Word: sons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...father removed to Covington in 1842, and soon established himself in the profession of law. In 1844 he was married to Elizabeth N. Chase, having by her one son. She died in 1849, and in 1852 my father was again married to Clara F. Weston, of Louisville, Ky., daughter of Hon. Charles L. Weston, then mayor of the city. The following table will show my family...
...professor's son...
...life of Van Buren for the Statesman Series is to put his manuscript in the hands of the publisher by the first of October. He is to be allowed the use of a number of Van Buren's private papers, now in the hands of the widow of his son...
...intend to have a brilliant exhibition, but a place for serious labor and study. And the great enterprize called into existence in 1860 by Louis Agassiz, has now been nearly completed, according to the ideas of the father, by the energy and the organizing talent of the son. Over three hundred thousand dollars were subscribed in a short time, when Louis Agassiz came to America, and announced a plan for the erection of his museum. A whole school of young zoologists grew up at Cambridge. Collections of all kinds were bought in the old and in the new world, expeditions...
...Edward Everett Hale is engaged in co-operation with his son, a recent graduate, on an historical sketch of Benjamin Franklin's life in Paris during the Revolution. The work was suggested by the purchase by our government of the Franklin papers. That immense collection is understood to throw very curious sidelights on the history of the great negotiations in which Franklin was engaged. Mr. Hale will make full use of these new treasures...