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Denver Samuel CHURCH, Congress, CA (1862-1952)

CHURCH Denver Samuel , a Representative from California; born in Folsom City, Sacramento County, Calif., December 11, 1862; attended the common schools; was graduated from Healdsburg (Calif.)…

James William DENVER, Congress, CA (1817-1892)

DENVER, James William, (father of Matthew Rombach Denver), a Representative from California; born in Winchester, Va., October 23, 1817; attended the public schools; moved to Ohio in 1830 with…

Gould, George Jay

(Encyclopedia) Gould, George JayGould, George Jayg&oomacr;ld [key], 1864–1923, U.S. railroad owner, b. New York City; son of Jay Gould. He was associated with his father, inherited all the…

Manning, Peyton Williams

(Encyclopedia) Manning, Peyton Williams, 1976–, American football player, b. New Orleans. Part of a National Football League quarterback dynasty (his father, Archie, led the New Orleans Saints; his…

Mazursky, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Mazursky, Paul (Irwin Lawrence Mazursky), 1939-2014, American film director, screenwriter, and actor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Brooklyn…

Charters, Samuel Barclay

(Encyclopedia) Charters, Samuel Barclay, 1929–2015, American musical historian and author, b. Pittsburgh. In the 1950s he studied jazz and blues in New Orleans and traveled through the South, where…

Scorsese, Martin

(Encyclopedia) Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, Martin skôrsāˈzē, –sĕzˈē [key], 1942–,…

Buffalo Bob Smith 1998 Deaths

“Buffalo Bob” SmithAge: 80 beloved, cowboy-suited host of TV's The Howdy Doody Show for all of its 13 seasons.Died: July 30, 1998.Frank SinatraR - ZJoeseph “Papa Joe” Smith Sr.

Bob FILNER, Congress, CA (1942)

FILNER Bob , a Representative from California; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., September 4, 1942; graduated from Forest Hills High School, Queens, N.Y., 1959; B.A., Cornell University,…