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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. States

— in

1840 as the nominee of the aboin 1844 as the nominee of the Liberty party. He was the author of Ten Letters on Slavery and Colonization; Aadresbes and Speakers; and American Churches litionists,

and

the Bulwarks of American Slavery. He died JSov. 25, 1857, in Perth Amboy, N.J. Bimey, William, soldier, lawyer, author, was born May 38, 1819, near Huutsville, Ala. During the civil war he served as a private, captain, major, lieutenant-colonel and as a colonel in the New Jersey volunteers; and was brigadier-general and was brevet majorgeneral in the United States volunteers. He

was a noted lawyer

of

Washington, D.C. He was the author of Life and Times of James G. Bimey; and Plea for Civil and Religious Liberty. He died on Aug. 14, 1907, in Washington, D.C. Bimey, William Verplanck, portrait painter, artist, was born in 1858 in Cincinnati, Ouio. Since 1884 he has been engaged in art in New York City; and is a noted painter of portraits. In 1904 he received a bronze medal at the Louisiana purchase exposition at St. Louis, Mo. He is an associate of the national academy. Bisbee, Frederick A., clergyman, author, poet, was born on Feb. 28, 1855, in Nunda,

N.Y. He is a clergyman of the universalist church at Philadelphia, Pa.; and the editor of the Christian Leader. He is the author of a,

number

of

excellent

short

and

stories

In 1899-1902 he served in the Philippines; in 1901 was promoted brigadier-general of United States army. He was retired in

and

1903. Bisbee, Horatio, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 1, 1839, in Canton, Maine. He entered the union army in 1861 as a private and rose to the rank of colonel. Since 1865 he has practiced law in Jacksonville, Fla. He was United States district attorney in 1869-73 and was for a short time attorney-general of the state. In 1877-85 he was a representative from Florida to the lorty-fiftli, foiiy-sixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses. Bisbee, Marvin Davis, educator, librarian, bibliographer, was born June 21, 1845, in Chester, Vt. He was ordained to the ministry; and in 1878-82 was pastor at Cambridge, Mass. In 1882-86 he was professor of bibliography and librarian at Dartmouth

college. Bischoff,

Aug.

Bisbee, William Henry, soldier,

was born

Jan. 1840 in Rhode Island. He entered the United States army in 1861; and in 1862

was

appointed

first-

lieutenant. He saw long service on the western frontier; and built Fort Phil. Kerney. Dak. He participated in many engage-

ments with the Sioux Indians; and in 1877

was

adjutant-general in the tfnited States troops called to quell the riots in Chicago, 111. In 1892 he was engaged in suppressing miners' outbreaks and in 1893-94 commanded the troops that were called to the Debs riots and the commonwealther's outbreaks. He commanded a battalion in the Indian disturbances of 1895;

and commanded a regiment through SantiHe reorganized the regiment after the war and returned to Cuba; where he had previously engaged in battles. He had ago campaign.

charge of the payment of three million dollars of appropriation to the Cuban army.

jurist,

was bom

New York

City. Since 1896 he has been an associate justice of the state supreme court of New York for the first district.

Bishop, Anna, singer,

was born

in 1814 in

She was a soprano singer of England; and among her most effective operatic roles were the principal soprano parts in Norma and La Gazza Ladra. She died March England.

18, 1884, in

New York

City.

Bishop, Charles Alvord, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born May 32, 1854, in Waukesha county. Wis. In 1875 he began the practice of law; and the following year located

La Porte City, Iowa. In 1883 he was a, member of the Iowa state legislature from

in

Black

Hawk

sided in

poems.

Henry, lawyer,

16, 1852, in

county; and since 1886 has reDes Moines, Iowa. In 1889-90 and in

1895-1903 he was district judge of the ninth district of Iowa. In 1903 he became associate justice of the state supreme court of Iowa; and became chief justice. He died Aug. 26, 1907, in Sycamore, 111. Bishop, Emily M., educator, lecturer, author, was born Nov. 3, 1858, in Forestville, N.Y. She has lectured in the principal cities of the United States. She is the author of Health and Self -Expression; Interpretative Forms of Literature; and Seventy Years

Young. Bisiiop, Harry Gore, soldier, was born in Michigan. In 1897 he graduated from West Point; in 1901 attained the rank of captain United States army; and is now stationed at Fort Stevens, Oregon. Bishop, Irving Prescott, educator, author, was bom Nov, 18, 1849, in Burlington Flats, N.Y. Since 1896 he has been instructor in the New York state summer institute at Chautauqua. He is the author of Salt Fields of Western New York; Geology of Erie County; and other works. Bishop, James, banker, public official, was born Dec. 1, 1829, in Pulaski county, Ga. For many years he was a railroad and express agent at Eastman, Ga.; has been mayor of