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William Hyde (journalist)
William Elisha Hyde (1836-1898) was an American journalist, the managing editor of the ''Missouri Republican'' newspaper of St. Louis, Missouri, for nineteen years. Personal life Hyde was born on August 27, 1836, in Lima, New York, the son of Elisha Hyde of Connecticut, a teacher at Genesee College, and Amanda N. Gregory, also an educator, of Ithaca, New York. He had a brother, Horace L. Hyde, a journalist. William Hyde as a young man worked in the drug business, then became a teacher in a country district school. He attended McKendree College and then taught school. He received a legal education from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Hyde registered for the draft in June 1865. He was married in June 1867 to Hallie Benson of Missouri, whom one newspaper described as a "southern lady," in St. James Cathedral, Toronto, Illinois. Among those present were Jefferson Davis and Confederate General Jubal Early. The couple had two daughters, Chaille F. and Amy. Hyde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima, New York
Lima (, the name is a shibboleth) is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Livingston County, New York, Livingston County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 4,305 at the 2010 census. The town is in the northeast part of the county, south of Rochester, Monroe County, New York, Rochester. The Lima (village), New York, village of Lima is located within the town. History The town of Lima was organized in 1789 (before Livingston County was established) as the "Town of Charleston", but was renamed "Lima" in 1808 to reflect that many residents had come from Old Lyme, Connecticut, and to avoid confusion with the town of Charleston, New York, Charleston in Montgomery County, New York. The Genesee Wesleyan Seminary (1830) / Genesee College (1849) in Lima village was one of the first co-educational schools in the country when it first opened in 1822. Eventually, determined by a Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist-Episcopal convention in 1870, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John La Mountain
John LaMountain (1830 Wayne County, New York – February 14, 1870 South Bend, Indiana) was a ballooning pioneer. He was privately contracted as an aerial observer by General Butler at Fort Monroe during the American Civil War and is accredited with having made the first report of useful intelligence on enemy activity. Afterwards he worked a short assignment with the Union Army Balloon Corps. Early life and ballooning He had but little education, and on the early death of his father he became the sole support of his mother. When a young man he was successful in making several minor ascensions. Known more for his overbearingly contentious mannerisms, and a propensity to ride the coat tails of more successful balloonists, LaMountain was not considered relevant to the science of ballooning. In 1859 he was invited to join with the more senior and prominent, and just as sanctimonious, balloonist John Wise in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in Wise's mammoth aerostat appro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson County, New York
Jefferson County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,721. Its county seat is Watertown. The county is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. It is adjacent to Lake Ontario, southeast from the Canada–US border of Ontario. Jefferson County comprises the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2014, it elected Colleen M. O'Neill as the first woman county sheriff in the state. She had served with the New York State Police for 32 years. The popularity of the area as a summer tourist destination results in a dramatic increase of population during that season. The United States Army's 10th Mountain Division is based at Fort Drum. The base had a total population of nearly 13,000 according to the 2010 census. History When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Jefferson County was part of Albany County. This was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
