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John E. Bennett (judge)
John Emory Bennett (March 18, 1833 – December 31, 1893) was a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1871 to 1874, and a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court from 1889 until his death. Born in East Bethany, Genesee County, New York, Bennett was educated at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary of Lima (village), New York, Lima, New York, graduating in 1852.''Transactions of the Grand Chapter: Royal Arch Masons of the State of Michigan'' (1895), p. 38-39. He moved to Illinois, where he was the first postmaster of Morrison, Illinois. At the breaking out of the American Civil War, he joined the Union Army and was elected as Lieutenant colonel (United States), Lieutenant Colonel of the 75th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and in December 1862, was promoted to Colonel (United States), Colonel and served throughout the war. After the war he served for some time as judge advocate in the regular army, and after Arkansas was reconstructed he was elected Judge of the First Circuit, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Justices Of The South Dakota Supreme Court
Following is a list of past and present justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court, including justices of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court. Current justices The current justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court are as follow: Past justices Dakota Territorial Supreme Court South Dakota Supreme Court * Dighton Corson, 1889–1913 * Alphonso G. Kellam, 1889–1896 * John E. Bennett, 1889–1893 (died in office) * Howard G. Fuller, 1894–1908 * Charles S. Whiting, 1908–1922 (died in office) * James H. McCoy, 1909–1921 * Ellison G. Smith, 1909–1923 * Samuel C. Polley, 1913–1947 * John Howard Gates, 1913–1927 * Frank Anderson, 1921–1925 * Carl G. Sherwood, 1922–1931 * Charles Hall Dillon, 1923–1927 * Dwight Campbell, 1925–1937 * Newton D. Burch, 1926–1931 * James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel (United States)
A colonel () in the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps, United States Air Force, Air Force and United States Space Force, Space Force, is the most senior field officer, field-grade United States Military, military Officer (armed forces), officer military rank, rank, immediately above the rank of Lieutenant colonel (United States), lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general. Colonel is equivalent to the naval rank of Captain (United States O-6), captain in the other Uniformed services of the United States, uniformed services. By law, an officer previously required at least 22 years of cumulative service and a minimum of three years as a lieutenant colonel before being promoted to colonel. With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (NDAA 2019), military services now have the authorization to directly commission new officers up to the rank of colonel. The U.S. uniformed service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bennett County, South Dakota
Bennett County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,381. Its county seat is Martin. Bennett County was removed from the Pine Ridge Reservation by an act of Congress in 1911, much of Bennett County however is still held in trust by the Reservation. To the east is the Rosebud Indian Reservation, where dwell the '' Sicangu Oyate'', also known the Upper Brulé Sioux Nation and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (RST), a branch of the Lakota people. The North American continental pole of inaccessibility is in Bennett County, located from the nearest coastline, between Allen and Kyle ( Oglala Lakota County) at . Historically, ranching and dry land farming have been the chief agricultural pursuits possible given climate and soil conditions. History This land has for centuries been the traditional territory of the Oglala Lakota, also known as the Sioux; it has been part of their legally defined territory since the treaty of 1851 and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Hill Cemetery (South Dakota)
Rose Hill Cemetery may refer to: United Kingdom * Rose Hill Cemetery, Oxford United States * Rose Hill Cemetery (Arkadelphia, Arkansas) *Rose Hill Cemetery (Harrison, Arkansas) *Rose Hill Cemetery (Antioch, California), in the Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve *Rose Hill Cemetery, Nortonville, California *Rose Hill Cemetery, Commerce City, Colorado * Rose Hill Cemetery (Tarpon Springs, Florida), on the National Register of Historic Places for Pinellas County, Florida *Rose Hill Cemetery (Macon, Georgia), listed on the NRHP in Georgia * Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, a cemetery in Georgia * Rose Hill Cemetery and Goddard Chapel, Marion, Illinois *Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana *Rose Hill Cemetery, Elizabeth, Indiana *Rose Hill Cemetery, Cain Township, Fountain County, Indiana *Rose Hill Cemetery, Albion Township, Noble County, Indiana *Rose Hill Cemetery, Calamus, Iowa *Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City, a cemetery in Kentucky *Rose Hill Cemetery (Maryland) *Rose H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freemasonry
Freemasonry (sometimes spelled Free-Masonry) consists of fraternal groups that trace their origins to the medieval guilds of stonemasons. Freemasonry is the oldest secular fraternity in the world and among the oldest still-existing organizations in history. Modern Freemasonry broadly consists of three main traditions: *Anglo-American Freemasonry, Anglo-American style Freemasonry, which insists that a "volume of sacred law", such as the Bible, Quran, or other religious text be open in a working Masonic lodge, lodge, that every member professes belief in a God, supreme being, that only men be admitted, and discussion of religion or politics does not take place within the lodge. *Continental Freemasonry or Liberal Freemasonry which has continued to evolve beyond these restrictions, particularly regarding religious belief and political discussion. *Co-Freemasonry, Women Freemasonry or Co-Freemasonry, which includes organizations that either admit women exclusively (such as the Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark, South Dakota
Clark is a city in and county seat of Clark County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,148 at the 2020 census. History A post office was established at Clark in 1880. Clark was platted in 1882. The city took its name from Clark County. An early variant name was Clark Center. In 1882, railroad tracks were first built through the middle of Clark. The Burlington Northern railroad and County Highway 212 ran parallel to one another and divided Clark into halves - the north half and the south half. Highway 212 similarly runs through the middle of Clark, and provides a direct travel route starting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into Clark, then went to the Black Hills and to Yellowstone National Park. Clark was officially founded in 1886, three years before South Dakota became a state. Not long after in June 1899, the local government took action, and the Clark City Council passed Ordinance No. 26. Serving as one of the first regulations enacted in Clark, Ordinance No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakota Territory
The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota. History The Dakota Territory consisted of the northernmost part of the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, as well as the southernmost part of Rupert's Land, which was acquired in 1818 when the boundary was changed to the 49th parallel. The name refers to the Dakota branch of the Sioux tribes which occupied the area at the time. Most of Dakota Territory was formerly part of the Minnesota and Nebraska territories. When Minnesota became a state in 1858, the leftover area between the Missouri River and Minnesota's western boundary fell unorganized. When the Yankton Treaty was signed later that year, ceding much of what had been Sioux Indian land to the U.S. Government, early settlers formed a provis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena, Arkansas
Helena is the eastern portion of Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, located on the west bank of the Mississippi River. It was founded in 1833 by Nicholas Rightor and is named after the daughter of Sylvanus Phillips, an early settler of Phillips County and the namesake of Phillips County. As of the 2000 United States census, 2000 census, this portion of the city population was 6,323. Helena was the county seat of Phillips County"Phillips County, AR." National Association of Counties, January 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016. until January 1, 2006, when it merged its government and city limits with neighboring West Helena, Arkansas, West Helena. During the American Civil War, the Battle of Helena was fought July 4, 1863. Helena is the birthplace of many notable people includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisha Baxter
Elisha Baxter (September 1, 1827May 31, 1899) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 10th governor of Arkansas from 1873 to 1874. Early life and career Baxter was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He sought and obtained an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Baxter's father, William, strongly opposed his appointment, and Baxter resigned it. He returned home and became a businessman. He ran a successful mercantile business in Rutherford County with his brother-in-law Spenser Eaves. In 1852, Baxter moved to Batesville, Arkansas, and opened a mercantile business with his brother, Taylor. It soon failed. Baxter joined the Whig party and was elected mayor of Batesville in 1853. One year later he was elected as state representative from Independence County to the tenth general assembly. He studied law and, in 1856, was admitted to the Arkansas bar. He was reelected to the House in 1858 and served two terms from Independenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall L
Marshall may refer to: Places Australia *Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria ** Marshall railway station Canada * Marshall, Saskatchewan * The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia Liberia * Marshall, Liberia Marshall Islands * Marshall Islands, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean United States of America * Marshall, Alaska * Marshall, Arkansas * Marshall, California * Lotus, California, former name Marshall * Marshall, Colorado * Marshall Pass, a mountain pass in Colorado * Marshall, Illinois * Marshall, Indiana * Marshall, Michigan * Marshall, Minnesota * Marshall, Missouri * Marshall, New York * Marshall, North Carolina * Marshall, North Dakota * Marshall, Oklahoma * Marshall, Texas, the largest U.S. city named Marshall * Marshall, Virginia * Marshall, Wisconsin (other) ** Marshall, Dane County, Wisconsin ** Marshall, Richland County, Wisconsin ** Marshall, Rusk County, Wisconsin Businesses * Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, a Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville ( ) is the List of cities and towns in Arkansas, second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Washington County, Arkansas, Washington County, and the most populous city in Northwest Arkansas. The city had a population of 93,949 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, which was estimated to have increased to 101,680 by 2023. The city is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, within the Ozarks. It was named after Fayetteville, Tennessee, from which many settlers had come, and was incorporated on November 3, 1836. Fayetteville is included in the three-county Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers metropolitan statistical area, with 576,403 residents in 2020. Fayetteville is home to the University of Arkansas, the state's flagship university. When classes are in session, thousands of students on Campus of the University of Arkansas, campus change up the pace of the city. Thousands of Arkansas Razorbacks alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
