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Jules Carpentier was born in Paris, France back in 1851. While I don’t have a lot of information on his schooling apparently, he was a very smart man. He was one of the first manufactures of the galvanometer which was an electromechanical instrument for detecting an electrical current. That in...
02/28/2018
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Nancy Jean was born in Dayton, Ohio back in 1957 to Frank and Miriam. While in the fourth grade she won a school-wide speech competition. She graduated from Fairmont High School in 1976 and went onto Ohio University. In her sophomore year, she transferred to UCLA. In 1981, she graduated from UCLA...
02/27/2018
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Bernard John Dowling was born in County Roscommon, Ireland back in 1830. The family moved to the States in the 1840’s where he attended New York University from 1848-1849. He went on to attend the New York Medical College graduating in 1852. In 1856, he was appointed assistant surgeon in the US A...
02/26/2018
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Andrew Jackson was born in Columbus, Nebraska back in 1886 to John and Annie. He attended Creighton Prep High School however, he was expelled for fighting. He joined the Nebraska Army National Guard reaching the rank of First Lieutenant. In 1906, he moved to Mobile, Alabama to enter the lumber bu...
02/25/2018
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John Roswell was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa back in 1944 to Roswell and Anne. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor’s in American History and a Master’s in Journalism. In 1971, you could find him in Miami, Florida where he wrote for The Miami Herald. He moved to Minneapolis in ...
02/24/2018
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Richard James Hart was born in Angri, Italy back in 1892. I don’t know when the family moved to the United States but, what I can tell you is the rest of the story. He left home at 16 and moved from Brooklyn to Nebraska. When World War I started he enlisted in the United States Army serving in Fr...
02/23/2018
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John Rock was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts back in 1890. He graduated from Harvard University in 1918. A few years later you could find him operating his medical practice. By the 1940’s he was teaching at Harvard University Medical School. In 1931, he was the only Catholic physician to sign...
02/22/2018
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Cargill Gilston Knott was born in Penicuik, Midlothian back in 1856 to Pelham and Ellen. He graduated from Arbroath High School and went on to continue his education at the University of Edinburgh obtaining he doctorate in 1879. Later in 1879 he was appointed an assistant in Natural Philosophy at...
02/21/2018
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A lot of you should get this one way before I tell you the rest of the story. Charles Weedon was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan back in 1934. That’s about all I have until 1954 when he was drafted into the Army. When he was discharged he moved to Battle Creek, Michigan and worked as a carpet sale...
02/20/2018
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You really didn’t say that, did you?This past December I helped my son in looking for a home. While I usually do not like to work with family or friends what can I say, it happens.He had found a home (new construction) that we made an offer on. He drove by it daily and nothing was being done. The...
02/19/2018
