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| | Alexander James Dallas |
 | | DALLAS, Alexander James, statesman, born in the Island of Jamaica, 21 June 1759; died in Trenton, New Jersey, 14 January 1817. |
 | | --His son, Alexander James Dallas, naval officer, born in 1791 died in Callao bay, Peru, 3 June 1844, was appointed a midshipman on 22 November 1805, became a lieutenant on 13 June 1810, commander on 5 March 1817, and captain on 24 April 1828. |
 | | --The third son of Alexander James Dallas was a lawyer and judge in Pittsburgh, Pa.--The son of George M. Dallas, Philip Mifflin Dallas, born in 1825; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8 March 1866, was a lawyer practicing in Philadelphia, and, while his father held the English mission, was secretary of legation in London. |
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