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Mosquito and Tick-Borne Diseases: Introduction

IntroductionMosquito and Tick-Borne DiseasesIntroductionYellow FeverDengueWest Nile EncephalitisRocky Mountain Spotted FeverLyme DiseaseMosquitoes serve as vectors, or carriers, of the malaria…

Kemper, Reuben

(Encyclopedia) Kemper, Reuben, d. 1827, American adventurer, b. Virginia. With his brothers Nathan and Samuel he settled c.1800 in Feliciana, just above Baton Rouge, in West Florida, then Spanish…

Howell Edmunds JACKSON, Congress, TN (1832-1895)

Senate Years of Service: 1881-1886Party: DemocratJACKSON, Howell Edmunds, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Paris, Henry County, Tenn., April 8, 1832; moved with his parents to Jackson, Tenn…

Henry Gassaway DAVIS, Congress, WV (1823-1916)

Senate Years of Service: 1871-1883Party: DemocratDAVIS, Henry Gassaway, (brother of Thomas Beall Davis and grandfather of Davis Elkins), a Senator from West Virginia; born near Woodstock,…

John Edward KENNA, Congress, WV (1848-1893)

Senate Years of Service: 1883-1893Party: DemocratKENNA, John Edward, a Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born near St. Albans, Kanawha County, Va. (now West Virginia), April 10…

Robert Lynn HOGG, Congress, WV (1893-1973)

HOGG, Robert Lynn, (son of Charles Edgar Hogg), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va., December 30, 1893; attended the public schools and West…

Harley Martin KILGORE, Congress, WV (1893-1956)

Senate Years of Service: 1941-1956Party: DemocratKILGORE, Harley Martin, a Senator from West Virginia; born in Brown, Harrison County, W.Va., January 11, 1893; attended the public schools;…

FAULKNER, Charles James, Congress, WV (1847-1929)

Senate Years of Service: 1887-1899 Party: Democrat FAULKNER, Charles James, (son of Charles James Faulkner [1806-1884]), a Senator from West Virginia; born on the family estate, ‘Boydville,’…