William Howitt Research Paper

Returned to Australia after working on the California goldfields determined to find gold in New South Wales. He travelled to Bathurst where local men John Lister and William, James and Henry Tom showed him sites where they had found gold specks.

Understanding a person’s life and struggles helps explain his or her character and leadership qualities. Smallwood E. Williams was born on October 17, 1907 in Virginia. He moved to Columbus, Ohio with his mother and stepfather when he was only eleven years old. Williams lost his father when he was an infant (Taylor 50). Upon moving to Columbus in 1918, his mother joined Bishop Robert Lawson’s Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith (COOLJC) and began taking Williams there every Sunday. A few years later, at age fourteen, Williams started preaching at the church while attending school. In fact, people started calling him “Boy-Wonder Preacher” mainly after his travel to New York City to preach at Lawson’s Refuge Church of Christ

William Still was born on October 7, 1821 in Burlington County, New Jersey. He was born free because his father purchased his freedom. However, his parents were enslaved and later gained freedom. His mother escaped from slavery in Maryland with her two children. In 1844, 23 year old William moved to Philadelphia where as a self taught free man, he became employed in multiple jobs and soon joined the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. In 1847, he married Letitia George whom he had four children with. He committed fourteen years to this society and the Underground Railroad, helping house runaways in his home. In 1852, William became the chairman of the Vigilance Committee. The committee helped in the aid and support of fugitive slaves before and during the Fugitive Slave Act, offering financial assistance and boarding for fugitive slaves. He conducted several interviews and

Hardly more than a week after having Mary, Wollstonecraft died, leaving William to raise Mary and her half-sister, Fanny, whom William chose to adopt.

The following year on the 3rd of August 1812, William married Elizabeth Carter at St John's Parish Church, Parramatta.

Charlotte Catholic High School, October 16, 2009 7:54 P.m: senior linebacker, Alex Heckard goes in for a routine tackle that will forever change his life. 20 seconds later Heckard is down on the ground and is motionless, training staff rush to his aid. 8:06 pm an ambulance arrives at the stadium and begins to put Heckard on a stretcher. Soon Heckard is carted off the field and brought to the nearest hospital; the remaining football game is cancelled. 8:47 P.m. Alex Heckard is pronounced dead at Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville due to a severed vertebrae/spinal cord. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Alex Heckard is laid to rest at 11:30 A.m.

William Howe, better known as General Howe, made a large impact on Britain and the rest of Europe. William Howe was born on August 10, 1729, in England. William was also the youngest of three brothers in his family. His parents were wealthy members of the English upper class. His father's name was Viscount Howe, and his mom's name was Maria Sophia. When William was about twelve years old he was sent out from his home to go to Eaton, a famous preparatory school. William was a good student and eventually graduated in 1746. After graduating he joined the King's army. He was later appointed officer of one of the King's military's. General Howe, as a young boy, had great exceptions to uphold, and he exceeded all of them and became a favored warrior for Britain.

William Grant Still was born in Woodville, Mississippi on May the eleventh 1895. Although he was born in Mississippi he grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. Still was born to two teachers, his mother, Carrie Lena Fambro Still , who was born in 1872 near Milledgeville Georgia and died in 1927, and William Grant Still Sr, who was born in 1871 and died in 1895. Stills dad was an accomplice in a supermarket and executed as a neighborhood bandleader. He also passed on when his newborn son was three months old. Still and his mom moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where she taught English at a local high school for more than 30 years. She met and wedded Charles B. Shepperson, who supported his stepson William's musical advantages by taking him to operettas and purchasing Red Seal recordings of traditional music, which Still significantly enjoyed. The two went to various exhibitions by artists on visit. Still also listened to his maternal grandma sing African-American spirituals to him.

William Wells Brown was born a slave but died a free man. He wrote an autobiography about his life as a slave. He went into detail of how he and others were treated so cruelly. His master had owned forty slaves, they lived on a rather large plantation and their main production was of hemp and tobacco. This plantation was located some forty odd miles from St. Charles, Missouri. The master had no family but kept a female slave in the house with him to oversee the plantation. Every morning at four, a bell would sound, this was the signal to get up, eat and get to work. If any slave was late to the fields they would immediately receive ten lashes from the negro-whip. Brown was not a field slave so he had only heard and witnessed from a distance of this lashing. He

In the case of Stanley Tookie Williams’s execution by the state of California was justified. Williams was the co-founder of the infamous Crips gang. Throughout his gang career he put his community in danger. 51-year old Williams was convicted of murder. He killed a couple along with their daughter, and a store clerk. Williams showed no remorse and according to witness he bragged about the murders. Not only was Williams a murder but he was a leader of one of the most dangerous gangs. It is known that gang leaders still have power over their people even behind bars. Williams was a very influential person for all the wrong reasons. He had followers that would agree and act upon his requests. So influential that celebrities such

Ford was known as being very kind to Solomon. However, William Prince Ford had to give Solomon back to the slave market due to finances. Northup’s second owner was John M. Tibaut who was very brutal to Solomon. Northup was later rescued by Ford’s overseer, Andrew Chafin. He was then sent to Edwin Epps and was a slave under him for the next ten years. His owner, Edwin Epps, put Solomon in charge over the rest of the slaves. Solomon tried many times to escape, but was never successful. Finally, in June of 1852, he was able to send letters to his friends and family back home in New York. In these letters, he told them where he was and all that had happened to him. In November of 1852, there was a widespread search in order to find Solomon. Solomon was found in the same year. On January 4, 1853, Solomon legally obtained total freedom. He was then reunited with his family and friends.

On January 28, 1842, William Yarrington was born in Norwich, VT (VT in the Civil War). Growing up, he lived in a large family, which was probably hectic, but equally memorable. His father, Joel Yarrington, was a farmer, giving him the profound role as the head of their humble homestead (1850 Census). William’s mother, Sarah Jane Newcomb, was most likely a strict, but equally wonderful women, who spent her busy days housekeeping and taking care of her many children, as many women did back then (1850 Census). These children, Kate, Harvey, Clarissa, Merrill, and Sarah, were William’s siblings (1850 & 1860 Census). Harvey being the oldest of the five, had the tiresome job of a farmer, alike to his father (1850 Census). All the other siblings, including

In 2005, DeWitt, MI was recognized by CNN/Money Magazine "Best places to live." DeWitt is known for the Looking Glass River and it's unity as a Community. Charter Township of DeWitt is a peaceful place to live and a great place to raise a family. You can experience unique performances, parades, and even frog-jumping contest! The City of DeWitt has been named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment to its community forest. It is the twelfth year DeWitt has received this national recognition.

1873- Gold rush in the swauk creek area, mine gets 1,000 acres. Local farmers of Kittitas county are the first to rush to get good but soon after people from all over the world have come for gold. This bringing a more diverse community.

William was born in 1564. We know this from the earliest record we have of his life; his baptism which happened on Wednesday, April the 26th, 1564. We don't actually know his birthday but from this record we assume he was born in 1564. Similarly by knowing the famous Bard's baptism