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education and mercy till her appointment to be 

 Superioress of the Sisters of Charity of the di- 

 vision of the United States. Her name, in 

 religion, was Mother Euphemia, and during 

 her twenty-five years of humane work she 

 possessed the esteem and sympathy of all with 

 whom she came into contact, irrespective of 

 denominational lines. 



Brennan, Margaret, an American educator, 

 born in New York city in 1812 ; died there, 

 March 24, 1887. She entered a convent of the 

 Order of the Sacred Heart in 1847, and since 

 that time had been constantly engaged in carry- 

 ing on the work and promoting the interests 

 of the order. She found a congenial mission 

 in instructing the young in the higher branches 

 of study, and to this task she devoted her chief 

 energies. Her rank in the order, that of 

 Mother Superior, entailed upon her labors of 

 considerable magnitude, and called for the 

 exercise of much organizing and executive 

 ability. In carrying out this portion of her 

 duties, she aided in founding many branches of 

 the order throughout the country, and exer- 

 cised a supervision over the convent at Eaton 

 Hall, near Philadelphia, in Detroit, in Halifax, 

 in Manhattanville, and in New York city. 



Brevoort, James Carson, an American biblio- 

 phile, born in New York city, July 10, 1818; 

 died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1887. He 

 was educated in New York city, at the Model- 

 School in Hofwyl, Switzerland, and the Ecole 

 Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, in Paris, 

 France, being graduated at the latter as a civil 

 engineer. He returned to the United States in 

 1838, worked for nearly a year in the West 

 Point foundry, and in 1841 accompanied, as 

 surveyor, Prof. James Renwick in the north- 

 eastern boundary survey. In 1842 he went 

 abroad as private secretary to Washington Irv- 

 ing, then United States Minister to Spain, and 

 afterward traveled extensively in Europe. In 

 1844 he returned home, married a daughter of 

 Judge Leffert Lefferts, and settled in Brooklyn. 

 Between 1847 and 1852 he served as a member 

 of the Brooklyn Charter Commission, the 

 Board of Education, and the Constructing 

 Board of Water Commissioners. In the latter 

 year he was elected a trustee of the Astor 

 Library, holding the office for twenty-six 

 years, and acting as superintendent of the in- 

 stitution during the last two. He actively 

 aided in the organization of the Long Island 

 Historical Society, and was its first president, 

 holding the office for ten years. In 1863 he 

 was appointed a regent of the University of 

 New York, and received the degree of LL. D. 

 from Williams College. He was a member of 

 the New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylva- 

 nia Historical Societies, of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, the 

 American Geographical Society, and the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, besides numer- 

 ous other historical and scientific organizations. 

 Mr. Brevoort was an ardent and critical col- 

 lector of books, especially rare Americana, of 



pamphlets, manuscripts, coins, and medals, and 

 generously distributed choice specimens and 

 collections among institutions of learning. 



Brewster, Henry, an American manufacturer, 

 born in New Haven, Conn., May 19, 1824; 

 died in New York city, Sept. 19, 1887. He was 

 prepared for Yale College, but owing to failing 

 health was taken into business with a brother 

 by his father, James Brewster, a carriage- 

 manufacturer of New Haven. After learn- 

 ing the business, Henry removed to New York 

 city to look after the interests of the firm, and 

 subsequently established the firm of Henry 

 Brewster & Co. there. Under his supervision 

 the firm became one of the largest manufactu- 

 rers in the world. Mr. Brewster was awarded 

 a gold medal and the decoration of the Legion 

 of Honor at the Paris Exposition for his dis- 

 play of carriages and wagons, and on his return 

 home was presented with a gold plate suitably 

 inscribed by the carriage-makers of the United 

 States. He was one of the organizers of the 

 Union League Club of New York. 



Brooks, Horatio G., an American manufacturer, 

 born in New Hampshire in 1828 ; died in Dun- 

 kirk, N. Y., April 20, 1887. When sixteen 

 years old he was apprenticed to a machinist in 

 South Boston, when twenty, entered upon 

 railroad service as a fireman, and when twenty- 

 one, was licensed as a locomotive engineer. 

 In 1850 he left Boston on engine No. 90, 

 crossed New York State by way of the Erie 

 Canal, and reached Dunkirk in November, 

 blowing the first locomotive-whistle in the 

 county of Chautauqua. From 1850 till 1856 

 he did duty on the Erie Railway as an engi- 

 neer, becoming, in the latter year, master 

 mechanic of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. 

 In 1860 he was recalled to Dunkirk to take 

 charge of the Erie shops as master mechanic; 

 in 1862 was appointed superintendent of the 

 western division of the railroad, and in March, 

 1865, superintendent of the motive power and 

 machinery of the entire road. He resigned his 

 place on the Erie road in October, 1869, to 

 lease on his own account the shops at Dunkirk, 

 which President Gould had ordered closed 

 permanently, and organized the Brooks Loco- 

 motive Works, in which a large and prosperous 

 business has since been done. Mr. Brooks was 

 unwearied in his care for the comfort and wel- 

 fare of his employes. He frequently kept his 

 works open when business was dull, and main- 

 tained a good night-school for his men. 



Brown, Dyer Date Stanley, an American pub- 

 lisher, born in Richmond, Ontario County, 

 N. Y., June 19, 1819 ; died in Scottsville, N. Y., 

 Jan. 11, 1887. He received his preliminary 

 education in the district-school, completing his 

 studies in Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, in 

 Lima, in 1839-'40. He taught for four years, 

 and then began studying law in the office of 

 Hon. B. F. Angel, in Geneseo, subsequently 

 reading in that of Judge W. H. Smith, in Cale- 

 donia. He was admitted to the bar in Albany, 

 N. Y., in 1846, and immediately settled in 



