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in the state senate or house of the Minnesota state legislature from Scott and Carver counties. Since 1885 he has been judge of the seventh judicial district court of Minnesota.

Baxter, Lydia, hymn-writer, poet, was orn on Sept. 2, 1809, in Petersburg, N.Y. She was the author of Gems by the Wayside, a collection of poems ; and the hymn entitled The Gates Ajar. She died Jan. 23, 1874, in 1

New York

He

is a journalist of Boston ; and prominent in exploiting the Metropolitan park system. He is the author of The Cruise of a Land

Yacht, a Boy's Book of Mexican Travel; A Study in Municipal Government; The Boston Guide; and other works. Baxter, William, clergyman, author, was born in 1833 in England. He was a clergyman of Cincinnati, whose War Lyrics as originally published in Harper's Weekly were once widely popular. He was the author of The Loyal West in the Times of the Rebellion; and Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, or Scenes and Incidents of the War in Arkan-

He

menced the practice of law in Delaware. In 1779-1803 he was a representative from Delaware to the fifth, sixth and seventh con-

City.

Baxter, Nathaniel, lawyer, jurist. He was a prominent jurist of Tennessee. He died Jan. 3, 1895, in Nashville, Tenn. Baxter, Portus, merchant, legislator, congressman, was born in Brownington, Vt. In 1861-67 he was a representative from Vermont to the thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth congresses. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists' convention of 1866. He died March 4, 1868, in Washington, D.C. Baxter, Sylvester, journalist, author, was born Feb. 6, 1850, in West Yarmouth, Mass.

sas.

Bayard, James Asheton, lawyer, diplomat, congressman and United States senator, was born July 28, 1767, in Philadelphia, Pa. He graduated at Princeton college in 1784; after studying law at Philadelphia, he com-

died in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Bay, William V. W., lawyer, jurist, congressman, was bom in New York. He moved to Franklin county, Mo. In 1849-51 he was a representative from Missouri to the thirtyfirst congress. In 1863-65 he was a judge of the supreme court of Missouri. He died in Franklin county, Mo. Bayard, George Dashiell, army officer, was born Dec. 18, 1835, in Seneca Falls, N.Y. He was four years on frontier and garrison duty; and was severely wounded in a fight with the Kiowa Indiana. In 1861 he was cavalry instructor at West Point; and became brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862. He was mortally wounded at Fredericksburg Dee. 13, 1862, and died the following day. He was buried with military honors at Princeton, N.J. A memorial volume by his father, Samuel J. Bayard, was published in New York in 1874. He died Dec. 14, 1862, in

Fredericksburg, Va. Bayard, John, patriot,

jurist,

congress-

man, was born Aug. 11, 1738, in Bohemia Manor, Md. In 1785-87 he was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress; in 1790

was mayor

of

New

Bruns-

wick; and a few years later became presiding judge of the court of common pleas. He died Jan. 7, 1807, in New Brunswick, N. J.

In 1801 he was appointed minis-

gresses.

ter to France. In 1804-

13 he was a United States senator. In 1813 he was a commissioner to negotiate a peace with Great Britain. He died Aug. 6, 1815, in Wilmington, Del. Bayard, James Asheton, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 15, 1799, in Wilmington, Del. He was the son of the United States senator bearing the same name; and a brother of Richard H. Bayard, In 1851-69 he was a United States senator; and in 1863 he was elected for the third term, but resigned in January, 1864. In 1867 he was appointed to a seat in the senate to fill a vacancy, and subsequently received the election to that office. He was a delegate to the New York convention of 1868. He died June 13, 1880, in Wilmington, Del.

Bayard, Nicholas, colonial official, was born about 1644, in Holland. He came to America in 1647; and after the reconquest of New York by the Dutch in 1672 became secretary of the province. He died in 1707 in

New York

City.

Bayard, Richard Henry, lawyer, diplomat. United States senator, was born in 1796 in Wilmington, Del. In 1835-45 he was United States senator. He was appointed charge d'affaires to Brussels in 1850. 4, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Bayard, Samuel, lawyer,

He

died

jurist,

March author,

was born Jan. 11, 1767, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was one of the founders of the New York historical society, organized, in 1804. In 1806

he purchased an estate at Princeton, N. J. For several years he was a member of the New Jersey state legislature; and for a long period presiding judge of the court of common pleas of Somerset county. He was one of the founders of Princeton theological seminary; and joined with Ellas Boudinot in establishing the American bible society and the New Jersey bible society. He was the author of several law compilations. He died May n'.. 1840, in Princeton, N.J.