COOPER, George Byran, a Representative from Michigan; born at Long Hill, Morris County, N.J., June 6, 1808; attended the public schools; moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1830, and later, in 1835…
HUBBARD, Levi, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Worcester, Mass., December 19, 1762; attended the common schools; moved to Paris, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), in 1785…
(Encyclopedia) Tyler, John, 1790–1862, 10th President of the United States, b. Charles City co., Va.
Tyler, nominated by a small Democratic faction, had withdrawn from the 1844 election. In Feb…
poet, writerBorn: 2/28/1929Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York One of Ireland's best-known poets, John Montague was born in New York. His father, an Ulster Catholic, moved his family there in the 1920s…
CROCKETT, John Wesley, (son of David Crockett), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Trenton, Tenn., July 10, 1807; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and…
ORR, Alexander Dalrymple, (nephew of William Grayson), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Alexandria, Loudoun County, Va., November 6, 1761; attended the local schools; about 1782 moved…
SEYBERT, Adam, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 16, 1773; attended the common schools; completed the medical course at the University of Pennsylvania at…
(Encyclopedia) Morton, William Thomas Green, 1819–68, American dentist and physician, b. Charlton, Mass., studied at Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. He practiced dentistry in Boston, for a time…
(Encyclopedia) Parker, QuanahParker, Quanahkwänˈə [key], c.1852–1911, Native American chief, b. Texas; son of a Comanche chief, Peta Nocone, and Cynthia Ann Parker, a survivor of a massacre. In 1867…
