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ANDERSON.ANDERSON. in 1888. He married Sept. 4, 1889, Jane Glass, of Belleville. Ont. He was in charge of the church at Beachburg, Canada, 1888-91; and rector of Grace church, Oak Park, Chicago, III., 1891-1900. He was elected bishop-coadjutor of Chicago Jan. 9, 1900, and was consecrated Feb. 24, 1900, by Bishops McLaren, Gillespie, Seymour, Vincent, Grafton, Nicholson, White, Édsall, Morrison and Williams. He received the degree D.D. from the University of Toronto in 1900. ANDERSON, Edwin Hatfield, librarian, was born in Zionsville. Indiana, Sept. 27, 1861. He was graduated from Wabash college, Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1883, and received the degree of A.M. in 1887. Mr. Anderson won a prize in each year of his collegiate course, including the junior prize essay and the senior Baldwin prize oration. After leaving college he settled in Chicago and began the study of law, but his natural bent asserted itself, and he studied more literature than law, finally devoting himself to library science. He went to Albany, N. Y., and became a student in the library school, conducted by Professor Melvil Dewey, in the state library. He next accepted a position as an assistant in the Newberry library at Chicago. After a year so spent, Mr. Anderson was chosen librarian of the Carnegie free library, at Braddock, Pa., and took charge in May, 1892. In March, 1895, he was appointed librarian-in-chief of the new Carnegie library of Pittsburg. ANDERSON, Elbert Ellery, lawyer, was born in New York city, Oct. 31, 1833, and was graduated at Harvard college, 1852. He was admitted to the bar in 1854, and practised in New York city. He was one of three commissioners appointed by President Cleveland to examine into the relations of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways to the U. S. government, and wrote the majority report. He was for several years counsel to the committee which conducted successfully the re-organization of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway. He was originally a member of Tammany hall, but defected and aided in forming the county democracy, co-operating in the movement with W. C. Whitney, Abram S. Hewitt and Edward Cooper. In 1894 he was made receiver of the Chicago, Peoria, and St. Louis railroad. After determining the condition of the road he resigned the receivership in order to save to the creditors the expense of his salary, which was $6000 a year. In 1875 he was chosen one of the trustees of the public schools of New York city. He died in New York city, Feb. 24, 1903. ANDERSON, Galusha, educator, was born at Bergen, Genesee county, N. Y., March 7, 1832. His father was of Scotch descent, and a strict Presbyterian. The boy, becoming converted to the Baptist faith, determined to become a minister. He was graduated with high honors from the Rochester university in 1854, and from the theological seminary, Rochester, in 1856. He was ordained pastor and took charge of the Baptist church at Janesville, Wisconsin, the same year. His next pulpit was in St. Louis, from 1858 to 1866. In 1866 he went to Newton, Mass., as professor of homiletics in the theological seminary, remaining there for seven years. In 1873 he took charge of the Strong place church in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he preached five years, going thence to the Second Baptist church, Chicago, in 1876. In 1878 he was made president of the Chicago university, and for eight years he endeavored, faithfully, to establish the institution on a firm footing. In 1886 he resigned, and for a short time preached in Salem, giving up his church there to accept the presidency of Denison university, which position he filled very successfully until 1890. He afterwards accepted the chair of homiletics in the Divinity school of Chicago university. Dr. Anderson was given the degrees of D.D., 1866, and LL.D., 1884, by the University of Rochester. ANDERSON, George B., soldier, was born in Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 6, 1830. He received an appointment as cadet to the military academy and was graduated with the class of 1852 as brevet 2d lieutenant in the 2d dragoons. In 1855 he received his promotion as lieutenant, and in 1858 as adjutant. He remained in the army until the breaking out of the civil war, when he resigned to enter the Confederate service. He was there rapidly advanced to the rank of brigadier-general and directed the coast defences of North Carolina. At the battle of Antietam he received a wound, from the effects of which he died Oct. 16, 1862. ANDERSON, Henry James, educator, was born in New York city, Feb. 6, 1799. He was graduated at Columbia college in 1818, and at the college of physicians and surgeons in 1824. He was professor of mathematics and astronomy at Columbia college 1825-'43, professor emeritus 1866-'75, and a trustee 1851-'75. He was geologist on Lieutenant Lynch's expedition to the Red Sea, in 1848, and subsequently joined the scientific expedition sent to Australia to view the transit of Venus. He died at Lahore, India, Oct. 19, 1875. ANDERSON, James Patton, soldier, was born in Winchester, Tenn., Feb. 10, 1822; son of Col. William P. and Margaret L. (Adair) Anderson. He was graduated at Jefferson college, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1840, and in law at Frankfort, Ky., in 1842. He practised law in Hernando, Miss., 1842-'46; served in the Mexican war as lieutenant-colonel, 1846-'49; was a representative to the Mississippi legislature two terms; U. S. marshal, Washington Territory, 1853-'55; and a delegate to the 34th congress, 1855-'57; declined