by Mark Hughes The American public has always been fascinated by first families. We know much about the lives of the presidents and first ladies, but what about the children in the White…
MANNING, Vannoy Hartrog (Van), a Representative from Mississippi; born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., July 26, 1839; moved with his parents to Mississippi in 1841; attended Horn Lake Male…
MANNING, Vannoy Hartrog (Van), a Representative from Mississippi; born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., July 26, 1839; moved with his parents to Mississippi in 1841; attended Horn Lake Male…
Senate Years of Service: 1891-1897Party: DemocratIRBY, John Laurens Manning, (great-grandson of Elias Earle and cousin of Joseph Haynsworth Earle), a Senator from South Carolina; born in…
YOUNG, Pierce Manning Butler, a Representative from Georgia; born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C., on November 15, 1836; moved with his parents to Georgia in 1839; studied under…
inventorBorn: 1848Birthplace: Chelsea, Mass. Born in Chelsea, Mass., Latimer learned mechanical drawing while working for a Boston patent attorney. He later invented an electric lamp and a carbon…
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(Encyclopedia) Winthrop, residential town (1990 pop. 18,127), Suffolk co., E Mass., on a peninsula extending into Boston Bay; settled 1635, set off from North Chelsea and inc. 1852. Several houses of…
ROBERTS, Ernest William, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in East Madison, Maine, November 22, 1858; attended the public schools in Chelsea, Mass.; was graduated from Highland…
FROST, Rufus Smith, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Marlboro, Cheshire County, N.H., July 18, 1826; moved to Boston, Mass., in 1833; attended the public schools; engaged in…
