Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States. For 1857[-1858]Phillips, Sampson, 1858 |
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... connected with the legisla- tive , judicial , and political history of Tenn . , attesting the confidence his fellow- citizens had in his capacity , integrity , and personal honor , and leaving a monument to his memory , of which his ...
... connected with the legisla- tive , judicial , and political history of Tenn . , attesting the confidence his fellow- citizens had in his capacity , integrity , and personal honor , and leaving a monument to his memory , of which his ...
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... connected by family ties to ward whom he had any feeling deserving the name of friendship . Mr. Upton re- sided in Belfast for some years prior to his removal to Washington , where he died in 1840. This friendship , which was the sunny ...
... connected by family ties to ward whom he had any feeling deserving the name of friendship . Mr. Upton re- sided in Belfast for some years prior to his removal to Washington , where he died in 1840. This friendship , which was the sunny ...
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... connected himself with the church in the meridian of life , his ef- forts have ever been to be a consistent Christian , at the same time giving his aid and countenance to all works of morality . ANDERSON , Gen. S. H. , Jefferson Co ...
... connected himself with the church in the meridian of life , his ef- forts have ever been to be a consistent Christian , at the same time giving his aid and countenance to all works of morality . ANDERSON , Gen. S. H. , Jefferson Co ...
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... connected with its growth . Commencing life when the log cabin and the shed were the only dwellings , when the native forests encroached upon the diminutive fields of the farm- er , he lived long enough , and contrib - country graveyard ...
... connected with its growth . Commencing life when the log cabin and the shed were the only dwellings , when the native forests encroached upon the diminutive fields of the farm- er , he lived long enough , and contrib - country graveyard ...
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... connected with the revolutionary war , her husband having been an active participant in that struggle , for which services she was in receipt of a regular pension from the government . BAILEY , Mrs. Anna M. , wife of Dr. E. P. Bailey ...
... connected with the revolutionary war , her husband having been an active participant in that struggle , for which services she was in receipt of a regular pension from the government . BAILEY , Mrs. Anna M. , wife of Dr. E. P. Bailey ...
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Page 64 - Resolved, That as a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That the proceedings of this House, in relation to the death of the Hon.
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Page 420 - ... settled minister in Cape Elizabeth more than half a century ago, and was for a number of years, a teacher of youth in this city, a brief notice of this worthy gentleman may appropriately find a place in our public papers. Mr. Gregg was a descendant from Captain James Gregg, one of that excellent colony of immigrants called the Scotch Irish, which came to this country from the north of Ireland, in the early part of the last century. In that noble company were the ancestors of the McKeens, Armstrongs,...