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Milford (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry craven-john-joseph
Craven, John Joseph 1822- Physician; born in Newark, N. J., in September, 1822; superintended the erection of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia, using many original devices, in 1846; was the first to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha, to perfect a submarine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.
Long Island (New York, United States) (search for this): entry craven-john-joseph
Craven, John Joseph 1822- Physician; born in Newark, N. J., in September, 1822; superintended the erection of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia, using many original devices, in 1846; was the first to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha, to perfect a submarine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.
Jefferson Davis (search for this): entry craven-john-joseph
arine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.arine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.
John Joseph Craven (search for this): entry craven-john-joseph
Craven, John Joseph 1822- Physician; born in Newark, N. J., in September, 1822; superintended the erection of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia, using many original devices, in 1846; was the first to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha, to perfect a submarine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.
1846 AD (search for this): entry craven-john-joseph
Craven, John Joseph 1822- Physician; born in Newark, N. J., in September, 1822; superintended the erection of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia, using many original devices, in 1846; was the first to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha, to perfect a submarine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.
1861 AD (search for this): entry craven-john-joseph
Craven, John Joseph 1822- Physician; born in Newark, N. J., in September, 1822; superintended the erection of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia, using many original devices, in 1846; was the first to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha, to perfect a submarine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.
February 14th, 1893 AD (search for this): entry craven-john-joseph
Craven, John Joseph 1822- Physician; born in Newark, N. J., in September, 1822; superintended the erection of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia, using many original devices, in 1846; was the first to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha, to perfect a submarine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.
January, 1865 AD (search for this): entry craven-john-joseph
Craven, John Joseph 1822- Physician; born in Newark, N. J., in September, 1822; superintended the erection of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia, using many original devices, in 1846; was the first to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha, to perfect a submarine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.
1822 AD (search for this): entry craven-john-joseph
Craven, John Joseph 1822- Physician; born in Newark, N. J., in September, 1822; superintended the erection of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia, using many original devices, in 1846; was the first to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha, to perfect a submarine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.
September, 1822 AD (search for this): entry craven-john-joseph
Craven, John Joseph 1822- Physician; born in Newark, N. J., in September, 1822; superintended the erection of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia, using many original devices, in 1846; was the first to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha, to perfect a submarine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires. In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment. After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.