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resented Jones county in the house of commons. In 1795-98 he was a representative from North Carolina to the fourth and fifth congresses. He died June 4, 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa. Bryan, Thomas Barbour, commissioner, lawyer, was born Dec. 23, 1828, in Alexandria, Va. He entered the practice of law in Chicago, 111.; and in 1893 was first vice-president of the World's Columbian exposition. In 1865-1906 he was president of the soldier's home. He has been president of the Union league club of Chicago, 111. He died in 1906 in Chicago, 111. Bryan, Thomas Jefferson, art collector, was bom about 1800 in Philadelphia, Pa. He formed a valuable collection of paintings, which he bequeathed to the New York hissociety. His favorite work beautiful face and figure by Greuze. May 15, 1870, at sea. torical

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Bryan, Timothy Matlack, soldier, was born Pennsylvania. He entered the United States military academy as a cadet in 1851; graduated in 1855; and was made second lieutenant in the tenth regiment United States infantry. He served throughout the civil-war; in 1861 was lieutenant-colonel in the twelfth regiment Massachusetts infantry in 1862 became colonel in the eighteenth Pennsylvania cavalry; and was honorably in



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William Alanson, ornithologist, author, was born Dee. 23, 1875, near New Sharon, Iowa. Since 1900 he has been curator in the Bishop museum of ethnology and natural history at Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the author of Key to Birds of the Hawaiian Bryan,

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William James, lawyer. United was born Got. 10, 1876, in Ft. Mason, Fla. In 1890 he began the practice of law in Jacksonville, Fla. In 1904 he was a delegate to the national democratic convention. In 1907-08 he was United States senator from Florida to fill a vacancy. He died March 22, 1908, in Washington, D.C. Bryan, William Jennings, lawyer, journalStates senator,

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congressman, candidate for the presidency of the United States, was born March 19, ist,

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His boyhood was passed on a farm near that place, and he attended the public schools for five years; he then took a course at Whipple academy; and he completed his education by a four years' course at Illinois colAs a student in the law office of Lyman Trumbull of Chilege.

cago, he attended the Union college of law in Chicago till 1883, when he removed to Jacksonville, 111.; and practiced law there for four years. In 1887 located in LincolTi,

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to the fifty-second and congresses and his first speech gave him a national reputation; his speech on the repeal of the Sherman act is considered a masterpiece on bimetallism. He was placed in nomination in 1896 for the presidency by the democratic, free silver and populistic parties, and led a brilliant campaign; and in 1900 and 1908 he was again defeated. He is proprietor and editor of the Commoner. He is the author of The First Story of the Campaign of 1896; Battle, Old World and Its Ways; and other works. Bryan, William Lowe, educator, author, was born Nov. 11, 1860, near Bloomington, Ind. In 1887-1902 he was professor of philosophy; in 1893-1903 was vice-president of Indiana university; and since 1902 has been president of Indiana university. He is the author of Plato the Teacher Selections from Plato ; and the Republic of Plato, with Studies for Teachers. Bryan, William Shepard, lawyer, jurist. In 1898 he was judge of the Maryland court of appeals for the eighth circuit. Bryan, William Smith, journalist, author, was born Jan. 8, 1846, in St. Charles county. Mo. In 1900 he was ofi'ered the democratic nomination for lieutenant-governor of Missouri, but declined. He founded the historical publishing company of St. Louis, Mo.; and inaugurated the use of colored illustrations in books. He is the author of Pioneer Families of Missouri; Footprints of the World's History; America's War for Humanity; and Our Islands and Their People. Bryant, Mrs. Anna Burnham, editor, author, was born in Exeter, N.H. ; and is the wife of the late Rev. Albert Bryant of Egypt, Mass. She is the author of Fussbudget's Folks; Wellspring Series; Lake View Series;

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Rock-a-Bye Series; The Bunker Hill Failure; Sunny Hour Series; Holly Berry Series; and The Christmas Cat. Bryant, David E., lawyer, jurist, was bom Oct. 19, 1849, in La Rue county, Ky. Since 1890 he has been United States district judge for the eastern district of Texas. Bryant, Edwin, pioneer, author, was born in 1805, in Massachusetts. In the summer of 1846 he acted as leader of a party of emigrants from Missouri to California. While various parties had gone overland to California since 1841, the large numbers and the critical circumstances of this emigration gave it much historical importance. He was the author of What I Saw in California. He died in 1869 in Louisville, Ky.

Bryant, Edwin Eustace, soldier, lawyer, state legislator, college dean, was born Jan. 10, 1835, in Milton, Vt. In 1857 he moved to Wisconsin; and entered upon the practice of law. He served throughout the civil war, being successively promoted an officer in line, staff and field. In 1868-72. he was private and executive secretary to the governor of

Wisconsin; in 1876-82 was adjutant general of Wisconsin; and in 1878 was elected a representative to the Wisconsin state legisla-