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Aaron, Samuel – Abbot, Willis John
Aaron, Samuel
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1800 in New Britain, Pa. He was a baptist clergyman and educator of Mount Holly, N. J., and prominent as an anti-slavery advocate. He published a number of popular text-books, and was the author of Faithful Translation. He died April 11, 1865, in Mount Holly, N. J.
Abbatt, Agnes Dean
artist, was born June 23, 1847, in New York city.
She has given special attention to the painting of chrysanthemums, and her most noteworthy pictures are: When Autumn Turns the Leaves; and The Last of the Flowers. In the landscape field she has confined her work mostly to rural scenes in Westchester County, N. Y.
Abbey, Edwin Austin
artist, was born in 1852 in Philadelphia, Pa. He entered the employ of Harper and Brothers of New York city as an illustrator to Harpers' Magazine. He has attracted considerable attention as a water-colorist by such pictures as The Widow; and Reading the Bible.
Abbey, Everett L
educator, author, was born Oct. 10, 1855, in Mayfield, Ohio. He graduated from Wooster University in 1880, and in 1890 traveled in Europe. He is a successful educator of Cambridge, Ohio; and the author of The Passion Play.
Abbey, Richard
clergyman, theologian, author, was born Nov. 16, 1805, in Genesee county, N. Y. He was a prominent clergyman of the southern methodist church, among whose many theological and controversial writings are: End of the Apostolical Succession; Creed of All Men; Diuturnity; Ecce Ecclesia, a Reply to Ecce Homo; and The City of God and the Church Makers.
Abbot, Abiel
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 14, 1765, in Wilton, N. H. He was a congregational clergyman of Connecticut and Massachusetts; and the author of a History of Andover; and a Genealogy of the Abbot Family. He died Jan. 31, 1859, in West Cambridge, Mass.
Abbot, Abiel
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 17, 1770, in Andover, Mass.
He was a congregational clergyman of Beverly, Mass.; and the author of Letters From Cuba. He died June 7, 1828, on Staten Island, N. Y.
Abbot, Gorham Dummer
educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 3, 1807, in Hallowell, Maine. He was a congregational clergyman, long an educator of New York city, and a brother of Jacob Abbott, but returned to an older spelling of his surname. He was the author of Prayer-Book for the Young; Pleasure and Profit; and The Family at Home. He died July 31, 1874, in South Natick, Mass.
Abbot, Henry Larcom
soldier, civil engineer, author, was born Aug. 13, 1831, in Beverly, Mass. He is a general in the United States army, and of prominence as an engineer. Besides several series of Professional Papers, his writings include Lectures on the Defence of the Sea Coast of the United States; and Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River.
Abbot, Joel
congressman, was born March 17, 1766, in Fairfield, Conn., and emigrated to Georgia. He was elected a representative in congress from Wilkes county from 1817 to 1825. He died Nov. 19, 1826, in Washington, Ga.
Abbot, Joel
naval officer, was born Jan. 18, 1793, in Westford, Mass. Congress voted him a handsome sword for gallantry in action off Cumberland Head on Sept. 11, 1814, and he was also promoted lieutenant. In 1852 he commanded the Macedonian in the Japan expedition, and succeeded Commodore Perry as flag-officer of the squadron. He died Dec. 1, 1855, in Hong Kong, China.
Abbot, Willis John
journalist, author, was born in 1863 in Connecticut.
He is a journalist of New York city; and the author of Blue Jackets of 1776; Blue Jackets of 1812; Blue Jackets of 1861, three volumes of history for young people; Battle Fields of 1861; Battle Fields and Camp Fires; Battle Fields and Victory; and Life of Carter Harrison.