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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Barnum, Mrs. Frances Courtenay, author, was born in 1848 in Arkansas. She is the author of On Both Sides, an international novel; Behind the Blue Ridge; Juan and Juanita, a juvenile tale; and Claudia Hyde. Barnum, Henry A., soldier, statesman, was

tor of

born Sept. 24, 1833, in Janesville, N.Y. He enlisted as a private in the twelfth New York volunteers in 1861; was elected captain of company I; and in 1865 was brevetted major-general. In 1866 he resigned, having declined a colonelcy in the regular army,

Md.

and became inspector of prisons

in

New

York. He was a, deputy tax commissioner in 1869-72; and was for five years harbor-master of New York. In 1885 he was elected to the New York state assembly. He died Jan.

New York City. Barnum, Phineas Taylor, showman, author, was i)orn July 5, 1810, in Bethel, Conn. He was the son of a farmer and tavern keeper; and became a 29, 1893, in

successful

showman

of

world-wide fame; and made a fortune from

He was known and

his business.

the

best

most

popular

circus

showman

ever engaged in that business in America. He was the

author of

Humbugs

of

the World;

Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' Recollections;

Lion Jack, or

How

Menageries are

Made; and Autobiography. He died April

7,

1891, in Bridgeport, Conn.

Barnum, Samuel Weed, clergyman, author. In 1847 he was assistant editor of Webster's Dictionary; and was subsequently editor of The Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible. He was the author of Barnum's English Rhymes. He died in New Haven, Conn. Barnum, William H., manufacturer, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 17, 1818, in Columbia county, Conn. His firm of Barnum, Richardson and com-

pany built large works Lime Rock and in East Canaan, Conn and finally added a in

car wheel shop in Chicago, 111. In 1851-52 he was a mernber of the state legislature and from 1868 attended every national convention of his party as a delegate. In 186777 he was a representative from Connecticut to the fortieth to forty-fourth congresses. In 1875-79 he was United States senator. He died April 30, 1889, in Lime Rock, Conn. Barnum, Zenas, civil engineer, capitalist, was born Dec. 9, 1810, in Wilkesbarre, Pa. He was a civil engineer; but became proprie-

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Barnum's hotel in Baltimore, in the of which he acquired a large fortune. Later he became president of the Baltimore central railroad; and was also president of the Magnetic telegraph com-

management

pany.

He

died April

5,

1865, in Baltimore,

Barnwell, James Gaston, librarian, bibliographer, was born Feb. 13, 1833, in Ireland. He was educated in the Philadelphia public schools; in which he taught as principal in 1850-63; in 1851-53 he studied law, but never practiced. In 1857 he was a member of the Philadelphia city council. In 1863-87 he was connected with the Philadelphia mercantile library; in 1884-87 was librarian of the university of Pennsylvania; and since 1887 has been librarian of the Philadelphia library.

Barnwell, John, soldier, was born about 1671 in Ireland. Barnwell's force overtook the depredating Tuscaroras and killed three hundred in the first engagement. The survivors were driven into their fortified town, besieged, and finally reduced to submission. Nearly one thousand of them were killed,' or captured; and the remnant abandoned their hereditary lands and joined the Five Nations of New York. This was the first crushing blow dealt against the Indians by the white settlers in the Carolinas; and Barnwell is to this day known to his descendants as Tuscarora John. He died about June, 1724, in Beaufort, S.C. Barnwell, Robert, soldier, congressman, was born in 1762 in Beaufort, S.C. He volunteered for the revolutionary war when sixteen years old. He was afterward a member of the convention in South Carolina on the adoption of the federal constitution. In 179193 he was a representative from South Carolina to the second congress. He died in 1814 in

South Carolina.

Barnwell, Robert G., journalist, abolitionist, was born in 1818. He was an earnest pro-slavery advocate and journalist. He died April 10, 1899, in Tallulah Falls, Ga. Barnwell, Robert Woodward, college president, congressman, United States senator, was born Aug. 10, 1801, in Beaufort, S.C. In 1829-33 he was a representative from South Carolina to the twenty-first and twentysecond congresses. He was president of the South Carolina college in 1835-43. In 185051 he was United States senator to fill a vacancy. After the civil war he was again president of the South 'Carolina college. He died Nov. 25, 1882, in Columbia, S.C. Barnwell, Robert Woodward, clergyman, bishop. In 1900 he was appointed protestant episcopal bishop of Alabama at Selma. Barousse, Homer, merchant, planter, statesman, was born Sept. 25, 1850, in Church Point, La. He was educated in the public and private schools of his native state. He is a successful merchant and planter of Church Point, La.; and has always been prominently identified with the business and public af-