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Abercrombie, John W., United States Congressman at large from Ala., was born in 1866, in St. Clair county, Ala. In 1902-11 he Was president of the University of Alabama. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Tuscaloosa, Ala. <p>Baker, Charles Hinckley, civil engineer of Mohegan Lake, N.Y., was born Nov. 30, 1864, in Chicago, Ill. He was educated in the public schools of Chicago, Ill.; and in 1886 he graduated from Cornell University with the degree of C.E. In 1884-87 he was resident engineer of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway; of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway; of the Chicago and Northwestern; and in 1887-90 was resident engineer of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway. In 1890-95 he was engaged as a civil engineer and contractor; and built the Third Street and Suburban Railway of Seattle, Wash.; and built also the Spokane and Montrose Electric Railway. He is president of the Alabama Interstate Power Company.
Bankhead, John Hollis, United States senator from Alabama, was born Sept. 13, 1842, in Moscow, Ala. He served four years in the Confederate army; and was wounded three times. In 1865-67 he represented Marion County in the General Assembly; and in 1876-77 was a member of the State Senate. In 1880-81 he was a member of the House of Representatives; and in 1881-85 was warden of the Alabama penitentiary. In 1887-1907 he was a representative from Alabama to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth congresses as a democrat. He is now a member of the United States Senate for second term ending in 1920; and resides in Payette, Ala.
Beyea, James Louis, physician: born Goshen, Orange Co., N.Y., July 28, 1837; son Samuel and Sarah (Shaw) Beyea; educated Farmers' Hall Acad., Goshen, N.Y., N.Y. Homoeopathic Med. Coll., M.D., 1880; married, Madison Square Presbyterian Church, June 22, 1903, Frances A. Weston. Engaged in practice in N.Y. City from 1880. Enlisted in 7th Reg't, N.Y. State Militia, in 1861. to go to Washington at first call from President Lincoln; went to California by steamer, 1862; was taken by Alabama, Dec. 4, 1862; reached San Francisco, Calif., at end of Dec., 1862; went to Mexico in 1864; was aide-de-camp to Gens. Allen and Cobb in Nat. Guard of Calif., returned to New York, 1877; has been in Nat. Guard more than 25 years in N.Y. and Calif., having joined K Co., 7th Reg't, in 1861; after an absence of 14 years returned to same Co., and holds medal for long and faithful service. Went to Europe in 1903, visiting England, Norway to North Cape, Sweden, Finland, St. Petersburg to Moscow, Warsaw, Vienna, Budapest, Venice, Paris. Republican. Senior elder of University Place Presbyterian Church; mem. Presbyterian Union; director Christian Home for Intemperate Men, Chester Crest, Mt. Vernon, [p.66] N.Y. Mem. N.Y. County Med. Soc., Chiron Club, chaplain Lafayette Post, No. 140, G.A.R. Address: 235 Second Avenue.
Blackman, Frederick Leonard, congressman, was born Sept. 15, 1873, in Polk County, Ga. For four years he was city attorney of Anniston, Ala.; and in 1900-10 was a member of the Alabama State Senate.He was elected a member of the sixty-second congress and re-elected tothe sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Anniston, Ala.
Burnett, John Lawson Brandon, congressman, was born Jan. 20, 1854, in Cedar Bluff, Ala. He was elected to the Alabama Legislature in 1884; and to the State Senate in 1886. He was elected to the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from Alabama as a Democrat. He was reelected to the sixty-third congress from the Seventh District of Alabama for term of 1913-15; and resides in Godsden, Ala.
Burroughs, Samuel Raymond, physician, surgeon and banker, of Buffalo, Tex., was born in Tuskaloosa County, Alabama, Oct. 3, 1842; son of Benjamin F. and Louisa Fair (Burton) Burroughs; educated at Palestine High School and Mound Prairie Institute, Anderson County, Tex., and was graduated from Galveston Medical College, at which he later held the chair of chemistry, toxicology and medical jurisprudence for four years; married, in Leon County, Texas, May 9, 1867, Rebecca Antoinette Henry; children: Evie May, Robert Edgar, Core Lee and Mary Louella. Engaged in the practice of medicine in Houston, Texas, two years; health failed and removed to Leon County, where recovered health, first living at Raymond, then at Buffalo, Tex., where he has been residing since 1896. Practiced medicine and was engaged in the mercantile and ginning business at Raymond, Tex., before residing at Buffalo, Tex.; now engaged in the practice of medicine and banking business. President and stockholder Buffalo State Bank; director and stockholder in Amicable Life Insurance Company; stockholder Texas Loan and Surety Company, First State Bank of Oakwood, Tex., Western Casualty and Guarantee Company (Dallas), Texas Loan and Guarantee Company, Houston Continental Trust Company, Houston. Served as member Company G, 1st Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade. C.S.A., in Army of Northern Virginia. Has served as chairman of the Democratic representative district; chairman Democratic senatorial district; member State Democratic Executive Committee; president Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. Ex-president Texas State Medical Association; member of county, state and national medical associations. Missionary Baptist; Democrat; Royal Arch Mason: Elk.
Christian, George Henry, miller and manufacturer of Minneapolis,Minn., was born Jan. 14, 1839, in Alabama, and in 1867 he moved fromChicago to Minneapolis, Minn. He there engaged extensively in theflouting industry with C. C. Washburn. This business was conductedunder the firm name of George H. Christian and Company until 1875,when the senior partner retired; and the business was succeeded by J.A. Christian and Company. For many years he was president and chiefowner of the Hardwood Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, Minn.;and has now retired from business. He has been chairman of the executive committee of the Millers' National Association.
Clayton, Henry D., congressman, was born in Barbour County, Ala. He is a member of the democratic national convention for 1904-08. He was a member of the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second, congresses as a democrat. He was re-elected to the sixty-third congress from the third district of Alabama for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Eufaula, Ala.
Coleman, Thomas Wilkes, banker and planter of Eutaw, Ala., was born in 1833 in Eutaw, Ala. He graduated from Princeton University in 1853. He afterward studied law and practiced at Eutaw and was solicitor of the State of Alabama for fifteen years, and for many years was a judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1865 and 1901. He is president of the Farmers' Bank of Eutaw and is also largely identified with cotton planting operations. He is president pro tem. of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama.
Dillard, Frank Clifford, vice-president and general counsel Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Office: Chicago, Ill. Born at Auburn, Ala. Educated at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. In 1887 became district attorney in Texas for St. Louis Southwestern Ry.; to July 1, 1907, practiced law at Sherman, Tex., and served as attorney for Missouri, Kansas & Texas, St. Louis Southwestern Ry., Houston & Texas Central Rd., Texas & Pacific Ry., St. Louis & San Francisco Rd., and other corporations. July 1, 1907, to April, 1912, interstate commerce attorney Harriman Lines at Chicago; April, 1912, to date, vice-president and general counsel Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry.
Dougherty, Chris, chief engineer Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Ry. Office Cincinnati, O., Born July 30, 1863, at Otterville, Ill. Graduated from Washington University at St. Louis, Mo., 1885, with degree of C.E. Entered railway service 1887 in chief engineer's office Wisconsin Central Ry., since which he has been consecutively, March 1, 1888, to March 1, 1892, engineer Chicago & Western Indiana Rd.; March 1, 1892, to June 1, 1893, assistant engineer Illinois Central Rd.; [p.157] June 1, 1893, to June 1, 1902, roadmaster Chicago division; June 1, 1902, to Jan. 15, 1907, superintendent Springfield division same road; Jan. 15, 1907, to Nov. 1, 1910, assistant chief engineer Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Ry. and Alabama Great Southern Rd.; Nov. 1, 1910, to date, chief engineer same roads.
Egleston, Thomas, fire underwriter and bank director of Atlanta, Ga., born Charleston, S.C., 1856; son of Thomas R. and Henrietta C. (Holmes) Egleston; educated in private schools of Charleston, S.C. Has been general agent for the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn., since 1883 for the South Eastern States, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, with Southern Department at Atlanta, Ga., where all agents from these states report; general agent Egleston & W. R. Prescott, general agents of Hartford Fire Insurance Co., and Citizens' Insurance Co. of Missouri; director Lowry National Bank and Georgia Railway and Electric Co. of Atlanta, Ga.; president Empire Cotton Oil Co. Member House of Representatives of Georgia, 1901; appointed member of the Depot Commission for the state of Georgia. Democrat; Episcopalian. Clubs: Piedmont Driving, Capital City, Athletic, Brookhaven, Druid Hills.
Fenno, Edward Nicoll, retired wool commission merchant; born in Boston, Nov. 4, 1845; son of John Brooks Fenno and Sarah Elizabeth (Smith) Fenno. He attended Boston Public Latin School from 1856 to 1862, and was graduated from Harvard University as A.B., in 1866 and as A.M., in 1868. He is a director of the Old Boston National Bank, Indian Head Mills of Alabama, Boston Land Company and Slatersville Finishing Company, and trustee of the Provident Institution for Savings. He retired from wool commission business in 1900. In politics he is a Republican and in religion an Episcopalian. He is a vestryman of Trinity Church in the City of Boston; trustee of the Vincent Memorial Hospital; vice-president of the Veteran Association of Independent Corps Cadets of Massachusetts Volunteers Militia, a member of the Massachusetts Historical and Genealogical Society and Boston Episcopal Charitable Society and of the Boston Athletic Association. He is a member of the Somerset, Country, Central Lunch, Woods Hole Golf, Old Colony and Seapuit Clubs; also member of the Harvard Club of Boston and of the Varsity Club. Mr. Fenno married in Boston, Feb., 1872, Ellen M. Bradlee, and they have three children: Henry Bradlee, Edward Nicoll, Jr., and Marion Hiller. Residence: Falmouth, Barnstable County, Mass. Address: 87 Milk St., Boston, Mass.
French, Asa Palmer, 1awyer; born in Braintree, Mass., Jan. 29, 1860; son of Asa French and Sophia B. (Palmer) French. He received his preparatory education in the Boston public schools, Adams Academy, and Thayer Academy, and was graduated from Yale as A.B., in 1882; LL.B, Boston University, 1885. He was clerk to the judges of the Court of Alabama Claims at Washington, in 1885 and 1886; district attorney for the southeastern district of Massachusetts from 1901 to 1906, and has been United States attorney for the district of Massachusetts since January, 1906. He is also president of the Randolph Savings Bank, of Randolph, Mass. In politics he is a Republican. He is president of the Norfolk County Bar Association; trustee of Thayer Academy, Braintree, Mass.; deputy governor general of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, and a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity and the Masonic order. He is also a member of the University Club and Yale Club of New York and the Algonquin, Tennis and Racquet and University Clubs of Boston. Mr. French married in Randolph, Mass., Dec. 13, 1887, Elisabeth Ambrose Wales, and they have two children: Jonathan Wales, born in 1891, and Constance, born in 1896. Residence: Randolph, Mass. Address: 87 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
Gould, Frank Horace, lawyer; born, Fayette Co., Ia., Aug. 29, 1856; son Albert Langdon and Jane Augusta (Holbrook) Gould. Educated public schools, Santa Clara County, Cal.; Vinsonhalers College, San. Jose; State Normal School, San Jose; B.L., Alabama State University of Law, 1887. Married Hester A. Farnsworth, Jan. 16, 1879; second, Nettie Eaton, 1898. Crossed plains to California, 1862. Member of Legislature from Merced County, 1891-95. Speaker of Assembly of California, and ex-officio regent of State University, 1893-95. Building and loan commissioner, 1897-1901. Director State Hospital, Agnews, 1894-1900. Chairman Democratic State Conventions, 1896, 1904. Chairman Democratic State Central Committee, 1894 to 1896. Clubs.: Olympic, Union League, Commonwealth. Democrat. Residence: 1329 12th Ave.; office: Merchants National Bank Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.
Harden, Percival L., publisher, Metropolitan Building, New York City, was born June 21, 1879, in Wheeling, W. Va. He has been in business for himself since 1894, and is a successful publisher of New York City. [p.233] Harding, William P. G., banker of Birmingham, Ala., born Greene County, Ala., May 5, 1864; son of Horace and Eliza P. (Gould) Harding; graduated from Univ. of Alabama, A.M., 1881; married, Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 22, 1895, Amanda Moore (now deceased); three daughters. Clerk in bank of J. H. Fitts & Co., Tuskaloosa, Ala., Feb., 1882; assistant cashier of Berney National Bank of Birmingham, July, 1886; cashier, Jan., 1894; became vice-president First National Bank of Birmingham, 1896, and its president since July 1, 1902. Also director Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co., Chamber of Commerce, Associated Charities of Birmingham. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mason. Recreations: Automobiling and golf. Clubs: Southern, Country.
Harper, Dr. Roland McMillan, College Point, N.Y. Botany, Geography. Born Farmington, Me., Aug. 11, 1878. B.E., Georgia, 1897; Ph.D., Columbia, 1905. Forestry collector, Ga. Geol. Surv., 1903-04; botanist, Ala. Geol. Surv., 1905-06, 1911-13; asst. peat investigations, Fla. State Geol. Surv., 1908-10. F.A.A.; Ass. Geog.; New Eng. Bot. Club; Torrey Bot. Club; Bot. Soc. of America. Distribution and habitats of plants of eastern and southern states; trees of Georgia; phytogeography of coastal plain.--Economic plants of Alabama; peat of Florida; prairies and pine-barrens of Long Island; classification of swamps; geography of eastern North America; relations of vegetation to soil, seasonal distribution of rain; fluctuations of ground-water and fire. Has contributed about 1,500 pages to literature of the above subjects.
Harrison, George Paul, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Mar. 19, 1841, near Savannah, Ga. He entered the Confederate army as second lieutenant of the first Georgia regulars, and was promoted to briga-dier-general. He removed to Alabama in 1865; was elected commandant of cadets at University of Alabama, but declined; and was subsequently elected to the same position at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, and served one year. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Alabama in 1875; was elected state senator in 1876; and re-elected in 1880. He was president of the State Senate from 1882 to 1884; and was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention held in Chicago in 1892. He was elected to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses as a Democrat; and resides in Opelika, Ala. Is general counsel Western Ry. of Alabama. Has been president Alabama State Bar Assn. Served two terms as grand master of the Grand Lodge of Alabama, A.F. & A.M. Is a member of the general council of American Bar Association. Is a Methodist and a Democrat; was a member Constitutional Committee of Alabama in 1901.
Hobson, Richmond Pearson, congressman, was born Aug. 17, 1870, in Greensboro, Ala.; served in the United States Navy from 1885 to 1893; received the degree of LL.D. from Southern University June, 1906; was Democratic elector at large, Alabama, in 1904; is tenth in descent from Elder Brewster, of the Mayflower; was elected to the sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses, and reelected to the sixty-third congress as a Democrat for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Greensboro, Ala.
Hutchison, Miller Reese, inventor, electrical and mechanical engineer; born Montrose, Baldwin County, Alabama, Aug. 6, 1876; son William Peter and Tracie Elizabeth (Magruder) Hutchinson; educated in private schools in Mobile, Marion (Ala.) Military Institute, 1889-91; Spring Hill (Ala.) College, 1891-92; University Military Institute, Mobile, 1892-95; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1895-97, in electrical and mechanical engineering; attended Alabama Medical College in special aural investigation. Married, New York City, May 31, 1901, Martha J. Pomeroy; children: Miller Reese, Jr., born 1902; Harold Pomeroy, born 1904; Juan Ceballos, born 1906; Roblee Pomeroy, born 1908. Chief electrical engineer U.S. Lighthouse Establishment, 7th and 8th districts during Spanish-American War, engaged in laying submarine mines and cables; invented and patented the acousticon to enable the deaf to hear, the mas-sacon for the treatment of deafness, the klaxon automobile horn, the Hutchison electrical tachometer, etc., all in common use. Has been granted several hundred patents. Was present at coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, in Westminster Abbey, Aug. 9, 1902; presented with gold medal by Queen Alexandra as reward of merit for scientific investigation and invention, Aug. 21, 1902, on royal yacht Victoria and Albert, at Cowes; awarded gold and silver medals Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. Honorary commissioner Department of Electricity, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904; member International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904; member American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Society of Automobile Engineers; Kappa Alpha. Life member New York Electrical Society and of Navy League of the United States; associate member of the American Society of Naval Engineers and American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Chief engineer to and personal representative of Thomas A. Edison. Chief engineer Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, Edison Laboratory, Edison Storage Battery Company. Advertising manager Edison Storage Battery Company. Residences: Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N.J., and Woodside, Lake Minnetonka, Minn. Presbyterian. Recreations: Motoring and boating. Address: Edison Laboratory, Orange, N.J.
Johnston, Joseph Forney, United States senator from Alabama, was born in North Carolina in 1843; quit school to join the Confederate army as a private in March, 1861; served during the war, was wounded four times, and rose to the rank of captain; practiced law seventeen years; was a banker for ten years; was elected governor of Alabama in 1896 and re-elected in 1898, serving four years; never sought or held any office other than governor and senator. He was unanimously elected to the United States Senate by the legislature, to fill out the unexpired portion also for the term ending March 3, 1915; and resides in Birmingham, Alabama.
Kirkland, Dixon Fay, railway official of Manchester, Ga., was born June 1, 1866, in Lowndes County, Ga., on his father's plantation. He entered railway service in 1883; has been train conductor, locomotive fireman, telegraph operator, in 1889-91 was dispatcher for the Georgia, Southern and Florida railway at Macon, and in 1891-98 was dispatcher of the Plant System. In 1898-1900 he was trainmaster, in 1900-05 was division superintendent, in 1911 was chief clerk of the Georgia, Florida and Alabama railway; and since 1912 has been superintendent of that road.
Lloyd, Prof. Stewart Joseph, University, Ala. Chemistry. Born in Hamilton, Ont., Sept. 12, 1881. A.B., Toronto, 1904; M.S., McGill, 1906; Ph.D., Chicago, 1910. Demonstrator chem., McGill, 1904-06; asst., Chicago, 1908-09; assoc: prof., Alabama, 1909; professor, 1911 to date. Elec-trochem. Soc. Physical and organic chemistry; radioactivity. Metallur-gical chemistry; electrometallurgy; electrodeposition of aluminium and of molybdenum.
Morrow, Hugh, of Birmingham, Jefferson County, was born May 19, 1873, in the city of his present residence, and is the son of the late Judge John Calhoun and Mary Antoinette (Walker) Morrow, both of Elyton, Jefferson county, and the grandson of Hugh and Margaret (Holmes) Morrow, of Trussville, Jefferson county, and of Wm. A. and Corilla (Porter) Walker, St, of Elyton. The Morrows, from South Carolina, and the Walkers from North Carolina, were among the earliest and most sterling settlers in Jefferson county, where large family connections now reside, all of much worth and respectability. Judge Morrow was a captain in the C.S.A., member of the General Assembly of Alabama, Probate Judge of Jefferson county for three terms, and died Sept. 4, 1887. Senator Morrow was educated in the public schools of Birmingham, and at the University of Alabama, where in 1893 he took the A.B. degree, in 1894, LL.B., and A.M. In 1893-94 he was assistant instructor of English, and in 1899 he was elected president of the Alumni Society of the University. In 1894 he entered upon the practice of law at Birmingham; from 1896 to 1898 he was assistant solicitor of Jefferson county; from 1900 to 1904 he was a member of the State Senate from the 13th senatorial district, and was re-elected to the State Senate, of which body he is now president pro tempore, in 1910, which embraces Jefferson County; and he was (1911) a member of the firm of Tillman, Bradley and Morrow. In 1899 he was [p.350] nominated by the Democratic party as a delegate to the proposed constitutional convention of that year. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South; and a member of the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knight Templars, Shriners, and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta college fraternity, Southern Club, Country Club of Birmingham, Roebuck Springs Country Club, Press Club and Athletic Club. On June 9, 1897, he was married to Margaret Julia, daughter of Joseph Riley and Kate Julia (Molton) Smith, Jr., of Birmingham. The Smiths were early settlers of Jefferson county, while the Moltons were from Montgomery.
O'Neal, E., governor of the State of Alabama, was born Sept. 23, 1853, in Florence, Ala. He has been author of pamlphlets, and contributor to the press. He is Governor of Alabama for the term of 1911-15; and resides in Montgomery, Ala.
Prentice, John Hill, banker of New York City; born Saybrook, Conn., July 11, 1874; son of John and Caroline (Bill) Prentice; attended St. Mark's School and graduated from Columbia University, A.B., A.M.; married, Philadelphia, June, 1900, Kate S. Harrison; children: Caroline Cooper, Kate de Forest. Member of banking firm of Potter, Choate and Prentice; also director Alabama Great Southern Railroad, and Virginia and Southwestern Railroad. Episcopalian. Member Delta Psi Fraternity. Clubs: Union, Knickerbocker, Racquet, Metropolitan, University, Riding and Brook Clubs, St. Anthony, Midday, Recess, Tuxedo.
Reid, James Madison, chief engineer National Rys. of Mexico. Office: Mexico City, Mex. Born Oct. 12, 1861, near Americus, Ga. Graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, Ala., receiving degree of B.E., in 1882, and C.E. in 1890. Entered railway service, 1875, as apprentice in maintenance of way, and bridges and buildings department Western Ry. of Alabama, since which he has been consecutively, 1881 to 1884, assistant engineer on location, extension of the East Alabama & Cincinnati Ry., and county surveyor, Lee County, Ala.; tran-sitman on location and resident engineer on construction Tamasopo Canon, Tampico division Mexican Central Ry.; 1885 to 1886, engineer in charge of Weatherford & Mineral Wells Ry. work in Texas; 1886 to 1888, division engineer in charge of location and construction Royal Trans-African Ry., St. Paul de Loanda, Africa; 1888 to 1890, chief of [p.396] surveys and superintendent of construction same road; 1891 to 1894, railway contracting and architectural work in Texas; 1895 to 1897, division engineer on Guadalajara to Ameca extension Mexican Central Ry.; 1897 to 1899, levelman, transitman and engineer in charge of location and construction Patzcuaro to Uruapan extension Mexican National Ry.; 1900 to 1901, roadmaster San Luis division; 1901 to 1902, reconnoissance engineer in charge of location Huehuetoca to Gonzalez cut-off same road; 1902 to 1905, chief engineer of construction National Rys. of Mexico; 1906 to 1907, chief engineer same road; 1907 to 1909, chief engineer of construction National Lines of Mexico; Feb., 1909, to date, chief engineer National Rys. of Mexico.
Richardson, William, United States congressman from Alabama, was born in Athens, Ala. He served as a soldier in the Confederate States army during the Civil War; and was severely wounded at Chickamauga. He was then elected to the Alabama house of representatives from Limestone County. In 1867 he began the practice of law; was county judge for twelve years; and in 1890 was candidate for governor of Alabama. He was elected to the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighthi fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from the eighth district of Alabama; was re-elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Huntsville, Ala.
Smith, William Henry, auditor Atlanta & West Point Rd. and Western Ry. of Alabama. Office: Atlanta, Ga. Born Aug. 31, 1868,. at Greensboro, [p.432] N.C. Educated in the grammar and high schools of Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga. Entered railway service 1886 as clerk in local freight office Richmond & Danville Rd. at Atlanta, Ga., since which he has been consecutively, January, 1893, to 1894, traveling auditor same road; 1894 to January, 1901, traveling auditor Southern Ry.; January, 1901, to October, 1902, traveling auditor Atlanta & West Point Rd. and Western Ry. of Alabama; October, 1902, to Jan. 1, 1907, freight claim agent; Jan. 1, 1907, to date, auditor same roads.
Snelling, Rodman Paul, manufacturer of Newton Upper Falls, Mass.; born in Forest Hills, Mass., April 26, 1861; son of Samuel George and Eleanora Ellicott (Paul) Snelling; received preparatory education at St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H.; graduated from Harvard University, A.B., 1881; married, Richmond, Va., June 12, 1900, Eva Burnham de Treville. Began in iron business in 1881; appointed treasurer and director of Pettee Machine Works, 1882; Saco and Pettee Machine Shops, 1897, and of [p.433] Saco-Pettee Company in 1910, and since 1912 became treasurer of Saco-Lowell Shops, which office he still holds; director American Trust Co.; director Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; treasurer and director Eastern Machinery Co., Paper Mill Mutual Insurance Co.; director Hart-ville Cotton Mills, Indian Head Mills of Alabama, Lincoln Manufacturing Co., Loray Mills of North Carolina, Tuber Mills, Lanett Cotton Mills, New England Casualty Co., Cornell Mills, Fall River, Mass. Republican; Episcopalian. Clubs: Home Market (member of executive committee), Somerset, Tennis and Racquet (Boston), Country, Eastern Yacht.
Taylor, George Washington, congressman, was born Jan. 16, 1849, in Montgomery County, Ala. He enlisted as a private in company D, first regiment South Carolina cavalry, and served as a courier till the end of the war. He was elected to the lower house of the general assembly of Alabama in 1878; and served one term as a member from Choctaw County; and in 1880 he was elected state solicitor for the first judicial circuit of Alabama. He was a member of the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-second congresses as a democrat. He was re-elected to the sixty-third congress from the first [p.454] district of Alabama for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Demopolis, Ala.
Taylor, Hugh McGehee, director of construction National Railways of Mexico, Office: Mexico City, Mex. Born March 5, 1870, at Montgomery, Ala. Graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute with degree of C.E., 1889. Entered railway service May, 1889, as draftsman Birmingham Mineral division Louisville & NashvilIe Rd., since which he has been consecutively to 1890, masonry inspector same road; 1890 to 1891, resident engineer Alabama Mineral division same road; September, 1891, to October, 1893, supervisor Mexican National Rd.; October, 1893, to January, 1895, brakeman, freight and passenger conductor and yardmas-ter same road; January, 1895, to March, 1901, trainmaster same road at Laredo, Tex.; March, 1901, to 1902, superintendent San Luis Potosi division same road; 1902 to March 14, 1904, superintendent of construction same road in charge of reconstruction of main line and widening the gauge; March 14, 1904, to 1907, general manager Interoceanic Ry. of Mexico; 1907 to 1910, assistant general manager National Rd. of Mexico and its successor. He resigned from National Ry. February, 1913. March, 1913, to date, general manager Brazil P. Ry. Co., Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Thorington, William Sewell, lawyer, jurist, was born July 30, 1847, in Montgomery, Ala. In 1867 he was admitted to the bar; has been city attorney of Montgomery and judge-advocate-general for four years. He has been judge of the city court of Montgomery (law and equity court); associate justice of the supreme court of Alabama in 1892. He was appointed trustee of the State University of Alabama to succeed Hon. H. A. Herbert, and filled that position for about eight years; During 1864-65 he was in the Confederate service with the Alabama Corps of Cadets, of which he was adjutant in 1865. This able lawyer and jurist has always been a resident in the place of his nativity. He is author of several works. In 1897 he was elected dean of the law faculty in the University of Alabama. He was president of Alabama State Bar Association in 1908-09; special master in Alabama railroad rate cases in the Federal court at Montgomery, Ala., 1910-11.
Towne, Charles Arnette, lawyer; born in Oakland County, Mich., Nov. 21, 1858; son of Charles J. and Laura A. F. Towne; educated, public schools of Oakland County, Mich., and University of Michigan, Ph.B., 1881; LL.D., University of Alabama, 1905; married, 1887, Maude Irene Wildey. Became chief clerk of Department of Public Instruction, Lansing, Mich., 1881, and later in Treasury Department, state of Michigan; studied law and was admitted to bar of Michigan, 1885, and practiced at Marquette, Mich., 1885-89, Chicago, 1889-90, and then located at Duluth, Minn.; elected to congress on Republican ticket, 1894, and at once became prominent as an advocate of bimetallism; was delegate to the National Republican convention at St. Louis, 1896, but left the convention upon the adoption of the single gold-standard platform, becoming one of the organizers of the Silver Republican party; was nominated for congress by the Democrats and Populists, 1896, but defeated; became chairman Silver Republican National Committee, 1897; nominated by the People's party and by Silver Republicans, 1900, for vice-president of U.S., but declined both nominations and affiliated with the Democratic party, making speeches for Bryan and Stevenson in the campaign of that year; appointed by Gov. Lind of Minnesota, as U.S. senator, and in senate made strong opposition to the Philippine policy of the administration. After some experience in Texas in the production and refining of oil, he took up his permanent residence in New York City, in 1901; elected to the fifty-ninth congress in 1904 from the fourteenth New York District. He is a member of the law firm of Towne & Spellman, 115 Broadway.
Wood, George Warren, Presbyterian minister of Fairhope, Ala., was born Jan. 1, 1844, in Bebek, Turkey. His father was a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was educated in the state of New York, and except one year at Hamilton College, in the city; received the degree of B.A. in the city and two years afterward (1865) from Hamilton College, at Clinton, Oneida County; M.A. from the College of the City of New York in 1866; and was graduated from Union Theological Seminary in 1869. He was licensed to preach in April of that year, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Saginaw (Synod of Michigan) April 11, 1872. The next month (May 13) he married Harriet Snyder, who has borne him two sons and five daughters. They live in Michigan, with the exception of one daughter, who is in Alabama. He labored in Michigan under the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions until 1876, and under the American Bible Society in 1877, '78 and '79. He was a missionary to the Dakota (Sioux) Indians on the upper Missouri River from 1879 to 1889. In 1892-93 he was a home missionary at Lakefield in the upper peninsula of Michigan. He published a little paper at Mackinaw, Mich., called the Mackinaw Witness; and afterward went to Fairhope, Ala., where he has been treasurer of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation since 1908.
