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  William Harrison Biography
Although William Harrison may be best known as the author of the 1974 short story "Roller Ball Murder," which was made into a critically acclaimed 1975 movie starring James Caan, he has written many well-received novels and short stories.
William Harrison (April 18, 1534 - 1593) was an English clergyman, one of the co-authors of Holinshed's Chronicle.
When it came to discovering how things worked, William Harvey cut right to the heart of the matter.Literally.He could often be found in his operating room, deftly cutting apart a deer, a chicken, a cow and even a cadaver to examine their various organs and...
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  William Harrison
William Harrison (1534-1593) was an English clergyman, one of the co-authors of Holinshed's Chronicle.
Harrison was born in London and studied at both Oxford and Cambridge before becoming canon of Windsor in 1586.
Harrison should not be confused with William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States.
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 Benjamin Harrison - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
Harrison formed a law partnership with William Wallace, son of a former Indiana governor, and the firm prospered.
Harrison sat out the first part of the Civil War, but then was commissioned colonel and commanded the 70th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which he created in 1862 at the request of Governor Oliver P. Morton.
Harrison's unit was later transferred to the army of General William Tecumseh Sherman, and in 1864, Harrison and his men fought in the bloody Atlanta campaign.
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 Harrison Hotel
A grandson of President William Henry Harrison, Benjamin was born in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio to John Scott Harrison (later a U.S. Congressman from Ohio) and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin.
Harrison was born at Foulby in Yorkshire, the eldest son of a carpenter.
Harrison sat as a commissioner (judge) at the trial and was the seventeenth of fifty nine commissioners to sign the death warrant of King Charles I. In 1650, Harrison was appointed to a military command in Wales where he was apparently extremely severe.
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 William Walcott of Salem MA, 1630-c.1650
William Walcott of Salem MA was the head of the third Wolcott/Walcott family in America.
William's descendants have DNA quite distinct from both the Somerset Wolcotts and the Shropshire Walcots, of a classification called "Nordic".
She is said to be a daughter of William Walcott, but this is not proven.
www.wolcottfamily.com /salem.html   (5494 words)

  
 A Checklist of Primary Sources for Early American History
Correspondence of William Shirley, governor of Massachusetts and military commander in America, 1731-1760, edited under the auspices of the National society of the colonial dames of America, by Charles Henry Lincoln.
A memoir of the life of William Livingston, member of Congress in 1774, 1775, and 1776; delegate to the federal convention in 1787, and governor of the state of New-Jersey from 1776 to 1790.
To Benjamin Harrison, esq., speaker of the House of delegates in Virginia, to Admiral the Count de Grasse, General Sullivan, respecting an attack of New-York; including many applications and addresses presented to him with his answers: orders and instructions, on important occasions, to his aids de camp, andc.
www.union.edu /PUBLIC/HSTDEPT/HST116/Wells/colsoc   (13309 words)

  
 Virginia History Timeline 1738-1838 by USAStatesDates
- William Foushee, appointed mayor of Richmond in Virginia (1782-1783).
- William Pennock, appointed mayor of Richmond in Virginia.
- William Richardson, appointed mayor of Richmond in Virginia (1801-1802).
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 EDDINS - Genealogy
William was a minister and came from Edenton, Durham, England.
CATHERINE EDDINS was born in 1802 married William Drennan in 1820.
WILLIAM EDDINS, Junior was born in 1808 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
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 William Harrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Harrison - author of the short story Roller Ball Murder and screenplay for the film Rollerball based on the story.
William H. Harrison (Wyoming Congressman) (1896-1990) - U.S. Congressman from Wyoming and great-great-grandson of the President
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) - the ninth President of the United States
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 African American Manuscripts: Backus - Byrd
William Owens writes in 1865 that slavery is gone and wishes that freedmen were, too.
Bond, 4 January 1854, of William N. Bispham of Warrenton to the estate of John Marshall Washington for hire of the slave Frances and her two children.
Among the papers of this Richmond clergyman is an 1817 deed to his wife, Mary (Winston) Blair, for the slave girl Mary, age eight, daughter of Lewis and his wife, Aggy.
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 Clinton Goveas :: Wikipedia Reference
Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1474)
William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, scholar and patron
Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Florentine architect (born 1453)
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 Blandford Cemetery Photos - Dinwiddie Co., GenWeb
Harrison's incumbency seem to have been uneventful enough; then came the troublous times of the war with England.
Harrison shall wait for the Ballance, After the Collection is made, three Years without Interest, unless it should Please HEAVEN to Put an End before that time, To the Troubles of our Country, And then it is understood that the Encumben [t's] Salary shall be Demandable in the usual and 'accustomed way.' "
As one wanders about among the tombstones outside, stopping from time to time to decipher some half-obliterated inscription, the ancient glory of the church is brought vividly to the mind.
www.vagenweb.net /dinwiddie/cemetery-blandford/church-history.htm   (3486 words)

  
 Harrison, Mya :: H : Gourt
Harrison is a common name with both English and Celtic origins.
Harrison, Australian Capital Territory a planned suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
Henry C. Harrison (1836-1929, Australian rules football pioneer)
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 First Presbyterian Church, Chapter 9
The officiating clergyman was Dr. Samuel Martin of Peach Bottom.
John Rea of the Beech Spring (Harrison County) Church was elected Moderator and Rev. Benj.
The pall bearers were O. Bracken, William Williams, W. Kithcart, David Buchanan, John W. Harbourt, Robert Chambers, Oliver Flanner, William Bowles, William Harrison, and John Ong.
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 swuklink: Searchable Time-Line     (Site not responding. Last check: )
Birth in the parish of St Thomas the Apostle, London, of the English clergyman and author William Harrison (d.
Death of the Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman Petrus Plancius (Pieter Platevoet, b.
Death at Southwark of the English clergyman and scholar and preacher Lancelot Andrewes (b.
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 1534
Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1474)
William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, scholar and patron
Antonio Da Sangallo The Elder, Florentine architect (born 1453)
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 Family History of the Matthias Brimberry and Mary Anderson Families - Genealogy
William eventually settled along the Ouachita River in LA by 1810 and served in a La. Voluntary Infantry Regiment at the Battle of New Orleans.
His youngest son, William Harrison Brimberry remained in SC until 1833, after which William and three younger sisters appeared in the marriage records of Morgan County or Walton County between 1833-1838.
Owen was the son-in-law of William Blount Marshall and his wife Mary Annice Flourney (daughter of Reverend Francis Flourney of Morgan County) who conveyed 160 acres to Mary Brimberry Owen Moss’ brother-in-law Dixon W. Darnell in 1876 in Ouachita County, Arkansas, strongly suggesting a familial relationship between the Brimberry-Marshall-Owen families.
genealogy.wikia.com /wiki/Family_History_of_the_Matthias_Brimberry_and_Mary_Anderson_Families   (12887 words)

  
 Hornet's Nest: 4 Churches
A large tract had been bought by Harrison Hood, a wealthy Presbyterian, lately from Virginia, who, when approached by the Methodists for permission to erect a church on his land, not only donated the land but supplied most of the required lumber, logs, and slave labor.
Hutchinson summarizes the activities of Harrison's to the end of the nineteenth century by stating, "The church has moved from brush arbor to two buildings, from a circuit of 16 or more societies to a circuit of 4 churches.
William A. (Billy) Sunday, the greatest evangelist of his day, conducted a very successful revival in Charlotte in December 1923 and January 1924.
www.cmstory.org /history/hornets/churches.htm   (7839 words)

  
 Vital Records of Salisbury, MA - 1639 to 1849 - Births
William, wool sorter, and Paulina, Sept. 19, 1847.
William, wool sorter, and Paulina, at School District No. 6, Jan. 8, 1845.
William, house carpenter, and Elizabeth, at School District No. 6, Apr. 14, 1846.
ma-vitalrecords.org /EssexCounty/Salisbury/BirthsFtoM.html   (945 words)

  
 Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
He or she may be teaching, conducting one-on-one discipleship, counseling on a variety of issues, involved in crisis intervention, ministering to those who are sick, addressing family/relationship issues, and the list goes on and on.
In essence, the Chaplain deals with every situation with which a local pastor or clergyman would deal in the setting of their local church congregation, only many times over each day.
The Chaplain also provides a means by which to deal with situations and circumstances internal to the correctional facility which could result in unrest or confrontation.
www.goodnewsjail.org /default.asp?page=chaplains&menu=chaplains   (231 words)

  
 Literary Encyclopedia: Lucas Malet
She came from a celebrated literary family, being the daughter of Charles Kingsley, the novelist and clergyman and populariser of “muscular Christianity”, while the authors Henry Kingsley, George Kingsley, and J. Froude were her uncles, and Mary Kingsley the African explorer was her cousin.
After her father died in 1875, however, Malet returned home and married her father's curate William Harrison in 1876.
Malet was also frustrated and bored by life as a clergyman's wife in a rural district, while Harrison was appalled by his wife's readiness to describe unspeakable subjects in fiction.
www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2893   (540 words)

  
 Notes
C.M. Harrison sold land that was registered in Gibson Co on March 17, 185 4.
Harrison lived in Martin for a while--then disappeared--I never heard anym ore of him.
According to Weakley Co. 1880 census info John Bak er HARRISON was born in TN and both his parents are listed as born in N C. John Baker Harrison was born 12/25/1848, died 8/12/1900 and is buri ed in Hillis Cementery in Greenfield, TN.
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 1534
April 18 - William Harrison, English clergyman (d.
June 15 - Henri I de Montmorency, Marshal of France (d.
Count of Nychlenborch, Dutch warrior and nobleman (b.
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 Famous Quotes by Author - The Quotations Page
Hazlitt, William (8) - English essayist (1778 - 1830)
Herbert, George (9) - English clergyman & metaphysical poet (1593 - 1633)
Hudson, William Henry (1) - English critic & naturalist (1841 - 1922)
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 Folk-lore of the Isle of Man: Chapter III. Fairies and Familiar Spirits
A fiddler, having agreed with a person, who was a stranger, for so much money, to play to some company he should bring him to, all the twelve days of Christmas, and received earnest for it, saw his new master vanish into the earth the moment he had made the bargain.
Colonel Wilks, honouring and respecting the fancies of the olden times, caused it to be encased in a strong oaken box, mounted with silver; and, in all probability, the old lady donor was glad at having got it safe out of her hands.--Train.
William Harrison, in his notes to Waldron, written about twenty years later than Train's history, gives the following account of this cup, which he calls "The Ballafletcher Drinking Glass.": This drinking cup, now in the possession of Major Bacon, of Seafield House, upwards of two hundred years ago
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 SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE (1927, 1933 - 1935) by H.P. Lovecraft
This era likewise saw the rise of William Harrison Ainsworth, whose romantic novels teem with the eerie and the gruesome.
This tale, which is laid in the time of the Thirty Years' War, purports to be a clergyman's manuscript found in an old church at Coserow, and centres round the writer's daughter, Maria Schweidler, who is wrongly accused of witchcraft.
She has found a deposit of amber which she keeps secret for various reasons, and the unexplained wealth obtained from this lends colour to the accusation; an accusation instigated by the malice of the wolf-hunting nobleman Wittich Appelmann, who has vainly pursued her with ignoble designs.
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 Parish History | Church of the Good Shepherd, Columbia, South Carolina
As a teacher of many years, Agnes uses these pages to teach us about love and caring as encompassed within the hallowed walls of our church building.
It was an awesome undertaking to become the shepherd of this flock; I found a strength of faith that a clergyman can only dare hope he will ever find in a congregation.
It would have been easy and understandable for those who were left to have quietly gone to other Episcopal Churches in Columbia, where they could have healed their wounds and still been involved in the church.
www.goodshepherdcolumbia.org /history   (851 words)

  
 Guide to the Andrew Forest Muir papers
Known as an authority on William Marsh Rice, his work William Marsh Rice and His Institute: A Biographical Study was edited by Sylvia Stallings Morris and posthumously published in 1972.
The largest group of materials is Muir’s alphabetical subject research files which relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work in Texas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii.
Slaves manumitted by William O'Connell (1858) and David Connor (1847) of Travis County; Henry Lynch, free Negro; John F. Webber, U.S. pensioner.
www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/ricewrc/00195/rice-00195.html   (4260 words)

  
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April 18 - William Harrison, English clergyman (died 1593)
June 15 - Henri I de Montmorency, Marshal of France (died 1614)
Count of Nychlenborch, Dutch warrior and nobleman (born 1470)
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 William Harrison - Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile
Bio: There have been several people with this name: William Harrison (1534 - 1593) - English clergyman William Harrison (1553 - 1621) - Archpriest of the Catholic Church in England [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07143c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article) William Harrison - author of the short story Roller Ball Murder and screenplay for the film Rollerball [More...]
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