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(June 20, 1837–March 28, 1910), was a Justice of the United State Supreme Court, 1889–1910. He had been appointed by President Chester A. Arthur as a circuit court judge, 1884; and served as Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, 1870–84. His uncle was Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field, with whom he serve 9 years … Continue reading “BREWER,
DAVID JOSIAH”

(February 5, 1837–December 22, 1899), was an American evangelist. He held crusades in the United States and Great Britain, with the hymn writer Ira D. Sankey. He founded the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, 1899, and several other schools. On June 1, 1899, in the last call he issued, Dwight L. Moody stated: Dear Friends … Continue reading “MOODY,
DWIGHT LYMAN”

(March 1, 1837–May 11, 1920), was a poet, novelist, editor and literary critic. He was one of America’s first realistic fiction writers. He was the U.S. Consul in Venice; a writer for the New York Tribune and the Nation; assistant editor of the Atlantic Monthly; and, in 1886, joined the staff of Harper’s Monthly. Elected … Continue reading “HOWELLS,
WILLIAM DEAN”

(June 16, 1836–1910), was a Major General in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1882–87, and Commander of the first Philippine expedition to occupy Manila in August of 1898. He expressed: The principles of life as taught in the Bible, the inspired … Continue reading “MERRITT,
WESLEY”

(September 25, 1836–1909), was a Confederate Chaplain during the Civil War, serving in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. He was instrumental in the numerous revivals that swept through troops, resulting in over 100,000 conversions. Chaplain J. William Jones had been ordained a Baptist missionary and was preparing to leave for China when the … Continue reading “JONES,
JOHN WILLIAM”

(January 26, 1837), was the 26th State admitted to the Union. On August 7, 1789, President George Washington signed into law an Act of Congress which prohibited slavery from entering the territory, entitled “An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio,” Article VI.2757 Congress enabled the … Continue reading “MICHIGAN,
STATE OF”

(March 2, 1836): UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the Town of Washington. On the Second Day of March, 1836. When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and for the … Continue reading “TEXAS
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE”

(June 15, 1836), was the 25th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Arkansas, adopted October 30, 1874, stated: Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arkansas, grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government, for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to … Continue reading “ARKANSAS,
STATE OF”

(1835), a French historian, published his work in Paris entitled, 2 In this work he documented his travels in America with Alexis de Tocqueville, May 1831–February 1832. He was commissioned by the French Government to study the American prisons, democracy, and religion. In his work, 2 1835, Gustave de Beaumont reported: The principal established religious … Continue reading “BEAUMONT,
GUSTAVE DE”

(November 30, 1835–April 21, 1910), a river measurement meaning “two fathoms deep,” was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Growing up along the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, he left school at age 12, when his father died. Becoming a printer’s apprentice, he worked briefly for his brother Orion Clemens, who owned a newspaper. … Continue reading “TWAIN,
MARK”