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Morris, Robert, 1931–2018, American artist

(Encyclopedia) Morris, Robert (Robert Eugene Morris), 1931–2018, American artist, b. Kansas City, Mo., studied Kansas City Art Institute, California School of Fine Arts, Reed College. He settled in…

Waltham Forest

(Encyclopedia) Waltham ForestWaltham Forestwôlˈtəm, –thəm [key], outer borough (1991 pop. 203,400) of Greater London, SE England. The borough, covering 15 sq mi (40 sq km), is primarily residential.…

Alice

(Encyclopedia) Alice, city (2020 pop. 17,891), seat of Jim Wells co., S Tex.; inc. 1910. Long a cow town at a railroad junction, Alice remains a cattle-shipping center. Oil and natural…

Scott LORD, Congress, NY (1820-1885)

LORD, Scott, a Representative from New York; born in Nelson, Madison County, N.Y., December 11, 1820; attended the common schools and the local academies at Morrisville and Geneseo; studied…

Rodney P. FRELINGHUYSEN, Congress, NJ (1946)

FRELINGHUYSEN, Rodney P., (son of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr., great-great grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen, and great-great-great nephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen), a Representative…

James Monroe MILLER, Congress, KS (1852-1926)

MILLER, James Monroe, a Representative from Kansas; born at Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pa., May 6, 1852; attended the district school and was graduated from Dickinson Seminary,…

Joshua S. SALMON, Congress, NJ (1846-1902)

SALMON, Joshua S., a Representative from New Jersey; born at Mount Olive, Morris County, N.J., February 2, 1846; at an early age moved with his parents to the village of Bartley; attended the…

John Levi SHEPPARD, Congress, TX (1852-1902)

SHEPPARD, John Levi, (father of Morris Sheppard and great-grandfather of Connie Mack, III), a Representative from Texas; born in Bluffton, Chambers County, Ala., April 13, 1852; moved with his…

Robert Roberts HITT, Congress, IL (1834-1906)

HITT, Robert Roberts, a Representative from Illinois; born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, January 16, 1834; moved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1837 with his parents, who settled in Mount…