Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

Thousands of short American lives — soldiers, inventors, preachers, governors, novelists — each given a paragraph: born where, did what, and why anyone remembered.

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282 lives

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Highlights

Corley, Manuel Simeon

merchant, legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 10, 1823, in Lexington county, S. C. During 1854-56 he was editor and owner of…

Beecher, Edward

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 27, 1803, in East Hampton, N. Y., and was a son of L. Beecher. He was a congregational clergyman…

Morse, Samuel Baldwin

educator, clergyman, college president , was born Oct. 26, 1834, in Fayette, Maine. He has filled pastorates in the…

Flash, Henry Lynden

soldier, poet, was born Jan. 20, 1835, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1852 he graduated from the Western Military institute of Kentucky…

Googins, George

physician, surgeon, was born in October, 1822, in Hancock, Maine. In 1847 he graduated from the Maine Medical college of…

Rider, George Thomas

educator, journalist, author, was born Feb. 21, 1829, in Rice City, R. I. In 1860 he removed to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he…

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