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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Few , William 1748 -1828 (search)
Few, William 1748-1828
Jurist; born in Baltimore county, Md., June 8, 1748.
His ancestors came to America with William Penn.
His family went to North Carolina in 1758, and in 1776 William settled in Georgia, where he became a councillor, and assisted in framing the State constitution.
He was in the military service, and in 1778 was made State surveyor-general.
In 1780-83 and 1786 he was in Congress, and in 1787 assisted in framing the national Constitution.
He was United States Senator in 1789-93; and was a judge on the bench of Georgia three years. In the summer of 1799 he removed to New York, and became a member of the legislature and a commissioner of loans.
He died in Fishkill, N. Y., July 16, 1828.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gilmor , Harry 1838 -1883 (search)
Gilmor, Harry 1838-1883
Military officer; born in Baltimore county, Md., Jan. 24, 1838; entered the Confederate army at the beginning of the Civil War. In September, 1862, he was captured and held prisoner at Fort McHenry for five months; and in May, 1863, he recruited a battalion of cavalry and was commissioned major.
He was the author of Four years in the saddle.
He died in Baltimore, Md., March 4, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howard , Benjamin Chew 1791 -1872 (search)
Howard, Benjamin Chew 1791-1872
Lawyer; born in Baltimore county, Md., Nov. 5, 1791; graduated at Princeton College in 1809; practised law in Baltimore; was a member of Congress in 1829-33 and 1835-39; reporter of the United States Supreme Court in 1843-62.
He published Reports of cases in the Supreme Court of the United States from 1843 till 1855.
He died in Baltimore, Md., March 6, 1872.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howard , John eager 1752 -1827 (search)
Howard, John eager 1752-1827
Military officer; born in Baltimore county, Md., June 4, 1752; was a captain in Hull's regiment
John eager Howard. at the battle of White Plains; became a major in the Continental army in 1777; and was distinguished in the battle of Germantown.
He was in the battle of Monmouth (q. v.), and was made a lieutenant-colonel.
In 1780 he was detailed, with the Maryland and Delaware troops, to serve in the Southern Department.
In Gates's defeat, near Camden, he pa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stockbridge , Henry 1822 -1895 (search)
Stockbridge, Henry 1822-1895
Jurist; born in North Hadley, Mass., Aug. 31, 1822, graduated at Amherst College in 1845; admitted to the bar in 1848, and began practice in Baltimore; special district attorney for the War Department during the Civil War; elected to the Maryland legislature in 1864, and drew up the act that summoned the constitutional con vention for the abolition of slavery in that State; was judge of the circuit court of Baltimore county in 1865; vice-president of the Maryland Historical Society, and editor of its publications for over twenty years wrote Part XXII.
of The archives of Maryland.
He died in Baltimore, Md. March 11, 1895.