John Bateman House Site

Bateman Tannery Site

John Bateman was a local tanner who had his house, storehouse, and workshop on this site. The house now located at 440 South Main was built circa 1869 by Joseph Haines, a carpenter who built a number of ...

Bishop Jackson Kemper Home Built 1849

Bishop Kemper lived on these premises 1846-1870. Missionary Bishop of American Episcopal Church 1835-59. Inspired founding of the Nashotah House in 1842. Bishop of Wisconsin 1854-70. Facing countless Frontier hardships, he traveled far and wide through the Middle West, confirmed ...

Andrew Johnson

Champion of Public Education in Tennessee

“Can there be nothing done to advance the great cause of education?”

Governor Andrew Johnson, 1853

----------Throughout his legislative and gubernatorial careers, Andrew Johnson advocated appropriation of public money for common schools for both boys and ...

Andrew Johnson Homestead

The Andrew Johnson Homestead was the last home of Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), 17th President of the United States (1865-1869). Congressman Andrew Johnson purchased the house and half-acre lot from James Brannan in September 1851. Built directly upon the street in ...

Jefferson Davis

President Davis, fleeing

southward after Lee’s

surrender, with members

of his cabinet spent the

night of Apr. 16, 1865,

in a pine grove nearby.

Marker is on Caldcleugh Road, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jesse Lee Reno

Major General Jesse Lee Reno was born at Wheeling. June 20, 1823. He served in the Mexican War. He was killed at South Mountain, Maryland, September 14, 1862, while commanding the 9th Army Corps, United States Volunteers. Major General Reno ...

John Herndon Mercer 1909 - 1976

Savannah's Native Son

{ Caricature }

Johnny Mercer

Lyricist Songwriter

Co-founder of Capitol Records Winner of 4 Academy Awards

Front Rim reads;

Ac-cent-tchu-ates The Positive - Autumn Leaves - Blues In The Night - Charade - Jeepers Creepers -

Laura - Moon River - ...

John B. Sargeant, Sr.

May 29, 1915 - March 6, 1989

John B. Sargeant is remembered as a "gentle" man who generously gave of his time so that future generations could enjoy the lands preserved here. A Polk County dairyman, he served twenty-seven years on ...

Home of Johnny Mize

“The Big Cat”

National Baseball Hall of Fame member John Robert Mize was born in this house in 1913. While only 15 years old and still in high school, Mize launched his distinguished baseball career playing for Piedmont College. He began ...

Joseph Simon

(1712 - 1804)

Jewish pioneer and merchant, Simon played a significant role in the development of central and western PA. He participated in expeditions as far as the Mississippi and helped establish Lancaster as a center for exploration, trade & settlement. ...