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Samuel Prescott Hildreth

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Samuel Prescott Hildreth Born ( 1783-09-30 ) September 30, 1783 Methuen, Massachusetts Died July 24, 1863 (1863-07-24) (aged 79) Marietta, Ohio Resting place Mound Cemetery (Marietta, Ohio) Nationality United States of America Occupation pioneer physician and scientist Organization Massachusetts Medical Society, diploma (1805) Known for pioneer historian, concerning the early days of Ohio and the Northwest Territory Notable work Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory (1848). Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio (1852). Spouse(s) Rhoda Cook Parent(s) Samuel Hildreth, Abagail Bodwell Samuel P. Hildreth in his younger days Samuel P. Hildreth in his latter days Samuel P. Hildreth marker at Mound Cemetery (Marietta, Ohio) Samuel Prescott Hildreth (1783–1863) was a pioneer physician, scientist, and historian, authoring numerous scientific and hi...

William Henry Venable

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For other people with the same name, see William Venable (disambiguation). William Henry Venable William Henry Venable 1890 Born April 29, 1836 Warren County, Ohio, United States Died 1920 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Occupation Author, English teacher Nationality American Genre Literature, Poetry Children Emerson Venable William Henry Venable (April 29, 1836 – 1920) was an American author and educator. Contents 1 Biography 2 Descendants 3 Notable works 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links Biography He was born in Warren County, Ohio. He began to teach at seventeen years of age, and during his vacations attended teachers' institutes in Oxford, Ohio, being one of the first teachers in the state upon whom the Ohio board of examiners conferred a life certificate. He was graduated at the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and in 1862, became professor of natural science in Chickering Classical and Scientific Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, in the same year, was its p...

Frances Dana Barker Gage

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Frances Dana Barker Gage Engraving of Frances Gage Born ( 1808-10-12 ) October 12, 1808 Washington County, Ohio, U.S. Died November 10, 1884 (1884-11-10) (aged 76) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. Nationality American Occupation Writer, poet, activist, abolitionist Spouse(s) James L. Gage (1800–1863) Parent(s) Colonel Joseph Barker (1765–1843) Elizabeth Dana (1771–1835) The Colonel Joseph Barker House in April 2010. It is the house in which Gage grew up. Frances Dana Barker Gage (October 12, 1808 – November 10, 1884) was a leading American reformer, feminist and abolitionist. She worked closely with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, along with other leaders of the early women's rights movement in the United States. [1] She was among the first to champion voting rights for all citizens without regard to race or gender and was a particularly outspoken supporter of giving newly freed African American women the franchise during Reconstruction, al...

Griffin Greene

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Griffin Greene Born ( 1749-02-20 ) February 20, 1749 Warwick, Rhode Island Died June 1804 (aged 55) Marietta, Ohio Place of burial Mound Cemetery (Marietta, Ohio) Allegiance United States of America Service/branch Continental Army Rank deputy to the Quartermaster General Battles/wars American Revolutionary War Relations Nathanael Greene (cousin), Christopher Greene (brother-in-law) Other work director of the Ohio Company of Associates Griffin Greene (1749–1804) served as a commissary, paymaster, and quartermaster to the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was subsequently a pioneer to the Ohio Country, helping establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. [1] [2] Contents 1 Early life 2 Revolutionary War 3 Marietta and the Ohio Country 4 References 5 Bibliography Early life Griffin Greene was born in Warwick, Rhode Island on February 20, 1749. He married Sarah Greene of the...

James Mitchell Varnum

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James Mitchell Varnum James Mitchell Varnum, painted posthumously in 1804 by Charles Willson Peale Born ( 1748-12-17 ) December 17, 1748 Dracut, Massachusetts Died January 9, 1789 (1789-01-09) (aged 40) Marietta, Ohio Place of burial Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio Allegiance   United States of America Service/branch Continental Army Years of service 1774–1779 Rank Brigadier General 1775–1779(Continental Army) Major General 1779 (Rhode Island Militia) Battles/wars American Revolutionary War Siege of Boston Long Island White Plains Red Bank Valley Forge Battle of Rhode Island Other work twice elected delegate to the Continental Congress (1780-82 and 1786-87), pioneer to the Ohio Country, justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territory Signature General James Mitchell Varnum, wife Martha Child inset. James Mitchell Varnum (December 17, 1748 – January 9, 1789) was an American legislator, lawyer, general [1] in the Continental Army duri...