Who was Henry Alexander Wise? Henry was the governor of Virginia from 1856-1860 and the man who hung John Brown. I was born on December 6, 1806 in Drummond town, Virginia. My father, John Wise died in 1812 and a year later, my mother, Sara Wise died leaving me an orphan. After my parents death’s my two aunts and my grandfather raised me. In 1822 I attended Washington university in southwestern Pennsylvania studying law and in 1825 I finished college. A few years later I moved to Nashville, Tennessee there I married Ann Eliza Jennings and we had four kids and in 1837 my wife Ann Eliza Jennings died. Then, I married Sarah Sergeant we had 10 children, but only three survived infancy. Then, I served as a U.S minister in Brazil
I was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on February 22, 2002 to Matt and Rachel Eilers I was born at Mercy Medical Center. On the twenty third of February I got to go to my home at 7526 Cattail Ct. NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. My room had blue curtains; I still can remember it. My brother was born on October 11, 2006. At the age of 5 years old I had brain surgery due to my Chiari malformation. I went to kindergarten on August 20, 2008 at Holloway House. My preschool and kindergarten teacher was Mrs. Varn.
Charles “Chick” King was born on November 10th, 1930, in Paris, Tennessee. He lived in Paris most of his life until he was drafted to the Major League Baseball Association in 1951. He played for 11 years. Chick’s sport career started at Grove High School where he was an all- round athlete. He played football from 1947 to 1949 as well as ran track and played basketball. He was named to the all- state. He was also named to the all- county basketball team. After winning awards and playing greatly at Grove, he decided to attend the University of Memphis. He ran track at Memphis but mostly enjoyed the great game of baseball. That’s when he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 1951.
Soon after the settlement of Pennsylvania by William Penn, William Rodney, one of the descendants of this illustrious family removed to that province and after a short residence in Philadelphia, settled in Kent, a county upon the Delaware. This gentleman died in the year 1708, leaving a considerable fortune, and eight children, the eldest of whom is the subject of the following sketch. Mr. Rodney inherited from his father a large landed estate, which was entailed upon him, according to the usages of distinguished families at that day. At the early age of twenty-eight years, such was his popularity, he was appointed high sheriff in the county in which he resided, and on the expiration of his term of service, he was created a justice of the peace, and a judge of the lower courts. In 1762, and perhaps at a still earlier date, he represented the county of Kent in the provincial legislature. In this station he entered with great zeal and activity into the prominent measures of the day. In the year 1765, the first general congress was assembled, as is well known, at New-York, to consult
Think of the many innovative black people out there. Although you have your typical, well known black athletes and musicians, consider other ways africans americans have made groundbreaking discoveries. African american in the medical field are especially underrated to many people. One surgeon by the name of Daniel Hale Williams deserves some recognition for what he has done for black surgeons and doctors.
Henry Wirz, originally named Heinrich Hartmann Wirz, was known as a military leader during the Civil War. Henry was born in Zurich, Switzerland on November 25, 1823. Although Henry had a set future of becoming a doctor, instead he had studied to become a weaver. In 1845, he had married a woman named Emilie Oschwald. After the couple had two children, the marriage had ended poorly. Sources say, “According to some reports, Wirz had legal troubles while in Europe involving embezzled money, and may have served some time in prison.”
Henry McCarty, born around 1859 in the Manhattan area of New York, was more commonly known as Billy the Kid or William Bonney. His mother, Catherine, was an immigrant from Ireland who worked odd jobs to support their family. Soon after the death of her husband, Catherine, Henry, and her younger son Joseph moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where she met her future husband William Antrim. The family accompanied Antrim to Kansas, and then New Mexico after Catherine was diagnosed with tuberculosis and advised to seek a warmer, drier climate. Antrim and Catherine were married soon after the move to New Mexico.
leagues around their neighborhood in NEw Orleans. Manning didn’t specifically forbid his children from playing the game, it just was not available. Peyton didn’t play organized tackle until he was in the seventh grade, instead Peyton and Eli played backyard football or knee football in the living room, and Eli joined a flag league. Archie said, “I wish I’d played my whole career in flag football..Peyton Manning is having the season of his life at thirty-seven after recovering from neck surgery and owns forty-one individual NFL records and counting”([The Washington Post]”Youth football concussions can be prevented: Ask Archie Manning and Tom Brady Sr. how”, Jenkins).
James Henry Gooding was reliably familiar with subjection on August 28, 1838 in North Carolina. At an especially super hot age his adaptability was gotten by a James M. Gooding, who may have been his dad, and he was sent to New York City. On September 11, 1846, Gooding was enlisted as an understudy in the New York Colored Orphan's Asylum, a recognizable school and motel run basically by Quaker ladies. There he got a set up masterminding and changed into an equipped and beneficial maker, a cutoff which would serve him for the straggling remains of his life. From 1850-1852 he was submitted out of the Asylum to work for an Albert Westlake. As he progressed toward adulthood he settled on the choice to cover his past as a
When looking back at the early history of the United States, few people are as well known as William Bradford. As the man who declared the first Thanksgiving, this is often the first thing we learn about him. However, what was his life truly like? What did he do other than start a holiday where we give thanks and gorge ourselves with food?
Born on May 4, 1843, I was raised just like any other southern lady. My father was a merchant, and I grew up in Martinsburg, West Virginia with my parents, several brothers, one sister, and grandmother. I attended Mount Washington Female College of Baltimore from age 12 to
I first went into battle in the war of 1812, where I was aboard the vessel called the Essex which patrolled the South American region to hunt down British vessels. During the war, many British vessels had me surrounded me and killed 58 people of my step-dad’s crew. Yet, he saw my great ability to withstand pressurizing situations. During that war, I also changed my name to David in honor of my step-dad. In 1823, I married my first wife from Norfolk, Virginia, called Susan Merchant. Two years after my
Born to parents who had a strong dedication to their faith, Granville Oral Roberts was born near Ada, Oklahoma. His father preached the gospel and established Pentecostal Holiness Churches, and his mother prayed for the sick and led people to Christ. The family was poor, and his father was a farmer while he pastored a church. While Roberts was in his mother’s womb, she dedicated him to the Lord. He was born with a severe stutter, but she continually told him that he would be healed and speak to multitudes.
Henry Wise, governor of Virginia is faced with an impossible choice. Now that the courts have condemned John Brown to death for his charges of” “treason, murder and inciting a slave insurrection,” (Davidson 148) he is torn between condemning the violence, granting a pardon to prevent more violence, or thirdly, granting a pardon on the account of his insanity. Many citizens of Virginia feared that Mr Brown was a precursor to the imminent onslaught of northern abolitionist “fanatics” and threatened to lynch Brown if he was freed. Other northern abolitionists threatened to assemble an army to free Brown from the prison; in the words of Fernando Wood, mayor of New York City, his death would create a “martyr whose execution would only deepen passions
I was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, on February 12, 1809 (Holzer). I spent most of my childhood in Indiana from ages seven to twenty-one (Holzer). I did not always agree with my father but we had the same view on slavery. I helped out on the farm, and I read when could as a young boy.
Using that threat for her benefit, she granted herself the mission of salvation, “convinced of her own power to preserve them untainted”, even if her mission was only a pretense to hamper them from growing up. Therefore, her sanity is again questioned. Moreover, “her omission of the fact that the demons have appeared inside the house” reveals that she only cares about Miles and Flora and not about Mrs Grose nor Luke.