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Vicente Martinez Ybor

cigar industry entrepreneur Born: 1818 Birthplace: Valencia, Spain Ybor grew up in Spain…

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Mayflower Compact (1620) Articles of Confederation (1776) Declaration of Independence U.S. Constitution Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Emancipation Proclamation Seneca Falls Declaration (…

Artemas WARD, Congress, MA (1727-1800)

WARD, Artemas, (father of Artemas Ward, Jr.), a Delegate and a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., November 26, 1727; attended the common schools and was prepared for…

Daniel MORGAN, Congress, VA (1736-1802)

MORGAN, Daniel, a Representative from Virginia; born near Junction, Hunterdon County, N.J., in 1736; moved to Charles Town, Va. (now West Virginia), in 1754; served with the Colonial forces…

Thomas MIFFLIN, Congress, PA (1744-1800)

MIFFLIN, Thomas, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 10, 1744; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1760; member of the American…

James McHENRY, Congress, MD (1753-1816)

McHENRY, James, a Delegate from Maryland; born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, November 16, 1753; pursued classical studies; immigrated to the United States about 1771 and settled in…

David Alan STOCKMAN, Congress, MI (1946)

STOCKMAN, David Alan, a Representative from Michigan; born in Fort Hood, Bell County, Tex., November 10, 1946; educated in the public schools of St. Joseph, Mich. graduated from Lakeshore High…

Caleb STRONG, Congress, MA (1745-1819)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1795; 1795-1796Party: Pro-Administration; FederalistSTRONG, Caleb, a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Northampton, Mass., January 9, 1745; studied under…

SULLIVAN, John, Congress, NH (1740-1795)

SULLIVAN, John, (brother of James Sullivan and father of George Sullivan), a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in Somersworth, N.H., February 17, 1740; received a limited education; studied law…

Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson

Susannahsurvivor of the AlamoBorn: circa 1814Birthplace: possibly Williamson County, Tenn. Dickinson grew up poor and illiterate. When she was 15, she married Almaron Dickinson, a blacksmith. The…