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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Armistead, George, 1780- (search)
Armistead, George, 1780- Military officer; born in New Market, Caroline co., Va., April 10, 1780; entered the army as second lieutenant in 1799. In 1813 he held the rank of major in the 3d Artillery, and was distinguished at the capture of Fort George. His gallant defence of Fort McHenry in September, 1814, won for him immortal honors. He had five brothers in the military service in the second war for independence--three in the regular army and two in the militia service. Because of his bravery in defending Baltimore, he was brevetted a lieutenant-colonel; and the citizens presented him with an elegant silver service in the form of a vase fashioned like a bombshell, with goblets and salver. After his death at Baltimore, April 25, 1818, a fine marble monument was erected there to his memory. The George Armistead. grateful citizens also erected a large monument, designed by Maximilian Godefroy, and wrought in white marble, in memory of all the defenders of Baltimore. It
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Inness, Harry 1752-1816 (search)
Inness, Harry 1752-1816 Jurist; born in Caroline county, Va., in 1752; was an ardent patriot during the Revolutionary War; superintendent of the mines from which the Americans obtained their lead; appointed judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1783, and United States district judge for Kentucky in 1787. His enemies caused charges to be brought against him in Congress in 1808, but that body refused to take any action looking to his impeachment. He died in Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 20, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pendleton, Edmund 1721-1803 (search)
Pendleton, Edmund 1721-1803 Statesman; born in Caroline county, Va., Sept. 9, 1721; was a leading member of the Virginia House of Burgesses when the Revolutionary War broke out, and, as a conservative patriot, was opposed to radical Patrick Henry. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1774-75, and president of the Virginia conventions of December, 1775, and May, 1776, the latter instructing their representatives in Congress to vote for independence. Mr. Pendleton had been a member of the committee of correspondence before the war, and during the earlier period of the war was one of the committee of safety, which controlled the military and naval affairs of Virginia. On the organization of the State Senate he was appointed speaker of the Assembly, and with Wythe and Jefferson revised the colonial laws. He was president of both the court of chancery and court of appeals, and in 1788 he presided over the convention that ratified the national Constitution, of which he wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Penn, John 1741-1788 (search)
Penn, John 1741-1788 A signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Caroline county, Va., May 17, 1741; studied law with Edmund Pendleton; was an eloquent and effective speaker; and possessed a high order of talent. In 1774 he settled in Greenville county, N. C., and was a delegate in the Continental Congress from there in 1775-76 and 1778-80. Mr. Penn was placed in charge of public affairs in North Carolina when Cornwallis invaded the State in 1781. He died in North Carolina in September, 1788. The American Penn, born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 29, 1700; son of William Penn by his second wife; was the only male descendant of the founder who remained a Quaker. He died in England in October, 1746.