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Isaac Hoffer DOUTRICH, Congress, PA (1871-1941)

DOUTRICH, Isaac Hoffer, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born on a farm near Middletown, Dauphin County, Pa., December 19, 1871; moved to Elizabethtown, Pa., with his parents in 1880;…

Isaac Harding DUVAL, Congress, WV (1824-1902)

DUVAL, Isaac Harding, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Wellsburg, Brooke County, Va. (now West Virginia), September 1, 1824; attended the common schools; as a youth he went to Fort…

Isaac Newton EVANS, Congress, PA (1827-1901)

EVANS, Isaac Newton, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Westchester, Chester County, Pa., July 29, 1827; attended the common schools; was graduated from the medical department of…

Isaac Gray FARLEE, Congress, NJ (1787-1855)

FARLEE, Isaac Gray, a Representative from New Jersey; born at White House, Hunterdon County, N.J., May 18, 1787; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Flemington;…

Isaac WILLIAMS, Jr., Congress, NY (1777-1860)

WILLIAMS, Isaac, Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Goshen, Conn., April 5, 1777; received a limited schooling; moved with his father to Otsego County, N.Y., in 1793; was appointed…

Gravely, Samuel Lee, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Gravely, Samuel Lee, Jr., 1922–2004, U.S. naval officer, the first African American to hold the rank of admiral, b. Richmond, Va. Joining the Naval Reserves in 1942, he became (1944)…

Lee, George Washington Custis

(Encyclopedia) Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832–1913, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Fort Monroe, Va.; eldest son of Robert E. Lee. He served in the Corps of Engineers until May…

Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh

(Encyclopedia) Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, known as Rooney Lee, 1837–91, Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, b. Arlington House, near Alexandria, Va.; son of Robert E. Lee. He…

Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt

(Encyclopedia) Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt, 1884–1980, American socialite, b. New York City. The only child of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, she was a teenager when…