The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 1833-36),was born at Shepherdstown, Va., Apr. 1, 1781. Hereceived a good education, espe-cially in mathematics and sur-veying, and in 1804 was madecounty surveyor of Scioto county,
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 1833-36),was born at Shepherdstown, Va., Apr. 1, 1781. Hereceived a good education, espe-cially in mathematics and sur-veying, and in 1804 was madecounty surveyor of Scioto county,and two years later was commis-sioned justice of the peace forUnion township. He accompan-ied Hulls army in the invasionof Canada, escaped from capture,and subsequently rose to the rankof colonel. In 1816 he was elect-ed member of the Ohio legisla-ture, and served for nineteenyears in the house and senate. In1833 he was elected governor andre-elected the next year. The dif-ficulties between Ohio and Mich-igan, which at one time threat-ened civil war, were averted byhis efforts. He was appointed byPresident Van Buren territorialgovernor of Iowa, where he organized the common-school system. To him Iowa is indebted for thelaws against the sale of intoxicating liquors. married, in 1810, Elizabeth Brown, who diedtwo years afterward. In 1817 he married MissSumner, who, with her parents, had emigrated from.
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