OBITt'AUIKS. A.MKIUCAN. (I {ROOK* Bunottfc) 



in Kahuna/no < 'niiiity, Mirli., uinl cn^iiu'cil in farm- 



ill 1-.V.I 111- removed to Chieat.ro Illlil WILH ad- 

 mitted ! tin- Imr, l>ut In- si HIM rclimiuislied tlmt }< 

 tor journalism, bci-omiinr editor in i-liii-l' utnl 

 chief proprietor of the "Illinois Slants Xeitung." In 

 . lcetcd in tin- Stair l.tvi-hitmv ; for five 

 It-Mi of tin- < 'hieairo Boara of Edu- 

 Ofttion; iiinl in 1 S| ^ In- was u Ucpuhlican prcsidi-n 

 tial elector. Hi- t'Mik advantage or the LTimtin^ of an 

 uiniii-sty in nil participant* in tin- revolution by n- 

 visitini: liis native laiul in Isii'.i mul ri-niiiiniiit; then 

 tWO yean. In 1*7-' hf was appointril I nitt-il States 

 fniisiil at Pn-lcii, when- In- MTVI-I! till April, 1876, 

 aii<l on Ins ri-turn 1" Chicairo w a.- i-lt-ftt-tl to ('.< 

 from tint ."il Illinois Distrirt as a Kcpuhlican tin; 

 . .-ar. After serving one term IK- devoted him- 

 self to historical ainl liti-rary work till lss-1, wlu-n 

 paralysis incapacitated him for further lalxir. 



Brooks, Davio, electrician, born in Brooks vale. Conn., 

 .Ian. _''.. Ivjo; tlietl in Philadelphia, Pa., May 80, 

 1891. Hi- reci-i veil a collegiate education, ami when 

 twenty years ol,l was appointed an instructor in 

 mathematies in the Umteu Suites Military Academy. 



While employed there lie lieeame interested ill the 



experiments of Samuel F. B. Morse and others, in 

 magnetic telegraphy. After live years' M-rviee in the 

 jteademy. In- resigned to engage in the development 

 of the new system of transmittiii'_ r messages, and the 

 same year i ls.">i, in conjunction with James 1). Reid, 

 he Unit the first, eommere'ml line of telegraph in 

 America, and reeeiveil the first message sent over it. 

 Mis lino was constructed between Lam-aster and Hnr- 

 rishurg, 1'a. In the following \t-ar he built the line 

 across the Alleghany mountains, connecting Phila- 

 delphia with Pittsburg, and in 1847 he made the 

 lirst repeater. Three years afterward, by appoint- 

 ment by the United States Court, he prepared an ex- 

 pert description of the rival Morse and Bains >ys 

 terns of telegraphy. In 1851 he went to Mexico and 

 built the lirst telegraph line in that country, between 

 Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico, in six months; in 

 1852 ho was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad 

 Company to develop and operate its lines from Pitts- 

 burg; and in 1854 became superintendent of the 

 Atlantic and Ohio Telegraph Company. When this 

 company was absorbed by the Western Union in 

 1 *''_' In- was appointed district superintendent in New 

 York city, and he remained with the Western Union 

 till 1867 ; he then resigned, and passed the remainder 

 of his life in inventing improvements in the telegraph 

 and telephone services. He invented and developed 

 the system of underground conductors, the improved 

 insulators, and the insulation of inductive coils and 

 transformers ; and discovered the insulating proper- 

 tii- ot' mineral oils, parattine, and resin oil. 



Brown, Joseph Bullock, physician, born in New York, 

 July 2'i, ls-j-2; tlietl in Albion, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1891. 

 lie \\as appointed an assistant surgeon in the United 

 States army June -Jit. 1*49; was promoted captai n and 

 assistant surgeon June 29, 1854, major anil sur- 

 geon July 4, 1861, and lieutenant-colonel and sur- 

 geon June 30, 1862: was brevetted lieutenant-colo- 

 nel and colonel March 1.",, IM',:>, for faithful and meri- 

 torious services during the war, and brigadier-gen- 

 eral Sept. 28, 18(56, for distinguished services at Fort 

 Columbus, New York harbor, during the cholera epi- 

 demic; and \\as retired June 30.1882, During the 

 civil war he served chiefly with the Army of the 

 Potomac and the Army of the Cumberland. lie was 

 appointed President of the. United States Medical 

 h\aniini;iLT Board in New York city in 1873, and held 

 the office till his retirement. 



Browne, Thomas M., lawyer, born in New Paris, 

 Ohio. April l!i, isii'.i; died 'in Martinsvillc. hid., July 

 17, Is'.M. He received a common-school education, 

 removed to Indiana in l<lt. and was admitted to the 

 bar in Winchester, Ind., in ls'.i. In l-c>"> he was 

 fleeted | ipiseeiiting attorney of the 1 .">th Judicial I>is 

 triet, and was twice re-elected. In l*i'd he became 

 :,ry of the Indiana State Senate, and in l^'l." a 

 State Senator. Subsequently he organized the 7th 



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Indiana Volunteer <'u\ulr\. .-m.-n-l t|. t.utiuna! 

 army a-< it* lieutenant "!,, IP I. <*u* ].r-. 

 lie! and i-oimiii-si.,ii. -I lip-vet dri-. 



ap|iinled Tinted States Attorney lortl.i .1 

 tliana, and held the office till Aiiif. 1. 1"7-'. w! 

 ' 



iv-uMied loenter on tin- i-uiiviiw for (iovt-rnor n 

 piililii-an. He wa* defeated \>\ Tlu>ina>> A. Iln. 

 In 1^71; h,. was eleeted to CoBgIWi from the "'-th Indi- 

 ana histriet.and M , .-utivi ten: 



cliniii'.' a nomination for the eighth. 



Bnckland, Oynu, inventor, liorii in Springfield, Maiw., 

 Aug. ID, K'.i'.t; died then- Feb. ^i;. IS-.M. In lH88he 

 went to w..rk at i/un making in the I'niteil 

 National Armory in SpriiiL'tield, be.-aiin 

 chanii-, and retired in Is.'.'i that he might reap MOIIIC 

 1 1 m fit from his numerous patents. Me in-rfeeti d the 

 latin- for turning out gun-stoeks, earrietl out 'I'homas 

 Warner's idea ot inti-rehaii!_'eal'le {tarts to a irun and 

 machinery, and obtained, amoni.' otht-rH. patt r 

 machines to manufaetun- the upjM-r barn-Is of mus- 

 kets, to finish the cone, to mill screws. . bore ami turn 

 gun barrels, and to rilli- mu-kft>. 



Bandy, Jonas Mills, journalist, born in Columbia, 

 Coos County. N. II.. in \ *:;:<: tlietl in Paris. Fran.-e. 

 Sept 8, 1891. Me removed with his parents to Meloit, 

 Wis., when a child, was graduated at Hcloit College 

 5^1853. and, after stutlying law at Cainbridx'e and 

 Milwaukee, became a reporter on the " Milwaukee 

 Wisconsin." At the bt-irinnini.' of the civil war he 

 entered the national army, was appointed aide on the 

 stall of (Jen. John Pope with the rank of major, and 

 served till the close of the war. He then settled in 

 Ni-w York and became musical and litcrarv Critic on 

 the Kv.-ning Post" In 1868 he was one of the 

 founders of the "Evening Mail," of which In- became 

 editor-in-chief, and on the consolidation of the- Kven- 

 in_' Mail" and the " Evening Express" he retained 

 the chair. In 1887 the " Mail :;ml Kxim-ss" was sold 

 td Elliott F. Shepard. who continued Major Humly at 

 the head of the editorial department Major Huinly 

 went to Europe in July, 1891, for a vacation, and died 

 suddenly in Paris. lie was the author of a " Life of 

 James A. (Jarfleld." 



Burchard, Samuel Dickinson, clergyman, born in Steu- 

 ben, N. Y., Sept 6, 1812; died in Sarat-^a. N. Y., 

 Sept 25, 1891. He was graduated at Center College, 

 Danville, Ky., in 1836. After spending two yean 

 in studying^ theology and in lecturini; <m tciii{>erance, 

 slavery, and reliiriou- tojiies, he was licensed to jireach, 

 and on May 1. 1-.".'.'. he was installed pastor of the 

 13th Street'Prcsbvterian Church in New York city. 

 lie p-mained in this charge till 1*79, also serving a 

 part of the time as Chancellor of Ingham Seminary, 

 l.r Uoy N. Y. The year after resigning he became 

 pastor of the Murray"] I ill Presb\ti rian Church, and 

 served it till 1885, when he retina. During tin presi- 

 dential canvass of 1884 Dr. Hurehard gained wide 

 notoriety by an expression made in a speech on Oct. 

 an, when, with a numerous company of clercvmen. he 

 made a formal call on James (J. Hfainc at the Fifth 

 Avenue Hotel. I n the course of his remarks extend- 



ing a welcome to Mr. Hlainc in behalf of the visitors, 

 he said : " We are Uepublii-ans. ind don't {)n)pcc to 

 leave our partv and identify ourselves with the party 

 \\hose antecedents ha\e been rum. Komanisin. and 

 rebellion. We are loyal to our Hag: we arc loyal to 

 you." The Democra&C managers made the most of 

 the expression in Roman Catholic circles, and it was 

 lu'lieved that it had considerable influence in causing 

 the defeat of Mr. Mlaiiic. 



Burgess, Edward, naval architect, born in Wc-t Sand- 

 wich. Mass., June 80,1848; died in Boston. Mam., 

 July 12, 1S91. He was graduated at Harvard in 

 1*71; a]i]H.inted secretary of the SiK-iety of Natural 

 History of Boston in Is7i': made instructor in t-nto- 

 mologV in Ilarvanl in 1*7'.'; and established ' 

 in business ax a naval architect ainl yacht broker in 

 ile had studied \ aclit-buil lin;: diir- 

 inir his fon-ii:n travels, ami man\ of hi- 

 haa been adoptetl b\ the Eastern Ya--!.' Clun ofBoe- 



