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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Austin, William Harvey, lawyer, statesman, was born Oct. 33, 1859, in Binghamton, N.Y. He moved to Wisconsin in 1869; and settled in Milwaukee in 1871. In 1880-81 he was assistant district attorney for Milwaukee county; was commissioner in 1889; was assistant city attorney in 1890 and was city

attorney in 1891. In 1893 he was elected to the Wisconsin state assembly; and was speaker during the session of 1893. In 1894 he

was

elected state senator.

Austrian, Joseph, merchant, was born Sept. 15, 1833, in Bavaria. About 1883 his vast interests were consolidated under the name of the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior transportation company, of which he was general manager. He has an interest in the Mastodon iron company, near Crystal Falls, Mich., of which he has always been secretary

and treasurer. Avann, Ella H. Brockway, educator, rer,

was born May

30,

1853, in

lectu-

Newaygo,

Mich. In 1871 she graduated from the Albion college of Michigan; and subsequently became preceptress of that institution. She filled the chair of English literature and also lectured on the history of music. For ten years she was president of the woman's foreign missionary society. She makes frequent contributions to the religious press; and holds official positions in various literary, social and benevolent societies.

Avary, Mrs. Myrta Lockett, journalist, auborn in Halifax, Va. She marCorbin Avary, now of Atlanta, Ga. In 1897-1903 she was on the editorial staff of the Christian Herald of New York City; and is a writer of sociological articles and stories of tenement life. She is the author of A Virginia Girl in the Civil War; and Dixie After the War. thor, poet, was ried Dr. James

Avellanus, Arcadius, linguist, author, was born Feb. 6, 1851, in Hrmgary. Since 1894 he has been editor and publisher of the Latin Herald of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of Medulla; and several works in latin. Averell, William Woods, soldier, inventor, was born Nov. 5, 1833, in Cameron, N.Y. He was engaged with the army of the Potomac in its most important

campaigns. In 1863 he began the series of the cavalry raids in western Virginia that made his name famous. He started with a force of five thousand men and drove the confederates out of Greenbrier county, capturing three guns and about one

hundred prisoners. He destroyed the railroad, severing an important line of communication between the confederate generals Lee and Bragg. In the meantime he had been brevetted through the different grades of his reg12

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army rank

until he was brevet-majorresigned in 1865. He discovered a process for the manufacture of steel directly from the ore in one operation; and invented the Averell insulating conduits for wires and conductors. Averett, Thomas H., congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a, resident of Halifax county. In 1849-53 he was a representative from Virginia to the thirty-first and thirty-second congresses. He died in Halifax county, Va.

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general.

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John Thomas, soldier, manufactucongressman, was born March 1, 1835, in Alna, Maine. In 1858-59 he was a member of the state senate of Minnesota. He entered the union army in 1863 as lieutenant-colonel in the sixth regiment Minnesota infantry; and was mustered out in 1865 as brigadiergeneral of volunteers. In 1871-75 he was a representative from Minnesota to the fortysecond and forty-third congresses. He died Oct. 4, 1889, in St. Paul, Minn. Averill,

rer,

Averitt, Kirby Gladstone, physician, surgeon, was born March 10, 1870, in Stedman, N.C. He was educated in the public schools of his native state; and in 1893 graduated with the degree of M.D. from Baltimore medical college. He is an eminent physician and surgeon of Cedar Creek, N.C. ; and identified with the business and public affairs of his community.

Avery, Alexander R., lawyer, was bom Nov. 14, 1846, in Canada. In 1876 he was appointed city attorney of Port Huron, Mich.; was prosecuting attorney in 1884-87; and in 1891 was appointed postmaster. In 1881 he was elected great commander of the order of the knights of maccabees. Avery, Alida Cornelia, educator, physician, suffragist, was born June 11, 1833, in Sherburne, N.Y. She was resident physician and professor of physiology and hygiene in Vassar college; and in 1876-77 was president of the Colorado state suffrage association. Since 1887 she has resided in California in her home in San Jose most of the time. Avery, Alphonso Calhoun, soldier, lawyer,

was born Sept. 11, 1837, in Morgantown, N.C. He entered the union army in 1861 and was commissioned first lieutenant; in 1863 was elected captain; and the same year was appointed major and assistant adjutant-general. In 1888 he was elected assojurist,

ciate justice of the supreme court of Carolina for a term of eight years.

North

Avery, Benjamin Franklin, manufacturer, was born Dec. 3, 1801, in Aurora, N.Y. The principal products of his industry were chilled, wheel gang, shovel, steel, subsoil and sulky plows. The old firm is now incorporated with a capital of one and a half million dollars, the stock being owned almost wholly by the Avery family. The founder was a man of great force of character and business genius and became one of the most highly regarded citizens of Louisville. He inventor,



died

March

3,

1885, in Loiiisville, Ky.