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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Andrew, James Osgood, clergyman, bishop, was born May 3, 1794, near Washington, Ga. He entered the South Carolina conference in 181S; preached in Georgia

and North

Carolina; and was presiding elder for several years. In 1833 he was chosen bishop of the general conference that met at Philadelphia,

Pa. 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 Family Government. He died March 1, 1871, in Mobile, Ala. Andrew, John Albion, lawyer, governor,

was born on May 31, 1818, in Windham, Maine. He was a noted New England statesman; and in 1859 was P

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elected a member of the Massachusetts state legislature. In 186166 he was governor of Massachusetts; and acquired the title of the great war governor. He was a member of the historical

society of

Maine and

He died Oct. 30, 1867, in Boston, Mass. statue of

Massachusetts.

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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 the democratic candidate for governor in 1886, but was defeated. In 1889-93 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the fifty-first and fifty-second congresses and a democrat. He died May 30, 1895, in Boston, Mass. Andrew, Samuel, educator, clergyman, founder, was born in 1656 in Cambridge, Mass. In 1685 he was ordained pastor at Milford, Conn. He took part in founding the collegiate school at Saybrook, Conn.; was

and in 1707-19 was its rector. Samuel Johnson was one of his pupils. He died Jan. 24, 1738, in Saybrook, Conn. Andrews, Alexander Boyd; soldier, railroad president, was born July 23, 1841, in

its principal;

Franklin county, N.C. In 1861 he entered the confederate army as second lieutenant of company E, first North Carolina cavalry; and in 1863 was wounded at Jack's Shop, Va. In 1867-75 he was superintendent of the Raleigh and Gaston railway company; and

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in 1875-88 was superintendent of the North Carolina railway company. He is now vicepresident of the Citizen's national bank of Raleigh, N.C; and first vice-president of the Southern railway company.

Andrews,

Addison

Fletcher,

journalist,

musician, composer, author, was born April 2, 1857, in Cavendish, Vt. He at first engaged in

newspaper work on

The

Tribune, Telepraph, Commercial Avvertiser.

other

Graphic and

New York

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and was later engaged in musical nals;

journalism. He was assistant manager of Carnegie hall and the Symphony orchestra and founded the Manuscript society of New York. He is the author of Dartmouth Songs; and other works. 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. He is one of the compilers of the North Carolina Court Calendar for 1895-97. Andrews, Alfred Hinsdale, merchant, manfacturer, was born Dec. 35, 1838, in New Britain, Conn. Since 1865 he hag been an extensive manufacturer and dealer in school furniture and school supplies; and is now president of the A. H. Andrews company of Chicago, 111. Andrews, Allen S., clergyman, college pres-

was born about 1830 in Randolph county, N.C. His father was a spldier in the war of 1813. He was a methodist preacher. In 1871-75 he was president of the Southem university; and in 1883 he again became president of that institution. ident,

Andrews, Annie M., nurse, was born in New York. During the prevalence of

1835 in

yellow, fever in 1855 at Norfolk, Va., 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, Avery De Lano, soldier, lawyer, was born April 4, 1864, in Massena, N.Y. In 1881-83 he attended Williston seminary; in 1886 graduated from the United States military academy; and was commissioned second lieutenant in the fifth artillery. In 1893 he resigned from the regular army; and then practiced law in New York City. In 1893-98 he was engineer officer of the first brigade national guard of New York; and in 1898-99 was major commanding squadron A. In 1898 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel United States volunteers and became adjutant-general and chief of staff to Governor Roosevelt with rank of brigadier-general. In 1895-98 he was police commissioner of New York City; and vice-president,