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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jones , Marcus Eugene 1852 - (search)
Jones, Marcus Eugene 1852-
Scientist; born in Jefferson, O., April 25, 1852; graduated at Iowa College, in 1875; instructor there in 1876-77; Professor of Natural Science in Colorado College in 1879-80; the same in Salt Lake City in 1880-81.
He was appointed a special expert in the United States Treasury Department in 1889, and was geologist for the Rio Grande Valley Railroad in 1890-93.
Subsequently he established himself as an expert in botany, geology, and mining.
He is author of Excursion Botanique; Salt Lake City; Ferns of the West; Some phases of mining in Utah; Botany of the Great plateau; and Geology of Utah.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wade , Benjamin Franklin -1878 (search)
Wade, Benjamin Franklin -1878
Statesman; born near Springfield, Mass., Oct. 27, 1800; removed to Ashtabula, O., in 1821; admitted to the bar in 1827; elected prosecuting attorney in 1835; State Senator in 1837; and was United States Senator in
Benjamin Franklin Wade. 1851-69.
He was a conspicuous antislavery leader, opposed the Kansas-Nebraska bill; favored the homestead bill and the confiscation of property in slaves.
He was acting Vice-President of the United States under President Johnson; and one of the commissioners to Santo Domingo in 1871.
He died in Jefferson, O., March 2, 1878.