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War and served as a clerk in the State Department during Seward's tenure there. (Glyndon G. Van Deusen, William Henry Seward [New York, 1967])
baker, luther byron (1830¬96)
During the Civil War Baker was a ‚rst lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the First District of Columbia Cavalry. For helping to capture John Wilkes Booth, Baker received a $3,000 share of the government reward. (William Hanchett, The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies [Urbana, Ill., 1983]; pension ‚les, National Archives, Washington, D.C.)
balch, george b. (1828¬86)
A farmer who also served as postmaster and railroad agent in Coles County, Illi‚nois, Balch initiated the movement to mark Thomas Lincoln's grave. (HCC; Cole‚man)
bale, esther summers (1821¬72)
Bale came to New Salem with her parents from Green County, Kentucky. In 1839 she married Hardin Bale, operator of a woolen mill there and later in Petersburg, Ill. (Hurdle)
bale, hardin (1816¬79)
Born in Green County, Kentucky, Bale came to Illinois with his parents in 1830. He learned the milling business from his father and built a carding mill at New Salem in 1836¬37. In 1839 Bale moved the establishment to Petersburg and be‚gan a partnership with Samuel Hill. (Hurdle; Miller)
barnet, james
Barnet was living in Camden, Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1867.
barret, richard ferrel (1821¬1908)
The husband of Sarah Rickard, Barret was a veteran of the Mexican War from Sangamon County and later practiced medicine in St. Louis and Kansas City. (ISJ, December 11, 1908; Power)
barret, sarah rickard (1824¬1911)
Sarah Rickard's sister Elizabeth was married to AL's close friend William Butler, a Whig politician and of‚ceholder in Spring‚eld. While boarding with the Butlers in the late 1830s, AL met Sarah and later proposed marriage. (ISJ, October 28, 1911; Power)
barrett, george j. (1818¬77)
A Methodist minister of New York birth, Barrett was a missionary to the Chippewa before serving in several other locations in Illinois. He was the father of Oliver R. Barrett, the Lincoln collector. (Minutes of the 54th Session of the Illinois Annual
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