Atcheson, William Henry – Atkinson, John M. P
Atcheson, William Henry
clergyman, was born Feb. 24, 1853, in Genesee county, N. Y. He received a thorough education, and is a graduate of the Chicago Theological seminary. He has attained success as a clergyman, and now fills a pastorate in Bloomer, Wis. He has contributed valuable articles to the religious press.
Atchison, David R
lawyer, United States senator, was born Aug. 11, 1807, in Frogtown, Ky. He was educated for the bar; removed to Missouri in 1830; and was elected to the legislature of that state in 1834 and 1838. In 1841 he was appointed judge of the Platte county circuit court; and during the year 1843 was appointed a senator in congress, to which position he was subsequently elected for two successive terms, serving until 1855.
He died in 1886.
Atherton, Charles Gordon
lawyer, United States senator, was born July 4, 1804, in Amherst, N. H. He graduated at Cambridge in 1822; studied law; and was for many years in the legislature of New Hampshire, and for three years speaker of the house. He was representative in congress from 1837 to 1843; a United States senator in congress from 1843 to 1849; and in 1852 a a was elected a United States senator to fill a vacancy. He died Nov. 15, 1853, in Manchester, N. H.
Atherton, Charles Humphrey
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 14, 1773, in Amherst, N. H. He graduated at Harvard college in 1794; held the office of register of probate from 1798 to 1807; and was a representative in congress from 1815 to 1817. He stood at the head of the bar in Hillsboro county for many years; and was a member of the state legislature in 1823, and again in 1838 and 1839. He died Jan. 8, 1853, in Amherst, N. Y.
Atherton, George W
soldier, college president, was born June 20, 1837, in Boxford, Mass. He graduated from Yale college in 1863, and was appointed first lieutenant of the tenth Connecticut volunteers, and remained in command of his company through the battles of Roanoke and Newbern. In 1882 he became president of the Pennsylvania State college at Harrisburg, Pa.
Atherton, Gertrude
author, was born Oct. 30, 1857, in San Francisco, Cal.
She is a grand-niece of Benjamin Franklin, and the author of What Dreams May Come; Hermia Suydam; The Doomswoman; Before the Gringo Came; A Whirl Asunder; Patience Sparhawk and Her Times; His Fortunate Grace; and Valiant Runaways. con-
Atherton, Gibson
lawyer, gressman, was born Jan. 19, 1831, in Licking county, Ohio. He graduated at Miami university, Ohio, in 1853; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855; and engaged in practice at Newark, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney from 1857 to 1863; was mayor from 1860 to 1864; was a delegate to the democratic national convention of 1876; and was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses.
Atherton, Joshua
lawyer, legislator, was born June 20, 1737, in Harvard, Mass. He was graduated at Harvard in 1762; studied law, and began practice in Petersham. Shortly afterward he removed to Litchfield, and in 1773, having been appointed register of probate in Hillsborough county, he settled in Amherst. He became a member of the convention appointed to consider the federal constitution, and opposed its adoption on account of the provisions concerning slaves and slavery. Subsequently he was elected to the New Hampshire legislature, and in 1793 he was made attorney-general of the state. He was also for a time commissioner for the United States direct tax. He died April 3, 1809, in Amherst, Mass.
Atkins, John D. C
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born June 4, 1825, in Henry county, Tenn. He graduated at the East Tennessee university in 1846; studied law; and was elected a member of the legislature in 1849 and in 1851. He was elected to the state senate in 1855; chosen a presidential elector in 1856; elected a representative in congress in 1857; and was a presidential elector in 1860. He was lieutenant-colonel of the fifth Tennessee regiment in the confederate army in 1861; was elected to the confederate provisional congress in August, 1861, and re-elected in 1863. He was elected a representative from Tennessee to the forty-third, forty-fourth, fortyfifth, forty-sixth, and forty-seventh congresses; and in 1885 was appointed commissioner of Indian affairs.
Atkinson, Archibald
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 13, 1792, in the Isle of Wight county, Va.
Upon leaving the army he commenced the practice of law in Smithfield, and was a member of the general assembly from 1815 to 1817, and also of the house of delegates and state senate for several years. In 1843 he was elected a representative in congress from Virginia, and served until 1848; was a member of the committee on naval affairs and commerce; was prosecuting attorney for his county twenty years; mayor of Smithfield; and a magistrate. He died Jan. 10, 1872, in Isle of Wight, Va.
Atkinson, Byron A
business man, was born in 1854 in Sackville, N. B. He is the owner of the largest housefurnishing establishment in the United States in the city of New York.
Atkinson, Clarence T
lawyer, lecturer, author, was born Dec. 23, 1863, in Columbus, N. J. He graduated from the Columbus seminary and from the Adelphic institute of Bordentown, N. J.
He received the a nomination as member of the New Jersey legislature in 1886, and ran ahead of his ticket, but failed to carry enough votes to secure election. He has participated in three presidential campaigns, and earned a reputation as an able and eloquent ora- Since 1886 he has steadily refused to accept any public office. He is an astute and prominent lawyer of Camden, N. J., and a member of the law firm of Gilbert and Atkinson. As a lecturer he is well known throughout the east, and has contributed numerous articles to law literature and the periodical press; and many of his productions have been incorporated into standard publications. tor.
Atkinson, Edward
author, was born Feb. 10, 1827, in Brookline, Mass.
He is a Boston reformer, active in matters of diet and political economy; and the author of The Distribution of Products; Labor and Capital; Industrial Progress of the Nation; The Science of Nutrition; Margin of Profits; and Taxation and Work.
Atkinson, George H
missionary, was born May 10, 1819, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1872 Dr. Atkinson became general missionary for Oregon, and in 1880 superintendent of home missions for Oregon and Washington. He died Feb. 25, 1889, in Portland, Ore. a
Atkinson, George W
lawyer, author, governor, was born June 29, 1845, in Virginia. In 1870 he graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university; took a post-graduate course at Mount Vernon college; studied law two years; attended lectures at Columbian university; graduated from the law department of Howard university; and was admitted to the bar in 1875. He has been eminently successful as a lawyer; was four years United States marshal for West Virginia; was elected to the fifty-first congress. from Virginia as the representative of the Wheeling district; and in 1896 was elected to the high office of governor of West Virginia. In conjunction with Alvaro F. Gibbons, he is the author of Prominent Men of West Virginia; a Volume of Poems; and a half-dozen other works.
Atkinson, Henry
soldier, was born in South Carolina. He entered the army as captain in 1808. He was retained in the army after the war of 1812; was made adjutant-general, and was finally appointed to the command of the western army. He died in June, 1842, in Jefferson barracks. re-
Atkinson, Henry Morrell
soldier, lawyer, public official, was born Sept. 9, 1838, in Wheeling, W. Va. He removed to Ohio in 1846, with his parents; was educated chiefly at the Denverson university, Ohio, and in Connecticut; moved to Nebraska in 1857, and engaged in the land agency business; studied law and came to the bar in 1861. He served as adjutant of cavalry, and in 1864 became provost-marshal for southern Nebraska. From 1867 to 1871 was register of the land office in Nebraska; subsequently turned his attention to the law and railroad building; in 1873 was appointed a special commissioner to Mexico; and in 1875 was appointed commissioner of pensions in Washington.
Atkinson, John
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 6, 1835, in Deerfield, N. J.
He is a clergyman of prominence in the methodist church; and the author of The Living Way; Memorials of Methodism in New Jersey; The Garden of Sorrows; The Class Leader; and Centennial History of American Methodism.
Atkinson, John M. P
educator, college president, was born Jan. 10, 1817, in Mansfield, Va. In 1857-83 he was elected president of the Hampden Sidney college. He died in 1883.