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Frank GARDNER, Congress, IN (1872-1937)

GARDNER, Frank, a Representative from Indiana; born on a farm in Finley Township, near Scottsburg, Scott County, Ind., May 8, 1872; attended the rural schools; was graduated from Borden…

William Claiborne OWENS, Congress, KY (1849-1925)

OWENS, William Claiborne, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., October 17, 1849; attended the common schools, also Kentucky Wesleyan College, Millersburg Ky…

Henry Peter HAUN, Congress, CA (1815-1860)

Senate Years of Service: 1859-1860Party: DemocratHAUN, Henry Peter, a Senator from California; born near Newtown, Scott County, Ky., January 18, 1815; attended the common schools and…

Daniel Pope COOK, Congress, IL (1794-1827)

COOK, Daniel Pope, a Representative from Illinois; born in Scott County, Ky., in 1794; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Kaskaskia,…

Hooker, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Hooker, Thomas, 1586–1647, Puritan clergyman in the American colonies, chief founder of Hartford, Conn., b. Leicestershire, England. A clergyman, he was ordered to appear before the…

Cumberland Gap

(Encyclopedia) Cumberland Gap, natural passage through the Cumberland Mts., near the point where Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee meet. The gap was formed by the erosive action of a stream that once…

Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder

(Encyclopedia) Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder, 1843–1928, American geologist, b. Mattoon, Ill., grad. Beloit College, 1866. He was professor of geology at Beloit (1873–82), president of the Univ. of…