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Daniel AVERY, Congress, NY (1766-1842)
AVERY Daniel , a Representative from New York; born in Groton, Conn., September 18, 1766; attended the common schools; appointed ensign in the Sixth Company, Eighth Regiment of the Connecticut…John AVERY, Congress, MI (1824-1914)
AVERY John , a Representative from Michigan; born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., February 29, 1824; moved with his parents to Michigan in 1836; attended the common schools; entered Grass…Hurd, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Hurd, Peter, 1904–84, American painter, b. Roswell, N.Mex. Hurd left West Point to study art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He worked as apprentice to the painter N. C.…Llano Estacado
(Encyclopedia) Llano EstacadoLlano Estacadoläˈnō ĕstəkäˈdō [key] or Staked Plain, level, semiarid, plateaulike region of the S Great Plains, c.40,000 sq mi (103,600 sq km), E N.Mex. and W Tex.,…King Ranch
(Encyclopedia) King Ranch, c.1,000,000 acres (404,700 hectares), S Tex., SW of Corpus Christi with headquarters at Kingsville, Tex.; one of the largest ranches in the world. It has several divisions…Burleson, Albert Sidney
(Encyclopedia) Burleson, Albert SidneyBurleson, Albert Sidneybûrˈləsən [key], 1863–1937, U.S. Postmaster General (1913–21), b. San Marcos, Tex.; grandson of Edward Burleson. He was a lawyer of Austin…Rayburn, Sam
(Encyclopedia) Rayburn, Sam (Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn), 1882–1961, U.S. legislator, b. Roane co., Tenn. After his family moved (1887) to Fannin co., Tex., he worked at cotton picking. He worked his…Wright, Jim
(Encyclopedia) Wright, Jim (James Claud Wright, Jr.), 1922–2015, U.S. congressman, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1987–89), b. Fort Worth, Tex. Following service in the U.S. army…Tobias Avery PLANTS, Congress, OH (1811-1887)
PLANTS Tobias Avery , a Representative from Ohio; born at Sewickley, Beaver County, Pa., March 17, 1811; apprenticed to a saddler at the age of twelve; received a limited common school education…Frederick Avery JOHNSON, Congress, NY (1833-1893)
JOHNSON Frederick Avery , a Representative from New York; born in Fort Edward, Warren County, N.Y., January 2, 1833; attended the common schools and was graduated from the Glens Falls Academy;…Trending
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