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Brady, Jasper E., lawyer, congressman, was born in New Jersey. In 1847-49 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirtieth congress. He died Jan. 23, 1870, in Washington. D.C.

[Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar]

Broome, Jacob, congressman, was born July 25, 1808, in Baltimore, Md. In 1840 he was deputy auditor of Pennsylvania. In 1855-57 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-fourth congress. He died in November, 1864, in Washington, D.C.

[Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar]

Burnett, Ward Benjamin, soldier, civil engineer, was born in 1811 in Pennsylvania. He was engaged with his regiment at the siege of Vera Cruz; and was in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras and Churubuseo during the Mexican war. He received the thanks of the state legislature and a silver medal from the city of New York; and was brevetted brigadier-general. As a civil engineer he was engaged on dry-dock construction in 1849-55. He died June 24, 1884, in Washington, D.C.

[Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar]

Frazer, Philip, lawyer, jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He adopted the profession of the law and settled at Jacksonville, Fla.; and in 1862 was appointed United States district judge for the northern district of Florida. He died in Jacksonville, Fla.

[Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar]