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Alfred Avery BURNHAM, Congress, CT (1819-1879)

BURNHAM Alfred Avery , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Windham, Windham County, Conn., on March 8, 1819; completed a preparatory course and attended college one year; studied law; was…

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;…

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…

Duncanville

(Encyclopedia) Duncanville, city (2020 pop. 40,706), Dallas co., N Tex., a growing suburb of Dallas; est. 1882, inc. 1947. It is mostly residential…

West University Place

(Encyclopedia) West University Place, residential city (1990 pop. 12,920), Harris co., S Tex., completely surrounded by the city of Houston; inc. 1925. Rice Univ. is nearby.

Farmers Branch

(Encyclopedia) Farmers Branch, city (2020 pop. 35,991), Dallas co., N Tex., a suburb adjacent to Dallas; settled 1841, inc. 1946. The city makes tiles…

Richards, Ann Willis

(Encyclopedia) Richards, Ann Willis, 1933–2006, American politician, b. Lakeview, Tex., as Dorothy Ann Willis. She began her career in politics in the early 1970s after having raised four children. A…

League City

(Encyclopedia) League City, city (1990 pop. 30,159), Galveston co., SE Tex.; inc. 1961. The aeronautics industry is of prime importance; NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is nearby. There is also…

Beeville

(Encyclopedia) Beeville, city (2020 pop. 13,669), seat of Bee co., S Tex.; settled in the 1830s, inc. 1908. Long a cow town, Beeville is the trade…