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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Deane , James , 1748 -1823 (search)
Deane, James, 1748-1823
Missionary to the Six Nations; born in Groton, Conn., Aug. 20, 1748; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1773.
From the age of twelve years he was with a missionary in the Oneida tribe of Indians, and mastered their language.
After his graduation he went as a missionary to the Caughnawagas and St. Francis tribes for two years; and when the Revolution broke out, Congress employed him to conciliate the tribes along the northern frontier.
He was made Indian agent and interpreter at Fort Stanwix with the rank of major.
He was many years a judge in Oneida county, and twice a member of the New York Assembly. Mr. Deane wrote an Indian mythology.
He died in Westmoreland, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1823.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gage , Lyman Judson 1836 - (search)
Gage, Lyman Judson 1836-
Financier; born in De Ruyter, Madison co., N. Y., June 28, 1836; was educated at the Academy in Rome, N. Y.; entered the Oneida Central Bank when seventeen years old, and served as office-boy and junior clerk till 1855, when he removed to Chicago, where he was a clerk in a planing-mill in 1855-58.
He then became a book-keeper in the Merchants' Loan and Trust Company, and was afterwards cashier.
In 1868 he was made cashier, in 1882 vice-president, and in 1891 president of the First National Bank of Chicago.
He was the first president of the board of directors of the
Lyman Judson Gage. World's Columbian Exposition; served three times as president of the American Bankers' Association; first president of the Chicago Bankers' Club; and twice president of the Civil Federation of Chicago.
On March 5, 1897, he was appointed Secretary of the United States Treasury.
See embargo acts.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gansevoort , Peter 1749 -1812 (search)
Gansevoort, Peter 1749-1812
Military officer; born in Albany, N. Y., July 17, 1749; was appointed major of a New York regiment in July, 1775, and in August joined the army, under Montgomery, that
Peter Gansevoort. invaded Canada.
He rose to colonel the next year; and in April, 1777, he was put in command of Fort Schuyler (see Stanwix, Fort), which he gallantly defended against the British and Indians in August.
He most effectually co-operated with Sullivan in his campaign in 1779 and afterwards in the Mohawk region.
In 1781 he received from the legislature of New York the commission of brigadiergeneral.
General Gansevoort filled civil offices, particularly that of commissioner for Indian affairs, with great fidelity.
In 1803 he was made military agent and brigadier-general in the regular army.
He died in Albany, N. Y., July 2, 1812.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield , James Abram 1831 -1881 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jervis , John Bloomfield 1795 -1885 (search)
Jervis, John Bloomfield 1795-1885
Engineer; born in Huntington, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1795; assisted in the construction of the Erie and the Delaware and Hudson canals.
He was connected with railroads from their first introduction, and made many improvements in locomotives; and was chief engineer of the Croton aqueduct in 1836.
He is the author of A description of the Croton Aqueduct; A report of the Hudson River Railroad; Railway property; Labor and capital, etc. He died in Rome, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson , Sir John 1742 - (search)
Johnson, Sir John 1742-
Military officer; born in Mount Johnson, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1742; son of Sir William Johnson; was a stanch loyalist, and in 1776 the Whigs tried to get possession of his person.
He fled to Canada with about 700 followers, where he was commissioned a colonel, and raised a corps chiefly among the loyalists of New York, known as the Royal Greens.
He was among the most active and bitter foes of the patriots.
While investing Fort Stanwix in 1777, he defeated General Herkimer at Oriskany, but was defeated himself by General Van Rensselaer in 1780.
After the war Sir John went to England, but returned to Canada, where he resided as superintendent of Indian affairs until his death, in Montreal, Jan. 4, 1830.
He married a daughter of John Watts, a New York loyalist.