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Ellis County, TX Housing Statistics

Ellis county texas dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units39,071100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached29,06474.41-unit, attached7161…

Delaware, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) DelawareDelawaredĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], river, c.280 mi (450 km) long, rising in the Catskill Mts., SE N.Y., in east and west branches, which meet at Hancock. It flows SE along the New…

Frazier, Joe

(Encyclopedia) Frazier, Joe (William Joseph Frazier), 1944–2011, African-American boxer, b. Beaufort, S.C. Known for a brawling style and devastating left hook, “Smokin' Joe” won Olympic gold in 1964…

Kleist, Heinrich von

(Encyclopedia) Kleist, Heinrich vonKleist, Heinrich vonhīnˈrĭkh fən klīst [key], 1777–1811, German dramatic poet. He is one of the most evocative and disturbing of the German Romantic writers. Kleist…

Rural Electrification Administration

(Encyclopedia) Rural Electrification Administration (REA), former agency of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture charged with administering loan programs for electrification and telephone service in rural…

Samuel Ellis COOK, Congress, IN (1860-1946)

COOK Samuel Ellis , a Representative from Indiana; born on a farm in Huntington County, Ind., September 30, 1860; attended the common schools in Whitley County and the normal schools at Columbia…

Caleb ELLIS, Congress, NH (1767-1816)

ELLIS Caleb , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Walpole, Mass., April 16, 1767; was graduated from Harvard University in 1793; studied law and was admitted to the bar; moved to…

Chesselden ELLIS, Congress, NY (1808-1854)

ELLIS Chesselden , a Representative from New York; born in New Windsor, Vt., in 1808; completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1823; studied law…

Powhatan ELLIS, Congress, MS (1790-1863)

Senate Years of Service: 1825-1826; 1827-1832 Party: Jacksonian; Jacksonian ELLIS Powhatan , a Senator from Mississippi; born at 'Red Hill,' Amherst County, Va., January 17, 1790; graduated…