Geburt
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1815 |
Waren, Müritz, Grand Duchy =Großherzogtum of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation =Deutscher Bund nach diesem Ort suchen |
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Tod
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1891 |
Alexander, Morgan, Illinois nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AName: not,or ...
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(born Elias [birth record], later in USA called Eugene and Edward, and instead of Solomon: Salvadore) nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AGeburt: not,or...
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(jkm Waren *1815; thus not 1- or 29- or 1885) (and circumcision 18-4- in Waren) nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 4.Teil
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rivers, and then engaged in railroading, under Thaddeus Stevens (afterwards the great commoner), on the Harrisburg & Gettysburg Railway. This road was called "Thad. Stevens' tape-worm," owing to its p nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 3.Teil
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South America. After the latter voyage he was shipwrecked on the Louisiana coast, and finally landed upon the Unhappy Islands. He then went up the Mississippi river, then up the Ohio, and came to Penn nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 5.Teil
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to Pennsylvania, he discovered the oil which of late has made Oil Creek so noted. He had some analyzed by a chemist at Pittsburg, who pronounced it excellent for rheumatism. It was called at this time nach diesem Ort suchen |
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Sight tod./Main gen.probl
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He had to leave Germany, being involved in the 1830-revolution. In the USA he said to be of Norwegian descent, hiding the Jewry. He laid out the present town of Alexander, IL, naming it af nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 1.Teil
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(Jewish) ( http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/morgan/1894/1894_3.html#hinrichsenes ) nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 2.Teil
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(He was a clerk in the city of Laage for three years. He next entered a large wholesale establishment in the city of Hamburg. He was also supercargo on a vessel for nearly three years, and made two tr nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 6.Teil
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nature of the same, and thus let the golden opportunity of making a fortune slip through his hands, not knowing that the oil could be obtained in large quantities by boring. At this time, any of the l nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 7.Teil
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cents per acre. Mr. H. was the first man in the country to have the oil analyzed, and was the predecessor of those speculating parties, who almost coined gold out of the wild and inhospitable soil o nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 8.Teil
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first introducing to the attention of the chemist this now far-famed petroleum.) nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 9.Teil
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(Mr. H. started for the west in 1840, and arrived in Illinois in the latter part of March, of the same year. After a close examination of the state, he finally settled in Franklin, Morgan County, abou nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 10.Teil
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Here he established himself in the mercantile business. He remained in this line of trade until 1852. He laid out Franklin, now known as Orleans, in 1852, and established his brother in the general me nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 11.Teil
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name of the subject of this sketch. In 1853 he sold his store at Franklin, and purchased a firm three miles north of Franklin. He was also the station agent at Orleans, and grain buyer. In 1856 he pur nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 12.Teil
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being able to obtain sufficient ground for building purposes at Orleans, in 1857 he laid out the present town of Alexander, naming it after the "Napoleon farmer of the west" - John T. Alexander, Esq nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 13.Teil
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. He was the stock agent of the Great Western Railroad in 1857. He held that position to the satisfaction of all parties concerned till 1867, when the consolidated Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway app nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 14.Teil
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to Quincy, with all the branches of the road, with the single exception of the city of St. Louis. This business occupies nearly all his time, as the great railway, with its immense traffic in stock tr nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 15.Teil
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important point to another. The position is a great compliment to the business skill and management of the subject of this article. That he is worthy of the confidence placed in him by the officers o nach diesem Ort suchen |
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AStory 16.Teil
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of years in which he has been in their employ. Details at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/morgan/1906bios/hinrichsen.html ) nach diesem Ort suchen |
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Data completeness
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Heirat
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1845 |
Quincy, Adams, Illinois nach diesem Ort suchen |
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