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Isaac Holloway
Isaac Holloway (December 27, 1805 – July 1885) was an American politician from Ohio. He served as a member of the Ohio Senate from 1858 to 1860. Early life Isaac Holloway was born on December 27, 1805, at the family plantation in Stafford County, Virginia. He was educated by local teachers. In 1828, he moved to Wrightstown, Ohio (later Belmont). He attended school for six months there. Career Holloway worked as a teacher in the Belmont County area of Ohio. He later worked in the mercantile business in Rockhill for five years. He then moved to Flushing and continued to work in the mercantile business. Holloway worked as justice of the peace for 15 years. He was a delegate to the 1848 Free Soil National Convention in Buffalo, New York. In 1857, as a Republican, he was elected to the Ohio Senate. He served from 1858 to 1860. Personal life Holloway married Harriet Sheetz of Belmont County in 1831. They had four children, including Otho S., Anna N. and Nathan. She died in 184 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Warfel
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (James (< Latin ''-us'', see Spanish/ Portuguese ''Carlos''). According to Julius Pokorny, the historical linguist and Indo-European studies, Indo-Europeanist, the root meaning of Charles is "old man", from Proto-Indo-European language, Indo-European *wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |