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Elbert Jay Benton
Elbert is a name that derived from the Germanic ''Alibert'' and may refer to: People Given name * Elbert Andrews (1901–1979), American baseball player * Elbert Adrain Brinckerhoff (1838–1913), American merchant and mayor * Egbert B. Brown (1816–1902), American Civil War Union general * Elbert Crawford (1966–2013), American football player * Elbert Dijkgraaf (born 1970), Dutch economist and politician * Elbert Allen Drummond (1943–2012), American heir, businessman and philanthropist * Elbert Guillory (born 1944), Louisiana politician * Elbert de Leeuw (1519/20–1598), Dutch jurist and statesman better known as Elbertus Leoninus * Elbert Peets (1886–1968), American landscape architect, city planner * Elbert Roest (born 1954), Dutch politician and historian * Elbert Root (1915–1983), American Olympic diver * Elbert A. Smith (1871–1959), American Latter Day Saints leader * Elbert B. Smith (1921–2013), American historian and author * Elbert H. Smith (fl. 183 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbert Andrews
Elbert DeVore Andrews (December 11, 1901 – November 25, 1979) was a professional baseball player who career lasted one season, 1925, with part of it being in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics. The other part of the season was in the Minor League Baseball, minor leagues with the Double-A Baltimore Orioles (minor league), Baltimore Orioles of the International League. Over his career in the majors, Andrews, a pitcher, compiled no Win–loss record (pitching), record and a 10.13 earned run average (ERA) in six games, all in relief pitcher, relief. Andrews batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Professional career Before signing a professional baseball contract, Andrews attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina from 1921 to 1923. Andrews only played one season, 1925, in the professional circuit. In the Minor League Baseball, minor leagues, Andrews pitched two games with the Baltimore Orioles (minor league), Baltimore Orioles of the Double-A Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbert Lee Trinkle
Elbert Lee Trinkle (March 12, 1876 – November 25, 1939) was an American politician who served as the 49th Governor of Virginia from 1922 to 1926. Biography On March 12, 1876, Trinkle was born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, as the youngest son of the prominent Trinkle family. After graduating from Hampden–Sydney College in 1895, he studied law at the University of Virginia, where he was manager of the Virginia Glee Club, and later opened a Wytheville law practice. Trinkle served as the chairman and an elector of the Democratic Party in 1916. He served two terms in the Virginia Senate before his election as governor in 1921. Trinkle boasted of his support for woman suffrage and some newspapers credited his victory in the primary in part to the women’s vote. Trinkle also acted as a delegate for Virginia to the Democratic National Convention in 1924 and 1928. On November 25, 1939, he died in Richmond, Virginia, and was interred in East End Cemetery in Wytheville. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbert, Texas
Elbert is a census-designated place (CDP) in Throckmorton County, Texas, United States. The population was 30 at the 2010 census. Geography Elbert is located at (33.274758, -99.002109). According to the United States Census Bureau in 2000, the CDP has a total area of 11.7 square miles (30.4 km2), all of it land. Prior to the 2010 census, the CDP lost area reducing it to a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 30 people, a decrease of 46.43% since 2000 (26 people). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.67% White (29 people) and 3.33% Native American (1 person). The CDP did not have any people from Hispanic or Latino of any race. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 56 people, 24 households, and 16 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4.8 people per square mile (1.8/km2). There were 32 housing units at an average density of 2.7/sq mi (1.1/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.86% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbert County, Georgia
Elbert County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,637. The county seat is Elberton. The county was established on December 10, 1790, and was named for Samuel Elbert. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (6.2%) is water. The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state. The northern half of Elbert County, north of a line made by following State Route 17 from Bowman southeast to Elberton, and then following State Route 72 east to just before the South Carolina border, and then heading south along the shores of Lake Richard B. Russell & Clarkes Hill to the county's southeastern tip, is located in the Upper Savannah River sub-basin of the larger Savannah River basin. The portion of the county south of this line is located in the Broad River sub-basin of the Savannah River basin. Major highways * State Route 17 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbert County, Colorado
Elbert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,062. The county seat is Kiowa and the largest town is Elizabeth. Elbert County is included in the Denver-Aurora- Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Elbert County was created on February 2, 1874, from the eastern portions of Douglas County. On February 6, 1874, the county was enlarged to include part of northern Greenwood County upon Greenwood's dissolution, and originally extended south and east of its present boundaries to reach to the Kansas state line. The county was named for Samuel Hitt Elbert, the Governor of the Territory of Colorado when the county was formed. In 1889, Elbert County was reduced to its modern size when its eastern portions were taken to create Lincoln, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne counties. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.01%) is water. Adjacent counti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbert, Colorado
Elbert is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Elbert County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Elbert post office has the ZIP Code 80106. At the United States Census 2010, the population of the Elbert CDP was 230, while the population of the 80106 ZIP Code Tabulation Area was 4,232 including adjacent areas. History The Elbert post office has been in operation since 1875. The community takes its name from Elbert County. The most significant flood events in Elbert County occurred in 1935, 1965, 1997, and 1999. The most damaging flood was in 1935, when flooding on Kiowa Creek destroyed three-fourths of the structures location in Elbert and resulted in nine deaths, seven of them in Elbert. All bridges were lost, 59 buildings were destroyed, water was deep, and there were of sand. Three-fourths of the town of Elbert was destroyed and no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Hoyt Elbert
Samuel Hoyt Elbert (8 August 1907 – 14 May 1997) was an American linguist who made major contributions to Hawaiian and Polynesian lexicography and ethnography. Born on a farm in Des Moines, Iowa, to Hugh and Ethelind Elbert, Sam grew up riding horses, one of his favorite pastimes well into retirement. After graduating from Grinnell College with an A.B. in 1928, he earned a certificate in French at the University of Toulouse and traveled in Europe before returning to New York City, where he waited tables, clerked for a newspaper, reviewed books, and studied journalism at Columbia University. Wanderlust took him to French Polynesia, first to Tahiti and then to the Marquesas, where he quickly became proficient in Marquesan. In 1936, he went to work for the United States Geological Survey in Hawaii. There he met researchers on Pacific languages and cultures at the Bishop Museum, chief among them Mary Kawena Pukui, from whom he learned Hawaiian and with whom he worked closely over a sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Hitt Elbert
Samuel Hitt Elbert (April 3, 1833 – November 27, 1899) was an attorney in the Nebraska Territory before settling in the Colorado Territory. He served as the Secretary of the territory and from 1873 to 1874, he was the Governor of the Colorado Territory. He was a justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1876 to 1888 and was chief justice from 1879 to 1882. He was married to Josephine Evans, the daughter of Territorial Governor John Evans. She died of tuberculosis following the birth and death of her only child; the Evans Memorial Chapel was built by her father in her memory. Early life and education Samuel Hitt Elbert was born in Logan County, Ohio. His parents were Achsa Hitt, the daughter of Rev. Samuel Hitt, and John Downs Elbert, a physician and surgeon. He descends from early colonists and Huguenots. His great-grandfather, Dr. John Lodman Elbert, was a surgeon during the American Revolution. He moved with his family to the Iowa Territory in 1840. He attended public s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Elbert
Samuel Elbert (1740November 1, 1788) was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Savannah, Georgia. Elbert fought in the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, commanding the victorious American colonial forces in a naval battle near St. Simons Island, Georgia on April 19, 1778. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Brier Creek the following year, though he regained his freedom in a prisoner exchange. He rose to the rank of major general in the Georgia militia and colonel in the Continental Army. He was brevetted a brigadier general after the end of the war. Samuel Elbert was an original Society of the Cincinnati, member of Society of the Cincinnati, the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Georgia. In 1784, he was elected to the United States Congress, but declined to serve because he did not consider himself physically fit for the task. He did later serve a term as the List of Governors of Georgia, Governor of Georgia. Elbert was a Freemason. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Elbert
Emily Elbert (born December 21, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Los Angeles, California. She has independently released six albums: ''Bright Side'' (2006), ''Proof'' (2010), and ''Alive, In Love'' (2011), ''Evolve'' (2013), ''We Who Believe in Freedom'' (2018), and ''Woven Together'' (2022). Elbert was a member of Esperanza Spalding's experimental jazz and theater project from 2015 to 2016. The band toured internationally and recorded one album, ''Emily's D+Evolution''. In 2019, she joined the band of songwriter Jenny Lewis. In 2022 she joined Jacob Collier's band, undertaking a world tour. Elbert has also contributed to projects led by Jacob Collier, Lorde, Leon Bridges, Sara Bareilles, Mike Gordon of Phish, Dweezil Zappa, and Bruno Major. Biography Elbert was born in Dallas, Texas. Early influences cited include Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, and Jimi Hendrix. She recorded her first album ''Bright Side'' while in high school, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnie Elbert
Donnie Elbert (May 25, 1936 – January 26, 1989) was an American soul singer and songwriter, who had a prolific career from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s. His U.S. hits included "Where Did Our Love Go?" (1971), and his reputation as a Northern soul artist in the UK was secured by "A Little Piece of Leather", a performance highlighting his powerful falsetto voice. Career Elbert was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but when aged three his family relocated to Buffalo, New York. He learned to play guitar and piano as a child, and in 1955 formed a doo-wop group, the Vibraharps, with friend Danny Cannon. Elbert acted as the group's guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and background vocalist, making his recording debut on their single "Walk Beside Me". He left the group in 1957 for a solo career, and recorded a demonstration record that earned him a recording contract with the King label's DeLuxe subsidiary. His solo debut "What Can I Do?" reached #12 in the U.S. R&B chart, and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andor Elbert
Andor Elbert (October 29, 1934 – May 27, 2014) was born in Hungary and later immigrated to Canada after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and became a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1960s. He finished seventh in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 .... Partner was Fred Heese. Married with 2 daughters, he currently resides in Northern California. He founded Mosomedve Laundromat in Hungary in 2004. ReferencesSports-reference.com profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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