Refimprove date October 2011 Adna redirects here. For aDNA, the DNA isolated from ancient specimens, see Ancient DNA . Adna is an unincorporated community located in Lewis County, Washington . ref cite gnis 1502945 Adna ref Due to its rural setting with little settlement concentration, it did not meet qualifications as a census designated place , a program used by the United States Census Bureau U.S. Census Bureau for unincorporated communities. The community was originally known as Pomona. Citation needed date March 2011 Adna s current name was established in 1892 when the United Railroads of Washington branch of the Northern Pacific Railway Northern Pacific Railroad Company laid down railroad tracks through the area. Along with the arrival of the railroad came the building of a new post office which had yet to be named. URW engineer W. C. Marion chose the name Edna in honor of local resident Edna Browning, but the name was rejected by the United States Postal Service U.S. Postal Service as there was, at the time, already a post office named Edna in Washington. The Postal Service changed the name from Edna to Adna . http research.nprha.org Subdivison 20Station 20Information Willapa 20Harbor 20Line.mht Adna is located six miles 9.65 km southwest of Chehalis, Washington Chehalis . Adna is home to the Adna School District, which includes two schools Adna Elementary and Adna Middle High School. http www.adna.k12.wa.us One of the first schools to serve Adna was built in 1893 and was known as the Bell Tower School. Adna has a grocery store, Adna Grocery, that also serves as a gas station, and includes a post office in the same building. The post office s zip code is 98522. References reflist Lewis County, Washington Category Populated places in Lewis County, Washington Category Unincorporated communities in Washington state LewisWA geo stub es AdnaWashington vo Adna ... more details
Cleanup rewrite date July 2008 General Adna Anderson was Engineer in Chief of the Northern Pacific Railroad from 1880 to 1888. He was born in Ridgeway, New York , July 25, 1827, and died May 15, 1889, in Philadelphia . Early career Anderson began his railway career in 1847, as chainman on the New York and New Haven Railroad . From October 1847 to November 1848, he was assistant engineer of the Connecticut River Railroad from November 1848 to September 1848 assistant engineer on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Mobile and Ohio from that date to March 1850 assistant engineer on the Ashuelot Railroad in New Hampshire . Afterward he was successively resident engineer of the Michigan Southern Railroad 1846 1855 Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana locating engineer of the Mobile and Ohio chief engineer on the Tennessee and Alabama chief engineer and superintendent of the Edgefield and Kentucky and for a short time chief engineer of the Henderson and Nashville. When the Edgefield and Kentucky failed, General Anderson was appointed receiver. When the American Civil War broke out General Anderson offered his services to the United States government, and was made assistant engineer and chief of the Construction Corps of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia. In the following year he was made general ... completed from Saint Paul, Minnesota St. Paul to Wallula, Washington Wallula where junction was formed ... near the mouth of the Snake River , with Tacoma, Washington Tacoma on Puget Sound . Surveys for this division ... Died Anderson Suddenly, at Hotel Lafayette, Philadelphia , on the 15th inst., Gen. Adna Anderson ... this be brain fever? Arrangements have been made to ship the body to Washington, whence it will be removed ... Service. To the Editor of the Tribune . Sir In the death of General Adna Anderson the country loses ... Persondata . NAME Anderson, Adna ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1827 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1889 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Anderson, Adna Category 1827 births Category ... more details
For his son, who was also a general Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. Refimprove date October 2008 Infobox military person name Adna Romanza Chaffee birth date Birth date 1842 4 14 death date Death date and age 1914 11 1 1842 4 14 birth place Orwell, Ohio death place Los Angeles , California placeofburial Arlington National Cemetery placeofburial label Place of burial image AdnaChaffee.jpg caption General Adna R. Chaffee allegiance United States United States of America br Union American Civil War Union branch Union Army serviceyears 1861 1906 rank File Union army lt gen rank insignia.jpg 35px Lieutenant general United States Lieutenant General commands Chief of Staff of the United States Army battles American Civil War br Peninsular Campaign Battle of Antietam Maryland Campaign Battle of Dinwiddie Court House Appomattox Campaign Indian Wars br Battle of Paint Creek Battle of Red River Battle of Big Dry Wash Spanish American War br Battle of El Caney Cuban Campaign Boxer Rebellion br Battle of Peking Philippine American War br Moro Rebellion Mindanao Campaign laterwork Public Servant Adna Romanza Chaffee April 14, 1842 &ndash November 1, 1914 was a Lieutenant General United States Lieutenant General in the United States Army . Chaffee took part in the American Civil War and Indian Wars , played ... of the Board of Public Works for the city of Los Angeles . Family File Adna chaffee jr.jpg thumb right 150px Adna Chaffee, Jr. Chaffee was married twice in 1868, he married Kate Haynie Reynolds, who died the following year in 1875, he married his second wife, Annie Frances Rockwell. His son, Adna ... War Major General Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. his son References Reflist External links Commonscat Wikisource ... Persondata NAME Chaffee, Adna ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Union American Civil War Union Union ... November 1, 1914 PLACE OF DEATH Los Angeles , California DEFAULTSORT Chaffee, Adna Category 1842 ... Cemetery Category United States Army generals sl Adna Romanza Chaffee ... more details
info website footnotes Adna is a populated place located in Weld County, Colorado Weld County , Colorado , United States . GR 3 Geography Adna is located at Coord 40 20 22 N 104 49 42 W type city 40.3394266 ... more details
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard I November 2, 1874 &ndash May 3, 1943 was a Methodist Bishop in Buffalo, New York and the first chairman of the Methodist Commission on Chaplains . He was killed in 1943 in a plane crash on his way to Iceland to visit Methodist chaplains and their troops. ref name bio cite web url http archives.gcah.org eadweb gcah2396.htm title Guide to the Adna Wright Leonard Collection accessdate 2011 11 17 quote Adna Wright Leonard 1874 1943 , American bishop, was born November 2, 1874 in Cincinnati. He was the only son of Reverend and Mrs. A.B. Leonard. His father was the mission secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Leonard married Mary Luella Day on October 9, 1901. ... publisher United Methodist Archives and History Center ref Biography He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 2, 1874 to Adna B. Leonard. He was elected Bishop in 1916. ref name bio He married Mary Luella Day 1873 ? on October 9, 1901 and had the following children Adna Wright Leonard II 1904 ? and Phyllis Day Leonard 1907 ? . He was elected to the Episcopacy of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the 1916 General Conference. He served in San Francisco , Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. He was killed on May 3, 1943 in a plane crash on his way to Iceland to visit Methodist chaplains and their troops. ref name bio Death Time magazine wrote on May 17, 1943 blockquote Chief of Array Chaplains William R. Arnold clasped Bishop Adna Wright Leonard s hand May the good Lord grant you happy landings. Replied the Methodist Bishop to the Catholic Monsignor Especially if one of them is the final landing. Afterwards the Bishop, chairman of the General Commission of Army & Navy Chaplains, climbed into a transatlantic ... a Bishop in 1916. Since 1939 he served as resident Bishop of the Washington Area. A militant ..., Adna Wright ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American chaplain DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1874 PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati, Ohio DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1943 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leonard, Adna Wright ... more details
File LaMarcus Adna Thompson.gif right 200px LaMarcus Adna Thompson March 8, 1848 &ndash May 8, 1919 was an American inventor and businessman most famous for developing many highly enjoyable gravity rides. Early years Expand section date January 2011 Thompson was born in Jersey, Licking County, Ohio on March 8, 1848. In his adolescence he became a skilled carpenter. In 1873 he began operating a grocery store in Elkhart, Indiana . There he began designing a device to manufacture seamless hosiery. He made a fortune in that business, but failing health forced him to quit it. ref cite news title L. A. Thompson Dead. Inventor of Scenic Railway Dies at His Home, Thompson Park. date March 9, 1919 publisher New York Times page 20 accessdate 20 January 2010 ref Father of gravity Image Thompsons Switchback Railway 1884.jpg thumb right 250px Thompson s Switchback Railway 1884 Thompson is best known for his early work developing roller coaster s, and is sometimes called the Father of the Gravity Ride . He did not invent the roller coaster that credit goes to John G. Taylor inventor John G. Taylor who patented it under the name Inclined Railway . However, over his lifetime, Thompson accumulated nearly thirty patents related to roller coaster technologies. An example is the patent granted 22 Dec. 1885 for the Gravity Switch back Railway . ref http www.google.com patents about?id cSc AAAAEBAJ Google patents, US patent 332762, GRAVITY SWITCH BACK RAILWAY . ref Thompson s Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway opened at Coney Island in 1884. A 6 mph ride cost 5 cents. Eventually he built many ... Coaster History Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thompson, La Marcus Adna ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thompson, LaMarcus Adna Category Amusement ride manufacturers Category ... LaMarcus Adna Thompson fr LaMarcus Adna Thompson he hu LaMarcus Adna Thompson ms LaMarcus Adna Thompson no LaMarcus Adna Thompson th ... more details
Adna mac Uthidir , Irish people Irish poet , fl. 1st century AD. Adna mac Uthidir held the post of Chief Ollam of Ireland during the reign of King Conchobar mac Nessa . He lived c. 1 AD. Edward O Reilly mentions him in his Irish Writers, IX sq d. anno A.M. 3950. ref http books.google.co.uk books?id YZIFAAAAQAAJ&pg PP9&dq 22edward O Reilly 22 irish writers&hl en&ei 94UGTKPzBZaa Qa3yIWODA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCwQ6AEwAA v onepage&q&f false ref Fragments of laws attributed to Adna are to be found in the library of Trinity College. The sages Adhna, Forchern, and Atharne are said to have been the first to collect the axioms of Irish law into one volume. Some sources say he was Chief Poet of Ulster as well as Ireland. An old Irish tale Immacallam in D Thuarad or The Colloquy of the Two Sages ref http www.danann.org library gael sages.html ref tells of his death. s start s bef before Lugh s ttl title Chief Ollam of Ireland Chief Ollam of Ireland years c. 1st century AD s aft after Dubhthach moccu Lughair end References reflist DEFAULTSORT Adna Mac Uthidir Category Irish poets Category Irish Gaelic poets Category 1st century Irish people Category Medieval Irish poets ... more details
File Al Andalus.gif thumb right Al Tagr al Adna Lower March as part of the Caliphate of C rdoba c. 1000. Al Tagr al Adna Lower March was a March territory march of the Al Andalus . It included territory that is now in Portugal. ref cite web url http books.google.pt books?id zLlPykZq80MC title Histoire du Portugal et de son empire colonial author Ant nio Henrique R. de Oliveira Marques, M rio Soares date 1998 accessdate 2011 12 09 work Histoire du Portugal et de son empire colonial publisher KARTHALA Editions language French ref References reflist Category History of Al Andalus Category Medieval Portugal history stub es Marca Inferior ... more details
Infobox military person name Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. birth date birth date 1884 09 23 death date death date and age 1941 08 22 1884 09 23 birth place Junction City, Kansas death place Boston, Massachusetts placeofburial Arlington National Cemetery placeofburial label Place of burial image Adna chaffee jr.jpg caption MG Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. nickname allegiance flagicon United States United States United States of America branch United States Army serviceyears 1906 1941 rank File US O8 insignia.svg 25px Major General United States Major General commands 7th Cavalry Brigade Mechanized United States 7th Cavalry Brigade Mechanized br 1st Cavalry Division United States 1st Cavalry Division unit battles World War I br Battle of Saint Mihiel Saint Mihiel offensive Meuse Argonne offensive awards relations General Adna Chaffee father laterwork Adna Romanza Chaffee, Jr. September 23, 1884 August 22, 1941 was a Major general United States major general in the United States Army , called the Father of the Armor Branch United States Armored Force for his role in developing the U.S. Army s tank forces. Early years Adna Chaffee, Jr. was the son of lieutenant general United States Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee, Sr. . Born in Junction City, Kansas on September 23, 1884, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant United States Lieutenant of Cavalry in 1906 after graduating from the United States Military Academy , and won recognition as the Army s finest horseman. Career In World War I , he was an Infantry ... Army.mil Adna Chaffee, Jr. http www.arlingtoncemetery.net achafjr.htm ArlingtonCemetery.net Adna Chaffee, Jr. Persondata NAME Chaffee, Adna R., Jr. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION United States United ..., Adna R. Jr. Category 1884 births Category 1941 deaths Category Burials at Arlington National Cemetery ... Adna Romanza Chaffee ja R ru , sl Adna Romanza Chaffee mlaj i tr Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. ... more details
Infobox Congressman name Adna Romulus Johnson image name Adna R. Johnson.png caption state Ohio district Ohio s 10th congressional district 10th term start March 4, 1909 term end March 3, 1911 preceded Henry T. Bannon succeeded Robert M. Switzer birth date birth date 1860 12 14 birth place Sweet Springs, Missouri death date death date and age 1938 6 11 1860 12 14 death place Ironton, Ohio party United States Republican Party Republican spouse children religion Adna Romulus Johnson December 14, 1860 &ndash June 11, 1938 was a teacher, lawyer, and United States House of Representatives U.S. Representative from Ohio . Born in Sweet Springs, Missouri , Johnson moved with his mother to a farm in Lawrence County, Ohio , in 1864, where attended the common schools. He taught school seven years and then studied law. He was Admission to the bar in the United States admitted to the bar in 1886. Johnson graduated from the University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor in 1887 and practiced his profession in Ironton, Ohio . He served as the prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County in 1889. Johnson was elected as a Republican Party United States Republican to the 61st United States Congress Sixty first Congress March 4, 1909&ndash March 3, 1911 . He was renominated without opposition in 1910, but declined to accept. He resumed the practice of law in Ironton. He also engaged in banking and was financially interested in various manufacturing concerns. Johnson served as president of the Ohio State Bar Association in 1933. He died in Ironton on June 11, 1938, and was interred in Woodland Cemetery. Source CongBio J000113 Bioguide OhioRepresentatives10 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Johnson, Adna Romulus ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION lawyer DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1860 PLACE OF BIRTH Sweet Springs, Missouri DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1938 PLACE OF DEATH Ironton, Ohio DEFAULTSORT Johnson, Adna Romulus Category 1860 births Category 1938 deaths ... more details
Noref date July 2011 Joseph Adna Hill 1860&ndash 1938 was an United States American statistician , born at Stewartstown, New Hampshire he graduated from Harvard University in 1885 and from the University of Halle Ph.D. in 1892. He published The English Income Tax with Special Reference to Administration and Method of Assessment 1899 . In 1898 he took on statistical work for the United States Census Bureau , of which he became chief statistician in 1909. In this connection he had charge of census reports on child labor , illiterate illiteracy , marriage and divorce , women at work, and a report for the Immigration Commission on occupations of immigrants. He was the author of many census reports on child labor, the insane, divorce, and kindred subjects. He was appointed Assistant Director of the Census in 1921. Although revised by Edward Vermilye Huntington , Hill is credited with the conception of the Method of Equal Proportions or Huntington Hill method of Congressional apportionment apportionment of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to the states, as a function of their populations determined in the U.S. census http www.ams.org featurecolumn archive apportion2.html . This mathematical algorithm has been used in the U.S. since 1941 and is currently the method used. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hill, Joseph Adna ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1860 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1938 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hill, Joseph Adna Category American statisticians Category 1860 births Category 1938 deaths Category Harvard University alumni Category Presidents of the American Statistical Association US statistician stub ... more details
wiktionary WashingtonWashington commonly refers to George Washington 1732 1799 , military general and first President of the United States of America Washington state , a state on the Pacific coast of the United States of America Washington, D.C. , the capital of the United States of America The Washington Metropolitan Area A metonym for the Federal government of the United States Washington may also ... at Washington, USA valign top Washington, Arkansas Washington, California , in Nevada County Washington, Yolo County, California Washington, Connecticut Washington, Georgia Washington, Illinois Washington, Indiana Washington, Iowa Washington, Kansas Washington, Kentucky Washington, Louisiana Washington, Maine Washington, Massachusetts Washington, Michigan Washington, Mississippi Washington, Missouri Washington, Nebraska Washington, New Hampshire Washington, New Jersey Washington, New York Washington, North Carolina Washington, Oklahoma valign top Washington, Pennsylvania Washington, Utah Washington, Vermont Washington, Virginia Washington, West Virginia Washington, Wisconsin disambiguation Mount Washington disambiguation New Washington disambiguation Washington Boro, Pennsylvania Washington County disambiguation Washington Court House, Ohio Old Washington, Ohio Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania Washington Grove, Maryland Washington Heights disambiguation Washington Mills, New York Washington Park disambiguation Washington Terrace, Utah Washington Township disambiguation Washington on the Brazos, Texas Washingtonville disambiguation Streets Washington Avenue disambiguation Washington Boulevard disambiguation Washington Street disambiguation Other features Lake Washington disambiguation Mount Washington disambiguation Washington Bridge disambiguation Washington Island disambiguation Washington Park disambiguation Outside the United States Washington, Ontario , Canada Washington, Tyne and Wear , England Washington, West Sussex , England New Washington, Aklan , Philippines ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Dryad is a rural unincorporated area unincorporated town between Doty, Washington Doty and Adna in Washington U.S. state Washington , USA. It is one of many lumber towns that were once on the Chehalis South Bend branch of Northern Pacific Railway . The town was once two miles south of the present location, and was called Salal. It moved when Leudinghaus Brothers of Chehalis built a sawmill at the present site. Its name, supplied by Northern Pacific Railway officials around 1890, ref name majors Cite book last Majors first Harry M. title Exploring Washington publisher Van Winkle Publishing Co year 1975 page 115 url http books.google.com books?id CoWrPQAACAAJ isbn 9780918664006 ref at the suggestion of W. C. Albee, who was superintendent of the South Bend branch is Dryad mythological . It is for the wood nymph or dryad, who lived in oak trees. Albee figured that the dryad might get used to living in the local fir and cedar trees. Rainbow Falls State Park is near Dryad. References Reflist Lewis County, Washington Coord 46 38 12 N 123 15 05 W type city region US WA display title Category Populated places in Lewis County, Washington Category Unincorporated communities in Washington state Washington geo stub es Dryad Washington ... more details
Wikify date March 2011 Refimprove date December 2009 File CurtisStore2009.jpg thumb right The Curtis Store, photographed September 7, 2009. Curtis is a community in Washington state Washington . Named by its first postmaster, Ben Curtis, for himself, ref name majors Cite book last Majors first Harry M. title Exploring Washington publisher Van Winkle Publishing Co year 1975 page 120 url http books.google.com books?id CoWrPQAACAAJ isbn 9780918664006 ref Curtis is about 6 miles south of Adna . It has a Post Office and a K 8 school and a library. On December 3rd of the year 2007, a mix of unfortunate weather patterns caused a torrential flood in the Boistfort Valley, at the head of which is the town of Curtis. The General Store Shown in the picture on the right. was underwater up to the gutters, as were a multitude of houses and farms. The community rallied together during the flood when the local Fire Dept opened the Baw Faw Grange Hall for an emergency relief center and began to monitor and organize volunteer efforts to rebuild after the flood subsided. The amount of people that came to help was phenomenal From hundreds, and even thousands of miles, people came to help the flooded and distraught residents clear feet of mud out of houses and rebuild the community. Some of the people that helped were from Fire Depts from District 13 Boistfort and everywhere around for, again, hundreds of miles. Since that time, Curtis, and the Boistfort Valley in general have become a recognized name in the county as a group of people that came together and harnessed true American Spirit when the time of need was great. References reflist Coord 46 35 13 N 123 06 36 W type city region US WA display title Lewis County, Washington Category Unincorporated communities in Washington state Category Populated places in Lewis County, Washington Washington geo stub es Curtis Washington ... more details
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