stepmother of Abraham LincolnBorn: 12/13/1788Birthplace: Hardin County, Ky. Sarah Bush grew up in Elizabethtown, Ky., one of nine children of Christopher and Hanna Bush. In 1806 she married Daniel…
CONTEE, Benjamin, (uncle of Alexander Contee Hanson and granduncle of Thomas Contee Worthington), a Delegate and a Representative from Maryland; born at âBrookefield,â near Nottingham,…
HEWES, Joseph, a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Kingston, N.J., January 23, 1730; pursued classical studies and attended Princeton College; engaged in business in Philadelphia, Pa.;…
former governor of FloridaBorn: March 10, 1909 Birthplace: Tallahassee, Florida Thomas LeRoy Collins grew up in Tallahassee, Fla., and received his law degree from Cumberland University in…
inventorBorn: 1791Birthplace: New York, N.Y. A tailor in New York City, Jennings is credited with being the first African American to hold a U.S. patent. The patent, which was issued in 1821, was…
Born: 1934Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Embolectomy balloon catheter—Dr. Fogarty's embolectomy catheter, which is used to remove blood clots, consists of a small hollow tube (catheter) with a…
Born: 12/28/1856
Birthplace: Staunton, Va.
(Thomas) Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Va., on Dec. 28, 1856. A Princeton graduate, he turned from law practice to post-graduate…
Born: 1847Birthplace: Milan, Ohio Electric lamp—Edison held 1,093 patents, including those for the incandescent electric lamp, the phonograph, the carbon telephone transmitter, and the motion-…
actressBorn: 5/24/1960Birthplace: Redruth, Cornwall, England After being discouraged by her English acting teachers, Scott Thomas moved to Paris at the age of 19, where she studied at L'Ecole…
(Jonathan Weiss)actorBorn: 9/08/1981Birthplace: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Before winning a role on the television series Home Improvement (1991–1998), Thomas worked as a model and appeared in The…
