Hugh Asbury Curran (Dickinson Alumni Record)

Reference
George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 189.
Curran, Hugh Asbury - Born May 18, 1840, Margaretta, Pa. ; p. James and Sarah Curran ; prep., Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa. ; entered 1858 ; A. B., 1860 ; A. M., 1863 ; Ph. D., 1890 ; teacher ; instructor Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa. ; Bloomsburg normal school ; Stroudsburg normal school ; Pennington seminary ; and, at present, Johnstown, Pa., high school ; Phi Kappa Sigma ; Phi Beta Kappa ; B. L. society ; married, 1866, Sarah Harris ; children, Mary R., James Harris. Address, Johnstown, Pa.
Alumni Record: Dickinson College

Charles Henry Kalbfus (Dickinson Alumni Record)

Reference
George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 168.
Kalbfus, Charles Henry - Born May 17, 1834, in Virginia ; p., Charles and Mary Ann (Bowman) Kalbfus ; prep., Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa.; entered 1853; retired 1854; clergyman ; taught in the public schools for many years; member of the Cincinnati conference, Methodist Episcopal church, 1872- ; now retired ; U. P. society ; married, February 23, 1864, Frances Ann Patterson of Westernport, Md., who died September 4,1887 ; children, Charles Patterson, Joseph Percy, Fannie Lavinia, John William ; second, August 21, 1889, Eleanor Josephine Gossin.
Alumni Record: Dickinson College

Joseph Conrad (Appleton’s)

Reference
James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, eds., “Conrad, Joseph,” Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888), 1: 710.
CONRAD, Joseph, soldier, b. in Wied-Selters, Germany, 17 May, 1830. He was graduated at the military academy of Hesse Darmstadt in 1848, and came to this country, settling in Missouri. At the beginning of the civil war he enlisted in the National service, and was made captain of the 3d Missouri infantry. He became major in September, and was engaged in the action of Carthage, the battle of Pea Ridge, and the siege of Corinth.
Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography

“The Dred Scott Decision,” Boston (MA) Herald, March 7, 1857

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The Dred Scott Decision
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"The Dred Scott Decision," Boston (MA) Herald, March 7, 1857, p. 4.
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"The New Order of Battle," New York Herald, March 13, 1857

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The New Order of Battle
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"The New Order of Battle," New York Herald, March 13, 1857, p. 4.
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John Cessna (Congressional Biographical Directory)

Reference
“Cessna, John,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000265.
CESSNA, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Bedford County, Pa., June 29, 1821; attended the common schools and Hall’s Military Academy, Bedford, Pa.; was graduated from Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pa., in 1842; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Bedford; member of the State house of representatives in 1850, 1851, 1862, and 1863, and served as speaker of the house in 1850 and 1863; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati in 1856 and at Charleston and Baltimore in 1860; affiliated wi
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present

“Albany and Richmond,” New York Times, June 29, 1859

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Albany and Richmond
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“Albany and Richmond,” New York Times, June 29, 1859, p. 4: 3-4.
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