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2017
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Samuel Bell Maxey was born in Tompkinsville, Kentucky back in 1825 to Rice and Lucy. Inn 1834 the family moved to Albany, Kentucky and in 1842 he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point.Ranking near the bottom of his class he graduated in 1846 commissioned as a Brevet second lie...
03/31/2017
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Emilie Du Chatelet was born in Paris, France back in 1706 to Louis and Gabrielle. Nothing is known about her education, there is speculation but nothing is really known, which makes the rest of the story incredible.Her brilliance was recognized when she very young which prompted her father to bri...
03/30/2017
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Hezekiah was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania to a Quaker family (sorry I don’t have his parents name). His father quit the church to fight in the American Revolutionary War. In 1777, the family fled the area to avoid the British to a place called Brandywine Creek…After the war the family mov...
03/29/2017
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Nellie Davis was born in St. Joseph, Missouri back in 1876 to James and Elizabeth. When she was seven the family moved to Miltonvale, Kansas. After graduating from high school the family moved again to Omaha, Nebraska.She taught private piano lessons and attended a teacher-training college for tw...
03/28/2017
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Frank Dwight Baldwin was born in Manchester, Michigan back in 1842. Sorry I can’t relate to you what he did as a youngster but I can tell you the rest of the story. this is going to be short and sweet. He joined the 19th Michigan Infantry during the Civil War fighting in all of his regiment’s ...
03/27/2017
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Egbert Benson was born in New York City back in 1746 to Robert and Catherine. At an early age his grandmother taught him the Dutch language. He attended an English Classical school and attended King’s College graduating in 1765. He was admitted to the bar and moved to Red Hook where he practic...
03/26/2017
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Don’t you just love it when the light bulb turns on in a darken night? I know I do and that is exactly what happened at our last meeting. I know this is going to be a surprise because I believe this is the first blog I’ve written about a fellow ActiveRainer since I’ve been writing posts.I want to...
03/25/2017
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John Dickinson was born near Woolwich, England back in 1782 to Thomas and Frances. At fifteen he started a seven-year apprenticeship as a stationer in London. He demonstrated his resourceful nature by inventing a new kind of paper for cannon cartridges.He patented his invention which was taken up...
03/24/2017
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Gayla Henderson was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma back in 1943. She graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Education degree and became a teacher. She left that profession and owned her own advertising firm for 15 years.She is married to Cliff and they have a daughter Sydne...
03/23/2017
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Edward Zane Carroll was born in Harpersfield, New York back in 1823. Th family moved to Bethany, Pennsylvania in 1826 and on to Philadelphia in 1834. In that same year at the tender age of 12 he ran away from home to serve on a Navy vessel. In 1838 he was commissioned as a midshipman in President...
03/22/2017
