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... attended Garden Grove seminary and Iowa agri- cultural college and was graduated from the law department , Simpson Centenary college , Indian- ola , Iowa , in 1876. He engaged in the practice of law in Aurora , Neb . He was a Republican ...
... attended Garden Grove seminary and Iowa agri- cultural college and was graduated from the law department , Simpson Centenary college , Indian- ola , Iowa , in 1876. He engaged in the practice of law in Aurora , Neb . He was a Republican ...
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... attended one year at Harvard law school and was admitted to the New York bar in 1848 , where he was a member of the firm of Brown , Hall & Vanderpool , 1853–79 . He was assistant district attorney of New York city , 1850-53 ; district ...
... attended one year at Harvard law school and was admitted to the New York bar in 1848 , where he was a member of the firm of Brown , Hall & Vanderpool , 1853–79 . He was assistant district attorney of New York city , 1850-53 ; district ...
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... attended the University of Michigan , 1856-57 , where he studied astronomy under Brun- now ; was under Prof. W. C. Bond as student and assistant , 1857-59 , and under Prof. George P. Bond , 1859-62 ; was aide at the U.S. naval obser ...
... attended the University of Michigan , 1856-57 , where he studied astronomy under Brun- now ; was under Prof. W. C. Bond as student and assistant , 1857-59 , and under Prof. George P. Bond , 1859-62 ; was aide at the U.S. naval obser ...
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... ; son of John and Sarah ( Ewing ) Hall , and grandson of the Rev. John Ewing , provost of the University of Pennsyl- vania . He attended the College of New Jersey , studied law , and practised in Baltimore , Md . HALL HALL.
... ; son of John and Sarah ( Ewing ) Hall , and grandson of the Rev. John Ewing , provost of the University of Pennsyl- vania . He attended the College of New Jersey , studied law , and practised in Baltimore , Md . HALL HALL.
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... attended the Boston Latin school , studied theology at New Haven , and in 1834 was ordained to the Congre- gational ministry . He subsequently became an Episcopalian , and made his home in Plymouth , Mass . He was a member of the state ...
... attended the Boston Latin school , studied theology at New Haven , and in 1834 was ordained to the Congre- gational ministry . He subsequently became an Episcopalian , and made his home in Plymouth , Mass . He was a member of the state ...
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