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of obstetrics and gynsecology in the Woman's medical college, Chicago; and in 1880 in Rush medical college. He was the author of Practice of Medicine and Surgery Applied to Diseases and Accidents Peculiar to en; Theory and Practice of Obstetrics; and rnilosophy of Domestic Life. He died in 1890 in Chicago, 111. Byington, Horace W., capitalist, was born in December, 1828, in Plymouth, Conn. Since 1849 he has been a resident of California; has been a successful business man of Santa Rosa; and is now a retired capitalist. He has been mayor Santa Rosa; was collector of

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internal revenue under President Harrison's administration; and was a delegate to the republican national convention held in Chicago in 1888. Byles, Mather, clergyman, author, was bom March 15, 1707, in Boston, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman of Boston, famous both as preacher and wit. After forty-three years' ministry in the HoUis street church of Boston, his tory sympathies obliged him to give up his charge in 1776. He died July 5, 1788, in Boston, Mass. Byllynge, Edward, colonial proprietary, governor. In 1681 he was among the twentyfour proprietaries to whom the Duke of York confirmed the sale of the province; and in 1677 he was elected governor of the province of West Jersey. He died in 1687 in England. Bynner, Edwin Lasseter, lawyer, author, was born Aug. 5, 1843, in Brooklyn, N.i. He practiced law until 1886. His best work is included in the three historical tales, Agnes Surriage; The Begum's Daughter; and Zachary Phips. Of lesser importance are

Damen's Ghost; Peneand The Chase of the Meteor, a book for boys. He died Aug. 5, 1893, in

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Boston, Mass. Bynum, Jesse A., state legislator, congressman, was born in 1795 in Halifax county, N.C. He served a number of years in the North Carolina state legislature; and in 1833-41 he was a representative from North Carolina to the twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth congresses. While in congress he fought a duel with Daniel Jenifer, which terminated harmlessly. He died in North Carolina. BynuTO., William Dallas, lawyer, congress-

man, was born June

26, 1846, in

Newberry,

In 1871-75 he was city attorney of Washington, ind.; was its mayor in 1875-79; and in 1876 was a democratic elector. He subsequently moved to Indianapolis; was a member of the state legislature in 1882; and elected speaker of the house at the beginning of the session of 1883. In 1885-95 he was a representative from Indiana to the fortyInd.

ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third congresses as a democrat.

in 1894. He was judge of the superior court of North Carolina in 1898; and is now special attorney for the United States.

Byrd, Adam Monrpe, congressman, was born July 6, 1859, in Sumter county, Ala. In 1889 he was elected to the Mississippi state senate; and in 1895 to the state legislature. In 1903-11 he was a representative from Mississippi to the fifty-eighth, fifty-

and sixty-first congresses as a democrat. Byrd, Charles W., lawyer, jurist, was born in Virginia. In 1803 he was appointed United States judge for the district of Ohio. Byrd, Harvey Leonidas, physician, surgeon, founder, was born Aug. 8, 1820, in Salem, S.C. He was a surgeon in the confederate service. He established the College of physicians and surgeons of Baltimore. He died Nov. 39, 1884, in Baltimore, Md. ninth, sixtieth

Byrd, William, historian, author; was bom 16, 1674, in Westover, Va. He was a colonial Virginian and man of letters, whose journals, first published in 1841, are known as The Westover Manuscripts, from Westover, the family mansion of Byrd. A fuller collection, styled the Byrd Manuscripts, was printed in 1866, edited by T. Wynne. They comprise The Story of the Dividing Line, an account of the expedition to fix the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina; A Progress to the Mines; and A Journey to the Land of Eden. He died Aug. 36, 1744, in Westover, Va. Byrn, Marcus Lafayette, physician, author. He is the author of Complete Practical Brewer; Rattlehead's Travels, or the Recollections of a Backwoodsman; Complete Practical DisvJler; Repository of Wit and Humor; Book of Nature, an Expositor of the Science of Life and bexual Physiology; and Family

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Physician.

Byrne, Andrew, clergyman, bishop, was

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land; and studied civil engineering in the technical schools. Since

1876 he has been engaged as a civil engineer; has been connected with numerous important civil engineering works in var-

and

B3nium, William Preston, lawyer, jurist, 1, 1861, in McDowell county, N.C. He practiced law until elected judge. He was presidential elector of the republican ticket in 1892; and was elected solicitor

in 1802, in Ireland.

Rook, which comprised the state of Arkansas and the Cherokee and Choctaw nations, having been created in 1844, he was appointed its first bishop. He died in 1862, in Little Rock, Ark. Byrne, Austin Thomas, civil engineer, author, was born on Sept. 8, 1859, in Belfast, Maine. He received a thorough education in the public and private schools of New Eng-

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ious parts of the United States; and resid-

was born Aug.

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in

Baldwin,

N.Y.

is the author of Highway Construction; Inspection of Materials and Workmanship