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| Alger Island |
Alger Island is a small island located within the Adirondack State Park, in New York State. The island lies in Fourth Lake, in the so-called Fulton Chain of Lakes. (references) |
| David Alger |
David Alger was born as David Dewey Alger on December 15, 1943 in California. He rose from being the director of research in 1971, to become CEO and chief investment officer of Fred Alger Management, one of the largest US money management firms. (references) |
| Fanny Alger |
Fanny Alger is generally accepted as the first plural wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. She was 16 at the time of her marriage to Smith. At the time of his marriage to her, Alger was staying in the Smith household, perhaps helping Emma, Smith's first wife, with housework. By all accounts, Alger and Emma were very close. (references) |
| Horatio Alger |
United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Pat Alger |
Pat Alger is a country music songwriter. He was a member of the Woodstock Mountains Revue as a guitarist-singer-songwriter, writing the song "Old Time Music" and "Southern Crescent Line." He later teamed up with Nanci Griffith and co-wrote Griffith's hit songs "Once in a Very Blue Moon" and "Lone Star State of Mind." Some of his songs have also been recorded by Kathy Mattea ("Goin' Gone" and "She Came From Fort Worth") and Trisha Yearwood, and he co-wrote songs with Garth Brooks. (references) |
| Russell A. Alger |
Russell Alexander Alger (February 27, 1836-January 24, 1907) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. He was supposedly a distant relation of Horatio Alger, although Russell Alger lived his own "rags-to-riches" success tale. (references) |
| Seneca Alger |
Seneca Alger (b. in New York state) was of the wholesale grocery firm Alger & Brother (85 Day Street). (references) |
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