EARLL, Nehemiah Hezekiah, (cousin of Jonas Earll, Jr.), a Representative from New York; born in Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y., October 5, 1787; moved with his parents to Onondaga Valley…
WILLIAMS, David Rogerson, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Robbins Neck, S.C., March 8, 1776; attended school at Wrentham, Mass., and Rhode Island College (now Brown University),…
WISNER, Henry, a Delegate from New York; born near Florida, Orange County, N.Y., in 1720; completed academic studies; invested in real estate and built a gristmill near Goshen, N.Y.; assistant…
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(Encyclopedia) Doubleday, Abner, 1819–93, once credited as originator of baseball and Union general in the American Civil War, b. Saratoga co., N.Y., grad. West Point, 1842. The A. G. Mills…
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