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one of the founders of the Manhattan club; and also of the Casino and reading room at

Barker, Albert Smith, naval officer, was born March 31, 1843, in Hanson, Mass. He

Newport. Barham, John A., educator, lawyer, congressman, was born July 17, 1844, in Missouri. He removed with his parents to California in 1849 ; and he was educated in the common schools and at the Hesperian college of Woodland, Cal. He taught in the pub-

was promoted to lieutenant in 1864; became commander in 1877; was promoted to cap-

lic

schools of Califor-

nia for three years; then studied law; and was admitted to practice in 1868. In 18951901 he was a representative from California to the fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth congresses as a republican. He was chairman of the committee of mileage in the fifty-fifth congress. He now

law in Santa Eosa, Cal. Barhydt, Theodore Wells, railroad president, banker, capitalist, was born April 10, 1835, in Newark, N.J. He received an academic education in the Lypractices

ceum academy

of Schenectady, N.Y. In 1855 he moved to Burlington, Iowa, where he became one of the principal clerks in the postoffice. In 1859 he entered mercantile business; and since 1870 has been president of the Merchants' national bank of Burlington,

of

which

institution

he was one of the organizers. He was one of the organizers of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and northern railroad company; and is now president of the Burlington and northwestern and of the Burlington and western railroad companies. He is the owner of the Delano hotel and several other fine business buildings; was instrumental in establishing the Burlington water works and was one of the principal promoters and builders of the first street railroad in his city. He has been president of the board of trade; a member of the city council; and has held various other positions of trust and honor. Baright, Marie Louise, educator, elocutionist, was born Aug. 12, 1864, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She has been professor of elocution and English literature at the State normal schools of West Chester, Pa. ; and has filled the same chair in the university of Oregon. Barker, Abraham A., merchant, congress;

man, was born March

30, 1816, in Lovell,

Maine. He was a delegate to the Chicago convention of 1860. In 1865-67 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-ninth congress. He died in 1898 in Ebensburg, Pa.

tain in 1892; and attained the rank of rearadmiral in 1899. In the war with Spain he commanded the cruiser Newark; until 1898; then the celebrated battle-ship Oregon; succeeding Admiral Dewey in command of the Asiatic squadron at Manila, which he retained until relieved by the arrival of Admiral Watson in 1899. Since 1903 he has been commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic fleet.

Barker, David, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 8, 1797, in Stratham, N.H. In 182729 he was a representative from New Hampshire to the twentieth congress. He died April 1, 1834, in Rochester, N.H. Barker, Mrs. Ellen Blackmer, litterateur, author, was born in West Springfield, Pa. She is the wife of Captain Albert S. Barker of the United States navy. She is the author Three Old of The Bishop's Conversion; Maids in Hawaii; and The Way of Fire. Barker, Fordyce, physician, author, was bom May 2, 1819, in Wilton, Maine. He was a professor in the Bellevue hospital from ,1860. He was the author of On Sea-Sickness; and On Puerperal Diseases. He died

May

30, 1891, in

New York

City.

Barker, George Frederic, educator, author, was born -July 14, 1835, in Charlestown, Mass. He has been professor of physics in the university of Pennsylvania since 1873. For several years he has edited the annual record of progress in physics published in the Smithsonian reports. In 1878 he was president of the American association for the advancement of science. He is the author of Correlation of Vital and Physical Forces; and Text-book of Elementary Chemistry. Barker, Jacob, state senator, financier, author, was born Dee. 7, 1779, on Swan island. Me, He was of Quaker parentage. He was one of the original members of the society of

Tammany ator.

hall;

and was elected a state senthe Union newspaper for

He founded

the purpose of supporting the candidacy of Governor Clinton. A large fortune that he

had accumulated was mostly swept away through the civil war. His later years were passed with his son, Wharton Barker, in Philadelphia. In 1855 appeared Incidents in the Life of Jacob Barker, 1800-55. He died Dec. 26, 1871, in Philadelphia, Pa. Barker, James Madison, lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 23, 1839, in Pittsfield, Mass. In 1872-73 he was a representative to the Massachusetts state legislature. In 1883 he became superior court judge. In 1891-1905 he was associate justice of the state supreme court of Massachusetts. He died in 1905, in jurist,

Pittsfield,

Mass.

Barker, James Nelson, soldier, dramatist, author, poet, was born June 17, 1784, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia poet and playwright. He was comptroller of the