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Floyd, John Buchanan

(Encyclopedia) Floyd, John Buchanan, 1807–63, U.S. Secretary of War (1857–60) and Confederate general, b. Smithfield, Va. After failing as a lawyer and cotton planter in Arkansas, he returned to…

Stuart, James Ewell Brown

(Encyclopedia) Stuart, James Ewell Brown (Jeb Stuart), 1833–64, Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War, b. Patrick co., Va. Most of his U.S. army service was with the 1st Cavalry in…

Virginia Ellis JENCKES, Congress, IN (1877-1975)

JENCKES Virginia Ellis , a Representative from Indiana; born in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., November 6, 1877; attended the public and high schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits in 1912;…

Virginia Ann FOXX, Congress, NC (1943)

FOXX Virginia Ann , a Representative from North Carolina; born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 29, 1943; graduated from Crossnore High School, Crossnore, N.C., 1961; A.B., University of…

Ingle, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Ingle, Richard, fl. 1642–53, English seaman and tobacco trader. Little is known of him. While the English civil war was in progress, he appeared (1645) with several ships off Maryland…