SHELTON, Samuel Azariah, a Representative from Missouri; born near Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Ala., September 3, 1858; moved with his widowed mother to Webster County, Mo., in 1869; attended…
(Encyclopedia) Jex-Blake, Sophia, 1840–1912, English physician, active in opening the medical profession to women in England. A graduate of Queen's College, London, she began (1866) her medical…
(Encyclopedia) Blake, Robert, 1599–1657, English admiral. A merchant, he sat in the Short Parliament (1640) and joined the parliamentary side in the civil war. He defended Bristol, Lyme, and Taunton…
FARENTHOLD, Blake, a Representative from Texas; born in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex.; December 12, 1962; B. S., University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1985; J.D., St. Maryâs University School…
BLAKE, Thomas Holdsworth, a Representative from Indiana; born in Calvert County, Md., June 14, 1792; attended the public schools; studied law in Washington, D.C.; member of the militia of the…
ESLICK, Willa McCord Blake, (wife of Edward Everett Eslick), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn., September 8, 1878; attended private schools; attended…
BLAKE, John Lauris, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Boston, Mass., March 25, 1831; received a classical education; moved to Orange, N.J., in 1846; studied law; was admitted to the…
RICE, John Blake, a Representative from Illinois; born in Easton, Talbot County, Md., May 28, 1809; received a limited schooling; went on the stage in New York in 1839; moved to Chicago, Ill…
BLAKE, John, Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Ulster County, N.Y., December 5, 1762; attended the public schools; during the Revolutionary War served in the New York State Militia…
BLAKE, Harrison Gray Otis, a Representative from Ohio; born in Newfane, Windham County, Vt., March 17, 1818; moved to Salem, N.Y., and in 1830 to Guilford, Medina County, Ohio; attended the…
