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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN' BIOGRAPHY. Black, Samuel Luccock, lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 22, 1859, in Kimbolton, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools of his

native

state;

studied

law and was admitted to the bar; and soon attained success in the practice of his profession in the state of Ohio. He has been attorney for a number of firms and corporations; has a large practice in Columbus,

Ohio; and is now judge of the probate court of Franklin county. He has served as mayor of Columbus, Ohio; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. Black, Samuel W., lawyer, jurist, governor, was born in Pennsylvania. He was appointed from Pennsylvania an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Nebraska; and was governor of Nebraska territory in 1861-67. Black, Warren Columbus, clergyman, journalist, author, was born May 24, 1843, in Copiah county. Miss. He acquired a superior education, chiefly

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through his own efforts; and was successively placed in charge of the leading ehurches of his conference. In 1861 he entered the confederate army ; and be served continuously until the close of the war 1865. He was licensed to 1864, being at that time a first lieutenant

and he distinguished himself as a soldier, as he has since in his ministerial career. In 1886, 1890, 1894 and 1898 he was a delegate to the general conference. In 1886 he declined the presidency of Whitworth female college of Brookhaven, Miss.; and the same year declined the presidency of the Centenary college of Jackson, La. Since 1893 he has been editor and publisher of the New Orleans Christian Advocate. Dr. Black has lectured in nine different states; and three of his lectures God in Nature; Genesis and Geology; Is Man Immortal ^have attracted much attention. He is the author of Philosophy of Methodism; Temperance and Teetotalism; Christian Womanhood; and other in the confederate service;

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Black, William Henry, clergyman, college president, author, was born ]V&ireh.l9, 1854, in Centerville, Ind. In 1890 he was elected president of the Missouri Valley college of Marshall, Mo. He is the author of God, Our Father; Womanhood; Sermons for the Sunday School; and Outline Life of Paul.

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Black, William Murray, civil engineer, author, was born Dec. S, 1855, in Lancaster, Pa. In 1899 he was appointed major of the corps of engineers in the United States army. He is in charge of engineer work at Havana. He is the author of Improvement of Harbors; and Public Works of the United States. Black, Winifred, journalist, author, was born Oct. 14, 1869, in Chilton, Wis. She helped to found the Junior republic for boys in New York City. She is the author of The Little Boy Who Lived on the Hill.

Blackader, Alexander Dougall, physician, scientist, was born June 19, 1847, in Montreal, Canada. He was educated at the McGill university; and is a graduate in arts

and medicine, with honors

in natural science. He also attended Saint Thomas's hospital of London, England. Since 1881 he has been a lecturer on the diseases of children, and since 1891 has been professor of pharma-

cology and therapeutics at McGill univerHe also practices medicine in Montreal,

sity.

Canada. Blackall, Christopher Rubey, editor, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 18, 1830, in Albany, N.Y. In the early part of the civil war he was assistant surgeon in the thirty-third regiment Wisconsin volunteers. In 1880 he was ordained to the christian ministry. He is the author of Our Sunday School Work and How to Do It; Story of Six Decades; Balshazzar; and Stories About

Jesus. Blackall, Clarence

Howard, designer, archiwas born Feb; 3, 1857, in New York City. He was the architect of Tremont temple; and of the Colonial theatre of Bostect,

ton, Mass.

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Blackburn, Daniel Asa, lecturer, clergyman, was born Sept. 24, 1864, in Greenville, Tenn. His first pastorate was in Charleston, S.C; and from there he entered the pulpit of the church of strangers in New York City.

Blackburn,

George

Andrew,

clergyman,

founder, was born Oct. 16, 1861, in Green county, Tenn. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native state. In 187983 he attended the Southwestern presbyterian university; and the Columbia theological seminary in 188386. In 1886-87 he was pastor of Olivet church in South Carolina;

and

since 1887 has been pastor of the Second presbyterian chiiroli of Columbia. S.C. In 1892 he founded the Columbia presbyterian high school. He has been actively engaged in controversies respecting evolution, the tithe, and the Sabbath.