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Ahl, John A

manufacturer, gressman, was born in August, 1815, in Strasburg, Pa. He received a good En- •glish education; studied medicine with his father and graduated at the Washington Medical college of Baltimore. He abandoned his profession in 1850, and turned his attention to various kinds of manufactures. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirtyfifth congress.

Ahrens, Mary A

lawyer, philanthropist, was born Dec. 29, 1836, in England. She received her education in the seminary of Galesburg, Ill.; and in 1889 graduated from the Chicago Union College of Law.

She has been vice-president of the Protective Agency for Women and Children; chairman of the Woman's School Suffrage association of Cook county; and is a member of the Illinois Woman's Press association.

Aiken, Charles Augustus

educator, college president, was born Oct. 30, 1827, in Manchester, Vt. He was graduated at Dartmouth college in 1846 and at Andover Theological seminary in 1853. From 1859 to 1866 he was professor of Latin at Dartmouth, and from 1866 to 1869 at Princeton college. From 1869 to 1871 he was president of Union college.

Aiken, John

educator, was born in 1797 in Vermont. He was trustee of the Andover Theological seminary, and for fifteen years one of the board of commissioners for foreign missions. He died Feb. 11, 1867.

Aikens, Andrew Jackson

manufacturer, journalist, was born Oct. 31, 1830, in Barnard, Vt. In 1856 he was city editor of the Evening Wisconsin; and in 1864 the firm of Cramer, Aikens and Cramer, commenced publication of the patent insides with advertisements, being the only pioneer house in the business.

Aikman, William

clergyman, author, was born in 1824 in Italy. He was a presbyterian clergyman; and the author of The Moral Power of the Sea; Life at Home, or the Family and Its Members; The Altar in the Home; and A Bachelor's Talks about Married Life.

Ainsworth, Laban

clergyman, was born July 19, 1757, in Woodstock, Conn.

He graduated from Dartmouth college in 1778, and was ordained pastor of the church at Jaffrey in 1782, where he remained until his death, seventy-six years. This is probably the longest pastorate on record. He died March 17, 1858, in Jaffrey, N. H.

Akerly, Samuel

physician, author, was born in 1785. He was graduated at Columbia college in 1804. He contributed to medical and scientific periodicals, was active in establishing institutions for deaf mutes and the blind, and published an Essay on the Geology of the Hudson River and Observations on Deafness. He died July 6, 1845, on Staten Island, N. Y.

Akerman, Amos Tappan

lawyer, was born 1819 in New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth college in 1842, was admitted to the bar in 1841, and settled in Elberton, Ga., in 1850. He followed his state in secession in 1861, and served the confederate government in the quartermaster's department; but after the war he was a republican and reconstructionist. He was appointed district attorney for Georgia in 1866 and attorney-general of the United States in 1870, remaining in that office until 1872.

Akers, Benjamin Paul

sculptor, was born July 16, 1825, in Westbrook, Maine. His best known works are: Peace; Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; Diana and Endymion; Paul and Francesca; Milton; and The Dead Pearl Diver. He died May 21, 1861, in Philadelphia, Pa. man.

Akers, Thomas Peter

congress- He was elected a representative from Missouri to the thirty-fourth congress for the unexpired term of J. G. Miller, and served one session.

Akins, Francis Asahel

farmer and secretary State Grange, was born Jan. 2, 1849, in Mayfield, Ohio. He graduated from the Baldwin university of Berea, Ohio. He was president of the state association of Mutual Fire Insurance associations; in 1890 was elected secretary of the Ohio State Grange Patrons of Husbandry, and received the re-election for four successive terms.