Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

male, deceased (1850)
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 - July 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States. Known as "Old...
Levi Coffin

Levi Coffin

male, deceased (1877)
Levi Coffin (October 28, 1798-September 16, 1877) was an American Quaker, educator, and abolitionist. Coffin was born in Greensboro, North...
Gabriel Prosser

Gabriel Prosser

male, deceased (1800)
Gabriel (1776-October 10, 1800), today commonly if incorrectly known as Gabriel Prosser, was a slave born in Henrico County, Virginia who planned a...

William Lee

male, deceased (1828)
William Lee, also known as Billy Lee or Will Lee, was George Washington's personal servant and the only one of Washington's slaves freed outright...
Noah Haynes Swayne

Noah Haynes Swayne

male, deceased (1884)
Noah Haynes Swayne (December 7, 1804 - June 8, 1884) was an American jurist and politician. Swayne was born in Frederick County, Virginia. He...
Elihu B. Washburne

Elihu B. Washburne

male, deceased (1887)
Elihu Benjamin Washburne was one of seven brothers that played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party. He...

Isaac N. Arnold

male, deceased (1884)
Isaac Newton Arnold (November 30 1815, Hartwick, New York - April 24 1884, Chicago) was an American politician and biographer. He served two terms...
Henry Ossian Flipper

Henry Ossian Flipper

male, deceased (1940)
Henry Ossian Flipper (March 21, 1856-May 3, 1940) was an American soldier and the first black American cadet to graduate from the United States...

Octavia V. Rogers Albert

female, deceased (1890)
Octavia V. Rogers Albert (December 24, 1853-c.1890) was a chronicler of slavery in the United States. She was born Octavia Victoria Rogers in...
Louis Wigfall

Louis Wigfall

male, deceased (1874)
Louis Trezevant Wigfall (April 21, 1816 - February 18, 1874) was an American politician from Texas and a general during the American Civil War....