WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843) American Lexicographer & Author; Published “An American Dictionary of the English Language” in 1828# websternoah
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WILLIAMS, ROBERT (1829-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry; Served on the staff of General Nathaniel P. Banks# williamsrobert
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STEEDMAN, CHARLES S. (1811-90) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to Rear Admiral; Veteran of the Mexican War # steedmancharless
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THIERS, ADOLPHE (1797-1877) French Statesman & Historian; Second Elected President of France & First President of the French Third Republic – 1871-73; Prime Minister of France – 1836 & 1840# thiersadolphe
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RYDER, DUDLEY, 1st EARL OF HARROWBY (1762-1847) British Secretary of State – 1804-05; Member of Parliament – 1784-1803# ryderdudleyearlofharrowby
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JUDSON, EMILY (1817-54) American Poet; Born Emily Chubbuck, later wrote under the pseudonym Fanny Forester# judsonemily
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LIGHTBURN, JOSEPH ANDREW JACKSON (1824-1901) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th West Virginia Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War # lightburnjosephandrewjackson
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OSGOOD, FRANCES SARGENT (1811-50) American Poet# osgoodfrancessargent
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McMILLAN, JAMES WINNING (1825-1903) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War# mcmillanjameswinning
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SYDNEY, LADY MORGAN (1781-1859) Irish Novelist, best known as the author of “The Wild Irish Girl”# sydneyladymorgan
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STAGER, ANSON (1825-85) Union Brevet Brigadier General, head of the Military Telegraph Department during the American Civil War# stageranson
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STETSON, LEMUEL (1804-68) U.S. Representative – New York – 1843-45# stetsonlemuel
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DAVENPORT, GEORGE (1783-1845) English-Born American Explorer, Frontiersman, and Indian Trader; U.S. Army Soldier, served in the War of 1812# davenportgeorge
Early settler of the Iowa Territory and Rock Island, Illinois; Namesake of Davenport, Iowa, part of the present-day “Quad Cities”; Murdered at his home in Rock Island, Illinois by members of a Midwestern ruffian gang, the “Banditti of the Prairie,” on July 4, 1845
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BROSS, WILLIAM J. (1813-90) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois – 1865-69; Early Republican Party supporter, campaigned for John C. Fremont in 1856 and Abraham Lincoln in 1860; Helped raise the 29th U.S. Colored Infantry during the American Civil War # brosswilliamj
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WILBUR, CHARLES T. (1835-1909) Union Assistant Surgeon - 59th Ohio Infantry; Surgeon - 95th Ohio Infantry - during the American Civil War # wilburcharlest
Organizing head of the “Experimental School for the Instruction and Training of Idiots and Feeble-Minded Children in the State of Illinois,” in Jacksonville – 1865
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REYNOLDS, JOSHUA (1723-92) English Painter # reynoldsjoshua
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WILBERFORCE, WILLIAM (1759-1833) English Politician & Abolitionist; Member of Parliament – 1780-1825# wilberforcewilliam
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JONES, JOSEPH BLACKBURN (1840-96) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Captain – 15th Illinois Infantry – 1861-64; Union Colonel – 68th U.S. Colored Infantry – 1864-65# jonesjosephblackburn
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REYNOLDS, JOSEPH SMITH (1839-11) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Officer – 64th Illinois Infantry – 1861-65# reynoldsjosephsmith
Saw action from Corinth through the war’s final battles in North Carolina; Took part in the grand review of General Sherman’s army, Washington, D.C., May 24, 1865
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WALSH, PATRICK (1840-99) American Politician & Journalist; U.S. Senator – Georgia - 1894-95; Mayor of Augusta, Georgia – 1897-99# walshpatrick
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