David C. Ralston died of starvation in an U.S. Army International Polar Expedition led by Adolphus Greely, a founder of the National Geographic Society. He was entitled to be buried in a national cemet...
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David C. Ralston died of starvation in an U.S. Army International Polar Expedition led by Adolphus Greely, a founder of the National Geographic Society. He was entitled to be buried in a national cemet...
4/3/2020
The true story that the book (Moby Dick) was partly based on was about two seperate events involving a Nantucket whale ship named the "Essex" and a white whale named Mocha Dick. The Essex was hunting w...
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The true story that the book (Moby Dick) was partly based on was about two seperate events involving a Nantucket whale ship named the "Essex" and a white whale named Mocha Dick. The Essex was hunting w...
2/3/2016
Charles Ramsdell served as a Captain aboard the ship "General Jackson" sometime in the 1840's. Charles is very likely the young seaman recently immortalized by the book "The Heart of the Sea" which chr...
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Charles Ramsdell served as a Captain aboard the ship "General Jackson" sometime in the 1840's. Charles is very likely the young seaman recently immortalized by the book "The Heart of the Sea" which chr...
2/3/2016
Peter Stumpf MP (c.1552 - 1589)
"Peter Stube", "Pe(e)ter Stubbe", "Peter Stübbe", "The Werewolf of Bedburg of Danvill", "Abal Griswold", "Abil Griswold", "Ubel Griswold"
Stumpp (died 1589) (whose name is also spelled as Peter Stube, Pe(e)ter Stubbe, Peter Stübbe or Peter Stumpf) was a Rhenish farmer, accused of being a serial killer and a cannibal, also known as the "W...
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Peter Stumpf MP (c.1552 - 1589)
"Peter Stube", "Pe(e)ter Stubbe", "Peter Stübbe", "The Werewolf of Bedburg of Danvill", "Abal Griswold", "Abil Griswold", "Ubel Griswold"
Stumpp (died 1589) (whose name is also spelled as Peter Stube, Pe(e)ter Stubbe, Peter Stübbe or Peter Stumpf) was a Rhenish farmer, accused of being a serial killer and a cannibal, also known as the "W...
12/14/2015
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys – many of whom were of African or Asian descent – between 1978 a...
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Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys – many of whom were of African or Asian descent – between 1978 a...
5/30/2014
Levi Boone Helm from Find-a-Grave Levi Boone Helm (1828 – January 14, 1864) was a mountain man and gunfighter of the American West known as the Kentucky Cannibal. Helm was also a serial killer who gain...
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7/24/2013
Levi Boone Helm from Find-a-Grave Levi Boone Helm (1828 – January 14, 1864) was a mountain man and gunfighter of the American West known as the Kentucky Cannibal. Helm was also a serial killer who gain...
7/24/2013
Perished. Age 25, Almost nothing is known about Mrs. Eddy, although a photograph of her survives. When her husband left with the First Relief, Eleanor stayed behind with the children in the Murphy cabi...
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Perished. Age 25, Almost nothing is known about Mrs. Eddy, although a photograph of her survives. When her husband left with the First Relief, Eleanor stayed behind with the children in the Murphy cabi...
2/10/2013
Her sister Catherine died the day after the relief arrived, but Naomi was still alive. Rhoads carried her slung on his back in a blanket to her mother. . 13 Nov 1843 in St. Louis, MO m1. 8 Sep 1864 in ...
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Her sister Catherine died the day after the relief arrived, but Naomi was still alive. Rhoads carried her slung on his back in a blanket to her mother. . 13 Nov 1843 in St. Louis, MO m1. 8 Sep 1864 in ...
11/25/2012
Survived. Mary’s feet were badly injured from frostbite and fire during her rescue. She lost four toes from her left foot; William G. Murphy remembered his sister Mary sitting at Johnson’s Ranch holdin...
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Survived. Mary’s feet were badly injured from frostbite and fire during her rescue. She lost four toes from her left foot; William G. Murphy remembered his sister Mary sitting at Johnson’s Ranch holdin...
11/24/2012
At Starved Camp Isaac Donner "perished during one of the stormy nights. He was lying on the bed of pine boughs between his sister Mary and Patty Reed, and died so quietly that neither of the sleeping g...
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At Starved Camp Isaac Donner "perished during one of the stormy nights. He was lying on the bed of pine boughs between his sister Mary and Patty Reed, and died so quietly that neither of the sleeping g...
11/24/2012
The Donner Party was the worst disaster in wagon train history. Forty-two emigrants and two Indian guides had died. However, the remaining forty-seven travellers survived.George and Jacob were repairin...
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The Donner Party was the worst disaster in wagon train history. Forty-two emigrants and two Indian guides had died. However, the remaining forty-seven travellers survived.George and Jacob were repairin...
11/24/2012
Survived. Just a few months after her ordeal in the mountains, fourteen-year-old Elitha Donner married Perry McCoon, who had assisted the Donner relief by ferrying men and supplies across the swollen S...
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Survived. Just a few months after her ordeal in the mountains, fourteen-year-old Elitha Donner married Perry McCoon, who had assisted the Donner relief by ferrying men and supplies across the swollen S...
11/24/2012
Little is known of Elizabeth Donner, but she was remembered affectionatelyBlue Hook was a sister of Mary Blue Tennant, George Donner’s second wife. Jacob Donner’s children were therefore double first c...
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Little is known of Elizabeth Donner, but she was remembered affectionatelyBlue Hook was a sister of Mary Blue Tennant, George Donner’s second wife. Jacob Donner’s children were therefore double first c...
11/24/2012
Jacob Donner went west with his wife, six children, and two stepchildren. Of those nine people, only three survived the winter. Jacob Donner's body was found with his heart and liver removed and his li...
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Jacob Donner went west with his wife, six children, and two stepchildren. Of those nine people, only three survived the winter. Jacob Donner's body was found with his heart and liver removed and his li...
11/24/2012
After the disaster Frances, sometimes called Frankie, was taken in and raised by James F. Reed’s family in San Jose until 1852, when Leanna married John App. Then Frances went to take Leanna's place at...
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After the disaster Frances, sometimes called Frankie, was taken in and raised by James F. Reed’s family in San Jose until 1852, when Leanna married John App. Then Frances went to take Leanna's place at...
11/24/2012
and Tamzene Donner's two youngest children, Georgia and Eliza, were very close. Although Hiram O. Miller had been appointed their legal guardian, they were taken in by an elderly Swiss couple, Christia...
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and Tamzene Donner's two youngest children, Georgia and Eliza, were very close. Although Hiram O. Miller had been appointed their legal guardian, they were taken in by an elderly Swiss couple, Christia...
11/24/2012
Survived, age 4 Eliza and Georgia, the two youngest children of George and Tamzene Donner, were very close. Although Hiram O. Miller had been appointed their legal guardian, they were taken in by an el...
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Survived, age 4 Eliza and Georgia, the two youngest children of George and Tamzene Donner, were very close. Although Hiram O. Miller had been appointed their legal guardian, they were taken in by an el...
11/24/2012
Survived, and later returned to Tennessee with his brother. . 15 Jan 1836 Weakley Co., TN m. 03 Dec 1861 Weakley Co., TN to Damaris Kathleen Cochran Ch: Tullulah "Lulie" T., Kate Nye, William Green, Jr...
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Survived, and later returned to Tennessee with his brother. . 15 Jan 1836 Weakley Co., TN m. 03 Dec 1861 Weakley Co., TN to Damaris Kathleen Cochran Ch: Tullulah "Lulie" T., Kate Nye, William Green, Jr...
11/24/2012
Two reasons have been given as to why the ailing70 year old Mrs. Keyes decided to emigrate to California. According to diarists Edwin Bryant and George McKinstry, Mrs. Keyes was hoping to meet her youn...
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Two reasons have been given as to why the ailing70 year old Mrs. Keyes decided to emigrate to California. According to diarists Edwin Bryant and George McKinstry, Mrs. Keyes was hoping to meet her youn...
11/24/2012
William M. Pike, the illegitimate son of James Brown Pike and a Mrs. Wolfries, was a grandson of a Revolutionary War officer, Zebulon Pike, and a nephew of the explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike, after w...
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William M. Pike, the illegitimate son of James Brown Pike and a Mrs. Wolfries, was a grandson of a Revolutionary War officer, Zebulon Pike, and a nephew of the explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike, after w...
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