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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…Michael Avery ROSS, Congress, AR (1961)
ROSS Michael Avery , a Representative from Arkansas; born in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark., on August 2, 1961; graduated from Hope High School, Hope, Ark.; B.A., University of Arkansas, Little…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…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…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…William Henry AVERY, Congress, KS (1911-2009)
AVERY William Henry , a Representative from Kansas; born in Wakefield, Clay County, Kans., August 11, 1911; attended the public schools; A.B., University of Kansas at Lawrence, 1934; engaged in…William Tecumsah AVERY, Congress, TN (1819-1880)
AVERY William Tecumsah , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Hardeman County, Tenn., November 11, 1819; attended the common schools and was graduated from old Jackson College near Columbia…Trending
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