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Jacob Woodson Trent Find A Grave Memorial ID # 110114437 Trent was a farmer and stock raiser. When the California gold excitement broke out in 1849, Mr. Trent was only a youth sixteen years of age...

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Jacob Woodson Trent Find A Grave Memorial ID # 110114437 Trent was a farmer and stock raiser. When the California gold excitement broke out in 1849, Mr. Trent was only a youth sixteen years of age...

1/25/2024

Adonijah Welch, U.S. Senator MP (1821 - 1889)

Senator Adonijah Welch Welch was a United States Senator from Florida and the first president of Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University). Welch also served as Michigan Sta...

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Adonijah Welch, U.S. Senator MP (1821 - 1889)

Senator Adonijah Welch Welch was a United States Senator from Florida and the first president of Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University). Welch also served as Michigan Sta...

12/3/2023

James Albert Kinsley (1824 - 1853)

James Albert Kinsley died during the California Gold Rush.

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James Albert Kinsley (1824 - 1853)

James Albert Kinsley died during the California Gold Rush.

9/24/2023

Archibald Wynns (1807 - 1859)

Archibald Wynns, lawyer and statesman, was born in Henry County, Tennessee, on December 25, 1807. He was the son of Thomas and Winnifred (Outlaw) Wynns. He married Martha Elizabeth Edmunds in Tennessee...

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Archibald Wynns (1807 - 1859)

Archibald Wynns, lawyer and statesman, was born in Henry County, Tennessee, on December 25, 1807. He was the son of Thomas and Winnifred (Outlaw) Wynns. He married Martha Elizabeth Edmunds in Tennessee...

5/2/2023

Dr Levi James Russell (1830 - 1908)

Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy : Sep 10 2017, 16:54:54 UTC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Levi ...

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Dr Levi James Russell (1830 - 1908)

Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy : Sep 10 2017, 16:54:54 UTC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Levi ...

3/16/2023

Archibald Johnson Rose, Texas pioneer, Grange leader, and education reformer, the son of Howell S. and Mary (Durham) Rose, was born on September 3, 1830, in Caswell County, North Carolina. Later the sa...

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Archibald Johnson Rose, Texas pioneer, Grange leader, and education reformer, the son of Howell S. and Mary (Durham) Rose, was born on September 3, 1830, in Caswell County, North Carolina. Later the sa...

3/10/2023

Judge Tod Robinson, Jr. MP (1812 - 1870)

Judge Tod Robinson, Jr. Find A Grave Memorial ID # 100917177 Robinson was an attorney, judge and legislator, who was born on March 1, 1812, in Anson County, North Carolina, and moved with his pare...

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Judge Tod Robinson, Jr. MP (1812 - 1870)

Judge Tod Robinson, Jr. Find A Grave Memorial ID # 100917177 Robinson was an attorney, judge and legislator, who was born on March 1, 1812, in Anson County, North Carolina, and moved with his pare...

3/7/2023

Andrew Jackson Roark (1815 - 1851)

Andrew Jackson Roark, soldier, was born in Missouri, the son of Cynthia (Fisher) and Elijah A. Roark. The family moved to Texas in 1824 and settled at Stafford's Point (now Stafford) in Fort Bend Count...

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Andrew Jackson Roark (1815 - 1851)

Andrew Jackson Roark, soldier, was born in Missouri, the son of Cynthia (Fisher) and Elijah A. Roark. The family moved to Texas in 1824 and settled at Stafford's Point (now Stafford) in Fort Bend Count...

3/4/2023

John Ricord (1813 - 1861)

John Ricord (September 5, 1813 – March 26, 1861) whose birth name was probably Jean Baptiste Ricord-Madianna II, was a lawyer and world traveler. He was involved in cases in Texas, Oregon, Hawaii, an...

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John Ricord (1813 - 1861)

John Ricord (September 5, 1813 – March 26, 1861) whose birth name was probably Jean Baptiste Ricord-Madianna II, was a lawyer and world traveler. He was involved in cases in Texas, Oregon, Hawaii, an...

3/2/2023

D. J. Woodlief, settler and soldier, was born near Petersburg, Virginia, in 1806, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Claiborne) Woodlief, and was reared in Greenville County, North Carolina. The family w...

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D. J. Woodlief, settler and soldier, was born near Petersburg, Virginia, in 1806, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Claiborne) Woodlief, and was reared in Greenville County, North Carolina. The family w...

2/28/2023

Jones Wistar (November 14, 1827 – September 18, 1905) was an American lawyer, miner, farmer, soldier, and author. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, in which he was wounded twic...

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Jones Wistar (November 14, 1827 – September 18, 1905) was an American lawyer, miner, farmer, soldier, and author. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, in which he was wounded twic...

1/28/2023

William Sanders Oury (1816 - 1887)

of Arizona, Thomas Edwin Farish, Vol. 2 1915, pg. 269William S. Oury was born in Wythe County Virginia on August 13, 1816. In early life he drifted to the west and was with General Sam Houston at the b...

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William Sanders Oury (1816 - 1887)

of Arizona, Thomas Edwin Farish, Vol. 2 1915, pg. 269William S. Oury was born in Wythe County Virginia on August 13, 1816. In early life he drifted to the west and was with General Sam Houston at the b...

1/21/2023

George Washington Grover (1819 - 1901)

George Washington Grover, Texan Santa Fe expedition participant and Galveston merchant and civic leader, was born at Sacketts Harbor, New York, on November 9, 1819, the son of Nathan and Frances (Warre...

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George Washington Grover (1819 - 1901)

George Washington Grover, Texan Santa Fe expedition participant and Galveston merchant and civic leader, was born at Sacketts Harbor, New York, on November 9, 1819, the son of Nathan and Frances (Warre...

1/2/2023

Josiah Gregg (1806 - 1850)

Josiah Gregg, frontiersman, the son of Harmon and Susannah (Smelser) Gregg, was born in Overton County, Tennessee, on July 19, 1806, the youngest son in a family of seven children. He grew up in Illino...

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Josiah Gregg (1806 - 1850)

Josiah Gregg, frontiersman, the son of Harmon and Susannah (Smelser) Gregg, was born in Overton County, Tennessee, on July 19, 1806, the youngest son in a family of seven children. He grew up in Illino...

12/29/2022

Henry Smith MP (1788 - 1851)

Smith (May 20, 1788 – March 4, 1851) was first American-born Governor of the Mexican territory of Texas and briefly presided over the revolution there.Early lifeSmith was born the tenth and last child ...

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Henry Smith MP (1788 - 1851)

Smith (May 20, 1788 – March 4, 1851) was first American-born Governor of the Mexican territory of Texas and briefly presided over the revolution there.Early lifeSmith was born the tenth and last child ...

12/12/2022

James Taylor Gaines (1776 - 1856)

"Robert Thomas Gaines"

James Taylor Gaines, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, was born on November 14, 1776, in Culpeper County, Virginia, the son of Thomas and Susanah (Strother) Gaines and a descendant of ...

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James Taylor Gaines (1776 - 1856)

"Robert Thomas Gaines"

James Taylor Gaines, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, was born on November 14, 1776, in Culpeper County, Virginia, the son of Thomas and Susanah (Strother) Gaines and a descendant of ...

11/30/2022

John Alexander Formwalt, farmer and Confederate officer, was born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, on April 22, 1820. He was the son of Jacob Formwalt and Rebecca (Troup) Formwalt. In December 184...

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John Alexander Formwalt, farmer and Confederate officer, was born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, on April 22, 1820. He was the son of Jacob Formwalt and Rebecca (Troup) Formwalt. In December 184...

11/23/2022

Isaac L. Ellwood (1833 - 1910)

Isaac L. Ellwood, rancher and barbed wire manufacturer, was born in Springfield Hollow, New York, on August 12, 1833. As a boy he exhibited the initiative and enterprise that made him one of America's ...

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Isaac L. Ellwood (1833 - 1910)

Isaac L. Ellwood, rancher and barbed wire manufacturer, was born in Springfield Hollow, New York, on August 12, 1833. As a boy he exhibited the initiative and enterprise that made him one of America's ...

11/3/2022

•Skomager og guldgraver Frederik Jørgen Petersen. Født den 30. januar 1846 i Ærøskøbing. Død i Cape Nome, Alaska, U.S.A. den 9. august 1913 •Søn af vægter og skomager i Assens, Frederik Jørgen Peterse...

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•Skomager og guldgraver Frederik Jørgen Petersen. Født den 30. januar 1846 i Ærøskøbing. Død i Cape Nome, Alaska, U.S.A. den 9. august 1913 •Søn af vægter og skomager i Assens, Frederik Jørgen Peterse...

8/4/2022

Col. Alonzo Platt MP (1815 - 1862)

Col. Alonzo Platt (1815-1862) is most likely the Alonzo Platt of Danbury and Middletown, CT who was granted U.S. Patent #42 on October 8, 1836 for his invention of an oil lamp. T. B. Wakeman, Jo...

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Col. Alonzo Platt MP (1815 - 1862)

Col. Alonzo Platt (1815-1862) is most likely the Alonzo Platt of Danbury and Middletown, CT who was granted U.S. Patent #42 on October 8, 1836 for his invention of an oil lamp. T. B. Wakeman, Jo...

7/3/2022