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 Joseph Warren - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
JOSEPH WARREN (1741-1775), American politician, was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, on the 11th of June 1741.
Warren was a member of the first three provincial congresses (1774-1775), president of the third, and an active member of the committee of public safety.
Warren's speeches are typical examples of the old style of American political eloquence.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Joseph_Warren   (266 words)

  
 Matteson.us: Joseph Warren Madison
JOSEPH WARREN MADISON.--Ezekiel Matteson, the grandfather of the subject of this biography, was a resident of West Greenwich.
Joseph Warren, the eldest of these children, was born on the 10th of September, 1820, in West Greenwich, from whence he removed with his parents in infancy to North Kingstown.
The latter was a son of Joseph and grandson of Ezekiel Madison.
www.matteson.us /josephwmadison.shtml   (720 words)

  
 Warren Township Historical Society
Warren's speeches and numerous letters were published throughout the colonies, gaining him a wide reputation for the excellence of his thinking.
Warren worked by persuassion, of which he was a master, slowly convincing the patriots that war with England was the surest road to liberty.
Warren's death was a shock, for few thought of him as a soldier, but rather as a statesman and doctor.
www.warrennj.org /wths/joseph.htm   (1219 words)

  
 Joseph Warren
He was descended from Peter Warren, whose name appears on the town records of Boston in 1659, where he is called "mariner." Peter's second son, Joseph, built a house in 1.720 in what is now Warren street, Roxbury, and died there in 1729.
His son, Joseph, born in 1696, married, 29 Nay, 1740, Mary, daughter of Dr. Samuel Stevens, of Roxbury, and the subject of this sketch was their eldest child.
In the affair of the sloop "Liberty," in June, 1768, Dr. Warren was one of the committee appointed to wait upon the governor at his country-seat at Jamaica Plain, and protest against the impressment of seamen and the vexatious enforcement of the revenue laws.
www.famousamericans.net /josephwarren   (1704 words)

  
 The American Revolution (Dr Joseph Warren)
"Joseph Warren had graduated from the Harvard Medical College and became a leading doctor and surgeon, and was a foremost leader in the cause of liberty.
Warren kept his place near Heath, and a pin was struck from his head by a musket-ball.
Arnold contributed $500 for their education, and succeeded in obtaining from congress the amount of a major-general's half-pay, to be applied to their support from the date of the father's death until the youngest child should be of age.
theamericanrevolution.org /ipeople/jwarren.asp   (1784 words)

  
 josephwarren
Joseph graduated from Harvard in 1759, and in the following year was appointed master of the Roxbury grammar school.
;Warren was present at every town meeting held in Boston, from the arrival of the British troops in October 1768, to their removal in March 1770, and he was one of the committee of safety appointed after The Boston Massacre.
Warren dispatched William Dawes, by way of Roxbury, and Paul Revere, by way of Charlestown to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock of the British advancement.
www.geocities.com /peks19/josephwarren.html   (622 words)

  
 Joseph Warren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
That Harvard boy was Joseph Warren, later to be known as Doctor and General Warren, the martyr of Bunker Hill and the Grand Master of Masons, Massachusetts Provincial Grand Lodge, in North America.
Joseph Warren was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1740, he graduated from Harvard and was made a Mason in the Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston, September 10, 1761.
Warren was equal to the task but entered the church through a pulpit window in the rear, knowing he might have been barred from entering through the front.
www.yorkrite.com /Warren   (1380 words)

  
 Joseph Hopkins
Joseph Hopkins was the second son of Hezekiah and Martha Griffith Hopkins, and the eldest to reach maturity and marry.
Joseph Hopkins was born on 2 Nov 1798 in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
Joseph married Mary Ward Crispin daughter of Jonathan Crispin and Elizabeth Ward on 7 Nov 1827 in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio.
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 Joseph Warren
Joseph Warren, a respected physician and patriot, lived in the center of the whirlwind of revolutionary activity in the 1760s and 1770s, but was cheated of greater fame by an early death in the opening round of the War for Independence.
Warren undertook the study of medicine and opened a practice in Boston in 1764.
Thomas Gage, the British commander, remarked that Warren’s death was the equal of the deaths of 500 American soldiers, perhaps a fitting assessment of the value of Warren’s contribution to the Patriot cause.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1256.html   (734 words)

  
 Bunker Hill Exhibit | Biography | James Warren
Warren became involved in state politics during the Stamp Act crisis of 1765; he began a 12-year term in Massachusetts General Court the following year.
After Joseph Warren's death at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Warren succeeded him as president of the Provisional Congress; he also served during the war first as Paymaster General, where he worked with George Washington in Cambridge, then as a member of the Continental Navy Board.
After the war, Warren's fear that the ideals of the Revolution were being forgotten in the formation of the new government put him at odds with many leaders, particularly Gov. John Hancock, and made it increasingly difficult for him to gain election to state office.
www.masshist.org /bh/warrenbio.html   (184 words)

  
 American Experience | Patriots Day | People & Events | PBS
Joseph Warren, born in Roxbury in 1741, attended Roxbury Latin School (founded1645) and took his first degree from Harvard when he was just eighteen.
Warren and Church, along with much of Boston's population, were moved to active resistance by the Boston Massacre of 1770.
Warren led the patriots in Samuel Adams's absence, and when he heard rumors of the British march planned for April 19, 1775, he confirmed the order with a spy he had among the British (Warren never revealed the identity of his informant, but some historians suspect Margaret Gage, the American-born wife of Governor Gage).
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/patriotsday/peopleevents/p_doctors.html   (1153 words)

  
 Warren, Joseph - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
WARREN, JOSEPH [Warren, Joseph] 1741-75, political leader in the American Revolution, b.
On the night of Apr. 18, 1775, he dispatched William Dawes and Paul Revere to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock that the British were marching on Concord.
Warren was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill (1775).
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-warren-j1oe.html   (297 words)

  
 General Joseph Warren - One of the heroes at the Battle of Bunker Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Joseph Warren was appointed the rank of Major General by the Provincial Congress, as the United States was still unborn.
Warren said, "Don't think I came to seek a place of safety, but tell me where the assault will be most furious." Again Putnam stated the redoubt, and with musket in-hand Warren moved to his post.
Warren was 35 years old when he was killed, and his death caused great sorrow.
www.celebrateboston.com /sites/warren.htm   (405 words)

  
 Joseph Warren
General Warren, the martyr of Bunker Hill and the Grand Master of Masons...
Joseph Warren was killed when he was shot...
Warren County was named after General Joseph Warren.
www.josephwarren.com   (1794 words)

  
 TNGenNet Inc, Warren County Tennessee Genealogy and History. TNGenNet, Inc. TNGenWeb Project.
Warren County is located in the heart of Middle Tennessee, one of the state’s three “Grand Divisions.” Warren County was formed in 1807 from White County.
Warren was Chairman of the Committee of Safety in Boston in 1775 and the man who sent Paul Revere to Lexington to warn John Adams and John Hancock of the British advance, setting Revere off on his famous ride.
Warren County occupies a position nearly midway between the northern and southern boundaries of the State, and lies for the most part at the western base of the Cumberland table-land.
www.tngennet.org /warren   (794 words)

  
 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Warren County was created from Burke, Columbia, Washington, and Wilkes counties on Dec. 19, 1793 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1793, p.
Joseph Warren (1741-1775), who was killed early in the American Revolution at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Until that action was taken, Warren County courts were to meet in the house of James McCormick.
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/courthouses/warrenCH.htm   (385 words)

  
 Dr. Joseph Warren, patriot
On the anniversary of the Boston Massacre(March 3, 1770) Warren was the orator.
Warren was equal to the task but entered the church through a pulpit windows in the rear, knowing he might have been barred from entering through the front door.
Warren was among the last of the patriots cut down during the third and final British charge up Breed's Hill; he had stayed behind with a few other volunteers to give the main force time to withdraw.
roswell.fortunecity.com /fate/389/warren.html   (1252 words)

  
 Warren County Chamber of Business & Industry: Northwestern PA's Business Relocation and Economic Development ...
Warren County was carved from Lycoming and Allegheny Counties and named after General Joseph Warren, who was a hero at the famous Revolutionary Battle of Bunker Hill (Breeds Hill).
It became a full-fledged county in 1819 with the establishment of the county seat at Warren.
The earliest settlers to Warren County came with the dawn of the 19th century.
www.warrenpachamber.com /Life_Heritage.php   (797 words)

  
 Warren County, Virginia GenWeb Project (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Warren County, Virginia has a long genealogy history and was first settled around 1730 and formally established in 1836 from portions of Frederick and Shenandoah counties.
Warren got its name from Dr. Joseph Warren, a medical doctor and soldier who served as chief executive of the Massachusetts government during the Revolutionary War.
Warren's county seat was established at Front Royal, also known by some colonials as "Hell Town," and remains its seat to this day.
www.rootsweb.com.cob-web.org:8888 /~vawarren/warren.htm   (316 words)

  
 Leadership of St. Joseph's
Joseph's was part of the Cleveland Diocese until the Diocese of Youngstown was established in May, 1943.
Joseph was served July 14, 1901 to December 1, 1913 when he was Pastor of St. Stephen in Niles.
Joseph James Loftus, died September 19, 2004 at Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisc., where he was a fourth-year theology student studying for ordination to the priesthood for the Diocese of Youngstown.
www.stjosephmantua.com /leadership.htm   (7469 words)

  
 VQR » Behind the Iron Mask: Joseph Blotner's Warren
Like most writers, Warren said that he wrote not to put down what he already knew, but to find out what he didn't know or, at least, what he didn't know that he knew before he discovered it in the act of composition.
Warren most likely contributed to his genius as a writer and doubtless added complexity to his character and his days.
Blotner's method of dealing with Warren's work, conventional, but quite effective, is to discuss the books as they appeared, putting them in the context of Warren's life and evaluating them both independently and in terms of the entire Warren canon.
www.vqronline.org /articles/1997/autumn/sullivan-behind-iron   (2061 words)

  
 County of Warren, NJ - All about Warren County...Past and Present
Warren County came into existence in 1825 when an act of the New Jersey Legislature, passed on Nov. 20, 1824, took effect and separated the area from Sussex County.
Joseph Warren who, although he had no known association with the area, earned a heroic reputation throughout the original 13 states for his devotion to the revolutionary cause, which led to his death in the
Sussex was among three New Jersey counties commended by the Provincial Congress in 1775 for "spirited exertions" in raising minutemen for the fight for independence.
www.co.warren.nj.us /about.html   (934 words)

  
 The Men Behind the American Revolution: General Joseph Warren
A fiery, vehement, daring spirit was this Joseph Warren, who was a doctor thirteen years, a major-general three days, and a soldier three hours.
Warren's father was a beginner in that delightful industry, and one of the apples which he introduced into the neighborhood retains to this day the name which it bore in his lifetime, the Warren Russet.
It was in the very year of his father's death, 1755, that Joseph Warren entered Harvard College, a vigorous, handsome lad of fourteen, noted even then for his spirit, courage and resolution.
www.history1700s.com /articles/article1124.shtml   (1708 words)

  
 AmericanHeritage.com / MEN OF THE REVOLUTION—I
To look at the portrait is to accept the opinion of Warren’s contemporaries: that he was kind, friendly, entirely frank and open in all he said and did, scrupulously fair and humane in dealings with friend and enemy alike—a man universally trusted and admired.
Born on a Roxbury farm in 1741, Joseph Warren made his way through Harvard, studied medicine with Dr. James Lloyd in Boston, and while still in his twenties was regarded as one of the town’s leading physicians.
Always the man of action, Warren had been the last radical leader to leave Boston, in the early hours of April 19; and after narrowly avoiding capture he was in the thick of the fight later in the day, when a musket ball tore through a lock of his hair.
www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1971/5/1971_5_20.shtml   (707 words)

  
 Warren County, Mississippi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Warren County was named for General Joseph Warren (1741-1775) of Massachusetts, a hero of the American Revolution, and the man who sent Paul Revere and Richard Dawes on the famous midnight ride of the 18th of April in 1775.
The county seats named for him are the cities and towns of Warren in Pennsylvania and Warrenton in Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia.
Warren County was established by an act of December 22, 1809, from the northern part of Claiborne County.
www.msda9.com /warren   (202 words)

  
 The Ebenezer Warren Genealogy Club
WARREN, Ebenezer served as Captain during War of 1812, in Regiment of Col. Charles THOMAS, in defense of Bath, ME on 10 Sep 1814.
WARREN, Ebenezer in Belmont Co., OH; son of Daniel William WARREN and Sarah HARDESTY; grandson of Haddock WARREN and Nancy Ann HAWLEY of Delaware.
WARREN, Ebenezer, in Aroostook Co., Maine, age 25, a laborer, born in New Brunswick Colony (later a province in Canada).
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 Joseph Warren
The American politician Joseph Warren was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, on the 11th of June 1741.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1759, taught in a school at Roxbury in 1760-1, studied medicine, and began to practice in Boston in 1764.
Warren was a member of the first three provincial congresses (1774-5), president of the third, and an active member of the committee of public safety.
www.nndb.com /people/518/000050368   (245 words)

  
 Warren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Joe Warren is Chairman of the Rules committee.
Representative Warren is affiliated with the Lions Club, Covington County Landowners' Association and Covington County Cattlemens' Association.
Representative Warren was born May 31, 1952 in Magee and is married to the former Susan Duckworth.
www.ls.state.ms.us /house/warren.htm   (65 words)

  
 Warren County History & Genealogy, presented by Illinois Trails
Warren County covers 543 square miles and was organized in 1825
It is drained by the Henderson River and its affluents, and is traversed by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (two divisions), the Iowa Central and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroads.
Monmouth College (United Presbyterian) was chartered in 1857, and the library of this institution, with that of Warren County (also located at Monmouth) aggregates 30,000 volumes.
iltrails.org /warren   (496 words)

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