Liston B. Ramsey

male
Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, Democrat, U.S. Army Air Corps, associate's degree, AppalachianMountains, North Carolina House of Representatives
Liston Bryan Ramsey (1919 - 2001) was a prominent and influential member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for nearly four decades. He...
Chauncey Beadle

Chauncey Beadle

male, deceased (1950)
Cornell University, Botanist, Cornell University alumni, Canadian, appalachian, biltmore estate…AppalachianMountains
Chauncey Delos Beadle was a Canadian-born botanist and horticulturist active in the southern United States. He was educated in horticulture at...
James Deahl

James Deahl

male, 64 years old
Laurel Highlands, from Pennsylvania, American, immigrant to Canada, From Hamilton, Ontario, Under the Watchful Eye…AppalachianMountains
James Deahl (born 1945) is a Canadian poet and publisher. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Deahl grew up in the city and in and around the Laurel...
E. R. Ward Neale

E. R. Ward Neale

male, 86 years old
Ernest Richard Ward Neale, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada, FRSC, John Rodgers, AppalachianMountains…appalachian
Ernest Richard Ward Neale OC FRSC PhD (born July, 1923) is a distinguished Canadian geologist. His scientific research has contributed...
Edward Fenwick

Edward Fenwick

male, deceased (1832)
Roman Catholic bishop, Dominican Order, bishop, French Revolution, American, priory…AppalachianMountains
Bishop Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. (b. August 19 1768, St. Mary's County (Maryland) - d. September 26 1832, Wooster, Ohio) was born on the...
Mary Gibson Henry

Mary Gibson Henry

female
Botanist, Henry Foundation for Botanical Research, coastal plain, American Horticultural Society, AppalachianMountains, Rocky Mountains
Mary Gibson Henry (1884-1967) was an American botanist and plant collector from Philadelphia, who also served as president of the American...

Benjamin Bomar

male, deceased (1868)
Charleston, mexican-american war, american civil war, Mayor of Atlanta, fulton county, gold rush…AppalachianMountains
Benjamin Franklin Bomar (August 9,1816 - February 1, 1868) was the second mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Bomar was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina...
Jabez Vodrey

Jabez Vodrey

male, deceased (1861)
Phoenix, ohio river, pottery, American, Potter, AppalachianMountains
Jabez Vodrey (1795-1861) was the first English potter west of the Appalachian Mountains. He was born in Tunstall, Staffordshire, England, the...

Eric Layman

male, 66 years old
Songwriter, The Edges of Time, Seraphim Editions, The Intended, Yorkville, Toronto, AppalachianMountains…appalachian
Eric Layman (born in 1943 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet and songwriter/singer. He has lived in Toronto, Ontario since...

William Trent III

male, deceased (1787)
Pennsylvania colonial, Fort Pitt, AppalachianMountains, Western Pennsylvania, Pontiac's Rebellion, French and Indian War
Major William Trent, born in Western Pennsylvania, was a soldier and merchant who played an important role in the early stages of the French and...