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1896 was chairman of the democratic state committee of Wyoming. In 1898 he was nominated a justice of the supreme court of
Wyoming. Blye, Birdice, pianist, was born in Iowa. ten years of age she played in concerts in London and the chief continental
When cities.
Blythe, James, clergyman, college president, founder, author, was born Oct. 22, 1765, in Mecklenburg county, N.C. He was president of Transylvania college for several years; and resigned about 1818 and established a seminary for young ladies. In 1832-36 he was president of South Hanover college. He died May 2, 1842, in Hanover, Ind.
Boardman, Arthur l!,dwin, civil engineer, was born March 20, 1850, Macon, Ga. In 1870 he graduated from
railroad president, in
Rensselaer polytechnic institute of Troy, N. Y. In 1874-89 he was superintendent and engineer of the Macon gaslight and water company; and was its president in 1891-99. He as also been president and engineer of the Tampa waterworks company of Tampa, Fla.; president of the Tuscaloosa waterworks company of Florida; and in 1893 became president of the American gaslight association. He also planned and erected the gas, water and electric works at Brunswick and other cities. Since 1894 he has been president of the Hendersonville and Brevard railway at Brevard, N.C. Boardman, David Sherman, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1768. For several years he was chief justice of the supreme court of Connecticut. He died Dec. 2, 1864, in New Milford, Conn. Boardman, Douglas, lawyer, jurist. He was judge of the supreme court of iew York. Boardman hall in Cornell university was named for him. He died Sept. 5, 1891, in Ithaca, N.Y. Boardman, Elijah, merchant. United States senator, was born March 7, 1760, in New Milford, Mass. He became a successful merchant; was frequently a member of the state legislature; and in 1821-23 he was a member of the council. He was a United States senator from Connecticut. He died Oct. 8, 1823, in Boardman, ^.-nio.
this pastorate to accept a professorship in the vjhicag. theological seminary; and since 1893 has been professor emeritus. He is the author of A History of New England Theology; and Regeneration.
Boardman, Henry Augustus, clergyman, was born Jan. 9, 1808, in Troy, N.Y. He was pastor of the Tenth presbyterian author,
church of Philadelpia in 1833-76; when he
became pastor emeritus. He was the author of The Bible in the Family; The Bible in the Counting-House The Christian Ministry not a Priesthood; Earthly Suffering and Heavenly Glory; and A Handful of Corn. He died June 15, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pa. Boardman, Joseph Maynard, merchant, banker, was born May 10, 1808, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a successful merchant of Macon, Ga.; in 1857-89 was president of the Macon gaslight and water company; and president of the Macon savings bank from its foundation until his death. He died June 30, 1893, in Macon, Ga. Boardman, Harry L., educator, college president, was born June 23, 1866, in Cleve;
land, Ohio. Since 1895 he has been president of McMinnville college of Oregon.
Boardman, Samuel Lane, journalist, authwas born March 30, 1836, in Bloomfleld,
or,
Maine. Since 1859 he has edited several different papers. He is the author of Agricultural Bibliography of Maine; Handbook of the Turf; Memoir of Peter Edes; The Naturalist of the St. Croix; and Year-Book of The De Burians. Boardman, Samuel Ward, clergyman, educator, college president, was born Aug. 31, 1830, in Pittsford, Vt. Since 1889 he has been president of the Maryville college of Tennessee.
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Boardman, William F. facturer, genealogist, in Wethersfield,
merchant, manu12, 1838,
Conn. For forty-two years he was an importer,
merchant and manu-
of companies. In 1853 he married Miss Jane
Maria Greenleaf, who died in 1899. He is a of the Connec-
member
or of Coronation of Love; Studies in the Creative Week; Epiphanies of the Risen Lord; Studies in the Mountain Instruction; University Lectures on the Ten Command-
of Nations. He died April 38, 1903, in Atlantic City, N.J. Boardman, George Nye, clergyman, educator, author, was bom Dec. 23, 1825, in Pittsford, Vt. In 1859 he accepted a call to the pastorate of the First presbyterian church in Binghampton, N.Y. In 1871 he resigned
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was born Dec.
facturer of Hartford, Conn.; and a bank director and a director
Boardman, George Dana, clergyman, authwas bom Aug. 18, 1828, in Burmah. In 1864 he became pastor of the First baptist church at Philadelphia, Pa. He was the auth-
Disarmament
E., clergyman, author. the author of The Higher Christian
Life.
or,
ments; The Divine Man; The Model Prayer; The Problem of Jesus; The Kingdom; and
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ticut historical society of founders and patriots of America; and a member of other historical
and genealogical
societies.
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author of The Boardman Genealogy; The Francis-Goodrich-Bbardman Genealogy; The Wethersfield Inscriptions; The Memorial of Mary Frances and William Boardman; and other genealogical compilations.
Boardman, William Henry, editor, publishauthor, was born Aug. 3, 1846, in Dixon,
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