Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-10-01
NV hole No 1916.

1917 ~ toNR MI NtftNF D1rf ~
the war; = soldier taken prisoner az
charleston, and sen Us suct 10 II. Au-
gustlnsi suffered, with the rest of h;a
fellow prisoners, great h~ardships; elsc-
ted again to congress, 1854. DEPARTED
Ter the better country beyond the gtavs.
a. bis country seat. on The Ashiy: as,d
AS. 81
ELBRlp0E GsRRy was born JuIy A.
at Marblehead. Massaehus.u. l,ak
bis degree Of A. h. in the 18th ysat q,
Harvard--a merehan, by proissson;
member of the general court OF Mass.
Bay, IN his a9ih ycSI, a member OF thu
new committee OF safety zoe Mas an
active and efficient leader during the re-
voIution He spent The evening previous
to the battle OF Bunker's Hill with : lew
OF his friends in a house hot lar from the
road TO Lexington, among whom was
the brave and early lamented c~ensral
Wsrrsni on parting in the morning with
the general Tor the scene Of DANCE. th,.
brave man, all devotion tn his country
dropped these classic words-"Daics *
dscornm est, pro pafr ia nort's-- be fore
this night was an example. A member
of congress in 10, a member of the
convention which formed the new con.
.st'tut'on; minister to France; several
times governor of Mass; Woe president
OF tho U States in 1912 Died ssd No.
vsmbsr, 1914, IN bis road to Washington.
a. vice president OF the U. D., aged 10
years.
GsoRGg Ross, was born In Nawcas.
tie, Del ~ 1880. A scholar; became a
lawyer of commence after b eremoyed 10
Lancaster, P~ennsvlvania; a member of
the Legislature Of Penn. as early ssI7es,
a member Of tho first congress, and If
the three succeeding; several times a
member of the state legislature; a meme
Der Of admiralty Of Penn D..J july
1878, aged 40 years
JOHN ADAMS q lawyer and ~siates-
man of great eminence, was born at
Quincy, Mass i9fh October, o s. I7sb.
OF puritan parents, q writer and active
leader preparatory 10 The adopting and
signing the declaration; a me Der of lilo
first COMMITTEES of safety for Boston;
bad ths homer of nominating general
Washington to congress as commander
in chief Of the American armies, and
oil making the motion TO adopt the de-
claratisn, which be supported and ID
vocatsd with his powerful eloaneness
msmbsr Of the FIRST aud MANI succeed
ing congresses. Soma ides'o,sy be ior-
med OF bis business habit, when il is sss-
ted he was a me mber Of ninety comnut.
tees, and chairman Of rs; CON mis,ioner :
10 France 10 l77i.& minister to the ssaa
power in 1911, and minister to l. glad
in 1885: a member Of The CONVENTION
which for med the constitution al BIZ na-
tive state; vice president Of the United
States twice, and presiden nj once, let,-
ed from public life in 1901, and about 4
O'Clock r. NJ. on the 50th anniversary 1T
our independence, be expired 10 tie
SYST year at his age.
RieusRD HEERy LEE, a native of v r.
ginia. and an elegant scholar, sas born
Goth January, 1854 Like many of Tie
distinguished men Of bis time, he 1asea.
ncated in England: he, early la our
struggle, became a political waitei; and
in The hour OF peril, a soldier; ea.is q
member OF the house of BuIgesses, nf
Virginia, a polished and elegant speak,
err. he was called the Cicero nj America.
a member of the first congress, ise 6rst
introduced q motion 10 G ess, 10th
June. 1916, 'G,af these Uniied CoionieS
sosre and 0 yishi ought % BE- free md in-
dependant ~staIss." Being called away by
sickness in his family, Mr.. j4a.fson sas
appointed in biz place on The ecn,mitles
to whieh the resolution was tefexIed.
and filing the vacancy of The is.uyer~
Mr. Jefferson became chairman, and
thus became draftsman Of That irSf-n.
ment which has SO justly given cyfhrity
to bis name. Once prssident III congress
He died in the cath year OF HIS age. ioa-
ded with the honers OF mis- coan1fryneu-
FRAScIs LIeHrroor LEE, Youngest
brother to X II Lee, O man OF ins a.
bilities, and extensive information, tISs
not much inferior in education OR elo-
quencs to his brother, several years q
member Of the house of Burgess: sev-
eral times a member Of congress irons
Richmond, the metropolis Of this Siats-
q member of tbs senate OF kS- native
state. The particulars of his death not
recorded By his ~biographer.
SAMUEL CHAsE, y lawyer ard iurisk
of great sminence, was a native ~ Md
born 18th April, is4f. EaFy a nsobsr
of the colonial assembly; q member Of
the frat and four succsedkng eeaSresssss
a msmbersft the mission 20 Canada 10 ZIG.
with Charles Carroll and DIR, Ersnklin.
at his suggestion, the COW anton of ML