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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fairbanks , George R. 1820 - (search)
Fairbanks, George R. 1820-
Historian; born in Watertown, N. Y., July 5, 1820; graduated at Union College in 1839; admitted to the bar in 1842; removed to Florida in 1842; commissioned major in the Confederate army in 1862.
He is the author of History and antiquities of St. Augustine; History of Florida, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hillis , George Morgan 1825 - (search)
Hillis, George Morgan 1825-
Clergyman; born in Auburn, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1825; graduated at Trinity College in 1847; ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1851.
After being rector in Watertown and Syracuse, N. Y., he was called to St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J., in 1870.
His publications include The transfer of the Church from colonial dependence to the freedom of the republic; John Talbot, the first Bishop in North America; The missions of the Church of England in New Jersey, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hunters' Lodges. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sikes , William Wirt 1836 -1883 (search)
Sikes, William Wirt 1836-1883
Author; born in Watertown, N. Y., in 1836; learned typesetting when a boy, and later wrote for newspapers; was editorially connected with the Utica Herald, the Chicago Times and Evening journal, and the New York Sun; removed to New York in 1867; and was United States consul at Cardiff, Wales, in 1876-83.
He died in London, England, Aug. 19, 1883.