The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown Biographical Soceity, 1904 - United States |
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... Charles Todd , second bishop of Tennessee and 75th in succession in the American episcopate , was born in Stamford , Conn . , Dec. 22 , 1824 ; son of Isaac Quintard . He attended Trinity parish school , New York city ; studied medicine ...
... Charles Todd , second bishop of Tennessee and 75th in succession in the American episcopate , was born in Stamford , Conn . , Dec. 22 , 1824 ; son of Isaac Quintard . He attended Trinity parish school , New York city ; studied medicine ...
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... Charles Linnæus , died and in the same year his wife , Josephine Vaccaro , left him , taking with her their only daughter , Emily , who became a singer in Sicilian opera at the theatre in Palermo . He then returned to the United States ...
... Charles Linnæus , died and in the same year his wife , Josephine Vaccaro , left him , taking with her their only daughter , Emily , who became a singer in Sicilian opera at the theatre in Palermo . He then returned to the United States ...
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... Charles Lee at Monmouth , June 28 , 1778 , where he commanded a regiment , he was ordered to drive back the advancing British troops , which he did , holding his position with a remnant of his regiment against the British dragoons until ...
... Charles Lee at Monmouth , June 28 , 1778 , where he commanded a regiment , he was ordered to drive back the advancing British troops , which he did , holding his position with a remnant of his regiment against the British dragoons until ...
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... Charles and Mary ( Thruston ) Magill , and a descendant of William Randolph of Turkey Island , Va . , who came from Warwickshire , Eng- land , arriving in Jamestown , Va . , in 1674. He was graduated from William and Mary college , A.B. ...
... Charles and Mary ( Thruston ) Magill , and a descendant of William Randolph of Turkey Island , Va . , who came from Warwickshire , Eng- land , arriving in Jamestown , Va . , in 1674. He was graduated from William and Mary college , A.B. ...
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... Charles McCormick , lawyer , was born in Dansville , N.Y. , Aug. 7 , 1847 ; son of Gen. Isaac V. D. and Elizabeth ( Mann ) Reeve ; grandson of Isaac and Harriet ( Howell ) Reeve , and of Joshua and Elizabeth ( Hurlbert ) Shepard , and a ...
... Charles McCormick , lawyer , was born in Dansville , N.Y. , Aug. 7 , 1847 ; son of Gen. Isaac V. D. and Elizabeth ( Mann ) Reeve ; grandson of Isaac and Harriet ( Howell ) Reeve , and of Joshua and Elizabeth ( Hurlbert ) Shepard , and a ...
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