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See also:SHIELDS, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES (181b-1879) , See also:American soldier, was See also:born in See also:Dungannon, See also:county See also:Tyrone, See also:Ireland, in 1810: He emigrated to the See also:United States in 1826, and in 1832 began to practice See also:law in Kaskaskia, See also:Illinois. He was prominent in Democratic politics, was a member of the Illinois See also:House of Representatives in 1836—1838, was See also:state auditor in 1841—1843, was See also:judge of the supreme See also:court of the state in 1843-1845, and was See also:commissioner of the U.S. See also:General See also:Land See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office in 1845—1847. In the Mexican See also:War he served as a brigadier-general of See also:volunteers under General Zachary See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor on the Rio Grande, under General See also:John E. See also:Wool in See also:Chihuahua, and under General See also:Winfield See also:Scott in the See also:southern See also:campaign; he was breveted See also:major-general for *gallantry at Cerro Gordo, where he was severely wounded, and he was again wounded at Chapultepec. In 1849—1855 he was a United States senator from Illinois; and in 1858—1859 was a senator from See also:Minnesota. In 186o he removed to See also:California. In See also:August 1861, soon after the outbreak of the See also:Civil War, he was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers; in See also:March 1862 he succeeded to the command of General See also:Frederick W. See also:Lander's See also:division; he was in command on the Federal See also:side at See also:Winchester (23 March 1862) and at See also:Port See also:Republic (9 See also:June); and in March 1863 he resigned his See also:commission. He then settled in Carrollton, See also:Missouri, and in 1875 was a member of the State House of Representatives; in 1879 he was United States senator from Missouri for six See also:weeks to fill an unexpired See also:term. He died at See also:Ottumwa, See also:Iowa, on the 1st of June 1879.
End of Article: SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)
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