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 HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Alexander, Jane Grace, banker, financier, philanthropist,

was born

Winchester, N.H.

Oct. 26, 1848, in

She received a thorough education in the puband private schools and academies of New England. She is cashier of the Winchester national bank of Winchester, Cheshire county, N.H., which institution was established lic

in 1848. She is also treasurer of the savings bank of her native town; treasurer of the school district library board; and is a successful business woman and financier. For many years she has been identified with the religious, educational, social and business affairs of her community; and has held various positions of trust and honor. Allan, Jessie, librarian, founder, was born Dec. 15, 1861, in Omaha, Neb. In 1881 she graduated from the Omaha high school. Soon afterward she entered the Omaha public library as assistant to her sister; and in 188693 was librarian of that institution. Under her able administration a new library was built. She died Sept. 12, 1895, in Omaha,

Neb. Alexander, John, congressman, was born in Spartanburg, S.C. After receiving a public school education he moved to Ohio. He became widely known in politics as the Buffalo of the West. In 1813-17 he was a representative from Ohio to the thirteenth and fourteenth congresses. He died in Ohio. Alexander, John Brevard, soldier, physician, surgeon, state senator, author, was born May 27, 1834, in Mecklenburg county, N.C. In 1861-62 he served as a private soldier in the confederate states army; and in 1862-65

was employed as an army surgeon. In 1897 he served as a, member of the North Carolina He is state senate. the author of Hopewell Section; and History of Mecklenburg County; several Mono-

graphs; and numerous medical and sci-

articles of value to current entific publications.

Alexander, John Edmiston, educator, clergyman, college president, genealogist, was born June 2, 1815, near Lewistown, Pa. In 1842 he became a clergyman of the presbyterian church; and in 1842-62 was principal of the Miller academy of Washington, Ohio, where he had been pastor for twenty years. In 1877-83 he was president of Washington college; and in 1883-1902 was pastor in 6

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Greeneville, Tenn. He was the author of History of the Synod of Tennessee; and A Record of the Alexander Family. He died April 3, 1902, in Greeneville, Tenn. Alexander, John Henry, scientist, author, was born June 26, 1812, in Annapolis, Md. He was a noted Maryland scientist. He was the author of History of the Metallurgy of Iron; Universal Dictionary of Weights and Measures, Ancient and Modern; International Tonnage Treatise of Mathematical Instruments; Introits; and Catena Dominica, a collection of religious poems. He died March 2, 1867, in Baltimore, Md. Alexander, John M., soldier, business man, statesman, was born May 17, 1841, in Delaware county, Ohio. In 1861 he enlisted in company A, ninety-first regiment Ohio volunteer infantry; served until the end of the

civil

war

in Sheridan's

army; and was woun-

ded at Fisher's Hill in 1864. In 1883 he was elected mayor of Gallipolis, Ohio served two terms; and in 1891 was again elected to the same office and served two more terms.

He

held the

office

of justice of the peace for

a number of years; has long been identified with the Gallipolis board of trade; and recently interested himself in procuring from the government head-stones for all the un-

marked

soldiers' graves in Gallia county, 0. Alexander, John Eomich, missionary, college president, was born May 23, 1849, in Wooster, Ohio. Since 1887 he has been president of Assiut college of Egypt. Alexander, John White, painter, artist, was born Oct. 7, 1856, in Allegheny City, Pa. In 1897 he received a gold medal from the

academy of fine arts in Philadelphia; from the Paris exposition in 1900; and from the Pan-American exposition in 1901. He is a member of the American association for the advancement of

science.

A

His principal paint-

Quiet Hour, in the Pennsylvania academy; Woman in Gray, in the Luxembourg gallery of Paris and a series of decorations illustrating the Evolution of the Book, in the library of congress at Washington, D.C. Alexander, Joseph Addison, clergyman, author, was born April 24, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a presbyterian clergyman; and a professor in Princeton college and theological seminary in 1820-60. He was the author of Commentaries on the Psalms, Isaiah, Acts, Matthew, and Mark; and many theological reviews. He died Jan. 28, 1860, in Princeton, N.J. Alexander, Joshua W., lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 22, 1852, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1872 he graduated with the degree of A.B. from the Christian university of Canton, Mo. Since 1875 he has practiced law in Gallatin, Mo. In 1876-82 he was public administrator of Daviess county. Mo.; and for twenty-one years was either member, secretary or president of the board of education. In 1883-83 he was a, representaings are