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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Henry Wheeler was born in Lanesborough, Massachusetts back in 1818. He attended Hamilton College but was expelled his second year for removing the clapper of the campus bell. He worked as a farmer, coal miner, explorer and auctioneer.In 1858 he found himself in Poughkeepsie, New York making a living as a journalist and writer. He wrote in an informal voice full of the current slang of the day, using eccentric phonetic spelling dispensing wit and folksy common-sense wisdom. Wouldn’t it be nice if some people use that same common-sense wisdom today? Anyway, lets continue with the story. he died in 1885 near Monterey, CaliforniaMaybe just maybe you know him better as Henry Wheeler Shaw? Hmm, name still doesn’t ring a bell, how about his pen name of John Billings? Historians has said perhap...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Emma as born in Kovno, Russian Empire to Abraham and Taube back in 1869. Her father was a strict and had a violent temper. He used violence to punish his children and Emma was the most headstrong one of them. Her mother did little to stop Emma’s punishment which also added to the tension.When she was seven the family moved to Konigsberg where she enrolled in school for the first time. One teacher used a ruler on her hands for being a disobedient student. Another teacher tried to sexually assault her. She had to quit school to support the family after her father had opened several businesses which all failedIn 1885 she convinced her father to let her move to America, she settled in Rochester, New York. She worked as a seamstress sewing overcoats for more than 10 hours a day making $2.50 ...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Ebenezer was born in Northampton, Massachusetts back in 1743 to Samuel and Hannah. He moved and founded Poultney, Vermont in 1771. He became a Lieutenant in a company of the Green Mountain Boys fighting with Ethan Allen at Ft. Ticonderoga. Moving up the ranks to captain in 1777 he distinguished himself at the Battle of Bennington. In the same year, he captured Mt. Defiance.After the war, he occupied many positions of civil authority. He served as Justice of the Peace, serving on many town committees and was elected as a representative to the Vermont General Assembly from 1788-1792. He also heled frame the Vermont constitution.He moved again to Burlington, Vermont in 1800 where he operated a tavern there until his death in 1806. He died while visiting this cousin Ethan Allen at his home ...
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By Paula Prince, Top 10% Grossing REALTOR in NWA
(Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Journey)
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Frank Wilber was born in Peoria, Illinois back in 1895 to Samuel and Grace. He graduated from Peoria High School. his family has a strong background of service to the United States going back to the Revolutionary War.In 1912 at 16 years old he was admitted to the United States Naval Academy he graduated in 1916. Assigned to the USS Pittsburgh he left San Francisco arriving in Rio de Janeiro on September 21st. 1916. He was assigned to serve on several ships returning to the U.S. in 1919. During that same year, the U.S. Navy was seeking individuals to their aviation division.He was one of the first to be approved and was assigned to Class 1 of the Naval training for pilots. In 1926 he was notified that he was selected for promotion to lieutenant commander making him one of the Navy’s youn...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Alice Brown was born near Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma back in 1852 to John and Lucy. Because of the Seminole tradition any children born of the wedlock belonged to the mother, they had a total of seven. She was well educated attending Ramsey Mission School. Her father being a doctor tended to the Seminole tribe in 1867 during a cholera epidemic and she assisted him.In 1874 she married George and moved to Arbeka. There they operated a general store until George died. I do not have a time date of when he passed however, what I do have for you is the rest of the story.After George died she became the postmistress of Arbeka while she also ran the trading post. Her brother John was a pastor of the Spring Baptist Church in Sasakwa, Oklahoma. She performed missionary work in Florida and was active in...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Roger Ludlow was born back in 1590 in Dinton, Wiltshire, England to Thomas and Jane. He enrolled at Balliol College in Oxford, and was admitted to the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple in 1612. She sailed to America in 1630 with his wife Mary, settling in Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1634 he was elected Deputy Governor where he negotiated the first treaty between the English and the Pequot.In 1635 he joined the Puritans settling in the Connecticut area. However, in 1631 it was discovered the land they settled in belonged to Robert Rich, 2nd Earl or Warwick. The Massachusetts General Court hired Roger to mediate the dispute. More on that later.He was a magistrate from 1637-1638 then he was named the first Deputy Governor of Connecticut. In 1640 he served as magistrate except for 164...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
The issue goes back a long time ago. The earliest time was during the Reign of Augustus. The reasons re varied just as the bled of grass or snowflakes. Some for infidelity, abandonment, financial, children or the lack of them, physical or emotional abuse, personal indifference and the list continues.Divorce has been going on a long time. Just like each couple are different so are issues that arise. What I want to tell you is about the first recorded divorce in American history. It happened on January 5th, 1643 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony between Denis Clarke and his wife Anne. For you see Denis admitted to abandoning Anne and having children by another woman. He refused to return to Anne thus the courts granted her divorce. I don’t know who wrote the recordings but they needed some ...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
December 7th, a date that will live in infamy.  We are all familiar with the speech given by President Roosevelt.  It was truly a date that no American will forget.  Of course, this was an event all of us did not want to happen however it did.  But what else happened on December 7th back in 1787 that is just a footnote of America?  It all began with one of our States doing something that other representatives just talked about.The American Revolutionary War started in 1775 to 1783.  However, what this State did was the start to what we now know as the Republic which binds us together as a nation.  That is the State of Delaware, the first State to ratify the Constitution by a unanimous vote.  So, tell me did you know this took place 156 years before the other December 7th day that lives ...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Hiram was born in Sangerville, Maine back in 1840. He was a coachbuilder by the time he turned 14 and worked at that profession for 10 years. He moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts where he worked at a machine shop and later as an instrument-maker. His brother was named Hudson (hint-hint) which became a strained relationship because of a patent dispute between the two brothers. Hiram followed in his father’s footsteps becoming a mechanical engineer. He founded the American radio Relay League. He designed several things which of course is the rest of the story. In 1881 he arrived in England to reorganize the London offices of the US Electric Lighting Company. He was awarded the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and a member of the London Chamber of Commerce, a member of the British Associa...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Russell Wilson was born in Fredonia, New York back in 1883 to Louis and Lucy. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1906. After graduation, he served on the battleship USS New York as an ensign. By 1914 he was a flag lieutenant serving under Admiral Henry Mayo.He went on to command destroyers at Greenland. He graduated from the Naval War College in 1924, serving as naval attaché at the US Embassy in London from 1937-38. By 1939 he was the last commander of the Battleship Division 1 in peacetime prior to the start of WWII.In 1941 he was superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. After the attack on Pearl Harbor he was assigned to the Pacific Fleet. He was found to be medically unfit for sea and therefore he...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Edward Perkins was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts back in 1856 to William and Ellen.  Shortly after his birth his mother died so he was raised by a shoemaker and his wife in Abington, Massachusetts until he was 4 where his paternal Grandfather Walter took him in.  he attended a private school and entered Harvard College in 1874.  In 1880 he received his PhD in history, his thesis was on the Louisiana Purchase.  His grandfather died the same year leaving him an inheritance of $300.00.  with the landfall, he took a nine-month tour of Europe.When he returned, he wrote articles for Science Magazine about the Sudan and geography-instruction at German schools.   In 1883, he became an instructor of history at Harvard University.  In 1883 he received a prize of $150.00 for his work on “Town ...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
After this they haven't called back.  Maybe they are getting the message,  Should they call back again I'm redy.  A little humor for you on this day of Thanksgiving "Hello sir, this is Doug. I’m calling about a problem you’re having with your computer." And today I'm ready for him and I interrupt him before he has a chance to take a breath. "I'm not really having any trouble with my computer but I'm having trouble with my dog. She's pooping out bubbles. Do you think she could have gotten into the dish liquid or have you ever heard of that before? Maybe since you work with computers you could look that up for me. Her name is Jessie and I swear, she goes out to do her business and it's like one of them bubble machines you get at Walmart for a kids birthday party." "Sir, I'm not equipped t...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Chester was born in Exeter, New Hampshire back in 1850 to Henry and Anne.  In 1867 the family moved to Concord, Massachusetts.  He spent a year studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for just one year when he moved to Florence, Italy studying under Thomas.  Chester gained acclaim by first sculpting the statute “Minute Man” back in 1875 for Concord, Massachusetts.  In 1893 he was a founding member of the National Academy of Design, the American Academy of Arts and Letter, the Architectural League and the Accademia di Lan Luca, of Rome.  BTW he was also co-founder of the American Academy in Rome.  He died in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1931 at the age of 81 and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts.  Now is as good as a time to tell you I’m writing a...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Lawrence Joel was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina back in 1928 the third of 16 children (busy parents) because of the large family he was raised by a neighboring family the Samuels. He attended Atkins High School and afterwards joined the Merchant Marines for one year in 1946. The next year he joined the United States Army in New York City, planning to make it a career.By 1965 then-Specialist Five Lawrence and his battalion of paratroopers were sent on a patrol for Viet Cong near Bien Hoa, classified as warzone “D” in the heart of Vietnam. It was during this that his battalion found themselves surrounded and a battel ensued that lasted for twenty-four hours. Almost all the troops were either killed or wounded. Lawrence himself was shot twice however, what he did is nothing short o...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Adam Weishaupt was born in Ingolstadt, Bavaria back 1748 to Johann (sorry I don’t have his mother’s name). Adam was five years old when his father died and he was sent to the godfather to be raised. His godfather was a professor of law at the University of Ingolstadt. He taught Adam rationalism beginning his formal education at a Jesuit school. he graduated from the University of Ingolstadt in 1768 at 20 with a doctorate of law degree.In 1772 he became a professor of law. In 1773 he married Afra. In 1775 he became a professor of canon law. For what he did in 1776 he was exiled to Gotha where he continued to write a series of works which we’ll go over shortly. He died in 1830 at 82 while still in exile in Gotha.Now we’ll get to what he did and why he was exiled.   For you see in on May D...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Hermann Minowski was born in Aleksotas, Russian Empire back in 1864 to Lewin and Rachel. In 1872 the family moved to Konigserg. He studied in Konigsberg and taught in Bonn from 1887 to 1894.He moved to Zurich and taught there from 1896 to 1902 when he died suddenly of appendicitis in Gottingen. So, you may be asking yourself why I am writing about this obscure person. Well I’m so glad you have that thought for what he did during his short lifetime was nothing short of historical.For you see his parents were Jewish and that is why they moved to Konigserg. He is noted for creating and developing the geometry of number and used that method to solve problems in number theory, mathematical physics and the theory of relativity. Now just imagine of what else he could have done had he lived lon...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
It was 1907 when Carlisle opened the season with a 40-0 win over Lebanon Valley.  They travelled to the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field in a meet-up with the undefeated Pennsylvania before a crowd of 22,800 fans in Philadelphia.It was in the second play of the game when something happened that will forever change the way football is played.  Pete Hauser launched the football to William Gardner who caught it on a dead run carrying is just short of the goal line.  Thus, it is written down in history the first forward pass to be completed in a football game.  Carlisle beat Penn 26-6.  Two weeks later they used the same forward pass to defeat Harvard 23-15.  BTW you may have heard of another player for Carlisle who was in the game, that person being Jim Thorpe.  Only now you kno...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
James Brudenell was born in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, England back in 1797. Educated at Harrow he showed aptitude in Greek and Latin. James was a fine horseman and his wish was to purchase a commission in a fashionable regiment. His father would not allow it and in 1815 he was sent to Christ Church, Oxford as an aristocrat. Back then aristocrats were granted admission without examination. He left in this third year after showing aptitude, he did not take a degree.His first action (common for his time) was to take the Grand Tour. He travelled to Russia and Sweden. On his return he took a seat in the House of Commons. In 1829 his party introduced a bill allowing limited Catholic emancipation however he abstained and the consequence of his actions was that he was thrown out of his seat.A...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Andreas Vesalius was born in Brussels in the Netherlands back in 1514 to Anders and Isabel. In 1528 he entered into the University of Leuven majoring in Greek, Latin and medicine. He returned to Leuven where he completed his studies graduating the next year. He moved again where he studied at the University of Padua for his medical doctorate receiving that degree in 1537.Immediately after graduating he was offered the chair of surgery and anatomy at Padua. He assisted the future Pope Paul IV who was afflicted by leprosy in Venice. It was while he was in the area he wrote his first text in 1538. In 1539 he published his Venesection letter on bloodletting. Sadly, he died way before his time in 1564 at the age of 49. However, can you tell me what he is written in the history books for?Well...
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