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 HERRINGSHAW'S IjIERARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. ary navy of Virginia; in which his father, his uncle and his brother also participated. He died Oct. 38, 1810, in Hampton, Va. Barron, Samuel, naval officer, was born about 1802 in Virginia. He entered the navy as midshipman; attained the rank of lieutenant in 1827; became commander in 1847; and captain in 1855. After the war he became a farmer in Virginia. He died Feb. 26, 1888 in Essex county, Va. Barron, Walter J., inventor, was born June 27, 1846, in Meadville, Pa. He invented many improvements now in use on leading typewriters; and in 1888 invented the Universal typewriter. In 1891 he perfected the

Densmore and Barron typewriters. Barixjw, Alexander, lawyer, was born in 1801 Tenn. He served a number of state legislature of Louisiana; es senator,

United Statin Nashville, years in the in 1841-47 he

was United States senator from Louisiana. He died Dec. 29, 1846, in Baltimore, Md. Barrow, David, clergyman, author, was

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Oct. 30, 1753, in Virginia. He held varpastorates in Kentucky.' In 1803 he published an able pamphlet on The Trinity. He died Nov. 14, 1819, in Kentucky. Barrow, Elizabeth N., litterateur, author, was born in 1869 in Skaneateles, N.Y. She is the author of The Fortune of War; and The King's Rivals.

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Barrow, Mrs. Frances Elizabeth, author,

was born Feb. 22, 1822, in Charleston, S.C. In 1855 she began to write and publish books; and during the next fifteen years something like twenty-five volumes bearing her name were brought out by different publishers. Among them are The Night Cap Series; The Pop Gun Series; and The Six Mitten Books. She died May 7, 1894, in New York City. Barrow, Pope, soldier, lawyer. United States senator, was bom Aug. 1, 1839, in

He served in the confederate army. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1877; and was a representative in the Georgia state legislature in 1880-81. In 1882-83 he was United States senator to fill a vacancy. Barrow, Washington, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 5, 1817, in Davidson county, Tenn. He was a lawyer by education and profession; and in 1841 was appointed American charge d'affaires to Portugal. In 184749 he was a representative from Tennessee to the thirtieth congress. He died Oct. 19, 1866, in St. Louis, Mo. Barrows, Charles Henry, lawyer, author, was born Aug. 4, 1853, in Springfield, Mass. He has practiced law in Springfield since 1879. He is the author of The Personality of Jesus. Barrows, Elijah Porter, educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 5, 1817, in Mansfield, Cqnn. After teaching school for five years at Hartford, he was ordained a minister; and in 1835 became pastor of the Oglethorpe coimty, Ga.

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presbyterian church in New York Besides twenty-five articles in the Bibliotheca Sacra, he has published Memoir of Evertin Judson; Companion to the Bible; and Sacred Geography and Antiquities. He died Sept. 14, 1888, in Oberlin, Ohio. Barrows, Franklin William, physician, zoologist, scientist, was born Jan. 24, 1863, in Springfield, 111. In 1888-1903 he was instructor of science at the Central high school of Buffalo, N.Y. He is an eminent physician and has made valuable researches on the nutrition of the nerve cell. Barrows, John Henry, clergyman, college president, lecturer, author, was born July 11, 1847, in Medina, Mich. He was a presbyterian clergyman; and president of Oberlin college in 1898-1902. He was the author of The Gospels are Triie Hiatpry; I Believe in God the Father Almighty; Henry Ward Beecher, the Pulpit Jupiter; Life of Henry Ward Beecher; and other works. He died June 3, 1902, in Oberlin, Ohio. Barrows, John Otis, clergyman, author, poet, was born Aug. 4, 1833, in Mansfield, Conn. He has filled many important pastorates in the congregational church. He is the author of On Horseback in Cappadooia; and first free

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of merit.

Barrows, Mrs. Katharine Isabel Hayes, editor, author, was born April 17, 1845, in Irasburg, Vt. For twenty years she was editor of the national conference of charities and corrections. She is the author of The Shaybacks in Camp, a volume of camp experiences.

Barrows, Morton, lawyer, author, was born June 14, 1856, in Reading, Mass. In 1880 he graduated from Harvard university; and in 1883 graduated from the Boston university law school. Since 1883 he has practiced law in St. Paul, Minn. He is the author of Barrows on Negligence. Barrows, Samuel June, clergyman, congressman, author, was born May 26, 1845, in

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In 189799 he was a represenmilitia.

tative from Massachusetts to the fiftyfifth congress as a republican. He is a commissioner for the United States on the international prison co-

mmission. He is the author of The Shaybacks in Camp; TheBaptist Meeting House; Science and Immortality; Isles and Shrines of Greece; and other works. His wife, Isabel C. Barrows, was the first woman in America to practice as.

an oculist. Barrows, Walter Bradford, educator, entomologist, scientist, was born Jan. 10, 1855, in