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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blackburn , Luke Pryor , 1816 -1887 (search)
Blackburn, Luke Pryor, 1816-1887
Physician; born in Fayette county, Ky., June 16, 1816; was graduated at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1834, and settled in that city.
He removed to Natchez, Miss., in 1846, and when yellow fever broke out in New Orleans in 1848, as health-officer of Natchez he ordered the first quarantine against New Orleans that had ever been established in the Mississippi Valley.
He was a surgeon on the staff of the Confederate General Price during the Civil War. When yellow fever appeared in Memphis, he hastened to that city.
and organized corps of physicians and nurses, and later went to Hickman.
Ky., and gave aid to the yellow fever sufferers there.
In 1879 he was elected governor of Kentucky. Dr. Blackburn established the Blackburn Sanitarium for Nervous and Mental Diseases in 1884.
He died in Frankfort.
Ky., Sept. 14, 1887.
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), Gospel , Society for the Propagation of the. Edward Winslow (q. V.) (search)
Gospel, Society for the Propagation of the. Edward Winslow (q. V.)
The third governor of the Plymouth colony, became greatly interested in the spiritual concerns of the Indians of New England; and when, in 1649, he went to England on account of the colony, he induced leading men there to join in the formation of a society for the propagation of the Gospel among the natives in America.
The society soon afterwards began its work in America, and gradually extended its labors to other English colonies.
In 1701 (June 16) it was incorporated under the title of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
William III.
zealously promoted the operations of the society, for he perceived that in a community of religion there was security for political obedience.
The society still exists, and its operations are widely extended over the East and West Indies, Southern Africa, Australia, and islands of the Southern Ocean.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Griffin , Simon Goddell 1824 - (search)
Griffin, Simon Goddell 1824-
Military officer; born in Nelson, N. H., Aug. 9, 1824; began law practice in Concord in 1860; served with marked distinction through the Civil War; was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in 1864; and on June 16 of that year led an assault at Petersburg, capturing 1,000 Confederates and their works.
He was brevetted majorgeneral of volunteers, and was mustered out of the service, Aug. 24, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lincoln , Abraham 1809 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Martin , Josiah 1737 -1786 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ontario , Lake , operations on (search)