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COLUMBIA , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Maury county, See also:Tennessee, U.S.A., situated on the See also:Duck See also:river, in the central See also:part of the See also:state, 46 m. S. of See also:Nashville. Pop. (1890) 5370; (1900) 6052 (2716 negroes); (1910) 5754. Columbia is served by the See also:Louisville & Nashville, and the Nashville, See also:Chattanooga & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:railways. It is the seat of the Columbia See also:Institute for girls (under See also:Protestant Episcopal See also:control), founded in 1836, and of the Columbia Military See also:Academy. Columbia is in a See also:fine farming
region; is engaged extensively in the See also:mining and See also:shipping of See also:phosphates; has an important See also:trade in live-stock, especially mules; manufactures See also:cotton, See also:lumber, See also:flour, bricks, pumps and woollen goods; and has See also:marble and See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:works. Columbia was settled about 18o7 and was incorporated in 1822. During the See also:Civil See also:War it was the See also:base from which See also:General N. B. See also:Forrest operated in 1862–1863, and was alternately occupied by See also:Con-federate and Federal forces during General See also:Hood's Nashville See also:campaign (See also:November-See also:December 1864).
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