Anderson, James Patton – Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn
Anderson, James Patton
soldier, was born in 1820 in Tennessee. During the civil war he held the rank of brigadier-general, C. S. A., and was promoted major-general in 1864. He died in 1873 in Memphis, Tenn.
Anderson, James W. D
clergyman, lecturer, poet, was born March 3, 1859, in Coffey county, Kan. He is a successful methodist clergyman and lecturer of Kansas. He is the author of a work entitled The Kansas Methodist Pulpit; and is also the author of a number of meritorious poems.
Anderson, Jerome A
surgeon, lecturer, poet, was born July 25, 1849, in Randolph county, Ind. In 1857 he removed to Kansas, and at the age of sixteen was a member of the Kansas troops in the Price raid of the late civil war.
In 1872 he removed to California. After graduating, Mr. Anderson served one year as surgeon on the Pacific mail steamer, and has practiced medicine continually since. He is at present editing a department of Oriental Literature in the Golden Era of San Diego, being also engaged in writing and lecturing upon Theosophy.
Anderson, John
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in Windham, Conn. In 1813 he graduated from Bowdoin college, and became a noted lawyer of Portland, Maine. In 1823 he served with distinc-- tion as a member of the Maine state senate; and during 1825-33 was an able and useful member of congress. During 1833-36 he was United States district attorney for Maine; and for many years was collector of the port for Portland. He was three times chosen mayor of Portland, and discharged his duties with great ability. He died in 1853.
Anderson, John A
congressman, was born June 6, 1834, in Washington county, Pa. He graduated at Miami university, Ohio, in 1853; removed to California; in 1857 was ordained a minister of the presbyterian church; was elected trustee of the State Insane asylum in 1860; was a chaplain of volunteers in 1862; was in the service of the United States sanitary commission from 1863 to 1867, and was president of the Kansas State Agricultural college from 1875 to 1879. He was elected a representative from Kansas to the forty-sixth, fortyseventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth, and fifty-first congresses.
Anderson, John Jacob
educator, author, was born in 1821, in New York city. He is an educator of New York city who prepared a number of historical text books, among which are A History of France; and Common School History of the United States.
Anderson, Joseph
soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Nov. 5, 1757, near Philadelphia, Pa. He was appointed an ensign in the New Jersey line in 1775; was promoted to an adjutancy; as a captain fought at the battle of Monmouth; also went in 1779 with Sullivan against the Six Nations; in 1780 was at Valley Forge; in 1781 at the siege of York; and after the war retired with the rank of brevet major. He practiced law in Delaware for seven years.
In 1791 was appointed judge of the territory south of the Ohio river; remained in that position until the first constitution of Tennessee was formed, which he aided in forming in convention; and was an influential member of the United States senate from Tennessee from 1797 to 1815. He was appointed in 1815 first comptroller of the treasury, where he remained until 1836. He died April 17, 1837, in Washington, D. C.
Anderson, Joseph
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 16, 1836, in Scotland. He has been pastor of congregational churches in Stamford, Norwalk and Waterbury, Conn.; at the latter since 1865. In 1877 and 1890 he was moderator of the general association of Connecticut, and in 1878 of the congregational churches of the Connecticut general conference.
He is the author of The Church of Mattatuck; and History of Waterbury.
Anderson, Joseph H
congressman, was born in New York. He was elected a representative in congress from that state, from 1843 to 1847.
Anderson, Joseph W
railroad president, was born Feb. 5, 1837, in York county, Pa. Since 1895 he has been president of the Stewartstown railroad of Pennsylvania.
Anderson, Josephus
clergyman, journalist, author, was born Oct. 7, 1829, in Hanover county, Va. He is one of the foremost clergymen of the methodist episcopal church south; and has held the highest offices in the gift of that denomination. For the past ten years he has been editor of the Florida Christian Advocate of Leesburg, Fla.
Anderson, Josiah M
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress from the third district in that state, from 1849 to 1852; and was delegate to the peace congress of 1861.
Anderson, Lucien
lawyer, congressman, was born June, 1824, in Mayfield, Ky. He received a good English education; adopted the profession of the law; was a presidential elector in 1852; served for two terms as a member of the Kentucky legislature. In 1863 was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-eighth congress. He was a delegate to the Baltimore convention of 1864, and a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists' convention of 1866.
Anderson, Marion T
soldier, was born Nov. 13, 1839, in Clarksburg, Ind.
He served as a union soldier during the civil war, and joined company C, seventh Indiana volunteer infantry; and was in the first battle of the war, and captured the first rebel flag.
He was promoted to sergeant, acting major of the regiment, and in 1862 was commissioned second lieutenant.
In 1863 he received his commission as captain, and as such was severely wounded on Dec. 31 of that year. For seven months he was an inmate of Libby prison; was one of the seventy-five officers who drew lots for their lives to afford two victims to be hanged the following morning in retaliation for some executions of rebel spies made by Gen. Burnside in Kentucky; and on Dec. 11 made his successful escape from that prison.
Andern, Mary
actress, was born July 28, 1859, in Sacramento, Cal. Her remarkable beauty and grace aided materially in making her a social as well as a dramatic success. In 1890 she married Mr. Navarro of New York, and retired from the stage.
Anderson, Melville Best
educator, translator, and critic, was born March 28, 1851, in Kalamazoo, Mich. He is a professor of English literature in Stanford university, California. He is the translator of Victor Hugo's William Shakespeare, and several other works, including Paul and Virginia. He is noted as a literary critic, and for many years has been a contributor to The Dial.
Anderson, Norton Brock
lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 8, 1843, in Todd county, Ky. He received his education at the Paducah college, Kentucky, Bethel college of Russellville, Ky.; and at Harvard university. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Platte City, Mo., and in 1870 was elected prosecuting attorney of his county. During 1889-93 he served as a member of the Missouri state senate. He was one of the revisers of the Missouri general statutes; and has contributed extensively to law literature.
Anderson, Ophelia Brown
actress, was born July 24, 1813, in Boston.
She was the daughter of Mrs. Pelby, an actress, and appeared on the stage in Boston, when two years old, as Cora's child in Pizarro. She became a favorite with the American public, and was the chief attraction in the Tremont and National theaters, of which successively her father was the manager. She died Jan. 27, 1852, in Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Anderson, Oscar David
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 27, 1854, in Jamestown, N. Y. He has attained success as an able lawyer of Red Wing, Minn.; has been justice of the peace; judge of probate court; court commissioner; and has filled various other public positions of trust. a
Anderson, Otto Leander
farmer, lecturer, legislator, was born Feb. 27, 1849, in Sweden. He is a successful farmer of Rockerville, S. D.; was a representative in the fifth session of the South Dakota legislature; and a successful alliance lecturer and organizer of the people's party.
Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn
author, was born Jan. 12, 1846, in Albion, Wis.
In 1866 he became professor of Greek and modern languages in Albion academy, near his home. In 1869 he became instructor in languages in the university of Wisconsin, and in 1875-83 filled the chair of Scandinavian languages and literature in that institution, where he also founded a Scandinavian library. He has been a prolific writer, and has contributed to Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia; McClintock and Strong's Cyclopedia, The American Supplement of the Encyclopedia Britannica; and to the last edition of Chambers' Encyclopedia. He has lectured extensively on the subject of Norse literature and mythology. During 1885- 89 he was United States minister to Denmark. As an author of books he has won an enviable reputation, his principal works being Norse Mythology; America Not Discovered by Columbus; Echoes from Mist-Land; History of the Literature of the Scandinavian North; Viking Tales of the North; The Younger Edda; The Elder Edda; and various other works.