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Beavei, James Addams, soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor,

was born

Oct. 21, 1837, in

Millerstown, Pa. In 1856 he graduated from Jefferson college. During the civil war he served with distinction; and was mustered out on account of wounds received in battle in 1864, as brevet brigadier-general United States volunteers. In 1870-87 he was a member of the national guard of Pennsylvania, in which he served as brigadier-general and major-general. In 1880 he was chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation to the republican national convention. In 1887-9 he was governor of Pennsylvania. In 1895 he was appointed judge of the superior court of Pennsylvania j and the same year was elected to that office to serve ten years for term ending in 1906.

Bebb, William, governor, was born in 1802 in Butler county, Ohio. In 1846-48 he was governor of Ohio. He died Oct. 24, 1873, in Rockford,

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Bechtel, George, manufacturer, philanthropist, was born in 1840 in Germany. He became identified with his father's brewery, which was established "^ in 1853 at Stapleton, on Staten Island. In 1870 he became sole proprietor ; and was me of the largest tax-

the United States in 1795 ed in painting pictures. He

payers on Staten Is-

He

filled

numer-

public offices of trust; was four times elected delegate from Richmond county to the state convention and in 1888 was a presidential elector. Shortly before his death he erected Bechtel's hospital on Staten Island, which his widow subsequently donated to Smith's infirmary. He died July 16, 1889, in Stapleton, N.Y.

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Beck, Carl, surgeon, author, was born Ap4, 1856, in Germany. He is professor of surgery in the New York postgraduate medical school and hospital; president of St. Mark's hospital. Society of medical jurisprudence, German medical society and Old German university students. He is the author of Manual of Surgical Asepsis; Textbook of Fractures; several translations; and one ril

hundred Monographs. Beck, Charles, educator, legislator, author,

was born Aug. 19, 1798, in Heidelberg, Germany. He was for two years a representative of Cambridge in the state legislature. He was the author of The Manuscripts of the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter. He died March 19, 1866, in Cambridge, Mass.

Beck, Erasmus W., lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 21, 1833, in McDonough, 6a. In 1871-73 he wag a representative to the forty-second congress to fill a vacancy. Beck, George, soldier, artist, poet, was in 1749 in England. He emigrated to

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and was employ-

made

poetic trans-

from Anacreon, Homer, Virgil and Horace; and in 1812 published Observations lations

on the Comet. In 1795 he served as scout in

Wayne's campaign against the Indians. He died Dec. 24, 1812, in Lexington, Ky. Beck, James Burnie, lawyer, congressman. bom Feb. 13, 1822, in Scotland. He came to the United States with his parents; and settled in Lexington, Ky. In 1867-75 he was a representative from Kentucky to the fortieth, fortyfirst, forty-second and forty-third congresses. In 1877-89 he was United States senator from Kentucky. He died May 3, 1890, in Washington, D.O. Beck, James M., lawyer, orator, was born July 9, 1861, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1880 he graduated from the Moravian college of Bethlehem, and received the degree of LL. and subsequently D. received the same degree from Muhlenberg college. Since 1884 he has been in the ac-

United States senator, was



tive practice of law; in 1896-1900 was Uni-

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ted States attorney for the eastern district of Jglmk, ^^^^^ Pennsylvania; and in •^/^m2:^^jll^^Kk 1900-03 was assistant attorney-general of the United States. He has argued many important eases in the United States supreme court, incuding the Neely case, the lottery cases and the Northern securities merger case before circuit judges. As master in 1902 he sold the Philadelphia Record for three million dollars. In 1902 he negotiated the purchase of the Philadelphia Ledger and the merging of it with the Philadelphia Times; and is part owner of the Ledger company. Since 1903 he has practiced his profession in New York .'>'«!^"

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Beck, Johann H., musician, composer, was born Sept. 12, 1856, in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended the Cleveland public schools; and studied at the royal conservatorium of Leip-

He is director of the Beck violin school; was conductor of the Detroit symphony orchestra; and is now conductor of the Cleveland symphony orchestra. Beck, John Broadhead, physician, author, was born Sept. 18, 1794, in Schenectady, N.Y. He was the author of Medical Essays; and zig.

with his brother, T. Romeyn Beck, produced the great work on Medical Jurisprudence. He was also the author of Infant Therapeutics; and Historical Sketch of the State of Medicine in the Colonies. in Rhinebeck, N.Y.

He

died April 9, 1851,

Beck, Joseph Marcus, lawyer, jurist, was April 2, 1823, in Claremont, Ohio. In 1867-71 he was judge of the supreme court of Iowa; and in 1872, 1873, 1879, 1885 and 1891 he was chief justice of the supreme

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