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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan, John Tyler 1824- (search)
Morgan, John Tyler 1824- Statesman; born in Athens, Tenn., June 20, 1824; removed to Alabama when nine years of age; received an academic education; was admitted to the bar in 1845; and practised till the beginning of the Civil War, when he entered the Confederate Army as a private. Subsequently he raised the 5th Alabama Regiment, became its colonel, and was commissioned a brigadier-general in 1863. After the war he resumed practice at Selma, Ala. In 1876 he was elected to the United States Senate, and in 1882, 1888, 1894, and 1900 was re-elected. In 1892 President Harrison appointed him one of the American arbitrators in the Bering Sea Court of Arbitration, and in 1898, after the passage of the Hawaiian annexation bill, President McKinley appointed him one of the commissioners to prepare a system of government for the John Tyler Morgan. islands. For several years Senator Morgan has been especially conspicuous because of his forceful advocacy of the construction of an inte
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
bap. 29 July 1781; Elizabeth, b.—Mar. 1783; Stephen, b.——. Ebenezer the f. on the division of his father's estate, had the southeasterly portion, now owned by John C-Gray, Esq. 14. Jonas, s. of Ebenezer (9), m. Elizabeth Smith 8 Ap. 1792, and had Elizabeth, b. 22 July 1792; Jonas, b. 3 Sept. 1792; Nancy, b. 9 Sept. 1796, m. Richard C. Hastings of Boston 5 June 1823; Susan, b. 6 May 1798, m. Oren Willard of Ashburnham 11 Mar. 1828; Harriet, b. 30 Sept. 1800, m. Reuben Winslow of Roxbury 20 June 1824; Mary, b. 2 Dec. 1802; John, b. 17 Feb. 1805; Francis, b. 14 May 1807, d. 27 May 1862; Sarah, b. 29 Oct. 1809, d. 19 Aug. 1817; Joseph, b. 20 Jan. 1813, d. unm. at Guadaloupe 10 Ap. 1846. Jonas the f. was a tanner, and on the division of his father's estate received the southwesterly portion, adjoining Belmont and fronting on Mount Auburn Street. He d. 3 Oct. 1817; his w. Elizabeth d. 16 Sept. 1853, a. 82. 15. Jacob, s. of Ebenezer (9), grad. H. C. 1792, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Nat<
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, W. (search)
bap. 29 July 1781; Elizabeth, b.—Mar. 1783; Stephen, b.——. Ebenezer the f. on the division of his father's estate, had the southeasterly portion, now owned by John C-Gray, Esq. 14. Jonas, s. of Ebenezer (9), m. Elizabeth Smith 8 Ap. 1792, and had Elizabeth, b. 22 July 1792; Jonas, b. 3 Sept. 1792; Nancy, b. 9 Sept. 1796, m. Richard C. Hastings of Boston 5 June 1823; Susan, b. 6 May 1798, m. Oren Willard of Ashburnham 11 Mar. 1828; Harriet, b. 30 Sept. 1800, m. Reuben Winslow of Roxbury 20 June 1824; Mary, b. 2 Dec. 1802; John, b. 17 Feb. 1805; Francis, b. 14 May 1807, d. 27 May 1862; Sarah, b. 29 Oct. 1809, d. 19 Aug. 1817; Joseph, b. 20 Jan. 1813, d. unm. at Guadaloupe 10 Ap. 1846. Jonas the f. was a tanner, and on the division of his father's estate received the southwesterly portion, adjoining Belmont and fronting on Mount Auburn Street. He d. 3 Oct. 1817; his w. Elizabeth d. 16 Sept. 1853, a. 82. 15. Jacob, s. of Ebenezer (9), grad. H. C. 1792, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Nat<
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
Mar. 1, 1797 Federal street Theatre, burned, Feb. 3, 1798 Eleven houses on Marlboro street, burned, May 1, 1799 Columbian Museum, Court square, burned, May 17, 1807 Destructive, at Portsmouth, N. H.; meeting at Faneuil Hall for sufferers, Dec. 22, 1813 Exchange Coffee-house, Congress square, burned, Nov. 3, 1818 Lewis rope-walks, Charles street, burned, Oct. 9. 1819 Six houses on Union street, burned, July 14, 1821 18 cows and one horse, in Hawley street, burned, June 20, 1824 Type Foundry in Salem street, burned, June 24, 1824 15 houses on Beacon and Charles streets, burned, July 7, 1824 53 houses on Central and Kilby streets, burned, April 7, 1825 10 buildings on Court street, burned, Nov. 10, 1825 On West street, water taken from Crescent (Frog) Pond, May 19, 1828 Distillery on Union street burned, Aug. 14, 1829 Beecher's Church, Hanover, opposite Portland street, burned, Feb. 1, 1830 Bakehouse and five persons on Broad st., burned,
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
w Orleans for the purpose of establishing a branch of his business, he contracted yellow fever and died. He was a man of soldierly bearing, six feet in height, slender and erect; of very gentle disposition, and loved by the men of his command as a friend and protector, whom they obeyed because they held him in high esteem. Brigadier-General John Tyler Morgan, who enlisted as a private in the Confederate States army and rose to the rank of brigadier-general, was born at Athens, Tenn., June 20, 1824. His father was a merchant; his mother, whose maiden name was Irby, was a relative of Chancellor Tyler, of Virginia. At the age of nine years he removed with his parents to Calhoun county, Ala., and in that State received an academic education; studied law at Talladega, was admitted to the bar in 1845, and subsequently practiced at Talladega, Cahaba, and Selma, his present home. His canvass of the State in 1860 as candidate for presidential elector-at-large on the Breckinridge ticket