Elisabeth Barnett Fisher papers 1858-1916 1858-1864 Fisher, Elisabeth Barnett papers
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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates. During the 1850s, Douglas was one of the foremost advocates of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowe...
Fisher, Elisabeth Barnett, b. 1839.
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Elisabeth Barnett Fisher was born on March 18, 1839, near Navarre, Ohio. Her father, Jacob Barnett, was a farmer from Pennsylvania and her mother, Elisabeth Griffith, was from Virginia. Elisabeth had 11 siblings. Her father and four of her brothers joined the Union Army in Ohio. All fought as privates: Gabriel G. (76th Infantry Regiment); David D. (107th Infantry Regiment); Elijah C. (107th Infantry Regiment); and Jesse M. (197 Ohio Infantry). Jesse and Elijah were killed during the...
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...
