Conover watson biography of william
Peter Wilson Conover
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File — Box: 18, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
B. 19 September 1807.
M. 1827 to Eveline Golden; b. 25 May 1808; d. 11 November 1846
M. 1850 to Mary Jane McCarl.
Joined LDS church 17 May 1840. Number 1- -Biographical sketch, 1807-1882. Tells of early life and time in Nauvoo until death of first wife in 1846. Number 2- -Journal from 1849-? Copy of a portion of the journal in which he tells about Indian troubles and his role in "calling-in" the outlying Mormon settlements at the beginning of the Utah War. Number 3- -A collection of copies of letters and appointments to Peter W. Conover. 35 pp.
Dates
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Extent
From the Collection: 18 Linear Feet (52 boxes, 20 microfilm reels, and 3 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Peter Wilson Conover, Box: 18, Folder: 27. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections.
Peter Wilson Conover, Box: 18, Folder: 27. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections. https://archivesspace.lib.utah.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/127815 Accessed February 24, 2025.
James William Watson
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File — Box: 23, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
B. 25 August 1848 in Lincolnshire, England.
M. 1867 to Thirza Bunting.
Biographical sketch taken from Utah, by J. Cecil Alter. 6 pp.
Dates
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Extent
From the Collection: 18 Linear Feet (52 boxes, 20 microfilm reels, and 3 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
James William Watson, Box: 23, Folder: 16. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections.
James William Watson, Box: 23, Folder: 16. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections. https://archivesspace.lib.utah.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/128012 Accessed February 24, 2025.
William Henry Carroll
William Henry Carroll (1810 – May 3, 1868) was a wealthy planter, a postmaster, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Early life
Carroll was born in Nashville, Tennessee to William Carroll, a general during the War of 1812 and multi-term Governor of Tennessee, and Cecilia M. (Bradford) Carroll. Prior to the Civil War, he commanded the 154th Regiment of the Tennessee Militia.
Civil War service
On December 11, 1861, Carroll, as the Confederate commander at Knoxville, issued a proclamation declaring martial law in the city. He then arrested all those who were openly opposed to the Confederate States before restoring the civil authority. He commanded the 2nd Brigade in the District of East Tennessee, commanded by George B. Crittenden, that engaged George H. Thomas's Union forces at the Battle of Mill Springs in Kentucky on January 19, 1862.
Braxton Bragg, the Department commander, in his effort to rid his command of political generals had Carroll arrested for drunkenness, incompetence and neglect on March 31, 1862, as he was reported to have been drunk on duty in Iuka, Mississippi. Bragg brought similar charges against Crittenden the following day.
Like Crittenden before him, Carroll, after a court of inquiry, resigned on February 1, 1863. With Nashville, the state capital, in Union hands, he moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Carroll in Montreal
The city of Montreal, at the time, was leaning with sympathies towards both sides of the American conflict. The streets were filled with spies from both sides, exiled Confederates of high rank, sympathizers, arms dealers, Union detectives and saboteurs. Carroll became a fixture at the luxurious St. Lawrence Hall on St. James Street (now Saint Jacques Street) which was where the more affluent Confederates in Canada stayed such as Jacob Thompson, Clement Claiborne Clay, James Westcott, Moses Montrose Pal
William Sheldrick Conover
William Sheldrick Conover (* 27. August1928 in Richmond, Virginia; † 7. Oktober2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) war ein US-amerikanischerPolitiker. In den Jahren 1972 und 1973 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Pennsylvania im US-Repräsentantenhaus.
Werdegang
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]William Conover besuchte bis 1946 die Lake Forest High School in Illinois. Danach studierte er bis 1950 an der Northwestern University in Evanston. Zwischen 1952 und 1954 diente er in der US Navy. Dann schlug er als Mitglied der Republikanischen Partei eine politische Laufbahn ein. In den Jahren 1959 und 1960 stand er deren Jugendorganisation in Mount Lebanon (Pennsylvania) vor; von 1965 bis 1966 leitete er den Republican Club in der Ortschaft Upper St. Clair. Hauptberuflich arbeitete er in der Versicherungsbranche. Er wurde Präsident seiner Firma Conover & Associates, Inc.
Nach dem Tod des Abgeordneten James G. Fulton wurde Conover bei der fälligen Nachwahl für den 27. Sitz von Pennsylvania als dessen Nachfolger in das US-Repräsentantenhaus in Washington, D.C. gewählt, wo er am 25. April 1972 sein neues Mandat antrat. Da er bei den regulären Wahlen dieses Jahres von seiner Partei nicht zur Wiederwahl nominiert wurde, konnte er bis zum 3. Januar 1973 nur die laufende Legislaturperiode im Kongress beenden.
Nach dem Ende seiner Zeit im US-Repräsentantenhaus nahm William Conover seine früheren Tätigkeiten wieder auf. Politisch ist er nicht mehr in Erscheinung getreten. Seinen Lebensabend verbrachte er in Pittsburgh.
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[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- ↑William "Bink" Sheldrick Conover II