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James Owen (American Politician)
James Owen (December 7, 1784, Bladen County – September 4, 1865, Wilmington) was an American politician from North Carolina, a planter, major-general, businessman, and enslaver of Omar ibn Said. He was educated in private schools in Pittsburg. Subsequently, he was for many years president of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad and a major-general of the militia. His brother John Owen was governor of North Carolina. Owen was a member of the North Carolina state legislature in 1808-1811 and a Democrat U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 5th congressional district North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the central western portion of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Metrolina western suburbs. the district borders Tennessee, Virginia and South Carolina While the bulk of its ... from 1817 to 1819. He died in 1865 and was interred at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington. References * * Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (1900, volum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bladen County, North Carolina
Bladen County () , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the . Retrieved 2013-02-08. is a located in the of . As of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Columbia Sourcebook Of Muslims In The United States, Screenshot
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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