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Robert Milton SPEER, Congress, PA (1838-1890)

SPEER Robert Milton , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Cassville, Huntingdon County, Pa., September 8, 1838; attended Cassville Academy; taught school; studied law; was admitted to…

George Milton RHODES, Congress, PA (1898-1978)

RHODES George Milton , A Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., February 24, 1898; attended Reading public schools; during the First World War served in the United…

James Milton RIGGS, Congress, IL (1839-1933)

RIGGS James Milton , a Representative from Illinois; born on a farm near Winchester, Scott County, Ill., April 17, 1839; attended the common schools and Eureka (Ill.) College in 1862 and 1863;…

Milton Andrew ROMJUE, Congress, MO (1874-1968)

ROMJUE Milton Andrew , a Representative from Missouri; born in Love Lake, Macon County, Mo., December 5, 1874; attended the public schools and the Kirksville State Normal School; was graduated…

Milton William SHREVE, Congress, PA (1858-1939)

SHREVE Milton William , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Chapmanville, Venango County, Pa., May 3, 1858; attended the Edinboro State Normal School and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa…

Milton Holmes WELLING, Congress, UT (1876-1947)

WELLING Milton Holmes , a Representative from Utah; born in Farmington, Davis County, Utah, January 25, 1876; attended the common schools, the Latter-day Saints' University, and the University of…

Ephraim Milton WOOMER, Congress, PA (1844-1897)

WOOMER Ephraim Milton , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pa., January 14, 1844; attended the common schools; during the Civil War enlisted in Company A,…

Milton George URNER, Congress, MD (1839-1926)

URNER Milton George , a Representative from Maryland; born in the Liberty district, Frederick County, Md., July 29, 1839; attended the common schools, Freeland Seminary, Montgomery County, Pa.,…

Brewer's: Abdiel

Ab′diel The faithful seraph who withstood Satan when he urged the angels to revolt. (See Paradise Lost, Bk. v., lines 896, etc.) “[He] adheres, with the faith of Abdiel, to the ancient…

Brewer's: Comus

God of revelry. Milton represents him as a male Circe. (Greek, komos, carousal.) This nymph [Circe], that gazed upon his [Bacchus's] clustering locks, ... Had by him, ere he parted thence…