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 Henry Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812–November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States.
Wilson was born Jeremiah Jones Colbath in Farmington, New Hampshire.
Wilson was elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with President Ulysses S. Grant and served from March 4, 1873, until his death in the United States Capitol Building at Washington, DC during which time he published History of the Rise and Fall of Slave Power.
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 Plant Hunter: Ernest Henry Wilson 1876-1930   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Such was Wilson's reputation that in 1906 his ties with Veitch were severed and he was recruited by the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts.
It was quite an achievement for Wilson to be appointed Director at the age of 50 and a long and distinguished career seemed to stretch in front of him at the Arboretum.
Unfortunately, it was not to be and Wilson as his wife were tragically killed in a road accident in Massachusetts in 1930.
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 Sir Henry Wilson
Wilson agreed with Roberts, however, on the necessity of military conscription (not instituted until 1916).
Wilson then left the army and entered the House of Commons as a Conservative member for the Ulster constituency of North Down (all in February 1922).
Wilson, aged 58, had been shot in the left forearm, twice in the right arm, twice in the left shoulder, in both armpits, and twice in the right leg.
www.stephen-stratford.co.uk /henry_wilson.htm   (1060 words)

  
 Henry Maitland Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson (5 September 1881–31 December 1964), also known as Jumbo Wilson, was a senior British General during the Second World War.
As a solid, reliable, and popular veteran officer, Wilson was Winston Churchill's choice to succeed General Sir Claude Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army in the winter of 1942, however at the urging of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Sir Alan Brooke, General Sir Bernard Montgomery was appointed instead.
Wilson was made a Field Marshal on 29 December 1944 and continued to serve as head of the British Joint Staff Mission until 1947.
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 Henry Starr murders Floyd Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Wilson rushed to the barn and mounted a horse that was already saddled and sped off in the direction that Henry was suppose to be.
Wilson ordered Henry to surrender, and Henry tried to "walk away." Wilson then stated that he had a warrant for his arrest and rode up closer to Henry, stopping some 25 or 30 feet from him.
Henry was able to elude the law until later that year when he was caught in Colorado and extradited back to Fort Smith, Ark., where he would stand trial for Floyd Wilson's murder.
www.gunslinger.com /wilson.htm   (591 words)

  
 Field-Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson
Wilson, Gough and many others became 'marked men' as a result of this incident, which had an important effect on relationships with the Government and the military hierarchy throughout the succeeding years.
Wilson's next ventures included a mission to Russia, and - after the fall of Asquith and the creation of a coalition under David Lloyd George - a conference in Italy on the subject of Salonika, together with the new Prime Minister.
Wilson, having achieved the pinnacle of the British Army, was left to the politics, while the two commanders got on with winning the war.
www.1914-1918.net /wilson_bio.htm   (1749 words)

  
 Colin Henry Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Colin Henry Wilson (born 1931-) is a British writer.
Wilson was labelled as Angry Young Man though he had little in common other members of the group.
Wilson also published in 1980 The War Against Sleep: The Philosophy of a text concerned with the life and philosophy of G.
www.freeglossary.com /Colin_Henry_Wilson   (323 words)

  
 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Henry Wilson
The mother was the second wife of Henry Wilson, by whom she had six children, and her death occurred in her native state in 1871.
Wilson was married in 1849, the lady of his choice being Miss Elizabeth Reynolds, who was born in South Carolina, and is a daughter of Edward and Winnie Reynolds, also natives of the same state.
Wilson is a popular and influential man, who for two years served as county commissioner, and socially is a member of Acton Lodge, No. 285, F. In religious matters he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and are people who enjoy the confidence and respect of the community generally.
familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/m/e/y/David-W-Meyer/GENE4-0002.html   (780 words)

  
 Dr. Henry Wilson: Big Baby Brother
Henry Wilson was called "Big Baby Brother" because of his uncanny ability to communicate with clarity and compassion to children of all ages.
Henry Wilson, a highly educated and cultured Anglican, committed the unpardonable social sin of being seen with the likes of the Salvation Army.
Wilson’s own words, "I found myself one night kneeling at the penitent form of the Army, pleading for pardon and peace, and needing both, as much as the drunkard on one side of me and the lost woman on the other.
www3.telus.net /st_simons/cr9611.htm   (1181 words)

  
 Henry Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Henry Wilson (1812-1875) served as vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875 under President Ulysses S. Grant.
Wilson, who had strong antislavery views, was chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee during the Civil War (1861-1865) and a "Radical Republican" during Reconstruction.
Wilson was a member of the Whig Party, the Free Soil Party, and the American (or Know-Nothing) Party before he helped organize the Republican Party in 1854.
www2.worldbook.com /features/presidents/html/wilson_henry.htm   (160 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Henry Wilson
Sir Henry Wilson (1864-1922) served as British Director of Military Operations in the years immediately prior to war in 1914, and ultimately as Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1918.
With a promotion to Brigadier-General Wilson was subsequently made head of Camberley's Staff College in 1906, during which he strived to improve relations with the French army, for which he professed open admiration: the courtesy was duly returned, the French high command appreciating Wilson's fine grasp of the French language.
Wilson expected to be appointed Chief of Staff to Sir John French - the inevitable Commander-in-Chief - in the event of war.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/wilson_henry.htm   (417 words)

  
 Finding Aid to the White House Staff Files of Henry Hall Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Documents in the Wilson Papers prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain.
The files of Henry Hall Wilson, Administrative Assistant to the President, Congressional Liaison Office, were donated to the Kennedy Library in 1965 as part of the papers of John F. Kennedy.
Wilson's papers consist largely of memoranda to and from O'Brien and others who worked in the Congressional Liaison Office, legislative vote analyses, and correspondence to and from different Congresspersons.
www.jfklibrary.org /fa_wilson_wh.html   (791 words)

  
 Henry Hughes Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was born in Currygrane,County Longford, Ireland and was the second son of James and Constance Wilson, of Currygrane.
He was educated at Marlborough School, and made unsuccessful attempts to get into the army colleges at Woolwich and Sandhurst between 1880 and 1882.
On June 22, 1922 two English-born members of the IRA, Reginald Dunne and Joseph O'Sullivan, shot Sir Henry Wilson as he returned to his Eaton Square home after unveiling a war memorial in Liverpool Street Station.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Hughes_Wilson   (589 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Henry Wilson (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Henry Wilson 1812–75, American politician, Vice President of the United States (1873–75), b.
Wilson became successful as a shoe manufacturer and as a Whig politician, serving as a state legislator for most of the years from 1841 to 1852.
Wilson wrote the History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America (3 vol., 1872–77), the first major history of the coming of the Civil War.
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 Henry Wilson
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 Colin Henry Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Wilson left school at 16 and worked at a variety of jobs while reading in his spare time.
Wilson also published in 1980 The War Against Sleep: The Philosophy of Gurdjieff, a text concerned with the life, work and philosophy of G.
Wilson has also published fiction: Many novels, mostly detective fiction or horror fiction, the latter including several Cthulhu Mythos pieces.
colin-henry-wilson.wikiverse.org   (289 words)

  
 Lewis Green Sr. - pafg07.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Henry GREEN was born in 1864 in Jackson County, Kentucky.
Henry WILSON (Mary Rutha GREEN, Lewis J. Lewis J.) was born in 1810 in, Knox County, Kentucky.
Rutha Jane WILSON was buried in Died in Infancy, In Wilson's Cemetery Plot # 10.
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 Henry Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Councilman Henry Wilson says the law is the law.
Henry Isaacson, watches a baseball game with his granddaughter, Sarah Isaacson and daughter in law Jill Wilson Sunday October 9, 2005 before a family dinner.
Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812 –; November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States.
www.wikiverse.org /henry-wilson   (427 words)

  
 Henry Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Henry Wilson was born in Edgeworthson, County Longford, Ireland, in 1864.
On the outbreak of the First World War Wilson was the deputy chief of staff of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front.
Wilson was Britain's chief liaison officer with the French Army until poor relations with Henri-Philippe Petain caused him to be withdrawn to Britain in May 1917.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWwilson.htm   (269 words)

  
 Henry Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812 –; November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the UnitedStates.
In 1833 he had his name legallychanged by the legislature to Henry Wilson.
He was a delegate to the state constitutionalconvention in 1853 and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1853.
www.therfcc.org /henry-wilson-101838.html   (277 words)

  
 Henry Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Wilson failed to be elected as governor of Massachusetts in 1853 but two years later won a seat in the Senate.
A strong opponent of slavery, Wilson raised and commanded the 22nd Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War.
Henry Wilson served as vice president until his death in Washington on 22nd November, 1875.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWwilsonH.htm   (277 words)

  
 In the Lion's Court: Power, Ambition and Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII by Derek Wilson - Reviewed by Ann Skea ...
Yet, he shows that Henry was also a man of principle, whose actions were directed by religious and patriotic conviction as well as self-interest.
For example, he points out that Henry's need for a son to secure the peace of his realm, and the promptings of his religious conscience, were the major cause of his anxiety over his marriage to his brother's widow long before he set eyes on Anne Boleyn.
On the contrary, it is one of the strengths of the book that many of Henry's deeds are put in the context of the dramatic changes in religion and society which were happening at that time throughout Europe and which profoundly affected England.
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 Henry Wilson ~ Patterns of Identity, Textiles in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Henry Wilson passed away peacefully on April 30th 2001 at the age of 32.
Henry did a short course in Graphic Design at Manukau Polytechnic in Auckland and then went on to a Foundation course for Graphic Design.
So in 1998 Henry did the Applied Design for Fabric course at A.I.T. He found that the skills he learnt allowed him to create fabric with a very distinctive Pacific flavour.
www.textiles.org.nz /profiles/henrywilson/index.html   (230 words)

  
 Our Ancestors of South Hampton Roads
Wilson was born in Princess Anne County, Va. She was the widow of Andrew Wilson and was a member of Union Baptist Church, Virginia Beach.
Wilson was born in Norfolk County, Va., and was a retired equipment operator for Borden Chemical Company.
W.C. WILSON, who died at their home in South Norfolk, Friday morning, October 5, 1906, was forwarded by way of the Norfolk and Southern to Snowden, NC Saturday morning, October 6, 1906 for funeral and interment in the old family burial ground.
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 Colin Henry Wilson: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Colin Henry Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
He was born and brought up in Leicester.
The book was very successful and was a serious contribution to the popularization of existentialism in Britain.
Wilson was labelled as an Angry Young Man, though he had little in common with other members of the group.
www.encyclopedian.com /co/Colin-Henry-Wilson.html   (114 words)

  
 In Memory of William Henry Wilson
Policeman Wilson and another officer were sent to the scene of an accident at Huger and Meeting Streets where a South Carolina Power Company truck had collided with a car driven by an intoxicated male.
Policeman Wilson had been with the department for less than two years and is survived by his wife, four children, parents, three sisters and a brother.
A plaque bearing William Henry Wilson's name is displayed at the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame in Columbia.
www.scfop.org /heroesi.asp?kodid=17   (313 words)

  
 Henry Wilson: Ghostly Bather
Lois Greeley of Hillview Terrace has spine-tingling news of Henry Wilson that she feels must be passed along to the readership, and rightly so.
"Henry Wilson, Vice President in the Grant Administration, was among certain senators who frequently used the bath tubs in the lower Senate Wing.
Some time ago, in an article dealing with the Henry Wilson Winter Carnival, the winner of the cross-country snowshoeing event, Elizabeth Nute, was described as "having the elegance of a large wading bird." This was a quite inexcusable typesetting error and should have read "having the elegance and largess of a fading era."
www.stephaniepiro.com /fc134.htm   (1120 words)

  
 Vice-President Henry Wilson Gravesite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Mike's Notes: Henry Wilson is the most insignificantly-marked grave of any U.S. vice-president.
In fact, if it were not for the little star placed there by some memorial group, you would not even know if he might have been a person who died as a young child.
Wilson was one of 2 vice-presidents under President Ulysses S. Grant (the other one was Schuyler Colfax).
www.thecemeteryproject.com /Graves/fdp-grave-wilson-henry.htm   (98 words)

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