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Upper Iowa conference. Wolcott, engineer, was

Falls district of the Bissell,

born

May

Josiah

13, 1818, in Rochester,

N.Y.

He

was engaged before the civil war in banking; and in architectural and engineering work. During the civil war he was colonel of an engineer regiment attached to General Pope's army; and superintended the construction of the canal that enabled the national gunboats to approach the confederate works on island No. 10 in the Mississippi river.

Bissell, Lyman, soldier, was born in Connecticut. In 1847 he became first lieutenant in the United States army; and the same year attained the rank of captain. In 1855 he became first lieutenant in the ninth regiment United States infantry; and in 1858-

61 was regimental quartermaster. In 1861 he was promoted to captain; and in 1864 attained the rank of major. He served gallantly throughout the civil war; and was retired in 1870. He died Nov. 23, 1888. Bissell, Mary Taylor, physician, author, was born about 1855 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She is the author of Household Hygiene; Physical Development and Exercise for Women and A Manual of Hygiene. BisseU, Melville E., manufacturer, inventor, was born Sept. 25, 1843, in Hartwick, N.Y. He was the inventor of the Bissell carpet sweeper. In 1883 he organized a stock company for manufacturing his carpet sweeper; and 'the business increased until it became the largest of its kind in the world. He died March 15, 1889, in Grand Rapids,

Mich. BisseU, Simon B., naval officer, was born Oct. 28, 1808, in Vermont. He was attached to the sloop Albany during the war with Mexico; and was present at the siege of Vera Cruz. He served with distinction through the civil war; and was promoted to commodore. He died Feb. 18, 1883, in Paris, France. Bissell, William Henry, soldier, lawyer, congressman, governor, was bom April 25, 1811, in Hartwick, N.Y. In 1840 he was elected to the Illinois state legislature; and in 1844 wes elected a prosecuting attorney. He served with distinction in the Mexican war; in 1849-55 he was a representative from Illinois to the thirty-first, thirty-second and thirty-third congresses; and in 1857-60 was the tenth governor of Illinois. He died March 18, 1860, in Springfield, 111. Bissell, William Henry Augustus, clergyman, bishop, was born Nov. 14, 1814, in Ran-

dolph, Vt. In 1868-93 he was protestant episcopal bishop of Vermont. He died May 14, 1893, in Burlington, Vt. Bissell, Wilson Shannon, lawyer, cabinet officer, was born Dec. 31, 1847, in New London, N.Y. He is a leading lawyer of the state of New York at Buffalo; and was a director in several railroad companies. In 22

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1893-95 he was postmaster general. He died Oct. 6, 1903, in Buffalo, N.Y. Bittenbender, Henry Clay, journalist, lawyer, reformer, was born June 19, 1851, in Afton, Pa. He is the editor of the New Republic of Lincoln, Neb. He has been the secretary of the prohibition party of Nebraska; and is the secretary of Uncle Sam's anti-drunkard factory concern, of which his wife, Ada M. Bittenbender, is president. She is also a noted reformer; and was president of the Nebraska state suffrage association. Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, sculptor, artist, was born Dec. 6, 1867, in Vienna, Austria. Among his works that have claimed the attention of the public is the sculpture on the administration building and the manufacturing and liberal arts building of the World's Columbian exposition. William Coleman, clergyman, Bitting, author, was born Feb. 5, 1857, in Hanover county, Va. Since 1881 he has been a clergyman in Virginia, New York and Missouri. He is the author of Earthly Blooms from Heavenly Stems; and Foundation Truths. Bittinger, John Lawrence, journalist, state legislator, diplomat, was born Nov. 28, 1833, near Chambersburg, Pa. In 1861-65 he was postmaster of St. Joseph, Mo.; was a member of the twentysecond, twenty-sixth,

twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth,

thirty-eig-

and thirty -ninth general assemblies of Missouri. He was a delegate to the republican national convenhth

of 1872 and 1896; and in 1897 he was appointed consulgeneral at Montreal, Canada. Since 1860 he has been the editor and owner of the Herald of St. Joseph, Mo. Bittinger, Lucy Forney, educator, author,

tions

was bom Aug.

39, 1859, in Cleveland, Ohio.

She has been engaged in kindergarten work. She is the author of History of the Forney Family of Hanover, Pa.; The Germans in Colonial Times; German Religious Life in Colonial Times; and Prayers and' Thoughts for the

Use

of the Sick.

David Frederick, educator, college president, clergj'man, was born Jan. 1, 1811, near Myersvlle, Md. His first pastoral charge was in Augusta, Va. In 1853-76 he was president of the college at Roanoke, Va. He died Sept. 26, 1876, in Roanoke, Va. Bittle,

Bivens, J. D., merchant, lawyer, state senwas born in 1863, in Delemar, S.C. He was educated at Sheridan academy; and for many years engaged in farming, merchandising and law. He has been trial justice under Governor Thompson and Governor Richardson of South Carolina; and a member of the South Carolina state board of equalization. In 1901-03 he was a representative in ator,