WOOD, Walter Abbott, a Representative from New York; born in Mason, N.H., October 23, 1815; moved to New York in 1816 with his parents, who settled in Rensselaerville; attended the common…
FOLEY, James Bradford, a Representative from Indiana; born near Dover, Mason County, Ky., October 18, 1807; received a limited schooling; employed on a flatboat on the Mississippi River in…
ROSS, Thomas, (son of John Ross), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., December 1, 1806; attended the Doylestown, Pa., schools; was graduated from…
STROTHER, James French, (son of George French Strother and grandfather of James French Strother [1868-1930]), a Representative from Virginia; born in Culpeper, Va., September 4, 1811;…
STROTHER, James French, (son of George French Strother and grandfather of James French Strother [1868-1930]), a Representative from Virginia; born in Culpeper, Va., September 4, 1811; completed…
TULLY, Pleasant Britton, a Representative from California; born in Henderson County, Tenn., on March 21, 1829; moved to Arkansas with his father, who settled in Phillips County in 1838;…
HOLBROOK, Edward Dexter, a Delegate from Idaho; born in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, May 6, 1836; attended the common schools and Oberlin (Ohio) College; studied law; was admitted to the bar…
PHISTER, Elijah Conner, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Maysville, Mason County, Ky., October 8, 1822; attended the Seminary of Rand and Richardson, Maysville, Ky., and was graduated…
POTTS, David, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at Warwick Furnace, about eight miles from Pottstown, Chester County, Pa., November 27, 1794; completed preparatory studies in…
(Encyclopedia) America, in music, a patriotic hymn of the United States. The words (beginning “My country, 'tis of thee”) were written in 1832 by Samuel Francis Smith while he was a theological…
