EDMISTON, Andrew, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Weston, Lewis County, W.Va., November 13, 1892; attended the Friendsâ Select School, Washington, D.C., Kentucky Military…
(Encyclopedia) Ward, Barbara Mary, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, 1914–81, British writer. Educated at the Sorbonne and at Oxford, she joined the staff of the Economist in 1939 and became foreign…
RAMSAY, Robert Lincoln, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Durham, England, March 24, 1877; immigrated to the United States in 1881 with his parents, who settled in New Cumberland,…
GRISWOLD, Harry Wilbur, a Representative from Wisconsin; born on a farm near West Salem, La Crosse County, Wis., May 19, 1886; attended the West Salem public and high schools and the college…
BROWN, William Gay, Jr., (son of William Gay Brown [1800-1865]), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Kingwood, Preston County, Va. (now West Virginia), April 7, 1856; attended the…
(Encyclopedia) Cullum, George WashingtonCullum, George Washingtonkŭlˈəm [key], 1809–92, American army officer, b. New York City, grad. West Point, 1833. In the Civil War, Cullum was made a brigadier…
MOSS, Hunter Holmes, Jr., a Representative from West Virginia; born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., May 26, 1874; attended the public schools; in early youth was employed in a bank; was…
MARTIN, Benjamin Franklin, a Representative from West Virginia; born near Farmington, Marion County, Va. (now West Virginia), October 2, 1828; was graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville,…
DORR, Charles Phillips, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, August 12, 1852; moved with his parents to Woodsfield, Ohio, in 1866; attended the common…
Major anti-Communist riots broke out in East Berlin in June 1953 and, on Aug. 13, 1961, the Soviet Sector was sealed off by a Communist-built wall, 261/2 mi (43 km) long, running through the city…
