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Tennessee Biographical Dictionary

Tennessee Biographical Dictionary contains biographies on hundreds of persons from diverse vocations that were either born, achieved notoriety and/or died in the state of Tennessee. Prominent persons, in addition to the less eminent, that have played noteworthy roles are included in this resource. When people are recognized from your state or locale it brings a sense of pride to the residents of the entire state.

Diane Zimmerman of the New York Sunday News described his performance in
December of 1971 by saying, "Acuff hits the stage like greased Tennessee
lightning. And he punctuates his renditions . . . with turns on the fiddle, the uke
and even the Yo-Yo. He even manages to leaven the heavy sentimentality of
country music with a yeast of wry good humor that shows through off-stage as
well as on. The country style, to him, is a root form of music, 'a hand-me-down
thing out of the hills' ...

Oregon Biographical Dictionary

Describes the lives and accomplishments of over 120 important men and women in the history of Oregon, from business leaders and politicians to authors and actors.

By the time of his retirement in 1927, he had achieved the rank of Major General.
Throughout his years of travel, Martin had kept a home in Oregon. Always
politically active, he had been registered as a Republican for several years, but
after 1930, served two terms as a Democratic Oregon Congressman. In 1934 he
ran for the Oregon governorship on the Democratic ticket, defeating Republican
candidate, Joe E. Dunn, and the independent challenger, Peter Zimmerman,
taking office ...