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Ruth Bell Graham Biography

wife of Billy GrahamDied: June 14, 2007 (Montreat, North Carolina) Best Known as: wife and confidant of Reverend Billy Graham Wife and confidant of Reverend…

Maggie Kuhn Biography

activistBorn: 8/31/1905Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y.Died: 4/22/1995 (Philadelphia, Pa.) Maggie Kuhn attended the Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where…

Sylvia Beach

Name at birth: Macy Woodbridge BeachSylvia Beach was an American in Paris whose bookshop was a beacon for the literary elite of the period between World War I and World War II. She famously published…

Robert JENKINS, Congress, PA (1769-1848)

JENKINS Robert , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Windsor Forges, Lancaster County, Pa., July 10, 1769; attended the common schools and the select school of Dr. Robert Smith of Pequea…

Ellen Axson Wilson

Ellen Louise Axson Wilson was First Lady of the United States during the first 17 months of her husband Woodrow Wilson's first term as president. She died at the White House from Bright's disease (…

Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers was the gentle host of the popular long-running children's TV show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Fred Rogers was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and attended Dartmouth College for two years…

John PATTEN, Congress, DE (1746-1800)

PATTEN John , a Delegate and a Representative from Delaware; born in Kent County, Del., April 26, 1746; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; entered the Revolutionary…

William PEERY, Congress, DE (1743-1800)

PEERY, William, a Delegate from Delaware; born 1743; settled with his father's family near Lewes, Del.; farmer; Lewes, Del., militia, Revolutionary War, 1777; member of the Delaware state…

Charles PELHAM, Congress, AL (1835-1908)

PELHAM Charles , a Representative from Alabama; born in Person County, N.C., March 12, 1835; moved with his parents to Alabama in 1838; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to…