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# Joseph H. Brownell

Joseph H. Brownell (April 21, 1854 – March 6, 1925) was an American lumberman, farmer, and politician from New York.

## Life

Brownell was born on April 21, 1854, in Windsor, New York, the son of farmer Bennett Brownell and Mary Ann Brownell.
Brownell grew up on his family farm. He attended school at the local district schools, Binghamton High School, the Windsor Academy, and the Cortland Normal School. He graduated from the latter school in 1877. He then returned to Windsor, where he was involved in the lumber trade and managed his farm. He owned around 310 acres of land and originally resided in the Brownell homestead. In 1892, he moved to the village of Windsor and developed an extensive lumber business.
Brownell was town supervisor from 1890 to 1892. In 1893, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Broome County. He served in the Assembly in 1894 (when he presented bills to amend the Binghamton charter, make the office of county clerk Broome County a salaried office, create a board of equalization of taxes in the county, authorize the town supervisors to appoint commissioners of equalization, and make appropriations for repairs for a military storehouse in Binghamton), 1895, and 1896. He again served as town supervisor in 1898 and 1899.
Brownell was master and senior deacon of the local Freemason lodge and a member of the Knights Templar and the Improved Order of Red Men. He attended the Episcopal Church. In 1881, he married Minnie L. Brush of Great Bend, Pennsylvania.
Brownell killed himself by drowning in the Susquehanna River on March 6, 1925. His body was found a month later, on April 9, in the river near Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery at Windsor.
# Latham A. Burrows

Latham Avery Burrows (August 30, 1792 Groton, New London County, Connecticut – September 25, 1855 Buffalo, Erie County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of Rev. Roswell Burrows (1768–1837) and Jerusha (Avery) Burrows (1771–1838). He removed to Owego, New York. In 1816, he married Sarah Lester.
He was a presidential elector in 1820, voting for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins. Burrows was Clerk of Broome County, New York from 1821 to 1822.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (6th D.) from 1824 to 1827, sitting in the 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th New York State Legislatures.
In 1848, he was Collector of Tolls for the Erie Canal at Buffalo.
New York State Comptroller Lorenzo Burrows (1805–1885) was his brother.

## Sources

* History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut by Richard Anson Wheeler (1900; pg. 283)
* The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 125ff, 139, 326 and 386; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
* Burrows genealogy at RootsWeb
* Marriage notice, transcribed from the Connecticut Courant, at RootsWeb
* The Buffalo Directory (1848; pg. 37)
New York State Senate :
| Preceded bySamuel G. Hathaway | New York State Senate Sixth District (Class 1) 1824–1827 | Succeeded byGrattan H. Wheeler |
# Stephen Allen (American politician)

Stephen Allen (July 2, 1767 – July 28, 1852) was an American politician from New York. He was both mayor of New York City and a senator.

## Biography

Orphaned by the death of his parent(s) in the Revolutionary War, Allen grew to become a wealthy sailmaker.
He was the 55th Mayor of New York City from December 1821 to 1824, first appointed by the Council of Appointment in 1821 and then elected by the Board of Aldermen in 1823 and 1824.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in 1826.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) from 1829 to 1832, sitting in the 52nd, 53rd, 54th and 55th New York State Legislatures.
In 1835, the same year as the Great Fire of New York, Allen moved to 1 Washington Square North, and led the commission that very quickly rebuilt New York's commercial center.
He died in the Henry Clay steamboat disaster on July 28, 1852, on the Hudson River near Riverdale in what was later called the Bronx and was buried at the New York City Marble Cemetery.
# John Beardsley (New York politician)

John Beardsley (November 9, 1783 – May 11, 1857) was an American farmer, merchant, banker and politician from New York.

## Life

He was born on November 9, 1783, in Southbury, Connecticut, the son of Eliakim Beardsley (1744–1798) and Esther (Sherman) Beardsley (1748–1822). On December 16, 1804, he married Alice Booth (1786–1877), and they had twelve children. In 1808, the family removed to that part of the Town of Scipio, New York, which was in 1823 separated as the Town of Venice. From 1820 to 1823, he was an associate judge of the Cayuga County Court.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Cayuga Co.) in 1832 and 1833. In 1836, he removed to Auburn, and was President of the Cayuga County Bank until 1843.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (7th D.) from 1836 to 1839, sitting in the 59th, 60th, 61st and 62nd New York State Legislatures.
From 1843 to 1845, he was Agent of Auburn State Prison.
He died on May 11, 1857, in Auburn, New York; and was buried at the Fort Hill Cemetery there.
His son Nelson Beardsley (1807–1894), law partner of William H. Seward from 1831 to 1842, was married to Frances Powers (1815–1854), daughter of State Senator James Powers.
His son Roswell Beardsley (1809–1902) was for 74 years Postmaster of North Lansing, appointed by John Quincy Adams on June 28, 1828, and died in office as the oldest postmaster in the United States.
# Nelson J. Beach

Nelson John Beach (September 21, 1800 Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut - February 22, 1876 Watson, Lewis County, New York) was an American surveyor, businessman and politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of John Beach (1770–1845). The family removed from Litchfield, Connecticut, to Watson, NY, in 1814. He married Emily Porter, and their children were George Byron Beach (d. 1870) and Anna Lydia Beach.
Beach became a land surveyor, and was engaged on the survey of a highway through the wilderness, projected to run from Crown Point on Lake Champlain to Carthage, Jefferson County, New York.
An Act, passed on March 29, 1828, by the New York State Legislature, allowed Nelson J. Beach to erect and exploit a toll bridge over the Black River between Lowville, NY, and Watson, NY.
He was Supervisor of the Town of Watson from 1831 to 1834, from 1837 to 1838, and in 1845. He was a Whig member of the New York State Assembly (Lewis Co.) in 1846, and of the New York State Senate (5th D.) in 1847. Here he advocated the construction of the Black River Canal.
He was one of the first three Canal Commissioners elected in 1847 under the New York State Constitution of 1846, and drew the two-year term, being in office from 1848 to 1849. In 1849, he ran for re-election on the Whig ticket, but was defeated by Frederick Follett. From January 1850 to November 1852, he was a Canal Appraiser. In 1854, he became Vice-President and Superintendent of Construction of the Hudson River Railroad. In 1855, he resigned this post, and accepted the appointment as Resident Engineer on the Eastern Division of the New York State Canals, remaining on the canal work for two years. Afterwards he took charge of the abandoned Ogdensburg, Clayton and Rome Railroad and closed up its affairs.
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him Assessor of Internal Revenue for the counties of Jefferson, Lewis and Herkimer.
# Byron D. Brown

Byron D. Brown (August 4, 1854 – October 4, 1929) was an American glove manufacturer and politician from New York.

## Life

Brown was born on August 4, 1854, in Broadalbin, New York, the son of Isaac Brown, a paper manufacturer, and Laura M. Smith. He grew up on the family farm, and moved to Mayfield in 1876. In 1881, he began manufacturing gloves, and owned a large factory near the village of Mayfield. He also owned the village drug store.
Brown served as town clerk, justice of the peace, and town supervisor. In 1895, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Fulton and Hamilton Counties. He served in the Assembly in 1896 and 1897. After his term expired, he was named collector for Internal Revenue. In 1917, he became Commissioner of Jurors of Fulton County. He held this office when he died.
In 1884, Brown married Elizabeth A. Griffis of Gloversville. They had no children. He was a member of the Freemasons, the Royal Arch Masonry, and the Odd Fellows. He was a member of the Mayfield Presbyterian church.
Brown died at home on October 4, 1929, less than a month after his wife's death. He was buried in the family plot in the Mayfield cemetery.
# John W. Browning

John Walker Browning (June 10, 1842 in New York City – 1904) was an American journalist, lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

He attended Public School No. 3 and then learned the trade of a bricklayer.
During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the 12th New York State Militia in April 1861, and was discharged in August. He enlisted in September 1861 in the 1st New York Engineers, and took part in the battles of Port Royal, Fort Pulaski, James Island and others in the Department of the South until December 1863 when he was discharged as a sergeant-major and brevet second lieutenant. He was a clerk in the U.S. Department of War from 1864 to 1867.
From 1868 to 1872 he was an inspector of the building department in New York City. He then became a journalist, and was the Albany correspondent of the New York Star and the New York Evening Express until 1877. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 9th D.) in 1878.
In November 1879 he was defeated for the State Senate by Republican Robert H. Strahan. In 1880, Browning unsuccessfully contested Strahan's election, and studied law. He was again a member of the State Assembly in 1881, was admitted to the bar later that year, and practiced in New York City. He was a member of the New York State Senate (8th D.) in 1882 and 1883.
In 1884, he removed to Denver, Colorado, and practiced law there. He was Assistant Postmaster of Denver from 1885 to 1888; and Melter of the U.S. Mint at Denver from 1888 to 1890.
He was buried at the Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.

## Sources

* Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291, 377 and 380)
* STATE LEGISLATIVE WORK in NYT on January 21, 1880
* Sketches of the Members of the Legislatures in The Evening Journal Almanac (1883)
* NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT in NYT on May 15, 1888
# Charles M. Bell

Charles M. Bell (July 14, 1840 – May 6, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

Bell was born on July 13, 1840, in York, New York. He attended the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in Alexander and the Amenia Seminary in Amenia, after which he taught at a school in Ancram.
In August 1862, during the American Civil War, he enlisted and was mustered in as a sergeant in Company G., 128th New York Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to first sergeant in July 1863. In September 1863, he was discharged to accept a commission as first lieutenant of Corps de Afrique, 91st United States Infantry, a regiment of black soldiers he and others from the 128th Regiment helped organize. He served in the 91st for the rest of the war. He fought in Port Hudson and the Red River Campaign. He was the eldest of four brothers that fought in the Civil War, two of whom were killed in the war. After the war, he returned to Columbia County, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867.
Bell served as District Attorney of Columbia County from 1872 to 1874. He unsuccessfully ran for Surrogate of Columbia County in 1883. In 1892, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Columbia County. He served in the Assembly in 1893. While in the Assembly, he introduced bills that appropriated $75,000 to construct additional buildings for the House of Refuge for Women in Hudson, dealt with bonded indebtedness in Mount Lebanon, regulated the compensation of town supervisors in Columbia County, amended the General Municipal Law, authorized Hudson to borrow money to build school buildings, revised Hudson's city charter, and made the County Clerk of Hudson County a salaried office.
Bell was a Master of his local Freemason lodge and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Bell died at home in Hillsdale from pneumonia on May 6, 1893. He was buried in Hillsdale Rural Cemetery.
# Arrondissements of the Val-de-Marne department

The 3 arrondissements of the Val-de-Marne department are:
* Arrondissement of Créteil, (prefecture of the Val-de-Marne department: Créteil) with 16 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 323,676 in 2021.
* Arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses, (subprefecture: L'Haÿ-les-Roses) with 18 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 578,438 in 2021.
* Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne, (subprefecture: Nogent-sur-Marne) with 13 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 513,253 in 2021.

## History

As parts of the department Seine, the arrondissement of Créteil was established in 1964, and the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne in 1966. In 1968 the department Val-de-Marne was created from parts of the former departments Seine and Seine-et-Oise, and the arrondissements of Créteil and Nogent-sur-Marne became part of it. The arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses was created in January 1973.
The borders of the arrondissements of Val-de-Marne were modified in February 2017:
* eight communes from the arrondissement of Créteil to the arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses
* two communes from the arrondissement of Créteil to the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne
* three communes from the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne to the arrondissement of Créteil
# La Seine no Hoshi

La Seine no Hoshi (ラ・セーヌの星, Ra Sēnu no Hoshi) is a Japanese anime series by Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise), which premiered in Japan on Fuji TV from April 4, 1975 and finished its run on December 26, 1975, spanning a total of 39 episodes. The title translates to English as "The Star of the Seine" or "The Seine's Star". It is based on Alain Delon's 1964 movie The Black Tulip (which, in spite of the title, is based on Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Black Tulip in name only).
It was created by Mitsuru Kaneko, and directed by Masaaki Ōsumi (episodes 1-26) and Yoshiyuki Tomino (episodes 27-39). It was written by Sōji Yoshikawa, while the character designer was Akio Sugino. The music for the series was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi.

## Plot

The story is set in Paris, on the eve of the French Revolution. The civilians have been suffering under the tyrannical rule of Louis XVI. In order to release the people from their suffering, Simone, a young girl whose parents were killed by the aristocrats, decides to challenge the corrupted aristocrats. Covering her face with a red mask and leaving a red carnation as a mark of her presence, Simone is La Seine no Hoshi.

## Staff

* Original Creator: Emukei (Mitsuru Kaneko)
* Chief Director: Masaaki Ōsumi (episodes 1-26)
* Assistant Director, Episode Director and Storyboards: Tetsu Dezaki
* Supervising Director: Masaaki Ōsumi (episodes 27-39)
* Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino (episodes 27-39)
* Screenplay: Sōji Yoshikawa
* Character Design: Akio Sugino
* Animation Directors: Mitsuo Shindō, Hisashi Sakaguchi
* Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
* Music Performers: Mitsuko Horie, Otowa Yurikago Kai, Koorogi '73 and others

## Cast

* Simone/La Seine no Hoshi: Terumi Niki
* Robert de Forge/Black Tulip: Taichirō Hirokawa
* Danton: Masako Nozawa (a possible reference to Georges Danton)
* Zarar: Kiyoshi Kobayashi
* Duke de Forge: Mikio Terashima
* Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France: Reiko Mutō
* Louis XVI, King of France: Osamu Saka
* Prince Louis Charles: Yoneko Matsukane
* Princess Marie Therese: Kazue Komiya
* Burierre: Yūji Fujishiro
* Francis, Holy Roman Emperor: Kōhei Miyauchi
* Hans Kaunitz: Masashi Amenomori
* Michelle: Yōko Asagami
* Crojaille: Shigeyuki Hosokawa
* Catherine: Noriko Ohara
* Guibon: Mahito Tsujimura
* Duke of Orléans: Michihiro Ikemizu
* Milan: Kei Tomiyama
* François: Yumi Nakatani
* Riyon: Eken Mine
* Charlotte: Kazuko Sugiyama
* Angélique: Rihoko Yoshida
* Choureau: Sanji Hase
* Papa: Kōichi Kitamura
* Mama: Ayako Tsuboi
* Marquess de Moralle: Jōji Yanami
* Narrator: Taichirō Hirokawa
# Mikaele Seo

Mikaele Seo (born 27 December 1971) is a Wallisian politician and member of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna. Since 2022 he has represented Wallis and Futuna in the French National Assembly.
Before entering politics Seo worked as a cleaner in a college in Wallis.
Seo was elected to the Territorial Assembly in the 2017 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election, representing the Mua District. He was appointed chair of the Assembly's standing committee. He was re-elected in the 2022 elections.
Seo served as the alternate for Sylvain Brial and took over his seat in the National Assembly after his stroke. He stood for Brial's seat in the National Assembly in the 2022 French legislative election, and was elected in the second round with 50.11% of the vote. He intends to sit with the president's party, Renaissance, in the Assembly.
# Kim Yeong-il (basketball)

Kim Yeong-il (born 25 February 1942) is a South Korean former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.
# Pupuke Robati

Sir Pupuke Robati, KBE (9 April 1925 – 26 April 2009) was a Cook Island politician. He served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 29 July 1987 to 1 February 1989.
Robati was from the island of Rakahanga. He completed his primary and secondary schooling in Manihiki and Rarotonga. He studied medicine at the Fiji School of Medicine and graduated as a surgeon in 1948. On returning to the Cook Islands, he worked in Rarotonga, Mangaia, and Atiu, eventually rising to be director of public health. In 1966, he received training from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Otago in New Zealand and graduated with a Diploma of Public Health.

## Political career

Robati was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands in the 1965 election as an independent representing the district of Rakahanga. He was re-elected in the 1968 election, and in 1972 he joined the newly created Democratic Party. He was re-elected in eight more general elections as a candidate for the Democratic Party.
Beginning in 1978, Robati was the Deputy Premier in the Cabinet of Premier Tom Davis. On 29 July 1987, he succeeded Davis as Prime Minister after Davis failed three times to pass a budget through Parliament. During his 18 months as Prime Minister, the Parliament of the Cook Islands enacted a constitutional amendment that added a preamble to the constitution which recognised the "heritage of Christian principles" in the Cook Islands and declared that the people of the Cook Islands "remember to keep holy the Sabbath Day, being the day of the week, which, according to a person's belief and conscience, is the Sabbath of the Lord."
The defeat of the Democratic Party in the election of 1989 ended Robati's tenure as Prime Minister. From 2001 to 2004, he was the Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament. In the 2004 election, Robati lost his seat to the independent candidate Piho Rua. The election was later subject to an unsuccessful electoral petition. This defeat marked the end of its political career. At the time of his defeat, he was the longest serving Cook Islands MP.
Robati was a boxer, and in 1944 was the Cook Islands' champion bantamweight boxer. He was the chair of the Cook Islands' federation of amateur boxing for more than 30 years.
Robati died in Auckland, New Zealand. He was buried on Rakahanga.

## Recognition

In 1977, Robati was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1991 New Year Honours. In 2001, he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
# Grant Feasel

Grant Earl Feasel (June 28, 1960 – July 15, 2012) was an American football center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, and Seattle Seahawks.

## Early life

Born and raised in Barstow, California, Feasel graduated from Barstow High School in 1978, then was a standout football player and a first-team All-America center at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. In 1997, he was named to the NCAA Division II Team of the Quarter Century.

## Professional career

Feasel was selected in the sixth round of the 1983 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts. He played in the 1983 season in Baltimore, then the franchise relocated to Indianapolis. He played part of the 1984 season, then was traded mid-season to the Minnesota Vikings.
He played two years for the Vikings, then was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in 1987, where he played six of his ten years in the NFL.

## Personal life

Feasel married Cyndy and they had three children: sons Sean and Spencer, and daughter Sarah. His older brother Greg (b.1958) also played at Abilene Christian and in the NFL and is also the president of the Colorado Rockies of the MLB.

## After football

Feasel died at age 52 in 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. His family donated his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation. He was diagnosed posthumously with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease. He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.
# Sankt Thomas am Blasenstein

Sankt Thomas am Blasenstein (also St. Thomas am Blasenstein) is a municipality in the district of Perg in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
# James Rolfe (legislator)

James Rolfe (1821 – April 1, 1888) was an American farmer from Polk, Wisconsin, who spent a single one-year term in 1855 as an independent member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 4th District.

## Background

Rolfe, born in Hillsboro, Massachusetts, in 1821, was the son of Stephen and Mary A. (Reed) Rolfe. He came to Wisconsin Territory in 1846, and located in Milwaukee, living there for seven years, when he moved to the town of Polk and acquired 400 acres of land. In 1849 he married Matilda Meade.

## Public service

In November 1854 Rolfe was one of three committee members appointed by Washington County's Board of Supervisors who negotiated a final settlement of financial controversies deriving from the division of Ozaukee County from that county in the spring of 1853. He held various town offices as well.
At the time of Rolfe's 1854 election to the Senate, the 4th District consisted of the Towns of Erin, Richfield, Germantown, Jackson, Polk, Hartford, Addison, West Bend, Newark, Trenton, Farmington, Kewaskum and Wayne, in Washington County It had been represented by Baltus Mantz, a Democrat from Meeker who died in office of cholera.
Rolfe was succeeded in 1856 by former incumbent Baruch Schleisinger Weil, a Democrat from Schleisingerville.

## After the Senate

Matilda Rolfe died in 1859, by which time the two of them had had four children, three daughters and one son. Rolfe died on April 1, 1888, at the Rock County Asylum in Johnstown Center, Wisconsin.