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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnston , Joseph Eccleston 1809 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston , Edward 1764 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ludington , Marshall Independence 1839 - (search)
Ludington, Marshall Independence 1839-
Military officer; born in Smithfield, Pa., July 4, 1839; served in the Union volunteer army during the Civil War; was appointed captain and quartermaster, Oct. 20, 1862; promoted major and quartermaster, Oct. 24; and was brevetted brigadier-general, March, 13, 1865.
He was commissioned major and quartermaster in the regular army, Jan. 18, 1867; promoted lieutenant-colonel and deputy quartermaster-general, March 15, 1883; colonel and quartermaster, Dec. 31, 1894; and brigadier-general, Feb. 8, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Preston , William Ballard 1805 -1862 (search)
Preston, William Ballard 1805-1862
Statesman; born in Smithfield, Va., Nov. 25, 1805; graduated at the University of Virginia; elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, to the State Senate, and to Congress in 1846; and was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Taylor.
He opposed the secession of Virginia, but accepted the action of the State and was elected a member of the Confederate Senate.
He died in Smithfield, Va.., Nov. 16, 1862.
Preston, William Ballard 1805-1862
Statesman; born in Smithfield, Va., Nov. 25, 1805; graduated at the University of Virginia; elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, to the State Senate, and to Congress in 1846; and was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Taylor.
He opposed the secession of Virginia, but accepted the action of the State and was elected a member of the Confederate Senate.
He died in Smithfield, Va.., Nov. 16, 1862.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shaffner , Taliaferro Preston 1818 -1881 (search)
Shaffner, Taliaferro Preston 1818-1881
Inventor; born in Smithfield, Va., in 1818; was admitted to the bar, but applied himself chiefly to invention; was associated with Professor Morse in the introduction of the telegraph; designed several methods of blasting with high explosives.
He was the author of Telegraph companion: devoted to the Science and art of the Morse American Telegraph; The Telegraph manual; The secession War in America; History of America; and Odd-fellowship.
He died in Troy, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1881.