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Byrne, Charles Alfred, dramatist, author, in 1848 in London, England. In 1871 he founded the Dramatic Times; and in 1870 founded Truth. He is the author of the comic operas entitled Coward Conscience; Pearl of Pekin; Castles in the Air; Venue; Princess Nicotine; Isle of Champagne; The

was born

^lormandy Wedding; and

Isle of Gold.

army surgeon, 1837, in Pikesville, Md. In 1860 he entered the United States army as assistant-surgeon; and attained the rank of assistant-surgeon-general. In 1904 he was retired with the rank of brigadier-general United States army. Byrne, James J., solaier, was born in Ireland. In 1862 he was iirst lieutenant in the one hundred and sixty-third regiment New York infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He was killed in June, 1880, by the Indians. Byrne, John, physician, surgeon, was bom Oct. 13, 1825, in Ireland. In 1848 he came to the United States ;and has since practiced medicine in Brooklyn, N.Y. He has made a specialty of cancers; and has been invited and has operated in the French capital before large audiences composed of their leading surgeons. Byrne, Thomas Sebastian, educator, clergyman, bishop, was bom July 19, 1843, in Hamilton, Ohio. He devoted himself to literature and teaching in Mt. St. Mary's seminary; and later had charge of the cathedral at Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1894 he was consecrated Roman catholic bishop of iNashville, Byrne, Charles Christopher,

was born

May

7,

Tenn. Byrne, William, educator, founder, was born in 1780 in Ireland. In 1821 he opened a school in Marion county, Ky.; and then proceeded to erect St. Mary's college on Mount Mary farm. Vvnen he had made it one of the most flourishing institutions, is the state, he transferred it to the Jesuits in 1831. He died in 1833 in Kentucky. Byrns, Joseph W.,lawyer, congressman, was born July 20, 1869, near Cedar Hill, Tenn. He was educated in the public schools of his native county; and he graduated from the law department of the Vanderbilt university Nashville, Tenn. at He at once attained prominence as a noted •

lawyer of Nashville, Tenn. In 1895-97 and 1899 he was a member of the Tennessee house of representatives and in 1899 was speaker of the house. In 1901 he was a member of the Tennessee state senate; and in 1904 was a democratic elector. In 1909-11 he was a representative from

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Tennessee to the sixty-iirst congress as a democrat. Byrne, William, clergyman, author, was born in 1856 in Ireland. He is vicar-general of the archdiocese ot Boston, Mass. He is the author of Catholic Doctrine; and Devout

Manual. Byrns, Samuel, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born March 4, 1848, in Jefferson county, Mo. He was elected in 1876 a member of the twenty-ninth general assembly to represent Jefferson county; and was elected state senator for the twenty-sixth senatorial district in 1878. In 1891-93 he was a representative to the fifty-second congress as a democrat. Byrion, Oliver Dowd, actor, was born in 1847 in Baltimore, Md. He has attained success in the dramatic world as an actor. Byrum, j<,noch Edwin, clergyman. Journalauthor, poet,

ist,

was bom

Oct. 13, 1861, in

Randolph county, Ind. He is editor of the Gospel Trumpet and .-.aining Light. He is the author of The Secret of Salvation; Divine Healing; Boy's Companion; and other works. Cabaniss,

Eldridge

Gerry, lawyer, state

was born in 1802 in Greene county, Ga. He moved to Forsyth, Ga.; and was elected Judge of the court of ordinary. In 1858 he became judge of the superior court; and in 1861 was elected to the state legislator, jurist,

He died in April 1873, in AtlanGa. Cabaniss, Eldridge Gerry, soldier, merchant, was born in 1845 in Forsyth, Ga. He served in the confederate army; and surrendered at Appottamox. He is now a successful merchant of Savannah, Ga. Cabaniss, Henry Harrison, journalist, was born June 31, 1848, in Forsyth, Ga.; and was assistant secretary of the Georgia state senate for eighteen years. He is now proprietor of the Journal, a daily newspaper of Atlanta, Ga. ; and president of the National union, a fraternal insurance society. Cabaniss, Joseph Warren, soldier, banker, was born in 1843 in Forsyth, Ga. He served in the confederate army; was wounded at Petersburg, Va.; and captured and imprisoned until the close of the war at Elmira. He is prominent in the public affairs of Macon, Ga. and president of the Exchange bank and of the Union savings bank of that city. Cabaniss, Thomas Banks, soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born -Aug. 31, 1835 in Forsyth, Ga. He entered the confederate army in 1861; and surrendered with General Lee at Appomattox. He was elected to the house of representative of Georgia in 1865; and four times subsequently to the state senate. He was solicitor-general of the Flint circuit for a term of four years; and has been mayor of his native. city. In 189395 he was a representative from Georgia to the fifty-third congresses as a democrat. Cabell, Benjamin Francis, educator, college legislature. ta,



president,

was born June

6,

1850, in

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