Acheson, Ernest F – Adams, Allen Willson
Acheson, Ernest F
journalist, congressman, was born Sept. 19, 1855, in Washington, Pa. He was educated at Washington and Jefferson college; read law and was admitted to the bar in 1877; and in 1879 purchased The Washington Observer, of which he has since been editor.
He was elected president of the Pennsylvania Editorial association in January, 1893, and in June of the same year was chosen as recording secretary of the National Editorial association. For ten years he was a member of the republican state committee; was a delegate to the republican national conventions at Chicago in 1884 and at St.
Louis in 1896; was elected to the Fiftyfourth; and re-elected to the Fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Acheson, Marcus W
lawyer, jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He settled at Pittsburg, in the practice of his profession. In 1880 he was appointed United States district judge for the western district of Pennsylvania, residing in Washington, Pa.
Acheson, Sarah C
temperance worker, was born Feb. 20, 1844, in Washington, Pa. She has been a power in temperance work in the state of Texas, and has been state president of the Woman's Christian Temperance union. She resides with her husband, Dr. Acheson, in Denison, Texas.
Acheson, Thomas Davis
clergyman, missionary, was born Dec. 8, 1858, in Canada. For eight years he was a missionary, until he accepted the pastorate of the presbyterian church of East Grand Forks, Minn., where his eloquence has made him popular throughout the state.
Acken, William Henry
business man, was born Jan. 11, 1833, in New Brunswick, N. J. He was elected treasurer of the New York rubber company, and so remained until 1883, when he was elected president of the company.
Acker, David D
merchant, was born June 13, 1822, in Bergen county, N. J.
In 1868 he entered the mercantile business; was vice-president of the New York National Exchange bank; and an active and influential member of the Produce and Mercantile Exchanges and Chamber of Commerce. He died March 23, 1888, in New York city.
Acker, Ephraim L
educator, journalist, congressman, was born Jan. 11, 1827, in Marlborough township, Pa. He was editor and publisher of The Norristown Register. He was superintendent of common schools for Montgomery county from 1854 to 1860; and was appointed postmaster at Norristown in 1860. He was inspector of Montgomery county prison three years; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the Fortysecond congress. In
Ackerman, Amos T
lawyer, was born in 1819, in New Hampshire. He received a good education; studied law, and came to the bar in 1841. In 1850 he moved to Georgia and settled in Elberton, where he practiced his profession. 1866 he was appointed United States attorney for the district of Georgia, and remained in office until 1870; in that year he was appointed attorney-general of the United States, and continued in that position until 1872.
Ackerman, Christian
manufacturer, legislator, was born Sept. 4, 1850, in Hanover, Germany. He was elected to the Wisconsin state assembly from Sheboygan in 1894; and received the re-election in 1896.
Ackerman, Ernest Robinson
manufacturer, was born June 17, 1863, in New York city. In 1891 he was elected to the presidency of The Lawrence Cement Co., which produces five thousand barrels per day, nearly an eighth of the whole product in this country. The works of the company extend four miles on the Rondout creek in Ulster county, N. Y. The mills, kilns, storehouses, repair shops, cooper shops, railroads and mines, constitute an extensive plant, requiring the services of about a thousand men. A fleet of twenty-five canal boats, built by the company, transports the product to market by way of The Delaware and Hudson canal and the Hudson river, and a large number of outside vessels find desirable employment in the same business.
Ackerman, Jessie
temperance advocate, was born July 4, 1860. She is a world's temperance missionary under the auspices of the Good Templars and the W. C. T. U.; and has traveled in Australia, China, Japan, Siam, India, Africa, and other lands. Her report in the spring of 1896 shows 200,000 miles traveled; 502 cities visited; 1,417 meetings held; 1,317 lectures and addresses delivered; 9,000 white ribbons distributed; 2,000 men pledged to abstinence; 647 Good Templars initiated; and much other active temperance work performed.
Ackerman, John C
merchant, legislator, was born March 21, 1853, in Luzerne county, Pa. He was elected to the Pennsylvania house of representatives in 1896.
Acklen, Joseph Hayes
lawyer, legislator, was born May 20, 1850, in Nashville, Tenn., the eldest son of Joseph A. S. Acklen and Adelicia Hayes. He was educated during early life by private tutor, subsequently at Burlington college, New Jersey. He graduated in two foreign universities, acquiring a thorough knowledge of both German and French; and finally graduated from the law school of Lebanon, Tenn. Since 1871 he has been actively engaged in the practice of law. He was elected as a democrat and served in the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth congresses from the Third district of Louisiana. In 1884 he returned to Nashville, where he has successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. His writings and speeches on political questions have attracted widespread attention.
Ackley, Horace A
physician, was born in 1815, in Genesee county, N. Y.
He gave a course of lectures in Willoughby Medical college in 1836. He lived in Toledo for three years, and in 1842 settled in Cleveland, in which city he filled the chair of surgery in the Cleveland Medical college until 1858, when he resigned. Here he died April 24, 1859.
Acton, Thomas Coxton
banker, was born Feb. 23, 1823, in New York city.
In 1860 he became commissioner of the New York metropolitan police, and two years later was president of that board, where he remained for seven years, in which office he did good service in suppressing the draft riots. In 1870 he was appointed superintendent of the United States assay office, which post he held for twelve years. He became United States assistant treasurer at New York in 1882, and since 1887 has been president of the bank of New Amsterdam.
Adair, George Washington
capitalist, was born March 1, 1823, in Morgan county, Ga. He has been one of the builders of every Atlanta enterprise; promoter of the Atlanta cotton factory; president of the Georgia Pacific railroad; president of the Tallapoosa Land company; and director of a number of prosperous corporations.
Adair, James
Indian trader, author.
He was a trader with the Indians of the southern states, and for forty years lived exclusively among them. He is the author of a volume entitled The History of the American Indians.
Adair, John
soldier, legislator, United States senator, was born in 1759, in Chester county, S. C. He emigrated to Kentucky in 1787; served as a major in the border warfare of the time; was elected to the Kentucky legislature, serving one year as speaker; in 1799 was a member of the convention which formed the state constitution; subsequently held the office of register of the land office in Kentucky; and was a senator of the United States from Kentucky during the years 1805 and 1806. He commanded the Kentucky troops at the battle of New Orleans under General Jackson, and was appointed a general in the army. He was elected a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1831 to 1833. He died May 19, 1840, in Harrisburg, Ky.
Adair, William
horticulturist, state senator, was born in 1815, near Glasgow, Scotland. In 1834 he settled in Detroit, Mich.; worked as a carpenter until 1840; when he began business as a gardener and horticulturist. He held several local positions of honor in Detroit, among them president of the Detroit Mechanics' society and president of St. Andrew's society. He was state senator of Michigan for nine years during 1861-77. a
Adams, Abigail Smith
author, was born Nov. 23, 1744, in Weymouth, Mass.
Her father was the Rev. William Smith, for forty years congregat ional clergyman of Weymouth. She was the wife of President John Adams, to whom she was married Oct. 25, 1764.
She was endowed with intellectual gifts, tact, and practical knowledge, and eminently qualified to be the companion of her husband; and was also an inspiration to her gifted son. She is known to literature by her entertaining Letters, edited by her grandson. She died Oct. 28, 1818, in Quincy, Mass.
Adams, Albert Brinsmade
educator, clergyman, poet, was born Nov. 11, 1856, in Kalamazoo county, Mich. He graduated from the Vicksburg high school, Michigan; and for eight years taught school in Mills county, Iowa. He now fills a pastorate in Little Sioux, Iowa, and has attained success as a clergyman and evangelist. He is the author of several meritorious poems, the most notable of which is The Honored Brave.
Adams, Allen Willson
merchant, was born June 25, 1848, in Hampton, N.
Y. He is a merchant of New York city, and for several years past has done a large and successful business.