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... West Virginia line , who moved from eastern Virginia to the primitive frontier settlement of Clarksburg about 1820 Frontispiece .. Opp . page 8 Mrs. John J. Davis , mother of the Democratic candidate , whom he strongly resembles . She ...
... West Virginia line , who moved from eastern Virginia to the primitive frontier settlement of Clarksburg about 1820 Frontispiece .. Opp . page 8 Mrs. John J. Davis , mother of the Democratic candidate , whom he strongly resembles . She ...
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... West Virginia bar at 33 , a commanding mind in Congress at 38 , Solicitor General of the United States at 40 , appointed to the nation's highest diplomatic post at 45 , the acknowledged leader of the American bar at 49 , the ...
... West Virginia bar at 33 , a commanding mind in Congress at 38 , Solicitor General of the United States at 40 , appointed to the nation's highest diplomatic post at 45 , the acknowledged leader of the American bar at 49 , the ...
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... West Virginia line , who moved from eastern Virginia to the primitive frontier settlement of Clarksburg about 1820 麈" B. E. - When George Bernard Shaw was.
... West Virginia line , who moved from eastern Virginia to the primitive frontier settlement of Clarksburg about 1820 麈" B. E. - When George Bernard Shaw was.
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... West Virginia is full of Davises , most of them of Maryland stock . A collateral branch traces direct de- scent from Thomas Davis of London , who came of an ancient Welsh family which had settled in Shropshire . He arrived in Maryland ...
... West Virginia is full of Davises , most of them of Maryland stock . A collateral branch traces direct de- scent from Thomas Davis of London , who came of an ancient Welsh family which had settled in Shropshire . He arrived in Maryland ...
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... West Virginia , where he died in 1839 at the age of 70. Though he was a toiler he had a coat of arms , dating from before 1650 , which was a Phoenix rising to the sun , the whole set off with the laudible motto , ' Ad diem tendo ...
... West Virginia , where he died in 1839 at the age of 70. Though he was a toiler he had a coat of arms , dating from before 1650 , which was a Phoenix rising to the sun , the whole set off with the laudible motto , ' Ad diem tendo ...
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