inventor of barbed wireBorn: 1/18/1813Birthplace: Charlestown, N.H. Glidden grew up on his father's farms in New Hampshire and (later) New York State. In 1837 he married Clarissa Foster, and the…
GRIFFIN, Charles Hudson, (great-great-grandson of Isaac Griffin), a Representative from Mississippi; born on a farm near Utica, Miss., May 9, 1926; educated at Utica High School, Hinds Junior…
COCHRANE, Aaron Van Schaick, (nephew of Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick), a Representative from New York; born in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., March 14, 1858; attended the common schools and the…
COLES, Walter, (son of Isaac Coles), a Representative from Virginia; born at Coles Ferry, Halifax County, Va., December 8, 1790; moved with his parents to Pittsylvania County, Va., in 1798;…
KINSEY, James, a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 22, 1731; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1753 and practiced in the…
DARLINGTON, Edward, (cousin of Isaac Darlington and William Darlington), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in West Chester, Chester County, Pa., September 17, 1795; moved in early youth…
CANTOR, Jacob Aaron, a Representative from New York; born in New York City December 6, 1854; attended the public schools; reporter on the New York World for several years; was graduated from…
(Encyclopedia) Feke, RobertFeke, Robertfēk [key], c.1705–c.1750, early American portrait painter, b. Oyster Bay, N.Y. He practiced in Newport, R.I., New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston. He…
(Encyclopedia) Goupil, René (Saint René Goupil)Goupil, Renérənāˈ g&oomacr;pēlˈ [key], c.1607–1642, French missionary, one of the Jesuit Martyrs of North America. He went to Canada in 1640, spent…
