Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat)
Viscount was the first Director of Railways in Japan and is known as the" father of the Japanese railways".
Obata Toramori
He was the father of Obata Masamori.
Anacyndaraxes
Anacyndaraxes was the father of Sardanapalus, king of Assyria.
David Birney
David Edwin Birney( born April 23, 1939) is an American actor/ director whose career has performances in both contemporary and classical roles in theatre, film and television.
Reed Birney
Reed Birney( born September 11, 1954) is an American actor.
He has worked both on Broadway and Off- Broadway.
In 2016, Birney won a Tony Award for his performance in the play" The Humans".
He also won four Drama Desk Awards and three Obie Awards.
Cleomenes II
Cleomenes II( died 309 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from 369 to 309 BC.
The son of Cleombrotus I, he succeeded his brother Agesipolis II.
He was the father of Acrotatus I, the father of Areus I, and of Cleonymus, the father of Leonidas II.
John Templeton (botanist)
John Templeton( 1766–1825) was an early Irish naturalist and botanist.
He is often referred to as the" Father of Irish Botany".
He was the father of naturalist, artist and entomologist Robert Templeton.
Arthur Beauchamp
Arthur Beauchamp( 1827 – 28 April 1910) was a Member of Parliament from New Zealand.
He is remembered as the father of Harold Beauchamp, who rose to fame as chairman of the Bank of New Zealand and was the father of writer Katherine Mansfield.
James G. Birney
James Gillespie Birney (February 4, 1792November 25, 1857) was an abolitionist, politician, and attorney born in Danville, Kentucky.
He published an abolitionist weekly publication titled "The Philanthropist" and twice served as the presidential nominee for the anti-slavery Liberty Party.
Birney pursued a legal career in Danville after graduating from the College of New Jersey and studying under Alexander J. Dallas.
He volunteered for the campaigns of Henry Clay, served on the town council, and became a Freemason.
In 1816, he won election to the Kentucky House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
In 1818, he established a cotton plantation in Madison County, Alabama, and he won election to the Alabama House of Representatives the following year.
Birney eventually sold the plantation and established a legal practice in Huntsville, Alabama, becoming one of the most successful lawyers in the region.
During the 1820s, Birney became increasingly troubled by the issue of slavery.
He became a member of the American Colonization Society, which advocated for the migration of African Americans to the continent of Africa.
After serving in various roles for the organization, Birney began calling for the immediate abolition of slavery.
In 1835, he moved to Cincinnati, founding "The Philanthropist" the following year.
He also became a member of the American Anti-Slavery Society, but resigned from that group due to his opposition to equal rights for women.
Birney accepted the Liberty Party's nomination in 1840 and received 0.3% of the popular vote.
He accepted the Liberty Party nomination again in 1844 and received 2.3% of the popular vote, finishing behind James K. Polk and Clay.
Birney moved to Michigan in 1841 and helped establish the town of Bay City, Michigan.
William Birney
William Birney (May 28, 1819 – August 14, 1907) was a professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War, attorney and author.
An ardent abolitionist, he was noted for encouraging thousands of free black men to join the Union army.
Birney was a son of prominent Southern abolitionist leader James G. Birney and the older brother of Civil War general David B. Birney.
Another brother, James M. Birney, served as Lieutenant Governor of Michigan in 1860.
A cousin, Humphrey Marshall was a U.S. Congressman and a general in the Confederate States Army.

Question: What is the place of birth of William Birney's father?