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James CAPEHART, Congress, WV (1847-1921)

CAPEHART, James, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Point Pleasant, Mason County, Va. (now West Virginia), March 7, 1847; attended the public schools and Marietta College, Ohio;…

Daniel Haymond POLSLEY, Congress, WV (1803-1877)

POLSLEY, Daniel Haymond, a Representative from West Virginia; born at Palatine, near Fairmont, Va. (now West Virginia), November 28, 1803; attended the country schools; completed preparatory…

Flint, Timothy

(Encyclopedia) Flint, Timothy, 1780–1840, American author, b. North Reading, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1800, and entered the ministry. As a missionary he traveled up and down the Mississippi valley from…

Bernard of Cluny

(Encyclopedia) Bernard of ClunyBernard of Clunykl&oomacr;ˈnē [key] or Bernard of MorlaixBernard of Morlaixmôrlāˈ [key], fl. 1150, French Cluniac monk, of English parentage. He wrote De contemptu…

The Oscars

By Alicia Potter Oscar was in big trouble. The year was 1952, and talk swirled on the backlots and in the boardrooms that the Academy Awards were on their last legs. The problem? Money. The…

Charles Edgar HOGG, Congress, WV (1852-1935)

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…

William SLADE, Congress, VT (1786-1859)

SLADE, William, a Representative from Vermont; born in Cornwall, Vt., May 9, 1786; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1807; studied law; was…

William Vincent LUCAS, Congress, SD (1835-1921)

LUCAS, William Vincent, a Representative from South Dakota; born near Delphi, Carroll County, Ind., July 3, 1835; attended the common schools; moved to Bremer County, Iowa, in 1856 and engaged…