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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Alexander, Archibald, educator, philosopher,

author,

was born Oct. 30, 1855, He was a professor of

in New philoso-

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grand army of the was United States

of the Potomac, public. In 1889-93 he

reat-

York City. phy at Columbia University. He was the

torney for the northern district of New York. In 1897-1909 he was a representative

author of Some Problems of Philosophy; Theories of the Will in the History of Philosophy; and Theory of Conduct. Alexander, Armstead M., lawyer, congressman, was born May 26, 1834, in Clark county, Ky. He removed to Missouri was prosecuting attorney of Monroe county for six years; and was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1875. In 1883-85 he was a representative from Missouri to the forty-eighth congress. He died Nov. 7, 1893,

New York to the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth and sixtieth congresses as a republican.



in Paris,

Mo.

Alexander, Barton Stone, soldier, civil engineer, was born in 1819 in Kentucky. He was brevetted brigadier-general in 1865 for meritorious services in the civil war. He was consulting engineer in Sherman's army; and was present at the battle of Cedar Creek in 1864. He died Dec. 15, 1878, in San Francisco, Cal.

Alexander, Caleb, educator, clergyman, auwas bom July 22, 1775, in Northfield, Mass. He was a clergyman much of whose life was spent in teaching at Onondaga, N.Y. He was the author of Latin and English Grammar; Essay on the Deity of Christ; The Columbian Dictionary; Grammar Elements; and a little prose version of Virgil. He died April 12, 1828, in Onondaga, N.Y. Alexander, Charles Beatty, lawyer, author, was born Dec. 6, 1849, in New York City. In 1872 he began the practice of law in New York City. He is the author of Alexander on the New York Law of Life Insurance. Alexander, Charles McCallon, evangelist, author, was bom Oct. 34, 1867, in Maryville, Tenn. In 1902-06 he made an evangelistic tour of the world; and again in 1906-07 with his wife. He is the author of Alexander's Revival Hymns; and other song books. Alexander, Charles Tripler, soldier, was born May 3, 1833, in the Indian Territory. In 1856 he was appointed an assistant surgeon in the United States army. In 1863 he was major-surgeon; in 1886 was lieutenantcolonel surgeon; and in 1891 was retired as colonel. In 1904 he was advanced to the rank of brigadier-general in the United States army. Alexander, Charlton Henry, lawyer, author, was bom Nov. 13, 1858, in Kosciusko, Miss. He has been reporter of the supreme court of Mississippi ; and author of a Missisthor,

sippi Digest.

Alexander, De Alva Stanwood, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was bom July 17, 1846, in Richmond, Maine. At the age of fifteen he entered the army, serving three years, until the close of the war, as a private soldier. In 1881 he was appointed fifth auditor of the treasury department; and during his residence in

Washington was elected and commander of the depart-

served one term as

from

Alexander, Eben, educator, diplomat, was born March 9, 1851, in Knoxville, Tenn. In 1873 he graduated from Yale university. In 1873-86 he was professor of ancient languages at the university of Tennessee. In 1886 he was president of the state teachers' association. In 1886-93 he was professor of Greek at the university of North Carolina; and since 1900 has been dean of that institution. In 1893-97 he was United States minister to Greece, Roumania and Servia.

Edmund

Brooke, soldier, was Market, Va. He graduated from the United States military academy in 1823. After twenty years of frontier and garrison duty he had an opportunity for service in Mexico, where he won a major's brevet in 1847 and a lieutenant-colonel's in 1848. During the civil war he was retained at St. Louis on provost-marshal's duty, involving delicate and responsible administration of important matters. He was brevetted brigadier-general in 1865; and commanded his regiment at Fort Snelling until retirement in 1869 by operation of law.

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died Jan.

3,

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1888, in Washington, D.C.

Edward

Porter, soldier, educatauthor, was born May 26, 1835, in Washington, Ga. He graduated from West Point aca-

Alexander,

or, railroad president,

demy

1857;

was

promoted second

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In

tenant corps of engineers; and served in the United States army in the Utah expedition in 1858. He was instructor in engineering at West Point in 1859-60; and was professor in mathematics and engineering in the South Carolina universerved with distinction

sity in 1866-69. He in the confederate service; and became brigadier-general of artillery. Until 1862 he was president of numerous and important railroads in the southern states. In 1897-1900 he was engineer-arbitrator of the Nicaragu-

an and Costa Rioan boundary commission. is the author of Railroad Practice; and various pamphlets and articles on railroad and other topics. Alexander, Esther Francis, artist, author, was born in 1845 in Masachusetts. She is now an artist of Florence, Italy. He is the author of Christ's Folk in the Apennines; The Hidden Servants; and has illustrated numerous works.

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