(Encyclopedia) Essex Junto, group of New England merchants and lawyers, so called because many of them came from Essex co., Mass. They opposed the radicals in Massachusetts in the American Revolution…
(Encyclopedia) Alice, city (2020 pop. 17,891), seat of Jim Wells co., S Tex.; inc. 1910. Long a cow town at a railroad junction, Alice remains a cattle-shipping center. Oil and natural…
rock band British rock band that burst onto the American grunge music scene in 1994 and whose hit singles include “Everything Zen,” “Glycerine” (both 1994) and “ Swallowed” (1996). Singer Gavin…
(Elda Furry)actress, gossip columnistBorn: 6/2/1890Birthplace: Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania She began her career as a chorus girl on Broadway, where she met and married DeWolf Hopper, a stage…
actressBorn: 1/3/1894Birthplace: Parsons, Kan. The name “ZaSu”" was created because her two aunts, Eliza and Susan, each wanted the baby named after them. Pitts started working as an extra in…
CLAIBORNE, John, (son of Thomas Claiborne [1749-1812] and brother of Thomas Claiborne [1780-1856]), a Representative from Virginia; born in Brunswick County, Va., in 1777; pursued academic…
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JACKSON, William Humphreys, (father of William Purnell Jackson), a Representative from Maryland; born near Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., October 15, 1839; received a common-school training…
WARD, David Jenkins, a Representative from Maryland; born in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., September 17, 1871; attended the public schools; farmer; lumberjack; merchant; real estate…
