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Henry Williams and Thomas More cards are available.
Henry went with Captain Beatty to salvage the Island Queen.
Henry spent the latter part of his life living in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.
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 Henry Williams
Henry Williams, of Revolutionary fame was the son of John and Mary Williams, who emigrated from Chester County, Pa., to Frederick County about the year 1753, and settled in the valley of Flat Run on land which, in 1812, he would formally name Fort Henry.
William Patterson, one of Capt. Williams' earliest and warmest friends, used to relate that Henry’s first wife often repaired to an old graveyard in Pennsylvania to visit the graves of her parents and strew flowers over them.
Williams frequently filled the position of a member of the Levy Court and county magistrate, and at the time of his death, in 1821, was a justice of the peace.
emmitsburg.net /archive_list/articles/people/people/henry_williams.htm   (1129 words)

  
 raceandhistory.com - Henry Sylvester Williams
IT IS FITTING that on African Liberation Day we should remember Henry Sylvester Williams, the remarkable Trinidadian who organised the first Pan-African Conference in 1900, because though he was not socialist, he passionately believed that African people and people of African descent should not be dictated to by their colonial masters.
Williams influenced W E B Du Bois, who participated in the 1900 conference and who has come to be known as the father of modern Pan-Africanism.
Williams' good friend, Trinidad attorney Muzumbo Lazare, who at the time was in London taking part in Queen Victoria's 60th anniversary celebrations as an officer of Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers also met Kinloch and was appalled at the horrible treatment the Africans were receiving.
www.raceandhistory.com /Historians/sylvester_williams.htm   (1799 words)

  
 Henry Sylvester Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Williams was educated at the Arouca Government School, and then went to the Normal School at Woodbrook as a trainee.
It was as a student that Williams organised the African Association in 1897, of which he was the Honorary Secretary and the moving spirit.
Williams told the people that they should join the agitation for constitutional change, and that they should form a branch of the Pan African Association to create a united front to win better conditions.
www.nalis.gov.tt /Biography/bio_HENRYSYLVESTERWILLIAMS.html   (904 words)

  
 John Henry Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Henry Williams (August 27, 1968 – March 6, 2004) was the only son of baseball legend Ted Williams.
Barbara Joyce (Bobbie Jo) Ferrell, Ted's daughter by his first wife, sued John Henry, claiming that Ted wanted to be cremated, and lead a very public campaign against her half-brother; She also feared John Henry was planning to sell their father's DNA.
It was announced in October 2003 John Henry had been diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, the same disease that claimed Ted's brother.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Henry_Williams   (713 words)

  
 Henry Sylvester Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
For Williams was indeed a remarkable man.   He was a fl man of humble birth, but sound education who passionately believed that African people and people of African descent had the right to be looking after their own affairs, forging their own destiny.
  Williams was born of African descent in 1869 in Arouca.
Williams influenced WEB Du Bois, who participated in the 1900 conference and who has come to be known as the father of modern Pan-Africanism.
www.nalis.gov.tt /Biography/bio_HenrySylvesterWilliams_activist.htm   (1768 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - John Henry Williams bags baseball career   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
BOSTON (AP) — John Henry Williams, who was signed by the Red Sox two weeks before his Hall of Fame father died, has told the team he won't be back, according to a published report.
Williams, 33, son of professional baseball's last.400 hitter Ted Williams, was hitless in six at-bats for the organization's Gulf Coast League rookie team.
Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell believes her father wanted to be cremated and have his ashes scattered off the Florida coast, as he requested in his will.
www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2002-08-10-john-henry-quits_x.htm   (327 words)

  
 Inventory of the Henry Horace Williams Papers, 1835-1948
Henry Horace Williams (1858-1940) was professor of philosophy and theology at the University of North Carolina from 1890 to 1940.
Henry Horace Williams (1858-1940) was born in Gates County, N.C., and educated in the public schools of that area.
Williams was popular in the classroom and on campus, due to his Socratic manner of presentation and the scope of his materials, beyond Kant to Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel then being translated.
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/01625.html   (1763 words)

  
 The Six Wives
To King Henry VII of England, a second son, Prince Henry,was born at the Greenwich Palace, London, on June 28, 1491.
Henry's fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was Anne of Cleves's maid of honor.
Henry's marriage to Anne was annulled on July 9, 1540, and he and Catherine were secretly married on July 28.
www.springfield.k12.il.us /schools/springfield/eliz/sixwives.html   (1352 words)

  
 SI.com - Baseball - SI: What really happened to Ted Williams - Tuesday August 12, 2003 04:52 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Williams' son, John Henry Williams, had his father placed in cryonic suspension, a deep-freezing process done in hopes that future scientific advances will restore the dead to life.
According to the magazine, Williams' body was flown to Arizona almost immediately after his death on the morning of July 5, 2002, and was on an operating table at Alcor later that night.
One witness told the magazine that Williams' head was removed in "neuroseparation" surgery, even though John Henry had earlier indicated that he wanted a full-body suspension, and that "many people" snapped pictures of the famous patient during the operation.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/news/2003/08/12/williams_si   (826 words)

  
 Henry Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Williams was one of the many European Missionaries that arrive in New Zealand, in an attempt to bring Christianity to the Maori people.
On February, 1840 he translated the Treaty of Waitangi into Maori, along with some help from his son Edward.
Henry Williams used what is known to be as "Missionary Maori", which are not traditional Maori, but made up by the missionairies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Williams   (111 words)

  
 Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com
BOSTON -- John Henry Williams, the son of Hall of Famer Ted Williams who pushed to have his father's body frozen, died late Saturday of leukemia in a hospital in Los Angeles, an attorney for Ted Williams' family said.
Ted Williams finished with a.344 career average and was the last major leaguer to bat over.400, when he hit.406 in 1941.
John Henry Williams made an attempt in the past two seasons to follow in his father's footsteps, playing for some low-level minor league and independent baseball teams.
cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/story/7151921   (578 words)

  
 Williams, John Henry --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Williams was educated at Brown University and Harvard, where he obtained his Ph.D. He was a professor of economics at Harvard (1921–57) and then became professor emeritus.
Williams burst into the American League in 1939, hitting.327 and leading the league with 145 runs batted in (RBIs); he went on to terrorize pitchers for 18 more full seasons while he played outfield for...
Versatile U.S. actor Henry Miller was a major name in the theater industry during the last decades of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077076?tocId=9077076   (855 words)

  
 ROYAL ROOTERS -> John Henry Williams fighting for his life
John Henry Williams, the son of Hall of Famer Ted Williams, is fighting for his life in a West Coast hospital after undergoing a bone marrow transplant recently, and his younger sister, Claudia, was the donor, according to friends and associates of John Henry Williams.
Williams, 35, was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia in October.
John Henry tried his hand at professional baseball in summer 2002 with a low-level Sox minor league team, but his attempt ended after two games when he crashed into a camera well and fractured a rib.
www.redsoxnation.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=559   (432 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Henry II, king of France (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Henry II 1519–59, king of France (1547–59), son of King Francis I. His robust physique contrasted with his weak and pliant disposition.
Henry issued a series of increasingly severe edicts against the Protestants and established more firmly the absolute royal power.
Henry, accidentally killed by Gabriel de Montgomery in a tournament, was succeeded by Francis II.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Henry2Fr.html   (302 words)

  
 Baseball America - John Henry Williams Embroiled In Feud
The children of Red Sox slugger Ted Williams are fighting for custody for the remains of their father, reportedly taken to Arizona to be frozen.
In the eye of the storm is John Henry Williams, the 33-year-old son accused by other family members of allowing the baseball great's remains to be sent to Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Ariz., for a deep freeze.
Ted Williams' granddaughter, Sherri Mosley, of White House, Tenn., told the Boston Globe that her grandfather's remains were flown from Florida to Alcor last Friday night.
www.baseballamerica.com /today/news/williams070902.html   (1279 words)

  
 ESPN - John Henry Williams dies of leukemia at 35 - MLB
After his father died July 5, 2002, John Henry Williams had his father's body taken to an Arizona cryonics lab for freezing, setting off a battle with his half-sister, who said her father had wanted to be cremated.
Ted Williams finished with a.344 career average and was the last major leaguer to bat over.400, when he hit.406 in 1941.
John Henry Williams made an attempt in the past two seasons to follow in his father's footsteps, playing for some low-level minor league and independent baseball teams.
sports.espn.go.com /mlb/news/story?id=1753358   (790 words)

  
 Inside Oakland - Henry Delton Williams
hen Henry Delton Williams first started designing clothes 30 years ago, he was heavily influenced by the civil rights movement, the Black Panthers and the politics of the time.
Williams, 57, who has created fashions for some of Motown's biggest stars, now owns AFAR Clothing Design, an Oakland enterprise whose name is an appropriate fit for its unusual line.
Each jacket is improvised by Williams from the fabrics and textures he likes and what he is thinking about at the time.
journalism.berkeley.edu /projects/Oakland/history/delton.html   (378 words)

  
 Henry Sylvester Williams Biography / Biography of Henry Sylvester Williams Biography Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Henry Sylvester Williams was born of ambitious, lower-middle-class parents in the British colony of Trinidad on Feb. 15, 1869.
In 1896 Williams emigrated to England, settling in London.
Williams did not succeed in organizing a second Pan-African Conference, partly because of shortage of funds--perhaps partly, too, because of doubts of fl leaders as to the efficacy of such conferences.
www.bookrags.com /biography-henry-sylvester-williams/index.html   (702 words)

  
 Sherwin-Williams | About Sherwin-Williams
Since its founding by Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams in 1866,  The Sherwin-Williams Company has not only grown to be the largest producer of paints and coatings in the United States, but is among the largest producers in the world.
For more than 135 years, we have been determined to lead our industry, to manufacture and market innovative products of superior quality, to operate a safe, clean and friendly workplace, to observe the highest ethical standards in business conduct and to reward our investors.
The Center of Excellence, which opened in the spring 2004, is a living archive in support of excellence - paying tribute to our past, showcasing the present and providing inspiration for the future.
www2.sherwin-williams.com /about   (154 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - John Henry Williams dead at 35   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
BOSTON — The son of Hall of Famer Ted Williams died late Saturday of leukemia in a hospital in Los Angeles, an attorney for Ted Williams' family said.
Williams, at the center of a controversy surrounding his father's remains, had been battling the disease for months.
A spokeswoman at UCLA Medical Center said Sunday she had no record of John Henry Williams currently being a patient at the hospital.
usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2004-03-07-johnhenry-williams-obit_x.htm   (454 words)

  
 Henry Williams
Henry Williams, born in Reading 85 years ago, made Fleetwood his home.
Williams missed a five-foot birdie putt on the following hole before trimming the deficit to one with a 20-foot birdie putt at the 32nd hole, a par at the 33rd and another 20-foot birdie putt at the 34th.
Williams hit only one green in regulation and five bunkers in the first 11 holes.
www.fleetwoodpa.org /williams_henry.htm   (462 words)

  
 A Science History Quiz
John William Strutt [Lord Rayleigh] (1842-1919) was somewhat more successful in arguing for that explanation, and is usually the one credited with the idea.
8.Joseph Henry has to be ranked as one of the truly great scientific minds of America, though his name may be practically unknown to most persons.
Bernoulli, Nicolas (I) (1687-1759) Nephew of Jacques (I) Bernoulli, Nicolas (II) (1695-1726) Son of Jean (I) Williams, Henry Smith.
www.lhup.edu /~dsimanek/scihist.htm   (3941 words)

  
 John Henry Williams, son of Red Sox baseball great, dies at 35 North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Ted Williams' only son was 4 when his parents divorced.
After that, John Henry saw little of his larger-than-life father, a war hero and noted outdoorsman, as well as one of baseball's all-time greatest hitters.
After his father died July 5, 2002, John Henry Williams had the body taken to an Arizona cryonics lab for freezing, setting off a battle with his half-sister, who said her father had wanted to be cremated.
nctimes.com /articles/2004/03/09/sports/professional/3_8_0421_53_29.txt   (708 words)

  
 CMT.com : Henry Williams : Biography
A jazz/blues singer and dancer who enjoyed middling success in the '30s, Williams biggest claim to posterity had mostly to do with being in the right place at the right time: Miles Davis made his initial recordings on a Williams-led session.
As for Williams, his career straddled jazz and vaudeville.
Williams also performed with several big-name jazz band leaders, including Fletcher Henderson and Chick Webb.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/williams_henry/bio.jhtml   (241 words)

  
 Alibris: Henry Williams
by Williams, Henry Lionel, and Williams, Ottalie Kroeber
This is a semiofficial report of one of the most famous expeditions in an era of famous expeditions- the Cass expedition of 1820 which left Detroit in May to explore the entire Old Northwest.
When he died in 1990, William Appleman Williams was arguably the most influential and controversial of a generation of historians that came of age after World War II.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Henry_Williams   (703 words)

  
 Story of Henry Williams
Here is Thoreau's full account of "Henry Williams's" stay in Concord, just as he wrote it in his Journal after putting Williams on the evening train.
For some reason - maybe because he knew that Williams had made the train - he felt free to write about this refugee.
He escaped from Stafford County Virginia to Boston last October, has been in Shadracks place at the Cornhill Coffee-house - had been corresponding through an agent with his master who is his father about buying -himself- his master asking $600 but he having been able to raise only $500.
www.calliope.org /thoreau/thurro/thurrohenrywms.html   (461 words)

  
 Sources for Robert Henry Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Since Robert's birthday is late in the year (Aug) and the census was taken before his birthday it is understandable that is age shows "9" instead of 10 still allowing for his birth year of 1840.
shows Robert H. Williams' rank as Sgt Major and in the Remarks section shows that he was "Returned to original Co. "F" as private Oct. 10, 1864." Robert's pension must have allowed payment determined by the highest rank attained rather than the rank at which he was discharged.
PIKE'S PEAK JOURNAL: Robert Henry Williams was one of the thousands in the 1859 gold rush to Pike's Peak.
members.aol.com /hnz57case/s_wrh.htm   (2366 words)

  
 Henry Williams Forgings: Henry Williams
The forging process refines grain structure to give consistent and predictable mechanical properties, and significant savings can be achieved by forging close to tolerance or replacing previously fabricated parts with a single forging.
There are two main categories of forgings - Drop and Upset - and it is unusual for one supplier to have facilities to provide both, as Henry Williams Limited can do.
Henry Williams operate a quality management system which complies with the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2000 and is accredited by the British Standards Institution.
www.hwilliams.co.uk /forgings.asp   (154 words)

  
 Well-known Soloists T-Z
Finally in 1922, he formed the Earnest Williams School of Music in Brooklyn, New York (primarily with private students) and between 1929 and 1931, he was head of the Ithaca Band School (after Conway left) and conducted the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra and Band for the 1930 school year.
Although Williams did not record solos for major record companies, he can be heard on Philadelphia Orchestra recordings between the years of 1917 and 1923.
Lowell Mason had asked Williams to travel to Liberia to receive more credit for his work, after realizing that Williams was an awesome musician.
www.angelfire.com /music2/thecornetcompendium/new_page_4.html   (1905 words)

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