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Descendants Of Simon Willard
Simon Willard (1605–1676) family: Selected lineage The following selected lineage is primarily paternal, hence the same surnames. Note that, with respect to traversalness (breadth and depth), the tree does not aim for comprehensiveness in terms to breadth. See also * Willard InterContinental Washington, established just prior to the Civil War by Henry "Harry" C. Augustus Willard (1822–1909), 5th great-grandson (8th generation descendant) of Simon Willard. * Archibald MacNeal Willard Archibald MacNeal Willard (August 22, 1836 – October 11, 1918) was an American painter who was born and raised in Bedford, Ohio. He was the son of Samuel Willard, the pastor of Bedford Baptist Church. Willard had an interest in art ever sinc ... (1838–1918), American painter, 5th great-grandson (8th generation descendant) of Simon Willard * Ashbel Parsons Willard (1820–1860), Indiana state senator, 12th Indiana Lieutenant Governor, and 11th Indiana Governor, 3rd great-grandson ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Willard (Massachusetts Colonist)
Simon Willard (1605–1676) was an early Massachusetts fur trader, colonial militia leader, legislator, and judge. Early life Willard was born in Horsmonden, Kent, England and baptized on April 7, 1605. He emigrated to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1634 with his first wife Mary Sharpe and their daughters Mary and Elizabeth. He was a founder of Concord, Massachusetts and served it as clerk from 1635 to 1653 and helped negotiate its purchase from the Native American owners. Willard represented Concord in the Massachusetts General Court from 1636 to 1654, and was assistant and councilor from 1654 to 1676. Work with settlement and Native Americans Willard served as an advisor to the Nashaway Company which founded Lancaster, Massachusetts, in the 1640s and 1650s, and he settled in Lancaster by 1660. In 1651 Willard laid out 1,000 acres for settlement along the Assabet River which may have included parts of what is now Maynard, Massachusetts when a Native American leader, Tantamous ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xerxes Addison Willard
Xerxes Addison Willard (1820–1882) was an American dairyman, lawyer, and newspaper editor who wrote under the name X. A. Willard. After touring dairies across Europe, he wrote ''Practical Dairy Husbandry'', a work of 550 pages published in octavo format in 1871. It became the standard reference work for dairies. ″He was one of the first to study carefully the principles underlying the production of milk and the manufacture of butter and cheese,” wrote H. H. Wing in the Cyclopedia of American Horticulture. In addition to numerous articles and pamphlets, Willard also wrote ''The Practical Butter Book'', which remained the authoritative text about butter for many years. The work of Otto Frederick Hunziker, ''The Butter Industry'', eventually superseded Willard′s work. Despite his travels, Willard was firmly anchored in his home town of Little Falls (city), New York. After graduating from Hamilton College in 1845, he began studying law with a firm in Little Falls. He married Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the west. An initial seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and, in 1861, forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. Led by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard InterContinental Washington
The Willard InterContinental Washington, commonly known as the Willard Hotel, is a historic luxury Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts hotel located at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Downtown Washington, D.C. It is currently a member oHistoric Hotels of America the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Among its facilities are numerous luxurious guest rooms, several restaurants, the famed Round Robin Bar, the Peacock Alley series of luxury shops, and voluminous function rooms. Owned jointly by Carr Companies and InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, it is two blocks east of the White House, and two blocks west of the Metro Center (Washington Metro), Metro Center station of the Washington Metro. History The first structures to be built at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.), Pennsylvania Avenue NW were six small houses constructed by Colonel John Tayloe III in 1816.Moeller and Weeks, ''AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C.'', 2006, p. 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Elizabeth Willard
Beatrice "Bettie" Willard (December 19, 1925 – 7 January 2003) was an American botanist who specialized in studies on the ecology and botany of high alpine tundra, as well as arctic tundra. Willard's studies influenced public policy with her studies, which centered on plant life at high altitudes. Willard was responsible for the establishment of the Beatrice Willard Alpine Tundra Research Plots above the treeline in Rocky Mountain National Park, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In later years she was an adviser to U.S. presidents Nixon and Ford as the first woman on the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Biography Beatrice Willard was born December 19, 1925, the daughter of Stephen and Beatrice Williard, living in Palm Springs, California and Sierra Nevada during her childhood. Her father was a noted landscape photographer. She developed an interest in natural studies by the time she was twelve. Beatrice grew up in a family that nurtured her earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charity Cannon Willard
Charity Cannon Willard (August 9, 1914 June 5, 2005), an American scholar, is best known for drawing attention to the 15th-century poet and author Christine de Pizan in the English-speaking world. Willard translated and wrote critical editions of Pizan's work, and "is widely regarded as the world's preeminent scholar" on Christine de Pizan. Honoured with several academic awards, she is regarded by scholars as a trailblazer in the study of Pizan. Career Willard graduated from Hiram College in 1934 with a Bachelor of Arts, going on to receive her Masters of Arts in French from Smith College in 1936, and attained a PhD in Romance Philology at Radcliffe College in 1940. Willard's first published work on Pizan was from her PhD dissertation, and was published in 1958. Her husband, Sumner Willard, was an officer and professor of foreign languages at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY; officer's wives were not allowed to work full-time outside of the home. As a result, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Louisa Willard
Mary Louisa Willard (May 19, 1898 – April 17, 1993) was internationally recognized for her work in microscopy and forensic science. She began working at Pennsylvania State University as an assistant in 1921, and retired as professor emerita in 1964. She assisted law enforcement officers throughout her career and after her formal retirement, often without pay. Education and career Mary Louisa Willard was born May 19, 1898, at Moffat Cottage on the Penn State campus, to Joseph Moody Willard and Henrietta Nunn. Her father was a professor at Pennsylvania State University. She completed her bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1921, becoming an assistant in the chemistry department. In 1923, when she completed her master's degree in organic chemistry, she was promoted to instructor. In 1927, she received her doctorate from Cornell University where she worked with William Ridgely Orndorff. She then became an assistant professor at Penn State. In 1938, she became a full professor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Myron Willard
Jess Myron Willard (December 29, 1881 – December 15, 1968) was an American world heavyweight boxing champion billed as the Pottawatomie Giant who knocked out Jack Johnson in April 1915 for the heavyweight title. Willard was known for size rather than skill, and though held the championship for more than four years, he defended it rarely. In 1919, when he was 37 years of age he lost the title in an extremely one sided loss by declining to come out for the fourth round against Jack Dempsey, who became a more celebrated champion. Soon after the bout Willard began accusing Dempsey of using something with the effect of a knuckle duster. Dempsey did not grant Willard a return match, and at 42 years old he was KO'd, following which he retired from boxing, although for the rest of his life continued claiming Dempsey had cheated. Ferdie Pacheco expressed the opinion in a book that the surviving photographs of Willard's face during the Dempsey fight indicate fractures to Willard's faci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Willard
Daniel Willard (January 28, 1861 – July 6, 1942) was an American railroad executive best known as the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) from 1910 to 1941. He served on or headed several government railroad commissions in World War I and appeared on the cover of ''Time'' magazine in 1932 due to his part in negotiating wage cuts in the Great Depression. Popularly known as "Uncle Dan," he established the B&O's reputation as a public-minded and innovative railroad. He is also remembered in Baltimore as a trustee (and from 1926 to 1941, chairman of its board) of the Johns Hopkins University. Willard, Ohio (originally Chicago Junction) was renamed in his honor in 1917. Early life Daniel Willard was born on January 28, 1861 to Mr. & Mrs. Daniel S. Willard in Hartland, Vermont, a small farm village. His mother died when he was five. On his father's side, he was descended from colonist Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (September 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Willard became the national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1879 and remained president until her death in 1898. Her influence continued in the next decades, as the Eighteenth (on Prohibition) and Nineteenth (on women's suffrage) Amendments to the United States Constitution were adopted. Willard developed the slogan "Do Everything" for the WCTU and encouraged members to engage in a broad array of social reforms by lobbying, petitioning, preaching, publishing, and education. During her lifetime, Willard succeeded in raising the age of consent in many states as well as passing labor reforms including the eight-hour work day. Her vision also encompassed prison reform, scientific temperance instruction, Christian socialism, and the global expansion of women's rights. Early life and education Willard was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Louis Willard
Martin Louis Willard (February 21, 1842 – January 1, 1921) was an American politician from New York. Life Willard was born on February 21, 1842, in Antwerp, New York, to Otis Willard (1807-1893) and Jerusha Ellis (1807-1868). He was brought up on a farm, and attended Ives Seminary and Eastman's Commercial College. In June 1861, during the American Civil War, Willard enlisted in the 35th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a private in Company C. He was wounded in August 1862, during the Second Battle of Bull Run. He was mustered out with his company in June 1863. In August 1864, he re-enlisted in the 186th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and was mustered in as a private in Company D in September. He was promoted to first sergeant, and was mustered out in June 1865. Willard worked as superintendent of the Alpine Iron and Furnace Company in Antwerp. He later served as street commissioner and deputy sheriff. From 1885 to 1891, he was postmaster of Antwerp. After his ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrus Field Willard
Cyrus Field Willard (August 17, 1858 – January 17, 1942) was an American journalist, political activist, and theosophist. Deeply influenced by the writing of Edward Bellamy, Willard is best remembered as a principal in several utopian socialist enterprises, including the late 1890s colonization efforts of the Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth (BCC). Biography Early years Cyrus Field Willard was born August 17, 1858 in Lynn, Massachusetts, a member of a family of six children.Richard C.S. Trahair (ed.), "Cyrus Field Willard," in ''Utopias and Utopians: An Historical Dictionary.'' Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999; pg. ???. The Willard family moved from Lynn to Boston in 1866, where Cyrus attended public school before gaining employment as a newspaper reporter for the ''Boston Globe.'' In addition to working as a journalist, Willard contributed occasional pieces to the periodical press, including a humorous 1887 interview with poet Walt Whitman, "A Chat with the Good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
