Senate Years of Service: 1875-1881Party: DemocratWITHERS, Robert Enoch, (cousin of Thomas Withers Chinn), a Senator from Virginia; born near Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., September 18, 1821…
(Encyclopedia) OwossoOwossoōwŏsˈō [key], city (1990 pop. 16,322), Shiawassee co., S Mich., on the Shiawassee River; inc. 1859. Chief products include auto parts, corrugated containers, and boats.…
(Encyclopedia) Imitation of Christ, The, Christian devotional book, of great popularity. It originated among the Brothers of the Common Life in the Netherlands and was written probably c.1425.…
Mayor: Dr. Robert N. Cluck (to 2017)2010 census population (rank): 365,438 (50); Male: 179,279 (49.1%); Female: 186,159 (50.9%); White: 215,588 (59.0%); Black: 68,792 (18.8%); American Indian and…
computer industry executiveBorn: 1/8/1914Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio Though he won a deferment by serving in the Air Force in World War II, Watson was destined to follow in his father's footsteps as…
business executiveBorn: 2/17/1874Birthplace: Cambell, N.Y. Having begun his career at National Cash Register in Dayton, Ohio (1896–1911), where he learned about punch cards and worked his way up to…
BEEKMAN, Thomas, a Representative from New York; born in Wayne County, N.Y., birth date unknown; town clerk of Smithfield, N.Y., 1824; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-…
LEWIS, Thomas, a Representative from Virginia; born in Augusta County, Va., birth date unknown; attended the common schools; presented credentials as a Federalist Representative-elect to the…
Russian translatorDied: Dec. 2, 2007 (Manhattan, New York) Best Known as: former diplomat, writer, and Russian translator A former diplomat and writer on Russian…
(Encyclopedia) Stratford, home of the Lee family, overlooking the Potomac River, E Va., SE of Fredericksburg. A national shrine dedicated in 1935, the site was purchased in 1716 by Thomas Lee, who…
