WEST, Charles Franklin, a Representative from Ohio; born in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, January 12, 1895; attended the public schools; was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University,…
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HURD, Frank Hunt, a Representative from Ohio; born in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, December 25, 1840; was graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1858; studied law; was admitted…
BANNING, Henry Blackstone, a Representative from Ohio; born in Bannings Mills, Ohio, November 10, 1836; attended the Clinton district school, Mount Vernon Academy, and Kenyon College, Gambier…
a cappella boy band The quartet from Ohio got together after Jeff Timmons, who'd moved to LA to pursue a solo career, asked his former classmates from the Cincinnati School for Creative and…
MORGAN, George Washington, a Representative from Ohio; born in Washington, Pa., September 20, 1820; attended Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College, Washington, Pa., until 1836;…
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(Encyclopedia) Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell, 1877–1934, American historian, an authority on the antebellum South, b. La Grange, Ga. After teaching at the Univ. of Wisconsin (1902–8), he was professor of…