The Angells
- James Burrill Angell (1829–1916), U.S. Minister to China 1880–1881, U.S. Minister to Turkey 1897–1898. Father of Alexis C. Angell.
- Alexis C. Angell (1857–1932), U.S. District Court Judge in Michigan 1911–1912. Son of James Burrill Angell.
NOTE: Alexis C. Angell was also son-in-law of Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas M. Cooley.
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Famous quotes containing the word angells:
“Man was kreated a little lower than the angells and has bin gittin a little lower ever sinse.”
—Josh Billings [Henry Wheeler Shaw] (1818–1885)
“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalms, 8:2.
“Man was kreated a little lower than the angells and has bin gittin a little lower ever sinse.” (Josh Billings, His Sayings, ch. 28, 1865)