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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. dent of the Illinois conservatory of music of that city. He died in 1907 in Jacksonville. Billiard, Frank D., physician, inventor, author, was born Dec. 37, 1860, in Lincoln, Maine. Since 1890 he has practiced medicine in Los Angeles, Cal. He has been a professor and lecturer in the university of southern California. He has invented an automatic wrench. He is the author of Apistophilon Cupid's Chalice; Anaesthesia, Apparent and Actual; and Mortality and Climatology of Southern California. BuUard, Frederic Field, musician, organist, composer, was born Sept. 35, 1864, in Boston, Mass. In 1889-93 he studied composition and the organ in the Munich conservatory.

He

settled in Boston as a teacher of composi-

and became prominent in the musical

tion;

affairs of that city.

He

was musical critic for Time and the Hour; and he contributed to

many musical journals. He was best known through his many compositions for the voice, including all the forms of songs and part songs, of which he published more than two hundred. He was the composer of The Sword of Ferrara; Stein Song; Beam from Yonder Star; There's a Woman Like a Dewdrop; and other works. He died in 1904 in Boston, Mass. BuUard, Henry Adams, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was bom Sept. 9, 1781, in Groton, Mass. In 1831-34 he was a representative from Louisiana to the twenty-second and twenty -third congresses; and in 1850 he was a representative to the thirty-first congress to fill a vacancy, and served on the supreme bench of Louisiana. In 1850 he was elected to the state legislature. He died April 17, 1851, in New Orleans, L^. BuUard, Robert Lee, soldier, was born in

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Alabama. In 1885 he graduated from the United States military academy; and was

made second lieutenant in the tentli regiment United States infantry. In 1893 he was promoted to first lieutenant in the sixth infantry; and in 1898 was made major in the first

battalion

Alabama

infantry.

He

served

Spanish-American war as colonel in the third Alabama infantry; and in 1899in the

1901 was colonel in the thirty-ninth volunteer infantry. He is now lieutenant in the eighth infantry. BuUard, Talbot, physician, was born Aug. 16, 1815, in Sutton, Mass. During the civil war he became interested in- the welfare of the soldiers; and at the battle of Pittsburg landing he assumed the superintendenoy of the Indiana wounded. The devotion he showed was such that his service was called for after every subsequent battle in which the Indiana troops were engaged. He died June 18, 1863, in Indianapolis, Ind.

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Biillen, Percy Sutherland, journalist, war correspondent, traveler, was born in 1867 in Hastings, England, and is a grandson of Admiral Sir Charles BuUen. He has traveled extensively in Europe and Morocco; has represented leading American papers in Paris, Berlin and Rome; and in 1900 was special staif correspondent of the Daily Telegraph in the Boer war. He resides in New York

City.

BuUington, Richard Edward, soldier, denbusiness president, was born Sept. 3, 1847, in Hernado, Miss. He served throughout the civil war. He began the practice of dentistry in 1873 ; and now practices in Memphis, Tenn. He is president of the Dixie paint and wall paper company of Memphis, Tenn. BuUis, John Lapham, soldier, was born April 17, 1841, in Macedon, N.Y. In 1862 he enlisted as a private; and was promoted to corporal in the one hundred and twentysixth regiment New York volunteers. In 1905 he was promoted from the rank of major and tist,

paymaster to brigadier-general. BuUis, Spencer der,

N.Y.

railroad president, foun1849, in East Aurora, received the rudiments of his education in the common schools; attended the icademy of his native own; and also studied at Fort Edward collegiate institute. Prior to 1893 he was in the 'umber business; and S.,

was born July

He

7,

about 1888 became terested

in-

railroad work. In 1894 he built the new Buffalo, Attica and Arcade railway, of in

which he has always been president. In 1896 he built the Gulf and ship island railroad, now extending from Gulfport to Jackson, Miss., with branches to Laurel and Columbia, and of which he is general manager. Bullions, Peter, clergyman, author, was born Dec. 1, 1791 in Scotland. In 1833-53 he was pastor of the United presbyterian congregation in Troy, N.Y.; and again in 185364. Among his text books for schools are Principles of English Grammar; Principles of Greek Grammar; and Latin and English Dictionary. He died Feb. 13, 1864, in Troy. Bullitt, Alexander Scott, legislator, lieutenant-governor, was born in 1761 in Prince William county, Va. He was president of the

Kentucky state senate for several years; and in 1799 was president of the convention to amend the state constitution. He was lieutenant-governor in 1800-04; and was figain in the state legislature until 1808. He died April 13, 1816, in Jefferson county, Ky. Bullitt, George, lawyer, jurist, was born in

Kentucky. He was a judge of the United States court for the territory of Missouri in 1814; and held that office until the establishment of the state government. He died in

Kentucky.