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artillery, July 7, 1838, and that of 1st lieutenant, Aug. 17, 18-13. In 1846 he was ordered to Mexico, having in the interim served on garrison duty. He was aide-de-camp to General Worth during part of the Mexican campaign, and saw active service at the battle of Tampico. During the years 1849- '51 he was stationed at Fort McHenry; was promoted to a captaincy in the 2d artillery in 1853, served in the Florida campaigns in 1853-'53, and took part in the suppression of the Kansas disturbances of 1857-'58. He served ac- tively throughout the civil war, first as chief of artillery in the army of the Potomac. Asa briga- dier-general of volunteers he was present at Yorktown, Gaines's Mill, Mechanicsville, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill and Harrison's Landing. In 1863 he was made lieutenant-colonel of the 1st artillery, and was for a time in charge of the artillery of the defences of Washington. From March, 1864, to June, 1866, he served as chief of artillery on General Sherman's staff. Sept. 1, 1834, he received brevet rank as colonel and as major-general of volunteers for distin- guished bravery at Rocky Ridge. He was made brevet brigadier-general of the United States army March 13, 1865, and brevet major-general for gallant service in the field. He was appointed colonel of the second United States artillery in 1865, and during 1866 was in command of the northern frontier, being at that time mustered out of volunteer service* From 1867 to 1877 he was commander of the school of artillery at Fort Monroe, and in 1877 he was transferred to Fort McHenry. He published, in conjunction with Gen. J. G. Barnard, "Reports of the Engineer and Artillery Operations of the Army of the Po- tomac, from its Organization to the Close of the Peninsula Campaign" (1863). He died at Fort McHenry. July 18, 1879.

BARRY, William Taylor, statesman, was born at Lunenburg, Va., Feb. 5, 1785. When he was very young his parents removed to Kentucky, where his education was received, and where he pursued the study of law. After his admission to the bar, he became widely known as an able law- yer. He served in both houses of the state legis- lature, and was a representative in the 13th con- gress, 1811-13. He was aide to Governor Shelbj^ during the campaign of 1813, distinguishing him- self at the battle of the Thames; served as U.S. senator to fill the vacancy caused b}^ the death of Senator G. Walker, 1813-16, and became a justice of the supreme court of Kentucky in 1816. He was subsequently state secretary, chief justice and lieutenant-governor and was appointed postmas- ter-general by President Jackson. March 9, 1829, when that became a cabinet office. He resigned April 10, 1835, and was made minister to Spain. He died at Liverpool, England, Aug. 20, 1835.

BARRY, William Taylor Sullivan, representa- tive, was born at Columbus, Miss., Dec. 13, 1831. He was graduated at Yale in 1841; studied law, and engaged in practice in Columbus. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1849-51, and speaker of the house in 1855; vvas elected a representative in the 33d congress from Sun- flower county, and was a delegate to tiie Demo- cratic national convention in 1860, withdrawing with other slave-holding members. He was president of the state secession convention in 1861; a member of the confederate provisional congress from Februar}-, 1861, to January, 1863, and became colonel of the 35tli Mississippi volun- teers in 1863. He took part in the defence of Vicksburg and in the Georgia campaign, and was captured at Mobile, April 25, 1865. He died at Columbus, Miss., Jan. 29, 1868.

BARSE, George R., artist, was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1861; son of George R. Barse. He studied art at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and the Academie Julien in Paris, 1879-95. He was married at Rome, Italy, in 1891, to Rosa Ferrara. He exhibited at the National academy of Design and received the first prize in 1895, as well as the Shaw fund prize from the Society of American Artists in 1898. He executed eight panels for the congressional library in 1896. He was elected to the National academy.

BARSTON, John L., governor of Vermont, was born in Shelburne, Vt., Feb. 21, 1832; son of Heman and Lorain (Lyon) Barston. He en- gaged in business in Detroit, Mich.; returned to Shelburne, Vt., in 1857, and followed agricul- tural pursuits, until 1861, when he entered the Union army and attained the rank of major in a Vermont regiment. He was brigadier-general of state troops during the St. Albans raid lS64-'65; representative in the state legislature, 1864-"65; a state senator, 1866-'68 and U.S. pension agent at Burlington, 1870-'78. He was lieutenant-gover- nor, 1880-'S3; and governor of Vermont, 1882-84.

BARSTOW, William Augustus, governor of Wisconsin, was born at Plainfield, Conn., Sept. 13, 1813. He was educated in the village school; entered his brother's store at Norwich, Conn., as clerk in 1839; and engaged in the milling and forwarding business at Cleveland, Ohio, with an- other brother in 1834. He established a flour mill at Prairieville, Wisconsin Ty., in 1839; be- came prominent in local politics and removed to Madison. As secretary of state, he was influential in securing the charter of the Milwaukee and lilississippi railroad and was one of its first direc- tors. He was governor of Wisconsin, 1853-'o5; was defeated for re-election by Coles Bashford in 1855, and removed to Janesville, in 1857, where he engaged in banking, subsequently returning to milling business. In August, 1861 he recruited,