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Boody, Azariah, statesman,, was born in City. In 1853-55 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-

New York

third congress.

Boody, David Augustus, banlcer, railroad president, was born Aug. 13, 1837, in Jackson, Maine. He is president of the Louisiana and northwestern railway; and vice-president of the Sprague national bank. He has been mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and served as a representative. Boogher, Jesse L., merchant, philanthropist, was born Marcii 8, 1833, in Mount Pleasant, Md. In 1854-98 he engaged in the dry goods business in St. Louis, Mo. For twentyfive years he was president of the methodist orphans' home association. lawyer, congressman, East Groveland, N. Y. Since 1871 he has been engaged in the practice of law. He held the omoe of prosecuting attorney for six years; and in 188U was a presidential elector. For six years he was mayor of Savannah, Ga. In 1907-11 he was a representative from Missouri to the sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a dem-

Booher, Charles

was born Jan.

F.,

31, 1848, in

Book, George Milton, naval officer, was born in Pennsylvania. Since 1861 he has been connected with the United States navy. He served seventeen years in sea service and twelve years on shore duty; and in 1900 was retired with the rank of rear admiral. Book, John William, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 31, 1850, in Clark county, Ind. In 1873 he was ordained a, catholic priest; and in 1886 was made dean of the Cannelton district, Indiana. He is the author of Short Line to the Roman Catholic Church; Side Switches of the Short Line; Thousand and One Objections to Secret Societies; MoUie's Mistake, or Mixed Marriages; The Book of Books and other works. Booker, George William, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 5. 1821, in Patrick county, Va. He supported the government during the civil war; and was elected to the house of delegates of Virginia in 1865. In 1869-71 he was a representative to the forty-first congress; and in 1873-75 was a member of the state legislature. He died June 4, 1883, in Martinsville, Va. Bookman, Samuel, educotor, scientist, was born December 11, 1869, in New York City. Since 1903 he has been physiological chemist

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Boomer, George Boaidman, soldier, bridge was born July 36, 1832, in Sutton, Mass. He laid out and partly built the town of Castle Rock on the Osage river. As c61onel in the twenty-second regiment Missouri builder,

volunteers he was present at the surrender of Island No. 10; and at the battle of luka was severely wounded. He was killed in a charge on the fortfications of Vicksburg on May 32, 1863.

Boon,

Ratliff,

Boone, Andrew R., lawyer, jurist, legislatcongressman, was born April 4, 1831, in Davidson county Tenn. In 1854-58 he was a county judge. In 1861 he was elected to the state legislature but resigned; and in 1868-74 was judge of the first district of Kentucky. In 1875-79 he was a representative from Tennessee to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses as a democrat. Boone, Charles Theodore, soldier, lawyer, author, was born April 11, 1838, in Chester county. Pa. He taught school for awhile. In 1861 he filled the office of postmaster; and in 1863 served in the union army. In 1871 he was admitted to the New York bar; and then practiced law in San Francisco, Cal. He was a member of the grand army of the republic. He was the author of Law of Corporations; Law of Real Property; Law of Mortgages; Code Pleading, in two volumes; Banks and Banking; and Test Book of Law and Practice. He died July 37, 1903, in San Francisco,

Kentucky, whose wilds he was the first white

man

He

in 1717. His ruling passions were love of adventure and fondness for the hunt. In 1812 he received from the Kentucky legislature a grant of nearly one thousand acres of

Bookstaver, Henry Welter, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 17, 1835, in Montgomery, N. Y. Hp was elected judge of the court of common pleas in 1885; and was transferred to the supreme court in 1895. He died in 1907

New York

to penetrate.

was the son of Squire Boone, who came to America from England

Mount Sinai hospital of New York City. has made valuable researches in physio-

Citv.

Bookwalter, John Wesley, manufacturer, author, was born in 1837 in Rob Roy, Ind. He manufactures Lebel turbine Avheels and Bookwalter engines at Springfield, Ohio. He

v.^al.

Boone, Daniel, pioneer, hunter, was born Feb. 11, 1735, in Bucks county. Pa. His name is always associated with the settlement of

logical chemistry.

in

congressman, was born in

1781, in Franklin county, N.C. In 1835-39 he was a representative from Indiana to the nineteenth to the twenty-fifth congresses. He died Nov. 20, 1844, in Louisiana. or,

ocrat.

He

was once a democratic candidate for governor of Ohio. He owns a famous art collection. He is the author of If Not Silver, What? Bookwalter, Lewis, clergyman, college president, autlior, was born Sept. 18, 1846, near Fallsville, Ohio. Since 1894 he has been president of Western college at Toledo Iowa. He is the author of The Family, or the Home and the Training of Children.

land; and state.

Mo.

He

was a very popular man in his died Sept. 26, 1820, in Charrette,