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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Bierce,

soldier, journalist, authin 1842 in Ohio. He served as

Ambrose,

was born

or,

a line officer during the civil war; and was brevetted major for distinguished services. He contributed to the Overland Monthly; and edited the Argonaut and Wasp. He is the author of In the Midst of Life; Black Beetles in Amber; Fantastic Fables; and The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter.

Biery,

James

school several years studied theology and law; and was admitted to the bar in 1868. In 1869 he was a candidate for the Pennsylvania state legislature, running ahead of his ticket. In 1873-75 he was representative to the forty-third congress from the sixth

Andrew Gregg Curtin, lawyer, jurwas born Oct. 24, 1862, in Uniontown,

He has been city attorney of Garden CiKan.; was city attorney of Guthrie, Oklahoma; and in 1893 was appointed by President Cleveland associate justice of the suPa. ty,

preme court

of

Oklahoma

territory.

Pennsylvania

Bierer, Everard, soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 9, 1827, in Uniontown, Pa. For three years he was district attorney of his county. He served as a union soldier dur-

ing the civil war; was captain of company F, eleventh regiment of Pennsylvania volunteer reserve corps in 1861-62; was colonel of the one hundred

and seventy-first regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers in 1862-63; and was in the reserve corps as captain until 1864. He was a Lincoln presidential elector in 1864; and in 1867-68 was a representative from Brown county to the Kansas state legislature.

Bierman, E. "Benjamin, educator, college was born Dec. 1, 1839, near Reading, Pa. He received his education in the Reading classical academy; and at president, litterateur,

the state university of Pennsylvania. In 186781 he was professor of mathematics in Leba-

non valley

college

Pennsylvania since 1890 has

of

and been

president of that institution of learning. He has contributed valuable articles and essays on educational topics, which have appeared in the periodical press and in several standard works. Bierstadt, Albert, landscape painter, artist,

was born Jan. 7, 1830, in Germany. In 1860 he became a member of the national acadeof design. Among his most celebrated works are Rocky Mountains; Looking Down the Yosemite; Storm in the Rocky Mountains; Valley of the Yosemite; Sunlight and Shadow; Emerald Pool; Great Trees of California; Landing of Columbus; and Last of

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He

educator, lawyer, congres-

sman, author, was born March 3, 1839, in Venango county. Pa. He received an academic education ; then taught

Bierer, ist,

S.,

died Feb. 18, 1902, in

New

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district.

He was an

able speaker; and took an active part in all progressive measures. He is a successful lawyer of AUentown, Pa.; and one of the foremost jurists of his state. In 1880 he wrote an extended resume of the history of Tariff Legislation of his country from 1789 down. In 1894 he published a satire on the Cleveland administration entitled King Grover; and he is also the author of treatises on political-economic questions. Bigby, John Summerfield, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was bom Feb. 13, 1832, in Coweta county, Ga. He was a member of the Georgia state constitutional convention of 1867-68. He was solicitor-general of the Tallapoosa circuit in 1868; and was judge of its superior court until 1871; and representative from Georgia to the forty-second congress as a republican. Bigelow, Abijah, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1775, in Westminster, Mass. He was a member of the general court of Massachusetts. In 1809-15 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth congresses. In 1838 he was appointed a master in chancery for Worcester county; and held the office of justice of the peace for about fifty years. He died April 4, 1860, in Massachusetts. Bigelow, Andrew, clergyman, author, was

born in 1795 in Massachusetts. He was a unitarian clergyman of Boston, Mass. He was the author of Leaves from a Journal; and Travels in Malta and Sicily. He died in 1877 in Boston, Mass. Bigelow, Edgar Alton, educator, farmer, business president, legislator, was bom

March

8, 1863, in Zumbrota, Minn. After receiving his education he taught school for several years. He has been president of the Zumbrato farmers' mercantile and elevator company since its inception. In 1896 he wa» elected republican representative to the Minnesota state legislature; and in 1897 was elected president of the Minnesota farmers' elevator association. Bigelow, Edith Evelyn, author, was bora Dee. 23, 1861, in New York City. She is theauthor of Diplomatic Disenchantments Beautiful Mrs. Thorndyke; The Duke and the Commoner; While Charlie Was Away; and other works.