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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adair , John , 1759 -1840 (search)
Adair, John, 1759-1840
Military officer; born in Chester county, S. C., in 1759.
He served in the Continental army during the Revolution, and in the wars against the frontier Indians in 1791-93.
He was United States Senator in Congress in 1805-6; and as volunteer aide to General Shelby at the battle of the Thames, in 1813, he showed much bravery and skill.
He distinguished himself as commander of the Kentucky troops in the battle of New Orleans, in January, 1815.
From 1820 to 1824 he was governor of Kentucky, having served in the legislature of that State; and from 1831 to 1833 was a Representative in Congress.
He died in Harrodsburg, Ky., May 19, 1840.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Apportionment, congressional, (search)
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
Bates, Edward, 1793-
Statesman; born in Belmont, Va., Sept. 4, 1793; served in the Virginia militia in 1813; removed to Missouri in 1814; and began practising law in 1816.
He was a prominent anti-slavery man, and during the National Republican Convention of 1860( he received 48 votes on the first ballot for President.
Mr. Lincoln after his election appointed Mr. Bates Attorney-General.
He resigned in 1864, and returned to his home in St. Louis, where he died.
March 25, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beecher , Henry Ward , 1813 - (search)
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-
Clergyman; born in Litchfield, Conn., June 24, 1813; son of Lyman Beecher; was graduated at Amherst College in 1834.
He afterwards studied theology in Lane Seminary.
For a few years he was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Indiana, first at Lawrenceburg and then at Indianapolis.
In
Henry Ward Beecher. 1847 he was called to the pastorate of a new Congregational organization in Brooklyn, called Plymouth Church, over which he presided as pastor till his death, March 8, 1887.
From the beginning of his ministry, Mr. Beecher held a high rank as a public teacher and pulpit orator, with a constantly increasing reputation.
Laying aside the conventionalities of his sacred profession, and regarding the Gospel minister as peculiarly a leader in social life, his sermons were always marked by practical good-sense, and embraced in their topies the whole field of human society.
They were largely made up of illustrations drawn from every phase of life and the in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bell , Charles H. , 1798 -1875 (search)
Bell, Charles H., 1798-1875
Naval officer; born in New York, Aug. 15, 1798; entered the naval service in June, 1812; served with Decatur in 1813-14; with Chauncey, on Lake Ontario, in 1814; and with Decatur again, in the Mediterranean, in 1815.
He was with the squadron in the West Indies (1824-29) operating against the pirates there.
In 1860 he was in command of the Norfolk navy-yard: commanded the Pacific squadron in 1862-64, and the navy-yard at Brooklyn 1865-68.
In July, 1866, he was made a rear-admiral.
he died in New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 19, 1875.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Benson , Egbert , 1746 -1833 (search)
Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833
Jurist; born in New York City, June 21, 1746; was graduated at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1765; took an active part in political events preliminary to the war for independence; was a member of the Committee of Safety, and, in 1777, was appointed the first attorney-general of the State of New York.
He was also a member of the first State legislature.
He was a member of the Continental Congress from 1784 to 1789, and of the new Congress from 1789 to 1793, also from 1813 to 1815.
From 1789 to 1802, he was a regent of the New York University, judge of the Supreme Court of New York (1794-1801), and of the United States Circuit Court.
He was the first president of the New York Historical Society. Judge Benson was the author of a Vindication of the captors of Major Andre;, and a Memoir on Dutch names of places.
He died in Jamaica, Long Island, Aug. 24, 1833.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Benton , Thomas Hart , -1858 (search)