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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baird , Spencer Fullerton , 1823 -1887 (search)
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Scientist; born in Reading, Pa., Feb. 3, 1823; was graduated at Dickinson College in 1840.
In 1850 he was appointed assistant secretary to the Smithsonian Institution.
He held that office until the death of Prof. Joseph Henry (q. v.) in 1878, when he succeeded to the office of secretary, which he held until his death, on Aug. 19, 1887, Professor Baird published several works on natural history.
In 1871 he was placed at the head of the United States Fish Commission.
He died in Wood's Holl, Mass., Aug. 19, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baker , Edward Dickinson , 1811 - (search)
Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-
Military officer; born in London, England, Feb. 24, 1811.
His family came to the United States when he was a young child, and settled first in Philadelphia and afterwards (1825) in Illinois.
Young Baker chose the law for a vacation, and entered upon its practice in Green county, Ill. In 1837, while residing in Springfield, he was elected to the legislature.
he was a State Senator in 1840-44, and then a member of Congress until the beginning of war with Nexico.
In that war (1846-47) he served as colonel of Illinois
Edward Dickinson Baker. volunteers, and was again elected to Congress in 1848.
He settled in California in 1852, where he became distinguished in his profession, and as and orator in the ranks of the Republican party (q. v.). In 1859 he removed to Oregon, where he was elected United States Senator in 1860.
He was in that service at the outbreak of the Civil War, when he raised a body of troops in New York and Philadelphia.
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Ball, Thomas, 1819-
Sculptor; born in Charlestown, Mass., June 3, 1819; educated at Mayhew School, Boston.
In 1840-52 he applied himself to painting.
but in 1851 undertook sculpture.
He designed and executed the equestrian statue of Washington in Boston, the statue of Daniel Webster in Central Park.
New York, and other similar works.
In 1891-98 he was engaged on a monument of Washington for Methuen, Mass. He became an honorary fellow of the National Sculptors' Society in 1896.
He is the author of My three-score years and ten: an autobiography, which attracted much attention.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barnes , Joseph K. , 1817 -1883 (search)
Barnes, Joseph K., 1817-1883
Medical officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 21, 1817; was appointed an assistant surgeon in the army in 1840; assigned to duty in the office of the surgeon-general in 1861; became surgeon-general in 1863; attended Presidents Lincoln and Garfield; brevetted major-general in 1865.
At his suggestion the Army Medical Museum and the Surgeon-General's Library were established.
He died in Washington, D. C., April 5, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartlett , William Francis , 1840 -1876 (search)
Bartlett, William Francis, 1840-1876
Military officer; born in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 6, 1840; was graduated at Harvard in 1862.
He entered the volunteer army as captain in the summer of 1861; was engaged in the battle of Ball's Bluff (q. v.), and lost a leg in the siege of Yorktown in 1862.
He was made colonel of a Massachusetts regiment in November, 1862, and took part in the capture of Port Hudson in 1863.
In the siege of Petersburg (1864) he commanded a division of the 9th Corps, and at the explosion of the mine there he was made prisoner, but exchanged in September.
In 1865 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers.
He died in Pittsfield, Mass., Dec. 17, 1876.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Birney , James Gillespie , 1792 -1864 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blake , Homer Crane , 1822 - (search)
Blake, Homer Crane, 1822-
Naval officer; born in Cleveland, O., Feb. 1, 1822; entered the navy as a midshipman in 1840; was promoted lieutenant-commander in 1862, and in 1863, while in command of the Hatteras, off Galveston, Tex., was ordered to chase a suspicious vessel, which proved to be the Confederate cruiser Alabama.
the Hatteras was no match for the cruiser, and Blake was obliged to surrender.
Within ten minutes of his surrender the Hatteras went down.
He died Jan. 21, 1880.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bland , Theodoric , 1742 -1790 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bloomer , Amelia Jenks , 1818 -1894 (search)
Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818-1894
Reformer; born in Homer, N. Y., May 27, 1818; married Dexter C. Bloomer, of Seneca Falls, N. Y., in 1840; and began the publication of The Lily.
devoted to woman's rights, prohibition, etc., in 1849.
Me. and Mrs. Bloomer moved to Council Bluffs, Ia., in 1855, and she then lectured in the principal cities of the country . She recommended and wore a sanitary dress for women which became known as the Bloomer costume, although it was originated by Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Miller.
It consisted of skirts reaching just below the knee and Turkish trousers.
She died in Council Bluffs, Ia., Dec. 30, 1894.