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Blackall, Sarah - 1908

Name: Christopher Rubey Blackall

Occupation: editor
Born: Albany, New York, September 18, 1830
Died:
Son of Benjamin and Sarah Blackall

Education: public schools; Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Hygieo Therapeutic Medical College, New York, 1856, and Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1865; (Doctor of Divinity, Carson and Newman Colleges, 1896, Temple College, 1906)

Married: 1st, 1852, Eliza Davis; 2nd, 1873, Mrs. Emily Lucas Bryant; 3rd, 1900, Mrs. Eugenie Hitchcock McLure.

Assistant surgeon 33d Wisconsin Volunteers, early part Civil War.  Abandoned medicine, 1864.  General superintendent and editor, Chicago Sunday School Union, 1864-5; secretary and manager northwestern district, American Baptist Publication Society, 1865-79; connected with New York and Philadelphia branch houses, 1869-80; editor of periodicals since 1880, American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia.  Ordained to Christian ministry, 1880.  Director Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association; member executive committee, Philadelphia Sunday School Association; president Pennsylvania Baptist Council Brotherhood Andrew and Philip.  Member of National Geographic Society.

Author: Our Sunday School Work and How to Do It, 1877, B4; Story of Six Decades, 1885, O1; Balshazzar (cantata) 1890, D2; Stories About Jesus, 1897, B4

Home Address: Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Office Address: 1630 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

Blackall, Benjamin - 1908

Name: Christopher Rubey Blackall

Occupation: editor
Born: Albany, New York, September 18, 1830
Died:
Son of Benjamin and Sarah Blackall

Education: public schools; Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Hygieo Therapeutic Medical College, New York, 1856, and Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1865; (Doctor of Divinity, Carson and Newman Colleges, 1896, Temple College, 1906)

Married: 1st, 1852, Eliza Davis; 2nd, 1873, Mrs. Emily Lucas Bryant; 3rd, 1900, Mrs. Eugenie Hitchcock McLure.

Assistant surgeon 33d Wisconsin Volunteers, early part Civil War.  Abandoned medicine, 1864.  General superintendent and editor, Chicago Sunday School Union, 1864-5; secretary and manager northwestern district, American Baptist Publication Society, 1865-79; connected with New York and Philadelphia branch houses, 1869-80; editor of periodicals since 1880, American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia.  Ordained to Christian ministry, 1880.  Director Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association; member executive committee, Philadelphia Sunday School Association; president Pennsylvania Baptist Council Brotherhood Andrew and Philip.  Member of National Geographic Society.

Author: Our Sunday School Work and How to Do It, 1877, B4; Story of Six Decades, 1885, O1; Balshazzar (cantata) 1890, D2; Stories About Jesus, 1897, B4

Home Address: Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Office Address: 1630 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

Bennett, Eugenia [Pearce] - 1908

Name: Nathaniel Claude Bennett

Occupation: founder and manager Congressional Information Bureau
Born: Thomson, Georgia, November 29, 1866
Son of Nathaniel J. and Eugenia (Pearce) Bennett

Education: graduated Emory College, 1888

Married: unmarried

Washington correspondent, government official, 1888-97; established Congressional Information Bureau, 1897, only one of its kind, that prepares for Congressmen any desired data and conducts national and international business in Congressional and departmental advices and miscellaneous research.  Member National Geographical Society, Sons of the American Revolution.

Clubs: (charter member) University, Phi Delta Theta (Washington); Reform (New York).

Home Address: 1814 K Street
Office Address: Bond Building, Washington.

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for Eugenia [Pearce] Bennett.

Bennett, Nathaniel Jones - 1908

Name: Nathaniel Claude Bennett

Occupation: founder and manager Congressional Information Bureau
Born: Thomson, Georgia, November 29, 1866
Son of Nathaniel J. and Eugenia (Pearce) Bennett

Education: graduated Emory College, 1888

Married: unmarried

Washington correspondent, government official, 1888-97; established Congressional Information Bureau, 1897, only one of its kind, that prepares for Congressmen any desired data and conducts national and international business in Congressional and departmental advices and miscellaneous research.  Member National Geographical Society, Sons of the American Revolution.

Clubs: (charter member) University, Phi Delta Theta (Washington); Reform (New York).

Home Address: 1814 K Street
Office Address: Bond Building, Washington.

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for Nathaniel Jones Bennett.

Carlin, Charles Creighton - 1908

Name: Charles Creighton Carlin

Occupation: congressman
Born: Alexandria, Virginia, April 8, 1866

Son of William H. and Frances E. Carlin

Education: graduated National Law University, Washington, 1891

Married: October, 1891, Lillian Broders, of Alexandria Virginia.

Postmaster of Alexandria during Cleveland’s 2d term; presidential elector, 1904; elected to 60th Congress, 1907-9, 8th Virginia district to fill term of J. Rixey, deceased.

Politics: Democrat

Home Address: Alexandria, Virginia

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for Charles Creighton Carlin.

Downard, William "Billy" - 1868

You All Know
Billy Downard,
Proprietor of
Downard Billiard Saloon,
South Side of Seventeenth Street,
Cheyenne, D. T.
He announces that he has fitted up his hall into a first-class Billiard Saloon, and is prepared to accommodate all who wish to enjoy a pleasant time in a pleasant place. Choice wines, liquors and cigars always on hand.
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 6

Henry, C. A. - 1868

SPAID'S
Celebrated FRESH OYSTERS !
Received daily, by express, at Chas. McDonald's, corner Twentieth and O'Neill streets, opposite Hook & Moore's Corral; for sale by the case or can, and Warranted as fresh as when shipped from the East.
C. A. Henry, General Agent for the Northwest.
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 4

Harlow, W. H. - 1868

Excelsior Coal Mines
Depot and Office cor. O'Neill and Seventeenth streets.
N. H. Heath and W. H. Harlow
Are now prepared to furnish superior coal from their immense mines, at wholesale and retail, delivered with dispatch to any part of the city, free of charge for drayage.
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 4

Heath, N. H. - 1868

Excelsior Coal Mines
Depot and Office cor. O'Neill and Seventeenth streets.
N. H. Heath and W. H. Harlow
Are now prepared to furnish superior coal from their immense mines, at wholesale and retail, delivered with dispatch to any part of the city, free of charge for drayage.
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 4

Buford, Mary Elizabeth [Burgess] - 1908

Name: Elizabeth [Burgess] Buford

Occupation: educator
Born: Cornersville, Tennessee, April, 1860

Daughter of J. J. H. and Elizabeth R. (Chambliss) Burgess.

Education: Bachelor of Arts, The Athenaeum, Columbia, Tennessee.

Married: Clarksville, Tennessee, 1882, Elbridge Gerry Buford

Studied voice, piano, art and language at Columbia University.  Identified for a number of years with prominent educational institutions of the South.  Founder and regent Buford College, Nashville, Tennessee.  Member Confederate Veterans’ Association.

Religion: Protestant

Club:  Shakespeare (director)
Address: Nashville, Tennessee

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for Mary Elizabeth [Burgess] Buford.

Bryan, William James - 1908

Name: William James Bryan

Occupation: U. S. senator
Born: Ft. Mason, Orange County, Florida, October 10, 1876

Son of John Milton ad Louisa Margaret Bryan

Education: Bachelor of Arts, Emory College, Georgia, 1896; Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1899

Married: Lexington, Virginia, September, 1903, Janet Allan.

Admitted to bar, 1899, and has since practiced at Jacksonville Florida; now member of firm Bryan & Bryan; county solicitor Criminal Court of Record, Duval County, Florida, 1902-7; appointed U. S. senator, December 26, 1907, to fill unexpired term of S. R. Mallory, deceased.; term expires 1909.

Politics: Democrat
Religion: Episcopalian

Home Address: Jacksonville, Florida

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for William James Bryan.

Boynton, George Rufus - 1908

Name: George Rufus Boynton

Occupation: painter
Born: Pleasant Grove, Wisconsin, October 16, 1861

Son of David and Julia (Hancock) Boynton

Education: high school and normal college, in Minnesota, National Academy of Design and Art Students League (Elliot silver medal, 1876), and under Walter Shirlaw, C. Y. Turner and J. G. Brown, New York.

Married: New Brighton, S. I., New York, July 8, 1906, Mary Ellicott Junius.

Began drawing while at school; went to New York, 1875.  Has painted portraits of General F. D. Grant, General A. S. Webb, General C. S. Roe, Commodore F. G. Bourne, Commodore W. S. Alley, General Stewart L. Woodford, General James Grant Wilson, and many others.

Home Address: New Brighton, S. I., New York
Studio Address: 58 West 57th Street, New York.

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

Boyd, John Franklin "Frank" - 1908

Name: John Frank Boyd

Occupation: congressman
Born: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, August 8, 1853

Son of John and Rebecca Boyd

Education: Abington (Illinois) College, 2 years; studied law, and admitted to bar,

Married: 1881, Mabel Ayres, of Galva, Illinois.

Lived on farm in Henry County, Illinois, 1857-75.  County attorney, Antelope County, Nebraska, 1888-96; judge 9th Judicial District, 1907-9

Politics: Republican

Home Address: Neligh, Nebraska.

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for John Franklin "Frank" Boyd.

Blackall, Christopher Rubey - 1908

Name: Christopher Rubey Blackall

Occupation: editor
Born: Albany, New York, September 18, 1830
Died:
Son of Benjamin and Sarah Blackall

Education: public schools; Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Hygieo Therapeutic Medical College, New York, 1856, and Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1865; (Doctor of Divinity, Carson and Newman Colleges, 1896, Temple College, 1906)

Married: 1st, 1852, Eliza Davis; 2nd, 1873, Mrs. Emily Lucas Bryant; 3rd, 1900, Mrs. Eugenie Hitchcock McLure.

Assistant surgeon 33d Wisconsin Volunteers, early part Civil War.  Abandoned medicine, 1864.  General superintendent and editor, Chicago Sunday School Union, 1864-5; secretary and manager northwestern district, American Baptist Publication Society, 1865-79; connected with New York and Philadelphia branch houses, 1869-80; editor of periodicals since 1880, American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia.  Ordained to Christian ministry, 1880.  Director Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association; member executive committee, Philadelphia Sunday School Association; president Pennsylvania Baptist Council Brotherhood Andrew and Philip.  Member of National Geographic Society.

Author: Our Sunday School Work and How to Do It, 1877, B4; Story of Six Decades, 1885, O1; Balshazzar (cantata) 1890, D2; Stories About Jesus, 1897, B4

Home Address: Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Office Address: 1630 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for Christopher Rubey Blackall.

Bennett, Nathaniel Claude - 1908

Name: Nathaniel Claude Bennett

Occupation: founder and manager Congressional Information Bureau
Born: Thomson, Georgia, November 29, 1866
Son of Nathaniel J. and Eugenia (Pearce) Bennett

Education: graduated Emory College, 1888

Married: unmarried

Washington correspondent, government official, 1888-97; established Congressional Information Bureau, 1897, only one of its kind, that prepares for Congressmen any desired data and conducts national and international business in Congressional and departmental advices and miscellaneous research.  Member National Geographical Society, Sons of the American Revolution.

Clubs: (charter member) University, Phi Delta Theta (Washington); Reform (New York).

Home Address: 1814 K Street
Office Address: Bond Building, Washington.

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for Nathaniel Claude Bennett.

Bartlett, George Arthur - 1908

Name: George A. Bartlett

Occupation: congressman
Born: San Francisco, November 30, 1869

Education: public school education; Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, Washington, 1894

Removed to Nevada in infancy; admitted to bar, 1894, and since engaged in practice in Nevada; district attorney Eureka Company, Nevada, 2 years; member 60th Congress, from Nevada at-large, 1907-9

Politics: Democrat

Address: Tonopah, Nevada.

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for George Arthur Bartlett.

Edwards, C. H. - 1868

C. H. Edwards.
Boots & Shoes.
Sixteenth street, near corner of Ferguson
Custom Work a Specialty.
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 3

Graham, J. W. (Dr.) - 1868

James Irwin, M. D.                                                                                                    J. W. Graham, M. D.
Irwin & Graham,
Physicians & Surgeons,
Furish [sic] their own medicines. Office on Ferguson street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Streets.
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 2

Ford, B. L. - 1868

B. L. Ford & Co.
RESTAURANT
Sixteenth Street
Between Ferguson and Eddy.
This house is fitted up regardless of expense, is clean and free from dust. As caterers to the public the proprietors acknowledge no superior west of the Missouri river. We will give regular meals three times a day. Breakfast from seven to nine o'clock, dinner from half-past twelve to three o'clock, and supper from six to eight o'clock.

Meals at all Hours.

We will give an extra dinner every Sunday Pledging ourselves to do the best we can to get up a square meal for every customer, we solicit a share of the public patronage.
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 2

Ullman, Daniel - 1868

Daniel Ullman,
Meat & Vegetable Market
Tholmes Street, Cheyenne
This market is now open and prepared to furnish the best and every variety of meat and vegetables at all times. None but
American Cattle
will be slaughtered for this market. Satisfaction in every particular guaranteed, and the patronage of the public solicited.
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 2

Gottesleben, P. - 1868

J. H. Hense & Co.,
Manufacturers of fine
Native Gold Jewelry,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Silverware, etc., Best Windoe Glass mouldings and Mirrors, at wholesale.
No. 46, Larimer st., third house from F st., Denver Colorado.
J. H. Hense                                                                                                                      P. Gottesleben
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 2

Hense, J. H. - 1868

J. H. Hense & Co.,
Manufacturers of fine
Native Gold Jewelry,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Silverware, etc., Best Windoe Glass mouldings and Mirrors, at wholesale.
No. 46, Larimer st., third house from F st., Denver Colorado.
J. H. Hense                                                                                                                      P. Gottesleben
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 2

Gardner, D. N. - 1868

A. E. Moyn                                                                                                                      D. N. Gardner
Moyn & Gardner's
New Planning Mill !
F Street, Denver, Colorado,
Is prepared to execute promptly every description of work in their line, comprising
Planing, matching, Sawing, etc.
Particular attention given to lumber orders, from Cheyenne and Plains towns.
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 2

Moyn, A. E. - 1868

A. E. Moyn                                                                                                                      D. N. Gardner
Moyn & Gardner's
New Planning Mill !
F Street, Denver, Colorado,
Is prepared to execute promptly every description of work in their line, comprising
Planing, matching, Sawing, etc.
Particular attention given to lumber orders, from Cheyenne and Plains towns.
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~ Cheyenne Leader, 02-Jan-1868, Page 2, Column 2