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BUMSTEAD, Freeman Josiah, physician, was born in Boston, Mass., April 21, 1826. He was graduated from Williams college in the class of 1847, and for two years taught a young ladies' school at Roxbury', Mass. In 1851 he took the degree of M.D. from Harvard medical college. In the fall of 1852 he established himself in New York city; for some time as surgeon to St. Luke's hospital, and later as surgeon to the New York eye and ear infirmary, and the Charity hospital of Blackwell's Island. In 1866-*67 he was lec- turer on materia medica at the College of phy- sicians and surgeons, New York, and from 1867 to 1871 he occupied a chair in the same institu- tion. In 1867 Columbia college conferred upon him the degi-ee of M.D., and in 1879 that of LL.D. In 1879 he was elected vice-president of the Torrey botanical club. His published works are a translation of Ricord's Notes to Himter on Venereal Diseases (1854); The Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases (1861), and a translation of Cullerier's Iconographie des Mal- adies Ven. (1867), He died in New York city, Nov. 28, 1879.

BUMSTEAD, Horace, educator, was born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 29, 1841. He was educated in the public schools of Boston, and Avas gradu- ated at Yale in 1863. After several months' instruction in military science with the Massa- chusetts rifle club of Boston, he passed the U. S.

examining board at Was h i n g t o n, Av a s commissioned major of the 43d U. S. colored troops in April, 1864, and served as command- ing officer of his regiment in the siege of Petersburg. His regiment was ordered to Texas after the surrender of Lee, and was mustered out of the . "^Araj^'m; f service in Decem- . ber, 1865. He en-

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logical seminary in 1866, and was graduated in 1870. He then spent a year in European travel and in study as a matriculate of the University of Tubingen. He was ordained pastor of the Second Congrega- tional church, Minneapolis, Minn., in 1872, and preached there until 1875, when he was ap- pointed professor of natural science in Atlanta univei-sity. In 1880 he was transferred to the chair of Latin, and became treasurer of the cor- poration. In 1886 he became acting president,

and in 1888 was elected president of the uni- versity. He received the. degree of D.D. from the University of the city of New York in 1881, and was a regular contributor to the Bibliotheca Sacra and the Andover Revieic.

BUNCE, Francis flarvin, naval officer, was born in Hartford, Conn., Dec. 25, 1836. He was graduated at Annapolis in 1857 and until 1860 was midsliipman on board the Gerniantown, East India squadron, He was promoted passed mid- shipman, June 25, 1860: master. Oct. 24, 1860; and lieutenant, April 11, 1861. As executive offi- cer of the Penobscot he took part in the engage- ment at Yorktown, Va.. and in 1862 was active at Forts Fisher and Caswell. He was commis- sioned lieutenant-commander. Jan. 16, 1863, and removed obstructions from the Stono river, S.C., to Morris Island. As aid to General Gillmore he had cliarge of the embarkation and transporta- tion of General Strong's five regiments through the channels to Morris Island, and on July 10,

1863, commanded the naval part of the attack which resulted in thecaptureof Morris Island and Fort Wagner. He was on the monitor Patapsco during the siege of Charleston; also in a night attack on Fort Sumter. He was wounded in November, 1883, and in January, 1864, was placed on the staff of Admiral Dahlgren. On April 6,

1864, he was ordered to command the Lehigh of the South Atlantic blockading squadron. In 1865 he commanded themonitorJ/o^adnoc/i:, taking her from Philadelphia to San Francisco, Cal., the first extended sea voyage ever made by a monitor. For this service he received the thanks of the navy department. He was commissioned com- mander, Nov. 7, 1871, and captain, Jan. 11, 1883. He was senior member of the board on timber preservation for naval purposes; commanded the Atlanta, June 1, 1886, to Dec. 1, 1889; and was placed in command of the naval station at New London, Conn., Feb. 12, 1890. He was made commodore, March 1, 1895; rear-admiral, Feb. 6, 1898, on the retirement of Rear- Admiral Tliomas O. Self ridge, Jr., and was retired tlirough the operation of the law, Dec. 25, 1898, having at- tained the age of sixty-two years. He com- manded the North Atlantic station on board the flagship Xew York, 1897, taking part in the naval manoeuvres of the new armored battle ships, cruisers, rams and torpedo boats. During the war with Spain he was commandant of the New York navy yard. He died in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 19. 1901.

BUNCE, Oliver Bell, author, was born in New York city, Feb. 8, 1828. At a very early age he possessed unusual literary talent. His business career commenced as a clerk in a stationery store, and later he became senior partner in the publishing house of Bunce & Brother. Mean-