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Iverson, Alfred – Izard, Ralph

Iverson, Alfred

lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 3, 1798, in Burke county, Ga.

He served three years as a member of the house of representatives and one year as senator in the legislature of Georgia. He was twice elected judge of the supreme court. He was elected a representative to the thirtieth congress; and in 1854 was elected to the United States senate for six years from 1855. He died March 4, 1873, in Macon, Ga.

Ives, Alice Emma

dramatist, author, was born in Detroit, Mich. She has attained prominence as a dramatist, and is the author of The Great Brooklyn Handicap; and her play entitled Lorine has been starred by Frederick Paulding.

Ives, Brayton

railroad president, was born in 1841, in Farmington, Conn.

Since 1893 he has been president of the Northern Pacific railroad.

Ives, Levi

physician, journalist, was born in 1750. He was a skillful practitioner, a founder of the New Haven Medical society, and one of the editors of Cases and Observation, which was reputed to be the first medical journal that was published in the United States. He died Oct. 17, 1826, in New Haven, Conn.

Ives, Willard

farmer, congressman, was born July 7, 1806, in Watertown, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1851 to 1853.

Ivins, Horace Fremont

lecturer, journalist, author, was born Oct. 30, 1856, in Bucks county, Pa. He is a lecturer on laryngology and otology in Hahnemann Medical college. He is laryngological editor of the Journal of Ophthalmology, Otology, and Laryngology of New York; and is the author of a text-book entitled Diseases of the Nose and Throat.

Ivison, Henry

publisher, was born Dec. 23, 1808, in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1830 he established the publishing house of Ivison and Company in Auburn, N. Y.; and in 1846 moved his business to New York city. His house made a specialty of publishing educational works, and became well known throughout the United States. He died Nov. 26, 1884, in New York city.

Izard, George

soldier, engineer, governor, author, was born Oct. 21, 1776, in London, England. On the breaking out of the war of 1812 he was appointed colonel of second artillery; brigadier-general in 1813; major-general in 1814; and disbanded in 1815. He was governor of Arkansas territory from 1825 until his death. He published Official Correspondence witn the War Department in 1814 and 1815.

He was the son of Ralph Izard. He died Oct. 22, 1828, in Little Rock, Ark.

Izard, Mark W

governor. He was appointed governor of the territory of Nebraska in 1854, and remained in office until 1857.

Izard, Ralph

diplomat, statesman, was born in 1742, near Charleston, S. C.

He was a delegate to the continental congress in 1782 and 1783; United States senator from 1789 to 1795; and president of the senate pro tem. during the first session of the third congress. He died May 30, 1804, near Charleston, S. C.