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Alexander, Mark – Allen, Andrew

Alexander, Mark

congressman, was born Feb. 7, 1792, in Mecklenburg county, Virginia. He was elected a representative in the Virginia state legislature in 1815; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1833. He died July 6, 1883, at Scotland Neck, N. C.

Alexander, Matilda G

author, was born June 14, 1842, in Mt. Vernon, Ind. She is the author of Going West; Here and Hereafter; and Worth Wins.

Alexander, Nathaniel

soldier, physician, congressman, governor, was born in 1756, in Mecklenburg, N. C. He graduated from Princeton college in 1776, and, after studying medicine, entered the army. At the close of the war resided at the High Hills of Santee, pursuing his profession, and afterwards at Mecklenburg. While he held a seat in congress, as a representative from North Carolina, from 1803 to 1805, the legislature elected him governor for 1806. He died March 8, 1808, in Salisbury, N. C.

Alexander, Stephen

educator, astronomer, author, was born Sept. 1, 1806, in Schenectady, N. Y. He was an astronomer who was a professor at Princeton college in 1834-78, and the author of Physical Phenomena of Solar Eclipses; and Certain Harmonies of the Solar System. He died June 25, 1883, in Princeton, N. J. in

Alexander, William

soldier, was born in 1726, in New York city. He served gallantly with Washington during the revolutionary war; and it was through him that the Conway Cabal was made known to Washington. He died Jan. 15, 1783, in Albany, N. Y.

Alford, Julius C

congressman, was born in Georgia. He was elected a representative in congress from Troup county, Ga., from 1839 to 1842.

Alger, Horatio

author, was born Jan. 13, 1854, in Revere, Mass. He graduated from Harvard college, and for fifteen years has prepared boys for college in New York city. He is the author of a series of popular juvenile tales, among which the Ragged Dick stories are best known. His stories of the street life in New York have made him a great favorite with boys everywhere.

Alison, Francis

educator, clergyman, was born in 1705 in Ireland. He was appointed vice-provost and professor of philosophy in the college of Philadelphia; and was the pastor of the First presbyterian church of that city. He died Nov. 28, 1779, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Allaire, Anthony J

soldier, was born Feb. 17, 1829, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He served in the civil war; and rose to the rank of brigadier-general. In 1867 he was appointed police captain of the twenty-first precinct of New York city.

Allan, John

antiquarian, was born Feb. 26, 1777, in Scotland. He made a valuable and unique collection of pictures, books, autographs, and rare and curious articles. His collection was sold at auction a short time after his death, and the total receipts amounted to nearly fifty thousand dollars. He died Nov. 19, 1863, in New York city.

Allan, William

soldier, author, was born in 1837 in Virginia. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the confederate army during the civil war; and the author of Battlefields of Virginia; Jackson's Valley Campaign; and Army of Northern Virginia. He died in 1889.

Allen, Andrew

congressman. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress in 1775 to 1776. an