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the town of Barstow, the county seat of county, Texas. Barstow, Gideon, legislator, congressman, tpas bom in 1783 in Essex county, Mass. He served in both branches of the state legislature, of Massachusetts. In 1821-23 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the seventeenth congress. He died March 26, 1852, in St. Augustine, Pla.

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active part in building the South Park railroad; and the Denver, Texas and Gulf railroad. For ten years he was president of the City national bank of Denver, Col. Bartch, George Washington, educator, lawyer, jurist, was born on March 15, 1849, at Dushore, Pa. He graduated from Bloomsburg

state normal and received academic degree of master of science. For several terms he

Barstow, John Lester, soldier, state senagovernor, was born Feb. 21, 1832, in Shelboume, Vt. He served in the union army in 1861-64, rising to the rank of major; and tor,

was made brigadier-general

was superintendent of public schools of Shenandoah, Pa.; in 18841886 he practiced law

of state troops

at the time of the St. Albans raid. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1864-65; a state senator in 1867-68; and was United States pension agent at Burlington in 1870-78. In 1880-82 he was lieutenant-governor; and in 1882-84 was gover-

nor of Vermont. Barstow, Simon Forrester, was born in Massachusetts. In 1862 he was a captain of volunteers; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died July July 31, 1882, in Massachusetts. Barstow, William A., soldier, governor, was born in 1811. He was governor of Wisconsin in 1853-55. When the civil war commenced he raised a regiment of cavalry for the war; was appointed its colonel; and in 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He rendered important services on courts-martial in St. Louis. He died Dec. 14, 1865, in Leavenworth, Kan. Barstow, Wilson, soldier, was born in 1830 in New York. He served from the first year of the civil war until its close with zeal and ability, attaining the brevet rank of brigadier-general in 1865. He subsequently was assistant appraiser of the Port of New York.

He

died

March

16, 1869, in

New York

Pennsylvania; in 1886-88 in Colorado; -and in 1888-89 pracin

ticed City.

He

died

March

1,

1873, in

Keene, N.H. Barth, Isaac, district attorney of Arizona, was born Feb. 5, 1876, in St. Johns. He was educated in the public and high schools of Grand Eapids, Mich.; and graduated from the Indiana law school. He has attaiT'-^d success in the practice of law in Arizona; and since 1897 has been chairman of the Apache county democratic committee. In 1904 he was delegate-at-large from Arizona to the naL.^iial democratic convention held in St. Louis, Mo. He is district attorney for the fourth judicial district of Arizona. Barth, William, railroad builder, capitalist, was bom in 1829 in Germany. He took an

Lake

Salt

Lake county by appointment

of Presi-

dent Harrison; In 1893-96 was associate justice of the supreme court for the territory of Utah; and served on the supreme bench until he resigned. In 1896-1906 he was a member of the state supreme court of Utah and in 1899-1900 and 1905-06 was chief justice. He resigned his office as chief justice in 1906 and organized the law firm of Bartch ajid

Bagley at Salt Lake City, where he

is

now engaged

in active practice. Bartholdt, Richard, journalist, congressNov. 2, 1855, in Germany. man, was He came to this country when a, boy; received a classical edu-

bom

cation; learned the printing trade; and he

has remained a newspaper man ever since. He was connected with several papers as reporter, legislative correspondent and editor; and was at the time of his election to congress editor-in-chief of



tions and essays.

in Salt

In 1889-93 he was a probate judge of

City.

Barstow, Zedekiah Smith, educator, legislator, author, was born Oct. 4, 1790, in Canterbury, Conn. In 1818 he became pastor of a congregational church in Keene, N.H. taught the classics; and the late Chief -Justice Chase was one of his pupils. In 1868-69 he was a member of the New Hampshire state legislature; and was chaplain of that body. He published numerous sermons, disserta-

law

the St. Louis Tribune. He was elected to the board of public schools of St. Louis; and in 1891 was chosen its president. He is regarded as the leader of the peace movement in the United States; was president of the Interparliamentary union; and is now president of the arbitration group in congress. In 1893-1911 he was a member of the fiftythird, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a republican.

Bartholomew, Charles L., journalist, cartoonist, artist, author, was born Feb. 10, 1869, in Chariton, Iowa. In 1888 he graduated from the Iowa state college ; and received the degree of B'.Sc. in the engineering course. In 1888 he began newspaper work in Minneapolis, Minn. has filled the position of reporter, editor and cartoonist; and is now on the staff" of the Minneapolis Journal. He is