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Belle Archer
Original name: Arabella Mingle
b. September 5, 1858 d. September 19, 1900
Belle Archer was an American actress .
She was known for her beauty, style, grace, and being an excellent entertainer.
She is also known as the actress most often photographed in the 1890's
She was born Arabelle Mingle, and eventually her family moved to Philadelphia. At the age of 16 she made her acting debut with the sponsorship of John T. Ford, a friend of her father and owner of several theaters both in Baltimore and Washington. Under the name of Belle Mackenzie, she first appeared in the play The Mighty Dollar alongside the famous actor William J. Florence until the late 1870s. The career of Belle reached it's zenith in 1880 when she married the actor Herbert Marshall Archer. They were known to appear on stage together until they divorced in 1899. She remained in the company of John T. Fod, participating in several national tours and appearing primarily in the southern United States. Some of her notable appearances include Uncle Tom's Cabin Hazel Kirke, The Foresters, The Three Musketeers, and Lord Chumley.
Her most prominent role came to her in early 1898 when she was chosen to replace actress Caroline Miskle Hoyt, star of A Contended Woman, who had died suddenly. Archer would play this role for three years. She had just signed a new contract to perform in Syracuse (New York), when she was involved in a freak accident when she stumbled down a train, ending her career abruptly. Although she was conscious at first, she quickly lost consciousness and went into a coma before dying in Easton, Sept. 19, 1900.
Joseph Davis Brodhead
Birth: Jan. 12, 1859
Easton
Northampton County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Apr. 23, 1920
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He was elected to Congress as a Democrat from Pennsylvania, serving from 1907 to 1909. Defeated for reelection in 1908, he resumed the practice of law in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Senator Richard Brodhead.
Richard Brodhead
Birth: Jan. 6, 1811
Pike County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Sep. 16, 1863
Easton
Northampton County
Pennsylvania, USA
Democrat Congressman from Pennsylvania. He served in the House of Representatives from 1843-1849 and in the US Senate from 1851-1857.
Father of Jefferson Davis Brodhead. (bio by:Tim Crutchfield)
Thomas Coates
Birth: 1803
Death: 1895
Musician. In 1824 he was a member of the band that accompanied General Marquis de Lafayette during his return visit to the United States. He then became a member of the famous Dodsworth Band. His fame increased when he became leader at Barnum's Hippodrome Circus, and later the leader of Dodsworth's Second Band. Later he took over the leadership of the Easton Band. In 1864, the Easton Band, under Thomas Coates, played at the Peace Jubilee (Patrick Gilmore) in Boston. He was considered by many to be the Father of Band Music in America. (bio by:Rich H.)
Charles Adam Heckman
Birth: Dec. 3, 1822
Death: Jan. 14, 1896
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Prior to the Civil War, he served in the Army as an officer in the Mexican war and was a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad. In October 1861, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th New Jersey, served in General Burnside's North Carolina expedition and was promoted Colonel in February 1862. In November 1862, he was appointed Brigadier General of the defenses of Norfolk and Portsmouth. At the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, he was captured and sent to the Confederate stockade at Charleston. Prisoner exchanged in September 1864, he commanded the 2nd Division XVIII Corps at Ft Harrison, until relieved of duty in March 1865. After the war he was a dispatcher for the Pennsylvania Railroad. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Peter Ihrie
Birth: Feb. 3, 1796
Easton
Northampton County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Mar. 29, 1871
Easton
Northampton County
Pennsylvania, USA
US Congressman. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1826 to 1827. In 1829 he was elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-first Congress and reelected to the Twenty-second Congress, serving until 1833. He also served as Brigadier General of State Militia in 1845. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Philip Johnson
Birth: Jan. 17, 1818
Polkville
Warren County
New Jersey, USA
Death: Jan. 29, 1867
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA
US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-Seventh and two succeeding Congresses, representing Pennsylvania's 13th and 11th Districts, he served from 1861 until his death in office. Johnson was born in Polkville, Warren County, New Jersey. He trained as a teacher at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania (1842 to 1844) and was a private tutor on a Mississippi plantation for two years before returning to Easton to attend Union Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1848. Prior to his election to Congress he was Northampton County Court Clerk (1848 to 1853), a member of the State House of Representatives (1853 to 1854), and Revenue Commissioner for the Third Judicial District (1859 to 1860). In 1864 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Johnson died in Washington, DC, and his funeral was held in the House Chamber. There is a cenotaph in his memory at Congressional Cemetery. Biographical sources give his death date as January 29, 1867. His burial site headstone shows January 31, and his cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery shows February 1. (bio by: Bobb Edwards)
William Sebring Kirkpatrick
Birth: Apr. 21, 1844
Easton
Northampton County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Nov. 3, 1932
Easton
Northampton County
Pennsylvania, USA
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1865 and commenced law practice in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was appointed judge of the third judicial district in 1874, a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884 and Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 1887 to 1891. In 1897, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress, serving until 1899. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed law practice until his death. Pennsylvania Congressman William Huntington Kirkpatrick was his son. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Nathaniel Michler
Birth: Sep. 13, 1827
Easton
Northampton County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jul. 17, 1881, USA
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He graduated seventh in his class from West Point, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, Topographical Engineers, on July 1, 1848, and assigned to Corpus Christi, Texas. He worked on the Mexican bounder survey from 1851 to 1857 and served as chief topographical engineer in surveys for a canal from the Gulf of Darien to the Pacific Ocean from 1858 to 1860. As a Captain at the outbreak of the Civil War he served with the armies of the Ohio and Cumberland, 1861-1863. He and his men built defensive works in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg, Virginia. On August 1, 1864, he was promoted Colonel of the Corps of Engineers and for his war service was brevetted Brigadier General, April 2, 1865. In 1866, he was chosen to select a site for a presidential mansion and public park in Washington. He was superintendent in the District of Columbia until 1871 and was chief engineer with the General Commanding Division of the Pacific from 1872 to 1875. From 1878 to 1880, he served as military attaché for the United States Legation in Vienna, Austria. At the time of his death, he was engineer for river and harbor improvements for the states of New York, New Jersey and Vermont. Cause of death, Bright's disease. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
James Miller
Birth: Apr. 21, 1823
Easton
Northampton County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jun. 1, 1862
Civil War Union Army Officer. He was commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 81st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on August 8, 1861. He led his troops until the May-June 1862 Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia. In that battle he was directed to place his regiment on the very left of the Union lines, which exposed it to a flank attack. Soon after his men were deployed Confederate forces attempted to get around the regiment, and announced their presence with a volley that shot Colonel Miller in the heart, instantly killing him.
Howard Mutchler
Birth: Feb. 12, 1859
Death: Jan. 4, 1916
U.S. Congressman. Elected to represented Pennsylvania’s 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving 1893-1895, 1901-1903. (bio by: Rich H.)
William Mutchler
Birth: Dec. 21, 1831
Death: Jun. 23, 1893
U.S. Congressman. Elected to represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives, serving 1875-77, 1881-85, 1889-93 (10th District 1875-77, 1881-85, 8th District 1889-93). He died in office 1893. (bio by: Rich H.)
