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# Sounds of Unity and Love

Sounds Of Unity and Love (S.O.U.L.) was an American group founded in 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Members were Lee Lovett (bass), Gus Hawkins (sax/flute), Paul Stubblefield (drums), and Walter Winston (guitar). Larry Hancock (vocals/organ) was added in 1971 and Bernard (Beloyd) Taylor (guitar) replaced Walter Winston in 1972.
In 1970, the group won the first prize of $1,000 in Cleveland a battle-of-the-bands contest sponsored by the May Department Stores Company, WHK radio station, and Musicor Records. They gained a recording contract with Musicor for their first single "Down In The Ghetto" (1971), produced by the TOP POP Recording Company 223 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City.
Two years later, S.O.U.L. were back to New York to record What is It, an LP with seven tracks of covers of jazz and funk tunes, that jumped for two months on the Top 40 album spot on Billboard's soul album chart. The album was released in Europe just in the early 1990s on the BGP label.
S.O.U.L. released seven singles between 1971 and 1974 for Musicor, cracking the top 50 Hot R & B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the summer of 1973. After a successful second LP, Can You Feel It?, the group split in 1975. Taylor moved to Los Angeles in 1973 with the group Mellow Thunder headed up by Melvin Ware, after which under new publishing and production contracts with Ware, he and Peter Cor, wrote 27 songs one of which was "Get Away". Wares' publishing company made the deal with Earth, Wind & Fire for "Getaway" in 1976 and his production company struck the recording deal with 20th Century Records. Hancock, also, moved to California and recorded for Decca Records including a duet with Alfie Silas; later he was part of the Platters. Gus Hawkins went back to college and worked as phlebotomist at the Cleveland Clinic before moving to Atlanta, Georgia. Lovett and Stubblefield continued to work in recording studios and labels. Sounds of Unity and Love was inducted into the inaugural class of the Official Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame at Cleveland State University, in August 2013.
"Burning Spear" was sampled by the Danish group ETA in 1997 on their track "Casual Sub (Burning Spear)". The song peaked at number 54 in Australia.

## Albums

* What Is It (Musicor Records, MS 3195 (1971); BGP Records, BPGD 1087, 1990)
** Tracks
*** "Down in the Ghetto" (Francis)
*** "Get Ready" (Robinson)
*** "Burning Spear" (Evans)
*** "Express Yourself" (Wright)
*** "Soul" (Hawkins/Lovett)
*** "Message from a Black Man" (Strong/Whitfield)
*** "Memphis Underground" (Mann)
* Can You Feel It (Musicor Records, MS 3230 (1972); BGP Records, BPGD 1107)
** Tracks
*** "Can You Feel It" (Hancock/Hawkins/Lovett/Stubblefield/Winston)
*** "Tell It Like It Is" (Hancock/Hawkins)
*** "Do What's Never Your Want to Do" (Hancock/Hawkins/Lovett)
*** "Peace of Mind" (Hancock/Hawkins/Lovett/Stubblefield/Winston)
*** "My Cherie Amour" (Cosby/Moy/Wonder)
*** "Love, Peace and Power" (Hancock/Hawkins/Lovett/Stubblefield/Winston)
*** "To Mend a Broken Heart" (Hancock)
*** "Sleeping Beauty" (Hawkins)
# George F. Langbein

George Frederick Langbein (June 29, 1842 Hirschhorn am Neckar, Grand Duchy of Hesse – May 27, 1911 Howells, Orange County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

The family emigrated to the United States in 1846, and settled in New York City. He graduated from Grammar School No. 19 in 1855. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1863, and practiced in New York City in partnership with his brother, Assemblyman J. C. Julius Langbein (1846–1910).
On January 23, 1886, his 21-year-old son George F. Langbein Jr. shot himself dead. The authorities believed in suicide, the parents in an accident.
Langbein was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York County, 10th D.) in 1887.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (7th D.) in 1888 and 1889.

## Sources

* The New York Red Book compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 403 and 505)
* A BULLET IN HIS BRAIN in NYT on January 24, 1886
* Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature in The Evening Journal Almanac (1888)
* Fourth Annual Record of Assemblymen and Senators from the City of New York in the State Legislature published by the City Reform Club (1889; pg. 79ff)
* DIED; LANGBEIN — Suddenly, May 27, 1911, George F. Langbein... in NYT on May 28, 1911
New York State Assembly :
| Preceded byCharles A. Binder | New York State Assembly New York County, 10th District 1887 | Succeeded byGeorge F. Roesch |
| New York State Senate |||
| Preceded byJames Daly | New York State Senate 7th District 1888–1889 | Succeeded byGeorge F. Roesch |
# Charles T. Saxton

Charles Terry Saxton (July 2, 1846 in Clyde, Wayne County, New York – October 23, 1903 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York) was an American lawyer and a Republican politician from New York.

## Life and politics

He was the son of Daniel Saxton and Eliza A. Saxton. He was educated at the Clyde High School. He was a member of the Young Men's Debating Club in Cortland (which later became the Delphic Fraternity.)
In 1861, he joined the 19th Regiment of New York Volunteers, and finished the American Civil War as a major. He fought in the Red River Campaign and in the Battle of Port Hudson. Afterwards he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was a Justice of the Peace, and President of the Village of Clyde.
He was an alternate delegate to the 1884 Republican National Convention, and a delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Wayne Co., 1st D.) in 1887, 1888 and 1889. In 1888, as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he took charge of the Ballot Reform Bill and secured its passage in both Assembly and Senate, but it was vetoed by Gov. David B. Hill. The next year, he had the bill passed again, but it was vetoed again by Hill.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1890 to 1894, sitting in the 113th, 114th, 115th, 116th (all four 28th D.) and 117th New York State Legislatures (26th D.); and was President pro tempore in 1894. In 1890, considering the governor's objections, he made a few changes to the Ballot Reform Bill and had it passed again, and it was finally enacted. He also was largely instrumental for the Electric Execution Bill to be passed and enacted. In 1891, he was appointed Chancellor of Union College, and the College awarded him the honorary degree of LL.D.
In the session of 1892, he made a strong but unsuccessful fight against the re-apportionment of the state, and for his refusal to vote on an enumeration bill (voting reapportionment) he and two other senators were declared guilty of contempt by Lt. Gov. William F. Sheehan and their names taken from the roll. But they were supported by the judiciary committee in their position, were purged of contempt and their names restored.
He was the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1895 to 1896, elected on the Republican ticket with Levi P. Morton at the New York state election, 1894. On November 19, 1896, his wife Helen M. Saxton died at Clyde.
On March 30, 1897, he was appointed one of the first judges of the New York Court of Claims, to take office on January 1, 1898, for a six-year term. Until the end of 1897, this body had been the Board of Claims, with three commissioners. He was chosen Chief Judge, and died in office.
Because of his failing health, he went in late 1903 to Clifton Springs, New York, but did not get better. After several weeks, he entered the City Hospital at Rochester, and died a week later.
# John J. O'Connor (Brooklyn politician)

John J. O'Connor (June 14, 1855 – January 21, 1898) was an Irish-American politician.

## Life

John was born on June 14, 1855, in Ireland, immigrating to Brooklyn as a child. He came from County Donegal.
After graduating from St James' School, he was employed first as a bookkeeper and later as a wine merchant.
In 1889, John was elected to the New York State Assembly, representing the Kings County 4th District. He served in the Assembly in 1890, 1891, 1892, and 1893.
John was a member of the Catholic Benevolent Legion, the Knights of Columbus, and the Royal Arcanum.
John died on January 21, 1898, in his home on 170 Concord Street. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.
# John L. Lawrence

John L. Lawrence (October 2, 1785 – July 24, 1849) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician from New York.

## Early life

John was born in New York City. He was the son of Jonathan Lawrence (1737–1812), a merchant and New York State Senator, and Ruth (née Riker) Lawrence (1746–1818), a member of the Riker family, for whom Rikers Island is named. Among his siblings were brothers Samuel Lawrence (1773–1837), a Congressmen, and William T. Lawrence (1788–1859).
He was also a direct descendant of Capt. James Lawrence, a hero of the War of 1812, and Maj. Thomas Lawrence of the British Army who received a land grant in 1656 in what became Queens.
He graduated from Columbia College in 1803.

## Career

From June 7, 1814, to May 19, 1815, he was Chargé d'Affaires at Stockholm, representing the United States during the absence of Minister to Sweden Jonathan Russell.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in 1816–17. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.
He was a presidential elector in 1840, voting for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (4th D.) in 1848 and 1849. In May 1849, he was appointed New York City Comptroller, but died two months later.

## Personal life

On June 2, 1816, he married Sarah Augusta Smith (1794–1877), daughter of Elizabeth (née Woodhull) Smith (daughter of Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull) and General John Tangier Smith, a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from New York. Together, John and Sarah were the parents of eleven children, including Abraham Riker Lawrence, a Justice of the Supreme Court of New York.
Lawrence died of cholera in New York City on July 24, 1849.
# Edward B. Osborne

Edward Butler Osborne (August 3, 1814 Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts – July 20, 1893 Albany, New York) was an American newspaper publisher and politician from New York.

## Life

He learned the printer's trade at the Northampton Gazette, and then worked for the Salem Landmark. In 1837, he co-published the Quincy Patriot. From 1837 to 1853, he published the Danbury Times. In 1853, he bought the Poughkeepsie American and renamed it the Dutchess Democrat. In 1856, he merged his paper with the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, and published it until 1883, when he retired.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Co., 2nd D.) in 1884 and 1885; Clerk of Dutchess County from 1886 to 1888; again a member of the State Assembly in 1891; and a member of the New York State Senate (15th D.) in 1892 and 1893.
He was found dead in his bed on the morning of July 20, 1893, at his lodgings in Clinton Avenue, in Albany.

## Sources

* The New York Red Book compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 403f, 503f and 508)
* New York State Legislative Souvenir for 1893 with Portraits of the Members of Both Houses by Henry P. Phelps (pg. 16f)
* DEATH OF SENATOR OSBORNE in NYT on July 21, 1893
New York State Assembly :
| Preceded byEdgar A. Briggs | New York State Assembly Dutchess County, 2nd District 1884–1885 | Succeeded byJohn I. Platt |
| Preceded byJohnston L. DePeyster | New York State Assembly Dutchess County, 2nd District 1891 | Succeeded byJames A. Vanderwater |
| New York State Senate |||
| Preceded byGilbert A. Deane | New York State Senate 15th District 1892–1893 | Succeeded byGeorge W. Robertson |
# Darius A. Ogden

Darius Adams Ogden (August 14, 1813 Northville, Cayuga County, New York – May 4, 1889 Penn Yan, Yates County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of Ezekiel Ogden (1772–1824) and Abigail Brandt (1775–1860). On December 18, 1834, he married Judith Ann Lawrence (1815–1895).
He was a Canal Appraiser from 1853 to 1854. Afterwards he was appointed by President Franklin Pierce U.S. Consul at Honolulu, then in the Kingdom of Hawaii, and stayed there until 1857. He was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Yates Co.) in 1862.
He helped New York Governor Samuel J. Tilden to break up the corrupt Canal Ring, and shortly afterwards was the last Canal Commissioner, elected in 1876, on the Democratic ticket. The office of Canal Commissioner was abolished by an amendment to the New York State Constitution, ratified at the same state election, pending the appointment of a Superintendent of Public Works. The Canal Commissioners remained in office until February 8, 1878, when the first Superintendent of Public Works, Benjamin S. W. Clark, qualified to take over the duties from the remaining two Canal Commissioners Ogden and Christopher A. Walrath.
He was appointed by Governor Grover Cleveland to the Prison Labor Commission in 1884. In 1885, he declined an appointment as Chief of Division in the Third Auditor's Office of the U.S. Treasury.
His son Charles E. Ogden was a member of the State Assembly from Monroe County in 1904.

## Sources

* The Ogden Family in America, Elizabethtown Branch (Philadelphia, 1907)
* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 43; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 406, 496 and 517)
* SKETCHES OF THE CANDIDATES in NYT on September 1, 1876
* LEGISLATION AT ALBANY - Mr. Howe's Prison Commission Bill Passed in NYT on April 4, 1884
* NOTES FROM WASHINGTON in NYT on June 10, 1885
* Appointments by Dem. governors, in NYT on December 12, 1887
* OPENING OF LEGISLATURE in NYT on January 3, 1904
* Political Graveyard
* History of the consuls at Honolulu
# Thomas A. Ledwith

Thomas A. Ledwith (February 14, 1840 in New York City – April 1, 1898 in New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He graduated from St. Francis Xavier College in 1856. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1861, and practiced in New York City.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 11th D.) in 1863. He was elected a New York City Police Justice (8th D.) in 1863, and re-elected in 1869. In 1870, he ran for Mayor of New York City but was defeated by Tammany man A. Oakey Hall. In 1871, he ran unsuccessfully for the New York Supreme Court (1st D.).
He was a member of the New York State Senate (7th D.) in 1874 and 1875.
He married Agnes McGowan (March 1, 1843 New York City, August 6, 1868 New York City) on April 11, 1866. They had one son, Joseph Ledwith (June 26, 1868 New York City, December 27, 1929 Bethel, Connecticut). He married Lucy A.Donahue ( November, 1853 New York City, January 28, 1941, New York City) and they had three children, Thomas Augustine, Mary and Frances.
He died at his home, at 28 West 72nd Street in New York City, and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens.

## Sources

* Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and the Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1862 and '63 by William D. Murphy (1863; pg. 354)
* Life Sketches of Government Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1875 by W. H. McElroy and Alexander McBride (pg. 74f) [e-book]
* POLITICAL; THE NOVEMBER ELECTION in NYT on October 30, 1870
* Religion in Politics in NYT on March 12, 1871
* NEW-YORK (listing the candidates for offices at the state election) in NYT on October 27, 1871
* DEATH LIST OF A DAY; Thomas A. Ledwith in NYT on April 5, 1898
New York State Assembly :
| Preceded byNoah A. Childs | New York State Assembly New York County, 11th District 1863 | Succeeded byCarolan O'Brien Bryant |
| New York State Senate |||
| Preceded byJames O'Brien | New York State Senate 7th District 1874–1875 | Succeeded byJames W. Gerard |
# Jake Harvie

Jake Michael Harvie (born 5 March 1998) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Australian national team. He also is a Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
Harvie was born in Dardanup, Western Australia, and made his senior international debut at the 2017 International Festival of Hockey in Bendigo, Australia.
Harvie won his first major tournament with Australia at the 2016-17 Hockey World League Final in Bhubaneswar, India. The team defeated Argentina 2–1 in the final to win the tournament.
In March 2018, Harvie was selected in the Australian national squad for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The team won the gold medal, defeating New Zealand 2–0 in the final.
He is the grandson of former Australian three-time hockey Olympian Gordon Pearce.
# Simon Seibert

Simon Seibert (September 12, 1857 Buffalo, Erie County, New York – 1917) was an American politician from New York.

## Life

He attended the public schools. In 1893, he became a clerk in the City Treasurer's office.
Seibert was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Co., 2nd D.) in 1894 and 1895.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (48th D.) from 1896 to 1898, sitting in the 119th, 120th and 121st New York State Legislatures.
He was an alternate delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention; and a delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention.
Seibert was a presidential elector in the 1904 presidential election.
He was buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo.
# Loren B. Sessions

Loren B. Sessions (October 12, 1827 – November 20, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was most notable for his service in the New York State Senate from 1878 to 1881.

## Life

Sessions was born in Brandon, Vermont on October 12, 1827, a son of John S. Sessions and Sally (Green) Sessions. Congressman Walter L. Sessions was his brother. His family moved to Clymer, New York in 1835, where Sessions attended the common schools, worked on his father's farm, and taught school. In 1846, he attended Westfield Academy, and in 1848 he graduated from Albany Normal School. He studied law with Lorenzo Morris in Mayville while continuing to teach school, was admitted to the bar in 1852, and practiced in Chautauqua County.
He was Deputy Clerk of the New York State Assembly in 1854, and Deputy Clerk of the New York State Senate in 1860. He was Town Supervisor of Harmony, New York from 1865 to 1870 and 1873 to 1889; and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Chautauqua County for seven terms.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (32nd D.) from 1878 to 1881, sitting in the 101st, 102nd, 103rd and 104th New York State Legislatures. In 1883, he was indicted and tried, for having attempted to bribe Assemblyman Samuel H. Bradley during the United States Senate special elections in New York, 1881. He was acquitted at his trial. Sessions died Panama, New York on November 20, 1897.

## Sources

* Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291)
* The State Government for 1879 by Charles G. Shanks (Weed, Parsons & Co, Albany NY, 1879; pg. 71f)
* THE LOREN B. SESSIONS CASE in NYT on October 3, 1883
* LOREN B. SESSIONS ACQUITTED in NYT on October 19, 1883
* DEATH LIST OF A DAY; Loren B. Sessions in NYT on November 21, 1897
* History of Harmony, NY transcribed from History of Chautauqua County, New York and Its People by John P. Downs & Fenwick Y. Hedley (1921), at Ray's Place
New York State Senate :
| Preceded byCommodore P. Vedder | New York State Senate 32nd District 1878–1881 | Succeeded byNorman M. Allen |
# Vinod Gudadhe Patil

Vinod Gudadhe Patil is an Indian politician and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Gudadhe Patil was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Nagpur West constituency in Nagpur district. He was minister Ministers of State in Narayan Rane ministry.
His son Prafulla Gudadhe-Patil unsuccessfully contested Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Election 2024 Against DCM Devendra Fadnavis from Nagpur South - West Assembly Constituency.
# Avery W. Severance

Avery W. Severance (February 23, 1819 – February 15, 1874) was an American farmer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was born on February 23, 1819, in New Haven, Oswego County, New York, the son of Seth Severance (1787–1856) and Abigail S. (Wells) Severance (c.1793–1821). In 1844, he married Julia N. Marvin (1823–1910), and they had several children. He engaged in farming, and was for some time President of the Agricultural Society of Oswego County. He became known as an intelligent mediator of local conflicts, and was appointed as guardian of dozens of orphaned children.
Severance was a Justice of the Peace in 1841; Supervisor of the Town of New Haven in 1855 and 1856, and from 1860 to 1871; and a member of the New York State Assembly (Oswego Co., 3rd D.) in 1865.
He died on February 15, 1874, in New Haven, New York.
# Webster Wagner

Webster Wagner (October 2, 1817 – January 13, 1882) was an American inventor, manufacturer and politician from New York.

## Life

Wagner was born near Palatine Bridge, New York. He developed a wagon-making business with his brother James. The business had folded by 1842, largely due to the Panic of 1837. After serving as an employee for the New York Central Railroad, Wagner invented the sleeping car and luxurious parlor car. He also perfected a system of ventilating railroad cars. His inventions were first used on the NY Central and later spread to other lines. He founded the Wagner Palace Car Company, located in Buffalo, New York. Several legal battles with the Pullman Company failed to put him and his partners out of business; at the time of his death the two companies were completing a merger.
He was married to Susan Davis, and they had five children.
He was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly (Montgomery Co.) in 1871; and of the New York State Senate from 1872 until his death, sitting in the 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, 102nd (all eight 15th D.), 103rd, 104th and 105th New York State Legislatures (all three 18th D.).
Wagner was killed in the 1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck while returning from Albany to New York City when two trains of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad collided in between the Kingsbridge and Spuyten Duyvil stations in The Bronx, two weeks into his sixth Senate term, on January 13, 1882. His body was found crushed between two of his company's cars.
Webster Wagner House at Palatine Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.