Word: descendantal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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He is, for example, a descendant of one William Dawes who emigrated from England in 1635. Another William Dawes, one of his ancestors, was a companion of Paul Revere in the famous equestrian escapade near Boston. In 1865 he was born, in Marietta, son of General Rufus R. Dawes commander...
Died. Eli Whitney, 77, president of the New Haven Water Co., direct descendant of the cotton-gin inventor, of heart disease; at New Haven.
A descendant of the Mayflower who was born in San Francisco Bay died last week in Cambridge, Mass. He added another one to the great group of journalists of yesterday who have left newspaperdom forever.
Deputy Prince Joachim Murat, a descendant of one Joachim Murat, King of Naples and Napoleon's "playmate," was set upon by "hoodlums" who obviously did not like him. The Prince was kicked, scratched, poked, spat upon and hurled from the platform from which he was speaking at Souillac, Communist...
The comparison which Professor Morize draws between American and French education, for his remarks do not seem entirely applicable to England--indicates a keen insight and suggests an unusual analytical explanation of present day conditions both in this country and abroad. The French have often been termed the most intelligent...