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William Thompson PRICE, Congress, WI (1824-1886)
PRICE William Thompson , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Huntingdon County, Pa., June 17, 1824; attended the common schools; was a clerk in a store in Hollidaysburg, Pa., and also…Charlotte Thompson REID, Congress, IL (1913-2007)
REID Charlotte Thompson , a Representative from Illinois; born Charlotte Leota Thompson, September 27, 1913, in Kankakee, Ill.; graduated from East Aurora High School, Aurora, Ill., 1930; attended…Robert Thompson SECREST, Congress, OH (1904-1994)
SECREST Robert Thompson , a Representative from Ohio; born on a farm near Senecaville, Noble County, Ohio, January 22, 1904; attended the public schools; graduated from Muskingum College, New…Year in Review, 2015
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Year Winner Car Time mph Second place 1911 Ray Harroun Marmon 6:…Murray, Anna Pauline "Pauli"
(Encyclopedia) Murray, Pauli, 1910–1985, American lawyer, priest, and activist, b. Baltimore, S.J.D. Yale University, 1965, MDiv, General Theological…Carman, Harry James
(Encyclopedia) Carman, Harry James, 1884–1964, American historian and educator, b. Greenfield, Saratoga co., N.Y. He was a elementary-school teacher and a high-school principal before becoming an…Western Union Telegraph Company
(Encyclopedia) Western Union Telegraph Company, enterprise created (1851) to provide telegraphic communications services in the United States. Originally known as the New York and Mississippi Valley…suttee
(Encyclopedia) sutteesutteesŭˌtēˈ, sŭˈtēˌ [key] [Skt. sati=faithful wife], former Indian funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre. The practice of killing a…