Senate Years of Service: 1889-1895 Party: Republican DIXON, Nathan Fellows, (son of Nathan Fellows Dixon [1812-1881] and grandson of Nathan Fellows Dixon [1777-1842]), a Representative and a…
(Encyclopedia) redstart, common name for an Old World thrush of the genus Phoenicurus, family Turdidae. A small, slender-legged songbird, it is found in woodlands, parks, and heaths. The European…
SERGEANT, John, (son of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, grandfather of John Sergeant Wise and Richard Alsop Wise, and great-grandfather of John Crain Kunkel), a Representative from Pennsylvania;…
(Encyclopedia) Dwight, Theodore, 1764–1846, American author, b. Northampton, Mass.; brother of Timothy Dwight and grandson of Jonathan Edwards. A leader of the Federalist party in New England, he…
(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Samuel, 1721–1803, American clergyman and theologian, b. Waterbury, Conn., grad. Yale, 1741. He was a leading disciple of Jonathan Edwards, whose theology was the foundation…
(Encyclopedia) MenashaMenashamənăshˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 14,711), Winnebago co., E Wis., on Lake Winnebago and the Fox River, adjacent to its twin city of Neenah; settled 1840s, inc. 1874.…
(Encyclopedia) Trás-os-MontesTrás-os-Montesträˈz&oobreve;zhmônˌtĕsh [key], former province of NE Portugal, comprising the districts of Bragança and Vila Real. The capital was Bragança. It is now…
Celluloid SantasA dip into cinematic history proves that not all Saint Nicks are created equal...by Alicia Potter The snowy beard, the button-straining belly, and the confidence to wear head-…
(Encyclopedia) Hornsby, Rogers, 1896–1963, American baseball player and manager, b. Winters, Tex. He started in major league baseball in 1915 as a shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals and later (…
