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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cody , William Frederick 1846 - (search)
Cody, William Frederick 1846-
Scout; born in Scott county, Ia., Feb. 26, 1846.
In 1857-58 he was under contract to supply the Kansas Pacific Railroad with all the buffalo meat needed during its construction, and in eighteen months he killed 4,280 buffaloes, on account of which he received his widely known sobriquet of Buffalo bill.
During the Civil War he was a guide and scout for the national government; in 1868-72 was scout and guide in all the movements against the hostile Sioux and Cheyenne Indians; in 1876 was scout of the 5th Cavalry, and in the action at Indian Creek, in a personal encounter, killed Yellow Hand, the Cheyenne chief.
He has been in more Indian fights than any other living man. He is coauthor of The Great Salt Lake trail.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Coinage , United States (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colwell , Stephen 1800 -1872 (search)
Colwell, Stephen 1800-1872
Author; born in Brooke county, Va., March 25, 1800; graduated at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1819; admitted to the Virginia bar in 1821, and practised in Pittsburg and Philadelphia.
After the Civil War he was appointed a commissioner to examine the national system of internal revenue.
He gave much time to this work, and his conclusions largely determined the financial policy of the country.
His publications include Letter to members of the legislature of Pennsylvania on the removal of deposits from the Bank of the United States by order of the President; The relative position in our industry of foreign commerce, domestic production, and internal trade; Position of Christianity in the United States, in its relation with our political system and religious instruction in the public schools; The South: a letter from a friend in the North with reference to the effects of disunion upon slavery, etc. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 15, 1872.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crooks , George Richard 1822 -1897 (search)
Crooks, George Richard 1822-1897
Clergyman; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 3, 1822; graduated at Dickinson College in 1840; ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1841; professor in Dickinson College in 1842-48, when he returned to the pastorate until his election in 1860 as editor of The Methodist, the organ of the supporters of lay representation.
The paper was discontinued when their efforts were successful in 1872, and Dr. Crooks again returned to the pastorate.
He died in Madison, N. J., Feb. 20, 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtin , Andrew Gregg 1817 -1894 (search)
Curtin, Andrew Gregg 1817-1894
War governor; born in Bellefonte, Pa., April 22, 1817; was an active lawyer and politician, and governor of his native State when the Civil War broke out. He had been secretary of state from 1855 to 1858, and superintendent of common schools in 1860.
Andrew Gregg Curtin. He was re-elected governor in 1863; was minister to Russia in 1869-72, and Democratic Congressman in 1880-86.
He died in Bellefonte, Oct. 7, 1894.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dana , James Dwight , 1813 -1895 (search)