Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

male, deceased (1790)
inventor, Founding Father of the United States, Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, lightning rod, electricity, great scientist…ThirteenColonies
Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,...
Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

male, deceased (1803)
American political culture, Massachusetts constitution, political philosophy, Massachusetts colonial, Second Continental Congress, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence…ThirteenColonies, colonies
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, politician, writer and political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Adams...
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

male, deceased (1820)
Kentucky militiamen in the American Revolution, Pennsylvania colonial, From Kentucky, from Missouri, Pioneer, British…ThirteenColonies
Daniel Boone (October 22, 1734 - September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk...
Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold

male, deceased (1801)
spy, Invasion of Canada, Ridgefield, west point, danbury, American Revolution spy…colonies, ThirteenColonies
Benedict Arnold V was a successful Connecticut merchant who fought for American independence from the British Empire as a general in the...
Button Gwinnett

Button Gwinnett

male, deceased (1777)
signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, From Wolverhampton, death by firearm in the United States, American Revolutionary War death, suburb, Governor of Georgia…ThirteenColonies
Button Gwinnett, was second of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative...
Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards

male, deceased (1758)
fire-and-brimstone, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Christian Revivalist, Calvinist ministers and theologian, From Northampton, Massachusetts, minister…ThirteenColonies
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 - March 22, 1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native...

Joseph Galloway

male, deceased (1803)
Loyalist in the American Revolution, Pennsylvania colonial, First Continental Congress, colonial america, American, loyalist…ThirteenColonies
Joseph Galloway (1731-August 10, 1803) was an American Loyalist during the American Revolution, after serving as delegate to the First Continental...
Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

male, deceased (1797)
African-English, Nigerian American, caribbean, north pole, abolitionist, eighteenth century…ThirteenColonies, American Colonies
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 - 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the...
John Woolman

John Woolman

male, deceased (1772)
quaker minister, American, tax resister, conscription, slavery, abolitionist…ThirteenColonies, American Colonies
John Woolman (October 19, 1720 - October 7, 1772) was an itinerant Quaker preacher, traveling throughout the American colonies, advocating against...
Catharine Sedgwick

Catharine Sedgwick

female, deceased (1867)
Domestic, from Massachusetts, patriotism, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, religious intolerance, Unitarianism…ThirteenColonies
Catharine Maria Sedgwick, was an American novelist of what is now referred to as domestic fiction. Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, she was the...