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Appleton, Samuel – Arkell, James
Appleton, Samuel
merchant, philanthropist, was born June 22, 1766, in New Ipswich, N. H. He was an importer; established cotton mills at Waltham and Lowell, Mass.; and at his death the sum of two hundred thousand dollars was distributed among charities.
Appleton, Thomas Gold
artist, author, was born March 31, 1812, in Boston, Mass. He was the author of A Sheaf of Papers; A Nile Journal; Windfalls; Syrian Sunshine; Chequer-Work; and Faded Leaves, a volume of verse. He died April 17, 1884, in New York.
Apthorp, William Foster
author, was born in 1848 in Massachusetts.
He is a musical newspaper critic of Boston, and the author of Musicians and Music-Lovers, and Other Essays. He has translated Zola's Jacques Damour.
Arbuckle, Charles
coffee importer; was born in 1833 in Allegheny City, Pa. His early years were passed in Allegheny City, Pa., where he became a prominent wholesale grocer. In 1871 Mr. Arbuckle, with his brother John, established a factory for the preparation of roasted and ground coffee in Brooklyn, N. Y., and in 1875 transferred all his interests to that city. He died March 27, 1891, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Arbuckle, John
importer and manufacturer. He spent his early life in Allegheny, Pa. In 1871 he engaged with his brother Charles in the preparation of roasted and ground coffee, their factory being located in Brooklyn; and he is now head of the firm of Arbuckle Brothers.
He is also a director in the Importers' and Traders' bank, and is president of the Royal Horse association, a syndicate owning ranches in Wyoming.
Arbury, Frederick Walter
educator, was born Nov. 8, 1856, in Flint, Mich. He received the rudiments of his education in the Flint public schools, and in 1883 graduated from the university of Michigan. For five years he was superintendent of public schools of Flint, Mich.; three years at Houghton; and four years at Battle Creek. Since 1895 he has been connected with a Boston publishing house.
Archbald, Robert Wodrow
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 10, 1848, in Carbondale, Pa. He graduated from Yale college in 1871; in 1884 was elected additional law judge of the forty-fifth judicial district of Pennsylvania. He has since been president judge of the said district, receiving the re-election in 1894 for another ten years.
Archer, Henry Hayes
street railway manager, was born July 1, 1860, in Rokeby, Pa. He is president of the Valley Railway company, of Scranton, and vice-president of the People's Railway company of Scranton, and the system of which he is manager comprises thirtyeight miles of road, owned by seven different companies, though operated by the Scranton Traction company.
Archer, Stevenson
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1827, in Harford county, Md. He graduated at Princeton college in 1846; adopted the profession of the law; was a member of the Maryland legislature in 1854; in 1866 was elected a representative from Maryland to the fortieth congress; and was reelected to the forty-first, forty-second, and forty-third congresses. His father, bearing the same name, and his grandfather, John Archer, were both representatives in congress from the same district which he represented.
Archibald, George D
college president, was born Feb. 15, 1820, in Washington county, Pa. From 1861-66 was pastor of the First presbyterian church of Madison, Ind.; in 1866-70 president of Hanover college; and from 1873- 74 was president of Wilson Female seminary of Chambersburg, Pa.
Arkell, James
manufacturer, state senator, was born in England. During the civil war he invented a machine for the manufacture of paper sacks; and has erected a number of manufacturing establishments of Arkell and Smiths in several of the largest cities. In 1883 he was elected to the New York senate, and became immediately one of its leading members.