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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Inman , Henry 1801 -1899 (search)
Inman, Henry 1801-1899
Painter; born in Utica, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1801; was a pupil of John Wesley Jarvis, the portrait-painter, to whom he was apprenticed for seven years. He painted landscapes and historical pictures, but portraits were his chief subjects, and he introduced lithography into the United States.
In 1844 he went to England, where, becoming the guest of Wordsworth, the poet, he painted his portrait.
He also painted the portraits of other distinguished men while in England.
He had begun painting an historical picture for the national Capitol, representing Daniel Boone in the wilds of Kentucky, at the time of his death, in New York City, Jan. 17, 1846.
Author; born in New York, July 30, 1837; educated at the Brooklyn public schools and Athenian Academy, and is the author of The old Santa Fe trail; Great Salt Lake trail, tales of the trail; The ranch on the Oxhide; Pioneer from Kentucky, etc. He died in Topeka, Kan., Nov. 13, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Internal improvements. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kearny , Stephen Watts 1794 -1847 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Newberry , John strong 1822 -1892 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pike , Zebulon Montgomery 1779 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Roman Catholic Church . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Simpson , James Hervey 1813 -1883 (search)
Simpson, James Hervey 1813-1883
Military officer; born in New Jersey, March 9, 1813; graduated at West Point in 1832, entering the artillery corps.
He was aide to General Eustis in the Seminole War, and in 1838 became a lieutenant in the corps of topographical engineers.
He was colonel of the 4th New Jersey Volunteers in the Pensacola campaign, and was afterwards chief engineer of the Department of Ohio.
In March, 1865, he was brevetted brigadiergeneral, United States army.
Having been on surveying expeditions in the West, he published a Journal of a military reconnoissance from Santa Fe to the Navajo country; A report on the Union Pacific Railroad and its branches; and Essay on Coronado's March in search of the seven cities of Cibola.
He died in St. Paul, Minn., March 2, 1883.