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John Callaham - Zachariah Carwile Memorial

John Callaham

Born in Virginia 1770

Migrated to South Carolina 1790

Died Level Land 1855

First Wife, Nancy Jarrett - Three

of Twelve Children of This Union

Married Sons of Zachariah Carwile.

Second Wife, Nancy Pinson - Eleven

Children by This Marriage. Donated

Land for Little River Church Property.

Zachariah ...

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John P. Holland’s First Submarine

was launched in 1878,

a one man craft with engine which after a series of trials was sunk in the Passaic River at this spot where she lay buried until raised in 1927 by a group of Paterson youths who presented ...

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John B. Anderson Memorial Library

The

John B. Anderson

Memorial Library

Erected A.D. 1901

by

Andrew Carnegie

in grateful remembrance

of Mr. Anderson

who opened his own

private library

for the working boys

of

Allegheny City,

of whom

Mr. Carnegie was one.

Marker is on College of Emporia Drive, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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John Todd Stuart, 1807-1885

Abraham Lincoln’s friend and 1st law partner was born on Nov. 10, 1807, in Fayette Co. The son of a Presbyterian minister & Mary Todd Lincoln’s aunt, Stuart graduated from Centre College in 1826. Two years later he became a ...

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John Penrose Virden

John Penrose Virden,

a Delaware River Pilot, built this

house in 1888. He was a co-founder

& the first President of the Pilots

Association. Virden died in 1934 and

is buried across the street in

St. Peters Cemetery.

Marker is on 2nd Street near Mulberry Street, ...

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John Tyler Morgan

300 yards east is the house in which John Tyler Morgan (1824–1907) was born. A brigadier general in the Confederate Army, he later served for 30 years as United States Senator from Alabama. He distinguished himself by promoting legislation in ...

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J. E. Johntz Home

A familiar trend of the early Abilene days was for a local businessman to have interests in several aspects of the economy. One such pioneer Abilene merchant was John Edward Johntz. He, along with other noteable businessmen of the time, ...

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John Graves Simcoe

First Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada 1791-1796

Here at Niagara on September 17, 1792

he presided over the first

representative assembly

of this province.

His genius foresaw the greatness of

this country and he threw himself

into its building with ardour and

enthusiasm. By his exalted aims, his

conspicuous integrity, ...

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Johnston Civil War Monument

(South Face)

CSA

1861

Our Confederate Dead

(East Face)

UDC

1865

(North Face)

1861

"Love of God and love

of country are the

two noblest passions

in the human heart.

A man without a country

is an exile in the world.

And a man without God is

an orphan in eternity."

[Rev. Henry van Dyke]

(West Face)

1865

Erected ...

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John Doble's Cabin

At this spot on Plug St. about 100 feet from the intersection of Consolation Ave. is where John Doble chronicled his journey from Indiana, though Central America, up the coast to San Francisco and finally to the gold diggins of ...

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