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William CUMMING, Congress, NC

CUMMING, William, a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Edenton, N.C., birth date unknown; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the North Carolina Provincial…

Robert WILLIAMS, Congress, NC

WILLIAMS, Robert, (brother of John Williams, of Tennessee, and Lewis Williams and Marmaduke Williams), a Representative from North Carolina; possibly born in 1768 or 1773; two prominent men…

WILSON, William, Congress, PA

WILSON, William, a Representative from Pennsylvania; birth date unknown; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1819); death date unknown.…

William WOODWARD, Congress, SC

WOODWARD, William, (father of Joseph Addison Woodward), a Representative from South Carolina; birth date unknown; member, State house of representatives, 1818-1823; elected as a Republican to…

SMITH, William, Congress, VA

SMITH, William, a Representative from Virginia; born in Chesterfield, Va., birth date unknown; completed preparatory studies; member of the Virginia state house of delegates, 1782; elected as a…

Prince William | Royal Biographies

  by David Johnson Prince William and his younger brother, Prince Henry (Source:AP) Related Links Royal Family Tree Queen Elizabeth II King Charles III Prince Henry Quiz:…

Mikita, Stan

(Encyclopedia) Mikita, Stan, 1940–2018, Canadian hockey player, b. Sokolče, Czechoslovakia (a former village whose site is now in Slovakia), as Stanislav GvothMikita, Stan [key]. Adopted by relatives…

Pratt, Parley Parker

(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Parley Parker, 1807–57, Mormon apostle, b. Otsego co., N.Y.; brother of Orson Pratt. He joined (1830) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was made an apostle in…

Tanganyika, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Tanganyika, Lake, second largest lake of Africa, c.12,700 sq mi (32,890 sq km), E central Africa on the borders of Tanzania, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia, and Burundi. It is c.420 mi (680…

Ujiji

(Encyclopedia) UjijiUjiji&oomacr;jēˈjē [key], town, Kigoma prov., W Tanzania, suburb of Kigoma, on Lake Tanganyika. Ujiji was an important settlement of Arab and Swahili ivory and slave traders…