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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBEART OF AMERICAN. BIOGRAPHY. Beebe, George M., journalist, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 28, 1836, in New Vernon, N.Y. In 1859 he went to Kansas;

was elected to

tlie territorial

council;

was

appointed secretary of the territory ; and was acting governor. In 1873-73 he was president of the democratic state convention at Syracuse and Utica; and was a member of the legislature of New York in 1873-74; In 1875-79 he was a representative from New

York to the forty-fourth gresses.

and

forty-fifth con-

Beebe, Katherine, educator, author, was born Jan. 3, 1860, in Chicago, 111. Since 1884 she has been engaged in kindergarten work; and now resides in Evanston, 111. She is the author of the First School Year; Home Occupations for Little Children; School Room Plays; and The Story of Longfellow. Beebe, Milton Earl, designer, architect, was born Nov. 27, 1840, in Cassadaga, N.Y. He is one of the leading architects of the city of Buffalo; and has built and designed many of the most important buildings in that city. In 1879 he was elected alderman; and in 1881 was mayor of Buffalo.

Beebee, Isaac Hopkinson Bronson, soldier, 24, 1844, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1861-62 he served in the civil war. In 1890 he had charge of the United States manufacturing census report for St. Paul,

was born April

gregational clergyman of Illinois, and later of

Brooklyn, whose attainments must be

considered as the most solid of those of any of the famous children of Lyman Beecher. In his Conflict of Ages was struck the earliest note of the liberal theology now dominant in the congregational churches. The more important of his other works include

Papal Conspiracy Exposed; Baptism; and History of Opinions on the Scriptural Docjirine of Future Retribution. He died July 28, 1895 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Beecher, Mrs. Eunice White, author, was born Aug. 36, 1812, in West Sutton Mass.; and was the wife of Henry Ward Beecher. She was the author of From Dawn to Daylight A Simple Story Motherly Talks with Young Housekeepers ; All Around the House,



or

How

to

Make Homes Happy;

Conn. Beecher, Fary Buchanan, educator, lawyer, was born June 2, 1856, in Steuben county, N.Y. He received his education in the common schools of his native state; and at Rogersville union seminary. For several years he was engaged in educational

jurist,

work; and he became the

Beeber, Dimner, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born March 8, 1854, in Muncy, Pa. He served for a short time in the civil war. In 1876 he began the practice of law in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1899 he was judge of the superior court of New York.

Atlanta

Beecher, Catherine Esther, educator, authwas born Sept. 6, 1800, in East Hampton, N.Y. and was a daughter of L. Beecher, a New England educator of much celebrity at one time. She was the author of Domestic Economy; Physiology and Calisthenics; Letters to the People; Religious Training of Children; and Domestic Service. She died May 12, 1878, in Elmira, N.Y.

Beecher, Charles, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 7, 1815, in Litchfield, Conn.; and was a son of L. Beecher. He was the author of Patmos; Pen Pictures of the Bible; The

Eden Tableau; and Redeemer and Redeemed. He edited his father's Life and Correspondence.

He

died in 1900 in Haverhill, Mass.

Beecher, Charles Emerson, educator, geologist, author, was born Oct. 9, 1856, in Dunkirk, N.Y. In 1876 he graduated from the university of Michigan. He became professor of paleontology and curator of geological collections at Yale university. He was the author of Studies in Evolution; and numerous scientific Monographs. He died in 1904, in

New

Haven, Conn.

Beecher, Edward, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 27, 1803, in East Hampton, N.Y. and was a son of L. Beecher. He was a con-

Letters

from Florida; and Mr. Beecher as I Knew Him. She died March 8, 1897, in Stamford,

Minn.

or,

285

principal

of

union

the free

school. For five years he was a justice of the peace; and has attained prominence as a successful lawyer of

Atlanta, N.Y. He is a member of various law associations and fraternal orders. He has also contributed both prose and verse, as well as law articles, to current literature. Beecher, Frederick Henry, soldier, was born June 22,1841,in New Orleans,La. He was in the battles of the army of the Potomac from Fredericksburg to Gettysburg. He served on the western borders and was killed by the Indians while on a scouting party some distance from Fort Wallace. He died Sept. 17, 1868, on the upper Republican River. Beecher, George, clergyman, was born May 6, 1809, in East Hampton, N.Y. He was a clergyman of Chillicothe, Ohio; and was a devoted pastor and an inspiring preacher. He died July 1; 1843, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Beecher, James Chaplin, soldier, clergyman, was born Jan. 8, 1838, in Boston, Mass. He was mustered out of service in 1866 as brevet brigadier-general. He died Aug. 25, 1886, in Elmira, N.Y. Beecher, Lyman, clergyman, abolitionist, author, was born Oct. 2, 1775, in New Haven, Conn. He was president of Lane theological seminary; and was a noted enemy of slavery. He was a bold thinker, much in advance of his contemporaries. He was the author of Sermons on Temperance; Views in