(Encyclopedia) Huntingdon, town, Cambridgeshire, E central England, on the Ouse River. Seat of the Huntingdonshire dist., the town has light industries…
jazz musicianBorn: 8/4/1901Birthplace: New Orleans Jazz musician known for his virtuosic skills on the cornet and trumpet. Armstrong popularized the scat style of singing and remains one of jazz's…
McDOWELL, John Anderson, a Representative from Ohio; born in Killbuck, Holmes County, Ohio, September 25, 1853; attended the common schools, the Millersburg High School, and Lebanon (Ohio)…
Senate Years of Service: 1826-1827; 1829-1829Party: Jacksonian; JacksonianREED, Thomas Buck, a Senator from Mississippi; born near Lexington, Ky., May 7, 1787; attended the public schools and…
HASKELL, Dudley Chase, (grandfather of Otis Halbert Holmes), a Representative from Kansas; born in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., March 23, 1842; moved with his parents to Lawrence, Kans.,…
WHO WAS “OLD IRONSIDES”? WHO WERE ROUNDHEADS AND CAVALIERS? WHO WERE THE DIGGERS AND LEVELERS? WHAT WAS THE COMMONWEALTH? FIND OUT MOREFrom 1642 to 1648 people in the British Isles were split by a…
YODER, Samuel S., a Representative from Ohio; born in Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, August 16, 1841; attended the common schools and Wooster (Ohio) University, and was graduated from the…
BURNS, John Anthony, a Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii; born in Fort Assinneboine, Mont., March 30, 1909; resident of Hawaii since May 30, 1913; attended school in Honolulu and Kansas;…
