soldier,

educator,

was

Y. In 1865-66 he was district attorney of Jefferson county. Wis.; and was assistant attorney general of the state in 1865-66. In 1866 he moved to Chicago, 111. In 1879-81 he was a representative from Illinois to the forty-sixth congress.

born in 1751 in Princeton, N.J. In 1769-76 he conducted an academy in Elizabethtown, N.J. He served with distinction all through the revolutionary war; in 1776 he was commissioned major and lieutenant-colonel. In 1777 he became inspector general and adjutant general. In 1781 he was selected to quell

the

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Barber, Isaac Ambrose, physician, business man, banker, congressman, was born Jan.

of

troops.

In Lafayette's Virginia

ing tree Feb. 11, 1783, in Newburg. Barber, George, manufacturer. In 1847 he began the manufacture of matches; and was one of the first in this industry in the west. Barber, George Clinton, soldier, was born in New Jersey. In 1848 he graduated from the United States military academy; and served in the Mexican war as second lieutenant. He died Oct. 11, 1853. Barber, George Franklin, architect, was -born July 30, 1854, in DeKalb, 111. He is well known as an arc hitect of Knoxville, Tenn.; and a writer on architectural subjects. The firm of George T. Bari

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Barber, Gershom Morse, soldier, educalawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 3, 1833, in Cayuga county, N.Y. He was professor in Baldwin institute four years; and was principal for two years. He served in the civil war and rose to the rank of brigadier-general. In 1873 he was elected judge of the superior court of Cleveland; and in 1875-85 served on the bench of the court of common tor,

pleas.

Barber, Grove Ettinger, educator, soldier, 1, 1843, in Freedom, Ohio. In 1863-65 he served in the civil war. In 187381 he was professor of Greek and latin in Hiram college; and since 1882 has been professor of latin in the university of Nebraska. Barber, Hiram, lawyer, congressman, was born March 24, 1835, in Warren county, N.

was born Nov.

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near Salem, N.J. In 1873 he moved to Easton, Md.; practiced medicine for fifteen years; and then engaged in milling. He has been president of the Farmers' and merchants national bank of Easton, Md.; and was a member of the Maryland state legislature in 1895-96. In 1897-99 he was a representative from Maryland to the fiftyfifth congress. Barber, Isaac Henry, physician, surgeon, was born Aug. 3, 1829, in Florida, N.Y. He 26, 1853,

and

campaign of 1781 he performed effective service at the head of a battalion of light infantry. He was accidentally killed by a fall-

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served throughout the civil war on the surgical staff. For thirty years he was surgeon of the Brooklyn central dispensary. He died Feb.

5,

1896, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Barber,

J. Allen, lawyer, congressman, was born about 1810 in Georgia, Vt. He obtained a. liberal education at the university of Vermont, studied law and was admitted to practice in 1833. In 1837 he removed to the territory of Wisconsin;

and was a. member of the first constitutional convention of Wisconsin in 1846. He was elected to the state assembly in 1853, 1853 and 1863, serving the last year as speaker. In 1871-75 he was a state senate in 1856 and 1857. In 1871-75 he was a representative from Wisconsin to the forty-second and forty-third congresses. He died in Lancaster, Wis. Barber, John Childs, manufacturer, invenwas born Dec. 13, 1844, in St. Lawrence county, N.Y. In 1885-97 he was a master car builder for the Northern pacific railway company of St. Paul, Minn. He is the inventor of various railroad appliances; is the originator and patentee of the Barber trucks; and president of the Standard car truck company. Barber, John Jay, soldier, lawyer, artist, was born Sept. 31, 1840, in Sandusky, Ohio. He joined the volunteer army in 1863. He received no instruction in art; but in 1871 opened a studio in Columbus, Ohio. He devoted himself at first to landscapes, delineating scenes in the Muskingum valley. Subsequently he executed cattle pieces; and after 1881 exhibited in the national academy in tor,

New York

City.

Barber, John Warner, author, was born Feb. 2, 1798, in Windsor, Conn. He was the

author of Historical Collections of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jer-