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HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBBARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.

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Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle; and Ancestry and Autobiography. Bagg, Rufus Mather, educator, geologist, scientist, was born April 19, 1869, in West at Yale;

Springfield, Mass. Since 1891 he has taught geology; and since 1907 has been instructor of geology at the university of Illinois. In 1900 he was honorary mineralogist to the Paris exposition. Bagioli, Antonio, musician, author, was born in 1795. In 1832 he arrived in New York as musical director of the Montresor troupe, the first Italian opera company that ever visited the United States. He was the author of One Hour of Daily Study for the Acquirement of a Correct Pronunciation of the Vowels, which is the Only Method to Become a Perfect Vocalist. He died Feb. 11, 1871,

New

Y^ork City. Bagley, Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Newbury, educator, was born March 4, 1832, in Rutland, Ohio. For ten years she was president of the Woman's club of Detroit, Mich.; and one of the committee of the women's department at the World's Columbian exposition. She died Feb. 4, 1898, in Detroit, Mich. Bagley, George A., lawyer, manufacturer, congressman, was born July 22, 1826, in Watertown, N.Y. He practiced law for six years; and then engaged in the manufacture of iron and machinery. In 1875-79 he was a representative from New York to the fortyfourth and forty-fifth congresses. Bagley, John H., merchant, congressman, was bom Nov. 26, 1833, in Hudson, N.Y. In 1851 he went to California and engaged in mining and other pursuits. He returned to in

New York

and engaged in steamboating on river; and settled at Catskill, as a merchant and leather manufacturer. In 1875-77 and 1883-85 he was a representative from New York to the forty-fourth and forthe

Hudson

ty-eighth congresses. He was also a candidate for congress in 1896. He died about 1902 in Catskill, N.Y.

Bagley, John Judson, manufacturer, goverwas born July 34, 1832, in Medina, N.Y. At the age of fifteen he went to Detroit and secured employment in a tobacco factory, and on attaining his majority he began a business of his own in the same line. In 187377 he was governor of Michigan. He died July 37, 1881, in San Francisco, Cal. Bagley, William Chandler, educator, psychologist, scientist, author, was born March 15, 1874, in Detroit, Mich. In 1902-06 he was vice-president and director of training at the nor,

Montana

He has made on the correlation of

state normal college.

valuable researches

mental and motor ability in school children. He is the author of The Education Process; and Classroom Management. Bagley, Worth, naval officer, architect, author, was born April 6, 1874, in Raleigh, N.C. He was the first American officer killed in the war with Spain on board the Winslow. He was the author of Treatise on Geometry and Trigonometry; and other works. He died May 13, 1898, near Cuba.

Baier, Victor, musician, organist, founder, 25, 1861, in New York City. In 1879-1903 he was superintendent of music in the Hasbrouck institute of Jersey City, N. J. He founded the American guild of organ-

was born July

ists.

Bailey, Alexander H., jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1817, in Minisink, N.Y. He was a justice of the peace at Catskill for four years; was a member of the state assembly in 1849; and in 1851-55 was judge of Greene county, N.Y. He was a member of the state senate in 1861-64. In 1867-71 he was a representative from New

York to the fortieth and forty-first congresses. He died April 20, 1874, in Rome, N.Y. Bailey, Mrs. Alice Ward, author, poet, was born April 30, 1857, in Amherst, Mass. She is the author of Flower Fancies, in verse; and Mark Heffron, a novel. Bailey, Ann, scout. She was reputed to have been born about 1725 in Liverpool, England, to have been kidnepped at age of nineteen; carried oif to Virginia and sold; and to have married a man named Trotter when thirty years of age. Trotter was a member of Colonel Lewis's regiment, and was killed by the Indians the battle of Point Pleasant in* 1774. His widow, moved by revenge, assumed male clothing and adopted the life of a scout and spy, and was often employed to convey information to the commandants of forts. In 1790 she married a soldier named John Bailey, stationed at Fort Clendenin, on Kanawha river. She died Nov. 23, 1825, in Gallico county, Ohio. Bailey, Anna Warner, known as Mother -Bailey, patriot, was born Oct. 11, 1758, in Groton, Conn. She was the wife of Captain Elijah Bailey of Groton. She witnessed the massacre at Fort Griswold in 1781. In 1813, when the British threatened to attack New London, Mother Bailey rendered great aid to its defenders by tearing up flannel garments for cartridges. She died in 1850 in Groton,

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Conn. Bailey, Benjamin Franklin, physician, author, was born June 23, 1860, in Littleton, N.

H. He has been president of the national homneopathie society and other medical societies. In 1898 he became president of the Sanitary company of Lincoln, Neb. He is the author of Present Status of Paedology. Bailey, Caroline Sherwin, litterateur, author, was born Oct. 25, 1877, in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. She is the author of For the Children's Hour; The Jungle Primer; and Firelight Stories.

Bailey, Clarence Mitchell, soldier, was born Nov. 36, 1841, in New York City. He served through the civil war in the United States infantry; and attained the rank of captain in 1866. Since 1904 he has held the rank of brigadier -general in the United States army,

now

retired.

Bailey, David J., congressman, was bom in Georgia. In 1851-55 he was a representative

from Georgia to the thirty-second and thirty-third congresses. He died in Georgia.