Abbott, Josiah Gardner – Abraham, Woodward
Abbott, Josiah Gardner
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 1, 1815, in Chelmsford, Mass.
He received a classical education, graduating from Harvard university in 1832. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1836; a state senator in 1841-42; was judge of the superior court in 1855; and successfully contested the seat of Rufus S. Frost as a representative from Massachusetts to the Forty-fourth congress. He declined the renomination, and was subsequently a candidate for the United States senate, and for the governorship of Massachusetts. He died June 2, 1891, in Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Abbott, Lyman
lawyer, clergyman, journalist, author, was born Dec. 18, 1835, in Roxbury, Mass. He is a congregational minister of broad views, who as editor of The Illustrated Christian Weekly and successor to Henry Ward Beecher as pastor of Plymouth church of Brooklyn, has exercised a wide influence. He is the author of Christianity and Social Problems; Jesus of Nazareth; Old Testament Shadows of New Testament Truths; Illustrated Commentary on the New Testament; A Layman's Story; How to Study the Bible; Life of Christ; In Aid of Faith; The Evolution of Christianity; A Study in Human Nature; and Dictionary of Religious Knowledge.
Abbott, Nehemiah
lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born March 29, 1806, in Sidney, Maine. He was a member of the house of representatives in the Maine legislature in 1842-43; and was elected a representative from Maine to the Thirty-fifth congress.
Abbott, Russell Bigelow
clergyman, educator, college president, author, was born Aug. 8, 1823, in Brookville, Ind.
He received his education at the Indiana university, and during 1850-55 was principal of Newcastle seminary, and of the presbyterian for the two succeeding years. In 1857 he was ordained a clergyman in the presbyterian church, and filled pastorates in Brookville in 1857-64; and Knightstown in 1864-66; when he moved to Minnesota. In 1869 he was appointed principal of the St. Paul seminary, when he received a call as pastor of the presbyterian church of Albert Lea, which position he filled till 1884. Since 1884 he has been president of the Albert Lea college, and pastor of the presbyterian church. He is the author of History and Analysis of the Books of the Bible; Biblical History; and other works.
Abeel, David
missionary, author, was born June 12, 1804, in New Brunswick, N. J. He was a reformed Dutch missionary in China; and the author of Journal of a Residence in China; A Missionary Convention at Jerusalem; and The Claims of the World to the Gospel.
He died Sept. 4, 1846, in Albany, N. Y.
Abell, Arunah S
founder of the Baltimore Sun, was born Aug. 8, 1806, in Providence, R. I. The Baltimore Sun was established as a penny paper in 1837 and placed under the special management of Mr. Abell. Upon this journal he won distinguished success. In 1868 he bought the interests of his associates in The Baltimore Sun, and thenceforward was sole owner of a property which made the fortunes of his family. The Baltimore Sun is now owned by the corporation of The A. S. Abell Co. He died April 19, 1888, in Baltimore, Md.
Abercrombie, James
congressman, was born in Georgia. Moving to Alabama, he was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1855.
Abercrombie, James
clergyman, was born in 1758 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was principal of the Philadelphia academy from 1810 to 1819, and retired from the ministry in 1833. He published Lectures on the Catechism; and several sermons. He died June 26, 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Abercrombie, John Joseph
soldier, was born 1802, in Tennessee. In 1822 he graduated from West Point; served in the Florida, Mexican and civil wars; and was brevetted brigadier-general. He retired in 1865; and died Jan. 3, 1877, in Roslyn, N. Y.
Abernethy, Alonzo
soldier, educator, college president, was born April 14, 1836, in Sandusky county, Ohio. He received his early education in the public schools of Bellevue, Ohio. In 1854 he moved with his parents to Illyria, Iowa, in which state he attended the Burlington academy; and subsequently entered the university of Chicago, from which he graduated in 1866. He served as a union soldier during the civil war, enlisting in company F, Ninth Iowa volunteer infantry, serving four years, going out as a private and returning as lieutenant-colonel in command; and was twice wounded. He was in forty battles, including Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Brandon, and Atlanta. In 1866 he represented his county in the lower house of the Eleventh general assembly. In 1870 he was elected principal of the Des Moines Baptist college, served one year, and has been a member of its board of trustees continuously since. In 1871 he was elected superintendent of public instruction Iowa; was re-elected in 1873, and again in 1875. In 1876 he served as president of the university of Chicago; and since 1881 he has been connected with the Cedar Valley seminary of Osage, Iowa. of
Abernethy, George
governor of Oregon, was born in 1807 in Scotland. He came to the United States with his parents in 1809, and settled in New York state. In 1840 he moved to Oregon, and was governor of Oregon during 1845-49, before the creation of Oregon as a territory. He died in 1877 in Portland, Ore.
Abert, Byron D. L
soldier, business man, was born Dec. 2, 1841, in Milwaukee, Wis. He enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin infantry regiment of volunteers, in which he became corporal of company E. In 1864 he was promoted to first lieutenant; and in 1865 was elected superintendent of the county poor.
Abert, George
pioneer, state legislator, was born May 10, 1817, in France. He helped to build up Milwaukee; and in 1839 erected the first bakery on the west side of the present city of Milwaukee. In 1846 he was chosen alderman; and for six terms during 1861-72 he was a member of the state legislature. In 1865 he established the first iron foundry. He died Oct. 14, 1890, in Milwaukee, Wis.
Abert, George A
business man, state senator, was born Oct. 22, 1840, in Milwaukee, Wis. In 1877-78 he was state senator from the seventh Wisconsin district; and in 1879 he served as a city commissioner of public works of Milwaukee, Wis.
Abert, James William
soldier, was born Nov. 18, 1820, in Mount Holly, N. J. He served through the civil war; attained the rank of major of the United States engineers, and resigned from the army in 1864. He was examiner of patents in Washington; and later professor of mathematics and drawing in the university of Missouri at Rolla.
Abert, John B
soldier, mechanic, was born May 16, 1848, in Milwaukee, Wis.
He was noted as an expert mechanic. In 1864 he enlisted in the Forty-fifth Wisconsin regiment of volunteers and served until the close of the war.
Abert, John James
soldier, was born Sept. 17, 1788, in Shepherdtown, Va.
In 1829 he succeeded to the charge of the topographical bureau at Washington, and in 1838 became colonel in command of that branch of the engineers. He was retired in 1861 after long and faithful service. Colonel Abert was associated in the supervision of many of the earlier national works of engineering, and his reports prepared for the government are standards of authority. He was a member of several scientific societies, and was one of the organizers of the national institute of science, which was subsequently merged into the Smithsonian institute. He died Sept. 27, 1863, in Washington, D. C.
Abert, Silvanus Thayer
civil engineer, author, was born July 22, 1828, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a civil engineer in the United States service; and the author of Notes Historical and Statistical upon the Projected Route for an Interoceanic Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific.
Abert, William
soldier, was born Nov. 18, 1820, in Mount Holly, N. J. He graduated from West Point in 1842. After service in the infantry he was transferred to the topographical engineers, and was engaged on the survey of the northern lakes in 1843-44. He then served on the expedition to New Mexico, and published a report. From 1848 to 1850 he was assistant in drawing at West Point, and from 1851 to 1860 he was engaged in the improvement of western rivers. During the civil war he served with distinction.
Abert, William Stone
lawyer, was born July 27, 1845, in Washington, D. C. He is a prominent lawyer of Washington; and among the notable cases in which he has figured may be mentioned The Washington city postoffice case and the Powell will case.
Abert, William Stretch
soldier, was born Feb. 1, 1836, in Washington, D. C. He served in the civil war; was brevetted major in 1862; and brigadiergeneral in 1865. He died Aug. 25, 1867, in Galveston, Texas.
Abraham, Abraham
merchant, was born March 9, 1843, in New York city. He became senior partner of the present firm of Abraham and Straus, dry goods merchants. He is an excellent merchant, and his store is now the leading bazaar of Brooklyn, N. Y., employing more than two thousand persons, and covering about thirty city lots.
Abraham, Woodward
journalist, business man, was born Oct. 2, 1814, in Maryland. He was for a time one of the publishers of two Baltimore journals, The Eastern Express and The Kaleidoscope; but of later years he has devoted himself to the management of an extensive ice business.