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ordained in London in 1818, he assumed charge of the •• America!! chapel of the oratory" in Paris. In May, 1819, he retur!!ed to the United States, and i!i 1822 bega!i missionary labors in the poorer quartei-s of Ne%v York city, finally succeeding in establishing the Bleecker Street church, of which lie was pastor during the remainder of his life. Among his published writi!!gs are: a sermon, on taking leave of his congregation in Paris (1819); a Thanksgiving sermon (1821); Essdys descriptive of Sce)ies in Italy and France (1822). He also contributed to numerous periodicals. His memoir was published in 1831. He died in New York city, Sept. 6, 1829.

BRUMM, Charles N., representative, was born at Pottsville, Pa.. June 9. 1838. He received a common-school traini!!g and attended at Penn- sylvania college one j'ear, when he was appren- ticed to a watchmaker, meantime studying law. In June, 1861, he volunteered for three mo!iths' service in the Union army, and served as first lieutenant in the 5th Pennsylvania volunteers. In September, 1861, he volunteered for three years a!id was assigned to the 76th Pennsylvania volunteers, being detailed on the staff of General Barton as aide-de-cainp and assistant quarter- master. He afterwards served in the same capacity on General Pennypaoker's staff until the clo^e of the war. He was admitted to the bar in 1871, and practised in Schuylkill county.

BRUNDIDQE, Stephen, representative, was bor!i in White cou!ity, Ark., Jan. 1, 1857; son of Stephen a!id Miiierva Brundidge. He attended private schools, studied law at Searcy, Ark., was admitted to the bar in 1878, and practised in Searcy. He was elected prosecuting attorney for the 1st judicial district of Arkansas in 1886 and again in 1888. He was a member of the Democratic state central committee of Arkansas from 1890 and was a Democratic representative from Arkansas in the 55th, 56tli, STth and 58th congi'esses, 1897-1905.

BRUNNER, David B., representative, was boi-n at Amity, Beiks count}-, Pa., Marcii 7. 1835. He was educated in the co!nmon schools, learned the carpenter's trade, and taught school from 1853 to 1856, during wiiich time he studied the classics. He was graduated at Dickinson college in 1860, and for the succeediiig nine years was principal of a classical academy in Reading. In 1869 he was elected superintendent of the public schools of Berks county, which office he filled vmtil 1875, and in 1880 he estab- lished the Reading business college. He was elected to the 51st and 52d congresses as a De!no- crat 1889-'93. He published "Tlie Tiidiatis of Berks Countj', Pa.." and a work on I'>iiglish gi-ammar.

BRUNNER, John Hamilton, educator, was born near Greeneville. Teiin.. March 12, 1825. He was graduated at Greeneville and Tusculum col- lege i!i 1847. and was elected to a p!-ofessorsliip in Hiwassee college i!i 1853. In 1854 he became president of that institution, being succeeded in 1890 by J. T. Pritcliett. He is the author of Sunday Evening Talks, and The Union of the Churches; and was elected a member of the Society of science, letters and art of London, as well as of numerous American literary organi- zations. Having experienced the difficulties attending a penniless boy in quest of an educa- tion, he has succored scores of young men, who have won their way from obscurity to positions of usefulness, and, in many cases, to distinction. He was a presiding elder in the Methodist Epis- copal church, south, and for some years served as assistant editor of a church paper, and as a con- tributor to the Quarterly Review.

BRUNOT, Felix R., philanthropist, was born at Newport, Ky., Feb. 7, 1820. After passing through Jefferson college, Cannonsburg, Pa., he studied engineering and practised that profession for a time. In 1847 he acquired an interest in a steel furnace, which brough'^ him a fortune and enabled him to indulge the philanthropic prompt- ings of his nature. During the civil war he organized and equipped a corps of volunteer phy- sicians, which rendered most effective service in caring for the sick and wounded on the battle- fields. In 1865, by appointment of President Grant, he became one of the commissioners selected to inquire into the complaints made by the Indians in the west. Upon the organization of the board, Mr. Brimot was chosen president, and during the five summers spent among the l!idians he succeeded in correcting nmny abuses. He died in Allegheny, Pa., May 9, 1898.

BRUSH, Charles Benjamin, civil engineer, was born in New York city, Feb. 15, 1848: son of Jonathan Ethelbert and Cornelia (Turck) Brush. He was graduated at the University of the city of New York in 1867. He was on the engineer corps, Croton aqueduct department, New York city, 1868-'69: was adjunct professor of civil engineering in the University of the city of New York, 1874-'88, when he was advanced to the full professorship. From 1888-"91 he w^as director of the American society of civil en- gineers, and in 1892 was chosen vice-president of the society. He directed the construction of many of the more imjMirtant bridges, water- works and sewers in the United States. He was elected a member of the Ainerican society of civil engineers, the American society of mechani- cal engineers, the American water-works associa- tion, the New England water-works as.sociation, the New York academy of sciences, and the New