Oral Tradition The black descendants of Ball slaves interviewed for the book also told very different stories. For example, Edwina Harleston Whitlock, a retiree living in…
(Encyclopedia) Des Barres or Desbarres, Joseph Frederick WalletDes Barres or Desbarres, Joseph Frederick Walletdābärˈ [key], 1721?–1824, British army officer, surveyor, and artist. He was born of…
(Encyclopedia) Boehme or Böhme, JakobBoehme or Böhme, Jakobbēˈmə, Ger. yäˈkôp böˈmə [key], 1575–1624, German religious mystic, a cobbler of Görlitz, in England also called Behmen. He was a student of…
HOWARD, William Schley, (cousin of Augustus O. Bacon), a Representative from Georgia; born in Kirkwood, De Kalb County, Ga., June 29, 1875; attended Neelâs Academy; was a page in the State…
GADSDEN, Christopher, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., February 16, 1723; attended schools in England; employed in a commercial house in Philadelphia, Pa., 1742-1745;…
OâCONNELL, Joseph Francis, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., December 7, 1872; attended the Mather School of Boston and prepared for college at St. Maryâs…
O’CONNELL, Joseph Francis, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., December 7, 1872; attended the Mather School of Boston and prepared for college at St. Mary’s Parochial…
Senate Years of Service: 1933-1934Party: DemocratERICKSON, John Edward, a Senator from Montana; born in Stoughton, Dane County, Wis., March 14, 1863; moved with his parents to Eureka,…
Peretti, Elsa
(Encyclopedia) Peretti, Elsa, 1940-2021, Italian model and jewelry designer, b. Florence, Italy. After studying interior design and working as an…
