* Elisha Hunt Allen ( 1804 – 1883 ), member of the United States Congress from Maine ; Consul to Hawaii

Allen's son, Elisha Hunt Allen, also served in the United States Congress.

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Elisha Hunt Rhodes ( March 21, 1842 – January 14, 1917 ) served in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.

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Negotiators were Henry A. P. Carter, Minister to the US Elisha Hunt Allen, Minister of Foreign Affairs William Lowthian Green, and King Kalākaua for the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Because of a severe cold and hoarseness, the King could not deliver his speech, which was read by former Representative Elisha Hunt Allen, then serving as Chancellor and Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Islands.

Rhodes was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Captain Elisha H. and Eliza A.

As Elijah is lifted up, his mantle falls to the ground and Elisha picks it up.

One of these sets of rules is found in the siddur, from the " Introduction to Sifra " by Ishmael ben Elisha, c. 200 CE.

* 1857 – Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.

The Gray code is sometimes attributed, incorrectly, to Elisha Gray ( in Principles of Pulse Code Modulation, K. W. Cattermole, for example ).

A grotto on the top of Mount Carmel is known as the " Cave of Elijah ", traditionally linked to the Prophet Elijah and his apprentice, Elisha.

Note: the Greek Septuagint ( LXX ) of Genesis includes an additional son of Japheth, " Elisa ", in between Javan and Tubal ; however, as this name is found in no other ancient source, nor in I Chronicles, he is almost universally agreed to be a duplicate of Elisha, son of Javan.

Elisha Gray is best known as a contemporaneous inventor of the telephone to Alexander Graham Bell.

In 1853, Elisha Otis invented the first safety elevator and the Otis Elevator Company, opened the first elevator factory in the world on the banks of the Hudson near what is now Vark Street.

Baxter County is Arkansas's 66th county, formed on 24 March 1873 and named for Elisha Baxter, the tenth governor of Arkansas.

The town is named for early merchant Elisha Ford.

A notable stately home in Fair Plain is the " Elisha Gray " home on Nickerson Avenue.

According to Joshua Coffin, the early settlers included " Captain John Pike, the ancestor of General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, who was killed at the battle of Queenstown in 1813 ; Thomas Bloomfield, the ancestor of Joseph Bloomfield, some years governor of New Jersey, for whom the township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named ; John Bishop, senior and junior ; Jonathan Haynes ; Henry Jaques ; George March ; Stephen Kent ; Abraham Toppan, junior ; Elisha Ilsley ; Hugh March ; John Bloomfield ; Samuel Moore ; Nathaniel Webster ; John Ilsley ; and others.

William Card ( 1710 – 1784 ), born in Rhode Island, settled in Pownal perhaps as late as 1773 ( though his sons settled there between 1762 – 1766 ) fought for the British at the Battle of Bennington on 16 August 1777, along with four of his sons: Jonathan ( 1734 – 1818 ), Elisha ( 1738 – 1805 ), Philo ( 1754 – 1837 ) --- NOTE: This is an error ... No Philo Card has been found to exist.

" Later on, in XXXVIII: 48, Ishmael is mentioned together with Elisha and Dhul-Kifl as one of " the patiently enduring and righteous, whom God caused to enter into his mercy.

" It is also said of Lot, Elisha, Jonah and Ishmael, that God gave each one " preference above the worlds " ( VI: 86 ).

The family of the brothers Samuel and Elisha Payne had been prominent in Connecticut since before the Revolutionary War, in which Samuel and Elisha served, possibly at Ft. Stanwix, near what is now Rome, New York.

The telautograph's invention is attributed to Elisha Gray, who patented it on July 31, 1888.

It is mentioned in the Books of Kings ( 2 Kings 5, 24 ) in connection with Elisha and the disciple of Elijah, who lived in the vicinity.

A previous mention of a Hans Island is found in Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition, 1853 ,’ 54 ,’ 55, by Elisha Kent Kane ( 1857 ), pages 317 – 319, making the year 1853 often cited as the date of the discovery and naming of Hans Island, including in the letter by the Danish Ambassador to Canada, published in the Ottawa Citizen, July 28, 2005.

His sister Miranda is a stage actress, now " out of patron and of money "; her materialistic brothers, Elisha and Dudley, see her as a threat to their financial well-being.

This does not necessarily imply that Elisha had sought asylum there from any potential backlash, although the description in the Book of Amos, of the location being a refuge, is dated by textual scholars to be earlier than the accounts of Elisha in the Book of Kings, and according to Strabo it had continued to be a place of refuge until at least the first century.

Though there is no documentary evidence to support it, Carmelite tradition suggests that a community of Jewish hermits had lived at the site from the time of Elijah until the Carmelites were founded there ; prefixed to the Carmelite Constitution of 1281 was the claim that from the time when Elijah and Elisha had dwelt devoutly on Mount Carmel, priests and prophets, Jewish and Christian, had lived praiseworthy lives in holy penitence adjacent to the site of the fountain of Elisha, in an uninterrupted succession.

One must note the contributions, in recent years, of Israeli scholars to the field of Hebrew linguistics, most notably Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai, Chaim Menachem Rabin, E. Y. Kutscher, Shelomo Morag, Joshua Blau, Ze ' ev Ben-Hayyim, Elisha Qimron and Moshe Bar-Asher.

Rabbi Akiva and his contemporary Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha are most often the protagonists of later merkabah ascent literature.

A public mural in Belfast depicting Linfield's contribution to the Northern Ireland football team, featuring Tommy Dickson, Joe Bambrick and Elisha ScottAs Northern Ireland's most dominant club side, Linfield have been regular campaigners in European football.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Elisha Grimshaw VC ( 20 January 1893 – 20 July 1980 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Elisha Scott ( 24 August 1894 – 16 May 1959 ) was an Irish football goalkeeper who most notably played for Liverpool from 1912 to 1934 ( still holding the record as their longest-serving player ).

One of the most striking references to Elisha is found in a legendary baraita about four rabbis of the Mishnaic period ( first century CE ) who visited the Orchard ( that is, pardes or paradise ) ( Hebrew: orchard ):

The Jerusalem Connection has established The Elisha Fund out of necessity, providing food, clothing and basic household goods to Israel ’ s most needy.

Today, the expo is also remembered as the place where Elisha Otis demonstrated an elevator equipped with a device called a safety, which would kick in if the hoisting rope broke.

Hogg is often remembered for naming his daughter Ima Hogg, an odd name which derived from a poem written by James ' brother, Thomas Elisha Hogg.

In this work, Heschel views the 2nd century sages Rabbis Akiva ben Yosef and Ishmael ben Elisha as paradigms for the two dominant world-views in Jewish theology

* 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.

* 14 February 1876 — Elisha Gray files a patent caveat for transmitting the human voice through a telegraphic circuit.

* Elisha Huntington, Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1854

It was named for Elisha Mitchell, professor of mathematics, chemistry, geology, and mineralogy at the University of North Carolina from 1818 until his death in 1857.

Matt Williams, a professional baseball player, lived there for part of his life and also here lived and died the movie star Elisha Cook, Jr ..

Both the community and the stream were named for Elisha Smith, an early landowner.

In September of the same year, Joseph and Ester Howell deeded of their property to the Reverend James Moir, Lawrence Toole ( a merchant ), Captains Aquilla Sugg and Elisha Battle, and Benjamin Hart, Esquire, for five shillings and one peppercorn.

The first post office for the Kittrell area, with Elisha Overton as its first postmaster, was established in 1854, replacing one in neighboring Stanton in the Epping Forest area which lacked direct railroad access, this establishment occurring shortly after Kittrell's Depot became operational.

* Elisha Marshall, Brevet Brigadier General for the Union Army in the American Civil War

Sherman pardoned Elisha Johnson for his part in supplying the Confederate Army because of Johnson's northern birth and sympathies.

First published in 1722, with engravings by Elisha Kirkall for each fable, it was continuously reprinted into the second half of the 19th century.

His son Elisha Niles Holbrook provided the town with the funds for the town hall and library.

The town was named for benefactor Elisha N. Holbrook, who provided the town with the funds for the town hall and library upon incorporation.

It was named for Dr. Elisha David Standiford, a local businessman and politician, who was active in transportation issues and owned part of the land.

He received his early education from his father, Elisha Ticknor, former principal of the Franklin public school and a founder of the Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of the system of free primary schools in Boston, and of the first New England savings bank, Provident Institution for Savings.

In his report on the Tellico treaty, one of the commissioners, Elisha Hall, accused Blount of trying to thwart the treaty, and Blount sued him for libel.

The 1872 gubernatorial election resulted in a narrow victory for Minstrel Elisha Baxter over Brindle Tail Joseph Brooks in an election marked by fraud and intimidation.