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  John Inman of KY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
John Inman of KY John Inman, Postmaster of Somerset Ky., was born in Whitley County, Ky., December 18, 1844, and is a son of Willoughby and Elizabeth (Smith) Inman.
Willoughby Inman, also a native of Whitley Coutny, was born in 1813, and is still residing in his native county, where he has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Elizabeth (Smith) Inman, also a native of Whitley County, is a daughter of Abraham Smith, who was a native of Ireland.
www.inman.surnameweb.org /sketches/inman-j.htm   (362 words)

  
 Virtual Jamestown
Smith contends that he was captured by the Turks in Transylvania and was then transferred to Constantinople as a present for the Pasha's wife.
Smith soon escaped from the tension of the fort and proceeded to explore the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers and the Chesapeake Bay during the summer of 1608.
Smith proved to be an able and efficient administrator and he quickly emerged as the leader of the settlement.
www.virtualjamestown.org /jsmith.html   (928 words)

  
 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY  COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Smith's continuing interest in PsYchiatry was demonstrated by his involvement with the Columbus Asylum for the Insane as a trustee from 1856 until his death in 1874, and by an appointment in 1870 to a special committee of the Ohio State Medical Association to examine the plea of insanity in cases of homicide (38).
Smith explained: "With all the advantages of the best organized institutions, equipped in every department with the best selected and most abundant means of illustration, the most profound, eloquent and apt teachers--there are some things they cannot command, cannot furnish; of these, the most desirable, the most essential, are brains...
Smith's statue has a drinking fountain base and bears the inscription: "Memorial Fountain, to Dr. Samuel Mitchel Smith and His Sons, 1880." Images of his deceased sons, Charles and Samuel, are designed as medallions and decorate the sides of the base.
www.highland-ohio.com /ohio_state_university_college.htm   (3294 words)

  
 Captain John Smith
While the Smith farm acreage was not great, the income from it was sufficient for George Smith to have amassed goods and chattels to the value of more than seventy-five pounds sterling by the time he died.
After this event, John Smith was authorized by Prince Zsigmond to wear upon his shield "three Turks heads" in token of his feat and was made "an English gentleman." The generous Prince granted John Smith an annual pension of three hundred ducats.
The John Smith map of Virginia was the most important map to appear in print during the period of early settlement.
home.earthlink.net /~dawise/Smith.htm   (1245 words)

  
 Captain John Smith
Smith was questioned about his colony and then made to take part in some sort of ritual or trial, after which, in keeping with an Indian custom, he was made a subordinate chief in the tribe.
Smith was constantly unsure of his fate, and he was convinced afterward that Pocahontas had saved his life.
Unfortunately, Smith was accidentally injured by a gunpowder burn and had to return to England for treatment in October 1609, never to return to Virginia again.
www.apva.org /history/jsmith.html   (754 words)

  
 Chapter Twelve
Smith was small and frail, rather birdlike and very wrinkled; but there was in her open countenance, particularly in her lively eyes, a resemblance to Willoughby that Marianne found inexpressibly poignant.
Smith, much hampered in her movements by age and infirmity and thus slower to exit though she was closer to the door, turned a last time toward Marianne.
Smith was so indignant that she invaded my rooms, sank her fingers into my arm, and did not release it until she had made certain I could not escape the censure she imagined I would receive from you.
www.auburn.edu /~beckwka/ssdd6.html   (7861 words)

  
 LCGS (Ohio) Projects - Chardon Road (Smith Farm - Schram) Cemetery - Willoughby Twp.
Deed Volume S pg 427 shows Obadiah W. Smith and Olive, his wife for consideration of $1.00 deeding the cemetery to Sidney Smith, Anson Hunt, and Charles White as directors on 24 May 1861.
The city of Willoughby Hills is in the process of refurbishing its cemeteries as an Ohio Bicentennial project.
Smith, Bellvidera I. Our Darling Belle/ Bellvidera I./ Daughter of/ W. and R. Smith/ Died Dec. 10, 1862/ Aged/ 7 ys.
www.rootsweb.com /~ohlcgs/willoughby/smith.html   (1165 words)

  
 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Dolores Wil-loughby Smith was honored at the 2003 Oklahoma Retired Educators Association Annual Convention as one of 64 educators in the state recognized as VIM (Very Important Member), a state OREA project designed to honor members of local retired teachers association.
Smith received her bachelor of science degree from OCLA (now USAO), master of education degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and graduate hours from Central Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, East Central Oklahoma State University, and Oklahoma State University.
Smith retired in 2001 after 32 years of teaching in first through eighth grades at Verden, Amber-Pocasset, and Chickasha Schools.
www.chickashanews.com /viewarticle.php?id=724   (269 words)

  
 The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Pince-Nez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Willoughby Smith, a very young man straight from the University, seems to have been just what his employer wanted.
Willoughby Smith had been in his bedroom, which he uses as a sitting-room; but the maid heard him at that moment pass along the passage and descend to the study immediately below her.
Smith had been out for a walk yesterday morning, and that he had only returned half an hour before the tragedy occurred.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/detective/TheReturnofSherlockHolmes/chap9.html   (7869 words)

  
 Captain John Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Captain John Smith (1580-1631) by the young age of 24 years already had served with brilliance in the Dutch Wars and in the Near East.
He and Captain Smith were neighbors in the County of Lincoln and it was due to Lord Willoughby's help that Smith was able to find a channel for his energy and to realise his ambitions.
Behind Lord Willoughby's figure is part of the Palace of Whitehall as it was at this period and opposite stands the Gateway of St. James Palace.
www.jamestowne.org /history/johns.htm   (1055 words)

  
 Capra, Smith, and Doe
Willoughby is persuaded by Mitchell and by the members of the Millsville John Doe Club to embark on a lecture tour.
Willoughby plans to go ahead with the suicide out of despair and in an effort to redeem himself; members of the Millsville John Doe Club appear on the roof of City Hall and are able to convince Willoughby to abandon his suicide attempt.
Willoughby is unmoved by Ann's pleas and in desperation she cries for divine intervention.
xroads.virginia.edu /~MA97/halnon/capra/doe.html   (3290 words)

  
 Life of Captain John Smith
But because he was a proud and boastful man, it is difficult to determine which parts of his life are fact and which are fiction.
He was also fascinated by the mystical instruments which Smith carried with him, such as an ivory and glass pocket compass.
He was denied further opportunities to return to America due to his independent nature, and he spent the rest of his life writing books until his death in 1631 at age 51.
www.nps.gov /colo/Jthanout/JSmith.html   (818 words)

  
 Connecting Capron Cousins - Person Page 260
Smith was manager of the Auditorium Garage and previously he was manager and vice-president of the Euclid Square Garage.
Elvilia Smith, past president of the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers and a life member of both the Ohio and national parents teachers organizations, died yesterday in her home, 75 Paxton Road, Will-O-Way Beach, Willoughby Township, Lake County.
She was born in Cleveland 75 years ago and was married in 1895 to John Smith, also of Cleveland.
home.comcast.net /~desilva/p260.htm   (1203 words)

  
 Alexander Graham Bell - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
The modulation was done either by means of a vibrating mirror, or a rotating disk periodically obscuring the light beam.
Selenium had been discovered by Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1817, and the peculiar properties of crystalline or granulate selenium were discovered by Willoughby Smith in 1873.
In 1878, one writer with the initials J.F.W. from Kew described such an arrangement in Nature in a column appearing on June 13, asking the readers whether any experiments in that direction had already been done.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /alexander_graham_bell.htm   (2539 words)

  
 The Golden Pince-Nez
Willoughby Smith was a very young man, straight from the university.
Since Willoughby Smith was wounded in the right side of his neck, would we be justified in suspecting that his killer was left-handed?
Also, the wound was "from behind and forward," so Smith must have been bent forward when he was stabbed.
www.bcpl.net /~lmoskowi/hounds/intro/GOLD.HTM   (1310 words)

  
 Sense and Sensibility Summary by Jane Austen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
A loved one’s hair was often set in rings and worn by her man. But the way Willoughby asked for the hair is not proper, because the two are not engaged.
Willoughby is also in town, but he does not answer Marianne’s letters.
All the Dashwood’s acquaintances shun Willoughby and his new wife, but Lady Middleton insists on leaving her card with Willoughby’s new wife, because she is rich and stylish.
www.bookrags.com /notes/ss/OBJ.htm   (1415 words)

  
 Adventures in CyberSound: Smith, Willoughby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
In 1849 his company undertook to supply 30 miles of insulated wire to be laid from Dover to Calais, and during the following year Smith superintended the manufacture and laying of this cable.
In 1873 two English telegraph engineers, Joseph May and Willoughby Smith, experiment with selenium and light, giving inventors a way of transforming images into electrical signals.
Joseph May and Willoughby Smith, telegraph operators in Valentia, Ireland, demonstrate the resistance variations of selenium under the influence of light.
www.acmi.net.au /AIC/SMITH_BIO.html   (378 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - selenium, Compound & Element (Compounds And Elements) - Encyclopedia
Selenium exhibits allotropy, appearing in a number of forms, including a red amorphous powder, a red crystalline material, and a gray crystalline metallike form called "metallic" selenium.
A remarkable property (discovered by Willoughby Smith in 1873) of the gray metallic form is that its electrical conductivity is greater in light than in darkness, and it increases as the illumination increases.
This property has led to use of the metallic form in the junction rectifier and as a cathode in the photoelectric cell rectifier.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/selenium.html   (394 words)

  
 England's famous discoverers. - - Port Cities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
In May 1553, Sir Hugh Willoughby sailed from Ratcliffe with a fleet of three ships to find a north east trade route to the east.
Captain John Smith Smith led the 1606 expedition to Virginia from Blackwall.
Legend has it that Pocahontas fell in love with Smith and, when he was due to be clubbed to death by the Algonquians, put her head over his, so that no blows would fall on him.
www.portcities.org.uk /server/show/conMediaFile.1121/Englands-famous-discoverers.html   (285 words)

  
 Bulletin Board
My ancestor is Delilah Willoughby who was born on 20 Mar 1817 in Herkimer Co., New York and Married in 1841/2 Patrick McVoy also in Herkimer Co. She is buried in the small town of Poland, Herkimer Co., NY.
This is allen willoughby, son of allen willoughby from Lima Ohio and Washington Court House Ohio.
My great grandfather's name was William Willoughby and I have always been told that he did not know what day he was born on and that it would be impossible to track it but if i am not mistaken you have his picture.
members.aol.com /msbarbee/guest.htm   (10263 words)

  
 A Stop At Willoughby
The conductor tells him Willoughby is a town where "a man can slow down to a walk and live his life full measure." Williams realizes this is the place for him, but he receives only ridicule from his wife.
He calls his wife to tell her he is quitting, but she hangs up on him.
Maybe it's wishful thinking nestled in a hidden part of a man's mind, or maybe it's the last stop in the vast design of things - or perhaps, for a man like Gart Williams, who clmbed on a world that went by too fast, it's a place around the bend where he could jump off.
tzone.the-croc.com /tzeplist/willoughby.html   (320 words)

  
 Willoughby Family Genealogy Forum (All Messages)
Hugh Willoughby and the Everglades - Wallace Fullerton 6/26/02
Willoughbys 1690 to 1882 - Bev Julian 10/27/01
Chloe Willoughby and Ephriam Herrick - Shirley Smith 10/26/00
www.jenforum.com /willoughby/all.html   (5419 words)

  
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I have seen his testimonials, and from the first he was a decent, quiet, hard- working fellow, with no weak spot in him at all.
Wil- loughby Smith had been in his bedroom, which he uses as a sitting-room, but the maid heard him at that moment pass along the passage and descend to the study immediately below her.
It is possible that I speak as a child, but to me it seems that Willoughby Smith has met his fate by his own hand." Holmes seemed struck by the theory thus put forward, and hc continued to walk up and down for some time, lost in thought and consuming cigarette after cigarette.
www.citsoft.com /holmes/return/golden.pince-nez.txt   (8243 words)

  
 Willoughby Smith, b: 1793 - Otisfield, ME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Willoughby Smith, b: 1793 - Otisfield, ME Father:
Born: 1758, MA Died: 1856, ME Willoughby Smith
Died: 30 JUL 1903 - Otisfield, Cumberland, ME Reuben Smith
www.scribnerfamilies.org /ghtout/gp382.htm   (180 words)

  
 Willoughby House Opens - Paul Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Paul Smith's new Nottingham shop Willoughby House, opened on the 15th December.
Made up of several rooms on the ground and first floor the house is decorated with beautiful chandeliers, an array of pictures and eclectic individual pieces of furniture.
Paul Smith collaborates with Fritz Hansen to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 'Series 7' Chair
www.paulsmith.co.uk /news/willoughby-house-opens.html   (107 words)

  
 The Willoughby Family Guestbook
James and Ernest were the sons of Ernest Latne and Elizabeth (nee Smith) Willoughby of Butler County, Kentucky.
I am the Jim Willoughby that was mentioned by the Louisiana letter that played Major League baseball 10 years with the Red Sox, White Sox and Giants in the 70's.
By-the-way, there is a Willoughby avenue and a Willoughby Spit (a jut of land into Norfolk harbor) in Norfolk, Virginia.
members.aol.com /tomslick4u/guest4.htm   (666 words)

  
 Yuma Co. Emigrations Page
Surnames: Willoughby, Smith, Zion, Flowers, L'Hommedieu, Fields, Campbell, Mahew.
Buchanan, Henry County, Tennessee, Migrated in 1883 to Clearwater, Antelope County, Nebraska, in 1892 to Bonesteel, Gregory County, South Dakota, and in 1900 to Knob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri.
Remarks: Married Hattie Marie SMITH, June 18, 1887, Clearwater, Nebraska.
www.rootsweb.com /~coyuma/emigrate.htm   (494 words)

  
 Virtual Jamestown
George Smith was a yeoman farmer who most probably worked for Peregrine Bertie (Lord Willoughby).
Although Smith inherited land from his father, he opted for a more adventurous life abroad.
Vaughan, Alden T. American Genesis: Captain John Smith
www.iath.virginia.edu /vcdh/jamestown/jsmith.html   (928 words)

  
 Notes for William SMITH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
William Smith 1 male 50-60 and 1 female 50-60
Obadiah Smith 1 male 5-10, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60; 1 female 15-20 and 1 female 50-60
I have not personally researched or verified all names, dates, or places mentioned in these files, but every attempt is made for accuracy and verification is ongoing.
bettyfink.com /family/nti02738.htm   (152 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Capt. John Smith, of Willoughby by Alford, Lincolnshire president of Virginia, and admiral of New ...
Find in a Library: Capt. John Smith, of Willoughby by Alford, Lincolnshire president of Virginia, and admiral of New England.
John Smith, of Willoughby by Alford, Lincolnshire president of Virginia, and admiral of New England.
WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/cea9c923b38743bba19afeb4da09e526.html   (64 words)

  
 The History of the Devil: Devil Worship
It might be thought that they hold the Good Being weaker in relation to the fate of man than the Evil."
John Smith, the hero of the colonisation of Virginia, in 1607, describes the worship of Okee (a word
With a description of the covntrey, etc., written by Captaine Smith, etc. Oxford.
www.public-domain-content.com /books/history_devil/hod04.shtml   (1811 words)

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