George g gilman biography of abraham

Camden, August 28, &#; George Gilman Alexander, city clerk and treasurer, and one of Camden&#;s most prominent and highly respected citizens, died at his residence yesterday morning, August 27, He had been confined to his bed for a little more than three weeks, and through it was known that his condition was quite grave, it was considered that he was steadily improving and the end came as a surprise to all Camden.

Mr. Alexander was 67 years of age, having been born in Camden January 9, , the son of Isaac Alexander and great grandson of Abraham Alexander, chairman of the committee which drew up and signed the Mecklenburg declaration. During his entire life he has been identified with the public life he has been identified with the public life of this section and has served the community in many capacities. As a member of Company K, Wateree Mounted Riflemen, Seventh South Carolina cavalry, he served during the entire War Between the Sections under Col. A. C. Haskell and Capt. D. St. Pierre DuBose. The fearlessness which characterized his entire life, characterized him as a soldier.

From to he was mayor of Camden and served Kershaw county as State senator during the administration of Gov. Richardson. For many years he was editor of the Camden Journal, and for two terms was postmaster at Camden.

In every walk of life Mr. Alexander proved himself a man of indomitable courage and enjoyed a well deserved reputation for uprightness, honesty and integrity. His loss is keenly and broadly felt, and he is mourned by a host of admiring friends.

Beside his wife, one brother, Dr. I H Alexander, and a sister, Mrs. J. T. Hirschman, he is survived by six children; G. G. Alexander, Jr., Mrs. John F. Jenkins of Ocala, Fla.; Isaac B. Alexander of Jacksonville, and Misses Elizabeth M. Alexander, Minnie Alexander and Emily Alexander.

The funeral services were held today, August 28, , at 4 o&#;clock from the Methodist church. In the absence of Rev. Mr. Brown the Rev. Mr. Daviss

When George Grant Gilman was born on 1 October , in Mount Vernon, Kennebec, Maine, United States, his father, Francis Marion Gilman, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Arobine Carr, was He married Jennie Akerman Emery on 12 March , in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 3 June , at the age of 65, and was buried in Bean Cemetery, Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States.

 
On the day after Abraham Lincoln was nominated for President by the Republican National Convention meeting in Chicago, his eldest son Robert was in Exeter, New Hampshire preparing to enter Harvard College. When news reached him, Robert was engaged in bowling. &#;Bob, your father got it!&#; exclaimed his friend Albert Blair. Robert Todd Lincoln&#;s response was restrained but practical: &#;Good! I will write home for a check before he spends all of his money in the campaign.&#;

Two and a half months earlier, on the morning of Wednesday, February 29, Mr. Lincoln had departed from Providence, Rhode Island for Exeter, Robert was studying at Phillips Exeter Academy so he could pass the Harvard entrance examination, which he had previously failed. The original intention for a quiet father-son visit was undermined by the success of Mr. Lincoln&#;s Cooper Union speech in New York City on February Meeting historian George Bancroft in the photographic studio of Mathew Brady in New York that day, Mr. Lincoln reportedly said &#;I am on my way to New Hampshire&#;where I have a son at school, who, if reports be true, already knows much more than his father.&#; Robert himself recalled: &#;The news of his speech had preceded him, and he was obliged to speak eleven times before leaving New England.&#;

New Hampshire Republicans were particularly obliged to have Mr. Lincoln speak since they were locked in a tight gubernatorial election to be held a month after Mr. Lincoln&#;s visit. The Republican candidate was wealthy Portsmouth businessman Ichabod Goodwin, who had already served one, one-year term after many unsuccessful attempts at office as a Whig. As soon as Mr. Lincoln arrived in Exeter, he was besieged by requests to speak.

The family-political visit must have tested Mr. Lincoln&#;s endurance and vocal chords. He would give four speeches in New Hampshire &#; three on the day after his arrival, at least one them of two

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George Gilman Fogg (May 26, &#;&#; October 5, ) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a member of the United States Senate for New Hampshire from to From to , Fogg served as the United States Ambassador to Switzerland. Fogg had previously served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and New Hampshire Secretary of State.

Early life and education

The son of David Fogg and Hannah Gilman Vickery, he was born May 26, , in Meredith, New Hampshire. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Dartmouth College in He studied law at Meredith and at the Harvard Law School, was admitted to the bar in

Career

After being admitted to the bar, Fogg commenced practice in Gilmanton Ironworks, New Hampshire.

He moved to Concord, New Hampshire, and served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in From to , he served as New Hampshire Secretary of State. He was a newspaper publisher from to , and reporter of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from to

Fogg was secretary of the Republican National Executive Committee in , and was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as Minister Resident to Switzerland, holding that office from to He was appointed as a Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Clark and served from August 31, , to March 3, ; he was not a candidate for election to the Senate in Fogg served as a fellow at Bates College from to He was editor of the Concord Daily Monitor and died in Concord in

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