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Erastus
Erastus is a masculine given name which may refer to: Biblical figures: * Erastus of Corinth, in the New Testament of the Bible People: * Erastus of Scepsis, 4th century BC student of Plato * Erastus Newton Bates (1828–1898), American politician and Civil War brigadier general * Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821–1894), American printer and pioneer publisher of pulp fiction * Erastus C. Benedict (1800–1880), American lawyer and politician * Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879), inventor of weaving machines * Erastus Brooks (1815–1886), American newspaper editor and politician * Erastus Corning (1794–1872), businessman and politician * Erastus Corning 2nd (1909–1983), mayor of Albany, New York, great-grandson of the above * Erastus Milo Cravath (1833–1900), American abolitionist, field secretary with the American Missionary Association, co-founder and president of Fisk University and founder of numerous other historically black colleges * Erastus D. Culver (1803–1889), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus B
Erastus is a masculine given name which may refer to: Biblical figures: * Erastus of Corinth, in the New Testament of the Bible People: * Erastus of Scepsis, 4th century BC student of Plato * Erastus Newton Bates (1828–1898), American politician and Civil War brigadier general * Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821–1894), American printer and pioneer publisher of pulp fiction * Erastus C. Benedict (1800–1880), American lawyer and politician * Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879), inventor of weaving machines * Erastus Brooks (1815–1886), American newspaper editor and politician * Erastus Corning (1794–1872), businessman and politician * Erastus Corning 2nd (1909–1983), mayor of Albany, New York, great-grandson of the above * Erastus Milo Cravath (1833–1900), American abolitionist, field secretary with the American Missionary Association, co-founder and president of Fisk University and founder of numerous other historically black colleges * Erastus D. Culver (1803–1889), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus J
Erastus is a masculine given name which may refer to: Biblical figures: * Erastus of Corinth, in the New Testament of the Bible People: * Erastus of Scepsis, 4th century BC student of Plato * Erastus Newton Bates (1828–1898), American politician and Civil War brigadier general * Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821–1894), American printer and pioneer publisher of pulp fiction * Erastus C. Benedict (1800–1880), American lawyer and politician * Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879), inventor of weaving machines * Erastus Brooks (1815–1886), American newspaper editor and politician * Erastus Corning (1794–1872), businessman and politician * Erastus Corning 2nd (1909–1983), mayor of Albany, New York, great-grandson of the above * Erastus Milo Cravath (1833–1900), American abolitionist, field secretary with the American Missionary Association, co-founder and president of Fisk University and founder of numerous other historically black colleges * Erastus D. Culver (1803–1889), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus C
Erastus is a masculine given name which may refer to: Biblical figures: * Erastus of Corinth, in the New Testament of the Bible People: * Erastus of Scepsis, 4th century BC student of Plato * Erastus Newton Bates (1828–1898), American politician and Civil War brigadier general * Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821–1894), American printer and pioneer publisher of pulp fiction * Erastus C. Benedict (1800–1880), American lawyer and politician * Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879), inventor of weaving machines * Erastus Brooks (1815–1886), American newspaper editor and politician * Erastus Corning (1794–1872), businessman and politician * Erastus Corning 2nd (1909–1983), mayor of Albany, New York, great-grandson of the above * Erastus Milo Cravath (1833–1900), American abolitionist, field secretary with the American Missionary Association, co-founder and president of Fisk University and founder of numerous other historically black colleges * Erastus D. Culver (1803–1889), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus G
Erastus is a masculine given name which may refer to: Biblical figures: * Erastus of Corinth, in the New Testament of the Bible People: * Erastus of Scepsis, 4th century BC student of Plato * Erastus Newton Bates (1828–1898), American politician and Civil War brigadier general * Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821–1894), American printer and pioneer publisher of pulp fiction * Erastus C. Benedict (1800–1880), American lawyer and politician * Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879), inventor of weaving machines * Erastus Brooks (1815–1886), American newspaper editor and politician * Erastus Corning (1794–1872), businessman and politician * Erastus Corning 2nd (1909–1983), mayor of Albany, New York, great-grandson of the above * Erastus Milo Cravath (1833–1900), American abolitionist, field secretary with the American Missionary Association, co-founder and president of Fisk University and founder of numerous other historically black colleges * Erastus D. Culver (1803–1889), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus D
Erastus is a masculine given name which may refer to: Biblical figures: * Erastus of Corinth, in the New Testament of the Bible People: * Erastus of Scepsis, 4th century BC student of Plato * Erastus Newton Bates (1828–1898), American politician and Civil War brigadier general * Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821–1894), American printer and pioneer publisher of pulp fiction * Erastus C. Benedict (1800–1880), American lawyer and politician * Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879), inventor of weaving machines * Erastus Brooks (1815–1886), American newspaper editor and politician * Erastus Corning (1794–1872), businessman and politician * Erastus Corning 2nd (1909–1983), mayor of Albany, New York, great-grandson of the above * Erastus Milo Cravath (1833–1900), American abolitionist, field secretary with the American Missionary Association, co-founder and president of Fisk University and founder of numerous other historically black colleges * Erastus D. Culver (1803–1889), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus Corning
Erastus Corning (December 14, 1794 – April 9, 1872) was an American businessman and politician from Albany, New York. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as mayor of Albany from 1834 to 1837, in the New York State Senate from 1842 to 1845, and in the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1859, and from 1861 to 1863. A native of Norwich, Connecticut, Corning moved to Troy, New York when he was 13 so he could be trained for a career as a merchant. He worked as a clerk in his uncle's hardware store for six years, then moved to Albany, New York to work for the retail business owned by James Spencer. Corning eventually became the senior partner in the enterprise, which he combined with businesses he inherited from his uncle to create Erastus Corning & Co. The Corning company sold ironware, including tools and farm implements, nails, stoves, parts for railroad cars, and rails for railroads. John V. L. Pruyn married Corning's niece Harriet, and Pruyn and Corn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus Salisbury Field
Erastus Salisbury Field (May 19, 1805 in Leverett, Massachusetts – June 28, 1900 in Sunderland, Massachusetts) was an American folk art painter of portraits, landscapes, and history pictures. Erastus Field and his twin sister, Salome, were born in Leverett, Massachusetts, on May 19, 1805. By the age of nineteen, Field had displayed sufficient talent in sketching portraits to be admitted as a student at the studio of Samuel F. B. Morse in New York. Morse closed his studio some three months later, and Field returned to Leverett in 1825.Maytham (1963), pp. 31–33 His earliest known painting is a portrait of his grandmother, Elizabeth Billings Ashley, painted around 1826. Field married Phebe Gilmur in Ware, Massachusetts, in 1831. They had one daughter, born in 1832. Field made a good living as a limner or itinerant portrait painter in the 1830s, traveling in western Massachusetts and the Connecticut Valley. He was known for his ability to capture "a good likeness" in a sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus Of Corinth
Erastus of Corinth ( el, Ἔραστος, ''Erastos''), also known as Erastus of Paneas, held the political office of steward ( el, οἰκονόμος, ''oikonomos''), in Corinth, according to the Epistle to the Romans 16:23 of the New Testament. The office is defined as "the manager of household or of household affairs" or, in this context, "treasurer". The King James Version uses the translation "chamberlain", while the New International Version uses "director of public works". A person named Erastus mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:20 and Acts 19:22 is often taken to be the same person. According to the tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Erastus is numbered among the Seventy Disciples. He served as a deacon and steward of the Church at Jerusalem and later of Paneas in Palestine. The Church remembers St. Erastus on January 4 among the Seventy, and on November 10. Relevant verses Erastus inscription In 1929, an inscription mentioning an Erastus was found near a pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus Corning 2nd
Erastus Corning 2nd (October 7, 1909 – May 28, 1983) was an American politician. A Democrat, Corning served as the 72nd mayor of Albany, New York from 1942 to 1983, when Albany County was controlled by one of the last classic urban political machines in the United States. Corning hailed from a prominent Albany family. His great-grandfather, Erastus Corning, was an industrialist who founded the New York Central Railroad and served in Congress and as Albany's mayor from 1834 to 1837. Another great-grandfather, Amasa J. Parker, was a member of Congress and prominent judge. Corning's father, Edwin Corning, was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1927 to 1928. His uncle, Parker Corning, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. His brother, Edwin Corning Jr. served as a member of the New York State Assembly. Corning was educated at The Albany Academy, Groton School, and Yale University (class of 1932). The Corning family was involved in several Alba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus Wiman
Erastus Wiman (21 April 1834 – 9 February 1904) was a Canadian journalist and businessman who later moved to the United States. He is best known as a developer in the New York City borough of Staten Island. Biography Wiman was born in Churchville, Upper Canada (now part of Ontario) on April 21, 1834 to Erastus Wyman and Therese Amelia née Matthews. Wiman's first job was at the ''North American'' in Toronto (not to be confused with the Philadelphia-based paper) at age 16, as an apprentice printer for a salary of $1.50 a week for his first cousin Hon. Sir William MacDougall (whose mother Hannah was Therese's sister) and was a founding father of Canadian Confederation. After four years, he worked as a reporter and later the business editor for the ''Toronto Globe''. He moved into business for R.G. Dun and Co., becoming the manager of the company's Ontario branch at age 26. At age 33, he was transferred to New York and would become general manager of the company (at this poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus Wells
Erastus Wells (December 2, 1823 – October 2, 1893) was a 19th-century politician and businessman from Missouri. Wells was born in Jefferson County, New York, and was the only son of Otis Wells, a descendant of Hugh Welles, an early colonist of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Otis Wells was a farmer and died when Erastus was only fourteen. Erastus was the grandson of Ethelinda Otis and a relation of John Otis, who helped found the town of Hingham, Massachusetts in 1635. Other notable relatives include James Otis, a successful lawyer, Harrison Gray Otis, a statesman and orator, Samuel A. Otis, one of the framers of the constitution of Massachusetts, and George Otis, a clergyman and author. Wells married Isabella Bowman Henry, daughter of Captain John Henry of Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1850. Isabella and Erastus Wells were the parents of three children, including former St. Louis Mayor Rolla Wells. Wells' first wife died in 1877 and he was later remarried to Eleanor P. Bell of St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erastus Flavel Beadle
Erastus Flavel Beadle (September 9, 1821 – December 18, 1894) was an American printer and pioneer in publishing pulp magazines, pulp fiction. Biography Erastus was born in Otsego County, New York, United States, in 1821, and had a brother, Irwin Pedro Beadle (1826-1882), who assisted him in various business undertakings. They were the grandsons of Benjamin Beadle, a Revolutionary War soldier. After a hiatus in Michigan, the Beadle family moved to New York, and lived in Chautauqua County, New York. Erastus worked for a miller named Hayes, where he began his printing career when cutting wooden letters to label bags of grain. In 1838, he was apprenticed to ''H. & E. Phinney'', a publishing firm in Cooperstown, New York. There he learned typesetting, Stereotype (printing), stereotyping, binding, and engraving. He married Mary Ann Pennington (d.1889) in 1846, and in 1847 the couple moved to Buffalo, New York, where Erastus worked as a stereotyper. In 1849 Irwin went to Buffalo t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
