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 HKRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Barnes, David L., lawyer, jurist. He was judge of the United States district court some time prior to 1884. Barnes, Demas, journalist, banker, congressman, was bom April 4, 1827, in Canandaigua, N.Y. In 1849 he moved to New York City, where he established a wholesale drug business, in which he made a large fortune. In 1867-69 he was a representative to the fortieth congress as a democrat. He was active in procuring legislation for the construction of the Brooklyn bridge. The Brooklyn Eagle at one time belonged to him; and of the Brooklyn Argus he was the founder, continuing its publication until 1877. He died May 1, 1888, in New York City. Barnes, Earl, lecturer, author, was born July 15, 1861, in Maryville, N.Y. In 1892-97 be was professor of education at Stanford university of California; and since 1890 has been a lecturer. He is the author of Studies in Education; and Studies in American History.

Barnes, Edwin H., business man, poet, wag born May 13, 1849, in Marathon, N.Y. For eleven years he was postmaster of his native city. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled A Wild Bouquet. Barnes, George Thomas, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born' on Aug. 14, 1833, in Richmondcounty, Ga. He served in the confederate army as first lieutenant of artillery, and as captain and major; and was in the Shiloh. He of the state house of representatives of Georgia in 1860-65. He was a delegate from the state at large to the nationbattlfe

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ion held in New York in 1868; at St. Louis in 1876; and at Cincinnati in 1880. In 188591 he was a representative from Georgia to the forty-iiinth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses. He died in 1901 in Augusta, Ga. Barnes, Henry Burr, business man, publisher, founder, was born on Dec. 14, 1845, in New York City. In 1866 he graduated from Yale university with the degree of B.A. and in 1869 received the honorary degree of A.

M. In 1868 he became a partner in the publishing house of A. S. Barnes and company. In 1878 he edited the International Review; and since 1896 has been senior partner in the firm of A. S. Barnes and company. In 1891 he became a director in the American book company. In 1895 he was vice-president of the Barnes real estate association, in 1905 succeeding to the presidency; and in 1896 founded the Barnes carriage company of New York City. In 1898 he became vice-president of the Central real estate association. Barnes, Jacob B., journalist, publisher, was born July 11, 1839, in Freeport, 111. He is

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the editor and owner of the Peoria Journal, one of the leading newspapers of the west. Barnes, James, soldier, was born about 1809. He remained in the army seven years; and advanced to the rank of first lieutenant of the fourth artillery. He resigned and became a railroad engineer and superintendent on the A'estern railroad of Massachusetts in 1836-48; and chief engineer of the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad in 1848-52. In 1848-57 he constructed various railroads. He died Feb. 12, 1869, in Springfield, Mass. Barnes, James, journalist, author, was born Sept. 19, 1866, in Annapolis, Md. In 1894-95 he was assistant editor of Harper's Weekly. He is the author of For King or Country, a Story of the Revolution Admiral Farragut; Naval Actions of the War of 1812; A Princetonian; .A Loyal Traitor; Commodore Bainbridge; The Hero of Erie; A Princetonian; and Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors. Barnes, John Beaumont, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 26, 1846, in Trumbull, Ohio. During the civil war he served in battery E, first Ohio volunteer light artillery. He began the practice of law in 1873. Since 1904 he has been an associate justice of the state supreme court of Nebraska. Barnes, Joseph K., physician, surgeon, was born July 21, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. When the Mexican war began he was appointed chief medical officer of the cavalry brigade; and served throughout the war. In 1863 he was assigned to duty in the office of the surgeon-general; was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general; and in 1865 was brevetted major-general. He was present at the deathbed of Lincoln; attended Secretary Seward when he was wounded by the knife of a confederate assassin; and attended Mr. Garfield through his long confinement. He was a trustee of the Peabody educational fund a commissioner for the soldiers' home and the custodian of other important public trusts. He died April 5, 1883, in Washington, D.C. Barnes, Lemuel Call, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 6, 1865, in Kirtland, Ohio. In 1891 he was elected foreign secretary of the American baptist missionary union, of which he has been a member since 1879. In 1901-03 he was president of the federation of churches in Pittsburg. He is the author of Two Thousand Years of Missions Before Carey; -





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30, 1855, in Weyauwega, Wis. He began the practice of law in Appleton in 1876; and was district attorney of Outaga-

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mie county. In 1893-95 he was a representative from Wisconsin to the fifty-third congress as a democrat. He died in 1904 in Appleton, Wis.

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