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…
McGREGOR, J. Harry, a Representative from Ohio; born on a farm near Unionport, Jefferson County, Ohio, September 30, 1896; attended the public schools, West Lafayette (Ohio) College, and…
DAVIS, John James, (father of John William Davis), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Va. (now West Virginia), May 5, 1835; attended the Northwestern Virginia Academy at…
FOX, Andrew Fuller, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Reform, Pickens County, Ala., April 26, 1849; moved to Calhoun County, Miss., with his parents in 1853; attended private schools…
TAYLOR, James Alfred, a Representative from West Virginia; born near Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, September 25, 1878; attended the public schools; employed in a printing office in Ironton,…
HOGG, Charles Edgar, (father of Robert Lynn Hogg), a Representative from West Virginia; born on a farm near Point Pleasant, Mason County, Va. (now West Virginia), December 21, 1852; attended…
SMITH, Charles Brooks, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Elizabeth, Wirt County, Va. (now West Virginia), February 24, 1844; attended a private school at Parkersburg; enlisted on…
European explorerBorn: 1451Birthplace: Genoa, Italy Christopher Columbus left home in Genoa, Italy, as a teenager to become a sailor on the Mediterranean Sea. In the late 1470s he settled in Lisbon…
ALLEN, Robert Edward Lee, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Lima, Tyler County, W.Va., November 28, 1865; attended the country schools, Fairmont Normal School, and Peabody College,…
BAILEY, Cleveland Monroe, a Representative from West Virginia; born on a farm near St. Marys, Pleasants County, W.Va., July 15, 1886; attended the public schools, and West Liberty State…
