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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), West Virginia, state of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Veazey , Wheelock Graves 1835 -1898 (search)
Veazey, Wheelock Graves 1835-1898
Lawyer; born in Brentwood, N. H., Dec. 5, 1835; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1859; admitted to the bar in 1860, and began practice in Springfield, Vt.; served in the Civil War in 1861-63; promoted colonel of the 16th Vermont Volunteers in October, 1862; resumed law practice in August, 1863; reporter of the Supreme Court of Vermont in 1864-72; judge of the State Supreme Court in 1879-89; member of the inter-State commerce commission in 1889-97; aided in the founding of the Grand Army of the Republic in Vermont, and was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1890.
He died in Washington, D. C., March 22, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vignaud , Jean Henry 1830 - (search)
Vignaud, Jean Henry 1830-
Diplomatist; born in New Orleans, Nov. 27, 1830; received a fair education; captain of the 6th Louisiana Regiment in 1861-62; secretary of the Confederate diplomatic commission in Paris, in 1863; connected with the Alabama claims commission at Geneva in 1872; appointed first secretary of the American legation in Paris in 1882.
He is the author of Critical and bibliographical notices of all voyages which preceded and prepared the discovery of the route to India by Diaz and of America by Columbus.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wales , James Albert 1852 -1886 (search)
Wales, James Albert 1852-1886
Cartoonist; born in Clyde, O., Aug. 30, 1852; settled in Cleveland, where he made cartoons for the Ledger during the Presidential campaign of 1872.
In the following year he removed to New York, where he became connected with Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, and afterwards with Puck, for both of which he drew some notable cartoons, especially on the political movements of the day; was one of the founders of the Judge and for several years its principal cartoonist.
He died in New York City, Dec. 6, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wall , James Walter 1820 -1872 (search)
Wall, James Walter 1820-1872
Legislator; born in Trenton, N. J., May 26, 1820; graduated at Princeton College in 1838; admitted to the bar in 1841; settled in Burlington, N. J., in 1847; was alleged to have interfered with the liberty of the press during the early part of the Civil War and to have made an offer of 20,000 rifles to the Knights of the Golden circle, to be used against the United States; appointed to fill an unexpired term in the United States Senate, and served from Jan. 21 till March 3, 1863; settled in Elizabeth, N. J., in 1869.
He died in Elizabeth, N. J., June 9, 1872.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Warner , Hiram 1802 -1881 (search)
Warner, Hiram 1802-1881
Jurist; born in Hampshire county, Mass., Oct. 29, 1802; received an academic education; removed to Georgia in 1819, and taught school there for three years; admitted to the bar and began practice in Knoxville, Ga., in 1825; member of the State House of Representatives in 1828-31; judge of the Superior Court of the State in 1833 and in 1836-40; judge of the Supreme Court of the State in 1845-53; and was elected to Congress in 1855.
He was again appointed a judge of the Supreme Court, on the reorganization of the judiciary of the State, and became its chief-justice in 1872.
He died in Atlanta, Ga., in 1881.
Wesleyan University,
A co-educational institution in Middletown, Conn.; founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1830; the oldest college of that denomination in the country.
Since 1872 it has been open to students of both sexes.
It contains the buildings of North and South colleges, Memorial, Rich, and Judd halls, Observatory Hall, and a gymnasium.
It reported in 1900: Professors and instructors, thirty-five; students, 340; number of volumes in the library, 57,000; productive funds, $1,370,840; grounds and buildings valued at $531,300; benefactions, $100,000; income, $99,540; number of graduates, 2,186; president, B. P. Raymond, D. D., Ll.D.