(Encyclopedia) Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781–1857, American dramatist, b. Mt. Airy, Md., educated at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton). The grandson of Martha Washington, he grew up…
WASHINGTON, George, (granduncle of George Corbin Washington), a Delegate from Virginia and first President of the United States; born at âWakefield,â near Popes Creek, Westmoreland County…
STEELE, George Washington, a Representative from Indiana; born near Connersville, Fayette County, Ind., December 13, 1839; attended the common schools and Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware…
RAUCH, George Washington, a Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Warren in Salamonie Township, Huntington County, Ind., February 22, 1876; attended the common schools and…
FARIS, George Washington, a Representative from Indiana; born near Rensselaer, Jasper County, Ind., June 9, 1854; attended the public schools; was graduated from Asbury (now De Pauw)…
CROMER, George Washington, a Representative from Indiana; born near Anderson, Madison County, Ind., May 13, 1856; attended the common schools and Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, and was…
JULIAN, George Washington, a Representative from Indiana; born near Centerville, Wayne County, Ind., on May 5, 1817; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840…
ADAMS, John, (father of John Quincy Adams; grandfather of Charles Francis Adams; cousin of Samuel Adams; father-in-law of William Stephens Smith), a Delegate from Massachusetts and a Vice…
(Encyclopedia) Platt, Charles Adams, 1861–1933, American architect, landscape architect, painter, and etcher, b. New York City. He studied etching with Stephen Parrish and painting, in Paris, under…