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Book The United States Biographical Dictionary and Centennial Record of Eminent and Self Made Men Illinois Volume Classic Reprint

Download or read book The United States Biographical Dictionary and Centennial Record of Eminent and Self Made Men Illinois Volume Classic Reprint written by American Biographical Publishin Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The United States Biographical Dictionary and Centennial Record of Eminent and Self-Made Men: Illinois Volume Mr. William migrated to the fest in 1838. He carried on the hardware business, and built the first brick store on Lake street, west of Clark, which stood till the great tire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self Made Men

Download or read book The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self Made Men written by American Biographical Publishing Co and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men: Illinois Volume In some instances, sketches which appeared in the former volume, have been reproduced in this, with certain changes, but the great bulk of the present work comprises the biographies of men who have attained to prominence or success, that have not heretofore appeared in any state work. Until within a comparatively recent period, recording and preserving biographies has been confined to the few, the great or noted, while the history of that vast army of workers, whose life struggles, whose defeats and whose successes have contributed so largely to our national growth, and become so intimately identified with our institutions, has been passed over without comment, unnoticed and unsung. That such should have been the case was but natural, as the outgrowth of that spirit of hero-worship, which in times past has so universally prevailed; that spirit which could sacrifice the multitude in the elevation and adoration of the few. But ours is a practical age, an age in which every man, nerved by independence and inspired by freedom, may be a hero, and as a natural sequence, we find on every hand those, who, meeting the varied phases of life, struggling against adversity, or rejoicing in the calm repose of prosperity, have developed in themselves independent, sturdy manhood and to preserve a record of their lives, both that they may be kept in remembrance, and that others may be profited and inspired by their example, is paying them only a just and merited tribute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self Made Men

Download or read book The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self Made Men written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men: With Illustrations on Steel The belief that-the work is needed is founded on the fact that the world worships success, and is glad to learn how it has been brought about. The truth of this is shown in the fact that if a man be poor, though he have the learning of a Blackstone, the genius of a Watt, or the patient perseverance of a Goodyear, yet, until he has achieved success, mankind has no interest in his history. His aspirations, his anxieties and his heart struggles, may have an interest for beings of higher intelligence, but for the mass of mankind these have no charms. But if by some cunning device, by some daring enterprise, or after long struggles and perseverance, he acquire a fortune, then the reluctant world is lavish in its admiration, his history is full of interest, and every one is anxious to know how he achieved success. To gratify this universal longing, it is proposed to give the history of the lives of six hundred successful men of Illinois. The Publishers found the second business principle on the fact that they are determined to spare neither labor nor expense in giving to the world the most authentic information how these men have won fortune, how the world has been benefited by their labors, and what has been the turning-point of their success. These examples are of great interest, may spread good seed, encourage the weary, give new life to the desponding, and energy to the aspiring. In the hearts of the young there are ever hopes and yearn ings; and. Although seldom expressed, and often not even acknowledged to themselves, they want only the inspiration of example to point the way, to accomplish a full fruition of their hopes. The Publishers believe they are engaged in a laudable enterprise, and trust to a discerning public for a liberal response. It is'l)ut just to mention that not one cent has been asked or received from the parties whose biographies have been given in this work; nor is it intended to pander to the vanity of the weak. Eulogy belongs to the dead, not to the living. A record of a man's life and works constitutes his biography; the praise of his virtues is more appropriate in an obituary. It is our object to seek out merit, and, by a simple narration of the origin, career, and achievements of individuals, show how the country has become great, and who are the men that have helped to do the work. To know how to achieve success is a laudable craving of the human heart, and to teach by example is the best mode of satisfying that craving. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self Made Men

Download or read book United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self Made Men written by Library Reprints, Inc. and published by . This book was released on with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Biographical History of Eminent and Self Made Men

Download or read book American Biographical History of Eminent and Self Made Men written by F. A. Barnard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men: With Portrait Illustrations on Steel; Michigan Volume Ray, soon after Jervis came to his house, bought a. Negro girl. This gave Mrs. Ray an opportunity to prae tice her schemes of persecution on the child, by making him feel that he was nothing more than a slave. It was a year or more before his mother came to see him; then, finding how cruelly he was treated, she took him away. Mr. Adams well remembers the scrubbing she gave him in order to make him look like her boy. When seven years old, he removed with his mother and step-father, John Rogers, to Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York, where he remained until he was nine years of age. His step-father was honest and temperate, but always poor. In the year 1817, known as the cold season, the cr0ps were all killed by the frosts; and, the next year, his parents removed to Cherry Valley, New York. In 1819 they removed to Monroe County, and settled near Rochester. At this time, Rochester was but a small village, with only one bridge across the river, and the country around was but thinly inhabited; while it was so unhealthy that there were not well people enough to take care of the sick. In this emergency, necessity compelled them to become a town charge; and, as if to add a keener edge to their grief, the law provided that the poor who had not gained a residence should be transported to the town from which they came. Hence Mr. Rogers and his family were compelled to travel from town to town until, in the spring of 1820, their eyes were gladdened by the familiar sight of the old Hoosick Mountains. The same spring, Jervis Adams' mother bound him out to her brother-ih-law. He was to stay two years, and receive his board, clothing, and six months' schooling each year. The last he did not get; but served his time faithfully, though going poorly clad. An important period in Mr. Adams' life begins here, and we give it in his own language: At the age of fourteen, I began to do for myself, on a very small scale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Colonels in Blue Missouri and the Western States and Territories

Download or read book Colonels in Blue Missouri and the Western States and Territories written by Roger D. Hunt and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biographical dictionary catalogs the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Missouri and the western States and Territories during the Civil War. The seventh volume in a series documenting Union army colonels, this book details the lives of officers who did not advance beyond that rank. Included for each colonel are brief biographical excerpts and any available photographs, many of them published for the first time.

Book The Autobiography of Daniel Parker Frontier Universalist

Download or read book The Autobiography of Daniel Parker Frontier Universalist written by Daniel Parker and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vastly informative and rare early-American pioneer autobiography rescued from obscurity. In this remarkable memoir, Daniel Parker (1781–1861) recorded both the details of everyday life and the extraordinary historical events he witnessed west of the Appalachian Mountains between 1790 and 1840. Once a humble traveling salesman for a line of newly invented clothes washing machines, he became an outspoken advocate for abolition and education. With his wife and son, he founded Clermont Academy, a racially integrated, coeducational secondary school—the first of its kind in Ohio. However, Parker’s real vocation was as a self-ordained, itinerant preacher of his own brand of universal salvation. Raised by Presbyterian parents, he experienced a dramatic conversion to the Halcyon Church, an alternative, millenarian religious movement led by the enigmatic prophet Abel Sarjent, in 1803. After parting ways with the Halcyonists, he continued his own biblical and theological studies, arriving at the universalist conclusions that he would eventually preach throughout the Ohio River Valley. David Torbett has transcribed Parker’s manuscript and publishes it here for the first time, together with an introduction, epilogue, bibliography, and extensive notes that enrich and contextualize this rare pioneer autobiography.

Book Men of America

Download or read book Men of America written by John W. Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 2204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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  • Release : 1926
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Download or read book Report written by Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: