COOK John Parsons , a Representative from Iowa;
born in Whitestown, Oneida County, N.Y., August 31, 1817;
moved with his father to Davenport, Iowa, in 1836;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar…
PARSONS Richard Chappel , a Representative from Ohio; born in New London, Conn., October 10, 1826;
pursued classical studies; moved to Norwalk, Ohio, in 1845; studied law; was admitted to the…
PARSONS Claude VanCleve , a Representative from Illinois;
born on a farm near McCormick, Pope County, Ill., October 7, 1895;
attended the public schools;
taught in the rural schools of Pope…
“His house was made a habitation for Zim and Jim, and every unclean thing” (Godly Man's Portion, 1663). The marginal reading of Isa. xii. 21, 22, explains Zim to be wild beasts, and Jim…
Brought out at the Adelphi in 1836. The character of Jim Crow played by T. D. Rice, as the original of the “nigger minstrels” since so popular. A renegade or turncoat is called a Jim Crow…
Jim PagelAge: 42 stock car driver; was beginning his sixth season on the local circuit; of injuries in a car accident during qualifying runDied: Kaukauna, Wisc., May 2, 1997Stanford…
Jim (Catfish) HunterBorn: Apr. 8, 1946Baseball RHP won 20 games or more 5 times (1971-75); played on 5 World Series winners with Oakland and NY Yankees; threw perfect game in 1968; won AL Cy…
James (Sunny Jim) FitzsimmonsBorn: July 23, 1874Horse racing trained horses that won over 2,275 races, including 2 Triple Crown winners— Gallant Fox in 1930 and Omaha in '35.Died: Mar. 11,…
Jim BolusAge: 54 Kentucky Derby historian; was the former secretary of the National Turf Writers Association; worked for 23 years for the Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times before…
Jim ThorpeBorn: May 28, 18882-time All-America in football won both pentathlon and decathlon at 1912 Olympics; stripped of medals a month later for playing semi-pro baseball prior to Games;…
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