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... Jersey , but there is no record in the catalogue of his hav- ing graduated . He joined the Sons of Liberty and entered the Continental ser- vice , Jan. 7 , 1776 , as 1st lieutenant of the first company raised toward forming a battalion ...
... Jersey , but there is no record in the catalogue of his hav- ing graduated . He joined the Sons of Liberty and entered the Continental ser- vice , Jan. 7 , 1776 , as 1st lieutenant of the first company raised toward forming a battalion ...
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... Jersey , A.B. , 1836 ; A.M. , 1839 , and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He practised in Morristown , N.J. , till 1849 , and then removed to California . He was a state senator , 1852-54 , and again , 1867-73 ; was state district judge ...
... Jersey , A.B. , 1836 ; A.M. , 1839 , and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He practised in Morristown , N.J. , till 1849 , and then removed to California . He was a state senator , 1852-54 , and again , 1867-73 ; was state district judge ...
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... Jersey , was born in New York city , Jan. 6 , 1801 ; son of Elias Haines and grandson of Stephen Haines of Revolutionary fame , a prisoner of war confined in the " Old Sugar House , " New York . He was graduated at the College of New Jersey ...
... Jersey , was born in New York city , Jan. 6 , 1801 ; son of Elias Haines and grandson of Stephen Haines of Revolutionary fame , a prisoner of war confined in the " Old Sugar House , " New York . He was graduated at the College of New Jersey ...
Page 1887
... Jersey , and occupied a similar position on the Pennsylvania survey , 1837-42 . He was elected professor of zoology ... Jersey , and was vice - principal of the high school , Jersey City , N.J. , 1873-77 . In 1876 he pursued a summer ...
... Jersey , and occupied a similar position on the Pennsylvania survey , 1837-42 . He was elected professor of zoology ... Jersey , and was vice - principal of the high school , Jersey City , N.J. , 1873-77 . In 1876 he pursued a summer ...
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... Jersey in 1896 . HALL , Abraham Oakey , journalist and law yer , was born in Albany , N.Y. , July 26 , 1826 ; son of Morgan James and Elsie Lansing ( Oakey ) Hall . His mother at the time of his birth was at the home of her father , a ...
... Jersey in 1896 . HALL , Abraham Oakey , journalist and law yer , was born in Albany , N.Y. , July 26 , 1826 ; son of Morgan James and Elsie Lansing ( Oakey ) Hall . His mother at the time of his birth was at the home of her father , a ...
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