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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bowie, James, 1790- (search)
Bowie, James, 1790- Military officer; born in Burke county, Ga., about 1790; took an active part in the Texas revolution, and in January, 1836, was ordered to San Antonio de Bexar, where he joined Colonels Travis and Crockett, and was killed with then at the taking of the Alamo (q. v.), March 6, 1836. He was inventor of the Bowie knife.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crockett, David 1786- (search)
Crockett, David 1786- Pioneer; born in Limestone, Greene co., Tenn., Aug. 17, 1786. With little education, he became a noted hunter in his early life; served under Jackson in the Creek War; was a member of Congress from 1828 to 1834, and removed to Texas in the latter year, where he became zealously engaged in the war for Texan independence. While fighting for the defence of the Alamo (q. v.) he was captured and put to death by order of Santa Ana, March 6, 1836.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ards die of injuries there received......Dec. 28, 1835 Treaty with the Cherokee Indians in Georgia; they cede all their territory east of the Mississippi for $5,000,000......Dec. 29, 1835 Memorial presented to Congress praying for the abolition of slavery within the District of Columbia......Jan. 11, 1836 Texas declares her independence......March 2, 1836 Mexicans under Santa Ana capture the Alamo, San Antonio, Tex., and massacre the garrison. David Crockett killed here......March 6, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, defeat of Santa Ana.......April 21, 1836 Mexico acknowledges independence of Texas......May 14, 1836 House resolves, by a vote of 117 to 68, that everything presented to that body in any way relating to slavery or its abolition shall be laid on the table without further action or notice......May 26, 1836 [This was the first of the gag rules of Congress.] Arkansas admitted as the twenty-fifth State......June 15, 1836 Act authorizing the different S
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Texas, (search)
20, 1835 General Santa Ana, with 6,000 troops, leaves Monclova for Texas to drive out revolutionists and persons of foreign birth......Feb. 4, 1836 Town of Bexar taken by Mexicans, and the Texans retire to the Alamo......Feb. 21, 1836 Declaration of independence adopted by a convention at Washington on the Brazos River......March 2, 1836 Alamo invested eleven days by Santa Ana; the garrison, under Colonel Travis, Bowie, and David Crockett, are overpowered and massacred......March 6, 1836 Mexicans defeated in the first fight at the Mission del Refugio by Texans under Captain King......March 9, 1836 Second fight of the Mission del Refugio; Colonel Ward attacks and drives back the Mexicans......March 10, 1836 Constitution adopted for the Republic of Texas by a convention which met at Washington, March 1......March 17, 1836 Col. J. W. Fannin and 415 men, captured at Coleto by the Mexicans under General Urrea, are taken to Goliad, and 330 shot by Santa Ana......Su
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 2: Germs of contention among brethren.—1836. (search)
at the beginning of his honorable political career. George S. Hillard, a lawyer like Rantoul, afterwards an eminent orator; but his course in regard to slavery was an anti-climax. Dr. Follen, Dr. Bradford, Gamaliel Bradford. myself, etc., etc. The evening was profitably spent in earnest discussion of some of the great topics of reform. The visitors left about half-past 10 o'clock. I went home and tarried with the Chapmans. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. May, Mr. Goodell and myself Sunday, March 6, 1836. attended meeting in the African meeting-house, Belknap Street. Our colored friends beheld us gladly, and were particularly careful to let me know how happy they felt to hear that Mrs. G. had got a fine little son. Indeed, that event tickles them beyond measure. We are doubly dear to them on that account. My Sonnets seem to be universally admired. Mr. May said that Mr. Alcott wept as he read them, with excess of feeling. A Bronson Alcott. John E. Fuller. I am writing this lett
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
he was selected as the one man likely to unify his party. With the single purpose of mitigating the evils attending division among the whites, he sacrificed himself on the shrine of duty, as he saw it, and though defeated, again won the admiration of all classes. Until his death at Winnsboro, January 12, 1898, he held firmly the unalloyed love and respect of the people. Major-General Matthew Calbraith Butler Major-General Matthew Calbraith Butler was born near Greenville, S. C., March 6, 1836. His father was Dr. William Butler, an assistant surgeon in the United States navy, and a congressman in 1841; his mother, Jane T., daughter of Captain Perry, U. S. N., of Newport, R. I., and sister of Commodore Oliver H. Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry. Judge A. P. Butler, United States senator, and Gov. Pierce M. Butler, colonel of the Palmetto regiment and killed at Churubusco, were his uncles; his grandfather, Gen. William Butler, was a gallant officer of the revolutionary army,
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 9 (search)
e father d. 7 Jan. 1840, a. 77. His wife d. 6 May, 1833—see Cutter Book, 134, 386. He was Pct. treasurer, 1793-1807, and Pct. assessor, 1798-1800; collector for Mr. Fiske's settlement, 1788. 5. Thomas, prob. s. of Thomas (3), d. 18 May, 1823, a. 34. 6. William, prob. s. of Thomas (3), d. 15 Aug. 1828, a. 29. 7. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (4), d. 20 Dec. 1826, a. 40. Had child, d. 21 Aug. 1819, a. 2. He m. Rebecca Cutter—see Cutter Book, 119, 383. Wid. Rebecca was bap. Pct. ch. 6 Mar. 1836. 8. Isaac, s. of Ebenezer (4), had son, d. 8 Feb. 1835, a. 6 mos. See Cutter Book, 134. 9. Ammi, s. of Ebenezer (4), had Eliza Ann, bap. here 21 June, 1835. See utter Book, 134. 10. Thomas, s. of Ebenezer (4),m. Hannah Hill—Apr. 1831, W. Camb. Had Anne Louisa, bap. 21 June, 1835; Thomas Francis, bap. 1 Oct. 1837. d. 15 Nov. 1837, a. 4 mos.; a dau., d. 18 Aug. 1839, a. 15 ds.; Thomas F., d. 13 June, 1841, a. 8 wks. 11. Josiah, o. c. here 11 Sept. 1774. Had Elizabeth. b. 3, <