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Brush, Daniel Harmon, soldier, lawyer, banker, founder, was born April 25, 1813, in Vergennes, Vt. He founded the town of Carbondale, 111.; and engaged in banking in that town. He entered the civil war in 1861; and attained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. After the civil war he practiced law in Carbondale, 111. Brush, Edmund A., capitalist, was bom in Having January, 1803, in Detroit, Mich. gained a moderate amount of capital in business pursuits, he bought, in the early days of Detroit, a strip of land which is now covered by the choicest residences in town. The property descended to his son, Alfred B. Brush. He died July 10, 1877, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Brush,

Brute, Simon Gabriel, clergyman, was born in 1779 in France. In 1810 he met Bishop Flaget, of Kentucky; and subsequently became Roman catholic bishop. He died in 1889, in Vincennes, Ind. born in York. In 1837-38 he was a rep-

New

Edward

N., physician, surgeon, auApril 23, 1852, in Glenwood,

thor, was born N.Y. In 1874 he graduated with the degree of M.D. from the university of Buffalo. In 1874-78 he practiced medicine and surgery in Buflalo, N.Y.; and in 1874-79 was also editor of the Buffalo Medical Journal. In 1878-84 he was assistant physician in the T^ew York state lunatic asylum at Utica; and in 1884-91 was assistant physician in the Pennsylvania hospital for the insane at Philadelphia, Pa. In 1874-84 and since 1897 he has been associate editor of the American Journal of Insanity. Since 1891 he has been physician-in-chief and medical superintendent of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt hospital of Baltimore, Md. Brush, George Dfe Forest, painter, artist, was born Sept. 38, 1855, in Shelbyville, Tenn. His principal works are The Artist; Child. He is an associate of the national academy. Brush, George Jarvis, mineralogist, author, was born Dec. 15, 1831, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was director of Sheffield scientific school in 1872-98. He is the author of Manual of

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Determinative Mineralogy. Brush, George Washington, soldier, physician, surgeon, statesman, was born Oct. 4, 1842, in Huntington, N.Y. In 1861 he enlisted as a private soldier ill forty-eighth the regiment of New York vohiiiteers; he served throughout the civil war; and attained the rank of captain. He received

the

congres-

sional medal of honor for conspicuous gallantry in an engage-

ment on the Ashepee river in 1864. In 1876 he graduated from the Long Island Medical college; and has since practiced his profession in Brooklyn. In 1894 he was flectfd a member of the New York state assembly; and in 1897 was elected to

the state senate.

Brush, Henry, lawyer, jurist, congressman, in June, 1778, in Dutchess county, N.Y. He was a representative to the sixteenth congress from Ohio in 1819-21; he was a judge of the supreme court of Ohio. He died Jan. 19, 1855, in London, Ohio. Bruske, August F., clergyman, college president, was born March 27, 1847, In Prussia. In 1872-78 he was pastor of the congregational church at Charlotte, Mich.; and in 1878-91 was pastor of the first presbyterian church of Saginaw, Mich. Since 1891 he has been president of Alma college of Michigan.

was bom

resentative from New York to the twentyfifth congress. He died July, 1838, in Ithaca,

N.Y. Bryan, Charles H., lawyer, jurist. In 185455 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of California. He died May 14, 1887, Carson City, Nev. Bryan, Charles Page, lawyer, legislator, diplomat, was born Oct. 2, 1855, in Chicago, 111. In 1879-83 he practiced law in Colorado; and was a member of the Colorado state legislature. He made two tours of Eiurope for the Columbian exposition. He served four terms as a member of the Illinois state legislature; and was colonel on the military staffs of Governors Fifer, Oglesby and Altin

In 1898 he was appointed United States minister to Brazil; in 1903 to Switzerland; and in 1903 to Portugal. geld.

Bryan, David C, physician, inventor, was born Aug. 7, 1861, in Salem, 111. In 1899 he began the practice of medicine in Hot Springs, Ark. He is the inventor of the diagnostic film. He is the author of Studies in the Manufacture of Vegetable Glycerine; and Microscopical Researches of Blood iff Diagnosis.

Bryan, Edward Payson, mechanic, enginwas born July 2, 1847, in Windsor, Ohio. Prior to 1900 he was general manager of the terminal railroad association of St. Louis, Mo. He then become general manager of the underground railroad of New York City. He eer,

died in

New York

Bryan,

City.

Howard, educator, author, poet, was born in Savannah, Ga. Until 1901 she was engaged in educational work. She is the author of Behind the Veil. Bryan, Elmer Burritt, educator, author, was born April 23, 1865, in Van Wert, Ohio. In 1882 he began teaching in the public schools; in 1896-97 was professor of social and educational science in Butler college; in 1899-1901 was assistant professor of pedagogy in the Indiana university; in 1903 was Ella

general superintendent of education in the Philippine Islands; and since 1905 he has been president of Franklin college of Indiana.