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Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Michigan. Official Website Wayne County was the sixth county in the Northwest Territory, formed August 15, 1796 from portions of territorial Hamilton County, territorial Knox County and unorganized territory. It was named for the U.S. general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. Adjacent Counties & Provinces Washtenaw County ...
Wikipedia The Detroit Institute of Technology was a fully accredited, four-year technical college in Detroit, Michigan that closed operations in 1981. First called the Association Institute, the private school was founded in 1891, and later developed into a private engineering and science college in conjunction with the Detroit YMCA, formalizing its evening adult education program; the later...
Goal and Scope of this Project=This project is a description of the city of Detroit, its history and people that made it famous.The story of Detroit--and this project--starts from the first recorded mention of the site in 1670, when French missionaries found a stone idol venerated by the Indians there and destroyed it with an axe. Detroit on the map today.=Toponymy===How to Input Locations in G...
Wikipedia =Earlham College is a private, liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. Established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Earlham welcomes students of all faiths and offers an education rooted in such Quaker values as integrity, a commitment to peace and social justice, mutual respect and community decision-making. Alumni
This project is for those buried in Salem Cemetery, Hamlin, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave Billion Graves
The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio. Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian Church as the University of Wooster, it officially has been non-sectarian since 1969 when ownership ties with the Presbyterian Church ended. From its creation, the college has been a co-educational institution. It enrolls about 2,000 students and is a member of The Five Colleges of Ohi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was formed from part of Northampton County on March 21, 1798 and was named for the Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne. Adjacent Counties Broome County, NY Delaware County, NY Sullivan County, NY Pike County Monroe County Lackawanna County Susquehanna Co...
The Battle of Mill Springs, also known as the Battle of Fishing Creek in Confederate terminology, and the Battle of Logan's Cross Roads in Union terminology, was fought in Wayne and Pulaski counties, near current Nancy, Kentucky , on January 19, 1862, as part of the American Civil War . The Union victory concluded an early Confederate offensive campaign in south central Kentucky. In late 1861,...
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers compete in the Central division of the American League (AL) in Major League Baseball (MLB). One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in 1894 as part of the Western League. They are the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in the AL. The Tigers have won ...
Wikipedia Wayne State University (WSU) is an American public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District and Wayne State University Buildings Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 380 programs to nearly 28,000 graduate and undergraduate students. It is currently Michigan's th...
This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to this County of West Virginia. Please feel free to add profiles of anyone who was born, lived or died in this county.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, North Carolina. Official Website Wayne County was established during the American Revolutionary War on November 2, 1779, from the western part of Dobbs County. It was named for "Mad Anthony" Wayne, a general in the war. Adjacent Counties Greene County Wilson County Lenoir County Duplin County Sampson C...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Nebraska. Official Website Wayne County was organized by a proclamation of Governor David Butler in the fall of 1870 and was named for Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne. Adjacent Counties Dixon County Thurston County Cuming County Stanton County Madison County Pierce County Cedar County
Please add those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Ohio. Official Website Wayne County was created by the government of the Northwest Territory in 1796. It was named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. Adjacent Counties Medina County Summit County Stark County Holmes County Ashland County Cities & Villages Apple Creek Burbank Congress Creston Dalton ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Missouri. The county was officially organized on December 11, 1818, and is named after General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who served in the American Revolution. The Wayne County Courthouse was destroyed by a fire in 1854. In 1866, the records in new courthouse were stolen, and in 1892 the courthouse again burned down. Thus, ...
Gospel Music Hall of Fame= Wikipedia (with incomplete list of those inducted)The Gospel Music Hall of Fame, created in 1971 by the Gospel Music Association, is a Hall of Fame located in Detroit, Michigan and is dedicated exclusively to recognizing meaningful contributions by individuals and groups in all forms of gospel music. Official Website Inductees by Year =Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fa...
Bicknell Cemetery, Bicknell, Wayne County, Utah, USA: Find a Grave
Located on the south side of Church Street west of Cemetery Street in East Union Township, Apple Creek, Wayne County, Ohio. The cemetery is # 11470 (Apple Creek Cemetery) in “Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003”, compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society. The cemetery is registered with the Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (ODRE) as Apple Creek Cemetery Assoc. with registration li...
This project is for those buried in Travers Cemetery, Mount Erie, Wayne County, Illinois. Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Illinois. Wayne County was formed in 1819 out of Edwards County. It is named after Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne, an officer in the Revolutionary War and Northwest Indian War. Adjacent Counties Clay County Richland County Edwards County White County Marion County Jefferson County Hamilton County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Indiana. Official Website History The first permanent European-American settlers in the area were Quakers from North Carolina. They settled about 1806 near the east fork of the Whitewater River, an area including what is today the city of Richmond. Jeptha Turner, the first white child in the county, was born here i...
The Battle of White Hall, also called the Battle of White Hall Ferry , took place on December 16, 1862, in Wayne County, North Carolina , as part of the Union expedition to Goldsboro, North Carolina, during the American Civil War . Wikipedia
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, New York. Official Website History The county was created on April 11, 1823 and is named in honor of General Anthony Wayne, an American Revolutionary War hero and American statesman. War of 1812 Two small skirmishes were fought in the county during the War of 1812: one in Sodus in June 1813,[8] and the other in ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Georgia. Official Website History At the time of European contact, the area of what would become Wayne County was settled by the Guale people. Being close to the coast and bordered by the Altamaha River, Wayne County's history includes occupation by Spanish missionaries at the time of the settlement of Saint Augusti...
Wikipedia University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) is a private, Roman Catholic co-educational university in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy. Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., is the president. With origins dating from 1877, it is the largest Roman Catholic university in Michigan. UDM is one of the 28-member Association of Jesu...