Spencer Fullerton Baird (Dickinson Chronicles)

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John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “Spencer Fullerton Baird,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/b/ed_bairdSF.html.
Spencer Fullerton Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1823 to Samuel Baird and Lydia McFunn Biddle, the third of seven children. The family relocated to Carlisle, Pennsylvania following the death of Baird's father from cholera in 1833. Baird entered Dickinson College as a freshman in 1837, receiving his A.B. degree in 1840. Following graduation, Baird attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York for one year, but found that he had a dislike for the medical practice and returned to Carlisle to continue with his studies.
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City Marshal of Lexington, Kentucky dies in the performance of his duty

In Lexington, Kentucky, William Barker committed a breach of the peace and City Marshal Joseph Beard, attempted to arrest him. Barker stabbed and killed Beard. When the news of the killing spreads, a mob took Barker from the city jail and hanged him. (By John Osborne)
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Joseph Benson Akers (Dickinson Chronicles)

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John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “Joseph Benson Akers,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/a/ed_akersJB.htm.
Joseph Benson Akers was born on February 3, 1829 in Akersville, Brush Creek Township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. He was the eldest son of carding mill owner Israel Akers and his wife, Elizabeth Lewis Akers.  The younger Akers was educated locally, taught Sunday School, and then entered Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania with the class of 1858.  He became a member of the Belles Lettres Society and, following graduation with his class, studied to become a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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John Hays (Dickinson Chronicles)

Scholarship
John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “John Hays,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/h/ed_haysJ.htm.
John Hays was  born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on February 2, 1837 the youngest of two sons and a daughter of John and Eleanor Blaine Hays.  On both sides of his family, the young John Hays was descended from old and highly respected central Pennsylvania stock.  He was educated in the common schools of Carlisle and at the Plainfield Academy and entered Dickinson College in 1852.  After a time away from his studies, he re-entered the College in 1854 and joined the class of 1857.  He was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma and was elected to the Belle Lettres Society. 
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William Bowen Campbell (Congressional Biographical Directory)

Reference
“Campbell, William Bowen,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000104.
CAMPBELL, William Bowen, (cousin of Henry Bowen), a Representative from Tennessee; born near Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tenn., February 1, 1807; attended private schools; studied law in Abingdon and Winchester, Va.; was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Carthage, Smith County, Tenn.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking; elected district attorney in 1831; member of the State house of representatives in 1835 and 1836; captain of a company in Trousdale’s regiment of Tennessee Mounted Volunteers in the Florida War; mustered out January 14
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present
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