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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Iredell , James 1750 -1799 (search)
Iredell, James 1750-1799
Jurist; born in Lewes, England, Oct. 5, 1750; emigrated to North Carolina in 1767; admitted to the bar in 1775; was elected judge of the Superior Court in 1777; appointed attorney-general in 1779; and judge of the Supreme Court in 1790.
He died in Edenton, N. C., Oct. 20, 1799.
Lawyer; born in Edenton, N. C., Nov. 2, 1788; son of James Iredell; graduated at Princeton College in 1806; served in the War of 1812; aided in the defence of Craney Island; elected governor of North Carolina in 1827, and served out an unexpired term in the United States Senate in 1828-31.
His publications include a Treatise on the law of executors and administrators; and a Digest of all the reported cases in the courts of North Carolina, 1778 to 1845.
He died in Edenton, N. C., April 13, 1853.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Irving , Washington 1783 -1859 (search)
Irving, Washington 1783-1859
Author; born in New York City, April 3, 1783.
His father was a Scotchman, his mother an English-
Washington Irving. woman.
He engaged in literature while yet a youth, and was in Europe for his health in 1804-06.
In 1807 he published,
The old Church at Sleepy hollow. in connection with his brother Peter and James K. Paulding, Salmagundi, and in 1808, his Knickerbocker's history of New York.
After editing a magazine during the War of 1812-15, he went to Europe, where he resided seventeen years; when, after the failure of a mercantile house in New York with which he was connected, he was left to rely on his literary labors for support.
He spent his time partly in England, France, Germany, and Spain, and published his Life of Columbus in 1828, which was followed by the Conquest of Granada and the Alhambra.
From 1829 to 1831 he was secretary of the American legation in London, and received from George IV.
the fifty-guinea gold medal awarded for
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Irwin , Jared 1750 -1818 (search)
Irwin, Jared 1750-1818
Legislator; born in
Sunnyside, home of Washington Irving. Mecklenburg county, N. C., in 1750; removed to Georgia, and served throughout the Revolutionary War; was a member of the State constitutional conventions of 1789, 1795, and 1798; and was elected governor of the State in 1796 and 1806.
He died in Union, Ga., March 1, 1818.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson , James 1757 -1806 (search)
Jackson, James 1757-1806
Military officer; born in Devonshire, England, Sept. 21, 1757; removed to Savannah, Ga., in 1772; studied law; entered the military service; and was brigade-major of the Georgia militia in 1778.
He took part in the defence of Savannah; and, when the British seized it at the close of 1778, he fled to South Carolina, where he joined General Moultrie.
His appearance was so wretched while in his flight, that he was arrested, tried, and condemned as a spy, and was abouhe victory at the Cowpens.
He afterwards did good service as commander of a legionary corps, and was presented with a dwelling in Savannah by the Georgia legislature.
In 1786 he was made brigadier-general, and in 1788 was elected governor of Georgia, but the latter office he declined.
From 1789 to 1791 he was a member of Congress, and from 1793 to 1795, and from 1801 to 1806, United States Senator.
From 1798 to 1801 he was governor of the State.
He died in Washington, D. C., March 12, 1806.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson , John 1806 -1879 (search)
Johnson, John 1806-1879
Educator; born in Bristol, Me., Aug. 23, 1806; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1832; Professor of Natural Sciences at Wesleyan University in 1837-73, when he was made professor emeritus.
He was the author of A history of the towns of Bristol and Bremen in the State of Maine, etc. He died in Clifton, S. I., Dec. 2, 1879.
Indian agent; born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, in March, 1775; came to the United States in 1786 and settled in Cumberland county, Pa. He participated in the campaign against the Indians in Ohio in 1792-93; was agent of Indian affairs for thirty-one years; served in the War of 1812, becoming quartermaster.
In 1841-42 he was commissioner to arrange with the Indians of Ohio for their emigration from that district.
He was the author of an Account of the Indian tribes of Ohio.
He died in Washington, D. C., April 19, 1861.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson , William 1771 -1848 (search)
Johnson, William 1771-1848
Jurist; born in Charleston, S. C., Dec. 27, 1771; graduated at Princeton in 1790; admitted to the bar in 1793; elected to the State legislature in 1794; appointed an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1804; served until his death, in Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1834.
He is the author of the Life and correspondence of Maj.-Gen. Nathanael Greene.
Lawyer; born in Middletown, Conn., about 1770; graduated at Yale College in 1788; reporter of the Supreme Court of New York in 1806-23, and of the New York Court of Chancery in 1814-23.
He was the author of New York Supreme Court reports, 1799-1803; New York Chancery reports 1814-23; and Digest of cases in the Supreme Court of New York.
He died in New York City in July, 1848.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Juarez , Benito Pablo 1806 - (search)
Juarez, Benito Pablo 1806-
Statesman; born in San Pablo Guelatao. Oaxaca, Mexico, March 21, 1806; was descended from the ancient Indian race.
Well educated, he gained distinction as a lawyer.
He was a legislator, and was governor of his native state from 1848 to 1852.
Banished by Santa Ana in 1853, he lived in New Orleans until 1855, when he returned, and became minister of justice.
Experiencing the vicissitudes of public life in that country, he was elected President of Mexico in June, 1861.
Then came the French usurpation and the short-lived empire of Ferdinand Maximilian (q. v.). He defeated the imperial forces in 1867 and caused the Emperor to be shot.
In October Juarez was re-elected President, and for five years Mexico was distracted by revolutions.
Peace was restored in 1872, but Juarez, then President, worn down with perplexities, died of apoplexy in the city of Mexico, July 18 of that year.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kosciuszko , Tadeusz (Thaddeus) 1746 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston , Brockholst 1757 - (search)
Livingston, Brockholst 1757-
Jurist; born in New York City, Nov. 26, 1757; graduated at Princeton in 1774; served in the Revolutionary War until 1779, attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
In that year he was appointed private secretary to John Jay, who represented the United States in Europe.
After the war he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1783, and in 1806 was appointed an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
He served until his death, in Washington, D. C., March 19, 1823.
Livingston, Edward