(Encyclopedia) StauntonStauntonstănˈtən [key], city (1990 pop. 24,461), seat of Augusta co., W central Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; settled 1732, inc. as a city 1871. It is a trade and industrial…
(Encyclopedia) Staunton, Howard, 1810–74, English chess player, writer, and editor, b. Westmoreland. Settling (1836) in London, he edited (1841–54) England's first major chess magazine and wrote (…
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QUARLES, Julian Minor, a Representative from Virginia; born near Ruther Glen, Caroline County, Va., September 25, 1848; attended the primary schools in Caroline and Augusta Counties and Pine…
STUART, Alexander Hugh Holmes, (cousin of Archibald Stuart), a Representative from Virginia; born in Staunton, Va., April 2, 1807; attended Staunton Academy and the College of William and Mary…
SWOOPE, Jacob, a Representative from Virginia; born in Philadelphia, Pa., birth date unknown; attended the common schools; moved to Staunton, Va., in 1789 and engaged in the mercantile…
YOST, Jacob, a Representative from Virginia; born in Staunton, Augusta County, Va., April 1, 1853; attended the public schools and Mossy Creek Academy; learned the printing trade and was…
