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congressman, was born Jan. 33, 1817, in Cicero, N.Y. He was a member of the state legislature of Missouri in 1850-53; and was presidential elector in 1856. He enlisted in the union cavalry service as a private in 1861; and was subsequently captain, major, lieutenant-colonel and brigadier-general. He was provost marshal of the eighth district of Missouri in 1863-64; and was delegate at large from Missouri to the Baltimore convention in 1864. In 1865-71 he was a representative from, Missouri to the thirty-ninth, fortieth and forty-first congresses. He died March 8, 1877, in Washington, D.C. Benjamin, Judah Philip, lawyer, author. United States senator, was born Aug. 11, 1811, in St. Croix, W.I. He was attorneygeneral of the confederacy during the civil war. In 1853-61 he was United States senator. At its close he went to England, and speedily became eminent in his profession there. His Treatise on the Law of Sale of

Benham, Daniel

Webster, soldier, was born Dec. 33, 1837, in Seneca county, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools of TifOhio. He served as private, second-lieutenant, first-lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel and brigadier-gener-

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United States army; and was in numerous battles and skirmishes. He died

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Sept. 17, 1905, in Tiffin, Ohio.

Benham, Henry Washington, soldier, engiwas bom in 1817 in Connecticut. He attained the rank of major-general neer, inventor,

United States volunteers for gallant services during the civil war and in the campaign that terminated with the surrender of Lee's army. He invented the picket shovel used by troops in the field; and was an expert in pontoon bridges, in the management of which he devised important improvements. He died

June 1, 1884, in Xew York City. Benham, Robert T., soldier,

jurist,

Personal Property is the standard work on the subject. He died May 8, 1884, in Paris, France. Benjamin, Marcus, editor, author, was

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born about 1745 in Virginia. He served in the civil war; and attained the rank of captain. In 1794 he became one of the first judges of the Campbell county court, Ky. Benjamin, Charles Henry, educator, mechanical engineer, author, was born Aug 29, 1856, in Patten, Maine. In 1868-74 he atPatten the tended academy; and graduated as a mechanical engineer from the university of Maine. Since 1889 he has been professor of mechanical engineering

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born Jan. 17, 1857, in San Francisco, Cal. In 1867 he moved with his parents to New York City; and in 1878 graduated in the

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Case school of applied science. He has been the president of the Cleveland engineering company; in 1900-03 was supervising engineer of Cleveland; and has held other positions of trust and honor. He is the author of Notes on Heat and Steam; Machine Design; Mechanical Laboratory Practice; Evolution of the Machine Tools; Power Losses in Machine Shop; Development of Fly Wheels;

and several Monographs. Benjamin, Dpwling, physician, author, was born Jan. 23, 1849, in Baltimore, Md. In 1877 he began the practice of medicine in Camden, N.J., >yhere he has built up a general practice; and is president of the medical society. He is the author of Contagion; Typhoid in Water; and Treatment of Fractures. Benjamin, Mrs. Elizabeth Dundas, litterateur, author, was born about 1830 in Pennsylvania. She was the sister of the late Bishop Bedell. She was the author of Eleven Months in Horeb; Brightside; Jim the Parson; The Garden of God; and several other works. She died in 1890 in Stratford, Conn. Benjamin, John Forbes, soldier, lawyer.

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chemical course of the school of mines of Columbia college. He has received the degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. In 1882 he became editor of the American pharmacist; and he subsequently was on the editorial staff on the Engineering and Mining Journal. In 1883-85 he was chemist at the government laboratory in New York City; and was a juror at the World's Fair held in Chicago, 111. He has been on the editorial staff of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography; Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia; Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia; Standard Dictionary; and various other works. He is now connected, as editor, with the United States national museum of Washington, D.C. Benjamin, Nathan, missionary, reformer, was born Dec. 14, 1811, in Catskill, N.Y. In 1835 he was appointed as missionary to Greece and Turkey by the American board; and went to Argos in 1836. He translated

numerous works into Greek and Armenian, including Pilgrim's Progress and D'Aubigney's Reformation; and also established the first newspaper ever published in the Armenian tongue, the Morning Star, which is still issued. He died Jan. 27, 1855, in Constantinople, Turkey. Benjamin, Park, lawyer, scientist, author, was born May 11, 1849, in New York City. He is a New York lawyer whose specialty is

patent law and electricity; and was for