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John McCULLOCH, Congress, PA (1806-1879)

McCULLOCH John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in McCulloch Mills, Pa., November 15, 1806; attended the common schools and was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1825…

jasper, type of quartz

(Encyclopedia) jasper, opaque, impure cryptocrystalline quartz, usually red, but also yellow, green, and grayish blue. It is used as a gem. Ribbon jasper has the colors in stripes.

Notre Dame Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Notre Dame Mountains, section of the Appalachian system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) from the Green Mts. of Vermont into the Gaspé Peninsula, Canada. Worn low by erosion, the ancient…

bloodstone

(Encyclopedia) bloodstone or heliotrope, green chalcedony spotted with red, used as a gem stone. It is found in India, the United States, Brazil, and Australia.

John ALEXANDER, Congress, OH (1777-1848)

ALEXANDER John , a Representative from Ohio; born at Crowsville, in the Spartanburg District, S.C., April 16, 1777; attended the public schools; moved to Butler County, Ohio, and thence to…

John PENN, Congress, NC (1741-1788)

PENN, John, (nephew of Edmund Pendleton and cousin of Nathaniel Pendleton), a Delegate from North Carolina; born near Port Royal, Caroline County, Va., May 17, 1741; was educated under private…

John HAMILTON, Congress, PA (1754-1837)

HAMILTON John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in York (now Adams) County, Pa., November 25, 1754; moved to Washington County, Pa., in 1783; commissioned lieutenant colonel of militia…

John McKEE, Congress, AL (1771-1832)

McKEE John , a Representative from Alabama; born in Augusta (now Rockbridge) County, Va., in 1771; attended Liberty Hall Academy (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va.; United States…

Harold H. Greene 2000 Deaths

Harold H. GreeneAge: 76 federal judge who presided over the government's antitrust case against AT&T, which eventually broke up the company. He was a key figure in drafting the Civil…

Steven D. Green, 2006 News

former U.S. Army private, was arrested in July and charged with raping an Iraqi teenager and murdering her and three members of her family in March. Green had been recently discharged for a…