Altgeld, John P – Ames, Lucia True
Altgeld, John P
lawyer, governor, was born in December, 1847, in Germany.
When sixteen years of age he entered the Union army, and carried a musket in the James river campaign. At nineteen he began to teach school, and at twenty-one went farther west. In 1884 he published a small volume entitled Our Penal Machinery and Its Victims, and in 1890 a volume entitled Live Questions, being a discussion of some of the problems of the day. In 1894 he published volume two of the work last named. He was elected judge of the superior court of Chicago in 1886, and was for a time chief justice of that court. After serving on the bench about five years he resigned to devote himself to private affairs. Meanwhile he had become interested in Chicago real estate, and built six of the finest business blocks in Chicago, one of them a sixteenstory fire-proof structure called The Unity, which is regarded as one of the finest office buildings in the country. In 1892 he was elected governor of the state of Illinois.
Alvord, Benjamin
soldier, author, was born Aug. 18, 1813, in Rutland, Vt.
He was a United States officer who served in the Mexican and civil wars; and was the author of Tangencies of Circles and Spheres; and Interpretation of Imaginary Roots in Questions of Maxima and Minima. He died Oct. 16, 1884, in Washington, D. C.
Alvord, James C
lawyer, legislator, was a native of Massachusetts. He adopted the profession of the law; served one term in each branch of the state legislature; and was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the twenty-sixth congress, but died in the latter part of 1839, before taking his seat.
Alvord, Thomas Gold
lawyer, statesman, was born Dec. 20, 1810, in Onondaga county, N. Y. He graduated from Yale in 1828; in 1832 was admitted to the New York bar; and in 1844 sent to the legislature, where he remained for ten consecutive terms.
He was elected speaker of the house in 1858 and in 1864; was lieutenant-governor in 1865-66, and a member of the New York state constitutional convention in 1867-68. He is the proprietor of extensive salt mines in central New York.
Ambauen, Andrew Joseph
Roman catholic priest, author, was born March 7, 1847, in Switzerland. In 1872 he was ordained to the priesthood in Milwaukee, Wis., where for thirteen years he worked in various pioneer mission stations in that diocese.
In 1886 he was appointed to St.
Joseph's congregation in Dodgeville, Wis., where he has since faithfully ministered. In the intervals of exacting pastoral duties he has contributed extensively to church and popular literature. Among his works are The Friend of Youth; Roses of Heaven; and Guide to Our Celestial Home; all in the German language. In English he is the author of The Devoted Companion; Our Christian Duties; and The Floral Apostles, or What the Flowers Say to Thinking Man. Father Ambauen is widely popular in his adopted state, both within and without the church, as one whose earnestness and thorough devotion to all causes of good and truth are unfailing and sincere.
Ambler, Jacob A
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 18, 1829, in Pittsburg, Pa. He studied law in Ohio, and in 1857 was elected to the state legislature, and served two terms.
In 1859 he was appointed judge of the ninth judicial district of the state, and served until 1867, when he resumed the practice of his profession.
He was elected to the forty-first and forty-second congresses, serving on the committee on foreign affairs. He still practices law in Salem, Ohio, in partnership with his son, under the firm name of Ambler and Son.
Ambler, William E
lawyer, state senator, jurist, was born Dec. 18, 1845, in Medina, Ohio. Since 1868 he has practiced law in Pentwater, Mich. He has been president of the village, and a member of Neilsen and Company, bankers. He was elected senator in the state legislature in 1878; was re-elected in 1880; and was president pro tem of the senate during his last term. He subsequently became judge of probate for Oceana county.
Ambrose, James W
civil engineer, legislator, was born Jan. 3, 1826, in Industry, Maine. He became a member of the Maine state legislature in 1883. For eighteen years he was commissioner, and is a successful farmer and legislator.
Ambrose, John L
organist, singer, composer, was born in 1844, in Sandwich, N. H. He has composed church music and has prepared a book of Male Quartettes for the work of the Masonic lodge.
Amerman, Lemuel
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 29, 1846, near Danville, Pa. He was professor of ancient languages and English literature in the state normal school at Mansfield, Pa., for three years; was admitted to practice and located in Scranton in 1876; was county solicitor for Lackawanna county in 1879-80; was representative in Pennsylvania legislature, 1881-84; was city comptroller of Scranton, 1885-86; was reporter of the decisions of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, 1886-87. He was largely interested in the construction and operation of water works; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
He died Oct. 7, 1897, in Scranton, Pa.
Ames, Adelbert
soldier, governor, United States congressman, was born Oct. 31, 1835, in Rockland, Maine. He received a classical education; entered the military academy at West Point, and graduated in 1861. He was commissioned second lieutenant of artillery; brevetted major for gallant services at the battle of Bull Run, where he was wounded; brevetted lieutenant-colonel for services at the battle of Malvern Hill; was appointed colonel of volunteers; brevetted colonel for services at the battle of Gettysburg; brevetted major-general of volunteers for services at Fort Fisher; and again brevetted major-general, United States army, at the close of the war, for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the rebellion. He was appointed provisional governor of Mississippi in 1868; appointed to the command of the department of Mississippi in 1869; was elected to the United States senate for six years, taking his seat in 1870. In 1873 he was elected governor of Mississippi.
Ames, Charles Gordon
clergyman, author, was born in 1828, in Massachusetts. He is a unitarian clergyman and pastor of the church of the disciples in Boston. He is the author of George Eliot's Two Marriages; As Natural as Life; and Studies of the Inner Kingdom.
Ames, Edward Raymond
educator, bishop, was born May 20, 1806, in Athens, Ohio. He studied for two years at the Ohio state university, and in 1828 opened a high school at Lebanon, Ill., which in time grew into McKendree college. Here he remained until 1830, when he joined the Indiana methodist episcopal conference and became an itinerant minister, and in 1852 became a bishop.
He died April 25, 1879, in Baltimore, Md.
Ames, Eleanor Maria
journalist, author, was born in 1830. Under the pen name of Eleanor Kirk she has published a number of books; and she is also the proprietor of a magazine entitled Eleanor Kirk's Idea, which is published in Brooklyn, N. Y. She is the author of Up Broadway and Its Sequel; Information for Authors; and Perpetual Youth.
Ames, Fanny B
industrial reformer, lecturer, was born June 14, 1840, in Canandaigua, N. Y. Her first experience in practical work was gained in military hospitals during the war. In 1863 she was married to the Rev. Charles G. Ames.
She has been the president of the children's aid society; was for two years president of the new country club of Philadelphia; and in 1891 was appointed factory inspector in Massachusetts.
Ames, Fisher
orator, statesman, author, was born April 9, 1758, in Dedham, Mass. He graduated from Harvard university in 1774; studied law in Boston, and commenced practice in his native town; distinguished himself as a member of the Massachusetts convention for ratifying the constitution in 1788; and from that body passed into the state legislature. He was soon afterward elected representative in congress, where he served from 1789 to 1797, and gained great reputation for his eloquence and exalted patriotism. He was devotedly attached to Washington, and was the author of the Address from the house of representatives to the president prior to his retirement from office. He wrote much for the papers on the public affairs of America, England, and France, and both as a writer and orator attained a very prominent position, and exerted an extensive influence. In 1809 a collection of his writings, and his life, were published by Rev. Dr. Kirkham; in 1854 a more complete edition was issued, edited by his son. He died July 4, 1808. a
Ames, Joseph
painter, was born Sept. 6, 1816, in Roxbury, N. H. His bestknown pictures are portraits of Ristori, Prescott, Emerson, Rachel, and President Felton, of Harvard, and Gazzaniga.
Among his ideal paintings are: Miranda; Night; Morning; The Death of Webster; and Maud Muller. He died Oct. 30, 1872, in New York.
Ames, Lucia True
author, was born May 5, 1856, in Boscawen, N. H. She is the author of Great Thoughts for Little Thinkers; and Memoirs of a Millionaire, a work of fiction. For many years she has conducted numerous large adult classes in Boston, giving studies in nineteenth century thought.