MOORES, Merrill, a Representative from Indiana; born in Indianapolis, Ind., April 21, 1856; attended the public schools, Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind., and Willamette University, Salem…
MORRISON, Martin Andrew, a Representative from Indiana; born in Frankfort, Clinton County, Ind., April 15, 1862; attended the public schools; was graduated from Butler College, Irvington, Ind…
MORSE, Elijah Adams, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., May 25, 1841; moved to Massachusetts with his parents, who settled in Boston in 1852;…
TAYLOR, George Washington, a Representative from Alabama; born on âRoselawnâ plantation near Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., January 16, 1849; attended private schools; while a…
SHRIVER, Garner E., a Representative from Kansas; born in Towanda, Butler County, Kans., July 6, 1912; attended the public schools of Towanda and Wichita; moved to Wichita, Sedgwick County,…
HAGANS, John Marshall, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Brandonville, Preston County, Va. (now West Virginia), August 13, 1838; attended the public schools; studied law at Harvard…
DOWNING, Finis Ewing, a Representative from Illinois; born in Virginia, Cass County, Ill., August 24, 1846; attended public and private schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Virginia, Ill…
(Encyclopedia) Jordan, David Starr, 1851–1931, American scientist and educator, b. Gainesville, N.Y., M.S. Cornell, 1872, M.D. Indiana Medical College, 1875, and studied under Louis Agassiz at…
(Encyclopedia) Middletown. 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 42,762), Middlesex co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled 1650, inc. 1784, town and city consolidated 1923. Its…
(Encyclopedia) Brant, Joseph, 1742–1807, chief of the Mohawk. His Mohawk name is usually rendered as Thayendanegea. He served under Sir William Johnson in the French and Indian War, and Johnson sent…
