1825. After acquiring the Burman language, he entered upon his labors at Maulmain in May, 1827, and planted a mission, which became the central point of all the Baptist missions in Burmah. In April, 1828, he established a mission at Tavoy, where he soon afterward baptized Ko-mah-byn, a Karen convert, whose labors were very successful among his countrymen. On 5 Feb., 1828, he set out on a tour among the Karen villages, and met with such success that he determined on a systematic course of itinerary labor. On these trips he was usually accompanied by Ko-mah-byn or some other convert. His exertions occasioned the loss of his health and brought on his early death by consumption. His widow married the Rev. Adoniram Judson, the missionary. See “Memoir of George Dana Boardman,” by the Rev. A. King (Boston), and “G. D. Boardman and the Burman Mission” (Boston, 1875). — His son, George Dana, clergyman, b. in Tavoy, Burmah, 18 Aug., 1828, was graduated at Brown in 1852, and at Newton theological institution in 1855, and in that year became pastor of the Baptist church in Barnwell, S. C. But his views on the slavery question impelled him to exchange his charge in 1856 for a church in the north. He was pastor of the 2d Baptist church in Rochester, N. Y., until 1864, and after that of the 1st church in Philadelphia. Besides review articles, sermons, and addresses, he has published “Studies in the Creative Week” (New York, 1878); “Studies in the Model Prayer” (1879); “Epiphanies of the Risen Lord” (1879); and “Studies in the Mountain Instruction” (1880).
BOARDMAN, Henry Augustus, clergvman,
b. in Troy, N. Y., 9 Jan., 1808 ; d. in Philadelphia,
Pa., 15 June, 1880. He was graduated at Yale in
1829 with the highest class honors, and at Princeton theological seminary in 1830. He was a leading member in Presbyterian societies, and pastor of
the 10th Presbyterian church of Philadelphia from
1833 till 1876, when he became pastor emeritus.
His published works include "The Scripture Doctrine of Original Sin" (Philadelphia, 1839); "Hints on Cultivating the Christian Temper"; "On High-Church Episcopacy"; "Correspondence with Bishop Doane on the Oxford Tracts" (1841); "The Prelatical Doctrine of the Apostolical Succession Examined " (1844); "The Importance of Religion to the Legal Profession" (1849); "The Bible in the Family" (1851); "The Bible ni the
Counting-House " (1853); "Vanity of a Life of Fashionable Pleasure"; "Discourse on the Low Value set upon Human Life in the United States"
(1853); "The Great Question, Will you Consider the Subject of Personal Religion?" which passed through many editions (1855) ; " Discourse on the
American Union" (1858); "The Christian Ministry not a Priesthood"; "The Book" (1861); and "Earthly Suffering and Heavenly Glory" (1875). Passages from his writings were published under the title "A Handful of Corn " (New York, 1884).
BOARMAN, Charles, naval officer, b. in
Maryland; d. in Martinsburg, W. Va., 18 Sept., 1879. He was appointed a midshipman from the District of Columbia, and, after attending the naval
school at the navy-yard in Washington, he was ordered to the sloop "Erie," and then attached, during the war of 1812, to the brig " Jefferson" on
Lake Ontario. He was commissioned as lieutenant, 15 March, 1817; as commander, 9 Feb., 1837; as captain, 29 March, 1844, commanding the flagship "Brandywine" in the Brazil squadron from
1844 till 1850, and the navy-yard at Brooklyn from
1852 till 1855. During the civil war he was on
special service. He was retired with the rank of
commodore on 4 April, 1867, and made a rear-admiral on the retired list, 15 Aug., 1876.
BOBADILLA, Francisco (bo-bah-deel'-ya),
Spanish official; d. 29 June, 1502. He was sent
to Santo Domingo to re-establish order and to put
an end to dissensions, arriving in 1500. He soon
ordered Columbus and his brother sent to Spain as
prisoners in chains. When they arrived at Cadiz,
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand disapproved
of Bobadilla's action, reinstated Columbus in his
honors and emoluments, and immediately sent Nicolas de Obando to replace Bobadilla. Under his
administration disorders had multiplied to an
alarming extent. Columbus landed again in Hispaniola on the very day that Bobadilla and several
of his supporters started for Spain. Their fleet
was hai'dly out of sight when it was wrecked by a
hurricane, and Bobadilla perished.
BOCOCK, Thomas Stanley, b. in Buckingham
county, Va., in 1815; d. in Appomattox county, Va.,
6 Aug., 1891. He pursued the study of law, and
began practice at Appomattox Court-House, Va.,
was state's attorney in 1845-'6, sat for several terms
in the house of delegates, was elected to congress
as a democrat in 1846, and sat for seven successive
terms, until the ordinance of secession was enacted.
In 1861 he was elected to the confederate congress.
He had been a candidate for speaker in the 36th
federal congress, and was elected speaker of the
confederate house of representatives on its permanent organization, 18 Feb., 1862.
BODEGA Y CUADRA, Juan Francisco (bo-
day-gah), South American navigator, b. in Lima,
Peru; d. in 1794. He won a high rank in the
Spanish navy, was chief officer at San Bias, exploring the coasts of California, and constructed a special chart of them, which was engraved and
published in Mexico in 1788.
BODISCO, Waldemar de, b. in Russia ; d. at
Jordan Alum Springs, Va., 31 July, 1878. He
came to this country at an early age with his
uncle, the Russian minister at Washington, and
was graduated at Georgetown college. For nearly
twenty years he was secretary of the Russian legation at Washington, in 1866 and 1869 acted as
charge d'affaires, and was appointed Russian consul-general at New York in 1871, holding that office at the time of his death.
BODMER, Karl, artist, b. in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1805; d. 31 Oct.. 1893. He travelled in America with Maximilian, prince of Wied, and executed the copper-plates in the atlas accompanying the latter's " Journey through North America " (1838-'43). He also drew a series of water-colors, reproduced and published in 1836 under the name of "Costumes et personnages indiennes." He resided subsequently in Paris and in Germany, painting pictures of animal life, and etching.
BODWELL, Joseph Robinson, governor, b.
in Methuen, Mass., 18 June, 1818; d. in Hallowell, Me., 15 Dec, 1887. He opened quarries, in 1852, on an island in Penobscot bay, and organized the
Bodwell, and, in 1870, the Hallowell granite cornpany. He served twice in the legislature, and in 1886 was elected governor by the republicans.
BOEHLER, Peter (bay-ler), Moravian bishop, b. in Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, 31 Dec, 1712; d. in London, England, 27 April, 1775. He was graduated at Jena, and in 1736 became a tutor. On 16 Dec, 1737, he was ordained a Moravian minister by Count Zinzendorf, founder of the brotherhood. In 1738 he was sent as a Moravian evangelist to the negro population of Carolina and Georgia; but on his way thither he was detained for several months in England, and became acquainted with
