Henry Washington Hilliard (Congressional Biographical Directory)
Reference
"Hilliard, Henry Washington," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000622.
HILLIARD, Henry Washington, a Representative from Alabama; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., on August 4, 1808; was graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1826; studied law; moved to Athens, Ga., where he was admitted to the bar in 1829; professor in the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa from 1831 to 1834, when he resigned to practice law in Montgomery, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives 1836-1838; member of the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1839; Whig presidential electo
Graceanna Lewis (Notable Americans)
Reference
Rossiter Johnson, ed., “Lewis, Graceanna,” The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, vol. 6 (Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904).
LEWIS, Graceanna, naturalist, was born in West Vincent, Pa., Aug. 3, 1821; daughter of John and Esther (Fussell) Lewis; granddaughter of John and Grace (Meredith) Lewis, and of Bartholomew and Rebecca (Bond) Fussell; and a descendant of Henry Lewis, a native of Narbeth in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, who came with William Penn to Pennsylvania, in 1682, with his family which included his father, Evan Lewis. Graceanna attended the girls' boarding school at Kimberton, Pa., and later devoted herself to the study of natural history and to painting.
“The Voice of Kansas,” Cleveland (OH) Herald, June 19, 1858
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“The Voice of Kansas,” Cleveland (OH) Herald, June 19, 1858, p. 2: 1.
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“Rumored Breaking Up of the Cabinet,” Charleston (SC) Mercury, June 18, 1858
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Rumored Breaking Up of the Cabinet
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“Rumored Breaking Up of the Cabinet,” Charleston (SC) Mercury, June 18, 1858, p. 1: 4.
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