Manly Wade Wellman

Manly Wade Wellman

male, deceased (1986)
Columbia University, Episcopalian, Edgar Allan Poe Award, Wichita State University, angola, Judge Pursuivant…AppalachianMountains
Manly Wade Wellman (May 21, 1903 - April 5, 1986) was an American writer. He is best known for his fantasy and horror stories set in the...
Harriette Simpson Arnow

Harriette Simpson Arnow

female, deceased (1986)
University of Louisville, novelist, University of Louisville Alumni, esquire, public housing, Appalachian culture…AppalachianMountains
Harriette Arnow was a U.S. novelist, claimed by both Kentucky and Michigan as a native daughter. Arnow has been called an expert on the people of...
Chris Offutt

Chris Offutt

male, 51 years old
Iowa Writers' Workshop, Morehead State University, Kentucky writer, American Academy of Arts and Letters, AppalachianMountains, Men's Journal
Chris Offutt grew up in Haldeman, Kentucky, a former mining community of two hundred people, and graduated from Morehead State University, KY. He...
Hillbilly Jim

Hillbilly Jim

male, 57 years old
Memphis, Rene Goulet, overalls, AppalachianMountains, tag team, biker…appalachian
Jim Morris (born July 5, 1952) is a professional wrestler best known to fans as Hillbilly Jim. He was one of the World Wrestling Federation's most...

Harold Williams

male, 75 years old
Memorial University of Newfoundland faculty, ph.d, Memorial University of Newfoundland, B.Sc, Doctor of Philosophy, Royal Society of Canada…AppalachianMountains
Dr. Harold Williams, M.Sc, Ph.D, FRSC (born March 14, 1934) is one of the premier field geologists in the history of geology and the foremost...
Andrew Ellicott

Andrew Ellicott

male, deceased (1820)
American, AppalachianMountains, Peter (Pierre) Charles L'Enfant, Surveyor, Pierre L'Enfant, Appalachians
Andrew Ellicott (January 24, 1754 - August 28, 1820) was a U.S. surveyor who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed...
Hedy West

Hedy West

female, deceased (2005)
Songwriter, folk music, vietnam war, appalachian, American, mountain…AppalachianMountains
Hedy West (April 6, 1938 - July 3, 2005) was an American folksinger and songwriter. She was of the same generation as Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and...
Mike Harding

Mike Harding

male, 65 years old
from Crumpsall, Irish, writer, Accrington Pals, Stand Up Comic, Film Maker…AppalachianMountains
Mike Harding (born 23 October 1944) is a British singer and comedian. Harding was born in Crumpsall, a suburb of the English city of Manchester....
Kellie Martin

Kellie Martin

female, 34 years old
Law & Order Special Victims Unit cast, life goes on, film actor, AppalachianMountains, Nielsen ratings, Father Murphy
Kellie Noelle Martin (born October 16, 1975) is an American television actress. A native of Riverside, California, Martin loved to perform for her...
Uncle Charlie Osborne

Uncle Charlie Osborne

male, deceased (1992)
Centenarian, American, Carter family, Folk musician, jimmie rodgers, East Tennessee State University…AppalachianMountains
Charles Nelson Osborne, (December 26, 1890 - May 27, 1992), affectionately known as "Uncle Charlie," was a musician in the Appalachian Mountains of...