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Wilson, James Q. (59)

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Army officer. Sheriff, Cochise County, Ariz.

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Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963 (95)

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Professor of English, University of Virginia. American author and editor. University of Virginia English professor. University of Virginia Professor of English. Author and educator. University of Virginia professor of English.

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Wilson, James, 1742-1798 (59)

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James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, and Founding Father who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798. He was elected twice to the Continental Congress, was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution. A leading legal theorist, he was one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to...

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Wilson, James, 1948- (33)

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Epithet: of York Epithet: subject of Wolley Ch xi.67 Epithet: surveyor Epithet: of Blackrock, county Dublin The politician and political economist James Wilson was born in Hawick, Scotland, on 3 June 1805. He was educated at Quaker schools at Ackworth, near Pontefract, and at Earl's Colne, Essex, before being apprenticed to a Hawick hat-maker. He continued to study after work and became interested in polit...

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Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914 (67)

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Founder of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. American author and editor. Scottish-born newspaperman, author, and editor, who served in the Union army during the Civil War, and then settled in New York City. Author James Grant Wilson was born in Scotland but brought to the United States as an infant. He worked as a journalist in Chicago and served as a General in the Union Army during the Civil War, settling in New Yo...

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Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925 (62)

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Soldier, railroad builder, and author. Military engineer, Civil War general and cavalry commander, post-war railroad man. American soldier and engineer. Born in Shawneetown, Ill., Major General James Harrison Wilson served as topographical chief of the Army of the Potomac and as an aide-de-camp to George McClelland during the early years of the Civil War. In 1864 he was appointed chief of the Cavalry Bureau...

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Wilson, James, 1835-1920 (28)

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1897-1913), Congressman from Iowa, and professor of agriculture at Iowa State University. Agriculturist, Iowa and U.S. congressman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and Professor of Agriculture at Iowa State College. James Wilson (1835-1920) was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, the first of 14 children. The family emigrated to the U.S. in 1851, settling in Connecticut, but moved to a farm near Traer in Tama County, Iowa in 1855. Durin...

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Grimes, James W. (James Wilson), 1816-1872 (34)

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American lawyer, legislator, governor of Iowa. Grimes was member of the Iowa Territorial Legislature (1838-1839, 1843-1844); governor of Iowa (1854-1858) and U.S. senator from Iowa (1859-1869). He was born and educated in New Hampshire. After school, he began his law practice in Burlington, Iowa, part of the Black Hawk Purchase territory. A founder of the Republican Party; third Governor of Iowa; United States Senator. Iowa gov...

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Wilson, James Grant (12)

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Marshall, James Wilson, 1810-1885 (24)

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California Pioneer. Arrived in California in 1845. He selected site for Sutter's Mill at Coloma in May, 1847, and served as superintendent. Marshall discovered gold at Coloma January 24, 1848. Discoverer of gold in California (1848). Marshall worked for Capt. John Sutter at time of discovery. Lost lands during subsequent Gold Rush and spent remainder of life doing menial work. Collection describes Marshall's property at time of death (1885). James W...

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