The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-06-30
BENJAMIN Hren.

6tf0HN ANOlSN HMleM unISn8AAt OI IIttlAuN pillN.
on tho Gath de-. OF December, i7i5. Ito MA
soliclfed 10 tAke = scat In tile general Congress
~ Tito, but declined hut when. In i770. sotaA
ot the lennnylyAniA delegates In Congress
refused u vote foi Independence. and with
drew frnua their acatA, no war elected 10 all
peelAl alton NAr adopted, but MA present and
si.nei IL On tho ai 81 August following.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
II would hu rttIefuunuA ~ SAY anything OF
nuntAlnln Franklin. He was elected 4 dele
ri" 70 We general Congress In lin. and MA
mittee appointed 10 draf. 4 Declaration Of III.
dnIcnicncc, voted Tor It's adoption. and rigncd
II on the I'll of August. The remark that broke
tile silence following tho announcement uf tlls
Declaration ~ tile assembled Congress lea
getstlcinen. wo m,ist ell hang together. or WI
viii I'll hang separately h attributed 10 him.
JOHN MuhTON,
John Morton descended from ancca,ors al
Swedish birth. to va born In 1874, lila father
having died previously.
liz Wan elected 10 tho stamp Act Congress.
IN i7t5, and In i77J hc MAJ made High hlorif
II taa county IN which he Icnitcd. In i77i
Morton i delexaae " tho acnsrn Congress.
is was ro.clccted for i77h IN December III iht
~atas year. Auh ho W. Al.u elected In l77G 10
tlio r~ino Office. Ills election did not take
place until some days after the Declaration Of
ttt1Nt 9theONA68 wan 0u0tWGU, uUN HG uhu thu
privilege ~ siKiting II In August.
tKoMaG .LYNKA.
assof.o Cl,inef ~ss boru ~ Philadelphia In
l73V, and Ms brought up by his naOallor.s
brother. VIM, Coleman. aud waA educated In
l,t~ counting. room. III accepted tho command
Of = volnnteet eoaps belonging 10 Gen. Cad
wall.def's brigade.
In ITO. after two Of tho renn.ylysn,a dcle.
Esttn IN tho General Congress declined voting
fur the Declaration III Independence. aud
Withdrew from their scsts. Mr.. tnymer and lr.
Hush wofe appointed - succeed them. and ll,cy
10Th Affixed their signatures ~ thAt instrument.
iAMEA SMITH.
Jauies kmith NAS born In ireland, date al
hirtll hot known. Tie eame ~ this country
With his parent. wlici. quite young. liz ws.
,lccted 10 tho Congress- III NH i vaeallc, caused
~ tho withdrawal ~ part 81 tho delegation III
nir state, aud amazed his signature on tbs "a
day of August.
~ tASiDM,
,sao. TAYLOR wv born ~ Ireland, IN Tho yaar
liIe am cAino ~ tllx country when liz WAr
Aspnt twenty searr ~ sge. He wss oue of thoen
elected IA nIl Vacancies accustomed b, tl,u with.
dfA~Ai ~ \ number ~ memi4rS, and put hlr
nAnie ~ tho document I'm thu ~ III August,
JAMkA WllAoh.
This disting uisl,od ~,,Alr.vt wAs horn IN Hcol.
land IN i7ll, and ulnigfAtel 70 this country in
l7t6. III MAY. Its, ha w.s cl.0sen 4 delegate
" Ills GENERAL Congress-. together with IleuiH-
min Franklin and Iaoms- Willing. 10 ~
a9Ain elected Tor the ss~sion OF TIA, and
warmly supported Tho motion N Richard Hen.
w L. FOR ahsolnts lnds ! y isa O.. III voted for
and signed The pselrrAllon. and rsmslnod 10
active membel of Congress- until i777. when be
aud ns. C1y8es wcte uot reelected in conse.
quenoo 81 the operations II ! strouk party eplyit
which q that time existed In The pocnsylvania
AS mbly.
0xoh0x noAA.
0oonxe n0us vs. h0eu III Nov 6astls nala.
wegs. u The yag i700.
H 6rst ACr@s5ed y public Ito IL liza. when
te W. elecief = member of The p~enMylvsntA