Friday, October 20, 2017

Watterson Grady Sidwell (1893-1967)

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Portrait from the 1933 Tennessee legislative composite.     A three-term member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, Watterso...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Orceneth Asbury Fly (1894-1976)

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Portrait from the Hondo Anvil Herald, April 6, 1955.    A longtime civic leader and prominent citizen in Hondo, Texas, Orceneth Asbur...
Friday, October 13, 2017

Orba Ollie McCurdy (1895-1964)

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Portrait from the "Calyx", Washington and Lee Yearbook, 1917.   Vernon, Texas attorney Orba Ollie McCurdy was a veteran o...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Blucher Haynes Erskine (1849-1929)

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Portrait from Personnel of the Texas State Government, 1889.     After several weeks of profiling a number of unusually named New Eng...
Saturday, October 7, 2017

Parsons Brainard Cogswell (1828-1895)

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Portrait from the Proceedings of the New Hampshire Historical Society, Vol. 3. "Always a plain man of the people, he recognize...
Thursday, October 5, 2017

Dauphin White Wilson (1810-1892), Dauphin White Buckminster (1822-1880)

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Portrait from the History of the town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917, Vol II.    Our theme of oddly named New England politica...
Monday, October 2, 2017

Liba Conant Morrison (1828-1900)

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Portrait from the History of Northfield, New Hampshire, 1780-1905.    An obscure resident of the town of Northfield in New Hampshire,...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Minthorne Dyckman Tompkins (1841-1904)

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Portrait courtesy of Find-A-Grave.    A descendant of one of New York's prominent political families, Minthorne Dyckman Tompkins...
Monday, September 25, 2017

Minotte Estes Chatfield (1859-1952)

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Portrait from the Commemorative Biographical Record of New Haven County, 1902.     New Haven, Connecticut resident Minotte Estes Chat...