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Bainbridge
Bainbridge city (1990 pop. 10,712), seat of Decatur co., SW Ga., on the Flint River; inc. 1829. It grew up around a fort, used by Andrew Jackson, that was constructed during the Indian Wars of 1817-1821. The city is a trade and industrial center as well as an inland port and barge terminal.... Read more |
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Talladega
Talladega , city (1990 pop. 18,175), seat of Talladega co., NE central Ala., in the Blue Ridge foothills; inc. 1835. There are significant marble and limestone quarries. Textiles, furniture, industrial rubber, and metal products are the chief manufactures. In Nov., 1813, Andrew Jackson defeated a... Read more |
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William McIntosh
William McIntosh c.1775-1825, Native American chief, b. in the Creek country now within the limits of Carroll co., Ga.; son of a British army officer and a Creek woman. Friendly to the Americans, McIntosh led the lower Creek against the British in the War of 1812 and was made a brigadier general.... Read more |
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John Henry Eaton
John Henry Eaton 1790-1856, U.S. Senator (1818-29) and Secretary of War (1829-31), b. Halifax co., N.C. After being admitted to the bar, he practiced in Franklin, Tenn., and married Myra Lewis, a ward of Andrew Jackson. Eaton remained close to Jackson and completed (1817) the biography of Jackson... Read more |
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Pensacola
Pensacola , city (1990 pop. 58,165), seat of Escambia co., extreme NW Fla., on Pensacola Bay; inc. 1822. It is a port of entry with a natural harbor and shipping and fishing industries. A manufacturing center of W Florida, the city has industries that produce synthetic fibers, chemicals, and naval... Read more |
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Roger Brooke Taney
Roger Brooke Taney , 1777-1864, American jurist, fifth Chief Justice of the United States (1836-64), b. Calvert co., Md., grad. Dickinson College, 1795. Early Life Taney was born of a wealthy slave-owning family of tobacco farmers. He was admitted to the bar in 1799 and as a Federalist served... Read more |
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Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett (David Crockett) , 1786-1836, American frontiersman, b. Limestone, near Greeneville, Tenn. After serving (1813-14) under Andrew Jackson against the Creek in the War of 1812, he settled in Giles co., Tenn., and in 1821 was elected to the state legislature. In 1823, Crockett, having... Read more |
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Amos Kendall
Amos Kendall , 1789-1869, American journalist and statesman, b. Dunstable, Middlesex co., Mass. He edited (1816-29) at Frankfort, Ky., the Argus of Western America, one of the most influential Western papers of the day. At first a supporter of Henry Clay, he shifted allegiance to Andrew Jackson ... Read more |
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John McLean
John McLean , 1785-1861, American political figure and jurist, b. Morris co., N.J. His family moved to Ohio, where he studied law, was admitted (1807) to the bar, and practiced in Lebanon. He served in the House of Representatives (1813-16), was an associate justice of the Ohio supreme court... Read more |
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