Mary Martha Sherwood

Mary Martha Sherwood

female, deceased (1851)
Evangelical, novelist, chapbook, victorian era, evangelicalism, Victorian…nineteenthcentury, nineteenth-century
Mary Martha Sherwood (May 6, 1775 – September 22, 1851) was a prolific and influential writer of children's literature in nineteenth-century Br...
Orson Squire Fowler

Orson Squire Fowler

male, deceased (1887)
Fishkill, Amherst College, Cohocton, phrenological, phrenology, nineteenthcentury
Orson Squire Fowler (1809 - 1887), phrenologist, popularized the octagon house in the middle of the nineteenth century. Orson Squire Fowler, the...
Robert Ridgway

Robert Ridgway

male, deceased (1870)
University of Virginia, from Virginia, american civil war, whig party, congressman, American…nineteenthcentury
Robert Ridgway (April 21, 1823 - October 16, 1870) was a nineteenth century congressman, lawyer and editor from Virginia. Born in Lynchburg,...
Benjamin F. Martin

Benjamin F. Martin

male, deceased (1895)
Democrat, from West Virginia, democratic party, democratic national convention, constitutional convention, allegheny college…nineteenthcentury
Benjamin Franklin Martin (October 2, 1828 - January 20, 1895) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and teacher from Virginia and West...

Dennis McCarthy

male, deceased (1886)
Republican, Member of the New York Assembly, from New York, new york state senator, republican party, Lieutenant Governor of New York…nineteenthcentury
Dennis McCarthy (March 19, 1814 - February 14, 1886) was a nineteenth century politician and manufacturer from New York. Born in Salina, New York,...

John Taliaferro

male, deceased (1852)
from Virginia, united states treasury department, whig party, nineteenthcentury, whig, Virginia lawyer
John Taliaferro (1768 - August 12, 1852) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and librarian from Virginia. Born on "Hays" near...
Polly Bemis

Polly Bemis

female, deceased (1933)
Chinese American, twentieth century, Overseas Chinese, pacific northwest, nineteenthcentury, polly
Polly Bemis was a famous Chinese American pioneer woman who lived in the Pacific Northwest in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century....

William Terry

male, deceased (1888)
Democrat, University of Virginia, from Virginia, brigadier general, democratic party, Confederate Army general…nineteenthcentury
William Terry (August 14, 1824 - September 5, 1888) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and teacher from Virginia and the last commander of...

John Hungerford

male, deceased (1833)
congressman, war of 1812, Virginia State Senator, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, revolutionary war, virginia house of delegate…nineteenthcentury
John Pratt Hungerford (January 2, 1761 - December 21, 1833) was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. Born in...
James Richmond

James Richmond

male, deceased (1910)
Democrat, from Virginia, Lieutenant colonel, democratic party, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, captain…nineteenthcentury
James Buchanan Richmond (February 27, 1842 - April 30, 1910) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, judge and banker from Virginia. Born in...