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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thurman , Allen Granbery 1813 -1895 (search)
Thurman, Allen Granbery 1813-1895
Statesman; born in Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 13, 1813; practised law in Chillicothe, O., and became eminent at the bar; was a life-long Democrat.
In 1845-47 he represented Ohio in the national House of Representatives, and in 1851-55 was a judge of the State Supreme Court.
In 1867 he was the candidate for governor in opposition to Rutherford B. Hayes, and the campaign was close and exciting, though Hayes won. During two terms, 1869 to 1881, Thurman was a member of the United States Senate, where he served on the judiciary committee and on the electoral commission of 1877, and was a leader of the party and an authority on constitutional questions.
He had been a candidate for the Presidential nomination, and in 1888 he accepted the second place on the ticket with Grover Cleveland.
In the election Cleveland and Thurman were defeated by Harrison and Morton.
Senator Thurman died in Columbus, O., Dec. 12, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ticknor , George 1791 -1871 (search)
Ticknor, George 1791-1871
Author; born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1791; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1807; admitted to the bar in 1813, but turned his attention to literature; Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Harvard College in 1819-35; an originator of the Boston Public Library, and chairman of its board of trustees in 1864-66.
His publications include History of Spanish Literature; Outline of the principal events in the life of General Lafayette; Report of the board of visitors on the United States military Academy at West Point for 1826; Life of William Hickling Prescott, etc. He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 26, 1871.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tornado, (search)
Tornado,
A violent storm of high velocity; named from the Spanish because of the turning and twisting of an air-current.
In the United States the tornado is quite a common occurrence in sections east of the great plains; in the spring in most of the Southern States, and in both spring and summer in some of the Northern States.
A tornado is frequently and erroneously given the name of cyclone, but while a cyclone may be several hundred miles in diameter and only a mile or two deep, a tornado is usually only a few score feet in diameter and only several hundred feet high.
The cyclone may last several days, while the life of a tornado is generally limited to an hour or two.
York (Toronto) in 1813, from the Block-Hou East of the Don.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Totten , Joseph Gilbert 1788 - (search)
Totten, Joseph Gilbert 1788-
Military officer; born in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 23, 1788; graduated at West Point in 1805, and was chief engineer of the army on the Niagara frontier in 1812-13.
For meritorious services in the capture of Fort George he was brevetted major in June, 1813.
He was chief engineer of Generals Izard and Macomb on Lake Erie in 1814, and was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for gallantry in the battle of Plattsburg.
He was chief engineer of the army of General Scott in the siege of Vera Cruz in 1847, and brevetted brigadier-general.
From 1846 to 1864 he was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, and in the Civil War was chief engineer of the United States army.
He was brevetted majorgeneral, United States army, the day before his death, in Washington, D. C., April 22, 1864.
He was author of an able Report on the subject of National defences (1851), and translator of Vicat on mortars.
Towson, Nathan -1854
Artillery officer; born near Baltimore, Md., Jan. 22, 1784; was appointed captain of artillery in March, 1812, having had some experience in that service as commander of a volunteer artillery company; was sent to the Niagara frontier; and there, in 1813-14, performed distinguished services.
He bore a prominent part in the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane; also in the defence of Fort Erie.
In 1816 he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, and was made paymaster-general in 1819.
In March, 1849, he received the brevet of majorgeneral for meritorious services during the Mexican War.
He died in Washington, D. C., July 20, 1854.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trials. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trimble , Allen 1783 -1870 (search)
Trimble, Allen 1783-1870
Statesman; born in Augusta county, Va., Nov. 24, 1783; removed to Lexington, Ky., in 1784; and later settled in Highland county, O., where he was clerk of the courts and recorder in 1809-16; was in command of a mounted regiment under Gen. William Henry Harrison in 1812-13; served in both branches of the State legislature in 1816-26; was acting governor of Ohio in 1821-22; governor in 1826-30; and president of the first State board of agriculture in 1846-48.
He died in Hillsboro, O., Feb. 2, 1870.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trimble , William A. 1786 - (search)
Trimble, William A. 1786-
Legislator; born in Woodford, Ky., April 4, 1786; graduated at Transylvania College; admitted to the bar and began practice in Highland, O., in 1811; was adjutant of his brother Allen's regiment in the campaign against the Pottawattomie Indians in 1812; became major of Ohio volunteers in 1812, and major of the 26th United States Infantry in 1813; brevetted lieutenantcolonel in 1814 for gallantry in the engagement at Fort Erie; was transferred to the 8th Infantry in 1815; and resigned March 1, 1819.
He was United States Senator from 1819 till his death in Washington, D. C., Dec. 13, 1821.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trumbull , Lyman 1813 -1896 (search)
Trumbull, Lyman 1813-1896
Legislator; born in Colchester, Conn., Oct. 12, 1813; taught when sixteen years of age; studied law at the Academy of Georgia, and was admitted to the bar in 1837; removed to Belleville, Ill.; was secretary of state in 1841; a justice of the State Supreme Court in 1848; Democratic member of the State legislature in 1854; and elected a United States Senator in 1855, 1861, and in 1867, serving for eighteen years. He abandoned the Democratic party on account of his opposition to the extension of slavery, and labored with the anti-slavery workers.
He voted against the impeachment of President Johnson and afterwards acted with the Democratic party, and was its candidate for governor of Illinois in 1880.
He supported Horace Greeley for President in 1872, and joined the Populists in 1894.
He died in Chicago, Ill., June 25, 1896.