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thinkers in his denomination. He was the author of Christian Nurture; God in Christ; Christ in I'neology; The Vicarious Sacrifice; Politics the Law of God; Nature and the Supernatural; Moral Uses of Dark Things, his ablest work; Sermons for the New Life; Sermons on Living Subjects; Forgiveness and Law; The Age of Homespun; Woman Suffrage; Moral Tendencies and Results of Human History; Building Eras in Religion; The Character of Jesus; Work and Play; and Christ and His Salvation. He died Feb. 17, 1876, in Hartford, Conn.

Bushnell, William, physician, state legislator, railroad builder, was born Sept. 10, 1800, in Hartford, Conn. He became interestYork, Lake Erie and Western ed in the

New

railroad;

and when the enterprise was threa-

tened with failure, devoted eight years to superintending the building of the road, securing the right of way and raising the capital. He was a member of the Ohio state legislature in 1849 and succeeding years; and assisted in' passing the Ohio school law. He died Dec. 18, 1893, in Ohio.

Bushnell, William H., journalist, author, was born June 4, 1833, in Hudson, N.Y. He was the author of Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of Chicago; The Hermit of the Colorado Hills, a Story of the Texan Pampas and Ah Meek the Beaver, or The Copper Hunters of Lake Superior. He died in Washington, D.C. poet,



manufacturer, Busiel, Charles Albert, banker, governor, was born Nov. 24, 1843, in Meredith, N.H. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools, and attended Guilford academy. He was the forty-third governor of New Hampshire in 189597. He resided in Laconia; and his portrait hangs in the new library building of the state capitol. He died Aug. 39, 1901, in Laconia,

N.H.

Buskirk, Clarence A., lawyer, poet, was born Nov. 8, 1842, in Friendship, N.Y. For two terms he served as attorney-general of Indiana; and has a lucrative law practice in Princeton, Ind. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Indiana; and many valuable articles

and papers have

contributed to 'law literature by this able lawyer. He is' the author of a work entitled Cavern for a Hermitage, a poem of some length. The story is ingenious, the meditations are deeply, philosophical, which, together with the richness of its rhythm, proves very interesting.

been

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Bussey, Benjamin, merchant, philanthrowas born on March 1, 1757, in Canton, Mass. He enlisted in the revolutionary army when eighteen years old; and was present at

pist,

capture of Burgoyne. He removed in 1782 to Boston, where he engaged in foreign trade and made a fortune. His bequest to Harvard university amounted to nearly half the

a million dollars.

He

died Jan. 13, 1842, in

Roxbury, Mass. Bussey, Cyrus, soldier, merchant, lawyer, Oct. 5, 1833, in Hubbard, Ohio. In 1858 he was elected as a democrat to the Iowa state senate. In 1861 he entered the military service in the civil war; and rose to the rank of major-general. In 1881 he moved to New York; in 1889-93 was assistant secretary of the int^ior; and since then has been engaged in the practice of law. Bussmeyer, Hugo, pianist, musician, composer, was born Feb. 26, 1842, in Brunswick. In 1860 he went to Mexico; and then settled in New York City. He is the author of several pianoforte compositions.

was born

Busteed, Richard, soldier, lawyer, jurist,

was born Feb. 16, 1822, in Ireland. In 1863 he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers; and in 1863 he was appointed United States district judge for Alabama; and in 3 874 resumed the practice of law in New York City. He died Sept. 14, 1898 in Fordham, N.Y. Buswell, Henry Foster, lawyer, author, was born March 1, 1842, in Bradford, N.H. He began the practice of law in 1872; and 1891 has been special justice of the Southern Norfolk, Mass. He is the author of Practice and Pleading in Personal Actions in Courts of Massachusetts; Law of Insanity; Limitations and Adverse Possession; Civil Liabilities for Personal Injuries; and edited the seventh and eighth editions of Taylor's Landlord and Tenant. Bute, George Bering, physician, was born since

district court of

May

27, 1793, in Germany. He built up a large practice as the second homoeopathist in Philadelphia, Pa. He made many important contributions to homoeopathy. He died Feb. 13, 1876, in Nazareth, Pa.

Butler, Alford Augustus, clergyman, theologian, author, was born Sept. 33, 1845, in

Portland, Maine. In 1874 he was ordained priest; and in 1894-95 was professor of homiletics in the Seabury divinity school. He is the author of How to Study the Life of Christ; How Shall We Worship God; and Manual of Sunday School Methods.

Amos William, anthropologist, zoofounder, author, was born Oct. ]. 1860, in Brookville, Ind. He was educated at Hanover college; and graduated from Indiana university. He was one of the founders of the Indiana academy of science; was its secretary until 1893; was vice-president in 1894; and president of that institution in 1895. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. He was the founder of the Brookville society of natural history. Since 1905 he has been a lecturer on economics at Purdue university. Butler,

logist,