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URBANA , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Champaign county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., about 47 M. W. by N. of See also:Columbus. Pop. (189o)
6510; (1900) 6808, including 796 negroes and 405 See also:foreign-See also:born;
(1910) 7739. Urbana is served by the See also:Erie, the See also:Pittsburg,
See also:Cincinnati, See also:Chicago & 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, and the See also:Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis See also:railways, and by the Ohio Electric inter-See also:urban See also:line. It has a public library (189o) and a county See also:children's See also:home (1892), and is the seat of Urbana University (co-educational), founded in 185o under the auspices of the New See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church. The city is situated in a fertile farming region. Its manufactures include See also:furniture, telephones, woollen goods, See also:paper, foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products, &c. Urbana was laid out in 18o5 by See also:Colonel See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward, of Greenbriar, Va., who owned the See also:land included in the See also:original survey and gave many lots to the county on See also:condition that the proceeds from their See also:sale should be used for public improvements; it was incorporated as a See also:village in 1816 and was chartered as a city in 1867. Colonel Ward .was the grandfather of the sculptor J. Q. A. Ward, who was born here and here first pursued, unaided, his study of See also:art. Urbana was also the home for several years (after 18o2), and is the See also:burial See also:place, of See also:Simon See also:Kenton, the famous See also:pioneer and See also:Indian fighter.
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