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Anderson, Otto Leander – Anderson, William Pelby

Anderson, Otto Leander

farmer, lecturer, legislator, was born Feb. 27, 1849, in Sweden. He is a successful farmer of Rockerville, S. D.; was a representative in the fifth session of the South Dakota legislature; and a successful alliance lecturer and organizer of the people's party.

Anderson, Richard Clough

JR., lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1788, in Louisville, Ky. He practiced with success at the Kentucky bar, and, after sitting in the legislature, was elected to congress in 1817 and again the following term. In 1822 he was again returned to the legislature, and was chosen speaker.

He was appointed minister to Columbia in 1823 and in 1826, when, proceeding to the Panama congress as envoy extraordinary, he died on the journey. He died July 24, 1826.

Anderson, Richard H

soldier, was born Oct. 7, 1821, in Slatesburg, S. C.

He was made a brigadier-general in the confederate army, promoted to lieutenantgeneral in 1864, and in the Wilderness campaign had several important commands. He died June 26, 1879, in Beaufort, S. C.

Anderson, Robert Houston

soldier, was born Oct. 1, 1835, in Savannah, Ga. He entered the confederate army in 1861 and rose by successive advancements to brigadier-general in 1864.

Anderson, Robert L

railroad president, was born Dec. 11, 1856, in Mayfield, Ky. He is president of the Live Oak and Gulf railroad at Ocala, Fla.

Andrew, Samuel

clergyman, was born in 1656, in Cambridge, Mass. In 1707- 19 he was rector of Yale college. He died Jan. 24, 1738.

Anderson, Thomas

soldier, clergyman, was born Jan. 1, 1791, in Mercer county, Pa. He graduated in 1820 from the Washington college of Washington, Pa. He served as a private during the war of 1812. In 1825 he entered the ministry, and was a home missionary in western Pennsylvania from that time until 1843. He died Dec. 20, 1853. re-

Anderson, William

soldier, jurist, congressman, was born in 1763, in Chester county, Pa. He served throughout the revolutionary war with credit, taking a prominent part in the siege of Yorktown.

After the war returned to Delaware county, Pa.; was a representative in congress from that state from 1809 to 1815, and from 1817 to 1819; was afterwards a judge of Delaware county court, and a customhouse officer at Chester, Pa. died Dec. 14, 1829, in Chester, Pa.

He

Anderson, William

clergyman, was born April 29, 1864, in England. He was a local preacher in the Wesleyan methodist church in England; and subsequently attended the Drew Theological seminary of Madison, N. J. He is now one of the foremost clergymen of the south in the methodist episcopal church, and fills a pastorate in Wheeling, W. Va.

Anderson, William C

lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 6, 1826, in Lancaster, Ky. He was educated at the college of Danville; and adopted the profession of the law. He served in the Kentucky legislature in 1851 and 1853; was a presidential elector in 1856; and in 1859 was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-sixth congress. died Dec. 23, 1861, in Frankfort, Ky.

He

Anderson, William J

lawyer, public official, was born May 20, 1854, in Ontario, Canada. He received his education in the public schools of the United States; has occupied the positions of receiver of public moneys; county auditor, and mayor of Grand Forks, N. D. He takes an active part in public affairs; and was appointed a judge at the World's Columbian exposition.

Anderson, William Pelby

actor, manager, was born March 16, 1793, in Boston, Mass. He managed the Tremont; built the Warren theater; and appeared in London as Hamlet and Brutus.