neosho mo realtor: Arthur
- 08/07/15 09:25 PM
Arthur
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Arthur was born in New York City circa 1901. His father abandoned the family and in the 1910 censes his mother listed that his father had died. There is no record of when the father left but in all accounts this traumatized young Arthur. He dropped out … (9 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: William Crump
- 08/06/15 09:33 PM
William
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William was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1922. His father left the family before he was born. In his later years he took his grandfather’s last name. He stared in several movies including but not limited to Operation Petticoat, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Days of Wine and … (12 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Mary Ball
- 08/05/15 09:31 PM
Mary Ball
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Mary Ball was born in Lively, Virginia. At 22 she married Augustine. They had six children of which only two survived to adulthood. When Augustine died in 1743 she managed the estate and plantation with the help of others until her oldest son became of age. Talk … (12 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Ahmet Ertegun
- 08/04/15 09:28 PM
Ahmet Ertegun
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Ahmet was born in 1923 in Turkey to an aristocratic family. In 1935 they moved to America where his father was Ambassador Extraordinary of the Republic of Turkey in Washington. His mother was an accomplished musician. He fell in love with the music and was especially fond … (18 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: John Bellingham
- 08/03/15 09:23 PM
John Bellingham
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John Bellingham was born around 1769 in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. At the tender age of 16 he was a midshipman on the maiden voyage of the Hartwell. Around 1803 we worked for Lloyd’s of London. A ship named the White Sea was lost at sea. It is alleged that … (13 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Henry
- 08/02/15 09:27 PM
Henry
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Henry was born in July 1898 in England. At the age of 11 he already knew what he wanted to do when after hearing of another famous person at a Sunday School reading. However WWl broke out and he joined the army. He was injured in a gas attack in … (15 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Joseph Priestley
- 08/01/15 09:28 PM
Joseph Priestley
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Joseph Priestley does that name ring a bell? Most likely it does not but let me tell you a story. Born in 1733 he went to live with a wealthy aunt and uncle. At the age of 4 he could answer the 107 questions of the Westminster … (17 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Philip
- 07/31/15 09:50 PM
Philip
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Philip Schuyler was of humble beginnings being the third generation of his Dutch heritage in America. His father died on the eve of his eighth birthday. He was plagued by ill health but despite that he accomplished a lot during his 70 years. Let me tell you just a little about … (11 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Harry Rosoll
- 07/30/15 09:35 PM
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Do you know the name Harry Rosoll? I would suspect most of us never have heard of him but we all have heard of the famous animal he created. This animal can even speak several languages and is known worldwide. Well can you tell me the name of this animal? Sorry … (9 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Hitting a brick wall
- 07/30/15 08:40 PM
Hitting a brick wall.
Okay it has happened. There is a lot of fodder out there but for some reason I have it a brick wall. I have a lot to write about but I just can’t get started. Luckily for me I have already about 30 days of blogs available for my future posts. Right now I’m even having some issues writing this one to post today. This has been going on for about three days.
I do hope I will get it together soon but for now this is it. I’ll post another one later today from my list of … (19 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Mary Wollstonecraft
- 07/29/15 09:39 PM
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Mary Wollstonecraft was born August 30th 1797 in Sommers Town, London. Her mother died when she was just 10 days old, leaving her father to raise her. In 1812 her father sent her to live with William Baxter in Scotland. In 1817 at the age of 17 she met her … (10 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Isabella Boyd
- 07/28/15 09:24 PM
Isabella Boyd
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Isabella Boyd was born May 9th 1844 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She was the oldest child of Benjamin Reed and Mary Boyd. In 1861 during the war a band of union soldiers hung a Union flag outside of her home. This made her mad enough but when one of … (9 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Obi Wan Kenobi
- 07/27/15 10:13 PM
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Sir Alec Guinness AKA Obi Wan Kenobi is a well-known actor. He was trained as a thespian another term for an actor. Anyway can you tell me what else we did that served him well during his hiatus from acting? If you don’t know that’s okay because I’m about to … (13 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: William
- 07/27/15 09:27 PM
William
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William was born in Latham AL in 1918. He was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. During WWll he flew more than 40 missions in the European Theatre where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Cluster. Among the other medal was the Air Medal … (6 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Philip
- 07/26/15 09:19 PM
Philip
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Philip Schuyler was of humble beginnings being the third generation of his Dutch heritage in America. His father died on the eve of his eighth birthday. He was plagued by ill health but despite that he accomplished a lot during his 70 years. Let me tell you just a little about … (14 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Jacob Youphes
- 07/25/15 09:46 PM
Jacob Youphes
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Born Jacob Youphes was born in 1831. He trained and worked as a tailor. In 1854 he emigrated from Russia to the U.S. and changed his name to Jacob Davis. He worked for several tailors during his time but eventually he went to work for Levi Strauss. He applied for … (15 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Jack Dunlop
- 07/24/15 09:31 PM
Jack Dunlop
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Jack Dunlop was reported to be born in Texas, however I cannot find any documents that support this. Where and when he became an outlaw is not known but he was arrested after several bank robberies in 1893. After his release he moved to Arizona where he continued his … (10 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Roger
- 07/23/15 09:28 PM
Roger Sherman
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Roger is not a well-known person but let me tell you a story about this man. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts. His education was only in grammar school and his father’s library. He spent a lot of his time as a shoe-maker. While he had no formal schooling … (21 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Charles Bowles
- 07/22/15 09:25 PM
Charles Bowles
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Charles was born around 1829 but it is not recorded anywhere that I could find. Several years ago while my wife and I were on our way to Vegas for me to attend an accident reconstruction class we saw a plaque by the side of the road mentioning Charles. … (15 comments)
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neosho mo realtor: Douglas Corrigan
- 07/21/15 09:18 PM
Douglas Corrigan
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Douglas Corrigan does the name ring a bell? Well I suspect for most of you no it doesn’t. But when I tell you his nickname you’ll know. Anyway on with my story for today. Corrigan obtained his pilot’s license and was responsible for the wing assembly of the “Spirit … (9 comments)
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