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Springfield (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry bissell-william
Bissell, William, -1860 H., legislator; born near Cooperstown, N. Y., April 25, 1811: elected to the Illinois legislature in 1811; and became prosecuting attorney for St. Clair county in 1844. During the Mexican War he served as captain of the 2d Illinois Volunteers, and distinguished himself at Buena Vista. In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.
Nebraska (Nebraska, United States) (search for this): entry bissell-william
Bissell, William, -1860 H., legislator; born near Cooperstown, N. Y., April 25, 1811: elected to the Illinois legislature in 1811; and became prosecuting attorney for St. Clair county in 1844. During the Mexican War he served as captain of the 2d Illinois Volunteers, and distinguished himself at Buena Vista. In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.
Illinois (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry bissell-william
ure in 1811; and became prosecuting attorney for St. Clair county in 1844. During the Mexican War he served as captain of the 2d Illinois Volunteers, and distinguished himself at Buena Vista. In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bi In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.
St. Clair County (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry bissell-william
Bissell, William, -1860 H., legislator; born near Cooperstown, N. Y., April 25, 1811: elected to the Illinois legislature in 1811; and became prosecuting attorney for St. Clair county in 1844. During the Mexican War he served as captain of the 2d Illinois Volunteers, and distinguished himself at Buena Vista. In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.
Cooperstown (New York, United States) (search for this): entry bissell-william
Bissell, William, -1860 H., legislator; born near Cooperstown, N. Y., April 25, 1811: elected to the Illinois legislature in 1811; and became prosecuting attorney for St. Clair county in 1844. During the Mexican War he served as captain of the 2d Illinois Volunteers, and distinguished himself at Buena Vista. In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.
William Bissell (search for this): entry bissell-william
Bissell, William, -1860 H., legislator; born near Cooperstown, N. Y., April 25, 1811: elected to the Illinois legislature in 1811; and became prosecuting attorney for St. Clair county in 1844. During the Mexican War he served as captain of the 2d Illinois Volunteers, and distinguished himself at Buena Vista. In 1839-45 he wchosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfiblican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.
Jefferson Davis (search for this): entry bissell-william
In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.
1844 AD (search for this): entry bissell-william
Bissell, William, -1860 H., legislator; born near Cooperstown, N. Y., April 25, 1811: elected to the Illinois legislature in 1811; and became prosecuting attorney for St. Clair county in 1844. During the Mexican War he served as captain of the 2d Illinois Volunteers, and distinguished himself at Buena Vista. In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.
1860 AD (search for this): entry bissell-william
Bissell, William, -1860 H., legislator; born near Cooperstown, N. Y., April 25, 1811: elected to the Illinois legislature in 1811; and became prosecuting attorney for St. Clair county in 1844. During the Mexican War he served as captain of the 2d Illinois Volunteers, and distinguished himself at Buena Vista. In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.
1811 AD (search for this): entry bissell-william
Bissell, William, -1860 H., legislator; born near Cooperstown, N. Y., April 25, 1811: elected to the Illinois legislature in 1811; and became prosecuting attorney for St. Clair county in 1844. During the Mexican War he served as captain of the 2d Illinois Volunteers, and distinguished himself at Buena Vista. In 1839-45 he was a representative in Congress from Illinois; was separated from the Democratic party on the Kansas-Nebraska bill; and was chosen governor on the Republican ticket in 1856, and afterwards reelected. While in Congress he enagetel in a controversy with Jefferson Davis, who challenged Mr. Bissell. In accepting the challenge Mr. Bissell chose as weapons muskets, distance 30 paces, which was unsatisfactory to the friends of Mr. Davis. He died in Springfield. Ill., March 18, 1860.
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