John Jamison/Jamieson was born in 1845, at Yass NSW, and was described as 5ft 2½in with Red hair and a fair complexion with hazel eyes and could read and write. Jamison was the son of William and Mary Jamison who were married 9 Mar 1845, Yass, New South Wales. Young John Jamieson was also the nephew of James Taylor, who eloped with Ben Hall's wife Bridget. John Jamieson's linage was aristocratic as his great grandparents Thomas Jamieson and his wife Rebecca, arrived in the colony as part of the First Fleet, 1788, as surgeon's mate of the Sirius, under the command of Arthur Philip. However, during the rebellion against William Bligh 1807/08, with Bligh, who was the fourth Governor of New South Wales, having succeeded Governor Philip Gidley King in 1805, over the use of
Jesse Woodson James was born in Clay county, Missouri, near the present day town of Kearny on september 5, 1847. The particular area that Jesse was born in happened to be settled by many people that were originally from the upper south, such as the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. This helped the plot of territory earn its nickname “Little Dixie”. Jesse was born into a family of two other full siblings, his eldest brother, Alexander Franklin James, and a younger sister, Susan Lavenia James. His father, Robert S. James, was a commercial hemp farmer, and baptist pastor who originally lived in Kentucky before coming to Missouri.
The Rise of Daniel Hale Williams Daniel Hale Williams III was an extraordinary African American surgeon. Dr. Williams, the son of a barber, was a free African American born during the 1800s to Daniel Hale Williams II and Sarah Williams. Dr. Williams’ family was heavily impacted by the ongoing history at the time. Furthermore, Dr. Williams’ ancestors were slaves. Daniel’s ancestors on both sides were a mixture of European, Native American, and African American.
On November 4th, 1732 in Calvert Maryland Thomas Johnson was giving born to by his mother Sedgwick Dorcas, Thomas was the fourth of ten children. His grandfather Thomas was a lawyer in London. Thomas and his 8 siblings where educated at home. However as a young adult Thomas was falling in a good path. The study of law caught his eyes.
Kolby Thomas Missouri History Ms. Gregory February 26, 2018 Frank James Frank James was born on January 10, 1843 in Kearney, Mo. The reason I chose him was because I feel like he is left out more because of his brother Jesse James. Him and his brother were both criminal but Jesse James is remembered more because of his violent killings.
1) Isaac Monroe Cline was born October 13, 1861. He was an outstanding meteorologist who worked for the Weather Bureau or now known as the National Weather Service. He grew up in Tennessee with his two parents, Mary and John and his brother Joseph. He attended Hiwassee college. His first real job was as a priest.
Although there are many famous Arkansans, James Black has left a vital mark in the history of Arkansas. James Black was born May 1, 1800, in New Jersey(Lu Waters). The names of James Black’s parents are unknown (Lu Waters). James mother died when he was young, and his father remarried (Joshua Williams). James did not get along well with his stepmother and ran away from home at the age of eight to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ronald Gene Simmons began a killing spree on December 22, 1987 that culminated in the worst mass murder occurrence in Arkansas history six days later. He killed sixteen people during this short period of time; fourteen of his victims were members of his own family. Ronald was born forty seven years earlier on July, 15, 1940 in the city of Chicago. His father, William Simmons, died of a stroke before Ronald’s second birthday. Simmons’s mother remarried within a year of his father’s untimely passing.
Jason Williams was born on October 17, 1986 (currently 31 years old), in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His father, Thomas Williams, is an African American and a practicing Catholic from Brooklyn, New York, and worked as a school teacher. Jason Williams mother, Sandra Williams is a white Catholic from the Netherlands who worked as an English teacher and florist. He is their only child. Jason Williams parents divorced when he was five years old.
Elder Shawn William Wright was born on August 6, 1982 and is a native of Charlottesville, VA. He is the son of Pastor James W. Wright, Sr. and First Lady Carolyn Napier Wright. In the year 2000, Eld. Wright graduated with honors from Charlottesville High School. He continued his education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA.
Vivien Thomas was a kind and nice man. Thomas saved a lot of blue babies lives in finding the way to do heart surgery. This was his biggest triumph for his life and regular medical surgery at the time. Even after some major setbacks he was still persistent. Such as the great depression which robbed him of his savings for college medical school.
William Johnson is a United States Senator of Connecticut. Johnson is also a politician and a clergyman. Johnson is a major benefactor for the Constitution Convention. Johnson helps influences the decision of the debate at the Constitution Convention. William Johnson is born on October 7, 1727, at Stratford, Connecticut.
The September 1962 riot at the University of Mississippi in Oxford is an unusual and revealing moment in the history of whites and civil rights in the state. James Meredith was a Civil Rights activist and wanted to attend an all white college called “University of Mississippi”. He was also the first African American to attend Ole Miss and graduate. James Meredith grew up on a farm, and was born on June 25, 1933, in Kosciusko, MS. He was the seventh of the thirteen children.
James I, born June 19, 1566, was the King of England, Great Britain, and was Scotland 's short-lived king. James was known to be a controversial ruler and was hated by Parliament. He thought he had the “divine right” to rule England and the rest of its territories. Divine right means to have been given power by God, himself. James I was first born the king of Scotland but James I became king of England after Queen Elizabeth died.
Satire is defined as “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices.” Mark Twain’s use of satire throughout “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” shows his beliefs on many controversies that afflicted the country at that time, such as slavery and human nature. Satire helps make this story so engaging because it is funny yet covering a serious topic. His purpose of writing this story was to attack the immoralities of the American society in the eighteen hundreds and correct them. The significance of Twain’s use of satire in situations such as, sentimentality and gullibility, the average man, romantic literature with its mournful subject matter in poetry and its ridiculous plots in novels, a code of honor that results in needless bloodshed, and religious dogma influenced the reader considerably.
