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BIOGRAPHIES (14274 words) |
 | William Bracken, farmer, P. Thebes, was born December 2, 1853 in Alexander County, Ill. He is a son of William and Martha (Witt) Bracken, natives of South Carolina, and early settlers in this county. |
 | William G. Sandusky, Captain of the Iron Mountain Railway Transfer (Julius Morgan), is a native of Fayette County, Penn. He is the oldest of a family of seven children of Albert G. Sandusky and Martha McClain, and was born August 4, 1846. |
 | William G., when a mere child, manifested a strong inclination for a life on the water, which was as strongly discouraged by his father, resulting as is often the case, in a radical move on the part of the boy. |
| No. 1999: Mary Anne's Book (691 words) |
 | Howley was born around 1806, she married the eighth baronet of Beaumont, and died at the age of 28. |
 | Lady Beaumont has suffered "a violent relapse of the prevailing Epidemic." That was a year before her death, and five years after she gave birth to the ninth baronet. |
 | Mary Anne Howley was an eldest daughter born after Bishop Howley's mar-riage in 1805. |