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cester, Mass. Previous to 1880 lie practiced law in Worchester, Mass. He organized and was president of the west side street railway system of Milwaukee, Wis. In 1894 he became president of the Wisconsin marine fire and insurance company bank of Milwaukee, Wis. Beckett, Sylvester Breakmore, publisher, author, poet, was born in 1813 in Maine. He was the author of Hester, the Bride of the Islands, a poem; and Guide Book of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence. He died in 1882 in Portland, Maine.

Beckett, Wesley Wilbur, physician, foundwas born May 31, 1857, in Forest Grove, Ore. In 1888 he began the practice of medicine in Los Angeles, Cal. He was one of the founders of the Idylwild sanatarium in the San Jacinto mountains. Beckham, John Crepps Wickliffe, lawyer, legislator, governor, was born Aug. 5, 1869, near Bardstown, Ky. He was a graduate of the Central university at Richmond, Ky. In 1893-98 he was a mem_ ber of the Kentucky state legislature; and was speaker in 1898. In 1899 he was electlieutenant-govered er,

nor of Kentucky. In 1888-91 he was principal of the Bardstown high school. He began the practice of law in 1893. In 1900 became governor upon the death of Governor Goebel; and was subsequently elected to that office for term ending in 1907. In 1906 he was the democratic candidate for United States senator. Beckley, John Newton, educator, lawyer,

was born Dec. 30, 1848, in Clarendon, N.Y. He graduated from the Syracuse university. He was principal of the public schools of Lanesboro, Minn.; and at Rushford in 1871-72. In 1882 he was elected in 1889 city attorney of Rochester, N.Y. was elected president of the Rochester railway company; and is also president of the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo railway company. In 1892 he became president of the street railroad association of the state of New York at Rochester. Beckurts, Charles Lewis, soldier, was born in Kentucky. In 1899 he attained the rank of captain United States army. railroad president,



Beckner, William Morgan, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 19, 1841, in Nicholas county, Ky. He was elected city judge in 1865; became county attorney in 1867; and was elected county judge in 1870; He was appointed prison commissioner in 1880; was railroad commissioner in 1882-84;

and was elected member of the constitutional

He was

elected to the state legislature without opposition in 1893.

convention in 1890.

In 1894-95 he was a representative from

to the fifty-third congress as a democrat to fill a vacancy. Beckwith, Amos, soldier, was born in 1830 in Vermont. He graduated from West Point in 1850; and served in the Seminole war. He

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was brevetted brigadier-general in the United States army in 1865; and promoted to lieutenant-colonel on the general staff in 1874. He died Oct. 26, 1894, in St. Louis, Mo. Beckwith, Charles D., manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 23, 1838, in Saratoga, N.Y. He is engaged in iron manufacturing in Paterson, N.J.; and served as alderman and mayor four years each. In 188991 he was a representative from New Jersey to the fifty-first congress as

a republican.

Beckwith, Charles Minngerode, educator, clergyman, bishop, author, was born June 3, 1.851, in Prince George county, Va. in 187379 he was master of grammar schools in the university of the South. In 1881 he became priest in charge of St. Luke's cathedral of Atlanta, Ga. In 1886 he became rector of Christ church of Houston, Texas. In 1892 he became rector of Trinity church at Galveston, Texas; and in 1902 was consecrated protestant episcopal bishop of Alabama. He is the author of The Trinity Course of Church Instruction; and The Teacher's Companion to the Trinity Course. Beckwith, Clarence Augustine, clergyman, educator, theologian, author, was born July 21, 1849, in Charlemont, Mass. In 1877-92 he was a clergyman; since that time has been a professor of christian theology; and since 1905 at the Chicago theological seminary. He is the author of Realities of Christian Theology. Beckwith, Edward Griffin, soldier, was bom June 25, 1818, in Cazenovia, N.Y. He graduated from West Point in 1843; and served in the war with Mexico at Tampioo and Vera Cruz. In 1865 he received the brevet rank of brigadier-general United States army. He died June 22, 1881, in Clifton, N.Y. Beckwith, George C, clergyman, peace advocate, was born in 1800. He was a congregational minister, who devoted himself to the service of the American peace society, of which he was for thirty-three years corresponding secretary. He also edited its magazine, the Advocate of Peace, and wrote the appeals issued in its name in favor of peace congresses and the arbitration of international disputes. He died May 12, 1870, in Boston, Mass. Beckwith, James Carroll, painter, artist, was born Sept: 23, 1853, in Hannibal, Mo. He is an academician. He opened a studio in Ney York City in 1878. His works include Judith, portraits exhibited at the New York academy of design, and the Falconer. He received a medal from the universal exposition in Paris in 1889.

Beckwith, John Watnis, clergyman, bishop, 9, 1831, in Raleigh, N.C. In 1886 became protestant episcopal bishop of Georgia. He died Nov. 23, 1890, in Atlanta, Ga.

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