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Cornelius Edward GALLAGHER, Congress, NJ (1921)

GALLAGHER Cornelius Edward , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Bayonne, Hudson County, N.J., March 2, 1921; attended the local schools of Bayonne; was graduated from John Marshall College,…

Cornelius HARNETT, Congress, NC (1723-1781)

HARNETT, Cornelius, a Delegate from North Carolina; born near Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., April 20, 1723; moved with his parents to Brunswick in 1726 and later to Wilmington, N. C.; engaged…

Cornelius HOLLAND, Congress, ME (1783-1870)

HOLLAND Cornelius , a Representative from Maine; born in Sutton, Mass., July 9, 1783; attended the common schools; studied medicine and commenced practice in Livermore, Maine, in 1814; moved to…

Cornelius DARRAGH, Congress, PA (1809-1854)

DARRAGH Cornelius , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1809; attended the Western University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated with the class of 1826; studied law;…

Cornelius COLE, Congress, CA (1822-1924)

Senate Years of Service: 1867-1873 Party: Republican COLE Cornelius , a Representative and a Senator from California; born in Lodi, Seneca County, N.Y., September 17, 1822; attended the common…

George Cornelius WORTLEY, Congress, NY (1926)

WORTLEY George Cornelius , a Representative from New York; born in Syracuse, N.Y., December 8, 1926; attended St. Lucy's Academy, Syracuse; graduated from Tully Central School, Tully, N.Y., 1944; B.…

Cornelius WARREN, Congress, NY (1790-1849)

WARREN Cornelius , a Representative from New York; born in Phillipstown, Putnam County, N.Y., March 15, 1790; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…

Asbury, Francis

(Encyclopedia) Asbury, FrancisAsbury, Francisăzˈbərē, –bĕ– [key], 1745–1816, Methodist bishop in America, b. England. The Wesleyan conference in London sent him in 1771 as a missionary to America,…

Motion, Sir Andrew Peter

(Encyclopedia) Motion, Sir Andrew Peter, 1952–, English poet and biographer, poet laureate of England (1999–2009), grad. University College, Oxford (B.A., 1974; M.Litt., 1977). He writes poems that…

Ware, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Ware, Henry, 1764–1845, American clergyman, instrumental in the founding of Unitarianism in the United States, b. Sherborn, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1785. As pastor (1787–1805) of the…