Jonathan Kearsley ( born Jonathan Kearsley ; 1786 , Pennsylvania - 1859 , Detroit , Michigan ) - American military and statesman, participant in the Anglo-American war , mayor of Detroit in 1826 and 1829 .
| Jonathan Kirsley | |||||||
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| English Jonathan kearsley | |||||||
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| Predecessor | John Biddle | ||||||
| Successor | John williams | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Henry Jackson Hunt | ||||||
| Successor | John Biddle | ||||||
| Birth | 1786 Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Death | 1859 Detroit , MI | ||||||
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| The consignment | US Democratic Party | ||||||
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| Years of service | 1812 - 1814 | ||||||
| Affiliation |  USA | ||||||
| Type of army |  U.S. Army | ||||||
| Rank |  Major | ||||||
Biography
Jonathan Kirsley was born in Pennsylvania on August 20, 1786. [1] In 1811 he graduated from the in Washington , PA [2] . The following year he enlisted in the US Army . During the Anglo-American war, he participated in several battles [3] , in one of which he was seriously wounded in the leg, as a result of which she had to be amputated . The operation was improperly performed and Kearsey lived the rest of his life with pain [1] .
In 1815, he married Margaret Kirsley Hetich [1] , from whom he had three children: Edmund Roberts (1816), Rebecca (1817) and Marta (1819). In 1821, Margaret died, and later Jonathan married Rachel Valentine [4] .
From 1817 to 1819, Kirsley worked at the Department of Tax Charges in Virginia . After moving to Detroit , for 13 years he held the position of Manager of the Public Treasury [1] .
Kearsey twice became mayor of Detroit: the first time he was appointed by the city council in 1826 to fill the term of Henry Jackson Hunt, and in 1829 he was re-elected [5] . He also served on the Board of Trustees of the University of Michigan from 1827 to 1837, and then on the newly organized Board of Regents from 1838 to 1852 [1] [6] .
He died in 1859, was buried in the Elmwood cemetery [7] .
A school district in Michigan is named after Jonathan Kirsley. [8]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Elmer L. White. The descendants of Jonathan Kearsley, 1718–1782, and his wife Jane Kearsley, 1720–1801, (from Scotland). - 1900. - P. 51-52. - 75 p.
- ↑ Samuel John Mills Eaton. Biographical and historical catalog of Washington and Jefferson college. - 1889. - P. 272. - 524 p.
- ↑ Fred Carlisle. Chronography of Notable Events in the History of the Northwest Territory and Wayne County. - Detroit: OS Gulley, Bornman, 1890. - P. 236–237.
- ↑ Silas Farmer. The History Of Detroit and Michigan. - 1889.
- ↑ The government of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan. - 1907. - 277 p.
- ↑ FA Barnard. American biographical history of eminent and self-made men. - Western Biographical Pub. Co., 1878. - 368 p.
- ↑ Michael S. Franck. Elmwood Endures: History of a Detroit Cemetery. - Detroit: Wayne State University, 1996. - P. 156. - ISBN 0-8143-2591-2 .
- ↑ District History . Kearsley Schools . Kearsley Community Schools. Date of treatment August 17, 2012. Archived October 2, 2012.