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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Ainsworth, James Galveston, farmer, merchant, statesman, was born May 26, 1848, in Copiah county, Miss. He was educated in the public schools of his native county; and at the Centennial academy. He is a successful farmer and merchant of Ainsworth, near Wesson, Miss.; and is president of Copiah county Sunday-school organization. In 18961900 he was a representative to the Mississippi state legislature ; served on several im-

portant committees; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. Ainsworth, Lahan, clergyman, was born July 19, 1757, in Woodstock, Conn. He was pastor of the church at Jaffrey in 1782-1858, which is probably the longest pastorate on record.

He

died

March

17, 1858, in Jaffrey,

N.H. Ainsworth, Lucien Lester, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born June 21, 1831, in New Woodstock, N.Y. In 1855 he removed to West Union, Iowa; and was a member of the lower house and state senate for several years. In 1875-77 he was a representative from Iowa to the forty-fourth congress. He entered the union army in 1862 as captain in the sixth regiment Iowa cavalry; and served for three years against the Indians in

American bible in 1782; and is reputed to have been the author of An Inquiry Concerning the Principles of a Commercial System for the United States. He died in July, 1802, in Philadelphia, Pa. Aitken, Robert Grant, astronomer, author, was born Dec. 31, 1864, in Jackson, Cal. In 1891-95 he was professor of mathematics and astronomy at the university of the Pacific; and since 1895 has been astronomer at Lick first

observatory on Mt. Hamilton, Cal. Aitken, Robert Ingersoll, sculptor, artist, was born May 8, 1878, in San Francisco, Cal. Among his important works are the McKinley monument at Golden Gate park; and the Bret Harte monument in San Francisco, Cal. Alton, George Briggs, educator, author, was born June 15, 1856, in Nicollet county, Minn. Since 1874 he has been engaged in educational work; and since 1893 has been state inspector of high schools of Minnesota. He is the author of The Descriptive Speller; and other works. Aked, Charles Frederick, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 27, 1864, in Nottingham, England. He was educated at Lee's commercial school, at Midland baptist college, and at the university college

the northwest. Aisquith, William E., soldier, was born in Maryland. In 1823 he graduated from the United States military academy. In 1847 he was a captain in the first artillery United States army. He died June 29, 1856.

Aitken, David

D.,

lawyer,

was born

ber of the wholesale and retail dry goods house of Aitken, son and company of New York City, of which firm his father was the founder and senior partner until his death in 1879.

Aitken, Peter, wood engraver, artist, was June 16, 1858, in Canada. In 1893 he was awarded a medal at the World's Columbian exposition. He has attained note as a

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wood engraver of Brooklyn, N.Y. and many of his productions have appeared in standard publications.successful

Aitken, Robert, journalist, author, was in 1734 in Scotland. In 1775-76 he published the Pennsylvania Magazine, or Amer-

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Monthly Museum, having Hopkinson and Witherspoon for contributors; and was

ican

imprisoned in 1777 for his attachment to the cause of independence. He printed the

Nottingham, Engl-

of

and. He filled pastorates in various cities, and at the Pembroke chapel of Liverpool, England. Since 1907 he has been pastor of the Fifth avenue bapchurch of New tist York City. In 1893-

congressman,

Sept. 5, 1854, in Genesee county, Mich. In 1880 he organized the venus tent of the knights of the Maccabees, of which order he was elected supreme commander in 1882, and supreme counselor and great commander in 1892. He is a successful lawyer of Flint, Mich. In 1893-97 he was a representative from Michigan to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses. Aitken, John W., merchant, millionaire, was bom Sept. 5, 1854, in Genesee county. He received the degrees of A.B. and A.M. from Princeton college. He is senior mem-

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trips to the lecturing. He

1907 he made frequent United States, preaching and

was vice-president of the Unialliance ; and one of the founders of the Passive resistance league. He is the author of Changing Creeds and Social ted

Kingdom

Struggles; The Courage of the Coward; and numerous Monographs on theological and social subjects.

Akeley, Healy Cady, soldier, lumber merchant, was born March 16, 1836, in Stowe, Vt. He was educated in the local schools. He began life as a farmer and surveyor; and later became a lawyer. In 1863 he enlisted in the second Michigan cavalry as a private; and was mustered out in 1865 as adjutant of the regiment. In 1872 he went into the manufacture of lumber in Grand Haven, Mich., and continued therein until removal to Minneapolis in 1887. He was mayor of Grand Haven two terms; and in 1866-81 was collector of customs for the district of Michigan. He is president of the H. C. Akeley lumber company of Minneapolis of the Itasca lumber company ; and of the Flour city national bank and the Metropolitan trust company. Aker, Leonard, farmer, soldier, legislator, was born in 1841 in Ravenna, Ohio. He was