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Person Detail: William Osborn Stoddard
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| Full Name: William Osborn Stoddard | ||
| Biography: (1835-1925) Writer, historian, journalist. William Osborn Stoddard was born in Homer, New York. After his graduation from the University of Rochester in 1858, beginning in May 1859, he advocated Abraham Lincoln as a presidential candidate in the paper's columns, and in 1860 he campaigned energetically on Lincoln's behalf. From 1861 to 1864 he was one of Lincoln's private secretaries, and from 1864 to 1866 he was United States marshal of Arkansas. His main books included "Abraham Lincoln" (1884), "Inside the White House in War Times" (1890), "The Table Talk of Lincoln" (1894), and over 75 books for boys, including "Little Smoke: A Tale of the Sioux" and "The Spy of Yorktown." |
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| 1835 |
Cortland County William Osborn Stoddard was born in Homer, New York, on September 24, 1835. |
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| 1858 |
Monroe County Mr. Stoddard graduated from the University of Rochester in 1858. |
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| 1925 |
(Unknown) County William Osborn Stoddard died in Madison, New Jersey, on August 29, 1925. |
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| 1894 |
(Unknown) County Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (Pub: New York: Fords, Howard & Hubert ISBN: ) Biography. |
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| 1890 |
(Unknown) County Inside the White House in War Times (Pub: New York: Charles L. Webster ISBN: ) Nonfiction. |
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| 1894 |
(Unknown) County The Table Talk of Lincoln (Pub: Frederick A. Stokes Co. ISBN: ) Nonfiction. |
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| 1891 |
(Unknown) County Little Smoke: A Tale of the Sioux (Pub: Appleton ISBN: ) Novel. |
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| 1903 |
(Unknown) County The Spy Of Yorktown: A Story Of Arnold And Washington In The Last Year Of The War Of Independence (Pub: D. Appleton ISBN: ) Novel. |
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| 1925 |
(Unknown) County William Osborn Stoddard was interred at Hillside Cemetery, Madison, Morris County, New Jersey. |
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| 1894 |
(Unknown) County Chris, The Model Maker (Pub: D. Appleton and Company ISBN: ) Boys' adventure book. |
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| 1898 |
(Unknown) County Lost Gold of the Montezumas (Pub: J. B. Lippincott Co. ISBN: 1125904240 / 978-1125904244) Boys' adventure book. |
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| 1888 |
(Unknown) County Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (Pub: Frederick A. Stokes Co ISBN: ) Biography. |
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| 1900 |
(Unknown) County Lincoln at Work: Sketches from Life (Pub: Boston: United Society of Christian Endeavor ISBN: ) Biography. |
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| 1905 |
(Unknown) County Boy Lincoln (Pub: D. Appleton and Company ISBN: ) Biography. |
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Kings County Mr. Stoddard lived at one time in Brooklyn, New York. |
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Nassau County Mr. Stoddard lived at one time in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. |
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