Ives, Alice Emma – Jackson, Charles Thomas
Ives, Alice Emma
dramatist, author, was born in Detroit, Mich. She has attained prominence as a dramatist, and is the author of The Great Brooklyn Handicap; and her play entitled Lorine has been starred by Frederick Paulding.
Ives, Brayton
railroad president, was born in 1841, in Farmington, Conn.
Since 1893 he has been president of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Ives, Charles John
railroad president, was born Oct. 4, 1831, in Wallingford, Vt. He has served as general freight and passenger agent and president of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern railroad.
Ives, Charles Linnæus
educa.or, physician, author, was born June 22, 1831, in New Haven, Conn. He began practice in New Haven in 1856, and in 1868-73 was professor of theory and practice of medicine in Yale. He is the author of an article on Prophylaxis of Phthisis Pulmonalis, and a prize essay on the Therapeutic Value of Mercury and its Preparations, both published by the Connecticut Medical society.
Ives, Halsey Cooley
educator, artist, was born Oct. 27, 1846, in Montour Falls, N. Y. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native city, at the technical schools of South Kensington, London, England; and has studied at the various schools of art abroad. He has been a member of the faculty of the Washington university; a director in the St. Louis School of Fine Arts; and director in the Museum of Fine Arts of St. Louis, Mo.
He has been sent abroad by the government as commissioner three times; was entrusted with the formation of the department of fine arts at the World's Columbian exposition, and was chief of the department from its inception to its finish. He has produced finished pictures of nature, which have been exhibited each year; in 1893 he was presented a medal by the French commission to the World's Columbian exposition; and received a silver medal in 1894 from the French government in recognition of services to art.
Ives, Levi
physician, journalist, was born in 1750. He was a skillful practitioner, a founder of the New Haven Medical society, and one of the editors of Cases and Observation, which was reputed to be the first medical journal that was published in the United States. He died Oct. 17, 1826, in New Haven, Conn.
Ives, Levi Silliman
bishop, author, was born Sept. 16, 1797, in Meriden, Conn. He was the second protestant episcopal bishop of North Carolina, consecrated in 1832 and deposed in 1853, he having become a Roman catholic at the close of 1852. After that period he lectured in convents of the Sacred Heart. He was the author of Trials of a Mind in its Progress to Catholicism; The Obedience of Faith; Manual of Devotion; and Humility a Ministerial Qualification. He died Oct. 13, 1867, in New York city.
Ives, Willard
farmer, congressman, was born July 7, 1806, in Watertown, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1851 to 1853.
Ivins, Horace Fremont
lecturer, journalist, author, was born Oct. 30, 1856, in Bucks county, Pa. He is a lecturer on laryngology and otology in Hahnemann Medical college. He is laryngological editor of the Journal of Ophthalmology, Otology, and Laryngology of New York; and is the author of a text-book entitled Diseases of the Nose and Throat.
Ivison, Henry
publisher, was born Dec. 23, 1808, in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1830 he established the publishing house of Ivison and Company in Auburn, N. Y.; and in 1846 moved his business to New York city. His house made a specialty of publishing educational works, and became well known throughout the United States. He died Nov. 26, 1884, in New York city.
Izard, George
soldier, engineer, governor, author, was born Oct. 21, 1776, in London, England. On the breaking out of the war of 1812 he was appointed colonel of second artillery; brigadier-general in 1813; major-general in 1814; and disbanded in 1815. He was governor of Arkansas territory from 1825 until his death. He published Official Correspondence witn the War Department in 1814 and 1815.
He was the son of Ralph Izard. He died Oct. 22, 1828, in Little Rock, Ark.
Izard, Mark W
governor. He was appointed governor of the territory of Nebraska in 1854, and remained in office until 1857.
Izard, Ralph
diplomat, statesman, was born in 1742, near Charleston, S. C.
He was a delegate to the continental congress in 1782 and 1783; United States senator from 1789 to 1795; and president of the senate pro tem. during the first session of the third congress. He died May 30, 1804, near Charleston, S. C.
Izlar, James F
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Nov. 25, 1832, in Orangeburg county, S. C. He was a graduate of Emory college. He served as an officer in the confederate army; was state senator for ten years, and was for eight years, during his service in the senate, the president pro tempore of that body. In 1889 he was elected by the general assembly judge of the first judicial circuit, and served as such until 1894, when he was elected to congress. He has always been an uncompromising democrat, and for a number of years was the chairman of the state democratic executive committee. He was a delegate to the national democratic convention of 1884.
He was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat to fill a vacancy, and took his seat in congress April 5, 1894.
Jack, William
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to 1843.
Jackson, Abner
clergyman, college president, was born Nov. 4, 1811, in Washington, Pa. In 1858 Dr. Jackson accepted an election to the presidency and the professorship of the evidences of Christianity at Hobart college, Geneva, N. Y. From this post he was recalled to Trinity in 1867, the trustees having unanimously chosen him to be president. He died April 19, 1874, in Hartford, Conn.
Jackson, Abraham Reeves
surgeon, author, was born in 1827, in Pennsylvania. He is a noted surgeon of Chicago, who has published many valuable professional papers.
Jackson, Abraham Willard
clergyman, author, was born in 1842, in Maine. He is a unitarian clergyman who was formerly a pastor in New Hampshire and California, but has since devoted himself to study and literary work at Concord, Mass. He is the author of The Immanent God, and Other Essays.
Jackson, Albert Everett
banker, legislator, was born Sept. 23, 1860, in Wabash, Ind. He represented his state from the fiftieth district as a member of the state legislature. He is also a successful banker of Wabash, Ind. a common
Jackson, Andrew
seventh president of the United States, was born March 15, 1767, in Washaw, Lancaster county, S. C., and received English education.
Andrew, like George Washington, fought in the revolutionary war, joining a company of volunteers at the age of fourteen. In 1784 he began the study of law at Salisbury, N.
C., and was soon after appointed Solicitor for that portion of the state now known as Tennessee. In 1791 ne married Mrs. Rachel Robarts, a woman who had been divorced from her husband. In 1795 he was a member of the convention that formed the state constitution of Tennessee, and was elected the first representative of that state in congress. He was soon after elected United States senator, and took his seat in November, 1797. He resigned his seat as senator in 1798, and was elected judge of the supreme court of Tennessee, which position he held until 1804. When the United States declared war against Great Britain in 1812 Jackson entered the army, and in 1814 he received the appointment of major-general. He continued in the army, fighting the British and Indians, until 1818, and then resigned his commission. In 1821 President Monroe appointed him governor of the territory of Florida, and in 1823 he was elected to the United States senate.
In 1824 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency, but successful in 1828, and was inaugurated March 4, 1829. He was re-elected in 1832, and took the oath of office a second time March 4, 1833. At the close of his administration, March 4, 1837, he retired to the Hermitage, in Tennessee, and died on the 8th day of June, 1845. Jackson held office-judicial, political and military-in all about twenty-five years. He died tolerably well off. His famous toast was: Our union-it must be preserved.
Jackson, Charles
lawyer, jurist, author, was born May 31, 1775, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a jurist of Boston who published a valued Treatise on Real Actions. He died Dec. 13, 1855, in Boston, Mass. was
Jackson, Charles
governor, born in 1797. He was governor of Rhode Island for one year, beginning with 1845.
He died Jan. 21, 1876, in Providence, R. I.
Jackson, Charles Davis
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 15, 1811, in Salem, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman of Westchester, N. Y., in 1843-71, whose only published work is Suffering Here and Glory Hereafter. He died June 28, 1871, in Westchester, N. Y.
Jackson, Charles Loring
chemist, author, was born April 4, 1847, in Boston, Mass. He discovered in 1883-84 a new method for the preparation of borneol from camphor, which is considered the best method that has been found as yet. His Lecture Notes in Chemistry has been printed privately.
Jackson, Charles Thomas
scientist, author, was born June 21, 1805, in Plymouth, Mass. He was a Boston scientist whose laboratory for research in analytical chemistry was the first of its kind in the United States. He was the author of Report on the Geology of Maine; Mineral Lands in Michigan; and Manual of Etherization. He died Aug. 28, 1880, in Somerville, Mass.