Anderson, William Colman – Andrews, Edward Gayer
Anderson, William Colman
was born July 11, 1853, near Greeneville, Tenn.
He was raised on a farm; graduated from Tusculum college in 1876; read law at Newport, Tenn., and was admitted to the bar in 1878. He was elected to the state legislature from Cocke and Sevier counties in 1880 as a republican; was chairman of the republican congressional committee for the first district for six years; was appointed a principal examiner of contested land claims in the general land office in 1889, and afterwards promoted for merit, first to chief of the contest division, and then to chief clerk of the general land office. He was assistant secretary of the republican national committee, with headquarters in New York, during the campaign of 1892, and took an active part in that campaign. He returned to Newport in the spring of 1893 to resume his law practice, and was nominated in 1894 and elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Anderson, William J
lawyer, public official, was born May 20, 1854, in Ontario, Canada. He received his education in the public schools of the United States; has occupied the positions of receiver of public moneys; county auditor, and mayor of Grand Forks, N. D. He takes an active part in public affairs; and was appointed a judge at the World's Columbian exposition.
Anderson, William Pelby
actor, manager, was born March 16, 1793, in Boston, Mass. He managed the Tremont; built the Warren theater; and appeared in London as Hamlet and Brutus.
Andreasen, Matthias N
clergyman, orator, temperance advocate, was born May 2, 1871, in Denmark. In 1890 he entered the Danish Free Church seminary of Chicago; and subsequently graduated from the Chicago Theological seminary. In 1893 he was ordained a clergyman of the presbyterian church, and filled a pastorate in St. Paul, Minn., until May, 1897. He then joined the Danish united evangelical Lutheran church in America, and now fills pastorates in two large Lutheran churches in Sioux City, Iowa. He was the editor of the Free Church Messenger, a religious weekly published by the synod of Minnesota; is an ardent temperance advocate; and has lectured extensively in that cause.
Andrew, James Osgood
bishop, was born May 3, 1794, near Washington, Ga. He entered the South Carolina conference in 1812, was ordained deacon in 1814, received full ordination in 1816, preached on circuits in Georgia and North Carolina, was stationed at Savannah, Charleston, Greensborough, and Athens, was presiding elder for several years, and in 1832 chosen bishop was by the general conference that met at Philadelphia. In 1846 the methodist episcopal church, south, was organized as an independent body, in a general conference held at Petersburg, Va. Bishop Andrew presided as senior bishop over this organization until his death. He published a volume of Miscellanies and a work on Family Government. He died March 1, 1871, in Mobile, Ala.
Andrew, John Albion
lawyer, governor, was born on May 31, 1818, in Windham, Maine. In 1837 he graduated from Bowdoin college; and in 1859 was elected a member of the Massachusetts state legislature. In 1860 he was elected governor of the state of Massachusetts, and acquired the title of The Great War Governor. He was a member of the Historical societies of Maine and Massachusetts; declined various honorable and lucrative offices, and resumed the practice of law. He died Oct. 30, 1867. A statue of marble in memoriam has been placed in the state house of Massachusetts in his honor.
Andrew, John Forrester
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 24, 1850, in Hingham, Mass. He practiced law in Boston; served three terms as member of the state house of representatives and two terms in the state senate; and was democratic candidate for governor in 1886 and was defeated. He was elected to the fifty-first congress, and re-elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat. died May 30, 1895, in Boston, Mass.
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Andrews, a. M
journalist, state senator, was born Nov. 3, 1850, in Cooperstown, N. Y. He has been editor of several publications, and held various political offices in his county and state; and has also served as a member of the South Dakota state senate.
Andrews, Alexander Boyd
lawyer, author, was born Feb. 2, 1873, in Henderson, N. C. He has attained success in the profession of law at Raleigh, N. C.; and is one of the compilers of the North Carolina Court Calendar for 1895- 97.
Andrews, Annie M
nurse, was born in 1835 in New York. During the prevalence of yellow fever at Norfolk, Va., in 1855, she became widely known for her earnest and devoted labors among those stricken by the epidemic. The Howard association subsequently presented her with a gold medal in acknowledgment of these services.
Andrews, Byron
journalist, author, was born Oct. 25, 1852, in Argyle, Wis.
He received his education at the Evansville seminary and Hobart college, of Geneva, N. Y. He went direct from college to newspaper work; served as a reporter on the Chicago Daily News; then on the Chicago Inter Ocean. In 1880 he accompanied Gen. Grant on a tour through the West Indies and Mexico as his secretary and as correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean and New York Tribune. Then for four years he was the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. In 1884 he became connected with the National Tribune of Washington, D. C., and in 1897 became its owner. He is the author of Notes on the Russo-Turkish War; Biography of John A. Logan; and One of the People, a biography of President McKinley; besides various historical and controversial pamphlets, such as The Story of Cuba; President Monroe and His Doctrine; and others. He has also filled many public positions of trust.
Andrews, Charles
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1814 in Paris, Maine. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1837. He was a member of the state legislature from 1839 to 1843, and a portion of the time speaker of the house. He was a representative in congress from Maine from 1851 to the time of his death. He died April 30, 1852, in Paris Hill, Maine.
Andrews, Charles Bartlett
lawyer, state senator, jurist, governor, was born Nov. 4, 1831, in Sunderland, Mass. He received a classical education, graduating at Amherst college in 1858; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1860; and settled at Litchfield, Conn.
He was a state senator in 1868 and 1869; was a representative in the state legislature in 1878; was governor of Connecticut from 1878 to 1880; and in 1882, was appointed a judge of the superior court of Connecticut.
Andrews, Charles Mclean
educator, author, was born in 1863, in Wethersfield, Conn. He graduated from Trinity college in 1884, and from the Johns Hopkins university in 1887; and since that time has been associate professor of history in Bryn Mawr college. He is the author of River Towns of Connecticut; Old English Manors; Historical Development of Modern Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the Present Time; and has also contributed sundry short articles to scientific journals.
Andrews, Christopher Colum- Bus
lawyer, general, author, was born Oct. 27, 1829, in Hillsborough, N. H. He was a brevet major-general in the United States army, who was minister to Sweden 1869-77, and consul-general to Brazil 1882- 85. He is the author of Minnesota and Dakota; Practical Treatise on the Revenue Laws of the United States; Hints to Company Officers on Their Military Duties; History of the Campaign of Mobile; Digests of the Opinions of the Attorneys-General of the United States; and Brazil, Its Condition and Prospects.
Andrews, Constant A
banker, was born Feb. 25, 1844, in New York city.
He is president of The United States Savings bank and The Elkhorn Valley Coal Land Co.; a director of the Second Avenue Street railroad, and largely influential in other directions, where his interest and counsel are demanded.
Andrews, Edmund
surgeon, was born April 22, 1824, in Putney, Vt. He has filled the place of demonstrator of anatomy at the Rush Medical college of Chicago, and subsequently the chairs of the principles and practice of surgery and of clinical and military surgery in the Chicago Medical college, of which institution he is one of the founders. In 1859 he became surgeon to the Mercy hospital, and during the civil war he served in a similar capacity with the first Illinois light artillery. He is president of the Illinois state medical society and of the Chicago academy of sciences. Dr. Andrews was one of the founders of the Michigan state medical society, and is a trustee of Northwestern university. He is the author of a great number of articles in different branches of surgery which have been published in medical journals and proceedings of the societies to which he belongs. Numerous improvements in surgical apparatus and operations have been made by him; among them is the practical demonstration of the value of free incision, digital exploration, and disinfection of lumbar abscesses, a treatment previously forbidden.
Andrews, Edward Gayer
methodist episcopal bishop, was born Aug. 7, 1825, in New Hartford, N. Y. He was graduated in 1847 from the Wesleyan university at Middletown, Conn., and, entering the methodist ministry the following year, became in 1855 a teacher in Cazenovia, N. Y., seminary, of which he was chosen president in 1855. In 1850 he was ordained an elder, and in 1864 became a preacher in the New York east conference.
Dr. Andrews was elected a bishop in 1872.
He has published semi-centennial addresses delivered in 1875 and 1881, and other works.