History of Livingston County New York United States of America

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Cassius McDonald Barnes, governor of Oklahoma Territory, was born in Livingston county, N.Y., Aug. 25, 1845; son of Henry Hogan and Cemantha (Boyd) Barnes; and grandson of Gideon Barnes. He was educated in the public schools and at the Wesleyan seminary, Albion, Mich. In 1858 he was a telegraph operator at Leavenworth, Kan., and in 1861 enlisted in the Union army and was successively private secretary to Gen. Nathaniel Lyon and in the military telegraph and engineering corps. He was chief deputy United States marshal of the western district of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Ark., 1876-'86, and receiver of public moneys of the land office at Guthrie, Oklahoma, in 1889. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1893, and was a member of the 3d and 4th legislatures of Oklahoma, 1895-'97, and speaker of the house in the 3d legislature. He was appointed governor of Oklahoma Territory in April, 1897, by President McKinley, and served until May 13, 1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Edward Bissell Hunt, military engineer, was born in Livingston county, N.Y., June 15, 1822; son of Sanford and Fanny (Rose) Hunt, and a brother of Washington Hunt He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy, July 1, 1845; entered the corps of engineers; was commissioned 2d lieutenant in December, 1845, and was assistant to the board of engineers for coast defence at New York, 1845-46. He was assistant professor of civil and military engineering at the U.S. Military academy, 1846-49, and assistant engineer in tbe construction of Fort Warren, Boston harbor, 1849-51. He served in the office of Professor Bache, superintendent of the U.S. coast survey, 1851-55, and was engaged in the construction of fortifications and lighthouses on the coast of Rhode Island, 1855-57; in the construction of Fort Taylor and other defensive works at Key West, Fla., 1857-62; and was promoted captain, July 1, 1859. He was made chief engineer of the Department of the Shenandoah in April, 1862, and was subsequently engaged on fortifications in Connecticut and Rhode Island. He was promoted major, March 3, 1863. In October, 1863, under special order from the navy department, he engaged in perfecting a submarine battery which he had invented. While making experiments on this battery he was suffocated by the escaping gases. He was married in October, 1852, to Helen Maria, daughter of Prof. Nathan W. Fiske, afterward known as Helen Hunt Jackson He is the author of Union Foundations: a Study of American Nationality as a Fact of Science (1863). He died at the U.S. navy yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1863.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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