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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morse , Samuel Finley Breese 1791 -1879 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Munson , Aeneas 1734 -1826 (search)
Munson, Aeneas 1734-1826
Physician; born in New Haven, Conn., June 24, 1734; was an army chaplain in 1755, and began the practice of medicine at Bedford, N. Y., in 1756.
In 1760 he removed to New Haven, where he practised his profession more than fifty years. He was a legislator, and a professor in the Medical School of Yale College from its organization.
He died in New Haven, Conn.,
Aeneas Munson, Jr. June 16. 1826.
His son Aeneas, who graduated at Yale College in 1780, was assistant surgeon under Dr. Thacher in the Continental army from 1780 to 1783; afterwards became a merchant in New Haven, and died there, Aug. 22, 1852, aged eighty-nine years.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Murat , Napoleon Achille 1801 -1847 (search)
Murat, Napoleon Achille 1801-1847
Author; born in Paris, France, Jan. 21, 1801; came to the United States in 1821; travelled here extensively; then settled near Tallahassee, Fla., and was naturalized in 1826.
He married a grandniece of Lafayette.
He was the author of Letters of a citizen of the United States to his friends in Europe; Moral and political essays on the United States of America; and Exposition of the principles of Republican government as it has been perfected in America (which passed through more than fifty editions). He died in Wasceissa, Fla., April 15, 1847.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Negley , James Scott 1826 - (search)
Negley, James Scott 1826-
Military officer; born in East Liberty, Pa., Dec. 26, 1826; served in the war against Mexico, and when the Civil War broke out raised a brigade of three months volunteers, and was commissioned a brigadier-general in April, 1861.
He assisted in organizing and disciplining volunteers; commanded a brigade of them under General Patterson on the upper Potomac.
He served under General Mitchel in the West, and afterwards commanded a division of the Army of the Ohio.
For his services in the battle of Stone River he was promoted majorgeneral, and was distinguished in the Georgia campaign and in the battle of Chickamauga.
He was a member of Congress from Pittsburg in 1869-75 and 1885-87, and afterwards removed to New York City
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Neill , Thomas Hewson 1826 -1885 (search)
Neill, Thomas Hewson 1826-1885
Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 9, 1826; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1847; on frontier duty till 1853.
He was commissioned colonel of the 23d Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1862; distinguished himself at Malvern Hill, and was promoted brigadier of volunteers in October, 1862.
In recognition of his bravery at Spottsylvania he was brevetted colonel U. S. A. He commanded the 6th Cavalry against the Cheyenne Indians in 1874-75; and was retired April 2, 1883.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 2, 1885
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Newman , John Philip 1826 -1899 (search)
Newman, John Philip 1826-1899
Clergyman; born in New York, Sept. 1, 1826; was educated at Cazenovia Seminary; entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1849; travelled in Europe, Palestine, and Egypt in 1860-61; and, returning to the United States, had charges at Hamilton, N. Y., Albany, N. Y., and New York City.
In 1864-69 he organized three annual conferences in the South, two colleges, and a religious paper; and in the latter year founded and was made the first pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington.
D. C.; was chaplain of the United States Senate in 1869-74; inspector of United States consulates in Asia in 1874-76; and again pastor of the Metropolitan Church, Washington, in 1876-79.
In 1879-88 he held pastorates in New York and Washington.
Dr. Newman attended Gen. U. S. Grant in his last illness.
In 1888 he was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He was author of From, Dan to Beersheba; Thrones and palaces of B
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nickerson , Frank Stillman 1826 - (search)
Nickerson, Frank Stillman 1826-
Lawyer; born in Swanville, Me., Aug. 27, 1826; graduated at East Corinth College, Me., in 1841.
On Dec. 31, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the 14th Maine Regiment, and later promoted brigadiergeneral of volunteers.
During the war he was commended for gallantry.
Oberlin College,
A non-sectarian, coeducational institution in Oberlin, O., founded in 1833 by the Rev. John J. Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart, and so named in honor of J. F. Oberlin (1740-1826), a Protestant pastor of Waldbach, Alsace.
In 1900 it reported 84 professors and instructors; 1,323 students; 3,662 graduates; 55,000 volumes in the library; grounds and buildings valued at $562,700; and productive funds, $912,803. John H. Barrows, D. D., was president.