MACKEY, Levi Augustus, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Whitedeer Township, Union County, Pa., November 25, 1819; moved with his parents in 1829 to Milton, Pa.; received an academic…
GRIFFIN, Levi Thomas, a Representative from Michigan; born in Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y., May 23, 1837; moved with his parents to Rochester, Oakland County, Mich., in 1848; was graduated…
CABLE, John Levi, (great-grandson of Joseph Cable), a Representative from Ohio; born in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, April 15, 1884; attended the public schools; Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, LL…
Born: Aug. 3, 1928Football coached Buffalo to four consecutive Super Bowls, but is one of two coaches who are 0-4 (Bud Grant is the other); won 50 games and two CFL Grey Cups with Montreal (1974,77…
banker, political figureBorn: 5/16/1824Birthplace: Shoreham, Vt. Having built a small fortune working in a country store in Hanover, New Hampshire, he went on to become a merchant in Boston. He…
(Encyclopedia) Atlanta campaign, May–Sept., 1864, of the U.S. Civil War. In the spring of 1864, Gen. W. T. Sherman concentrated the Union armies of G. H. Thomas, J. B. McPherson, and J. M. Schofield…
(Encyclopedia) Cohen, Stanley, 1922–2020, American biochemist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan, 1948. Cohen did his most important work at Washington Univ. with Rita Levi-Montalcini in the…