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    John Dement (26 April 1804 – 16 January 1883) was an American politician and militia commander from the U.S. state of Illinois. Born in Tennessee, he...
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  • Henry D. Dement (1840–1927), American politician John Dement (1804–1883), American politician and militia commander from Illinois Iris DeMent (born 1961)...
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    Iris Luella DeMent (born January 5, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. DeMent's musical style includes elements of folk, country and...
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    was married three times. First, to real estate developer and broker John Dement Parsons, whom she married in 1905. From this union, they had one daughter...
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    Sauk and Fox band, under the command of Black Hawk, attacked Major John Dement's detachment and killed five militia men. The second battle is known for...
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  • Dodge Dement (October 10, 1840 - July 13, 1927) was an American politician from Illinois. The son of John Dement and grandson of Henry Dodge, Dement received...
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    Winfield Scott Zachary Taylor Militia John Giles Adams Milton Alexander David Bailey Ebenezer Brigham John Dement Henry Dodge William S. Hamilton James...
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    Black Hawk's party encountered a militia battalion commanded by Major John Dement. In the Second Battle of Kellogg's Grove, Black Hawk's warriors drove...
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    largest municipal fraud in American history. John Dement: 19th century politician and military commander. John Deere: industrialist, manufacturer, invented...
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    Mexico: N-Z. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 291. Powell, John Wesley (1891). Indian linguistic families of America north of Mexico. Washington...
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    Winfield Scott Zachary Taylor Militia John Giles Adams Milton Alexander David Bailey Ebenezer Brigham John Dement Henry Dodge William S. Hamilton James...
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    Iris Dement – In Spite of Ourselves". Oh Boy Records. April 30, 2017. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019. "John Prine...
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    Davis campaigned for the Democratic party, advocating for the nomination of John C. Calhoun. He preferred Calhoun because he championed Southern interests...
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    Robert C. Wood, a U.S. Army surgeon at Fort Snelling, in 1829. Their son John Taylor Wood served in the U.S. Navy and the Confederate Navy. Wood was the...
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  • Three Parts, Historical, Documentary, and Descriptive, p. 263. Wakefield, John Allen; Stevens, Frank Everett, ed. History of the War between the United...
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    different from that of a civil chief." Twenty-first-century historians such as John W. Hall have suggested the term "war captain" for this role. During the War...
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    1990, local industries included a Kraft Foods cheese plant, Lemfco Foundry, John Westwick's foundry, and Microswitch, Inc. In the 1980s, Galena Mayor Frank...
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    governed by an elected council. As of 2023[update], the current president is John Greendeer. Since the late 20th century, the tribe operates six casinos in...
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    The Dement House, also known as Colonial Acres, is a historic house in Lascassas, Tennessee, U.S.. It was first built as a log cabin by Abner Dement, the...
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    After winning the support of Governor John Fairfield and other Maine leaders, Scott negotiated a truce with John Harvey, who commanded British forces in...
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    the bridge was “frail and unsafe.” The Tribune also reported that Col. John Dement, a highly respected citizen, had opposed the Truesdell bid in 1868 “because...
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    Menominee word for turtle. In his The Indian Tribes of North America (1952), John Reed Swanton recorded under the "Wisconsin" section: "Menominee," a band...
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    fur trade reached up the Wisconsin and its tributaries, with traders like John Baptiste Du Bay and Amable Grignon establishing posts along the river where...
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    Wilderness and the War-Path (1845) Romance of Western History (1857) Flanagan, John T. (1941). James Hall, Literary Pioneer of the Ohio Valley. Minneapolis:...
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